Trump’s DOJ Doubles Bounty on Venezuela’s Maduro to $50 Million, Bondi Announces
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Falling ‘Most Substantially’ With Men
President Donald Trump‘s approval rating is falling “most substantially” among men, a pollster has said. According to a survey by the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst), Trump’s approval rating among this demographic has dropped from 48 percent in April to 39 percent in July. These results, said Jesse Rhodes, co-director of the poll, show […]
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Trump’s DOJ Moves to Revive Grand Jury Inquiry into Russia Probe Origins — What’s Next
Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered the Justice Department to move forward with a probe into the origins of the Donald Trump‑Russia investigation, following the release of documents aimed at casting doubt on the legitimacy of the inquiry that determined Moscow interfered in the 2016 election to help the Republican nominee. Bondi has directed a […]
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Republican Senator Chuck Grassley Rebukes Donald Trump’s Remarks
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa rebuked President Donald Trump‘s remarks on “blue slips,” and said Wednesday that he’s “offended” by Trump’s attack on him and “disappointed” by the personal insults. One day earlier, Trump urged Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley to abandon the “blue slip” tradition that allows senators to object to presidential […]
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Russia Racing to Make Major Ukraine Gains Before Trump’s 50-Day Deadline
President Donald Trump has teased shortening a 50-day ceasefire deadline he gave Vladimir Putin, whose forces show no signs of easing their efforts to capture a logistics hub in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. Trump suggested on Friday that secondary sanctions against Russia could be imposed earlier than the seven-week deadline he announced this month which […]
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Trump’s FCC Head Reacts To Paramount Merger Criticism: ‘Time For A Change’
President Donald Trump‘s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman, Brendan Carr, reacted on Friday to widespread criticism over the terms and conditions of the $8.4 billion merger between Paramount and Skydance that the FCC approved on Thursday. “I think it’s time for a change,” he said when asked about the conditions and timing of the deal, […]
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Donald Trump’s Disapproval Rating Rises To New High
Donald Trump’s disapproval rating has climbed to its highest level since the start of his second term, according to new polling data. The most recent Wall Street Journal/ Fabrizio, Lee and Associates poll shows that Trump’s disapproval rating has hit 52 percent, up from 51 percent in March, while his approval rating has remained the […]
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Donald Trump’s Odds of Completing Presidency Fall Amid Epstein Uproar
The odds of President Trump completing his second White House term have fallen dramatically as a result of public backlash over his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case over the past month, according to a leading bookmaker. Star Sports was offering odds of 8/15 (65.2 percent) on Trump serving a full second term on Thursday, […]
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Trump’s Approval Rating Hits Second Term Low, New Poll Shows
President Donald Trump‘s approval rating has dipped to its lowest during his second term in office, a new Gallup poll shows. The president received an approval rating of 37 percent in the poll. This number approaches Trump’s 34 percent approval rating before leaving office at the end of his first term, on the heels of […]
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Donald Trump’s ‘Do Nothing Congress’ is One of the Least Productive Ever
On Tuesday evening, Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson announced an early adjournment of the chamber, saying there was nothing “time sensitive” to work on. In doing so, he halted all legislative action until September and ended an intensifying debate regarding the release of files associated with Jeffrey Epstein. In doing so, he […]
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