4+ hour, 21+ min ago (187+ words) Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) hit back against President Donald Trump's idea to give Americans $2,000 each to offset increased costs due to tariffs. This month, Trump proposed the idea on Truth Social, claiming that the tariffs he unilaterally imposed on imports from dozens of countries are working, despite the rising costs on many of those products. "A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone," he claimed. The proposal would require congressional approval. When asked about his post, Trump said he wants payments to be issued ahead of next year's midterm elections. Appearing on Mornings With Maria on Fox Business, Johsnon about Trump's idea. "So, what about $2,000 checks the president has been talking about?" Maria Bartiromo inquired. "Would that fly in terms of passing the Congress, or do you expect that the only…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago (255+ words) Sen. Jim Justice (R-WV) and his wife agreed to pay the tax liabilities they owe dating back to 2009, Bloomberg Law reported on Monday. The Department of Justice filed a complaint stating that the Senator and his wife Cathy Justice had received notice about the back taxes and demand for payment. In a joint motion on Monday, the DOJ and the Justices said the Justices agreed to pay $5,164,739.75 they owed as of Aug. 4, 2025. The IRS had placed liens of more than $8 million against the couple. Last year, a federal judge ordered Justice to sell six of his companies to help satisfy debt obligations. "You also need to remember that the Russians " the Russians " bought Bluestone from our family, and then turned it into a god-awful mess you have ever seen in the world," Justice said of Mechel's ownership tenure of his…...

5+ hour, 17+ min ago (586+ words) A Florida judge granted motions to dismiss to The Guardian and other defendants in a defamation lawsuit filed by Truth Social's parent company, Truth Media & Technology Group Corp., the latest example of President Donald Trump's legal actions against media companies not holding up in court. The post Judge Throws Out Truth Social's Defamation Lawsuit Against The Guardian first appeared on Mediaite. A Florida judge granted motions to dismiss to The Guardian and other defendants in a defamation lawsuit filed by Truth Social's parent company, Truth Media & Technology Group Corp. (TMTG), the latest example of President Donald Trump's legal actions against media companies not holding up in court. The dispute arose from two articles published by the UK-based Guardian in March 2023 "reporting on a federal criminal investigation related to TMTGs receipt of two payments totaling $8 million," Judge Hunter Carroll of the…...

6+ hour, 3+ min ago (255+ words) Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) insisted his controversial remarks to military personnel were "non-controversial" on Monday after the Pentagon announced it was investigating the senator. During an appearance on MS NOW's'The Rachel Maddow Show, Kelly insisted, "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law, and in response to that, Donald Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged, I should be prosecuted." "He even went on and said something about, "Go get them,' I guess sending a mob to round me and the other folks up," the senator continued. "I think it says a lot more about him than it says about me. He doesn't want accountability. But Rachel, I'm not gonna be silenced, I'm not gonna be intimidated." The Pentagon announced it was launching an…...

7+ hour, 21+ min ago (341+ words) Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) deemed Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) one of the "least ethical" and "least respected" members of Congress, and added that he wants her to get help. McCarthy appeared on Monday's Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News, where he mocked the future of the Democratic Party and Rep. Eric Swalwell(D-CA), who is running for governor of California. "When I became speaker, I tried to raise the bar in Congress," McCarthy said before referencing Swalwell's relationship with a suspected Chinese spy. "It's not a high bar, but the first thing I did was remove Swalwell from the Intel committee. If you get top-secret knowledge, the very least is, you can't sleep with a Chinese spy." McCarthy went on to say he hopes Swalwell ultimately leaves Congress, prompting this exchange with Jesse Watters, in which the ex-speaker said…...

8+ hour, 12+ min ago (275+ words) Fox News host Jesse Watters praised the Department of Defense investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) on Monday, declaring, "You have to make examples out of people." Reacting on The Five to the Trump administration's investigation into Kelly, which could result in the senator being recalled to active duty and court-martialed over his appearance in a video urging members of the military not to follow orders, Watters said,I'm glad that the U.S. military is now investigating this guy Kelly because this is what we expect from Donald Trump 2.0." He continued, "You can't have the deep state interfering with a duly elected presidency and get away with it. You gotta draw the line in the sand and you have to make examples out of people." She added, "You know, these people aren't civilians. They've sworn an oath to uphold and defend…...

8+ hour, 36+ min ago (926+ words) A Florida political magazine scored an interview with Laura Loomer, and prefaced it with a disclaimer warning readers that the claims she made "have not been fact checked or independently verified." Loomer, 32, is a far-right activist,conspiracy theorist, and self-proclaimed "proud Islamaphobe" who has been a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, at times clashing vociferously with others in the president's inner circle. After getting banned from the vast majority of social media platforms a few years ago, she's back with a large audience of millions of followers. Despite the numerous controversies surrounding her " or perhaps, knowing the president's own proclivities, because of that " Loomer has an astonishing level of access and influence with Trump. She's claimed credit for targeting some administration officials that the president later fired, and others he hired, plus she recently got a Pentagon Press Corps…...

8+ hour, 50+ min ago (343+ words) CNN senior reporter Daniel Dale dismantled a recent claim by President Donald Trump that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had not shown any gratitude to the United States, listing a whopping 78 counterexamples. As contentious discussions over possible peace talks to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine continue, Trump lashed out in all caps at Zelensky in a Truth Social post Sunday, writing that "UKRAINE "LEADERSHIP" HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS." Zelensky responded in a video post a few hours later, saying that he was "grateful to each and every person" who was helping Ukraine. " Volodymyr Zelenskyy / " " (@ZelenskyyUa) November 23, 2025 "Ukraine is grateful to the United States, to every American heart, and personally to President Trump for the assistance that " starting with the Javelins " has been saving Ukrainian lives," he added. Dale, CNN"s resident fact-checker, included that video as the…...

9+ hour, 38+ min ago (284+ words) Rep. Mar'a Elvira Salazar (R-FL) said the U.S. must and will "go in" Venezuela, stating that American oil companies will have a "field day" in the petroleum-rich country. This week, the Trump administration designated Maduro as a member of a foreign terrorist organization called "Cartel de los Soles," which some experts say may not actually exist. Fox Business host David Asman asked Salazar, "Do you think the pressure that Maduro has received will force him to leave on his own?" "Oh, I think Maduro is not Fidel Castro," she replied before saying the U.S. is "about to go in" Venezuela and that doing so will be a boon for U.S. oil companies: You're on Fox Business. Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day because there will be more than a trillion dollars in economic activity. American companies can go…...

10+ hour, 18+ min ago (322+ words) As Smartmatic's lawsuit against Fox News advanced on Monday, with a judge refusing a request for a pause, tens of thousands of pages of exhibits were released. Smartmatic, a voting technology company, is suing Fox Corp for $2.7 billion dollars for defamation over its coverage of the 2020 presidential election. The tranche of documents includes text messages and emails between Fox talent and executives, including major figures in the company like Sean Hannity, Rupert Murdoch, Maria Bartiromo, and Tucker Carlson. Carlson was fired from the network in April 2023, months after it settled with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million. Among the many bombshell revelations in the newly released materials was Tucker Carlson calling then-President Donald Trump a "total piece of shit.' The Guardian's Jeremy Barr dug through the materials and highlighted some of the more eye-popping moments, including: An unidentified individual told Tucker…...