
The Independent - 1 hour 11 min ago
The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's former defense lawyer Todd Blanche as attorney general in a 50-49 vote overnight after two Republicans sided with Democrats in opposition...

UPI - 1 hour 19 min ago
The U.S. Senate confirmed Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's former personal defense attorney, as U.S. attorney general early Saturday morning.

The Raw Story - 1 hour 49 min ago
Greenland clapped back at President Donald Trump amidst his overtures of an invasion and they used a television talk show host to do it, according to a new report. The Guardian reported on Saturday that Greenland's government issued a "strong warning" to a Trump-linked company after it showed up on the island with oil drilling equipment. The company was preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland even though local authorities haven't given it permission, according to the report....

Rolling Stone - 2 hours 16 min ago
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth could stand to learn a thing or two about sea power. They're too busy obsessing over testosterone...

NY Post - 3 hours 16 min ago
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to defy 9/11 victims' families by attending the 25th anniversary ceremony of the terror attacks at Ground Zero, but he ditched this year's ceremony honoring those killed in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing to pitch a housing project to President Donald Trump in Washington, DC sending one of...

The Guardian - 5 hours 44 min ago
Donald Trump's former defense lawyer confirmed by 50 votes to 49 early on Saturday morning, with senators deferring action on president's voting bill until after recess Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said he was undecided about whether to vote to confirm Todd Blanche as the attorney general as late as last Wednesday. "I've got to be convinced that he is an attorney general who just happens to have once been President Trump's personal attorney, as opposed to President Trump's...

ABC News - 6 hours 26 min ago
Senators have headed for the exits in the predawn hours without having met President Donald Trump's push to pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill...

The Guardian - 7 hours 15 min ago
The US president's profound ignorance of his enemy has led to an impotent cycle of empty threats, analysts say Being the subject of mockery may be the most intense of all Donald Trump's known aversions. Yet more than five months after embarking on a war of choice against Iran, the US president risks attracting ridicule as he struggles to secure a military victory while repeatedly threatening devastating bombardment against the Tehran regime, only to back down on the pretext of renewed negotiations...

The Guardian - 7 hours 29 min ago
Major win for president as former personal lawyer wins approval despite outcry over $1.8bn slush fund The US senate voted to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general in a major win for Donald Trump, who will now have his one-time personal attorney sitting atop the nation's law enforcement apparatus. Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana cast the deciding vote in Blanche's favor after two other Republicans Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted against him. Every Democrat rejected...

Variety - 11 hours 3 min ago
A TikTok video that included Taylor Swift’s song “August” posted to the account for Donald Trump’s campaign four days ago has now had the sound removed. The caption on the TikTok video reads, “I'm sure @Taylor Swift is going to be super excited we used her song! #taylorswift #maga #august.” The video shows Donald and […]...

The Guardian - 11 hours 15 min ago
Island's government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling An American oil company connected to Donald Trump is preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland despite not having received permission from the local authorities. As the US president renews his threats to claim the vast Arctic territory, materials to prepare for drilling were brought ashore in recent days on Greenland's eastern coast. Continue reading...

The Guardian - 14 hours 14 min ago
This live blog is now closed. Appeals court halts construction of Trump's $400m White House ballroom Sign up for the Breaking News US email Following Lisa Murkowski's announcement that she plans to vote "no" on Todd Blanche's nomination to lead the Department of Justice, the acting attorney general can't afford another defection in order to secure the permanent position. So far the only other holdout is Senator Bill Cassidy a GOP lawmaker from Louisiana. Cassidy, a former...

Fox News - 14 hours 21 min ago
President Donald Trump urged Jeanine Pirro to revisit the dropped vandalism case, sharing photos he says show knife cuts at the Reflecting Pool.

UPI - 15 hours 38 min ago
President Donald Trump urged U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro to reinstall charges against several people accused of vandalizing the reflecting pool.

The New Yorker - 16 hours 16 min ago
The President believes he's above the law. A former federal prosecutor disagrees.

The Raw Story - 16 hours 54 min ago
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Caine has started to tell multiple top Trump advisers privately that he is "looking for an off-ramp" from the Iran war , CNN reported on Friday. Three sources have said that the existing military options could end up backfiring and the conflict has reached a crossroads where air power alone "is unlikely to achieve President Donald Trump's stated objectives." Caine has expressed this to several key Cabinet members. Two sources revealed he has spoken...

US Weekly - 16 hours 58 min ago
Spencer Pratt detailed his recent meeting with President Donald Trump following his loss in the Los Angeles mayoral race. "Working with the President on a 25% FEDERAL film tax credit to bring back Hollywood," the Hills alum, 42, wrote via Instagram on Friday, August 7. "While Gavin Newsom's commissioner is actively outsourcing production jobs to Hungary, and his rogue AG is trying to destroy CA production companies, the adults in the room are actually trying to repatriate the most...

The Guardian - 18 hours 51 min ago
Will Rosenzweig's defunct blog was publicized online by conservative pundit who tagged senior DoJ officials A federal prosecutor fired last year over critical comments he had written as a private citizen about Donald Trump sued the justice department on Friday, saying his termination violated his first amendment rights. Will Rosenzweig was two weeks away from trying a multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud case when a blog he had written years earlier covering a broad range of topics was publicized...

Huffington Post - 19 hours 13 min ago
"It's sad that it's so tackyed up," she said.

UPI - 19 hours 22 min ago
President Donald Trump is once again trying to remove Governor Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board, after he was blocked by the Supreme Court.

Deadline Hollywood - 19 hours 39 min ago
Spencer Pratt may have flamed out in his bid to be L.A. Mayor, but the reality TV enfant terrible has seemingly found a new calling — saving Hollywood with Donald Trump Just days after the deeply unpopular former Apprentice host swooped into Southern California for a behind closed RNC fundraiser, The Hills alum revealed online […]...

The Raw Story - 19 hours 40 min ago
A Republican lawmaker argued Friday that President Donald Trump was using an unconventional move and playing mind games with Iran 's leader. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) told TMZ that when Trump refers to the ayatollah as "the gay ayatollah" it's on purpose. "The president wants to put as much pressure on them as he can, so he's trying to keep them off balance," Hoeven said. "So he's doing a lot of things to keep the regime, which is an irrational, oppressive regime...

ABC News - 20 hours 16 min ago
A federal prosecutor fired last year over critical comments he had written as a private citizen about President Donald Trump has sued the Justice Department, saying his termination violated his First Amendment rights...

ABC News - 20 hours 23 min ago
President Donald Trump has gotten a reprieve in his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC...