Scoop: Trump administration lifts restrictions on OpenAI's GPT 5.6

Scoop: Republicans prepare $8 million ad blitz against Platner replacement

'Really embarrassing': Gen Z's dislike of Trump also extends to his favorite team President Donald Trump has made a point to make himself the center of the national conversation on countless topics. But it turns out the president’s insistence on inserting himself into sports may be spoiling the popu

'A total embarrassment': Judge destroys GOP official after crime spree A Republican sheriff in South Carolina, a deep red state, was reamed out by a judge after being convicted — and sentenced to 41 months in prison — for a torrent of corrupt behavior.“South Carolina ex-sheriff Chuck Wright of Spart

Bernie Sanders’ latest blunder, and guess who’s paying for Trump’s latest vanity project? Here’s your Daily Kos Recap for July 7.

Breaking: An ICE agent fatally shot a man in Houston on Tuesday after he allegedly tried to run over the agent bit.ly/44iwlst

Trump is keeping his war chest from Republicans I get a lot of things wrong—but never when I’m predicting that President Donald Trump will screw over his own party.

Texas MAGA Candidate for Senate Torched for ‘Gallivanting’ Around Europe With Mistress... Texas AG Ken Paxton caught with mistress flitting around Europe... www.thedailybeast.com/maga-candida...

TribCast: What’s the mood among Texas Democrats ahead of November? Inside the Texas Democrats’ convention in a hopeful year for the party

Trump-backed candidate sued for threatening to 'crush' Florida mom in a grocery store The Daily Mail reports Trump favorite and U.S. Rep. Congressman Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) allegedly cornered a Florida mom in a Florida grocery store and vowed to 'crush' or 'finish' her, she has claimed in a new laws

Trumpy church torn apart over 'dumbest' political war A Tennessee church thinks that it's fighting Satan when it's fighting the political culture war, and the modern crusade has turned a "charismatic" movement into politics. Extreme churches and beliefs that trend toward the more bizarre are those t

Trump just won’t let Greenland go President Donald Trump has been known to hold onto a grudge, but his desire to take control of Greenland is eyebrow raising. On Tuesday, the president reignited his open desire to seize the semi…

DHS Is Spending $1.5 Billion to Block ICE Oversight The agency bought two private prisons from CoreCivic—and more may follow. ...

ICE fatally shoots man in Houston after he allegedly tried to run over agent Federal officials said the man was stopped as part of a targeted enforcement operation. An ICE agent fired on the migrant in self-defense, according to officials.

Inside the McConnell health rumor mill

Bakery that tore apart 'rabid' MAGA on July 4 hounded by Trump fans A Texas bakery caught hard MAGA feelings for daring to attack President Donald Trump and calling MAGA “a cult.”The New York Post reports backlash kicked off after a July 3 Facebook post declaring the owners were “not wanting to cele

Over 1,200 DOJ alums say Todd Blanche shouldn’t be attorney general Welcome to the latest installment in our informal series about how everyone hates acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

Texas Senate panel lays groundwork for renewed push to ban THC products THC’s effects on issues ranging from homelessness to mental health were examined at Tuesday’s meeting with the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.

U.S. strikes Iran after attacks on vessels in Strait of Hormuz

Was Ken Paxton in London for the Fourth of July? The Texas Republican sure didn’t like getting caught on video.

Conservative mocks Mark Kelly for being in love with his wife Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) recently found himself under fire by President Donald Trump’s supporters for posting a physically affectionate photograph on X. They demanded to know the identity of the woman in the picture… but were not prepared f

'Clearly this man is dead': Mary Trump demands to see Mitch McConnell’s corpse The Republican hold on the U.S. Senate is under threat and President Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump and “Left Hook” podcaster Wajahat Ali are demanding hard proof of life.“The man is dead and no one is talking about it a

Palantir Has a Hand in NIH’s Most Ambitious Health Initiative The defense tech firm's work with public health data has largely flown under the radar. ...

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The 1987 warning sign about Trump everyone missed President Donald Trump won the Republican nomination in 2016, 2020 and 2024, prevailing in the 2020 election — yet according to a recent report, he first developed a thirst for the presidency in 1987. The catalyst, it appears, was a desire to promote

Law firms are prepping Trump-friendly corporations for investigations Large law firms are already preparing their corporate clients for the investigations they expect will come if Democrats take over Congress. Bloomberg Law reported on Tuesday that the major firms expect there to be hearings involvi

Critics point out the irony of Trump’s ‘Freedom Fuel’ scheme On Tuesday, the White House announced the launch of President Donald Trump’s “Freedom Fuel Network” of gas stations offering lower fuel prices in Philadelphia, but while the administration clearly expected applause, critics were quick to p

Who could replace Graham Platner if he drops out of Maine Senate race? The writing is on the wall for Graham Platner, who after being credibly accused of rape by a former girlfriend is now facing calls to drop out of the Maine Senate race by Democrats on all sides of the…

Gina Hinojosa proposes sending every Texas household $1,500 in her bid to oust Greg Abbott Her plan would cost $17 billion which would come from the rainy day fund. She said Abbott is hoarding money in that account that belongs to Texans.

U.S. revokes Iran oil waivers after Iranian attacks in Strait of Hormuz

Ken Paxton vowed to crack down on “illegal voting.” He may have violated Texas election law. The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your resi

Fox News can't hide their contempt for Trump's 'vile' plot: report The wider American voting public does not care for President Donald Trump's "vile" birthright citizenship arguments, and as New Republic noted in a new report, not even Fox News can hide their disdain.Trump last week suffered a major

Trump’s latest ploy to avoid paying E. Jean Carroll is just pathetic

Trump banned this word from the White House to appease the NRA: ex-Trump official In the wake of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, in which 17 students and faculty were killed, the Trump administration commissioned a report on how to stop such massacres. Th

The Democratic Party Failed Us With Graham Platner In a quest to flip a Senate majority, the party focused on what Platner could contribute instead of listening to the women he abused. ...

'Pathetic': CNN’s MAGA star torn apart for claim he spoke to Mitch McConnell The Washington Post, on Monday night, reported that former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) had "spent three weeks in the hospital" — although his office would not say why the 84-year-old senator was hosp

Inside Houston’s 1970 School Strike Texas poet's new book gives Houston's "huelga" school movement iconic verses, images, and voices. https://www.texasobserver.org/inside-houstons-1970-school-strike/

Justice Department scrambles to save Todd Blanche from himself The Justice Department is currently trying to save acting Attorney General Todd Blanche from a lawsuit filed by the government watchdog group American Oversight over the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.In June, the group fil

White House whistleblower reveals Trump’s push to 'get rid of the judges' President Donald Trump reignited the ire the world over with his recent meddling in the World Cup, but according to his one-time first-term whistleblower, the scandal exposes a fundamental truth about Trump's worldview that he

Conservatives destroy former Trump critics who now 'grovel' at president’s feet During Joe Biden's presidency and the 2024 presidential election, Michael Cohen was a blistering critic of Donald Trump and even said he would leave the United States for safety reasons if Trump returned to the White Hou

Trump’s plans for racist renovations to the Smithsonian are unbelievable The Trump administration’s campaign to whitewash American history and advance white supremacy took another step forward with the release of its report attacking the Smithsonian National Museum of…

Why Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan are testifying before Congress Two Supreme Court Justices will be on Capitol Hill next week to beg for cash for an increase in security needs.Politico reported on Tuesday that Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan would appear before the House and Senate Ap

Not THOSE huddled masses A cartoon by Pedro Molina.

The floor just collapsed under Trump as approval from longtime supporters slips According to a new poll, President Donald Trump is losing the support of his most essential voting bloc fast, as his net approval among men has plunged from -13 to -19 in just one month. The six-point decline was reveale

Senate Leader John Thune and other national Republicans rallying for Paxton at fundraiser this month A fundraiser for the GOP nominee for Senate will feature a number of major Senate Republicans who previously supported John Cornyn.

How Trump sabotaged his biggest Supreme Court battles: libertarian Although President Donald Trump has had his share of victories with the U.S. Supreme Court, he has had some major disappointments as well. The Roberts Court struck down Trump's executive order calling for an end to birthright citizen

Bernie Sanders sure knows how to pick ’em The progressive senator’s track record of endorsing particularly weak candidates is now too hard to ignore.

Trump saddling Republicans with more 'impossible demands' as midterms loom Republicans have been fuming about President Donald Trump blowing up their achievements to push for his own doomed obsession, but now, per The New Republic, he has saddled them with all-new "impossible demands" about spending

Psychologist warns Trump behavior shows he knows he’s dying According to clinical and forensic psychologist Dr. John Paul Garrison, President Donald Trump knows that he’s dying soon, and he gave it away during his speech on the 4th of July.Garrison — who is also a body language expert and appears on

ICE is now coming for US citizens over strongly worded emails