During an appearance on HBO’s Real Time Friday night, New York Times opinion writer and Duke University journalism professor Frank Bruni acknowledged that President Donald Trump is addressing a real and pressing issue: rising urban crime. Bruni conceded that crime levels in major cities—including Washington, D.C.—are too high, and that Trump is "putting his finger on a problem that people rightly care about."
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s Real Time, host Bill Maher criticized prominent Democrats for refusing to appear on his program, saying party leaders are “too afraid of too many things.” Maher revealed that both Bill and Hillary Clinton, along with former Vice President Kamala Harris, have repeatedly declined invitations to join him, even during Harris’ 2024 presidential campaign.
An Illinois judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Illinois State Sen. Jil Walker Tracy that sought to arrest 33 Texas House Democrats who fled the state to block legislative action. The case, filed in the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court in Adams County, aimed to domesticate Texas quorum warrants so Illinois law enforcement could detain the lawmakers and return them to Texas.
A Republican strategy firm says Google’s Gmail platform has been quietly sabotaging conservative fundraising efforts by flagging Republican donation emails as “dangerous” while letting similar Democratic messages through unscathed. Targeted Victory, which works with top GOP leaders and committees, released findings showing a stark difference in how Gmail treats Republican and Democratic solicitations.
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is blasting House Democrats for missing their own deadline to unveil their “Project 2026” policy platform, accusing them of plotting a return to what it calls “Joe Biden’s America.” In a Tuesday memo, the GOP campaign arm mocked the Democrats’ agenda as “wildly unpopular” and claimed it would lead to defeat in the next midterm elections.
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel criticized certain Democratic voices for alienating voters, calling them “repulsive” during an appearance on The Sarah Silverman Podcast.
