The U.S. Senate chamber erupted in laughter Tuesday evening after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) dismissed a New York Times/Siena College poll as “biased.” The poll found that 65 percent of registered voters opposed the Democrat-led government shutdown, compared to just 27 percent who supported it.
President Donald Trump announced a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times, accusing the paper of defamation, libel, and acting as a “mouthpiece” for Democrats during the 2024 election cycle.
Nine former directors and acting directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a joint opinion piece in the New York Times attacking Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his sweeping reforms of the agency. The group, whose tenures span from the Carter administration through President Trump’s first term, accused Kennedy of undermining public health by firing staff, questioning vaccines, and restructuring advisory boards.
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."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that his government is considering suing the New York Times for defamation, accusing the paper of publishing a front-page photo that falsely claimed to depict a starving Palestinian child in Gaza. Netanyahu said the child, Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub, actually suffers from cerebral palsy, and that his family members shown in the image appeared healthy and well-fed.
On Friday’s PBS NewsHour, New York Times columnist David Brooks acknowledged that conservatives are now actively implementing a long-held objective: defunding institutions perceived to be aligned with the political left. Brooks, reflecting on his early years writing for National Review and The Wall Street Journal, said the idea of “defunding the left” has been a conservative rallying cry since his entry into political commentary.
