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."
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.
Tareq Al-Suwaidan, a prominent Kuwaiti preacher and Muslim Brotherhood leader with documented ties to Hamas, is calling on Muslims in Western nations to use their citizenship as a weapon to influence elections and shift government policies against Israel. Al-Suwaidan, who is banned from the United States for his ties to terror-linked organizations, made the remarks during a newly reposted interview on The Thinking Muslim podcast.
Tavis Forsyth, a contract employee at the Kennedy Center, was fired on Thursday after posting a nude protest video on YouTube opposing changes at the center under President Donald Trump’s leadership. Forsyth, 32, who identifies as queer and uses "they/them" pronouns, created a 35-minute spoken-word poem in which they criticized the alleged banning of drag performers at the venue.
