4+ hour, 24+ min ago   (292+ words) “Tucker Carlson kept his 2026 Trump Bashing Tour rolling on Monday by accusing the president of being the most ‘flamboyantly corrupt’ leader in American history during an interview with Hunter Biden,” Mediaite reports. Goddard spent more than a decade as managing…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (302+ words) “Members of President Donald Trump’s political team asked Ohio Republicans last week not to wage a public pressure campaign against embattled GOP Rep. Max Miller, after they became increasingly convinced he wouldn’t end his reelection bid,” Politico reports. Goddard spent…...

6+ hour, 16+ min ago   (136+ words) “Former president Barack Obama, an avid book reader, will host a new podcast starting next month to talk with guests about volumes that have affected them,” the Washington Post reports. Said Obama: “At a time when fewer people are able…...

5+ hour, 40+ min ago   (194+ words) “Oil has Trump over a political barrel ahead of the midterms,” Politico reports. “As the latest phase of the Iran war drags on, without either resolution or significant escalation, the rising cost of oil remains Republicans’ greatest liability heading into…...

5+ hour, 36+ min ago   (300+ words) “Todd Blanche was sworn in as attorney general at the White House on Monday after the Senate narrowly voted to confirm the president’s former defense lawyer to helm the Justice Department over the weekend,” CBS News reports. Goddard spent more…...

6+ hour, 25+ min ago   (324+ words) “Iran said on Monday that any deal with Oman on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz would not lead to the waterway being fully reopened and that the route would remain closed until the United States agreed to demands including…...

6+ hour, 9+ min ago   (147+ words) We’re putting together a summer mailbag episode of Trial Balloon for later this month and we want your questions. Ask us about the latest political developments, the 2026 midterms, the future of the two political parties, what goes on behind the…...

6+ hour, 29+ min ago   (120+ words) “The Trump administration is preparing an executive order that would upend decades of federal guidance on which vaccines are administered to children and call for states to reconsider school vaccine requirements,” the Washington Post reports. “It calls for rethinking the…...

6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (163+ words) New York Magazine: “Donald Trump just turned 80 years old, he has a terrible diet, he doesn’t believe in exercise, and he has an extremely stressful job known for rapidly aging anyone who takes it on. And yet, if you scrolled…...

6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (152+ words) “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed Congress to approve a sharp increase in the Pentagon’s budget during a ceremony on Monday to rename a base for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham,” CNN reports. Said Hegseth: “Lindsey himself said to me in…...