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Press photographers have now been banned from the Pentagon after "unflattering" photos were taken of the Secretary of Defense. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Secretary Pete Hegseth recoiled after photos from last week's press briefing made him look bad, two sources said. Hegseth has given a few briefings since President Donald Trump's war in Iran began. Photographers from the Associated Press, Reuters and Getty Images took

Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that he can end the war in Iran "any time I want it," according to an exclusive interview with Axios, claiming that after nearly two weeks of costly strikes, there is "practically nothing left to target."Trump has asserted frequently in the last week that the joint military operation against Iran with Israel is moving well ahead of schedule and could end very soon, though he has remained vague and scattered about what sorts of goals would signal a victory. Claims about trying to implement regime change

Corey Lewandowski was unconcerned with laws while working at the Department of Homeland Security, staff told the New York Post. In a tell-all piece, staff who worked under outgoing DHS Secretary Noem and Lewandowski revealed details of their work environment.It's consistent with what Lewandowski said last year, according to another Post report. In that case, Lewandowski alleged he can “do whatever the f—— I want. [President Donald Trump] will pardon me."The comment was a flippant aside during discussions of official actions, the source said.

By late 2025, former Border Patrol commander-at-large Greg Bovino had become well known for his unapologetic embrace of aggressive and at times even deadly approaches to mass deportation. Now new reporting based on leaked documents indicates that his “smash-and-grab tactics” have been implemented as the norm throughout the Department of Homeland Security.After the fallout from Trump’s disastrous surge of DHS agents in Minnesota, which left two dead and resulted in scores of civil suits, many celebrated the replacement of Greg Bovino with border czar Tom Homan, but it is

The reason the first few days of President Donald Trump‘s war against Iran were “a bravura display of American power” is that for decades the United States has studied going to war against Iran. Those same studies predicted the current state of affairs that Trump now faces there.So says The Atlantic‘s Franklin Foer, who writes, “almost no other foreign-policy question has been studied harder over the past 20 years or so than the likely effect

For years, Donald Trump and his MAGA followers railed against the so-called "deep state" within the government that was working to prevent his political goals. Now, according to a new analysis from MS NOW, the president is the one creating his own deep state within the government by heavily staffing agencies with loyalists.In a piece published Wednesday, MS NOW's Zeeshan Aleem argued that the administration was in the process of "Trumpifying" the federal workforce. He characterized this as the second phase of Trump's larger plan to create a "MAGA state," following his

A bipartisan group of current and former Members of Congress is requesting that a U.S. Appeals Court uphold the lower court's decision to dismiss the Justice Department's prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey," said outgoing CBS News reporter Scott MacFarlane. The DOJ attempted to prosecute Comey for making false statements to Congress in the Eastern District of Virginia. Comey testified via Zoom during the pandemic from his home, which is how they were able to move the case out of Wa

President Donald Trump is having an unhappy anniversary when it comes to his net approval rating.CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten averaged a year’s worth of political polling and discovered Trump has a negative net approval rating for an entire year. That means Trump is more underwater than any president in this century, Enten claims.“According to my average of polls, what we've been looking at is every day since March 12th, 2025, President Trump has been underwater. ... We have now reached the point in which Trump has been swimming with the fishes for a year.”Independent voters are a key reason why, Enten says. Compared to other presidents at this point in their second term, Trump’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is being ridiculed after a silly fashion report revealed that President Donald Trump loves to guess people's shoe sizes and buy them a pair of loafers (around $145). Such was the case with Rubio, whom Trump guessed was one size when the reality was clearly something much smaller. The report prompted mockery about Trump's priorities and jokes about the size of the man's feet. Photos of Rubio at the recent "Shield of the Americas" meeting revealed his right shoe had quite a gap at the back. As one observer wrote, the problem doesn't appear to be unique for Rubio. "Oh. My. God. He makes ALL

The United States' 2026 midterms are less than eight months away, and Democratic strategists are feeling cautiously optimistic by what they're seeing. Many of their candidates have prevailed in recent elections in competitive swing states, some by double digits. And a Democratic nominee, Taylor Rehmet, enjoyed a 14 percent victory in a Texas State Senate special election in the conservative Fort Worth suburbs — an area that Donald Trump carried by 17 percent in 2024.MS NOW's Steve Benen, in a