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CNN reports gas is currently at $4.11 a gallon, on average, in the U.S. But the nation is just one month away from gas pump devastation if President Donald Trump fails to reverse the damage he’s done to the pivotal international oil corridor in the Strait of Hormuz.America has become the supplier of last resort for nations who used to get their oil from the Middle East, reports CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera. And this has caused the oil supply here to get dangerously low, almost to the point of sending gas prices soaring even higher.“I'm afraid that it could be some difficult times coming,” said Steve Crowder, president of Little River Energy Company i

There was a time when wrongdoers quaked in their boots at the thought of a federal indictment. Federal prosecutors were veterans. And if they carried even the whiff of inexperience, the co-workers surrounding them and guiding their work were almost guaranteed to have whole decades of experience beneath their belts.A federal prosecution was something to be feared — but that was before the arrival of the second Trump administration, according to Politico. Nowadays you can be on the bad end of a Trump DOJ indictment and bear witness to all manner of embarrassing courtroom

Politico Sr. Legal Affairs Reporter Josh Gerstein reports US District Judge Angel Kelley has blocked Interior Secy. Doug Burgum's "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" order affecting national parks.Kelley’s decision, in favor of plaintiffs National Parks Conservation Association and others, means the administration of President Donald Trump must restore race, climate and LGBT mentions that it whisked away from park signs, brochures and literature in the name of “

Politico reports disgruntled Republicans facing voters’ fury in November are setting Labor Day as a hard deadline on ending the unpopular war in Iran, according to interviews with more than a dozen people.“It’s different this time, they say: September is the unofficial kickoff of general election season, when more voters tune in and the stakes get higher,” reports Politico. “Amid rising U.S. casualties, gas prices and fertilizer costs, these Republicans indicated the political risk o

President Donald Trump has managed to effortlessly hijack the Republican Party’s propaganda machine to dominate the public discourse on his policies — no matter how unpopular or hurtful. But there comes a time when every machine pops a cog and careens into a wall. For decades, the Republican Party has enjoyed the benefit of an army of propagandists parading as “news” to spread Republican talking points. Later that propaganda network expanded to include a legion of MAGA influencers and paid entertainers to broadcast GOP policies and arguments. More recently Trump has

The Dispatch‘s national correspondent, Kevin D. Williamson, wants to ask Republicans a question.He points to the $270 it takes to fill up the tank of a Ford Super Duty truck in his neighborhood — 48 gallons at $5.60 a gallon for diesel — and asks, “Do you feel smart?”Citing a column by The New York Times’ Bret Stephens, Williamson weighs the pros and cons of voters electing candidates to achieve results over voters choosing “paragons of moral rectitude.” “There is something to be said for that approach,” writes Williamson. “One of the problems with

Wonkette writer Robyn Pennacchia blew her top after Fox News entertainer Greg Gutfeld shared his fantasy of a woman being brutally assaulted by "male detainees." His fantasy victim: beloved children’s entertainer and YouTuber “Ms. Rachel.”To be clear, Ms. Rachael makes videos helping kids learn their first words and sing along to “The Wheels on the Bus” and other kids’ songs.But Pennacchia said Ms. Rachel committed the unforgivable MAGA sin of asking for tolerance. Firstly, the musical entertainer has partnered with the Palestine Children's Relief Fund, advocated for war-torn children, and she “sang a song with

President Donald Trump putting his face and name on coins and buildings is drawing comparisons to Saddam Hussein, all the way up to the painful, brutal end.In a panel discussion on Friday, host Antonia Hylton asked political strategist Basil Smikle if he thought Trump was embarrassed by his name coming down.Smikle remarked, "Talk about embarrassed in an era of no shame."But MS NOW commenter, Elaine Kamarck, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said recent events carried unde

They said they'd stick with President Donald Trump until the end -- but this appears to be the end.Over the course of his second term, President Donald Trump has repeatedly alienated the various voting blocs that carried him to office. Now, according to Foreign Policy, he’s angered one of the last groups that overwhelmingly supported him but has recently soured as his policies have failed them: farmers. Farmers’ anger toward Trump has largely been driven by the disruption of energy and fertilizer supplies that have emerged as a consequence of the

Port Charlotte, Florida, is part of Charlotte County — which voted for President Donald Trump by a solid two-to-one margin in 2024. It was named one of the top ten places to retire in 2012.Still seen as a deeply red state, Democrats are making inroads into the Sunshine State. Ahead of the August primary, in the race for governor, Republican Byron Donalds often polls ahead of Democrat David Jolly but only by single digits, according to data from