Topline White House spokesman Steven Cheung lashed out at the Norwegian Nobel Committee after it passed over President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, despite the president’s years-long campaign for the award. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a meeting with Finland President Alexander Stubb in the Oval Office at the the White…
Topline The Senate on Monday again failed to pass two bills to fund the government, and Republicans and Democrats appear locked in a stalemate as the Trump administration threatens layoffs while the shutdown enters its seventh day. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn…
Topline President Donald Trump said he would “have to take a look” and speak to the Department of Justice before commenting on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, the Jeffrey Epstein associate serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking, hours after the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of her conviction. Trump made the comments hours…
Topline President Donald Trump said he would “not tolerate delay” from Hamas in releasing its remaining hostages as part of Trump’s peace plan both Israel and Hamas agreed to implement, at least partially. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Sept 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via…
Topline FBI Director Kash Patel warned agents must “follow the chain of command or get relieved” in response to reports the agency fired an agent for refusing to arrest former director James Comey and publicly escort him into its field office in front of news cameras, what’s known as a “perp walk.” FBI Director Kash…
Topline President Donald Trump announced the U.S. military carried out another strike on a boat it claimed was carrying drugs off the coast of Venezuela Friday, killing all four people on board. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on during an event with President Trump inside the Oval Office on September 15, 2025 in Washington. (Photo…
Topline Republicans are doubling down on their misleading claims that Democrats want to pay for free health care for undocumented people as a provision of their terms for ending the shutdown—with Elon Musk and other right-wing voices sharing a video of a CNN host grilling House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., about the political risks…
Topline The first government shutdown since 2019 began after midnight on Wednesday, in a move that will disrupt federal services and cause government workers to be furloughed, after Congress failed to reach a last-minute funding agreement as the Democrats and Republicans appeared nowhere close to a deal President Donald Trump speaks to the press before…
Topline President Donald Trump warned the federal government could permanently cut public benefits if the government shuts down, hours before the deadline for Congress to pass a new funding deal with few signs either party is willing to budge in deadlocked negotiations. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Marine One as he…
Topline President Donald Trump said Tuesday major cities should serve as “training grounds of our military”—lamenting what he described as an “invasion from within”— in a speech to top military generals, escalating his threats to deploy troops to San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles. President Donald Trump speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps…