Kennedy Center staffers were blindsided by President Donald Trump’s abrupt announcement that he is closing the iconic venue for two years to renovate it. Staff learned of the closure, scheduled to begin on July 4, from the president’s rambling Truth Social post on Sunday evening, according to multiple reports, including CNN. It remains unclear how…
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials have attracted criticism in Minneapolis once again—this time for letting the vehicle of a person they had detained roll away freely down a major city street. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has described the actions of the ICE agents who are currently flooding the Minnesota capital and its major cities as…
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum had to remind a crowd of freezing Christmas-goers to deliver “lots of cheering” for the president and first lady. “You’ve got an important job to do,” Burgum explained as he prepared a crowd for the arrival of Donald and Melania Trump for the 103rd National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony….
A disturbing new video captures masked ICE agents in unmarked vehicles swarming the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew before hauling her away. The video, first published by TMZ, shows 33-year-old Bruna Ferreira being taken into ICE custody on Nov. 12 in Revere, Massachusetts. Ferreira was in regular contact with Leavitt’s family while she co-parented her…
The latest Saturday Night Live cold open dove right into the big story of the week: 20,000 Jeffrey Epstein emails were released by the House Oversight Committee, and many of them mentioned President Donald Trump by name. The cold open featured Trump (played once again by James Austin Johnson) crashing a press conference on C-SPAN…
President Donald Trump appeared to shush a reporter who attempted to ask him a follow-up question about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein during a gaggle aboard Air Force One on Friday evening. Speaking to reporters while flying to Mar-a-Lago for the weekend, Trump was asked about his relationship with Epstein, specifically Epstein’s claim that the…
The White House’s East Wing was demolished this week in a surprise round of preparations to make room for President Donald Trump’s $300 million ballroom. Animated GIF by Eric Faison/TheDaily Beast/Getty Trump insisted in July that his planned 90,000 square-foot ballroom would be “near” the East Wing, but “not touching it,” and that construction would…
President Donald Trump says he’s willing to use the Insurrection Act to deploy the military against Americans in U.S. cities if federal courts continue to thwart his agenda. In an ominous sign of things to come, the president also vowed “to go city by city” using federal troops to crack down on crime, insisting it…
A senior White House official accidentally disclosed that the Trump administration was considering deploying an elite army strike force into Portland by using Signal in a public place. The Minnesota Star Tribune reported Friday that Anthony Salisbury, one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, was observed discussing the plans via Signal in view of members of…
President Donald Trump was back online and back to posting more incomprehensible content after a double date at Vice President JD Vance’s residence Thursday night, with one post in particular, an AI-generated music video, standing out from the rest. The video, which is soundtracked by what is presumably an AI-generated cover of Blue Öyster Cult‘s…