Thomas Massie

Donald Trump Needs to Be Removed

Steven Beschloss is a journalist, author, and filmmaker. Subscribe to his Substack, America, America. It’s useless to spotlight every crazy post spat out by Donald Trump. But his post yesterday—on Easter Sunday—struck me as reaching a new level of danger and derangement, requiring us to pause and unpack both what he threatened and the response it demands.

Even Fox News Isn’t Letting the Trump Administration Blame Biden for the Current Economic Mess

Fox News isn’t exactly known for interrupting Republican officials mid-spin, but that’s what happened when Trump’s director of the National Economic Council tried to shift the blame for the poor economy to the previous administration.

Fox’s Bartiromo Breaks From Script, Demands Evidence of a 'Rigged Election' From Kash Patel

Maria Bartiromo did something on Sunday that you don’t typically see on Fox News: she refused to let a Trump ally skate past a question that’s been hanging in the air for years, and she kept pressing until it became uncomfortable.

Ambassador Guilfoyle’s Mini Skirt Sparks Diplomatic Dress War

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s chic tweed mini skirt became a foreign-policy flashpoint after the U.S. Ambassador to Greece posted a glam shot with kickboxing legend Michalis Zambidis. The white set—gold buttons, plunging neckline, matching heels and bag—drew a volley of Instagram critiques: “Please dress a little more modestly,” one wrote. Another asked pointedly, “Ambassador or celebrity?”

Trump’s marijuana move: Might Medicaid pay for weed?

President Trump this week moved to reclassify marijuana. Could it be a step toward Medicare and Medicaid paying for medical weed?. While it’s probably unlikely, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in a statement reported that the idea is to make cannabis’ medicinal qualities more accessible to those who need it.

Savannah Guthrie Sobs: ‘Was Mom Taken Because of Me?’

In a wrenching Today sit-down with Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie broke down over her mother Nancy’s presumed kidnapping, admitting she fears her own public profile and money may have made Nancy a target. “Do you think it’s because of me?” she recalled asking her brother Camron. “I hope not… we don’t know,” she said through tears, before apologizing to her family: “I’m so sorry, Mommy.”

Two-Thirds of Americans Say Trump Isn't Focused on the Right Priorities

65% of Americans say Trump’s policies have worsened the economy, as 60% cut spending and 63% report financial strain from gas prices, according to a new CNN poll. As economic concerns dominate the public’s attention, many Americans say they do not see the president focused on the problems they consider most urgent.

Why the Trump Administration Is Closing 75% of U.S. Forest Research Facilities

The U.S. Forest Service, which manages 193 million acres of public land, is undergoing a sweeping restructuring under the Trump administration that will eliminate all regional offices, relocate its headquarters, and close roughly three-quarters of its research facilities—57 out of 77, according to multiple reports on the reorganization plan.

‘Party of the KKK?’ Historians Fact-Check Nick Cannon

Nick Cannon’s viral exchange with Amber Rose lit up X after he agreed that Democrats are “the party of the KKK” and praised Republicans for freeing the slaves. Critics swarmed, pointing to widely taught scholarship on the mid-20th-century realignment that flipped the parties’ coalitions on civil rights. Steven White of Syracuse University has written that Democrats shifted from the white South to a base of northern white liberals and Black voters, while Republicans became the home of most southern whites.

Russia Keeps Installing Emergency Comms. Ukraine Keeps Blowing Them Up.

Blowing up Russia’s wireless repeaters, Ukraine is working to prolong its connectivity advantage. Recent footage of Ukrainian drone strikes on tower-mounter repeaters underscores the value of the repeaters—and their vulnerability. The repeaters, fixed to the tallest tower in a given area, can extend wireless signals across the war zone and allow drone operators to stay connected to their drones even as the drones fly over the horizon.

Russia in flames as air defenses are overwhelmed by Ukraine

The Big Story: Russia in flames as air defenses are overwhelmed by Ukraine. Ukraine’s long-range drone production has reached the point where Russia's air defenses have become overwhelmed. Refineries, transshipment facilities, oil depots, and critical pipelines are being relentlessly attacked.

Ukraine May Have Finally Hit Russia's Black Sea Missile Frigate

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces may have finally landed a blow on the best warships left in the Russian Black Sea Fleet. It took months of trying. On Monday morning, what appear to be Fire Point FP-1s—propeller-driven one-way attack drones that normally carry 130-pound warheads as far as 600 miles under satellite and inertial navigation—barreled down on the Admiral Grigorovich-class missile frigate Admiral Makarov in the port of Novorossiysk, in southern Russia 275 miles from the front line in Ukraine.

Russia plunges into economic crisis, higher oil prices are too little, too late

The Big Story: Russia plunges into economic crisis, higher oil prices are too little, too late. More voices inside and outside of Russia are saying it. Russia is in a full-blown banking crisis.