Day: January 26, 2025

HUGH HEWITT: A perfect first week for President Trump (with an asterisk)

10:44 pm January 26, 2025

Only President Donald Trump and his inner circle could have expected such a successful first week of his presidency. Trump did the governing equivalent of batting 1.000 or hitting 10 for 10 from behind the arc in the NBA. It was a perfect first week for the returning president —with a big asterisk. There are […]

Trump floats gutting the IRS, moving agents to the border armed with guns

10:26 pm January 26, 2025

President Donald Trump floated moving nearly 90,000 IRS agents hired under the Biden administration to the border to patrol the area while armed with guns. “On day one, I immediately halted the hiring of any new IRS agents. They hired, or tried to hire, 88,000 new workers to go after you. And we’re in the […]

DAVID MARCUS: Liberal Asheville’s hippies warm to Trump after cold shoulder from Biden

10:24 pm January 26, 2025

To call this city of 95,000 a progressive bastion in a purple state is a significant understatement. This is the kind of place that would elect Che Guevera mayor if not for the fact that he was a cisgender male. So how does a town full of raging lefties react when newly minted President Donald […]

Secretary of State Rubio hails release of US prisoner in Belarus as controversy hangs over nation’s election

10:18 pm January 26, 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday announced the release of a U.S. citizen who had been imprisoned in Belarus as controversy looms over the Eastern European nation’s ongoing election. Crediting President Donald Trump’s leadership, Rubio said in a post on X that “Belarus just unilaterally released an innocent American, ANASTASSIA Nuhfer, who was taken […]

In ‘Hail Mary’ move, ICC prosecutor files surprise application as Senate set to vote on sanctioning court

10:17 pm January 26, 2025

In a move that some critics say was intended to influence the Trump administration and Congress, Karim Khan, controversial prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC), filed applications for arrest warrants against Taliban senior leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Taliban chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani for crimes against humanity. The timing of the move came as […]