Day: April 5, 2025

Ex-lawmaker George Santos faces 7-year prison sentence for federal fraud, identity theft

5:16 pm April 5, 2025

Disgraced former Rep. George Santos could face more than seven years in prison if New York prosecutors get their way. Santos, 36, who became just the sixth House member to be expelled from the chamber and the first Republican, pleaded guilty to federal fraud and identity theft charges in August as part of a plea deal after […]

‘FOOD BABE’ VANI HARI: Don’t boo the MAHA movement. Our health and safety are bigger than bureaucrats’ egos

5:00 pm April 5, 2025

I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard my friend and colleague Calley Means, co-founder of TrueMed and an adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, being booed, laughed at and shouted down at the Politico Health Care Summit this week. Apparently, that room full of health care lobbyists and partisan critics didn’t […]

Here’s what Trump is really up to with high-stakes tariff gambit

4:43 pm April 5, 2025

Let us be honest: When most people hear “tariffs,” they think about price hikes and trade wars. But the Trump administration’s latest tariff rollout is not merely a knee-jerk protectionist move—it is part of a far broader strategy. What is actually in play here is a high-stakes effort to build up leverage and resources to […]

BROADCAST BIAS: Networks mock Musk but dodge DOGE and ‘Government Efficiency’

4:30 pm April 5, 2025

As much as ABC, CBS and NBC have tried to embarrass Republicans over the years for any attempt to question or curtail laws with noble names like the “Clean Air Act” or the “Civil Rights Act,” it might be time to ask them why they are so opposed to President Donald Trump and Elon Musk […]

Oddsmaker gives insight into how bettors have fared with mostly upset-free March Madness

4:30 pm April 5, 2025

There hasn’t been much madness this March. In a tournament normally filled with upsets and Cinderellas, the bracket has gone chalk in many cases. For just the second time since 2007, and the sixth time ever, no 13, 14, 15 or 16 seed posted an upset. And for the second time in tournament history, the […]