'America can no longer be the same': Trump unleashes tirade on what courts won't 'allow'

Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) unleashed a furious attack on MAGA lawmaker Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), who she said "made a fool of himself on national television." Donalds was asked on “Meet the Press Now" whether he thinks everyone — citizens and non-citizens — are entitled to due process. “When it comes to due process, that is a privilege reserved for American citizens,” Donalds replied. "When people are in our country illegally, there is a semblance of due process, but not nearly at the level of a United States citizen, of an American. There are two different standards." W...

President Donald Trump was already facing severe criticism for a Middle East "peace talks" tour immediately after the government of Qatar moved to gift him a luxury $400 million Boeing 747. But that criticism kicked into high gear after he appeared to literally doze off during a critical briefing in Saudi Arabia. Trump running out of energy and dozing off is nothing new — he famously appeared to do so even during his own criminal trial for business fraud in New York — but the moment, captured on camera, triggered a new wave of mockery. "BREAKING: In a surreal and frankly humiliating moment, Do...

Senior Trump aide Sebastian Gorka threw a fit when asked by a BBC reporter about the president accepting a massively expensive gift from the Qatari royal family, according to a report in HuffPost. Gorka, who serves as President Donald Trump’s senior director for counterterrorism, appeared on Radio 4′s World At One program. Host Sarah Montague asked, “The Qataris are giving a jet worth $400 million. The U.S. Constitution has provisions that no elected official should accept any present from the leader of a foreign state without congressional approval. Is there a problem with this, because it do...

On Sunday night, the U.S. announced that it is cutting tariffs on Chinese imports from 145 percent to 30 percent, for 90 days, and that China is dropping tariffs on U.S. goods from 125 percent to 10 percent, also for 90 days. The stock market soared on the news. (Anyone...

Famed Hollywood star George Clooney was deeply disturbed when he saw former President Joe Biden at a major fundraising event last year, because although the two had known each other for decades, Biden seemed to struggle so badly he had to be repeatedly reminded who Clooney was, Axios reported Tuesday. It's one of many new behind-the-scenes revelations in Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's new book about how Democratic officials came to conclude the former president had to leave the race. Clooney had last seen Biden in 2022, when he was far more energetic and in his form, noted the report — and he...

An analysis by the National Alliance to End Homelessness shows that as many as 9 million people could become homeless if the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ends rental assistance.

On Wednesday morning, the New York Times handed over space on the editorial page to allow members ofDonald Trump's cabinet to pitch the idea that being booted off welfare is the "opportunity" of a lifetime. Under a headline that bluntly stated, "Trump Leadership: If You Want Welfare and Can Work, You Must," Trump inner circle members Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dr. Mehmet Oz, Brooke Rollins and Scott Turner insisted there are too many "able-bodied" Americans who are receiving government assistance. As they put it, the plans to force Americans off the rolls should be contained in, as they called it,...

President Donald Trump's government has moved to resettle white South African "refugees" in Idaho — a state known for its white supremacist movement. The Idaho Statesman reported that at least nine of the dozens of Afrikaners would be sent to Twin Falls after they claimed to face anti-white discrimination in South Africa. "The move meant the Trump administration prioritized the South Africans ahead of about 12,000 already approved refugees, including more than 400 who had been poised to resettle in Idaho this year, according to the Idaho Office for Refugees," the paper noted. Want more breakin...

From the beloved children’s show “Bluey” to the blockbuster “Harry Potter” films, directors and producers have warned that President Donald Trump’s proposed 100 percent tariff on movies made in “foreign lands” would damage the U.S. entertainment industry’s ability to produce hit shows. But Lamont Pete, a veteran reality TV producer, told Raw Story “nobody should really pay this much mind,” because Trump’sMay 4 Truth Social post isn’t grounded in “reality.” “When he came out and said this I don't think he really thought it through, but surprise, surprise, that would not be the first,” Pete said...

Federal investigators are investigating a major health insurer for possible criminal Medicare fraud, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. Health care fraud investigators at the Justice Department have been probing UnitedHealth Group since at least the summer of 2024, according to the report. The probe reportedly centers around the company’s Medicare Advantage business practices, the Journal said, noting the Trump administration has looked to slash federal health spending, which UnitedHealth has benefited from. Want more breaking political news? Click for t...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.

Author Michael Wolff, who has written "a series of blistering books" on Donald Trump, claimed that the president's instincts will "sabotage" Republicans during the 2026 midterms when they can least afford to lose their slim majority in the House, according to The Daily Beast podcast. “Fundamentally, Donald Trump is self-destructive,” Wolff told host Joanna Coles. “All of the kinds of things he’s doing now will result in him losing—certainly losing the House of Representatives,” Wolff said. Wolff added that he plans for the GOP losses to be "impressive," especially due to the economic uncertain...

President Donald Trump is showing a “flagrant disregard of the Constitution” in the most “brazen of ways,” according to three former ethics attorneys in a New York Times guest essay. Norman Eisen, Virginia Canter, and Richard W. Painter, served as ethics counsels in the Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama White Houses. They aren’t just talking about the $400 million from Qatar. The three believe “his crypto entanglements are just as bad — perhaps even worse.” Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. First, they addressed the plane: “This arrangement has be...

Chief Justice John Roberts took an apparent swing at President Donald Trump Monday as he warned that America's justice system was "endangered" — and took particular aim at attacks on judges. Though Trump wasn't named by the justice, he has openly targeted judges in the multiple criminal and civil cases he has faced, as well as judges ruling on parts of his agenda. Some of this attacks have contributed to death threats. Roberts, an extremely conservative justice, was speaking to Georgetown Law students Monday, according to Politico. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headli...

As a journalist, governmental chaos keeps me busy. As an expert on poverty and homelessness – who spent a third of her career in homeless shelters – comments from the oval office are jaw-droppingly clueless and beg to be challenged.

[Note: This article is an edited excerpt from the books, Twitch Upon a Star, and The Essential Elizabeth Montgomery. Unless otherwise indicated, all quotes and commentaries are from interviews conducted by the author with those mentioned.]

Acclaimed former child stars Barry Livingston (My Three Sons; ABC/CBS, 1960-1972) and Paul Petersen (The Donna Reed Show; ABC, 1958-1963) recently reconnected at the Long Beach Grand Prix, in Long Beach, CA.

One of the first white South African refugees welcomed to the United States by the Trump administration this week has been tied to social media accounts that spewed antisemitic comments, according to a report. President Donald Trump's administrationwelcomed a group of 59 Afrikaners to the United States this month. The move was part of a new White House policy that prioritized the resettlement of white South Africans, primarily Afrikaners, citing fears of racial discrimination and violence against them in South Africa. The first arrivals were greeted at Dulles Airport by senior U.S. officials, ...

One of the most beloved Hollywood stars in the history of television, in particular, was actress Frances Bavier, who died in 1989 at age 85. The likable actress became best known for her compassionate and nurturing role as Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show (CBS, 1960-1968). Technically, Bavier's Bee wasn't a mother, but she might as well have been. As an aunt to Griffith's widowed and single-parent Sheriff Andy Taylor, and a grant aunt to Andy's young son, Opie, played by Ronny Howard, Bee was just as kind and maternal to both characters as any mother would have been.

Other than those indigenous to this vast and blessed land, we are all immigrants here in the United States of America, with rights enshrined in the constitution, no matter our status. The frantic mass deportations pushed by the current administration have affected visa holders, asylum seekers, tourists, and legal citizens. Sweeping reforms have eliminated due process in a web of reinterpreting archaic laws like the Alien Enemies Act and have revoked Temporary Protection Statuses (TPS) , affecting hundreds of thousands of innocent people.

Donald Trump has been lying to us ever since he came down that escalator. He just never stops lying because as a lifelong con man, it’s all he knows how to do. He’s still insisting he won the 2020 election, despite having lost by about 7 million votes and being wiped out in the Electoral College. He lied at the State of the Union about having a mandate to cut Medicaid, as Rep. Al Green (D-TX) pointed out. Along with over 100 other lies he told that day. And now he’s lying about his trade deals with the UK and other governments. Every single day he adds to the pile of lies he’s inflicting on the American people and the world.

The Bulwark's Bill Kristol argued in a new piece Wednesday that it made perfect sense for Donald Trump to spend his first international trip of his second term in Saudi Arabia because he admires the kingdom's iron fist of repression so very much. Kristol wrote that Trump appearing among the "autocrats and plutocrats and kleptocrats" hosted by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was exactly the image Trump wanted circulated around the world: American strongman holds court with a despot in one of the world's "most unfree" nations. “I like him a lot. I like him too much,” the pres...

Former child star and acclaimed actor Barry Livingston is best known for CBS-TV's long-running, beloved family sitcom, My Three Sons. After that monumental series ended, Livingston continued to act and made countless appearances on other TV shows, as well as big-screen movies. Those appearances included a decades-later guest-spot on the CBS sitcom, Two and A Half Men, starring Charlie Sheen.

CARMEL, CA – The Monterey County Sheriff's Office is investigating a robbery that took place at the Wells Fargo Bank branch located at 26600 Carmel Center Place on Friday, May 9, 2025, around 4:40 p.m., the agency announced.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the country after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, federal officials said Friday.

It's been five months since the demise of Anita Bryant, the former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer, orange juice lover, and outspoken opposer of gay rights. Bryant was 84 when she died of an undisclosed cause on December 16, 2024, at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma. This is her story.

Pete Seat, a spokesperson for the George W. Bush administration, gave a stunning assessment of President Donald Trump's plan to accept a $400 million plane from Qatar that he wants to convert into a new Air Force One. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social a day before he was set to head to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates Monday for his first international trip of his second administration. Seat appeared on CNN News Central Monday morning where anchor John Berman asked for his opinion on the hugely expensive gift from a nation with ties to Iran. Want more breaking politi...

Outgoing acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is moving to a new Justice Department effort named the "Weaponization Working Group," and he's already issuing threats, NBC News reported on Tuesday. However, legal experts have their own comments, and one has citations. Martin, a defense attorney who represented several Jan. 6 defendants, could not garner support from a top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee for the U.S. attorney post. So, he has been shifted to the Justice Department for the working group that aims to investigate anyone involved in the probes into President Donald Trump and h...

The Trump Department of Justice faces a new legal deadline after a federal judge warned that its failure to comply with a court order could be treated as an “intentional refusal” to follow the law. In a sharply worded one-page order, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said the Justice Department missed a key deadline to produce a privilege log tied to its claims of the state secrets privilege in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadoran national wrongfully deported to the country in March. “Evidently missing from the defendants’ filing is the privilege log that this court ordered to be pro...

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Mike Lawler (R-NY) got into a bitter, public fight on social media on Wednesday over President Donald Trump's sweeping budget bill on tax cuts, energy deregulation, and border security. Lawler, like some other members of the New York delegation, is currently opposing the bill because it only includes a partial, rather than full, repeal of the cap on state and local tax deductions, or SALT. Republicans representing districts in higher-tax states like New York have demanded to eliminate this cap. While Republicans themselves passed it in 2018, thinking it ...