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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) says Ed Sheeran won't be playing in her car anytime soon, but that she's focusing her fury at billionaire Robert Kraft.

Macklemore's ouster from Sheeran's tour prompted TMZ to ask the star Democrat whether she changes the station when Sheeran comes on the car radio.

Inconsistencies run rampant through a White House "fraud ledger" that supposedly uncovered hundreds of billions of dollars in misused federal funds, according to a new analysis from the Washington Sun.

President Donald Trump's administration declined to explain those inconsistencies or disclose how it calculated the numbers on the ledger, published in August, according to the report.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been projecting gambling house bravado about the U.S. economy even as signs mount that the rest of the world is quietly hedging its bets against America, according to a new analysis.

Testifying before Congress this week, Bessent insisted the financial system remains credible, pointing to successful bond auctions and the dollar's continued dominance in global transactions, despite global concerns about President Donald Trump's economy, reported the New York Times.

Former President Barack Obama took to social media Wednesday to grieve the loss of a notable White House alum: Sunny, his family’s female Portuguese Water Dog and First Dog of the United States.

“We got Sunny at the start of our second term in the White House, and all of us — including our first dog, Bo — immediately fell in love,” Obama wrote in a social media post on X.

Gulf Oil Chief Energy Adviser Tom Kloza predicted this week that gas prices are about to go through the roof.

Kloza argued Wednesday morning that onerous gas prices were about to spike even higher amid President Donald Trump's war with Iran and the subsequent stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz.

A House-led effort to release more information about convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is gaining traction — and spurring serious concerns within the White House, according to two GOP lawmakers.

In July, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) filed a successor to their successful Epstein Files Transparency Act (EFTA), the bill that forced the Trump administration to release millions of files.

Five people stand accused of participating in a Kremlin-run "global assassination network" that plotted this summer to have a prominent Russian dissident killed in Washington, D.C., according to a new report.

All five defendants remain at large, NBC News reported Wednesday.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was shredded on social media this week after an exclusive report revealed his high standards for military waistlines.

Laughter echoed online Wednesday after the Wall Street Journal reported the Pentagon had requested commanders nominate troops with "impeccable" grooming and specific waist-to-height measurements to attend Hegseth’s upcoming “State of the Force” address.

The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a defeat Monday night, blocking U.S. Postal Service rules that could have let officials withhold delivery of mail-in ballots, but a concurrence from Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggests the fight is far from over, according to a new analysis.

The court's brief and cryptic order suggests Kavanaugh remains open to allowing the Postal Service to control ballots somewhere down the line – perhaps even for the 2028 presidential election cycle, CNN's Joan Biskupic argued in a Wednesday editorial.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was raked over the coals on MS NOW on Wednesday morning over reports of significant destruction to U.S. military facilities during the Iran war and munitions shortages.

“Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski ridiculed Hegseth’s tenure after a new report from the Wall Street Journal revealed “The war in Iran has drained American supplies of missile interceptors and highly accurate offensive weapons."

Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers was widely ridiculed after dodging a Fox News debate with his Democratic opponent, Abdul El-Sayed.

“It tells you who he is,” El-Sayed told reporters after he was forced to stand beside an empty podium in the debate, hosted by Fox2 Detroit’s “The Pulse.” “He’s a coward. So if I were him, I wouldn’t debate me either.”

A Beltway insider issued a dire prediction Wednesday as reports revealed President Donald Trump made nearly 28,700 stock trades in 17 months.

During an appearance on “Morning Joe,” political journalist and pundit John Heilemann analyzed a new Bloomberg analysis that found Trump traded more securities than every member of Congress combined since his return to office in 2025.

A new Reuters/Ipsos survey revealed that Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to President Donald Trump’s promise to issue $5,000 checks to all U.S. citizens, a revelation that shocked countless critics.

“Even his desperation bribe lie didn’t work. Zero juice,” wrote progressive activist and podcaster Jordan Uhl Wednesday in a social media post on X to his more than 243,000 followers. “Absolutely f------ washed.”