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MAGA's possible midterm scheme exposed by ex-GOP operative

Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson shared his speculations for MAGA ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

In a recent Substack post, Wilson wrote that MAGA cannot win a fair midterm election fight and plans to resort to cheating.

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MAGA actor James Wood locks down social media account as 2017 scandal resurfaces

MAGA actor James Woods made his X account private on July 9, a day after an anti-MAGA account posted that Woods had faced accusations of predatory behavior.

The account lockdown came as the anti-MAGA account @MAGAts_Exposed resurfaced a claim that Woods approached actress Amber Tamblyn and a friend at a restaurant, offering to take them to Vegas when she was 16.

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Elon Musk abruptly postpones interview with CNBC just before airing

Elon Musk abruptly canceled a heavily promoted live interview with CNBC moments before it was set to air on Friday, leaving the network scrambling.

Anchor Scott Wapner and correspondent Julia Boorstin were set to conduct what was billed as Musk's first television interview since SpaceX went public.

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Kristi Noem ridiculed online over  divorce revelation

Reactions flooded social media Friday following news of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's divorce from her husband, Bryon Noem.

Bryon's alleged affair and "bimbofication" fetish were reported in April.

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Experts argue American economy is now defined by Trump's temperament

A new analysis found finance professionals declared the stock market is being increasingly driven by President Donald Trump's temperament rather than rational capital allocation.

Politico's analysis reported investors abandoned traditional earnings and cash flow analysis, instead obsessively speculating about which companies will gain or lose Trump's favor.

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Kash Patel lashes out at MS NOW for criticizing his 'lavish lifestyle'

FBI Director Kash Patel responded defensively to criticism from MS NOW's Hayes Brown regarding his expensive leisure activities, partly funded by taxpayers.

In his op-ed, Brown highlighted Patel's extensive personal time during official travel and cited an internal schedule from his Italy trip obtained by The New York Times. The document revealed long periods for "personal time" and "cultural activities."

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Trump fires remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission

President Donald Trump fired the remaining three members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, or EAC, just months before the midterm elections, according to Reuters.

The action follows a landmark Supreme Court decision overturning 90 years of precedent, granting Trump near-unlimited power to dismiss agency heads, even those Congress designed to be independent with merit protections.

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Pete Hegseth enforces stricter no-beard policies in the military

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who uses the title "Secretary of War" under a Trump executive order, initiated a strict crackdown this week.

During a naval ship visit, Hegseth discovered too many soldiers received beard exemptions, CNN reported.

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Ex-government official warns Trump's 'boyhood pal' might manipulate midterms

Former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor warned of an alleged plot to manipulate the midterm elections, with President Donald Trump's "boyhood pal" Peter Ticktin at its center.

Ticktin, an 80-year-old Florida lawyer who met Trump in the 1950s at a military academy, urged the president to declare a national emergency based on unsubstantiated claims of foreign election interference in the 2020 election, Newsweek reports.

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Joe Rogan thrashes Trump war: 'People don’t want it'

Celebrity podcaster Joe Rogan expressed intense anger at President Donald Trump over the war in Iran during a conversation with right-wing British politician Rupert Lowe.

Despite endorsing Trump in 2024, Rogan criticized the president for breaking a key campaign promise to avoid new wars.

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Trump's Vatican ambassador demands help identifying leaker

President Donald Trump's ambassador to the Holy See demanded an apology and help identifying the source of a leak that portrayed U.S. officials as intimidating Pope Leo XIV over his criticism of the Iran war.

Brian Burch, the ambassador to the Holly See, personally contacted Vatican Cardinal Christophe Pierre with the request, reports The New York Times.

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Susan Collins' re-election strategy collapses: report

Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins' carefully constructed re-election strategy collapsed following Democrat Graham Platner's abrupt exit from the Senate race due to multiple credible allegations of sexual misconduct and assault, according to a new report.

In its report, Politico argues Collins' campaign spent months stockpiling opposition research on Platner, betting his personal scandals would dominate coverage and allow her to reposition herself as the more trustworthy choice.

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Critics ridicule Trump's newest Noble Peace Prize rant

President Donald Trump faced ridicule on social media after a video of an Air Force One press gaggle was published.

In the video, Trump claimed he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize more than Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

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