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Trump's 'appalling' White House plaques spark backlash: 'Something very wrong here'

A recent renovation at the White House caused quite a stir on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump recently installed a "Walk of Fame" featuring photographs of former presidents, which lines the walkway from the West Wing to the White House. On Wednesday, the administration installed plaques with information about each president, some of which were personally written by Trump, CNN's Kit Maher reported.

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'Practically AWOL': Trump's 'shadow' government exposed in NYT column

Despite being given powers well beyond previous presidents, President Donald Trump has largely outsourced his duties to advisors who are actually running the White House's day-to-day operations, according to a recent analysis.

In a Wednesday op-ed for the New York Times, columnist Jamelle Bouie argued that Trump is mostly "uninterested in anyone except his most devoted fans, and would rather collect gifts from foreign businessmen than take the reins of his administration." Bouie pointed to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles' recent bombshell profile in Vanity Fair, in which she maintained that despite occupying America's highest office, Trump "doesn't know the details" of the "smallish agencies" that his administration decimated earlier this year.

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'War is coming': MAGA provocateur uncorks ominous prediction for Trump's mystery speech

President Donald Trump will announce "a war is coming" between the U.S. and Venezuela in his Wednesday night speech, according to right-wing broadcaster Tucker Carlson.

Carlson made the remarks on Wednesday during an interview with former Judge Andrew Napolitano. Both men are former Fox News employees.

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Senator sounds dire alarm of looming 'mass unemployment' — and warns Trump is in on it

WASHINGTON — Outspoken Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders raised dire concerns Wednesday about the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and robotics, warning that the United States is unprepared for the economic disaster that such technologies will bring.

In comments to Raw Story, Sanders cited major tech figures such as Elon Musk in noting that industry leaders openly predict an ominous future in which traditional work becomes obsolete. According to Sanders, the U.S. faces the prospect of widespread unemployment, particularly among young people already grappling with a dearth of entry‑level jobs.

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'Everybody Loves Raymond' actor sounds off on 'malignant narcissist' Trump on CNN

"Everybody Loves Raymond" actor Brad Garrett ripped President Donald Trump as a "malignant narcissist" during a CNN interview on Wednesday afternoon.

Garrett, who played Ray Romano's brother Robert Barone in the long-running sitcom, was responding to FCC Chair Brendan Carr's testimony during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing and questioned Carr's comments about threatening to pull late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel's show after the host joked about Trump's response to MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk's killing.

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'Never before seen' Kirk photos spark new questions about Kash Patel for MAGA conspiracist

MAGA conspiracy theorist Candace Owens came out of her meeting with Erika Kirk with questions about FBI Director Kash Patel.

Following the meeting with the wife of the slain Turning Point USA founder, Owens said she would focus on Patel during her Wednesday show.

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Trump vows NBC won't 'get away' with Dem interview in threat to broadcast license

President Donald Trump threatened NBC's broadcast license days after the network aired an interview with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA).

"Raphael Warnock was on Meet the Fake Press with a one sided and very biased Kristen Welker as the Host(ess!)" Trump ranted on Wednesday. "Warnock spent the entire show using Religion to try and divide the Country! If a Republican, in particular ME, made those statements, it would be FRONT PAGE NEWS."

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'Stabbing the party in the back!' Senate Republican melts down as GOP colleagues revolt

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday were enraged after four moderate Republicans revolted against their own party to push forward a health care petition to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies before they are set to expire.

The health care debate was a significant blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who has been losing control over his own party as Republicans in swing districts sided with the 214 Democrats — adding 218 total votes — and creating "enormous tension" within the GOP, CNN chief Congressional correspondent Manu Raju reported.

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Mike Johnson roasted for swearing he hasn't lost control of House: 'If you have to say it'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faced a massive blow to his leadership on Wednesday after four House Republicans crossed over to support Democrats' discharge petition for a three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies — and immediately faced questions from reporters over his leadership, to which he adamantly responded, "I have not lost control" of the House, despite this being the third discharge petition to overrule him this year.

This exchange, which came shortly before House Republicans sought to crack down and terminate a vote on the discharge petition early, led to an avalanche of mockery from commenters on social media.

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'I didn't hear an answer': House Republican gets more than he bargained for on CNN

CNN anchor Boris Sanchez cornered Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) in a fiery back-and-forth live interview on Wednesday over claims dropped in the explosive Vanity Fair article exposing the inner workings of the Trump administration.

Sanchez pressed Cline to respond to his questions as the conversation became tense.

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Staggering new price tag revealed for Trump's ballroom as plans show massive scale

President Donald Trump unveiled the shocking new price tag of his glitzy ballroom makeover for the White House, new plans of which show how it has dramatically scaled up from its initial proposal.

The Daily Beast reported Wednesday that the two-story edifice will include sweeping staircases, residential quarters for guests, and a secure bridge connecting the new space to the presidential residence. On Tuesday, Trump "let it slip" that the project now carries a staggering price tag of $400 million, double the initial estimate.

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Melania Trump skips ceremony for fallen troops hours after her film trailer drops

First Lady Melania Trump made the last-minute decision to skip a solemn dignified transfer ceremony to honor two U.S. service members killed in action in Syria.

President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Chief of Staff of the Army General Randy George attended the ceremony for the Iowa soldiers on Wednesday.

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Trump skewered by analyst over 'single stupidest' statement in US foreign policy history

Bulwark editor Jonathan Last delivered scathing criticism of President Donald Trump on Wednesday after the president dropped his plan to escalate military pressure on Venezuela in a Truth Social post rant.

Last described in his Substack how White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles' revealing Vanity Fair interview, paired with Trump's most recent comments, laid the groundwork for a potential military offensive — and what the motives actually are behind them — "that Trump is seeking regime change in Venezuela."

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