All posts tagged "Newsmax"

A former White House aide turned Newsmax host abruptly cut short a live segment after a Democratic guest warned that President Donald Trump's outside advisers were pushing martial law.

Kelly Sadler was hosting a Newsmax 2 panel on noncitizen voting on Friday when Democratic strategist Mike Nellis made the remark.

Nellis, who was a senior adviser to former Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign, appeared alongside Newsmax contributor Mary Walter....

A GOP congressman had a hard time during an appearance on Newsmax selling the Trump administration's newest moves against a foreign country.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) was trying to convince Newsmax anchor Rob Finnerty that the United States needed to take action against Cuba and its former president, Raúl Castro. The Trump administration declared on Wednesday that it indicted Castro.

"I get it, the Ayatollah is gone, Nicolas Maduro is in jail, but now Cuba?" Finnerty said, shaking his head. "Look, I think people struggle with how this is America first, when gas is $4.55 a gallon right now."...

MAGA television host Eric Bolling had a blistering response for Newsmax after a fan called in to ask about the conservative network's reporting on Steve Bannon and his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

A woman named Lynne from Newcastle, Pennsylvania, asked if Bolling could address Bannon's connection to the late financier and convicted child sex offender revealed in the Epstein files after she saw Newsmax reporting on the story.

"We'd like to know what's going on," she said. ...

On MSNBC, host Jonathan Capehart was stunned into silence early Sunday morning as he reacted to a right-wing Newsmax figure's "racist" comment.

Capehart was addressing the issue of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, which are in danger as the federal government shutdown looms over the nation, when he said, "Let's stop talking about brother man for a minute and let's talk about, still on SNAP, what a host [on] Newsmax had to say."

Stumbling over his words and pausing throughout his sentences, Capehart added, "And you'll understand why I'm speechless after you listen to what he said about people on SNAP benefits and what they're using their benefits for."...

The right-wing Newsmax network has filed an antitrust lawsuit against competitor Fox News alleging the media outlet maintained its dominance through an unlawful scheme.

The lawsuit filed Wednesday in a federal court in Florida also names Fox Corporation as a defendant, alleging the network crushed competitors through an “exclusionary scheme" in violation of antitrust laws, Newsmax reported.

"Fox News, described in the complaint as a 'must-have' channel for distributors, leverages its market power to impose restrictions that harm consumers, stifle competition, and drive up costs across the pay TV ecosystem," the network reported....

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) bemoaned Thursday that Republicans "will never catch up" with confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's executive branch nominees due to "unprecedented obstruction" by the Democrats.

"They are still in full resistance mode," Cornyn said on Newsmax of his Democratic colleagues, "and they have yet to accept the outcome of last November's election."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) argued that Democrats have blocked the votes because “historically bad nominees deserved historic levels of scrutiny.” The Associated Press reported....