THE AFFORDABILITY HOAX:  Appearing in Pennsylvania last night to connect with the public’s worries about the price of living and affordability of daily life, President Trump blamed Democrats, lied about lower prices, and mocked the affordability “hoax.”   “They said, ‘Oh he …

PRESIDENTIAL POWER: The Supreme Court appeared ready to hand Donald Trump more power following a hearing on the President’s effort to fire a member of the independent Federal Trade Commission.   The court’s conservative majority appeared ready to overturn a 1935 precedent …

DOUBLE TAP: Democrats in Congress are calling for release of the “double tap” drug boat strike and claiming a cover-up by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who proudly released video of the first strike on the boat destroyed on September 2nd. Hegseth …

BUSINESS PLAN: President Trump’s new National Security Strategy plan released yesterday describes an America focused on making money, limiting immigration, and withdrawing as a block against authoritarian rulers and a force for freedom around the world. It’s all about us.   “We seek …

FOG OF WAR: Early reporting says a Pentagon investigation found that defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked the lives of American forces when he shared details of an attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen over the unsecured Signal app.   Back in March …

TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES:  President Trump ended his cabinet meeting yesterday with an angry rant calling Somalis immigrants in Minnesota, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, “garbage” who should “go back to where they came from.” Trump said: “I don’t want them in our country. …

DOUBLE TAP: After first denying that the survivors of an attack on a suspected drug boat were killed in a second strike, The White House and Pentagon now say it happened and was legal, putt responsibility on a Navy special forces …

WAR CRIMES: Both Democrat and Republican leaders in Congress are beginning to say that US forces may have committed a war crime in killing survivors of an attack on a suspected drug boat off South America in September.   The Washington Post …

GUARDSMEN DOWN: Two members of the West Virginia National Guard are in critical condition after what is being considered a “targeted shooting” blocks from the White House yesterday.   The gunman, who was also wounded, is in custody and is believed to …

THE FBI STORY: The FBI is seeking interviews with six Democratic lawmakers who made a video urging members of the military to refuse to obey illegal orders. President Trump called the video “seditious.”   Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin said; “The President’s reaction …