• Trump says he will ‘take a look’ at ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic pardon

    Trump says he will ‘take a look’ at ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic pardon

    Joe Exotic could be a step closer to clawing out of his cage. President Trump on Wednesday said he’ll examine a request for a pardon from Joe “Exotic” Maldonado-Passage, the star of the hugely popular Netflix series “Tiger King.” “I’ll take a look,” Trump told a Post reporter when asked about the case and his …
  • Colton Underwood credits two controversial drugs with curing COVID-19 symptoms

    Colton Underwood credits two controversial drugs with curing COVID-19 symptoms

    Former “Bachelor” star Colton Underwood claims two controversial drugs heavily touted by President Donald Trump “saved” his life after he tested positive for coronavirus. The reality star, 28, told host Maria Menounos on her “Better Together” podcast on Tuesday that his doctor put him on two medications praised by the President in his daily press …
  • Data Shows U.S. Beginning to Deport Migrant Children under New Coronavirus Rules

    Data Shows U.S. Beginning to Deport Migrant Children under New Coronavirus Rules

    A member of the National Guard holds a boy of a Honduran migrant after she and her children were stopped from crossing illegally into El Paso, Texas, United States, June 26, 2019. The Trump administration has deported nearly 400 migrant children intercepted at the U.S.-Mexico border over the past two weeks as part of new …
  • Chuck Grassley Demands Explanation for Trump’s Firing of IG Who Advanced Ukraine Whistleblower Report

    Chuck Grassley Demands Explanation for Trump’s Firing of IG Who Advanced Ukraine Whistleblower Report

    Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) is preparing a bipartisan letter to send to President Trump over the Friday-night firing of Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson. Grassley, a Trump ally who has an ongoing probe into the Department of Defense’s role in supporting Stefan Halper, who spied on the 2016 Trump campaign, …
  • Dems Demand Half of $251 Billion in Additional Small Business Loans Be Targeted to Minority, Women-Owned Companies

    Dems Demand Half of $251 Billion in Additional Small Business Loans Be Targeted to Minority, Women-Owned Companies

    The White House is requesting an additional $251 billion for additional small business lending as part of the government’s coronavirus response, eliciting a counter from congressional Democrats asking for $125 billion in targeted aid for farmers, women, minorities, and veteran-owned businesses. “I’ll be asking Congress to provide an additional $250 billion for the paycheck protection, …
  • How MLB’s suspect coronavirus return idea got to this point

    How MLB’s suspect coronavirus return idea got to this point

    The economic element is powerful. Of course, MLB owners and players want to return to play because that is the way both are paid. But the sport also is receiving insights and advice from important federal officials and national health organizations suggesting a return to the field could provide a) confidence to the country that …
  • Trump Claims ‘China-Centric’ WHO ‘Really Blew It’ When Faced With Coronavirus Threat

    Trump Claims ‘China-Centric’ WHO ‘Really Blew It’ When Faced With Coronavirus Threat

    President Trump hammered the World Health Organization on Tuesday over its response to the coronavirus pandemic, accusing it of being partial to China and endangering countries by recommending borders be kept open. “The W.H.O. really blew it,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China centric. We …
  • White House Officials Viewed Peter Navarro’s Early Warnings about Coronavirus as ‘Alarmist’

    White House Officials Viewed Peter Navarro’s Early Warnings about Coronavirus as ‘Alarmist’

    Trump Administration trade adviser Peter Navarro sent a memo to the National Security Council on January 29 warning that the Wuhan coronavirus could kill over 500,000 Americans, but he was largely dismissed as “alarmist” and his policies were deemed “unsustainable” by White House officials, according to The New York Times. It is unclear if President …
  • Acting Navy Secretary Apologizes for Berating Captain in Speech to Sailors after Trump Says ’I’m Going to Get Involved’

    Acting Navy Secretary Apologizes for Berating Captain in Speech to Sailors after Trump Says ’I’m Going to Get Involved’

    Acting secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly at a hearing on Capitol Hill, December 3, 2019. Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly apologized on Monday night after his speech to sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier leaked, revealing he had lambasted the former captain of the ship for his handling of a coronavirus outbreak …
  • Trump says NFL season should start on time amid coronavirus crisis

    Trump says NFL season should start on time amid coronavirus crisis

    President Trump believes the NFL season should start on time in September. Trump said as much in a conference call with the commissioners of the major sports leagues on Saturday, and also said he hoped to have fans back in stadiums by August and September, according to ESPN, citing sources familiar with the call. The NFL …