U.S. Deploys World's Largest Warship To Latin America
In a major escalation, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sends the country's newest, biggest aircraft carrier toward Latin America, while the president considers targeting cocaine facilities inside Venezuela. Plus, if you thought TikTok was soul sucking for your kids, wait till you see what this new avalanche of online "AI slop" is capable of.
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White House East Wing Completely Demolished
The East Wing of the White House, and the 123 years of American history it embodied, is now reduced to rubble. This comes as the cost of the ballroom, and with it opportunities for donors to curry favor with the President rise. Perspective from former Trump campaign adviser David Urban, former senior adviser to President Obama David Axelrod, and CNN Presidential Historian Tim Naftali.Â
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Trump Defends East Wing Demolition
President Trump is defending the demolition of the White House’s East Wing. Months ago, he said the construction "won’t interfere with the current building." We're Keeping Them Honest. Plus, presidential historian and Rice University history professor Douglas Brinkley gives his take on the extensive project to build a ballroom.
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Keeping Them Honest: Easy Money?
New reporting that the President is asking the Justice Department to pay him $230 million in taxpayer money for prosecuting him. Â With one catch, top Justice officials have to sign off on it. The good news for the president: he appointed them, and one's his former defense attorney in the case. Plus, the co-author of Epstein survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre's posthumous memoir, on their collaboration, and the chilling revelations in the book.Â
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Politico Reports On Racist Text Messages Allegedly Sent By Trump Nominee For Whistleblower Office
He's up for a big job in the Trump administration but perhaps not for long: a new report of deeply disturbing text messages allegedly sent by Paul Ingrassia to a group of fellow Republicans. The Senate's top republican, Majority Leader John Thune, has just weighed in. Plus, with French authorities racing to find several priceless treasures before they are broken up and fenced, all we are learning about how four daring thieves broke into the Louvre and made off with them, including video of them in the act.
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