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President Donald Trump defended his use of the power that comes with the presidential office, denying that he is “expanding” it while maintaining that he is “using it properly” in an interview on his first 100 days as the 47th president with TIME. Trump, who will have served 100 days of his second term on April 30, gave the extensive, bombshell interview to the outlet from the White House on Wednesday. The interview started off with a pointed question from TIME senior political correspondent Eric Cortellessa and editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs, who asked, “Why do you think you need more power?”...

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it received 52 pages of documents from the U.S. Department of Justice showing White House staffers suggesting edits to transcripts of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur regarding his handling of secret documents. The documents were obtained thanks to a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Justice for records of communication between the agency and White House regarding the altered transcripts of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s October 2023 interviews of President Biden in the criminal investigation into Biden’s theft and disclosure of classified records...

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk shared his concerns for the country and future generations during the second installment of his exclusive interview with Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier. "Well, there's a lot of things that I suppose that I worry about. And some of these things will seem esoteric to people. The birth rate is very low in almost every country, and unless that changes, civilization will disappear," Musk said in part two of his "Special Report" exclusive interview Friday. Musk pointed to declining birth rates in the U.S. and Korea, warning that "nothing seems...

Saikat Chakrabarti is not your typical political activist, to say the least. A former finance guy and startup founder and an early engineer at Stripe, Chakrabarti left industry to work for Bernie Sanders in 2015. From there he went on to found the Brand New Congress political action committee, with the goal of discovering new political talent. One of the people he discovered was none other than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Chakrabarti was just getting started. He co-founded the incredibly influential Justice Democrats and the think tank New Consensus. He became AOC’s chief of staff, during which time he wrote the original...

In this exclusive Russian-English translation, Lavrov shares Russia’s perspective on U.S.-Russia relations, the role of Europe in prolonging the war, and how the West’s actions have shaped global conflicts.

Democratic strategist David Axelrod criticized former President Biden for missing out on opportunities to reach American voters after he skipped the traditional presidential interview ahead of the Super Bowl during his final year in office. Ahead of Sunday’s game pitting the Kansas City Chiefs against the Philadelphia Eagles, President Trump sat down with Fox News host Bret Baier, where they talked about the game, Canada and the recent Trump administration actions. “A year ago, Biden refused the traditional Super Bowl interview and the unparalleled audience it would have yielded,” Axelrod posted to the social platform X. “That bewildering decision was...

Full President Trump Super Bowl pre-game interview with Bret Baier Feb 9, 2025

President Trump is angling for a massive payout from CBS – significantly more than what he accepted from ABC and Meta – to settle his $10 billion lawsuit over alleged election interference, The Post has learned. Sources with knowledge of the negotiations told The Post that Trump’s lawyers are poised to ask for as much as nine figures – a sum that would vastly exceed the $16 million recently paid by ABC and the $25 million doled out by Meta in recent weeks. The two sides began “very preliminary” discussions last week over the controversial “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala...

The Big Game is approaching with Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9, 2025 between the Philadelphia Eagles and 2-time defending champions Kansas City Chiefs. Record betting is expected again, but this year’s Super Bowl will make more history with U.S. President Donald Trump being the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl. So beyond the spread, total and moneyline wagers on Super Bowl LIX, there are pleny of ways to wager on the cross-pollination of politics and football. Prop bets at BetOnline.ag are thousands deep for the big game, and there are nearly 30 politics/Trump specific props surrounding the...

Now that the full ’60 Minutes’ interview with Kamala Harris is out, it’s more clear that the media were all in assisting her failed campaign.It’s been three months since the election, and there are still so many unanswered questions as to what exactly happened in the very obvious partnership that took place between the dying national news media and the Kamala Harris campaign. But a little more clarity was offered this week when Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, released the full nearly hour-long interview CBS “60 Minutes” aired with Harris several weeks before Election Day.The disclosure of...

CBS has finally released their complete, unedited interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris. It was a word salad bonanza. She sat down with 60 Minutes in the waning days of her campaign, where it was becoming clear that the now-former vice president lacked the presidential timber to win. The garrulous journey she took us on during these interviews was astounding in exposing her vapidity toward the most fundamental issues. These trainwreck interviews confirmed the reports of her ignoring staff and their briefing memos. She can’t go off the cuff.

Former Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz said in a new interview on Tuesday that it’s been “pure hell” since his party lost the presidential election last November. Speaking with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, the Minnesota governor was asked what advice he’d give to “average people” who oppose the agenda President Donald Trump has implemented since he returned to office. “You know that overused term, ‘The frog in the boiling water?’ We’ve been in the damn pot way too long,” Walz said. “I think it is speaking up. It’s thinking about your neighbors. It’s writing and putting those members of Congress...

President Trump credits the popular social media app TikTok for earning a greater percentage of the youth vote than previous campaigns. President Donald Trump gave his first Oval Office interview on Wednesday addressing a wide range of problems facing the United States, but assuring the nation that they are "all solvable." “They’re all solvable problems … with time, effort, money — unfortunately — but they’re all solvable," President Trump said in the interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity. He also reiterated his belief that this election was the most consequential in history. “We can get our country back,” he...

Mayor Eric Adams said the Democratic Party has abandoned him – and everyday New Yorkers. “People often say, ‘Well, you know, you don’t sound like a Democrat and you seem to have left the party,’” Adams told host Tucker Carlson during an interview due to air Tuesday night. “No. The party left me and left working-class people.” Adams added that he believes the Biden Administration punished him for being vocal about the migrant crisis plaguing the Big Apple – claiming the White House response to his gripes about being a sanctuary city was: “be a good Democrat, Eric.” According to...

The FP is in our nation’s capital for the inauguration—and we’re talking to everyone with skin in the game. Today, hear Bari Weiss in conversation with Speaker Mike Johnson on the future of America under Donald Trump's second administration. Stay tuned for more conversations from "The Free Press in D.C." Presented by Uber and X.

Paramount Global executives have held internal talks about settling a lawsuit filed by President-elect Donald Trump over CBS News’ interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a report. Paramount, the parent company of CBS, is hoping to close its planned merger with Skydance Media in the coming months but has been sued by Trump for allegedly favorably editing the “60 Minutes” sit-down with Harris just before the election In recent months, it has become clear that Trump’s dissatisfaction with CBS News is proving to be a major hurdle, and it will likely need to pony up concessions to win...

"I will get Elon Musk kicked out by the time he takes office. He will not have a blue pass with full access to the White House. He will be like anyone else" (via Google Translate)

RUSH: If you’re just joining us, ladies and gentlemen, I’m fit to be tied today. I’ve had it with the constant drumbeat of negativity, enraged, irrational madness that embodies itself in a hatred of George W. Bush by a bunch of people that have not the slightest clue what they would do differently about anything. Jimmy Carter is engaging in traitorous conduct in my opinion with an interview that he has granted to der Spiegel magazine, and I guess he’s got a new book out. Let’s pick up this interview where we last left it, at the conclusion of the...

This is either the greatest unknown actor of all time or this was the guy. You decide. I'm hard to BS.

Discuss immigration, sanctuary city status he inherited, criminal charges brought by DOJ, and he believes it's punitive, due to push-back against immigration and border, relationship with Trump, Homan, merits of charges, or lack thereof. His faith, prospects for reelection against Andrew Cuomo, etc. Transcript linked below video.