Hunter Biden went on "Real Time with Bill Maher" to attack Jared Kushner's role in Middle East talks, and the host stopped him cold by pointing out that Joe Biden and "every Democrat" once vowed Iran would never get nuclear weapons. The exchange, which aired Friday night, landed at a volatile moment. A 60-day negotiation […] The post Bill Maher cuts off Hunter Biden's Iran tirade with a reminder about his own father appeared first on American Almanac .
Hunter Biden went on "Real Time with Bill Maher" to attack Jared Kushner's role in Middle East talks, and the host stopped him cold by pointing out that Joe Biden and "every Democrat" once vowed Iran would never get nuclear weapons. The exchange, which aired Friday night, landed at a volatile moment. A 60-day negotiation window established under an interim peace deal signed in June had just expired Monday without a breakthrough. The United States and Iran continue to clash over control of the Strait of Hormuz. And President Trump had warned days earlier that he was prepared to impose what he called "an ECONOMIC D-DAY" on the Islamic Republic. Into that backdrop walked the former first son, who used his airtime to go after Kushner,…Open
President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian products after last-ditch negotiations fell apart late Friday, and Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to match them dollar for dollar. The levies kicked in at 12:01 a.m. ET on Saturday, August 22, hitting dozens of Canadian exports including wine, dairy products, hockey sticks, […] The post Trump's 50% tariffs on Canadian goods take effect after trade talks collapse appeared first on American Almanac .
President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian products after last-ditch negotiations fell apart late Friday, and Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to match them dollar for dollar. The levies kicked in at 12:01 a.m. ET on Saturday, August 22, hitting dozens of Canadian exports including wine, dairy products, hockey sticks, whiskey, vodka, honey, whey protein, molasses, steel, cement, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics. Oil, gas, and potash were exempted. Within hours, Carney held a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, flanked by Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and chief trade negotiator Janice Charette, to announce that Canada was suspending all trade talks…Open
A Trump-appointed federal judge temporarily struck down key provisions of a Colorado law that singled out the state's only ICE detention facility for special inspections and steep fines, ruling the state likely crossed a constitutional line. Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico issued a preliminary injunction Thursday blocking the enforcement provisions of Colorado House Bill […] The post Federal judge blocks Colorado's crackdown on Aurora ICE detention center appeared first on American Almanac .
A Trump-appointed federal judge temporarily struck down key provisions of a Colorado law that singled out the state's only ICE detention facility for special inspections and steep fines, ruling the state likely crossed a constitutional line. Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico issued a preliminary injunction Thursday blocking the enforcement provisions of Colorado House Bill 26-1276, a law Democratic Governor Jared Polis signed on June 4. The measure expanded state and local oversight of immigration detention centers, but in practice it applied to just one place: the GEO Group's Aurora ICE Processing Center, Colorado's lone ICE detention facility. Fox News Digital reported that Domenico found the law discriminated against GEO based…Open
Former Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a husband into office, has died of natural causes at 94, closing a career defined by fierce independence and landslide victories in the heartland. Her son, Bill Kassebaum, confirmed the death to The Associated Press on Friday. He described […] The post Nancy Kassebaum Baker, first woman elected to the Senate on her own, dead at 94 appeared first on American Almanac .
Former Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a husband into office, has died of natural causes at 94, closing a career defined by fierce independence and landslide victories in the heartland. Her son, Bill Kassebaum, confirmed the death to The Associated Press on Friday. He described his mother as someone who never treated her seat as a partisan possession. Bill Kassebaum told the AP that his mother "loved Kansas" and "loved people from Kansas and representing Kansas for 18 years in the U.S. Senate." He added a line that captures the kind of Republican she was: "She was an independent-minded Republican who was willing to stand up for what she thought was right, even if that…Open
Vice President JD Vance rallied for Republican candidates Friday at the same Middletown, Ohio, steel plant where his grandfather worked for decades, casting Democrats as a party that abandoned the working class. Vance took the stage inside the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works facility, formerly Armco Steel, and opened with a personal note that doubled as a […] The post Vance returns to the steel mill where his grandfather welded for 40 years — and pitches the GOP's blue-collar future appeared first on American Almanac .
Vice President JD Vance rallied for Republican candidates Friday at the same Middletown, Ohio, steel plant where his grandfather worked for decades, casting Democrats as a party that abandoned the working class. Vance took the stage inside the Cleveland-Cliffs Middletown Works facility, formerly Armco Steel, and opened with a personal note that doubled as a political argument. His grandfather, James Vance, welded steel there for nearly 40 years. The family came north from Kentucky's hills looking for a middle-class life, and the plant delivered one. Now, Vance told the crowd, the party James Vance once supported for its union ties has become unrecognizable. As the Associated Press reported , Vance framed the visit as both a homecoming…Open
State of the Union: Reports of Driscoll’s looming exit come after his long-simmering rivalry with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and amid a rash of hazy exits by Vance affiliates. The post Driscoll, Army Secretary and Staunch Vance Ally, to Depart Admin appeared first on The American Conservative .
Daniel P. Driscoll, President Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Army, is poised to leave the administration by the end of 2026 , several outlets report . Driscoll is a former Yale Law School student and longtime friend of Vice President J.D. Vance and Second Lady Usha Vance. At the nadir of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s perceived stock in Washington, Driscoll was widely tipped as a possible — if not likely — successor. The Hill claimed Driscoll had been in a “months-long turf war” with Hegseth. But if anything, the palace politics at the Pentagon had seemingly cooled for much of 2026. Hegseth’s position has been largely bolstered by frontline television appearances during the administration’s crusade against…Open
Attorneys for Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour say Sharpton's remarks have labeled the three boys as criminals and subjected them to threats.