On August 19, 2025, President Donald Trump criticized the Smithsonian Institution on Truth Social, calling it “OUT OF CONTROL” for its focus on slavery and negative aspects of American history, announcing a review to promote a more positive narrative. This follows a White House letter dated August 12, 2025, ordering a 120-day review of eight … Read more
On August 19, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced a policy requiring states to conduct monthly verification checks to remove illegal immigrants from Medicaid and CHIP enrollment, aligning with the Trump administration’s push to limit non-citizen access to public benefits under the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. CMS … Read more
On August 16, 2025, Nathalie Rose Jones, a 50-year-old woman from Lafayette, Indiana, was arrested in Washington, D.C., and charged with federal offenses for making violent threats against President Donald Trump via social media. Between August 2 and August 9, 2025, Jones used her Instagram and Facebook accounts to post threatening messages, including a particularly … Read more
Trump administration has escalated a contentious dispute by threatening to withhold federal funding from five Northern Virginia school districts—Prince William, Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlington, and Loudoun counties—over their transgender-inclusive policies, which allow students to use bathrooms and locker rooms aligned with their gender identity. Following investigations, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) … Read more
On August 15, 2025, U.S. President Donald J. Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, for a nearly three-hour summit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to negotiate peace in the Russia-Ukraine war. Described as productive, the talks yielded agreements on several points but no concrete deal due to unresolved issues, with Trump planning to … Read more
The Alaska summit on August 15, 2025, between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage has sparked polarized reactions from U.S. political factions. Republicans have hailed Trump’s assertive posture, praising his diplomatic approach as a bold step toward brokering peace in the Russia-Ukraine war, with some, like … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a summit in Anchorage, Alaska on August 15, 2025, endorsed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that the Russia-Ukraine war, which began in 2022, could have been avoided had Trump been in office. 🚨 WOW! Vladimir Putin is making Democrats FURIOUS after saying: “When President Trump says if he was … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) vehemently opposed President Donald Trump’s request to extend federal control over Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department beyond the 30-day limit set by the Home Rule Act, declaring “No f‑‑‑ing way” in a profanity-laced interview on August 13, 2025, with Aaron Parnas on “The Parnas Perspective.” Schumer vowed Democrats would … Read more
Senator Adam Schiff, former House Intelligence Committee Chairman, faces allegations of leaking classified information during the Trump-Russia investigation to discredit former President Donald Trump, as detailed in declassified FBI documents and a DOJ Inspector General report. A Democratic whistleblower, a career intelligence staffer, claimed Schiff directed leaks to shape political narratives, with FBI 302 reports … Read more