Iran Issues List of Demands, Complicating Efforts to Reopen Strait The head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the United States met certain conditions. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/w...

Iran Issues List of Demands, Dampening Hopes of Reopening Strait of Hormuz

The head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the United States met certain conditions.

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Disgraced Ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell Had Fling with Stephen Miller’s Wife, Katie, When She Was a 22-Year-Old Intern people.com/eric-swalwel...

Disgraced Ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell Had Fling with Stephen Miller’s Wife, Katie, When She Was a 22-Year-Old Intern, Report Reveals

A new report states that former Rep. Eric Swalwell and Katie Miller had a fling while she was a 22-year-old intern. Swalwell recently resigned from Congress amid sexual abuse claims, which he denies, ...

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Reporter: Democrats are going to impeach you again. Trump: A lot of people are saying I’m one of the greatest presidents ever. Reporter: They aren’t saying that, though.

DISGRACEFUL: The Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Todd Blanche, Trump’s former lawyer, as attorney general. Only two Republican senators voted NO: Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski.

CNN: The chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Dan Caine, has privately told top Trump advisers that the U.S. needs to find an off-ramp from the war with Iran, warning that escalating the conflict could backfire and that airpower alone is unlikely to achieve Trump’s stated objectives Total disaster

YIKES: A real photo of Donald Trump today. 📷 Elizabeth Frantz

ABC NEWS: Donald Trump is moving forward with his attempt to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud, in a move that is likely to spark a new legal battle over the independence of the central bank.  abcnews.com/US/trump-mov...

Trump moving forward with attempt to fire Lisa Cook after Supreme Court setback: Sources

President Trump is moving forward with his attempt to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud, sources say.

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JUST IN: In a major blow to Donald Trump, a federal appeals court ordered the Trump administration to halt construction of the White House ballroom without congressional approval. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals sided with historic preservationists who sued to block the project.

BREAKING: Sen. Bill Cassidy announces he’ll vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general. Sick!

BREAKING: The U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July. May and June job gains were also revised down sharply, by a combined 103,000 jobs. Are you tired of winning yet?

HUGE: Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she will vote against Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general: “The country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration,” Murkowski said.

Vice President JD Vance says he doesn’t regret the fat joke he made on Twitter about Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen: “He’s been a little unfair to me over the last couple of weeks, and so I decided to hit back… I feel pretty good about that.”

Trump’s former Surgeon General 👇

Texas businessman John Gannon says he regrets voting for Trump after his Venezuelan fiancée was detained by ICE: “Nothing like this has ever happened to me… This is like the Gestapo. I never thought the US would act this way.”

In a new statement, Senator McConnell said he has been discharged from the rehab center: “On the advice of my doctors, I’ll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from home during the state work period,and I’ll continue to engage with my staff and colleagues on important Senate business”

New YouGov poll — Texas Senate race: (D) Talarico 48% (R) Paxton 45% A Democrat hasn’t won a U.S. Senate election in Texas since 1988.

What did he say about Pence a year and a half in?

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Washington Post reports Trump told donors he wants to see JD Vance elected president in 2028, saying at an Oval Office meeting about two weeks ago, “At the end of the day, we need to elect JD.”

The Washington Post reports Trump told donors he wants to see JD Vance elected president in 2028, saying at an Oval Office meeting about two weeks ago, “At the end of the day, we need to elect JD.”

Trump denies reports of U.S. munitions shortages, while saying the “leakers” behind those “treasonous statements” are being “hunted down.”

Trump in Nevada: “Michael Whatley should be your governor.” Minor detail: Whatley is running for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina. 25th Amendment now!

Trust the plan. Everything is going according to plan.

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 3d ago

Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over Iran missile depletion concerns 
At a Camp David summit this weekend, President Trump demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over extreme munitions shortages. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over Iran missile depletion concerns 
At a Camp David summit this weekend, President Trump demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over extreme munitions shortages. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Trump, Hegseth clashed at Camp David over Iran missile depletion concerns

At a Camp David summit this weekend, President Trump demanded answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over extreme munitions shortages.

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NEW: The U.S. Senate has confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director by a 51-44 vote

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy remains undecided on Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general: “I am very concerned about so-called lawfare—people being prosecuted not for a valid reason beyond somebody in high office being angry at them.”

Q: What message does it send if Trump fires a US attorney because there was not sufficient evidence to charge a crime? Blanche: If the president wanted to fire a U.S. Attorney, it turns out he's allowed to do that

Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States

Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers reacts to Abdul El-Sayed winning the Democratic primary: “I spent years hunting terrorists and bringing Osama bin Laden to justice. Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11.”

Trump: Any community that turns down AI is making a big mistake. Your taxes are going to go way down. Your house is going to be more valuable. Data centers, if you look at the stats, everything's good around them.

JUST IN: Rep. Haley Stevens has called Abdul El-Sayed to concede in Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary. El-Sayed will face Republican Mike Rogers in November.

Trump: if we have no friction, then oil will go down to—I think it will go down to $2.50 a gallon It was down to $1.85 before I had to make this little journey to the Islamic Republic of Iran. I had to make it