In a shocking move, CBS is ending "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" next year, potentially exiting the late-night television business altogether. The cancellation will take effect in May 2026, the normal end of the broadcast TV season, the network said. The Thursday night announcement came just two weeks after the parent company of CBS, Paramount, settled a lawsuit lodged by President Trump against CBS News. The settlement " and Paramount's pending merger with Skydance Media " spurred speculation about Colbert's future at CBS. Colbert, after all, is one of the staunchest critics of Trump on television. CBS, however, said in a statement that "this is purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night. It is not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount."
Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits declined for a fifth straight week to the lowest level since mid-April, showing a resilient job market. First-time jobless claims decreased by 7,000 to 221,000 in the week ended July 12. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 233,000 applications. Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) " Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump's policies have helped them since he took office, according to a new poll that finds underwhelming marks for him on key issues, including the economy, immigration, government spending and health care.
In fact, the Republican president fails to earn majority approval on any of the issues included in the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. He's even slipped slightly since earlier this year on immigration, which has consistently been a strength for him in his second term.
Senator Ron Wyden has found that four banks waited until Mr. Epstein's arrest on federal charges to flag $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions. Mr. Wyden wants the documents made public.
Donald Trump's efforts to dismiss the criticism over his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files as a "hoax" showed no sign of working on Thursday as more prominent figures from across the political spectrum emerged to attack the US president and some of his supporters recorded videos burning their signature Make America Great Again hats.
Across Africa, and in the tiny nation of Eswatini, fury has erupted over the arrival of foreign deportees from the United States, after its government confirmed that migrants described by a Department of Homeland security spokesperson as "depraved monsters" had been sent to its prisons.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Democrats that deny quorum for an emergency special session called by Governor Abbott, 'should be hunted down'
Proof positive
House Republican leaders are under fierce internal pressure to send members home for the summer amid deepening anxiety over a possible vote on the Jeffrey Epstein controversy.
A Sacramento County man, who was convicted for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol and later pardoned by President Donald Trump, was convicted on Tuesday of possessing child pornography. After a oneday trial, a jury in federal court found Kyle Travis Colton, 37, of Citrus Heights, guilty of one count of receiving child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Sacramento announced in a news release.
A report in JAMA Health Forum found the Medicaid cuts in the "big, beautiful bill" could lead to as many as 1,000 additional deaths and 100,000 more hospitalizations annually.
The Senate has approved the Trump administration's $9 billion rescission package aimed at clawing back money already allocated for public radio and television " a major step toward winding down nearly six decades of federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Even as the MAGA movement eats its own tail in response to Donald Trump and his administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, Democrats are netting record-low approval ratings. According to a Wednesday poll released by Quinnipiac University, approval of congressional Democrats is down to a historic low of just 19 percent. Seventy-two percent of those polled said they outright disapproved, while 10 percent didn't give an opinion. "This is a record low since March 2009 when the Quinnipiac University Poll first began asking this question of registered voters," the university wrote. Read more
Retail sales rebounded in June, an indication that President Trump's tariffs are not significantly impacting consumer spending habits yet. Headline retail sales rose 0.6% in June, above economists' expectations for a 0.1% increase month on month. By comparison, sales decreased 0.9% in May, according to revised Census Bureau data. Read more
Mr. Newberger has exclusive video of Donald Trump and Epstein dancing together. Darn catchy tune too.
Trump faces MAGA backlash over claims of hiding details of Epstein's crimes to protect rich elite " including Trump Read more
