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(AP Photo/Matt Rourke) President Donald Trump and the GOP are making Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) an offer they hope he won’t be able to refuse. According to Politico’s Jonathan Martin, some Republicans believe that even if they lose four Senate seats this November, they may be able to hold on to control of the chamber by flipping Fetterman. “Trump has made the sell, offering his patented total and complete endorsement plus a financial windfall to the Pennsylvanian. A handful of Senate Republicans are also gently feeling out Fetterman and responding to his concerns over the prospect of defecting from the Democratic Party, multiple high-level GOP officials tell me,” reported Martin, who was told, “I’m not changing” by Fetterman himself. “I’m a Democrat and I’m staying one,” added the senior senator from the Keystone State. But “When one senior Republican recently brought up the idea of becoming an independent to Fetterman, he absorbed the suggestion and didn’t embrace or reject the overture, according to a GOP official familiar with the conversation,” revealed Martin, who shed further light on the dynamics pushing Fetterman away from his party: First, the Senate is akin to a high school cafeteria. And Fetterman these days is much more comfortable sitting, quite literally, with the Republicans. He never shows up for Democrat-only gatherings, such as the caucus’s regular luncheons. Fetterman gets along well with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, the two text one another regularly. … After resisting it because he didn’t want to prompt chatter, Fetterman has now started to hang out in the Senate GOP cloakroom during long votes. For a time, he would remain alone and spend time between votes reading through his phone until [Katie] Britt came out to join him for meals. This was a way he didn’t have to enter either party’s mini-Capitol clubhouse. Now, though, Fetterman is spending hours with Senate Republicans in their cloakroom and in some leadership offices. “If Fetterman does flip, according to officials who were given anonymity to talk about sensitive matters, it will be thanks in large part to his deepening friendship with a pair of senators and their high-profile spouses: Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), and his wife Dina, and Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.), and her husband, Wesley,” noted Martin. During an interview with Fox News last Wednesday, Fetterman dismissed the idea of crossing the aisle. “My voting record actually reflects that I am a… [TheTopNews] Read More.23 mins ago - TikTok Pulls ‘All Known’ Viral Outfit Videos Using Charlie Kirk Assassinatio...
AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File TikTok removed “all known” videos using gunshot audio from the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Monday, part of a viral outfit transition trend on the platform that had sparked backlash. Users on the platform paired the fashion clips, popular on the platform, with audio from Kirk’s September 2025 killing during the transition. The trend circulated widely in recent days, drawing condemnation from conservative influencers and pundits alike. Turning Point USA, the youth organization founded and led by Kirk, took to X to officially denounce the content “in the strongest terms” on Sunday. The group said, “Charlie Kirk was the victim of a real act of political violence. Turning that into viral content is grotesque and dehumanizing.” The statement went on: “There is nothing harmless, funny, or acceptable about it. It reflects a culture that trivializes violence and reduces real human loss to a punchline.” Early Monday the organization posted an update to say that it was notified of sweeping enforcement action by TikTok, writing: “We have been informed that all known audio and videos have been removed. We thank TikTok for its prompt action.” UPDATE: We have been informed that all known audio and videos have been removed. We thank TikTok for its prompt action. https://t.co/n0DVVOtnXD — Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) May 3, 2026 Late Sunday, a TikTok rep told Fox News Digital the material breached its policies and had confirmed that it was acting to remove the content. “This does violate our policies, the audio does, and of course, the video,” a spokesperson said. “We’ve taken steps to remove them, and any kind of repostings or any other content using that audio.” “We don’t allow anything that glorifies violence or anything like that, so we would take that down, which we are,” the spokesperson added. TikTok indicated to Fox News Digital that it would continue removing reposts of the audio as they appear.The post TikTok Pulls ‘All Known’ Viral Outfit Videos Using Charlie Kirk Assassination Gunshot Audio first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.40 mins ago - ‘Sorely Lacking and Deeply Problematic’: CNN Legal Expert Takes Flamethrower...
CNN’s Elie Honig took a flamethrower to the Trump DOJ’s case against former FBI director James Comey on Monday morning. Comey was indicted last week over a 2025 Instagram post including a picture of seashells arranged on the beach to read, “86 47,” and the caption, “Cool shell formation on my beach walk.” Prosecutors are arguing the post constituted “a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon, the President of the United States.” On Monday, Berman played a clip of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche arguing that “This is not just about a single Instagram post, this is about a body of evidence that the grand jury collected over the series of about 11 months,” and asked Honig to weigh in. “John, count me as highly skeptical that DOJ has some piece of evidence that’s a true game changer here, above and beyond the post itself. Now, if this case charged some sort of sprawling, ongoing conspiracy, some multi-defendant scheme that went on over weeks or months, then sure, there could be evidence that hasn’t yet come out at this early phase, but will come out soon,” replied Honig. “But if you look at the indictment, if you look at this statute that DOJ has chosen to charge here, if you look the wording of the indictment, it’s quite clear that Jim Comey’s Instagram post with the seashells, that is the case, and the case is that post.” Berman followed up by asking Honig why Blanche might be insisting that there’s more to the case, as well as context on relevant case law. The former federal prosecutor answered: Well John, I think this apparent overrepresentation of the case by Todd Blanche is a reflection of the fact that he’s a good enough prosecutor to recognize that this case is sorely lacking and deeply problematic. So the case is going to turn on the meaning of that phrase, “86 47.” No question, 47 means Donald Trump, the 47th president of the United States. But 86 is ambiguous at best for prosecutors. Are there instances where people have used 86 to mean kill? Sure. But those are few and far between, clearly in the minority. The far more common usage of 86 is to mean we’ve run out of something, or to cut something off, or to eliminate something. And that’s, by the way, what… [TheTopNews] Read More.45 mins ago - Zimmer: Let Us Invest in More Radio Stations
A family-owned broadcaster in Missouri says it wants to invest in more radio stations but that current FCC rules are blocking it from doing so. Second-generation broadcaster John P. Zimmer is the president of Zimmer Radio of Mid-Missouri, which has 10 stations in six markets. He has added his voice to those calling for the FCC to do away with local radio ownership limits. In a letter to the FCC, he described broadcast radio as his company’s core competency. “We continue to look for new ways to increase our potential revenue base and serve our communities but we most want to invest more in radio broadcasting. It makes no sense for the FCC to keep outdated rules that prevent Zimmer and other local radio broadcasters from investing in the one business they know best and which desperately needs additional investment capital.” If permitted under FCC rules, he said Zimmer Radio will invest in more stations. This, he said, “would allow us to spread the costs of news and other programming across more outlets and to offer a greater variety of programming in our local markets, thereby attracting larger audiences and additional advertisers. “This result would benefit consumers and lead to more sustainable local radio operations.” Noting that his father purchased his first station in 1956, Zimmer said the company “is strongly committed to serving local communities with high quality programming, including local news, information and emergency reporting,” but that the FCC needs to act in light of competitive forces that didn’t exist for radio when the current rules were put in place. “Local radio stations have lost and continue to lose large portions of their advertising revenues to digital competitors. Radio broadcasters outside the largest markets particularly struggle financially.” Zimmer noted that even the smallest broadcasters face certain fixed costs including equipment, electricity bills, programming and salaries. The National Association of Broadcasters has urged the FCC to hasten its process and remove the caps. Not all broadcasters are in favor. The National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters has come out against it. Separately, the musicFIRST Coalition, a longtime critic of broadcast consolidation, has told the FCC that “the current FM ownership caps remain necessary to protect the public interest in competition, localism and viewpoint diversity.” [Related: “Consolidation Could Spike if FCC Eases Caps”] The post Zimmer: Let Us Invest in More Radio Stations appeared first on Radio World. [TheTopNews] Read More.50 mins ago - The Anti-Abortion Lobby Is ‘Turning on Trump’ as Activists Accuse President ...
AP Photo/Matt Rourke The anti-abortion lobby is “turning on” President Donald Trump, according to the Wall Street Journal, which interviewed several prominent pro-life activists who accused the president of undermining their agenda. In an article titled, “The Antiabortion Movement Is Turning on Trump,” the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that while pro-life activists were initially triumphant following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, abortions had since been on the rise under Trump, driven in part by the “ubiquity of abortion pills” under his administration. “Trump is the problem. The president is the problem,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of anti-abortion organization Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, in an interview with the newspaper. “It’s shameful that the Trump administration’s inaction has forced pro-life states to take their battle to the federal courts.” According to the Journal, pro-life activists and anti-abortion organizations had hoped that the Trump administration would quickly “roll back Biden-era rules allowing the abortion pill, mifepristone, to be prescribed online and shipped through the mail” – a law which has allowed abortion pills to be sent from liberal states to women in conservative states that have restrictions on abortion. Instead, however, little has changed, with the Department of Justice fighting “lawsuits from Republican state attorneys general over access” to the drug, and Trump’s Commissioner of Food and Drugs Marty Makary even approving a new version of the pill late last year. “This is just insulting, right? This is not what we voted for,” Advancing American Freedom’s Marc Wheat told the Wall Street Journal, while Family Research Council president Tony Perkins accused the Trump administration of undermining conservative states. “You have Republican states that are challenging a Republican administration over this because their laws are being undermined,” Perkins protested. “Pro-life voters are going to be wondering what’s going on when they head into the polls in November.” Trump’s MAGA coalition fell apart over the past year, with the president publicly lashing out at several of his former allies, including former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, former Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, commentator Candace Owens, Infowars founder Alex Jones, and his own former counterterrorism chief Joe Kent. The president also received heavy criticism from supporters over his ongoing conflict with Iran, as well as the administration’s handling of the Epstein files, with Trump’s approval rating hitting an all-time low this month.The post The Anti-Abortion Lobby Is ‘Turning on Trump’ as… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Trump Unleashes on Van Jones — Claims CNN Analyst Once Came to Him ‘Crying L...
(Screengrabs) President Donald Trump raged that CNN analyst Van Jones should be “ashamed of himself” and recalled how the critic and former Obama official once came to him “crying like a baby” to help get criminal justice reform legislation across the line. In a Truth Social post early on Monday, Trump said that he had helped “quickly round up the votes” that Jones needed and delivered for him what “nobody else” could. The president then complained that he now watches Jones trash him and his administration “every chance he gets.” The president wrote: When a devastated (he was crying like a baby!) Van Jones of CNN came to me with a group of African American leaders, he had “DEAD” in getting Criminal Justice Reform approved in Congress. Van Jones and these Black reps had been unsuccessfully fighting to get “Reform” for many years. He was just wasting everyone’s time – Needed 5 Conservative Senators – there was no chance, or even hope, for a win. I liked some of the people he was with, agreed with what they were saying, and quickly rounded up the votes needed to get CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM approved. It was NOT easy! Nobody else, including Obama, who tried to for years, could have done this! Now I watch this guy, Van Jones, every chance he gets, calling me a “Dictator,” and far worse. He should be ashamed of himself!!! President DJT It’s not certain whether the president was set off by a particular CNN segment that Jones was a part of. Jones collaborated with the Trump administration and lawmakers on Capitol Hill in 2018 to help pass the First Step Act, a bipartisan measure aimed at improving criminal justice outcomes and reducing the federal prison population. He has repeatedly highlighted that role, often pointing to the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a driving force behind the effort, citing Kushner’s personal connection to the issue after his father served time in federal prison.The post Trump Unleashes on Van Jones — Claims CNN Analyst Once Came to Him ‘Crying Like a Baby’ in Wild Post first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
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