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- ‘Do They Sell by the Bottle?’ Texts Reportedly Show Embattled Labor Secretar...
Nikos Frazier/Omaha World-Herald via AP Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, top department officials, and even members of her family regularly sent text messages to young staffers to ask for favors, according to a review by the Labor inspector general’s office. On Wednesday, The New York Times published yet another unflattering account of Chavez-DeRemer’s tenure at the department, which has been marred by reports of bizarre personal and professional faux pas, including potential ethics violations. In one exchange from April 2025, DeRemer’s father, Richard Chavez, texted a young female staffer, “Hearing u/r in town. Wishing you would let me know. I could have made some excuses to get out and show u around. Please keep this private.” The staffer apologized for not apprising the secretary’s father of her travel plans, and replied, “Will do, no need to worry!” “When are u leaving an where u staying,” Chavez responded. Weeks later, the same staffer texted the secretary’s husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, an anesthesiologist, and also apologized for not reaching out to him. “I’ve been having so much fun traveling with LCD and being in the moment for everything!! I promise from now on I’ll check in,” she wrote. “You better. I was feeling forgotten. I figured you were still in church repenting after your exposure to the demon state of Oregon,” DeRemer responded. In February, DeRemer was banned from the Department of Labor after at least two female employees said he touched them inappropriately. The incidents were reportedly recorded by security cameras. The secretary’s husband has no role in the department. The allegations were made public a month after Chavez-DeRemer was reported to have taken subordinates to a strip club. The Labor Department’s inspector general is also reviewing allegations that the secretary and aides drank on the job. The Times report published on Wednesday said text messages show Chavez-DeRemer, who reportedly keeps a liquor stash in her office, asking a staffer to bring wine to her hotel room: In one text message, Ms. Chavez-DeRemer asked a staff member to bring rosé to her hotel room. “Do they sell by the bottle,” she asked. The staff member responded that they did, but were out of rosé. Ms. Chavez-DeRemer responded with another selection: “How about the josh sauvi B.” The messages are undated, but a picture of the menu in the text message exchange suggests it is from a hotel bar in Myrtle Beach, S.C.,… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - Pamela Brown Fires Back When Stefanik Accuses CNN of Ignoring Swalwell Scandal: ...
CNN anchor Pamela Brown fired back immediately when Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) accused her network of ignoring the scandals plaguing former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), pointing out that it had been her investigative team that had broken some of the major parts of the story before he resigned from Congress. This month, Swalwell faced a wave of accusations from women that he sent explicit messages, including unsolicited nude photos and videos, plus more serious allegations from a former staffer who says he sexually assaulted her while she was intoxicated. Swalwell has admitted to “mistakes in judgment” but denied that he sexually assaulted anyone. Many of his staffers, at both his gubernatorial campaign and congressional office, resigned, and a large group of current and former staffers issued a statement supporting his accusers. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and House Ethics Committee have opened investigations into Swalwell. Sunday evening, Swalwell announced he was suspending his campaign for California governor. By Monday evening, he had announced he was resigning his congressional seat as well amid growing bipartisan calls for his expulsion from the House. Swalwell’s resignation letter was read aloud from the House floor, making his congressional exit effective at 2:00 pm ET on Tuesday — hours after yet another woman came forward to accuse him of drugging and raping her. CNN reporters broke major parts of the story leading to the apparent demise of Swalwell’s political career — and perhaps the beginning of his criminal troubles. I did the first sit down interview with Ally Sammarca who reacted to the news of Swalwell's rapid political fallout from Grace after she told her story to CNN along with 3 other women last Friday. She is the only woman who has gone public with her identity to date.… — Pamela Brown (@PamelaBrownCNN) April 14, 2026 Swalwell suspends his gubernatorial campaign, two days after CNN reported 4 women describing sexual misconduct, including a former staffer who says he sexually assaulted her. We’ll continue reporting — reach out if you’d like to discuss the congressman or others on the Hill https://t.co/N22iO43xpv — Allison Gordon (@alligordon_) April 13, 2026 During Stefanik’s segment, Brown segued from a discussion about President Donald Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV by framing her question about Swalwell’s woes as a topic “from our own reporting at CNN” and “our exclusive reporting last… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - Abby Phillip Asks Pro-Trump Catholic if ‘JD Vance Knows More About Catholic Th...CNN host Abby Phillip straight-up asked a Catholic panelist if she believed that Vice President JD Vance knows “more about Catholic theology than the pope.” Phillip began Wednesday’s edition of NewsNight by discussing the president’s ongoing feud with Pope Leo XIV, who has been outspoken in criticizing Trump’s rhetoric and policies. Trump has repeatedly attacked the pope in recent months, posting a stunning rant last week that accused Pope Leo of being “WEAK on Crime.” The vice president, who converted to Catholicism in 2019, also criticized the pontiff, telling him on Tuesday to “be careful” when discussing “matters of theology.” National Review columnist Caroline Downey claimed that the pope’s words risked “confusing” Catholics, and that the pope needed to be more specific when he spoke out against military conflicts. Phillip noted that the Vatican had, in fact, clarified Pope Leo’s remarks before bluntly asking Downey whether the vice president was more qualified to discuss religion than the leader of the Catholic Church. Read their exchange below: DOWNEY: As a practicing Catholic, I know that the Vatican doesn’t operate in our political paradigm. It’s in the divine spiritual realm, so when the pope sounds like the U.N. Spokesperson saying no confrontation, no conflict, only peacekeeping, only diplomacy, that is totally normal. However, we learned this lesson with Pope Francis, who waded into politics probably more than any other pope before him, at least in terms of our modern politics, you do have to care about precision and exactitude as the successor to Peter, as someone who is informing the opinions of so many lay Catholics. So when you say, as the pope and I say, this as a practicing Catholic, that god does not hear the prayers of those who wage war, that is a bit precarious and does risk confusing practicing Catholics, because does that mean the war to fight [Adolf] Hitler and World War II, was that unjustified? PHILLIP: Well, let me– DOWNEY: The war against the Soviet Union, was that unjustified? I’m just saying that to say that he should be a little bit more precise, that’s not like this– ANNA NAVARO: Ok, but it’s rather rich– it’s rather rich for– PHILLIP: Hold on. Before you jump in, Anna, there is actual clarity from the Catholic Church on this. To your point. And the bishop, James Massa, the doctrine committee chair, so this is straight from the Catholic… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
- Stephen Miller Suggests Trump Could Extend Iran Blockade ‘Indefinitely’Stephen Miller claimed the U.S. could continue its blockade on Iranian ships for the foreseeable future, telling Sean Hannity on Wednesday that the U.S. “has the capacity to continue this indefinitely.” Miller joined Hannity to discuss the ongoing U.S. conflict with Iran and President Donald Trump’s announcement of a U.S. naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz after unsuccessful peace negotiations in Pakistan this weekend. The impassioned Trump advisor told Hannity that the president was “a man of peace,” but claimed the U.S. interest in preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons had not changed. “President Trump is a man of peace. President Trump wants peace. President Trump wants stability,” he said. “But President Trump has also been clear. America will not be trifled with. America will not be bullied, and America never, ever, be threatened by a nuclear-armed Iran. Not now. Not ever.” Miller told the Fox host that the president’s latest move on the Strait of Hormuz was crippling the country’s economy, before claiming that, if needed, the U.S. could continue its military presence in the Strait for a lengthy period of time. “A military operation could wipe out their energy infrastructure for generations. He’s made clear he doesn’t want to do that. He wants Iran to choose the right path to make a deal,” said Miller. “This embargo is squeezing the economic life out of the Iranian regime, and the United States has the capacity to continue this indefinitely, if Iran chooses the wrong path.” Trump has claimed on multiple occasions that the U.S. war with Iran was winding down, telling Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo in an interview on Wednesday that the conflict was “close to over.” Ships with links to Iran have reportedly passed through the Strait since Trump’s blockade began, though U.S. Central Command has disputed those reports. The Pentagon is set to send thousands more troops to the region, who will join the 50,000 U.S. military personnel already deployed to the Middle East. Watch above via Fox News.The post Stephen Miller Suggests Trump Could Extend Iran Blockade ‘Indefinitely’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
- Attorney Who Masterminded Trump’s Attempt to Overturn Election Disbarred
Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP John Eastman, the attorney who masterminded the legal strategy behind President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has been officially disbarred in California. In the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and the revelations of the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, Eastman and other attorneys who were involved representing Trump or his interests found themselves also facing criminal charges and threatened sanctions from the bar associations that issued their law licenses. With Trump issuing sweeping pardons for those involved in Jan. 6 and the efforts to overturn the election, discipline from the bar associations remains one of the few avenues for accountability. Bar discipline remains the only enduring form of punishment that has faced Trump's allies in the 2020 election effort: -Rudy Giuliani-John Eastman-Jenna Ellis-Kenneth Chesebro-Jeff Clark (proceedings pending)https://t.co/rivYJwK8B8 — Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 15, 2026 Eastman was the infamous author of a memo detailing a strategy that he advised Trump to pursue in order to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which would entail having Vice President Mike Pence refuse to accept the Electoral College votes from the states. He was also active in lobbying state legislators to block Joe Biden’s Electoral College votes, drafting the lawsuits that were filed around the country promulgating baseless claims of election fraud, speaking at the rally at the Ellipse immediately before the riot, and was still urging Pence to consider acquiescing to their scheme while the riot was ongoing. According to evidence and sworn testimony from numerous witnesses at the hearings held by the House Select Committee to Investigate Jan. 6, multiple aides to both Trump and Pence informed the president that this would be illegal and unconstitutional. Eastman was among the defendants indicted along with the president in Fulton County, Georgia, accused of being co-conspirators in a scheme to overturn the election. In 2024, the California State Bar recommended that Eastman lose his law license for “advocating, participating in and pursuing a strategy to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election that lacked evidentiary or legal support” and his “unwillingness to acknowledge ethical lapses regarding his actions, demonstrating an apparent inability to accept responsibility.” A California appellate disciplinary panel upheld Eastman’s disbarment, and he appealed to the state’s Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court issued its ruling, upholding the… [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago - Army Secretary Orders Social Media Accounts Shuttered After Post About Democrat ...
AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker, File Army Secretary Dan Driscoll ordered multiple social media accounts associated with the U.S. military after they praised the service of Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL). Soldier for Life is an Army organization that promotes services for veterans, soldiers, and their families. On Saturday, it ran a commendatory post about Duckworth on its Facebook page, featuring an image of her in her Army uniform, along with a biography. The senator, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Army, lost both legs in Iraq when her Black Hawk helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. The post irked a user on X, who posted a screenshot of the Facebook post and tagged Driscoll’s government X account. On Monday, the post was taken down. On Wednesday, The Hill reported that Driscoll ordered that the account and associated accounts be shuttered. “A Department of Defense source familiar with the Army’s reasoning told The Hill that Driscoll directed all social media profiles affiliated with [Soldier for Life] to be shut down following the negative reactions to the post about Duckworth, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee.” The Hill added that an Army spokesperson said this was “simply a circumstance of the Army handling routine Army business.” “When this legacy account came to Army leadership’s attention, we realized it was not directly managed by qualified Army personnel and was taken offline, just like the hundreds of accounts before it,” the spokesperson told The Hill. Duckworth has been critical of Driscoll and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Last year, the senator voted against confirming them to their positions. Last month, The New York Post ran a story alleging that Hegseth had been overcome with “paranoia” and was concerned President Donald Trump would replace him with Driscoll.The post Army Secretary Orders Social Media Accounts Shuttered After Post About Democrat Who Lost Both Legs in Iraq first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago
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