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- Trump Insists He Doesn’t Talk About Government With His Children — Just Says...
President Donald Trump insisted that conversations with his children focus mainly on “I love yous,” and never touch on the government or goings-on within the White House. While Trump sat down with Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman for an interview on the show Fly Out Day, Sherman cited the fact that some Democratic lawmakers sought to “limit” the Trump family’s “ability to conduct crypto business” while Trump is in office. When asked for his feelings on the matter, Trump first referenced former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s stock trades and suggested there was a double standard at play. He then claimed that crypto was “very important” because, “If we don’t have it, China’s going to have it.” The conversation continued: TRUMP: But I do it, very simply, because we can’t let China have it or Japan have it. Other countries really want it and we dominate in it. So, to me, it’s very important. But they want to do a bill and in the bill they want me to be different than everybody else on the– SHERMAN: So you’re against that, it would sound like? TRUMP: Well, I don’t mind putting it in a blind trust. I don’t run my stuff anyway. I let my kids run it, but– and I never even talked, I never talk to them about things. If they want to go into– you know, they’re not involved in government. I don’t talk to them about government. I don’t talk to them about much, other than to say, “I love you, kids.” The president’s comments came weeks after he disclosed approximately $1.4 billion in earnings from his family’s crypto ventures last year.The post Trump Insists He Doesn’t Talk About Government With His Children — Just Says ‘I Love You Kids’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.40 mins ago - JUST IN: Sen. Bill Cassidy Reveals His Decision on Todd Blanche’s bid for U.S....Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said he will vote to confirm Todd Blanche for U.S. Attorney General n a dramatic moment on the Senate floor in which the longtime elected official appeared to briefly tear up. “Mr. Blanche is not perfect and he will tell you this,” Cassidy said. “But the choice is not between Mr. Blanche and perfection.” Cassidy announced he would support Blanche, then added: “I will be criticized for this vote. What’s new.” The senator, a doctor who infamously questioned Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s appointment at Health and Human Services Secretary before voting to confirm his appointment to the post, declared earlier this week he was concerned about “lawfare” under Blanche’s leadership at the Justice Department. Cassidy’s support means Blanche’s confirmation could come as soon as Friday, on a razor thin vote. His announcement came Friday just hours after Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) posted on X that she would oppose Blanche’s nomination. Murkowski described Blanche as “decent and capable” but insisted she would not back his bid to become U.S. Attorney General for a number of reasons. “The politicization—even weaponization—of the Department did not start with this administration but has accelerated during it,” she wrote in her post. “I take issue with the handling of the release of the Epstein files; the sweeping immunity protections granted to the President, his family, and their businesses; the statements that have been made to anti-abortion groups; and the repeated targeting of individuals ranging from former administration staff to sitting U.S. Senators. “I am also keenly aware that the Department’s nearly $2-billion dollar slush fund—which likely would have rewarded January 6 protesters—is only off the table because this nomination is pending and the Senate has leverage. Once we vote, that will end, and there is no telling what the future holds,” she added. The nomination of Blanche, Trump’s former personal lawyer, as U.S. Attorney General has sparked a lengthy back and forth between the president and Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), both of whom opposed Blanche while the decision rested at the committee level. The unusual Republican opposition prompted Trump to repeatedly lash out at the pair. Cornyn, who lost his re-election bid after Trump backed primary opponent Ken Paxton (R), and Tillis, who is retiring, folded after Blanche pledged to end the president’s $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. Critics said Blanche’s assurances were not a written guarantee of… [TheTopNews] Read More.56 mins ago
- Fox Business Reporter Shares ‘Disappointing’ and ‘Weak’ Jobs Report: ‘...Fox Business’ Lauren Simonetti reported on the “disappointing” jobs report for July, which host Maria Bartiromo admitted was “weak” as 23,000 jobs were unexpectedly lost. On Mornings with Maria on Friday, Bartiromo threw to Simonetti during a panel talk about the state of the economy amid the ongoing Iran war. Simonetti reported: Minus 23,000, no rebound for the July jobs report. Negative 23,000. Unemployment rate dropped in July to 4.1% from 4.2%, in June and the same for the expectation. The number of unemployed dropped from 7.1 million to 6.9 million. Where are the jobs, Maria? Well, manufacturing, bright spot, better than expected, created 5,000 jobs in the month but, again, a disappointing jobs report, Dow futures way up, doubling where they were before. I’m going to continue to dig through to tell you where jobs are not. Bartiromo then cut back to her panel, admitting the report was “weak” and asking if it was “too weak.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that 23,000 non-farm payroll were lost in July, a sign of the labor market slowing after months of growth. NBC News reported that economists surveyed by Dow Jones were expecting 83,000 added jobs on top of the 57,000 in June. Revised jobs numbers for May and June also showed slow growth in the labor market, with May being revised down 66,000 to 129,000 and June cut by 37,000 to 57,000. Wage growth was also slow, pumping up just 0.1% from June and 3.2% from a year ago, according to the new Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Fueling the slow growth is both inflation and higher-than-normal costs, especially at the pump. Inflation stands at around 3.5 percent, and gas prices continue to inflate amid the Iran conflict. The average national gas price is now over $4 dollars. Gas prices had dropped to below $3 before the first strikes against Iran in February, according to AAA. Watch above via Fox Business.The post Fox Business Reporter Shares ‘Disappointing’ and ‘Weak’ Jobs Report: ‘Where Are the Jobs?’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- ‘We Don’t Like MAGA Anymore!’ CNN Data Guru Says Trump’s ‘Key Core Pol...MAGA supporters appear to be marching away from President Donald Trump. CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten highlighted data on Friday showing Trump’s support among Make America Great Again supporters has plummeted 28 points “down into the Atlantic Ocean.” “The bottom line is, is the group at which the Trump movement was built upon, they are shifting away,” he added, delving further into the data with CNN host John Berman: JOHN BERMAN: All right. So how about what the same group is saying about Donald Trump specifically? HARRY ENTEN: Yeah, okay. The idea of being, OK, maybe they’ve soured on MAGA, but they haven’t say, soured MAGA but maybe they haven’s soured on me Donald Trump might be saying. Ain’t the truth. Take a look here. OK, non-college voters on Trump. Hello, OK. In the 2024 election, he won them by 13 points, right? That was the reason he won. He won among non-college voters, a very strong performance amongst them. And that of course was the reason he was able to win because college voters were against him. But look at this now, minus 19 points. Minus 19 points, we’re talking an even bigger shift here. We’re talking about, what is this? This is a 32-point shift away from the president of the United States when it comes to his key core political group. This is why he’s in so much trouble. It’s not just that college voters are against Trump now. It turns out that non-college voters, the ones that he built his presidential bid on, have waved adios, goodbye, see you later, Mr. Trump. BERMAN: So what impact might this have on Republican House members? ENTEN: OK, Johnny B is asking the key question here, because maybe they’re abandoning President Trump, but you know what? The midterm elections, they may not like Democrats either. Well, if you’re a congressional Republican, you wish that to be true, I have bad news for you because it turns out that the non-college voters are turning on you too, and it may in fact turn you out of power in the congressional elections coming up in the midterms. Choice for the House, non-colleges voters, 2024 election, look at this, Republicans plus 13 points. Now, Democrats, Democrats actually lead among non-college voters in an average of polls. It’s just a point, but you know what, when it comes to a… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- Trump Refuses to Back GOP Senate Leader for Another Term: ‘It’s Unfortunateâ...President Donald Trump declined to back Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) for another term as he expressed some frustration with congressional Republicans. In an interview with Punchbowl on Thursday, Trump gave a mixed response when it came to Thune, saying he’s frustrated the Senate leader has not been able to pass the SAVE America Act, legislation that would put strict voter ID laws in place and new restrictions for mail-in voting. “I don’t want to get into that necessarily,” Trump said when asked about Thune and another term. The president said he gets along with Thune, but he’s frustrated Thune can’t get the votes to pass the legislation. “I get along with him. It’s unfortunate that he doesn’t have the votes,” he said. He added, “John’s trying. He’s trying hard. I really believe that. But if he doesn’t get there, it would be unfortunate.” He also pushed for eliminating the filibuster. “I believe strongly in terminating the filibuster, and by the way, getting SAVE America Act approved immediately, and about 400 other things in every hour of every day,” he said. Thune has been open about not having the votes to end the filibuster or pass the SAVE Act. Trump predicted Democrats will eliminate the filibuster if they gain control of Congress in the midterms. “If they get in, they’re going to do it very quickly,” he said. “I would do it whether they did it or not. We would get in the next two and a half years; we would get things that nobody ever dreamt of. We would be in office for the next hundred years.” The president also expressed doubt about Republicans’ prospects in the midterms, saying Republicans may not be motivated to vote because he’s not running. “If I [am not running], will those people go out and vote? And that’s the one thing I can’t do. I’m going to ask them to. … The question is, will they vote? Because a lot of them are very angry at Republicans, to be honest with you. … They’re angry at Republicans, but they’re not angry at me,” he said.The post Trump Refuses to Back GOP Senate Leader for Another Term: ‘It’s Unfortunate’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Re-Election on Ice for School Board Member Who Told Teen: ‘God, You’re Hotâ€...
Screenshot A Tennessee school board member who was caught on camera telling a teenager “God, you’re hot” at a public meeting was expected to lose his re-election bid, according to reports. Keith Ervin, a Republican, came in behind three other candidates, including two other Republicans and a Democrat, according to a Thursday report by local WCYB News 5. Ervin was charged with assault in the disturbing April 2 incident, which took place during a Washington County, Tennessee, school board meeting. Video of the meeting, which was being livestreamed, showed Ervin put his arm around the teen to pose for a picture, and captured him making the lewd remark and smiling. “God, you’re hot, you know that? Where do you go to school at?” he said, a comment which initially prompted laughs from the audience and fellow board members. The girl had given a presentation and was seated next to Ervin at the meeting, video showed. Ervin was due in court Friday on the assault charge, local station WSMV4 reported. The remark was widely condemned, including by Ervin’s fellow school board members who decried the “grossly inappropriate comment.” He was also censured. The official in Washington County, about 90 minutes northeast of Knoxville, made headlines after the April remark went viral, prompting the girl’s dad to lambast him. “Let us be absolutely clear: We do not condone Keith Ervin’s behavior in any way,” according to a social media post by the dad, which was reported by News Channel 11. “His actions — lewd gestures, a grossly inappropriate comment, and unwanted physical contact with a student — are unacceptable under any circumstance. Intent does not excuse impact. His refusal to acknowledge wrongdoing only deepens our concern. We do not believe he should be anywhere near students.” Ervin later apologized, claiming in a statement he was “not always good with words.” “If that’s all you’re seeing, I understand why people are reacting the way they are,” he said of the viral video of his remark.The post Re-Election on Ice for School Board Member Who Told Teen: ‘God, You’re Hot’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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