Fox: America's cost to borrow is exploding. The U.S. is facing its highest 30-year borrowing costs in a quarter century as the national debt is climbing
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Guest: The war is lost already. Just make peace with Iran, just get out of there
Theo Von: It feels bizarre. It feels pointless
Theo Von guest: America is an empire in decline. It really seems that America is on the brink of a civil war. And I think Trump may go for a 3rd term.
The FDA has issued a "Class I" recall of 1.6 million eggs potentially contaminated with salmonella.
A Class I recall indicates that exposure could cause "serious adverse health consequences or death."
Theo Von on Iran: It's a fool's errand. Trump said we would not go to war with Iran
Ben Carson: We see this irrational hatred for billionaires. How stupid is that?
Trump's Energy Secretary on whether gas prices will drop this fall: "I have no clairvoyance"
(In March, he said gas would be under $3 a gallon by Memorial Day)
Fox: The latest read on consumer sentiment—51, that's a disappointment. The initial reading shows inflation fears
Top Trump official and tech billionaire Michael Boren personally diverted a disproportionate number of his agency's aircraft to fight a small fire on his ranch.
Prosecutions for federal sex trafficking have declined 22% this year, plunging to the lowest rate since 2010.
Vivek Ramaswamy's former bodyguard has pled guilty to conspiring to distribute at least 500 grams of methamphetamine and 40 grams of fentanyl.
Trump voter: I remember the day that we started going to war with Iran. Trump said, 'we're going to go in and out.' It's taken forever. I think he realizes this is a big mistake. And I seriously think he doesn't know how he's going to get out of this.
RNC Chair on Trump's diet: He has a Filet-O-Fish, a Quarter Pounder, and a Big Mac. And he combined 2 of them. And he was drinking an orange soda. How does the guy that's as senior as him get away with eating all this McDonald's on a consistent basis?
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RFK: I don't know how they do it, but when you get on Trump's airplane, it's just boxes and boxes of McDonald's
RFK: There's some people that can just eat anything. They're called super agers. I think Trump is one of those. Dana White says he's never seen Trump drink water in 25 years. He just drinks Diet Coke
Vance: We are already seeing the positive results from Trump's economic policies
Q: There is frustration on the seesaw nature of Iran. We're close to a deal, then we're gonna bomb the hell out of them. The Strait is open, then it's closed. How does this end?
Vance: The think I can say with confidence is I think this ends with the United States in a strong position.
JD Vance complains that DC is full of fraud
Fox: Lumber prices spiked to a 4-year high this summer, driven by tariffs
GOP Rep. Glenn Grothman: Actually, I think we should do a little more for the rich
Vivek Ramaswamy says privatizing Social Security is "a reasonable conversation to have"
Wife of a sailor who jumped off the USS Lincoln says she was not contacted for 4 days after the incident:
"It was handled very poorly because they didn’t inform me and they didn’t want me to know, and they’re just trying to cover this up."
Mayor Mamdani has announced NYC will cover all out-of-pocket childcare costs for 22,000 low-income families.
Shane Gillis: Trump can't relate to any human on Earth
Rogan: The crypto stuff is nuts. Trump has made billions in crypto. And then you got his sons who are involved in all these weird business deals.
Republican Joe Lombardo's own Deputy Police Chief endorses Democrat Aaron Ford in the Nevada governor's race
Iowa Senate candidate Ashley Hinson missed 200 votes in Congress, including:
—A crackdown on AI-generated child pornography
—Funding the Violence Against Women Act
—A data center transparency act
—Funding nutrition programs for seniors
—Addressing doctor shortages at the VA
—Training rural doctors
Top Trump health official rails against "sex rejecting mutilating transgender procedures"
(He is a urologist whose practice performed surgery on transgender men)
Tucker Carlson: Many of the people who advocated for the Iran war are attacking anyone who complains about rising food prices. That is pure contempt, if not hatred, for ordinary people.
Mayor Mamdani has announced a lottery to give away over 2,000 Broadway tickets to New York high school students.