Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville calls for the arrest of Zohran Mamdani: Put handcuffs on him. Send him to Gitmo.
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Trump's border czar Tom Homan: I know where the bodies are buried.
Karoline Leavitt: Trump and the White House want to keep the government open. (Last year, Trump oversaw the longest government shutdown in history)
A new report from Trump's Energy Department revealed that greenhouse gas emissions have increased in the United States for the first time since 2022.
Karoline Leavitt: The Trump administration is setting up the manufacturing industry to thrive more than ever before. (The manufacturing industry has lost 73,000 jobs since Trump took office)
Rick Jackson, GOP nominee for Georgia governor: "We're going to reduce affordability to the lowest it's ever been!"
Trump gets confused about how to pronounce the word "phenomena"
Schiff: How did Epstein's victims feel about Blanche meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell? Elizabeth Stein, Epstein survivor: It wasn't lost on us that Blanche spent two days and nine hours interviewing her, but for months we couldn't get in front of the DOJ. When we did, we only got an hour.
Trump attacks Senator Jon Ossoff: Jon Ossoff is terrible
Trump: I want you to remember if you're paying a little bit more, a lot of it has come down. Also, remember, forgetting about prices, and I don't wanna forget about it, I would never want to leave a sentence like that, because they'll say, 'HE FORGOT ABOUT PRICES!!!'
Trump: We did a great job with COVID and got no credit for it
Trump: When I go to Dover, I read charts on all of the young people and some are unbelievable and some are—you know, they got a little bit, a couple of little bad things put in. This son was perfect.
Trump: "We don't need the Hormoz Street" (He means Strait of Hormuz)
Trump: They were screaming at me, 'What are you going to do about high prices?' I said give me a break.
A sweaty Trump complains about "Dumocrats, D-U-M, Dumocrats!"
Hirono: Was Blanche's attitude during your meeting one of dismissiveness? Epstein survivor: We went into the meeting in good faith to work with him and the DOJ. We were met with gaslighting and Blanche talking around our questions instead of answering them.
RFK Jr: Trump has a VERY beautiful hand...
Epstein survivor recounts meeting with Todd Blanche: "Rather than listening to survivors and engaging seriously with the evidence, he dismissed many of our questions, provided misleading info, and would not give us the slightest indication he believed in investigative leads in the Files."
Elizabeth Stein, Epstein survivor: My opposition to Todd Blanche's confirmation is not based in politics because this is not a political issue for us. It is based on the DOJ's failure to implement the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
New reporting reveals discontent among current ICE officers, including concerns of "pressure" from leadership "to get [new recruits] guns and badges quick.” David Brouillette, the ICE officer who killed a Maine man last week, was a new recruit who joined the agency earlier this year.
The Pentagon has identified 28-year-old Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad as a third service member believed to have been killed in an Iranian attack on an air base in Jordan.
FOX: The price of gas is over $4 a gallon again. I think that's a political problem for Trump. Does this leach out into the rest of the economy, raising the inflation rate elsewhere?
The explosive diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis outbreak has now spread to 41 states, with cases surging past 11,500. Last year, RFK ordered the CDC's Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network to stop tracking cyclosporiasis.
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan on her new role as Chair of the New York City Economic Development Board
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed Lina Khan as Chair of the New York City Economic Development Board.
Wyden: Will Canada have higher tariffs than China on some products? Trump Trade Rep. Greer: China's much higher than Canada. No question. Wyden: Well, let's work through that math. The 50% tariff is higher than a number of tariffs on China.
GOP Oklahoma Governor draws backlash for suggesting there should be "stigma" for SNAP recipients: “Maybe it’s going back to the day where …. It had a little stigma so you were a little bit embarrassed.” Oklahoma ranks #5 among states with the most SNAP users.
The Trump administration has abruptly terminated federal grants for teen pregnancy reduction programs. New guidance requires future grant recipients to push abstinence as the only tool for teen pregnancy prevention.
Trump: Americans don't want high gasoline prices, but they're not against the war in Iran (68% of Americans oppose the war, per a WaPo-Ipsos poll)
Trump insists that "Americans aren't against" his war in Iran