John Byrne

'Not a fan': Even Ted Cruz is dubious of Trump's plan Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is a big supporter of President Donald Trump — but not so much his tariffs.Cruz, who back in February expressed hope that the tariffs wouldn't go into effect at all, still tried t...

"I am not a fan of tariffs."

Pentagon email ordered staff not to use Signal week before bombshell war plans report Pentagon employees were notified as recently as a week ago not to use Signal for government communications due to security risks.NPR's Tom Bowman reported Tuesday that all agency employees received an...

"A vulnerability has been identified in the Signal messenger application," the email begins.

'More dissent is coming' as Fox News hosts turn on Trump: analyst Donald Trump's latest honeymoon with Fox News may be coming to an end as the struggling economy is taking another hit due to his on-again, off-again tariff threats that have businesses paralyzed and i...

"If the public continues to sour on his economic performance, the deep cuts to government will look less about efficiency and instead appear maliciously, dangerously incompetent."

Dozens of Clinical Trials Have Been Frozen in Response to Trump’s USAID Order The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

Absolutely unconscionable -- and may possibly create new drug resistant HIV. So much for new treatments for HIV, cholera, malaria, and more... Hundreds of millions of dollars of research completely obliterated.
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'Absurd': Parents blast Texas school district that banned Bible for 'explicit' content A Texas school district has banned the Bible In response to a state law prohibiting schools from carrying "sexually explicit" material. Irate parents are now speaking out against the ban.The Christian...

"In a day when we are needing security guards and bulletproof windows and doors, I think having the Word of God available to our children cannot only be preventative to violence, but also provide comfort and a sense of security in a chaotic world."

Man carved anti-gay slur into newly-opened LGBTQ bar before trying to burn it down: police A man has been accused of carving a homophobic slur into a newly opened LGBTQ+ bar and then setting it on fire.James Eason, 45, was charged with a hate crime, arson and vandalism, according to the new...

He’s accused of carving the slur into the glass doors of a pub before trying to set the building on fire.

House passes bill 'giving Donald Trump unlimited authority' to target political enemies Thanks to the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, President-elect Donald Trump may now have an extra tool at his disposal to effectively destroy any organization that mobilizes against him...

“Authoritarianism is not born overnight — it creeps in.”

'He is drunk on power right now': Ex-Trump official raises alarm over cabinet nominees According to a former Donald Trump White House official, anyone believing the president-elect will allow GOP lawmakers to block any of his cabinet nominees will be sorely surprised.In an analysis of h...

"If Republicans bow to his demand to recess the Senate so that he can install appointees without confirmation, it would rewrite the balance of power established by the founders more than two centuries ago."

Mike Johnson busted by former GOP official for lying about Gaetz report House Speaker Mike Johnson's protestations that it would be unprecedented to release what is expected to be a damning House Ethics Committee report on now ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was demolished on M...

"I think it is important for people to understand that we're getting into a rope a dope, you are getting a lot of crazy noise..."