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Jake Tapper Reported Live on CNN's Fate

He said they had breaking news that 'affects everybody I'm looking at right now in the studio'

(Newser) - Jake Tapper found himself delivering news about his own employer on Thursday, live and in real time. Returning from a break on CNN's The Lead, he told viewers—and the studio staff—that Paramount Skydance is now poised to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN's parent company, after...

Hockey Star Doesn't Love White House's AI-Edited Video

Brady Tkachuk denies anti-Canadian remarks in White House TikTok clip

(Newser) - Brady Tkachuk is not laughing along with the White House's AI gag, ESPN reports. The Ottawa Senators captain and Team USA forward says a doctored video posted on the White House's official TikTok account crossed a line by putting anti-Canadian trash talk in his mouth. The clip, which...

Women's Team Accepted Party Invite, Flavor Flav Says

Rapper offered dinners, shows after gold medal-winning athletes decide to skip State of the Union

(Newser) - The reigning Olympic champions in women's hockey have an engagement with Flavor Flav, the rapper posted Thursday. The "She Got Game" event, July 16-19 in Las Vegas, will honor other female athletes as well, he said. US team players accepted the invitation without input from USA Hockey, a...

Team USA Hockey Stars React to Trump Remark
Team USA Hockey Stars
React to Trump Remark
2026 Olympics
Feb 26, 2026 8:02 AM CST

Team USA Hockey Stars React to Trump Remark

Goalie Jeremy Swayman is apologetic over president's joke on inviting women's team to WH

(Newser) - Jeremy Swayman says he wishes the US men's Olympic hockey team had handled a recent moment involving President Trump very differently. Back with the Boston Bruins after the team's gold-medal run in Milan and a visit to the White House and State of the Union , the backup goalie...

President, First Lady Will Have Separate SOTU Guests

Trump's guests include Erika Kirk

(Newser) - Erika Kirk will be back in the national spotlight Tuesday night. The widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk has been invited as one of President Trump's guests for his State of the Union address, a White House spokesperson confirmed to the Hill . The appearance comes months after...

Jack Hughes Is 'Super Excited' About SOTU Invite

He says team's visit to DC is about patriotism, not politics

(Newser) - Jack Hughes sounds ready to trade the ice for the House chamber. The New Jersey Devils star and freshly crowned Olympic hero says he's "super excited" about President Trump's invitation for the US men's hockey team to attend Tuesday's State of the Union after their...

US Women's Hockey Team Turns Down Trump's Invite

He invited them to SOTU after joking to men's team that he'd be impeached if he didn't

(Newser) - The US women's hockey team has turned down a trip to Washington. On Monday, the Olympic gold medalists declined President Trump's invitation to attend his State of the Union address on Tuesday, citing school and work obligations now that the Games are over, a USA Hockey spokesperson said....

Trump's Ballroom Design Gets a Decisive Greenlight

Only one abstention from the Commission of Fine Arts, which is made up entirely of Trump appointees

(Newser) - The US Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of appointees of President Trump, including his former receptionist, on Thursday decisively approved his White House ballroom proposal. The vote was nearly unanimous, with only one abstention, per the AP . At the panel's January meeting, some commissioners questioned the...

Epstein Files Test 'Teflon Don'
Epstein Files Test 'Teflon Don'
Feb 18, 2026 8:52 AM CST

Epstein Files Test 'Teflon Don'

Amid consequences for others with Epstein ties, White House dismisses the backlash

(Newser) - Around the world, there have been resignations of top government officials , politicians , and lawyers , and new law enforcement investigations launched. Yet at the White House, officials' ties to Jeffrey Epstein are not resulting in a mass exodus, seemingly demonstrating "the Trump administration's ability to repel even the most...

Kelly: 'Reckless' Trump 'Only Knows How to Break Things'

Arizona Democrat weighs 2028 bid amid clash with Trump administration

(Newser) - Mark Kelly is sounding a lot like a presidential candidate these days, talking up his qualifications in a new interview with the BBC . The Democratic senator said he will "seriously consider" a 2028 presidential run, framing the decision as a response to what he called "seriously challenging times....

Asked About Ape Video, Obama Laments 'Clown Show'

Former president doesn't name Trump, but he worries about American discourse

(Newser) - Barack Obama is addressing the infamous ape video for the first time, and he sees it as an example of what he calls the "clown show" of American discourse at the moment. When appearing on the No Lie podcast , host Brian Tyler Cohen asked Obama about President Trump reposting...

WH 'Excellently Preserved' as East Wing Was Destroyed

So says a memo made public on Friday

(Newser) - The White House mansion's eastern facade appears to have been "excellently preserved" when demolition crews tore down the East Wing to make way for President Trump's planned ballroom, an administration official said in a memo made public on Friday. Contractors took pains to protect the White House...

DHS Shutdown Nears as Negotiations Go Nowhere

With Congress leaving town, agency is on track to shut down Saturday

(Newser) - Members of Congress are heading out of town with one of the government's key departments about to go dark. After a Department of Homeland Security funding bill fell eight votes short of advancing on Thursday, lawmakers in both chambers began a weeklong recess that makes an early Saturday shutdown...

WH Fires Judge-Appointed US Attorney Hours After Hiring

Move in New York over Donald Kinsella intensifies showdown over authority to appoint US attorneys

(Newser) - A 79-year-old prosecutor's return to federal service in upstate New York lasted just hours. On Wednesday, judges in the Northern District of New York quietly tapped veteran litigator Donald Kinsella as US attorney—only for the White House to swiftly inform him by email that he was out. Kinsella,...

Trump Says He'll Block Opening of Canada-US Bridge

Trump demands compensation, cites unfair treatment from Canada

(Newser) - President Trump is now threatening to shut down a major cross-border project he once championed, the CBC reports. The US president said in a lengthy post on Truth Social Monday he would block the opening of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, unless the...

Kai Trump Is Quickly Developing Her Own Brand

Trump's 18-year-old granddaughter leverages TikTok fame and White House access

(Newser) - President Trump's eldest grandchild says she wants no part of politics—but her social-media life is thriving in the heart of it. Kai Trump, 18, has built an 8-million-strong following across social media sites like TikTok and Instagram , chronicling her days as a student-athlete and granddaughter of the president,...

After Bipartisan Backlash, Trump Deletes Video

White House says racist video depicting Obamas as apes was 'erroneously' posted by staffer

(Newser) - President Trump hit delete Friday after posting a video that Democrats and some of his Republican allies called racist. The minute-long clip, shared in a Truth Social post late Thursday, pushed claims about 2020 election fraud before ending with Barack and Michelle Obama's faces pasted onto cartoon apes as...

Video Posted by Trump Portrays Obamas as Apes

White House dismisses criticism, calls video part of Lion King meme context

(Newser) - President Trump went on a Truth Social posting spree overnight, and one of the videos he put up includes a clip of Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes. Democrats are incredulous, while the White House is accusing them of "fake outrage." The details:
  • The video: The clip
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Toppled Columbus Statue Finds New Life at White House

Rebuilt Baltimore monument would mark latest culture-war change to the grounds

(Newser) - Christopher Columbus may soon be watching over the White House lawn. President Trump is moving to place a Columbus statue on the south side of the grounds near E Street, according to three people familiar with the plans, in what would be the latest high-profile tweak to the presidential complex,...

Trump: I Won't Raze the Kennedy Center

2-year closure, $200M upgrade includes new HVAC systems, president says

(Newser) - President Trump says Washington's Kennedy Center will get a $200 million overhaul— and go dark for two years —but he insists the landmark itself isn't coming down, NBC News reports. Speaking to reporters Monday, Trump said the renovation of the performing arts venue on the Potomac River...

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