So this morning, Pete Hagth said that the US had struck an additional four alleged drug boats, this time in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. That brings the death toll of these missile strikes up to 57 people. And those strikes are all over the news here where I am in Bogotaa, Colombia.Because on top of that, over the weekend, Senator Lindsey Graham said that missile strikes on land were likely now, not only in Venezuela next door, but also here in Colombia. Now, I'm from here. I grew up here. I was born and rais ...

Today is the first day air traffic controllers are not getting paid. I'm here at Reagan National Airport in DC where they're handing out these leaflets and the impact is already being felt by passengers. We talked to workers and here's what they had to say.>> People are worried. Um you know people there's many folks that are paycheck to paycheck now. Bills are coming in.We don't know uh when we are going to be paid next. How long is this shutdown going to go on for. Air traffic control is one of the most st ...

The Texas Attorney General is suing the makers of Tylenol. The lawsuit is based on dangerous misinformation pushed by President Donald Trump, and it fits a long pattern from AG. Ken Paxton of bringing politically motivated cases. But here's what you should know. Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. have claimed Tylenol used in pregnancy causes autism. That's not backed by any new research, and it directly contradicts guidance from experts and medical organizations. Federal courts have recently dis ...

Today, Senator Jackie Rosen introduced a resolution condemning the president's reported $230 million demand from the Justice Justice Department, excuse me, as restitution for the federal investigations into him. Rosen tried to pass the resolution by unanimous consent. Republican Senator Rick Scott objected.Here's Senator Rosen's response. By blocking my resolution, Washington Republicans are saying that they approve of Donald Trump paying himself a multi-million dollar settlement using taxpayer dollars. Mil ...

If you're one of the people, and there are many, whose stomachs turned when you saw these images of the East Wing of the White House ripped apart, torn down last week, you're not alone. There's some new polling out today from economist Yuggov, finding that most Americans hate what Donald Trump is doing to the White House. Disapproval of the project is an overwhelming 61%.Which makes sense because, you know, I covered the election 2024. This was not a campaign issue people voted on. No one voted for the pres ...

Joining us now, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal workers union, Ever Kelly. He is calling on Congress to end this shutdown. Mr.. Kelly, thank you for being with us. Um, your name has been invoked many times over the past 24 hours. So, we want to get get your take on things, but first, what is your initial reaction to the injunction barring Donald Trump from executing mass layoffs of federal workers.You know, I'm excited about it because, you know, anytime ...

Let our words ring out so loud tonight that Andrew Cuomo can hear them in his $8,000 a month apartment. Let them ring so loud so that he can hear us even if he's in Westchester this evening. Let them ring so loud that his puppet master in the White House hears us.New York is not for sale. That was from Sunday's boisterous rally in Queens for Zora Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor in New York City. The 13,000 seat venue was nearly filled with supporters.It featured progressive stars, Senator Bernie S ...

There are two government programs at the center of the government shutdown. Obamacare, which has been the sticking point between Democrats and Republicans that is keeping the shutdown going, and federal food benefits that are commonly known as SNAP. It is about to run out of money because the Trump White House decided not to use emergency money to keep it going.That is a decision that Speaker Mike Johnson came out in support of today. And so far, both parties have made no progress in reopening the governmen ...

Democratic officials in 25 states in the District of Columbia have just sued the Trump administration. This time for using the government shutdown to suspend SNAP food assistant payments, which they argue is unlawful and quote arbitrary and capriccious. Those are legal words, y'all.Now, the complaint argues this. USDA suspended SNAP benefits even though on information and belief it has funds available to it that are sufficient to fund all or at least a substantial portion of November SNAP benefits. In other ...

How do you view and make sense of of all of this on that spectrum. >> Well, it's been a very much like a kind of a slow authoritarian creep by Trump. You know, they have been fairly selective.Uh they have been moving in a slow but deliberate manner. Uh it's sort of like the vampires in the movie Sinners where you know mild spoilers for that movie you know for the first half of the film you know life is continuing as it as normal even though the vampires are out there they're hurting people and then suddenly ...