AP: Cutting Aid to Nepalese Transgenders Turns Them into Sex Workers

An AP story reports that drastic USAID funding cuts in Nepal forced former HIV outreach workers, mostly transgender, into sex work to survive. The piece, criticized for its dramatic tone and focus on U.S. policy under Trump, sparked outrage and disbelief online for its premise and portrayal of the aid situation.

P.J. Gladnick

NPR Paints GOP Critiques of Smithsonian Museum Wokeness as Buffoonish

The left-wing consortium of Smithsonian museums in D.C. have been accused by the Trump administration of ideological capture on issues of race and gender. NPR reporter Anastasia Tsioulcas covered a GOP hearing with a Smithsonian museum director by muddling Republican points into crude accusations to make them sound buffoonish.

Clay Waters

Kooky Fortune Magazine: George Soros Is the Bestest!

Fortune magazine behaved like George Soros dumping more of his wealth than others into “philanthropy” was somehow some kind of an altruistic flex. No, we’re not kidding.

Joseph Vazquez

Jim Acosta Falsely Accuses Trump of Jailing Journalists

One of the greatest things about living in America is our guaranteed freedom of speech and the press, but the government can fire or otherwise discipline officials who leak classified information to the press without violating the First Amendment. But, according to failed former CNN anchor Jim Acosta and MS NOW’s Ali Velshi on Thursday’s episode of The 11th Hour, the Trump…

Siena Do

Ruth Marcus Blames Nuke Deal With The Shah For Current Iran Problems

The New Yorker contributor Ruth Marcus joined Friday’s edition of PBS News Hour to recap the week’s news that focused heavily on the Middle East. During a discussion about a potential nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, Marcus rewound roughly 50 years to the 1970s and claimed that the reason why the U.S. finds itself in a difficult situation with Iran today is because it made a…

Alex Christy

Larry Kudlow Says GOP Needs To Do More Ahead Of Midterms

On Fox Business Network's Kudlow, host Larry Kudlow, who served as Assistant to the President for Economic Policy in the first Trump administration, wasn't shy about pressing a member of the GOP leadership on the economy and more.

Steve Malzberg

'Knives Are Out for Vance': The Media Targeting of GOP 2028 Begins

Here it comes. The headline in the Washington Post said it all, in more ways than one. "Knives are out for Vance in the GOP. His allies say it’s a coordinated ‘op.’"

Jeffrey Lord

ABC Laments Trump's 'Insulting' WHCD Speech, Minimizes Gunman's Intent

ABC’s Good Morning America had the most to say of the three broadcast networks on Saturday after President Trump addressed the White House Correspondents’ Dinner the previous evening. Correspondent Steven Portnoy got in all the usual beats, including referring to the dinner as “a celebration of the First Amendment” and lamenting Trump’s “insulting” performance. To make matters worse,…

Alex Christy

MS NOW, CNN Trash 'Bully' Trump's 'Undignified' WHCD Speech

The casts of MS NOW and CNN were not thrilled with President Trump’s Friday speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner as they reacted to finding themselves on the receiving end for once of the dinner’s more pointed jokes.

Alex Christy

New Yorker Claims We Live in the 'Age of Explosive Diarrhea'

The blog humorously critiques a New Yorker article dubbing our era the “Age of Explosive Diarrhea” due to a cyclospora outbreak. It highlights the spread of the parasite in produce, the resulting public panic, and ultimately blames diminished federal food safety oversight, tying this to political changes under Trump.

P.J. Gladnick

Cornish Cuts Off Guest: No Communists Here—Only Democratic Socialists!

No communists in America? Really, Audie? Conservative guest Terry Schilling — a member of the board of the Media Research Center, NewsBusters’ parent organization — tried to interject the historical record. “We have to articulate the evils of communism,” he said. “It eliminates political dissent, it eliminates religious freedom, it kills a lot of people…” But Cornish cut him off. “The…

Mark Finkelstein

Here’s the Big Moments From the Rescheduled WH Correspondents’ Dinner

Friday marked the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCD) following the April 25 dinner being postponed following another alleged deranged leftist who sought to assassinate President Trump. With a third of the original attendance and a different venue, the show went on with all of the awards for anti-Trump screeds, remarks by the President, and outgoing White House Correspondents…

Curtis Houck

Sunny Hostin Spouts Off on Voter ID, Thinks Only 5 States Require It

On Friday, The View closed out Season 29 in a true-to-them fashion: proving how uninformed they were while speaking like an expert authority on a policy matter. While trying to downplay the 400 illegal votes and 6,600 illegal registered voters on New Jersey’s rolls and dismissing the need for the SAVE Act, ABC’s Sunny Hostin suggested that only five states required voters present I.D…

Nicholas Fondacaro

Heritage Wins Legal Fight: Gets Shareholder Proposals on Airbnb Agenda

The Heritage Foundation, which owns more than $40,000 of Airbnb stock, has won its legal fight to have Airbnb include shareholder proposals on the agenda of its 2026 stockholder meeting.

Craig Bannister