“ I alone can fix it ,” declared Donald Trump in 2016, as he received the Republican Party’s nomination for president. Now, five years later, the United States faces a huge crisis that, in our view, only former President Trump Donald Trump Poll: 73 percent of Democratic voters would consider voting for Biden in the 2024 primary Biden flexes presidential muscle on campaign trail with Virginia's McAuliffe Has Trump beaten the system? MORE can fix: Namely, the reluctance of large numbers of his supporters to be vaccinated against COVID-19. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 99.5 percent of Americans who have died from COVID-19 during the last six months were unvaccinated. In addition, m ore than 97 percent of current hospitalizations that involve the highly contagious delta variant, today’s predominant strain, are being experienced by people who have not received shots. Thus, vaccinating substantial numbers of the … [Read more...]

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump has begun carrying out his campaign pledges to undo America's trade ties -- starting Monday with executive action to pull the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. "Great thing for the American worker, what we just did," Trump told reporters Monday in the Oval Office as he signed the order. TPP vs RCEP: Key trade deals explained Here's what you need to know about Trump's move: What did Trump do Monday? Read More Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership -- a 12-nation deal that had been negotiated under former President Barack Obama. Nothing changes because of Trump's move. Congress had not yet approved the TPP -- its fate was bleak on Capitol Hill no matter what the White House did -- and the deal had not yet taken effect. However, by pulling the United States out of the deal, Trump fulfilled a campaign promise. And in doing so, he ends … [Read more...]

Democrats are confounded by what they see as the GOP’s shifting rhetoric on vaccines, which in their view has changed as the delta variant has swept through unvaccinated populations in disproportionately Republican areas. More Republicans and conservatives this week — from House Minority Whip Steve Scalise Stephen (Steve) Joseph Scalise The Hill's Morning Report - Pelosi considers adding GOP voices to Jan. 6 panel McConnell pushes vaccines, but GOP muddles his message Overnight Health Care: Biden officials says no change to masking guidance right now | Missouri Supreme Court rules in favor of Medicaid expansion | Mississippi's attorney general asks Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade MORE (R-La.) to leading personalities on Fox News — have come out with calls for people to get vaccinated as cases and hospitalizations have risen. “Delta COVID is really hitting these ruby red districts,” said Democratic strategist Max Burns. “I think the physical reality of … [Read more...]

London (CNN Business) Just seven months after singing its praises , British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is attempting to rewrite the Brexit deal he signed with the European Union. It's a risky move that will undermine Britain's credibility as a trustworthy trading partner at the very moment that the UK government is seeking to forge economic alliances far beyond Europe to justify its "global Britain" sales pitch for Brexit, according to experts. EU officials have already rejected the UK call for a renegotiation , which trade experts say amounts to a brazen attempt to press the European Union to agree to demands that it already rejected during several rounds of talks. Other countries watching the drama unfold will proceed with caution when it comes to dealing with the United Kingdom, according to L. Alan Winters of the UK Trade Policy Observatory at the University of Sussex in England. "It certainly does raise questions about the … [Read more...]

It appears Washington has another conspiracy to make this a long hot summer. Indeed, the conspiracy du jour has all of the favorite elements: a corrupted FBI, a powerful protected person, buried evidence of possible crimes. If it sounds like a Russia investigation redux, think again. For years, Democrats in Congress defended the FBI over its mishandling of the Russia collusion investigation. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Sheldon Whitehouse Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers blast FBI's Kavanaugh investigation as 'sham' New York gun rights case before Supreme Court with massive consequences Democrats criticize FBI's handling of tip line in Kavanaugh investigation MORE (D-R.I.) denounced those alleging a “sham investigation” as “spreading a false narrative” for political purposes. Now, however, Whitehouse and other Democrats are denouncing the same FBI as having run a “sham” investigation. The disclosure that the FBI received thousands of uninvestigated “tips” against … [Read more...]

close Video Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines for May 10 Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. Comedian John Mulaney and his artist wife Anna Marie Tendler are ending their marriage, Fox News can confirm. A rep for Mulaney confirmed the divorce Monday. The couple married in July 2014 in upstate New York. "John will not have any further comment as he continues to focus on his recovery and getting back to work," a rep for the former "SNL" writer told Page Six . Meanwhile, Tendler's statement through her rep said, "I am heartbroken that John has decided to end our marriage. I wish him support and success as he continues his recovery." JOHN MULANEY, FORMER 'SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE' WRITER, CHECKS INTO REHAB FOR ALCOHOL, COCAINE RELAPSE Mulaney, 38, checked himself into a rehab facility in Pennsylvania for 60 days back in December, per Page Six. … [Read more...]