Summarizing Trump’s Second Term Moves—Bigly!

December 5, 2025

Day of Trump's Second Term

Sam Surridge converted a penalty in the 60th minute and Nashville SC won the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup with a 2-1 victory over Austin FC on Wednesday night. Hany Mukhtar also scored for Nashville, who secured a spot in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup with the victory. It was the first major trophy for
With hands raised eagerly, the children from Abbott Community primary school want to quiz the USA head coach. The plan was for Emma Hayes to take just a few questions from the youngsters at the National Football Museum, but she wants to answer them all. Even her son, Harry, watching on, raises a hand. The
As the Trump administration insists it is serious about negotiating an end to the government shutdown, a pair of racist deepfake videos mocking Democratic leaders played on a loop in the White House briefing room for hours on Wednesday. The videos, posted by Trump on his social media platform on Monday, use fabricated audio to
Fascism is supposed to look a certain way: black-clad, uniformed, synchronised and menacing. It is not supposed to look like an overweight president who can’t pronounce acetaminophen and who bumbles, for a full minute, about how he would have renovated the UN’s New York headquarters with marble floors, rather than a terrazzo. But as Umberto
Lucia Graves says her family can afford to eat healthier because of WIC benefits for her daughter and stepdaughter. Courtesy of Lucia Graves hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Lucia Graves The federal shutdown won't impact benefits from major programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. But one of the first things that could
Brendan Carr, the pro-Trump chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has agreed to testify before the Senate commerce committee following Disney’s decision to take talkshow host Jimmy Kimmel off air temporarily, according to multiple reports. Carr agreed to testify after speaking to committee chair Ted Cruz, Reuters reported, citing a source familiar with the
Tyrrell Hatton has urged European supporters not to lower themselves to the level of US golf fans when the Ryder Cup heads to Adare Manor in 2027. Europe’s players were boorishly abused, with Rory McIlroy and his American wife, Erica, targeted for particularly vile treatment, as Bethpage turned ugly. Hatton, who secured the half in
Housing in the US has become so unaffordable that a coffee company has based a viral marketing campaign on the idea that almost nobody can afford to buy a house. Maxwell House coffee, a 133-year-old brand, recently launched a marketing campaign rebranding themselves as “Maxwell Apartment Coffee”. “Maxwell House? In this economy?” a narrator asks
Donald Trump has signed an executive order vowing to use all measures including US military action to defend the energy-rich nation of Qatar – though it remains unclear just what weight the pledge will carry. The text of the order, available Wednesday on the White House’s website but dated Monday, appears to be another measure
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