Donald Trump as strongman, riling up his base and investigating his enemies
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Donald Trump has accumulated enormous power through controversial actions including firing officials, ordering criminal investigations of opponents, and controlling D.C. law enforcement
Howard Kurtz is the host of FOX News Channel's MediaBuzz (Sundays 11 AM-12PM/ET). Based in Washington, D.C., he joined the network in 2013 and regularly appears on Special Report with Bret Baier and The Story with Martha MacCallum among other programs.
One example: Trump fired Erika McEntarfer as commissioner at the Bureau of Labor Statistics when he didn’t like the Biden appointee’s weak jobs number, 73,000 for July.
He has now hired the chief economist from the conservative Heritage Foundation, E.J. Antoni, who has been an outspoken critic of the BLS and has a PhD in economics. He worked on Heritage’s Project 2025, the plan that became a blueprint for the second Trump term, and wants to reform BLS – but his numbers will obviously be pleasing to the White House.
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey, citing the parents of wounded National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe, said the D.C. shooting victim is beginning to "look more like himself."
Tim Walz dodges responsibility for massive Minnesota welfare fraud totaling over $1 billion, and media fail to press former Democrat vice president nominee.
New Jersey high school launches socialist club with Karl Marx imagery, sparking debate in affluent Highland Park suburb community over student activities.
President Donald Trump and his administration's feud with The New York Times has escalated with dueling lawsuits and a flurry of insults from the president.
Republicans are raising new questions about Judge James Boasberg’s Trump-related case assignments, but former judges say the D.C. District Court uses a randomized process and data shows he receives fewer such cases than some colleagues.
The House unanimously passed the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids A Chance Act, expanding pediatric cancer treatment access and honoring a teenage advocate who died at 16.
DHS pushes back on Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva's claims that she was "pushed aside and pepper sprayed" during an immigration raid near a Tucson restaurant.
The Department of Homeland Security arrested seven criminal illegal immigrants in Minneapolis, including "pedophiles, gang members and drug traffickers."
Airlines face scrutiny over shutdown flight cuts as data shows only a 2% reduction when 6% was required, raising serious compliance questions for carriers.
Texas DPS agents found 30 handguns hidden in a truck’s spare tire at the Anzalduas Port of Entry. Two men were arrested on theft and face firearm-smuggling charges.
President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social on Friday he signed a memorandum to review the 72-vaccine schedule required for all American children from infancy onward.
88-year-old Army veteran working at grocery store receives over $1.7M in donations after viral video
Australian influencer Sam Weidenhofer's viral video about Army veteran Edmund Bambas working at grocery store at age 88 sparks massive GoFundMe raising over $1.7 million.
CNN's Jake Tapper issued a correction after referring the Black 30-year-old D.C. pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. as a "White man" during his network's coverage of the arrest.