Today: September 16, 2025
This week, CNN’s in-house Republican Scott Jennings reacted to a bombshell Wall Street Journal report that detailed how Joe Biden’s staff hid his cognitive decline for four years. Jennings called the details of the report a “scandal of epic proportions.” “This is the biggest scandal in America,” Jennings said on CNN. “And the level and volume of people who dedicated themselves to lying to everyone at home about this man’s condition for four straight years up through this summer is breathtaking.” “It‘s a scandal of epic proportions and it’s a fair question to ask, who is running the country?” Jennings
Donald Trump isn’t officially president until next month — but he’s already working to fix the crisis at the southern border. According to Bloomberg, Trump’s transition team is already back-channeling with Mexico and El Salvador to lay the groundwork for deportation efforts. President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration “is prepared to work in coordination with federal, state, and local authorities in the face of possible mass deportations,” the Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement in response to questions from Bloomberg News. From Bloomberg: Trump’s transition team has contacted the governments of Mexico and El Salvador through back channels about taking in
According to a report from the Media Research Center, evening news segments from ABC, CBS, and NBC over a two-week span were “almost uniformly negative” towards President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel, Pete Hegseth, and more were subjected to constant character attacks. Coverage was 96% negative over the two-week stretch. “Across all three networks, the coverage of Gabbard, Patel, and the handful of other nominees mentioned was entirely negative. Only Pete Hegseth, who received the lion’s share of the airtime, enjoyed a scant four positive evaluative statements, all of which cited his mother describing him as ‘redeemed’