Allan Smith

Hunter Biden sitting with Andrew Callaghan for a three-hour interview youtube.com/watch?v=XBbkt2…

The spam texts are becoming increasingly unhinged

A RISING TRUMP-ERA TREND: Republicans keep voting for bills they say they don't like Some call to undo/fix policies they just backed. Others predict they'll have regrets. Some threaten to vote no, then fold. Others warn they're ceding Article I power. nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

At today's press briefing, Karoline Leavitt says Trump "would not recommend a special prosecutor in the Epstein case." "That's how he feels," she continued

Which mayoral candidate dropped the hardest line of this race

Joined Here's the Scoop to discuss the MAGA rift over Epstein podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mag…

In case you missed it, @ZohranKMamdani's biggest defender in DC has been... Ritchie Torres? Torres intro'd a bill censuring someone who called for his deportation, he defended Z's decision to identify as African American & the two even talked on the phone politico.com/newsletters/ne…

Trump posts of "the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax," lamenting that his "PAST supporters have bought into this bullshit." "Let these weaklings continue forward ... don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!"

"The commitments are part of a campaign to transform the Steel City and surrounding areas—a key region in this battleground state—into a tech hub." wsj.com/tech/ai/trump-…

Pretty notable that Sen. McCormick managed to get both President Trump and Gov. Shapiro to show up for his energy and innovation summit in Pittsburgh

"All four years of Higgins’s contract were fully guaranteed, making him the first player picked outside of the first round ever to score such terms." "Now, two months on, the result is an unprecedented, leaguewide standoff" wsj.com/sports/footbal…

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduces a new bill to repeal some of the Medicaid cuts in Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, which he voted for. "Now is the time to prevent any future cuts to Medicaid from going into effect," Hawley says. Full text 👇

Trump says Bondi gave him "a very quick briefing" when asked if she told him his name is in the Epstein files, adding he believes "these files were made up by" Comey, Obama + Biden. "And it's going to be up to her, whatever she thinks is credible, she should release," Trump said

Some conservatives in Congress break with Trump on his handling of the Epstein files nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

Not that long ago, the conventional wisdom in politics was that the some of the best candidate you could recruit were local TV news anchors. In the digital age, are social media influencers going to be the sought after candidates? politico.com/news/magazine/…

Two GOP strategists are advising lawmakers to sell the the "Big Beautiful Bill" to a wider audience using different titles: the “Working Family Tax Cuts” act or possibly the "Trump Working Family Tax Cuts." via @Petereporter @GarrettHaake @OSonnier nbcnews.com/politics/trump…

Oneil Cruz won't be moving on. But he had himself a night for the ages in this Derby. Wound up with 10 home runs of 470 or longer, including one of 498 and a 513-footer that tied Aaron Judge for the longest non-Coors Derby HR in the Statcast era. He led this field in wows, just…

Kirk says he's giving the Trump admin "space to operate" but "will be more than happy to talk about Epstein again as updates come."

After it was reported that Trump called Charlie Kirk to ask him to tone down his criticism of the Epstein files he now says this:

"Onetime concerns over fanning Epstein-related conspiracy theories have faded as Democratic candidates, members of Congress and party accounts attack Trump and seek to divide MAGA" nbcnews.com/politics/elect…