Author: Robert Jones

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a cornerstone of American culture for three generations, announced Friday it would take steps toward its own closure after being defunded by Congress — marking the end of a nearly six-decade era in which it fueled the production of renowned educational programming, cultural content and even emergency alerts.The demise of the corporation, known as CPB, is a direct result of President Donald Trump’s targeting of public media, which he has repeatedly said is spreading political and cultural views antithetical to those the United States should be espousing. The closure is expected to…

The announcement by Kamala Harris, former vice president, that she is publishing a book about her failed 2024 presidential campaign, titled 107 Days, with reference to the period she spent vying with Donald Trump, has been panned by conservative critics.Newsweek contacted Harris for comment on Friday via email outside of regular office hours.Why It MattersHarris became the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee in August after Joe Biden dropped out of the race amid concern within his party over the then-president’s age and cognitive state.However, Harris went on to lose the 2024 presidential election, picking up 226 Electoral College votes against 312…

U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards reporters from Marine One at at the Lehigh Valley International Airport on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump and one of his top economic advisors stoked baseless conspiracies about federal jobs data Monday, suggesting without evidence that Friday’s weaker-than-expected jobs report had been “rigged” by federal workers bent on sabotaging the president.”All over the US government, there have been people who have been resisting Trump everywhere they can,” National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Monday on CNBC.Trump, meanwhile, claimed on social media that the report, which painted a…

NEW YORK (AP) — It would seem the most straightforward of notions: A thing takes place, and it goes into the history books or is added to museum exhibits. But whether something even gets remembered and how — particularly when it comes to the history of a country and its leader — is often the furthest thing from simple.The latest example of that came Friday, when the Smithsonian Institution said it had removed a reference to the 2019 and 2021 impeachments of President Donald Trump from a panel in an exhibition about the American presidency. Trump has pressed institutions and…

California’s Governor Gavin Newsom has condemned the Trump administration’s suspension of research grants for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), over alleged antisemitism.The U.S. Department of Justice froze hundreds of millions of dollars in medical and science research grants to UCLA over allegations of campus antisemitism and use of race in admissions.”It is a cruel manipulation to use Jewish students’ real concerns about antisemitism on campus as an excuse to cut millions of dollars in grants,” Newsom said in a statement. Newsweek has contacted the Justice Department for comment. File photo: Gavin Newsom looks on at Downey Memorial Christian…

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — An independent watchdog agency responsible for enforcing a law against partisan political activity by federal employees has opened an investigation into Jack Smith, the Justice Department special counsel who brought two criminal cases against then-candidate Donald Trump before his election to the White House last year.The Office of Special Counsel confirmed Saturday that it was investigating Smith on allegations he engaged in political activity through his inquiries into Trump. Smith was named special counsel by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland in November 2022 and his special counsel title is entirely distinct from the agency now investigating him.…

President Donald Trump has said those involved in promoting what he called the Russia ‘hoax,’ the belief that the Russian state interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to help his campaign, “should pay a price” during a television appearance on Friday.During the Newsmax interview, Trump singled out former President Barack Obama, whom he described as “more the mastermind,” and Hillary Rodham Clinton, ex-secretary of state and first lady, for what he said was their involvement.Newsweek contacted the office of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, via the Clinton Foundation, for comment on Saturday by online inquiry form and email…

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures before boarding Air Force One as he returns to Washington, D.C., in Lossiemouth, Scotland, Britain, July 29, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersPresident Donald Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ added a temporary $40,000 limit on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT.But the phaseout, or income-based benefit reduction, creates what some experts are calling a “SALT torpedo,” or artificially high tax rate, when modified adjusted gross income falls between $500,000 and $600,000.”Anyone reporting income in that range” should talk with their tax and investment advisors, said certified financial planner Jim Guarino, managing director…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has indicated that it would continue buying oil from Russia despite threats by U.S. President Donald Trump.The Indian foreign ministry said its relationship with Russia was “steady and time-tested,” and should not be seen through the prism of a third country.Addressing a weekly presser on Friday, spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said India’s broader stance on securing its energy needs was guided by the availability of oil in the markets and prevailing global circumstances.The comments follow an announcement by President Donald Trump that he intends to impose a 25% tariff on goods from India plus an additional…

Ghislaine Maxwell, the 62-year-old British socialite convicted of trafficking underage girls for Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to Federal Prison Camp Bryan, a minimum-security facility in Texas, earlier this week.Newsweek contacted Maxwell’s attorney for comment via email on Saturday outside of regular office hours.Why It MattersPresident Donald Trump has been under intense pressure over the Epstein case since July 6 when the Department of Justice and FBI released a joint statement asserting he had “no incriminating ‘client list'” and died by suicide. Conspiracy theorists, including a section of Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, have long maintained that Epstein was…