Obama Presses Leaders On Mideast Peace

Embattled South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem lost her temper and, pardon the reference, barked at Fox Business' Stuart Varney this morning. This after he refused to bury the uproar her new book created, with her admission she murdered her dog. Noem must have believed Varney and Co. would be a safe harbor for the outrage she's caused, but she was mistaken.

The new RNC hired their national spokesperson based on two essential qualities: Elizabeth Pipko is "easy on the eyes," so she'll present well, and she's a diehard MAGA cultist. And that's all they need to know. Source: New York Post This MAGA-loving bikini model is suiting up to support Donald Trump — trading the pool for the podium as she lends her ample assets to the Republican National Committee as a new spokeswoman. Elizabeth Pipko, a 28-year-old born-and-bred Manhattanite, told The Post she’s happy to trade her signature “New York uniform of dark black” for red, white and blue as she helps the rebranded RNC try to re-elect the former president in November. “The things he’s been through have been unreal.

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian counterintelligence investigators have foiled a Russian plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top military and political figures, Ukraine’s state security service said Tuesday. Two colonels in the State Guard of Ukraine, which protects top officials, were detained on suspicion of enacting the plan drawn up by Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, a statement said.

This is a big deal, the kind of award that's a real feather in the cap -- because the public service Pulitzer is for stories that actually changed something for the public good. And it's the kind of story no one seemed to want to touch. Congratulations, ProPublica! Go donate for more great journalism! ProPublica won the prestigious public service Pulitzer Prize for what the judges described as “groundbreaking and ambitious reporting that pierced the thick wall of secrecy surrounding the Supreme Court to reveal how a small group of politically influential billionaires wooed justices with lavish gifts and travel, pushing the Court to adopt its first code of conduct.” The prize is given to the staff of a news organization that performed “meritorious public service.” It is the seventh Pulitzer Prize for ProPublica. The Pulitzer Board also recognized a collaboration between The Texas Tribune, ProPublica and FRONTLINE as a finalist in the explanatory reporting category.

It’s our job to cover the full range of issues that people have. At the moment, democracy is one of them. But it’s not the top one — immigration happens to be the top [of polls], and the economy and inflation is the second. Should we stop covering those things because they’re favorable to Trump and minimize them?