Benjamin Blanchet

3 days ago | huffpost.com | Benjamin Blanchet

Former ā€œMeet the Pressā€ host Chuck Todd on Friday opened up about the concerning consequences of President Donald Trump attacking him in his first term when asked about the security risks that come as a result. ā€œThere was direct correlation, right? Heā€™d call your name out, youā€™d get weird phone calls, youā€™d get weird death threats, I got my tires slashed in front of my house,ā€ Todd told Times Radioā€™s Maddie Hale.

3 days ago | huffpost.com | Benjamin Blanchet

David Axelrod, ex-senior adviser to former President Barack Obama, on Monday bluntly criticized Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) for sarcastically saying “we are all going to die” at a town hall in response to constituents’ fears over GOP-backed Medicaid cuts. “People will be affected, when you take seven, eight, nine million people off of Medicaid, there will be people who will die,” Axelrod told CNN’s Jake Tapper.

3 days ago | huffpost.com | Benjamin Blanchet

CNN’s chief data analyst Harry Enten on Monday revealed how Democrats’ messaging on the economy continues to fare worse than Republicans’ over four months into President Donald Trump’s second term. “How is that possible, Democrats?” asked Enten in a segment with CNN’s Kate Bolduan.

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Benjamin Blanchet

Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) said he’s full steam ahead on legislation that would force Washington, D.C.’s Metro public transit agency — one of the largest of its kind in the country — to start boarding passengers on the “Trump Train.”Steube took to X, formerly Twitter, where he shared an AI-generated image of President Donald Trump in a conductor uniform next to a D.C. Metrorail train with WMAGA written on its side.

1 week ago | huffpost.com | Benjamin Blanchet

Harvard University President Alan Garber took a not-so-subtle jab at President Donald Trump on Thursday as his administration continues to pile on its attacks toward the Ivy League institution. Garber — who has previously ripped the administration’s “perplexing” approach to federal funding cuts — used his welcoming remarks at the university’s commencement ceremony to knock Trump without saying his name.