Bradley Cortright

5 days ago | nysun.com | Bradley Cortright

MSNBC’s newest primetime show does not seem to be drawing the audience executives hoped for. Tuesday marked the launch of former Biden secretary  Jen Psaki’s new, four-night-a-week 9 p.m. show, “The Briefing.” The show was launched after the network’s top-rated host, Rachel Maddow, defiantly returned to her cushy Monday nights-only schedule while reportedly earning a salary of $25 million a year.

6 days ago | nysun.com | Bradley Cortright

President Trump let forth a detailed denunciation of a MSNBC news personality, Stephanie Ruhle, after she suggested his new trade agreement with the United Kingdom is nothing more than “pure theater.”On Thursday evening, Ms. Ruhle dedicated more than 10 minutes of her late-night program, “The 11th Hour With Stephanie Ruhle,” to scrutinizing a trade deal with Britain that Mr. Trump announced to much fanfare earlier in the day.

6 days ago | nysun.com | Bradley Cortright

Attorney General Bondi is facing new questions after she was caught on camera at a Washington restaurant discussing videos involving accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein with a stranger — days before she spoke about the alleged existence of the videos with reporters. A self-described “guerrilla journalist,” James O’Keefe, posted a video on X Thursday evening of Ms. Bondi speaking to a woman who apparently had identified herself as a nanny.

6 days ago | nysun.com | Bradley Cortright

A disgraced former congressman, George Santos, is making an emotional plea for President Trump to grant him some kind of clemency as he is staring down an 87-month prison sentence and says he fears being “severely brutalized.” Santos appeared on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” Thursday evening and was asked, “Given that the clock is ticking and you’re gonna be in prison in 80-odd days, if Donald Trump is watching this interview, do you want to make a personal plea to him?” Santos explained that he...

6 days ago | nysun.com | Bradley Cortright

As traditionally conservative states try to crack down on flags other than the American flag or state and local flags flying at government buildings, politicians in blue cities in those states are finding new ways to skirt those bans. In one case, in Idaho, the Boise City Council passed a resolution to include the LGBT Pride flag and the organ donor flag on government property. The council has flown the Pride flag for more than a decade.