Colby Hall

1 week ago | mediaite.com | Colby Hall

Despite a recent injunction reinstating access, an AP spokesperson confirmed their journalists were denied access to an Oval Office press event on Monday. “Our journalists were blocked from the Oval Office today. We expect the White House to restore AP’s participation in the pool as of today, as provided in the injunction order,” as first reported by The Washington Post’s Jeremy Barr via social media.

1 week ago | mediaite.com | Colby Hall

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laughed at House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s recent dig during an appearance on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures before firing back in kind. At issue? A video Jeffries posted on his official House account on X attacking Hegseth as an “extremist” over his order to remove books at the U.S. Naval Academy and promising to “keep the pressure” on until Hegseth is fired from his post.

1 week ago | mediaite.com | Colby Hall

The University of Michigan’s latest survey, released Friday, showed that consumer sentiment in the United States plunged 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8. This represents the second lowest level recorded since the survey began in 1952. Surveys of Consumers Director Joanne Hsu released the following statement explaining the study:Consumer sentiment fell for the fourth straight month, plunging 11% from March.

2 weeks ago | mediaite.com | Colby Hall

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassettappeared on Fox & Friends Thursday morning and admitted that President Donald Trump’s stunning reversal on his controversial tariff policy was a reaction to fears of a collapsing US Treasury Bond market, as Fox Business Analyst Charles Gasparino had reported.

2 weeks ago | mediaite.com | Colby Hall

President Donald Trump announced he was pausing his controversial reciprocal tariff policy for 90 days, and all the evidence clearly points to this as a massive caving under the pressure of cratering stocks and bond markets and the political peril that came with it. Trump announced the controversial policy eight days ago in a Rose Garden ceremony called “Liberation Day.” Trump and his aides repeatedly insisted that nations should not call to negotiate because this policy was etched in stone.