Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Tuesday that she has faced more pressure over a petition to trigger a House vote compelling the release of files linked to Jeffrey Epstein than any other issue. “My signature is on that discharge petition, and there has not been another issue where I have ever received more pressure... ... Read full Story
Karoline Leavitt shared on X Tuesday the White House is using tariff revenue to keep the WIC program running during the government shutdown after a funding lapse. ... Read full Story
Tennessee Democrats picked Aftyn Behn as their nominee for a special congressional election in the Republican-leaning 7th District, with the general election set for December 2. ... Read full Story
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) doubled down on recent remarks about Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies amid a government shutdown battle centered around health care. “The issues of the subsidies are real. It's not something that anybody can say is made up,” Greene told NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill. “Also, people with regular or... ... Read full Story
Matt Van Epps secured victory in Tennessee's GOP congressional primary after receiving President Donald Trump's endorsement in the crowded 11-candidate race. ... Read full Story
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday touted a 55-year low in Border Patrol apprehensions. “Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced preliminary enforcement numbers for September 2025, closing out Fiscal Year 2025 with the lowest U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions since 1970,” CBP said in a... ... Read full Story
FBI Director Kash Patel defends the bureau's role in Trump administration immigration enforcement efforts in Chicago despite continued local resistance. ... Read full Story
Democratic Virginia Attorney General candidate Jay Jones canceled a Thursday fundraiser after facing backlash over 2022 text messages fantasizing about shooting his GOP opponent. ... Read full Story
The Israel Foreign Ministry issued a blistering criticism of Zohran Mamdani on the second year since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks, calling him a “mouthpiece for Hamas propaganda." ... Read full Story
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel call media reports about James Comey's potential perp walk mere gossip and noise. ... Read full Story
Former FBI Director James Comey is set to be arraigned on Wednesday morning in Alexandria, Va., just outside Washington. The moment will bring enormous media attention — and fire the starting pistol on a legal battle that has huge stakes for President Trump as well as his longtime foe. Critics of the president see the... ... Read full Story
White House officials are raising the possibility that furloughed federal workers might not be entitled to back pay from their time off during the government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers woke up Oct. 1 to find themselves furloughed or working without pay, after government funding lapsed overnight. President Trump on Tuesday said some furloughed... ... Read full Story
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President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are straining to project a united front against Democrats. ... Read full Story
Under Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao to overhaul military housing, dining, IT systems and recruiting while eliminating DEI-based waivers for merit-only accessions. ... Read full Story
The White House said Tuesday it will use money from tariff revenue to fund a supplemental nutrition program facing a funding shortage amid the ongoing government shutdown. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on the social platform X that President Trump and the White House had identified the "creative solution" to shift tariff funds... ... Read full Story
The Senate has voted to confirm President Trump’s pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of a group of nominees confirmed en masse. The Senate voted 51-47 on the entire bloc of 107 nominations, including the confirmation of Neil Jacobs as the under secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. Jacobs may... ... Read full Story
NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani gave over $28,000 to the NY Democratic Socialists of America last month, a group that boasts about its influence on him. ... Read full Story
Republicans confirmed 107 Trump nominees including Herschel Walker and Sergio Gor as ambassadors, marking the second use of new Senate confirmation rules. ... Read full Story
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Tuesday called the government shutdown "a bad idea,” but also said he didn't know if previous shutdowns impacted the economy or market "in a real way.” “I don't like shutdowns, I think it's just a bad idea. And I don't care what the Democrats, Republicans say, it's a bad... ... Read full Story
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 8, 2025 is:
finicky \FIN-ih-kee\ adjective
Finicky describes someone who is very hard to please, or something that requires a lot of care, precision, or attentive effort.
// Although she was a finicky eater as a child, she grew up to become a world-renowned chef famous for her encyclopedic knowledge of global ingredients.
// The latest game in the series boasts amazing graphics but the controls are a little finicky.
"Stardom is a fleeting concept, one that we've seen play out with the biggest of stars over time. Even without outright missteps, artists often find themselves scrutinized by the masses for reasons entirely unrelated to their work. More often than not, this pressure either drives them to prove their worth to a finicky fanbase—one that will jump ship the second something else catches their attention—or pushes them back into obscurity." — Aron A., HotNewHipHop.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Did you know?
If you're a reader of a certain age (say, a Boomer, Gen Xer, or even a Xennial) you may remember cheeky television commercials featuring Morris, a finicky housecat who only eats a certain brand of cat food. (Morris is still featured on product labels.) Morris's tastes in cuisine are not only very particular, but very fine as well, and that's appropriate given the origin of finicky. The word came about in the early 19th century as an alteration of finicking, itself a 17th century alteration of another adjective, finical, which in turn is a late 16th century coinage likely derived from the adjective fine.