Air Force Gen. C.Q. Brown expressed his gratitude for his military career days after President Trump relieved him from his position as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ... Read full Story
President Trump announced Sunday that he would be choosing radio and podcast host Dan Bongino, a longtime Trump ally, as the deputy FBI director. “Great news for Law Enforcement and American Justice! Dan Bongino, a man of incredible love and passion for our Country, has just been named the next DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE FBI,... ... Read full Story
Sharon Durkan, a member of the Boston City Council, lambasted Trump administration Border Czar Tom Homan in a social media post over the weekend in defense of Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox. ... Read full Story
Democratic strategist James Carville suggested the Trump administration will “collapse” within 30 days as the public reacts to the sweeping actions from the executive branch. “I believe that this administration, in less than 30 days is in the midst of a massive collapse and particularly a collapse in public opinion,” Carville said during a conversation... ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump announced Dan Bongino will serve as the next deputy director of the FBI. He said it was "great news for Law Enforcement and American Justice." ... Read full Story
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) slammed the criticism of the overhaul of thousands of federal employees, calling some of the critiques “ridiculous.” Jordan joined “Fox News Sunday” to discuss the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the slashing of various federal jobs. On air, Jordan noted a recent story published by The Washington Post that said... ... Read full Story
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) broke with President Trump over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday and advised against a public spat between the two leaders. “Are you disturbed at all by the rhetoric coming from the Trump administration about Zelensky?” ABC News’s Martha Raddatz asked Lawler on “This Week.” “I did not agree with the... ... Read full Story
The Trump administration is putting all civil servants employed by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on administrative leave beginning Monday at midnight, according to a notice reviewed by The Hill. At the same time, 2,000 staff are expected to be cut from the agency in the U.S., part of a “Reduction-in-Force,” reads the... ... Read full Story
On this day in 1945, six U.S. Marines raised the American flag over the island of Iwo Jima on the fourth day of what would become over a monthlong brutal battle. ... Read full Story
Retired Gen. George Casey said Sunday that recent Pentagon firings by President Trump are “extremely destabilizing” to the military. “That’s extremely destabilizing at — at a time that’s a lot going on domestically and a lot going on abroad,” Casey told ABC News’s Martha Raddatz on “This Week.” “When you remove so many senior leaders,... ... Read full Story
Democrats are struggling to reverse the rightward shift among Latino voters seen in November, when President Trump made significant gains with the once reliably blue voting bloc. While a majority of Latino voters cast their ballots for former Vice President Kamala Harris in November, the share supporting Trump climbed roughly 8 points between 2020 and... ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump praised German conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz's victory in the national election on Sunday, ousting current Chancellor Olaf Scholz. ... Read full Story
Several federal agencies have advised employees not to respond to Elon Musk’s email demanding federal workers list five accomplishments from the past week or risk losing their jobs. The email instructs federal workers to respond to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) by 11:59 p.m. EST Monday. But a growing list of agencies, including the... ... Read full Story
President Trump will meet with the French president and U.K. prime minister this week as administration leaders continue efforts to reach a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. ... Read full Story
Pentagon officials told civilian employees to pause responses to the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) request to report five things they did last week to keep their jobs. ... Read full Story
TV host Mike Rowe said that President Donald Trump's policies will be worth it in the long run, making the United States less reliant on adversaries such as China. ... Read full Story
Pope Francis revealed during a 2022 interview that he signed a letter of resignation to be used in case of health issues about six months after being elected to the papacy. ... Read full Story
Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) on Sunday called for “compassion” in tech billionaire Elon Musk’s approach to federal workers. “I just published an op-ed, Deseret News, Deseret.com, and I talk about my experience as mayor and having to do similar things,” Curtis told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.” “If I can say one... ... Read full Story
FBI Director Kash Patel told employees to hold off on responding to an email, sent at tech billionaire Elon Musk’s direction, asking federal workers to list their accomplishments during the previous week. In a memo obtained by NewsNation, Patel said the bureau would handle future responses to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) inquiries. “FBI... ... Read full Story
"He's always got a story, is always ready with a quip and isn't afraid to let the four-letter words roll off the tongue in the most creative ways." — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2023
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To tweak a well-known line from Hamlet, brevity is the soul of quip. While jokes are often brief stories with setups followed by surprising and funny endings (chickens crossing roads, elephant footprints in the butter, etc.) quips are even briefer, and not so planned or scripted. They are more likely to arise naturally in conversation when someone is especially quick-witted, firing off zingers, retorts, or—if you want to get extra fancy about it—bon mots. Brevity also plays a role in quip's etymology: quip is a shortening of quippy, a now-obsolete noun of the same meaning. Quippy's origins are uncertain, but they may lie in the Latin word quippe, meaning "indeed" or "to be sure," which was often used ironically. Quip entered English as a noun in the 1500s, but was verbified within decades; the verb quip means "to make quips" or "to jest or jibe at."