Maxwell's Hot Air - August 22, 2025

Congress responds to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attack with five separate bills aimed at building Donald Trump’s long-desired White House ballroom, even as Trump reportedly tells aides to prepare for an extended blockade of Iran. Thanks to today's sponsors: Sign up fo ...  Show more

A new poll shows James Talarico leading both GOP Senate candidates in Texas, signaling a potential shakeup in a key race, while JD Vance tells reporters that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may be feeding Donald Trump inaccurate information about the war—exposing internal fracture ...  Show more

Has Donald Trump’s attempted assassination won him the race? Are we descending into an era of new political violence? What can we expect from the Republican National Convention next week?  Join Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci for this emergency episode of The Rest Is Politics U ...  Show more

Has Donald Trump’s attempted assassination won him the race? Are we descending into an era of new political violence? What can we expect from the Republican National Convention next week?  Join Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci for this emergency episode of The Rest Is Politics U ...  Show more

What does Donald Trump's guilty verdict mean for the 2024 election? Do the nine Justices of the Supreme Court have too much power? What do Democrats really mean when they say Trump will ‘end democracy as we know it’? Join Anthony and Katty for episode 6 of TRIP US, as they answe ...  Show more

Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month Shopify trial and start selling today at shopfiy.com/damagereport The DOJ is looking into stripping away citizenship from naturalized Americans. Border agents arrested fire crew members during a wildfire. JD Vance wants Zohran Mamdani to b ...  Show more