The White House Launches Familiar Looking Website for 'Trusted News Sites and Resources'

The White House launched a Drudge Report-style website on Wednesday designed to be a “hub to trusted news sites and resources.” 

As of Thursday, links on the site direct readers to updates from the White House’s Rapid Response X account and news stories from sources such as Fox News, Breitbart, the New York Post, and more.

Newsmax Stock Breaks Records in Opening Week

Newsmax's stock broke records for initial public offerings in its first week of trading, becoming the first Regulation A+ offering to go directly to the NYSE's Big Board – while captivating the markets with a dizzying valuation.

After trading began Monday just before 11 a.m. ET, Newsmax (NMAX) soon found itself with a share price of $44.30 and a market capitalization of $4.18 billion.

The New York Times marveled that Newsmax's spectacular rise briefly put it at a richer valuation than U.S. Steel...

Ex-Biden campaign staffer slams former president's team for knowing he was 'not capable,' feels 'lied to'

Former Biden campaign aide Ashley Allison said Wednesday that she felt "lied to" while discussing revelations from a new book about the 2024 presidential campaign, specifically former Biden White House chief of staff Ron Klain revealing that the former president was exhausted and "out of it" during preparation for the June debate. 

"Do you feel lied to?" CNN host Abby Phillip asked Allison, who worked on the Biden-Harris 2020 campaign. 

The evolving "Wild West" of political advertising

We've all seen a lot of political ads lately. But in battleground states, it's a tsunami. Jack Levis is an independent voter in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which makes him one of the most desirable voters on the planet: "Emails, texts, phone calls, it's in my news feed, it's in social media. In the last two days, I counted, I had 30 spam emails in there all about the election," he said. "It's unbelievable."

Not to mention TV and radio commercials. "Come on, it's everywhere!" he laughed. "Are you kidding me? Ad after ad after ad!"

7 Swing States Have Been Inundated With Political Ads

According to AdImpact, an advertising analytics firm that tracks political advertising, projects a record $10.2 billion will be spent across all races in 2024. This would be an over 13% increase from the $9.02 billion spent in the 2020 elections. With polls indicating a very close Presidential election, the biggest benefactors of this ad spending largesse are the local television stations in seven swing states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada.

DeSantis admin blocked in abortion ad fight until after Election Day, judge rules

A Florida judge extended a temporary restraining order until after the election that blocks the state government from threatening to take legal action against television stations over pro-abortion ads. 

Floridians Protecting Freedom, the group behind the Amendment 4 Right to Abortion Initiative to enshrine abortion in the state constitution, which is on the ballot on Election Day, filed a lawsuit earlier this month against Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and former health department counsel John Wilson, following threats from...

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