The country is in a tizzy after President Trump tweeted that his nuclear button is "bigger" and "more powerful" than that of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Kelly Macias, Staff Writer at The Daily Kos joins Cheddar to discuss why she believes Trump's tweets are creating danger for America.
On top of Trump's Twitter war, rumors are swirling that former presidential candidate Mitt Romney will run for senator of Utah after Orrin Hatch announced his retirement on Tuesday. Romney has been a vocal opponent of the current administration and the president.
Plus, Minority House Leader Nancy Pelosi will meet with White House Officials on Wednesday in hopes to strike a deal on government spending. She believes the Democrats have some leverage, but agreement on DACA remains up in the air. Trump has said the Democrats are "doing nothing for DACA" and she believes that while this may be delusional for him to say, there is some merit to the statement.
Students, lawmakers and religious leaders have joined forces at a temple in Philadelphia to strongly denounce antisemitism on college campuses and in their communities, one day after University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned amid criticism over her testimony at a congressional hearing.
The former New York City mayor has already been found liable in the defamation lawsuit brought by Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, who endured threats and harassment after they became the target of a conspiracy theory spread by Trump and his allies.
Donald Trump says he's decided against testifying for a second time at his New York civil fraud trial. In a social media post Sunday, the former president said he “very successfully & conclusively” testified last month and saw no need to appear again.
The president of Harvard University has apologized for her remarks at a congressional hearing on antisemitism, saying she got caught up in a heated exchange and failed to properly denounce threats of violence against Jewish students.
The House Education and Workforce Committee opened an investigation into MIT, the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University after an anti-Semitism hearing on Tuesday.
The son of North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer was charged with manslaughter and fleeing an officer after a police pursuit ended in a crash that killed the sheriff's deputy.
