NEW: Stephen A. Smith teases a 2028 presidential run, says Gavin Newsom is going to have a hard time running amid all his disasters in California.
"I'm a fiscal conservative. I can't stand high taxes, but I'm a social liberal in the same breath."
"Because I believe in living and let live."
🚨#BREAKING: The United States military is actively preparing for the possibility of a prolonged, sustained military campaign against Iran that could last several weeks if President Donald Trump ultimately orders a strike, according to senior officials
BREAKING: The US Treasury budget deficit fell -26% YoY in January, to $95 billion.
Over the first 4 months of FY2026, the deficit is down -17% YoY, to $697 billion, still posting the 3rd-worst start to a year in history.
Government revenue rose +12% YoY, to $1.8 trillion, lifted by tariff revenues, which surged +304% YoY, to $124 billion for the period.
At the same time, government expenditures increased +2% YoY, to $2.5 trillion.
Tariff revenues are making a dent in the US deficit.
BIG GAME SPOT: After 250 years, the American experiment still isn’t finished. It’s been built, tested, carried forward, and fought for. And we passed it on, hand to hand, life to life. Generations ago ordinary people risked everything to begin it.
250 years later the work continues because freedom is worth it. This year America turns 250.
For more information about Freedom 250 events and how to participate in our nation's 250th birthday celebration, visit https://t.co/IRZCoIicaw
In an attempt to turn down the heat down on partisan politics, "The Party Line" is a 2026 social experiment launched by tech startup Neuroscience to bridge political divides through conversation. Two modified pay phones are linked directly, with one located on Valencia Street in San Francisco -- a historically liberal area, and the other in the conservative town of Abileen, Texas. The project aims to help participants recognize shared humanity.
Read the full story here: https://t.co/PBjr1e2BeT
Arthur Brooks is joining The Free Press as a columnist. Each week, he will help us wrestle with life’s greatest moral questions. Read the inaugural installment of his column, which will be published every Monday.
GDP is not a great measure of the economy in the United States. It measures how companies are doing in the age of globalism. Globalism helps companies grow immensely. We are not seeing real wage growth due to the loss of demand for American workers when companies can find cheaper work elsewhere, thus decreasing expenses and increasing profit.
Stephen A. Smith SNAPS on Gavin Newsom, tells him to SHUT HIS MOUTH about President Trump overseas.
Newsom has been trashing on Trump in Davos, and Stephen A. Smith has had enough.
“I’m NOT DOWN with that at all. Say whatever you want here… fine. But I’m one of those people, when we go somewhere else, it’s America first.”
“Our problems are our problems. But we ain’t taking dirty laundry outside.”
“You don’t go on a world stage to disrespect your own house, which is the United States of America. I don’t like that at all, not even a little bit.”
Going overseas as a governor to tell other world leaders not to work with your country? Newsome went there solely in the hopes of persuading other world leaders to not do business with the United States, so he could try to win the presidency.
Newsom to European Leaders: "Diplomacy with Trump? He’s a T-Rex. You mate with him, or he devours you."
"I can't take this complicity!"
“I should have brought kneepads for all the world leaders.”
"He’s not mad, he’s very intentional—but he’s unmoored and unhinged."