Our running average of independent public polling finds that the president’s job approval rating is at 43%. This is a low number historically — but it is also a notch higher than at this point in 2017, the first year of Trump’s first term:

US President Donald Trump has hit back at a journalist over a question on “discrepancy” in his and his administration’s story on the breakdown of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. This comes after President Trump claimed Mr Epstein poached young women from his Mar-a-Lago spa and that he was later banned from the Florida estate after he continued to do so.

“Trump’s new story is that he fell out with Jeffrey Epstein because Trump’s most valued employees preferred to go work for a notorious sex offender rather than stay with Trump,” David Frum, a staff writer at The Atlantic, added. Someone said, “So this continues to be extremely weird.”

The majority of Democrats are happy egging on the Republican fight over releasing files related to Jeffrey Epstein. But some members worry they're taking their eye off the ball.

Trump denied being "solely responsible" for Stephen Colbert's ouster from CBS — but then suggested ABC's Jimmy Kimmel and NBC's Jimmy Fallon might be next.

The president is running a great racket — simple, lucrative and effective —– targeting networks that draw his ire. With CBS in line, he’s now casting his attention to NBC. (Eric Charbonneau/Invision-AP) The post Turning His Eye To NBC,

Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out against the “fake news” after a reporter questioned the president on his differing explanations for why he ended his friendship with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Last week, the Trump administration said the president banned Epstein from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club because Epstein was a “creep.”

South Park is taking the week off - but it’s not taking it easy on Donald Trump. Following last week’s season premiere (featuring an, ahem, unflattering portrayal of President Trump), the animated comedy will return with an all-new episode next Wednesday,

Trump lashed out at an NBC News White House correspondent when she grilled him over the shifting story about Trump's breakup with onetime pal Jeffrey Epstein. The post Trump Lashes Out At Reporter Grilling Him Over Shifting Epstein Breakup Stories On Air Force One first appeared on Mediaite.