Rubin Report Staff

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israeli. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he's proposed to President Donald Trump to begin incrementally scaling back military aid the U.S. provides Israel with each year, nearly $4 billion, until it's eventually "down to zero." The remark came during a wide-ranging interview on 60 Minutes that aired Sunday night and largely focused on the war with Iran, and Israel's involvement in it. At one point in the conversation, Netanyahu brought up...

Donald Trump after being shot in the ear at a campaign event in 2014. A new poll found that about one-quarter of Americans believe the latest assassination attempt against President Trump, at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in late April, was staged, and a misinformation expert cited by The Washington Post blames President Trump for that phenomenon. The poll was commissioned by an organization called NewsGuard, which purports to evaluate the trustworthiness of news organizations, and...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom. California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new initiative last week, meant to capitalize on Mother's Day, in which the Golden State will begin distributing free diapers to parents of newborns this summer. All told, the program will hand out 40 million free diapers at a cost of $20 million to taxpayers, but over Mother's Day weekend the new initiative began drawing heavy criticism. The program, dubbed "Golden State Start," was launched in conjunction with...