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Stephen A. Smith has 'no desire' to run for president, but is 'not ruling it out' for 2028
Stephen A. Smith during a 2025 appearance on The Rubin Report. ESPN host Stephen A. Smith said in a new interview set to come out over the weekend that he's not ruling out a 2028 White House bid. The sportscaster, who has delved more deeply into politics over the last two years, has been frequently mentioned as a possible outsider-type of candidate who could dramatically shakeup up the 2028 race. "When somebody talks about me being a president or whatever, I have no desire to
Rubin Report Staff
26 minutes ago2 min read


EPA moves to phase out 'universally-hated' auto start-stop feature on cars
EPA chief Lee Zeldin on phasing out the auto stop-start feature on cars. The EPA is taking measures to begin phasing out the tax credit that has incentivized car makers to include the auto start-stop engine feature on new vehicles, an announcement that has been met with applause from car companies and consumers. According to CBS News , about two-thirds of cars on the road today are equipped with auto start-stop engines. Drivers know it all too well -- when at a red light or o
Rubin Report Staff
2 hours ago2 min read


Almost 60% of Americans believe Democrats have become 'too liberal'
Polling shows average Americans think Democrats are 'too liberal.' Democrats are on the fast-track to becoming an extremist group, according to a large majority of Americans. New polling finds that 58% of Americans believe the Democrats have become "too liberal," an all-time high revealed on CNN by the network's polling guru, Harry Enten. That figure is up 16 points from 1996, when 42% of Americans said Democrats were "too liberal." Enten pointed to more historical data from
Rubin Report Staff
2 hours ago1 min read


Apple News busted for political bias, Tim Cook gets warning from FTC chairman
Apple news liberal bias during January 2026. More than 140 million Americans pull out their iPhones each day and use Apple News, the tech giant's curated news aggregation app that comes pre-loaded on Apple devices, but they're only getting half the story -- if that -- according to the findings of a new study by the Media Research Center (MRC), a conservative watchdog group. During the month of January, MRC analyzed a total of 620 stories featured by the Apple News editorial
Rubin Report Staff
1 day ago2 min read


Pundit stumbles all over herself trying to argue against SAVE Act on CNN
Scott Jennings and Alencia Johnson debating the SAVE Act on CNN. Democrat lawmakers and pundits are continuing a fevered campaign against the Trump-backed Republican led Save Act, but the arguments they're making are at times crumbling under the weight of the tortured ways in which they oppose the proposed legislation. The latest example occurred Wednesday night on CNN during a roundtable discussion on Abby Philip's show. Alencia Johnson, who describes herself as "a sought-af
Rubin Report Staff
1 day ago1 min read


Police, media respect Canada school shooting gunman's pronouns after he killed 8, wounded dozens more in rampage
Tumbler Ridge school shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar. A troubled 18-year-old man was behind a school shooting in remote Canada on Wednesday that left at least eight dead and another 27 wounded, the country's deadliest school shooting in more than 30 years. The gunman fatally shot his mother and brother in the family's home before going to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and killing four students and a teacher, and then turning the gun on himself after engaging in a shootout with
Rubin Report Staff
1 day ago2 min read


January jobs report shows unexpectedly hot start to 2026 as unemployment rate tumbles to 4.3%
The Bureau of Labor released the January jobs report, which had been delayed due to the brief partial government shutdown earlier this month, on Wednesday and the numbers surprised analysts. The U.S. economy added 130,00 jobs in January, the strongest monthly job growth since late 2024, according to The Wall Street Journal . The total number of jobs added in January more than doubled economists' expectations for job growth in January, CNBC reported , and nearly tripled Decemb
Rubin Report Staff
2 days ago2 min read


Congresswoman from NJ tells acting director of ICE he's 'going to hell' in wild scene on Capitol Hill
U.S. Congresswoman Lamonica McIver of New Jersey. U.S. Representative Lamonica McIver lashed out at the acting director of ICE, suggesting he will be "going to hell" when he dies in a wild back-and-forth on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Acting ICE director Todd Lyons appeared for what was billed as a hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee, but devolved into a three-hour-long struggle session in which Lyons, and two other top officials from Customs and Border Protectio
Rubin Report Staff
2 days ago2 min read


Bad Bunny halftime show TV ratings fall from previous year's Super Bowl
The Nielsen TV ratings are in for the Super Bowl 60 halftime show and the heavily-hyped Bad Bunny performance failed to even reach viewer numbers drawn in 2025 by Kendrick Lamar, the halftime show performer at Super Bowl 59. According to the numbers compiled by Nielsen , Bad Bunny averaged 128.2 million viewers, a decrease of more than five million viewers compared to last year's halftime show. In fact, Samba TV, a television audience analytics firm, found that 26.5 million
Rubin Report Staff
2 days ago2 min read
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