(Carolyn Kaster/AP photo/Gallup)

Patriotism is taking a dive.

The number of adults who say they are “extremely” or “very” proud to be an American has plummeted to a record low, according to a shocking new Gallup poll.

The poll found that just 58 percent of those surveyed were beaming with American pride. That’s down from 91 percent seen in Gallup’s 2002 figures from the months following the 9/11 attacks.

The findings were a sharp decline from 65 percent two years ago.

The poll also found a generational divide in patriotism, with 58 percent of Millennials and 41 percent of Gen Zers saying they’re “very” or “extremely” proud to be an American. That number jumps to 71 percent among Gen X and 75 percent of baby boomers.

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As with any device connected to the internet, your cameras are susceptible to hacking. While threat actors are often focused on big-ticket spying targets like critical infrastructure, individuals aren't immune. Your webcam, security camera, and even baby monitor can be exploited for any number of malicious purposes—but cybersecurity best practices can significantly reduce your risk.

Internet-connected cameras are vulnerable to hacking

Webcam hacking grants remote access to your device's camera, which allows bad actors to watch and record the camera view. This means that they can turn your camera on and off, see what the camera sees, and take photos and videos. The potential risks here include everything from snooping on your personal movements and private activities to recording footage for blackmail to "shoulder surfing" in order to steal data to tracking when you are home. Live feeds may also be shared or sold on the dark web, compromising your privacy, digital security, and possibly physical safety.

It's not just your phone and computer that are at risk. All kinds of internet-connected cameras commonly found in consumers' homes—security cameras, pet cams, baby monitors, and smart bird feeders, to name a few—can be hacked relatively easily. These cameras can be integrated into botnets or give threat actors access to other devices on your network. A recent report from cybersecurity firm BitSight (covered by 404 Media) found that content from more than 40,000 unsecured cameras had been exposed online, with researchers noting that this estimate is likely very conservative.

Surveillance camera networks are also widespread and pervasive in our day-to-day lives. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has outlined some of the ways in which video surveillance is conducted and used in cities across the country, from automated license plate readers to mobile surveillance towers. The data are accessible to law enforcement, of course, but these cameras have also been targeted by hackers with live streams exposed online. BitSight also found compromised cameras in public spaces, such as gyms and stores.

How hackers gain access to your camera

Webcam hacking on your phone or computer is primarily the result of malware that allows threat actors to remotely take over your device and gain access to your camera. These programs, like Remote Access Trojans (RAT), are typically delivered via phishing attacks that trick you into clicking links to download and install malicious apps.

Other cameras connected to the internet may be accessed remotely using the default manufacturer usernames and passwords, which are often publicly available. Weak credentials can also be brute-forced, and older devices that no longer receive security updates may be especially susceptible to hacking.

You can search your camera on Shodan.io, which scans for internet-connected devices, or try to access it from a device outside your home network without logging in through a secure app or VPN. If you're successful, your camera could be exposed.

There are also a handful of red flags that your webcam may have been compromised. An obvious one is that your camera indicator light is on or flashing when you're not actually using your camera, such as for a Zoom meeting or video call. Other signs of a malware infection include a fast-draining battery, suspicious or unfamiliar apps or files on your device, strange network activity, and unexpected changes in your webcam settings.

How to prevent your cameras from spying on you

Good cyber hygiene goes a long way toward protecting your devices from hackers. Be wary of clicking links found in emails, texts, social media posts, or other communication, as these may be phishing links used to spread malware that takes over your device. Never execute commands for CAPTCHA tests, a tactic commonly used in ClickFix attacks.

Keep your devices—including all internet-connected cameras—up to date with the latest firmware. Enable automatic updates if available, and check regularly for security patches that address vulnerabilities. Change the default usernames and passwords on your IoT cameras to something strong and unique (again, these defaults are often publicly known). Firewalls and VPNs are also useful tools for blocking unauthorized access to your network and devices.

This is also a good time to check which apps and services have access to your device's camera and disable any you don't recognize or that aren't essential to the app's functionality. Permissions are found in your device settings:

• Windows: Start > Settings > Privacy & security > Camera

• Mac: System Settings > Privacy & Security > Camera

• Android: Settings > Security & Privacy Privacy > Permission manager > Camera

• iOS: Settings > Privacy & Security > Camera

Finally, a low-tech form of protection is a webcam cover—or even a piece of tape—to block your camera's view when it's not in use.

President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funding from New York City if the new mayor — be it Zohran Mamdani, or anyone else — doesn’t “behave themselves.”

Speaking with Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures, Trump bashed Mamdani — the likely winner of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City — and threatened to hold back federal funding if Mamdani ultimately becomes mayor and doesn’t “do the right thing” while in office.

“He’s a communist,” Trump said. (Mamdani, who identifies as a Democratic-Socialist, denied he is a Communist during an interview on Meet the Press.) “I think it’s very bad for New York. I don’t know that he’s gonna get in. It’s inconceivable … but he’s a Communist, and he’s pure Communist. I think he admits it. I can’t imagine it, but let’s say this: If he does get in, I’m gonna be president, then he’s going to have to do the right thing, but they’re not getting any money. He’s got to do to the right thing.”

“He said he’s going to fight ICE,” Bartiromo told Trump. She added, “And he said if Benjamin Netanyahu comes to New York, he’s gonna have him arrested.”

“He’s a radical, left lunatic,” Trump said.

Trump punted when asked by Bartiromo who he supports in the mayor’s race, but warned all of the candidates he could withhold federal funds due the city if he dislikes the actions of the mayor.

“I can tell you this,” Trump said. “Whoever’s mayor of New York is going to have to behave themselves, or the federal government is coming down very tough on them financially.”

Watch above, via Fox News.

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Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic-Socialist candidate who shocked the political world with his likely win in the Democratic primary in the New York City mayor’s race, told Meet the Press Sunday that he does not believe the U.S. should have billionaires.

In an interview on Sunday, NBC’s Kristen Welker questioned Mamdani about policy stances which have caused many in the business community to panic. But Mamdani believes his policies will ultimately benefit New Yorkers in all economic categories.

“I want to make clear that my vision for this city is a vision for every single New Yorker, including business leaders across the city,” Mamdani said. “And the reason I say that is that my proposals, even the ones to increase the top corporate tax rate of New York to match that of New Jersey, are ones that would also benefit those business leaders. Because when I have conversations with them what I also hear is just how expensive this city is is preventing them from attracting and retaining the talent they need to grow their business. And ultimately, I’m looking forward to having those meetings, having those sitdowns to make clear why this vision would benefit all.

Welker pressed the mayoral candidate — who took a big step towards winning the job last week — about the fact that he identifies as a Democratic-Socialist.

“Do you think that billionaires have a right to exist?” Welker asked.

Mamdani laughed at the question, but ultimately replied: “I don’t think that we should have billionaires.”

The mayoral candidate added, “Frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequality, and ultimately, what we need more of is equality across our city and across our state and across our country. And I look forward to work with everyone, including billionaires, to make a city that is fairer for all of them.”

Watch above, via NBC.

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Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier busted out an impression of President Donald Trump to recall a time Trump dressed the reporter down.

Baier joined David Remnick on The New Yorker Radio Hour this week where he discussed his 27 year career at Fox, heated interviews he conducted with both Trump and former Vice President Kamala Harris, and he even launched into a Trump impersonation while discussing his professional and personal relationship with the president.

During the interview, Remnick brought up a June 2023 interview between Trump and Baier that Trump called “nasty” after Baier told Trump he lost the 2020 presidential election as Trump continued insisting their was mass fraudulence.

Baier argued Trump has a “love-hate” relationship with Fox News and the press overall as he will lash out but also directly speak to reporters he has problems with. Baier noted he and many other journalists have Trump’s personal phone number.

Baier called the exchange “tough, but fair,” acknowledging that media outlets dismissing Hunter Biden’s infamous abandoned laptop could have influenced the election results.

“He’s called me, you know, ‘I’ll tell you what Bret, you are a five, sometimes you’re a four, you’re nowhere near a seven.’ That’s my best Trump,” Baier said after busting out his impression.

“That’s pretty good! I have to say,” Remnick said. “I have to say, not bad at all, but what do you do when he lies?”

Baier said you “fact check” as much as you can in real time, saying he tried to do so in their interview.

Baier chalked up Trump’s sometimes contentious relationship with the press as a “cat and mouse game” similar to what Trump did when he was a real estate mogul in New York.

“I think it is part of the man. I think it is part of his time here in New York as a New York real estate mogul, and the rough and tumble to punch back and to characterize your opposition before they can characterize you. I think that’s part of it,” he said. “I think it is this cat-and-mouse game. You know, for all of the things he says about the media. Again, he’s reaching out and doing interviews with the same people he says are nasty.”

Listen to the full Baier interview here.

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CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings on Saturday quoted a liberal Supreme Court Justice to back up the view shared by him and President Donald Trump, along with many other Republicans, on the decision this week gutting universal injunctions as a tool to limit Trump’s power.

On Saturday’s CNN Saturday Morning Table for Five, host Abby Phillip began the panel segment by going first to Jennings on the subject of the ruling.

In a 6-to-3 decision along ideological lines, the court this week effectively ended the practice of putting a halt to a president’s agenda or Executive Orders by means of a universal or nationwide injunction issued by a single district court judge.

“The nationwide injunction is officially dead and the court taking an opportunity here to do something that a lot of conservatives, perhaps, have wanted for a while,” said Phillip on Saturday’s show. “But, as we’ve discussed plenty of times, the nationwide injunction has been sort of the bane of the existence of Democrat and Republican presidents. It’s just that now this court has actually done it.”

“Yeah, they’ve finally done something about it,” Jennings agreed.

He said that it was a great day for Trump before delivering the surprise quote for the panel.

“I was trying to sort out my feelings on this matter, and I came up with a quote from a very smart lawyer, and I just want to quote it, because I think she was right when she said it,” he began. “‘It just can’t be right that one District Judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks.'”

He then revealed that it was Justice Elena Kagan who said it, back in 2022.

“Of course, when we had a Democratic president,” he added. “Now she voted against the decision on Friday. Just goes to show you that some of these folks really are hacks.”

Phillip then turned the tables back on Jennings a bit, pointing out that “the hackery is definitely bipartisan” and citing a time when Republicans, including top Trump official Stephen Miller, praised a universal injunction on abortion issued by a conservative Texas judge.

PHILLIP: The nationwide injunction is officially dead and the court taking an opportunity here to do something that a lot of conservatives, perhaps, have wanted for a while. But, as we’ve discussed plenty of times, the nationwide injunction has been sort of the bane of the existence of Democrat and Republican presidents. It’s just that now this court has actually done it.

JENNINGS: Yeah, they’ve finally done something about it. Friday was a great day for Donald Trump. The market ended at all-time highs. He’s breaking peace agreements in the Oval Office on a Friday afternoon. And then the court really clears the way for him to enact the agenda on which he ran.

I was trying to sort out my feelings on this matter, and I came up with a quote from a very smart lawyer, and I just want to quote it, because I think she was right when she said it. ‘It just can’t be right that one District Judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks.’ Justice Elena Kagan in 2022 said that. Of course, when we had a democratic president. Now she voted against the decision on Friday. Just goes to show you that some of these folks really are hacks.

But as you correctly said, this has been the bane of existence of presidents and I’m glad they went ahead and fixed it because it’s not right that one of these individual district court judges can act like a king or a monarch and stop the elected president from acting.

Watch the clip above via CNN.

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President Donald Trump was delighted on Friday during a marathon press conference when an influencer from Mike Lindell’s television network asked him about widely debunked 2020 election fraud claims.

“On the 2020 election, is there any more information on the special prosecutor? So many Americans still have questions about the 2020 elections. And speaking of rogue judges, would you consider appointing somebody at DOJ, maybe to investigate the judges that allowed for the political persecution of you, your family, and your supporters during the Biden administration?” asked the breathless MAGA supporter.

“I love you, who are you?” Trump replied.

“Cara Castronuova from Lindell TV,” replied the questioner.

“Well, that’s just a very nice question. And it’s not a setup. I have no idea who you are, but I appreciate that question,” Trump replied, making clear they had not coordinated in advance. He continued:

All I can say is we’re not here for that. I hope so. I hope they’re doing a thing because that election was rigged and stolen, and we can’t allow that to happen. You know, a lot of people tell me, sir, you just won the greatest election in the history of our country. You won all seven swing states, won the popular vote, won everything.

‘Sir, go on with your life,’ and many people say that, good people, friends of mine, then you have people that say that same thing, go on with your life, but you have to find out what happened because you can’t let that happen again. Look at what this lunatic did. Look at what he did.

Trump then launched on what he calls a “weave” and eventually ended up talking about decapitations in Africa:

He opened our borders to people that were murderers, thousands to be exact, murderers. And we’ve captured many of those murderers. And we’re bringing them back. Some of them are so dangerous that we don’t even want to bring them back, we’re afraid they’re going to try and come back in. But he allowed people to come into this country, people from mental institutions, insane asylums, that’s a mental institution on steroids. People from mental institutions, gang members, drug dealers. People from jails being emptied out into our country, Venezuela emptied out almost its entire prison population into our country.

But I don’t want to blame them. Many countries have done that. The Congo, you know, we have a great press conference coming up later. And it’s the Congo and Rwanda, you know, they were fighting for years and it was machetes, it was vicious. It was as vicious as it gets, with people’s heads being chopped off. And I have a man who’s very good in that part of the world, very smart, and put him together and we’re signing a peace treaty today. First time in many years they’re going to have peace and it’s a big deal. You know, we talk about Russia and we’ll work on that one. President Putin called up and he said, I’d love to help you with Iran. I said, do me a favor, I’ll handle Iran. Help me with Russia. We’ve got to get that one settled. And I think something’s going to happen there. But we did some great work. India and Pakistan. That was maybe going to be nuclear. We did that. We did a lot of work. I don’t know if there’s ever been a president that’s done much more. Serbia and Kosovo were going to go at it. Going to be a big war.

I said, you go at it, there’s no trade with the United States. They said, well, maybe we won’t go at it. That’s what happened with India and Pakistan. I was negotiating with both of them. And I said to Scott, I said to Howard, cancel all deals with India and Pakistan. They’re not trading with us if they’re going to war. They call back. What do we do? I said look, you want to have trade with the United States, it’s great, but you want to go and start using nuclear weapons on each other, we’re not going to allow that, and they both agreed. Both have great leaders. They both agreed not to do it.

“So we did a lot, but I appreciate that question,” Trump concluded, thanking Castronuova one last time for her question.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.

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Tucker Carlson muscled his way into the top five this week on YouTube’s Weekly Top Podcast Shows ranking, a significant jump spurred along by the massive media attention Carlson garnered thanks to his opposition to U.S. intervention in the Middle East and a bombshell interview with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).

The Tucker Carlson Show, which has rested comfortably in the teens for the last month, broke into the top ten for the first time since YouTube began publishing the chart in early May. The rise is no doubt attributable to Carlson’s public showdown with many key figures among the MAGA faithful over US involvement in Iran, including his instantly viral interview with Cruz.

With the exception of Carlson’s show, which beat out the true crime pod 48 Hours (a veteran of the #5 spot hosted by CBS News’ Anne-Marie Green)  the usual suspects still dominated the top of the charts.

Joe Rogan still holds the gold, with The Meidas Touch Podcast moving into second place – up from fifth two weeks ago. Stephanie Soo’s true crime show Rotten Mango and the mainstay pod Kill Tony were each bumped down a rung by Meidas and sit at third and fourth place respectively.

Live Trials with Emily D. Baker, the pod that has most closely watched the trial of Karen Read, has inevitably plummeted since the trials conclusion. It’s down from sixth place, just two weeks ago, to land at #40 in this week’s roundup.

Another notable dip was The Megyn Kelly Show, which was nowhere to be found in the top 100 rankings. This marks the first time since the charts began being published that Kelly hasn’t made the cut, perhaps due to her relative absence from the MAGA feuding over the last couple weeks.

Jake Paul has made his first appearance on the charts, with the Impaulsive Podcast slipping in at #99 – as did Ben Shapiro breaking in at #36.

Here’s a full rundown of the top 100 podcasts from YouTube, Jun 16 – Jun 22, 2025:

1. The Joe Rogan Experience
2. The MeidasTouch Podcast
3. Rotten Mango
4. Kill Tony
5. The Tucker Carlson Show
6. 48 Hours
7. Shawn Ryan Show
8. Smoosh Reads Reddit Stories
9. H3 Podcast
10. The Diary Of A CEO
11. Law&Crime Sidebar with Jesse Weber
12. The Pat McAfee Show
13. The Why Files: Operation Podcast (All of ‘Em)
14. Timcast IRL
15. Breaking Points
16. Creepcast
17. This Past Weekend w/Theo Von
18. The Lawyer You Know Podcast on Karen Read
19. A Closer Look – Late Night with Seth Meyers
20. Bulwark Takes
21. PBD Podcast
22. Dr Insanity
23. Bad Friends Podcast
24. 60 Minutes
25. Gil’s Arena
26. Club Shay Shay
27. Murder, Mystery & Makeup
28. The Philip DeFranco Show
29. IHIP News
30. NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas
31. The Yak
32. Flagrant
33. Breaking News
34. Dark History
35. StarTalk Podcast
36. The Ben Shapiro Show
37. Lex Fridman Podcast
38. The Adam Mockler Shower
39. Timcast News Stories
40. Live Trials with Emily D. Baker
41. The Young Turks
42. Nightcap
43. Just Trish
44. The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller
45. Unsubscribe Podcast
46. The Rubin Report Podcast
47. Distractible
48. Democracy Now!
49. Legal AF Podcast
50. The Lets Read Podcast
51. PBS NewsHour
52. Turtleboy Live
53. True Crime with Kendall Rae
54. Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast
55. You Should Know Podcast
56. Call Her Daddy Podcast
57. Interviews with Brian Tyler Cohen
58. Stories from the Bible
59. The 85 South Comedy Show
60. Reality Check with Ross Coulthart
61. The Joe Budden Podcast
62. The Trish Regan Show
63. The Pivot Podcast
64. Law&Crime On the Case with Christ Stewart
65. Cancelled with Tana Mongeau & Brooke Schofield
66. rSlash
67. Reel Rejects
68. Barry Cunningham Podcasts And Live Shows
69. The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
70. #leftisbest Pod
71. Democracy Watch with Marc Elias
72. Million Dollar Worth of Game
73. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
74. No Spin News
75. Javier Ceriani Show
76. Club 520 Podcast
77. The Benny Show
79. Julian Dorey Podcast
80. Smosh Mouth
81. The Matt Walsh Show
82. The Stephen A. Smith Show
83. The Deep End w/Taylor Welch
84. Crime Weekly
85. The Broski Report
86. The Intersection with Michael Popok
87. MrBallen True Crime
88. Law&Crime Crime Fix with Angenette Levy
89. Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
90. Two Hot Takes
91. The David Pakman Show
92. Stavvy’s World
93. The Bill Simmons Podcast
94. Dan Wootton Outspoken
95. Top Story With Tom Llamas
96. 2 Bears, 1 Cave
97. Shane Dawson Podcast
98. Part of the Problem Full Video Episodes
99. Impaulsive Podcast
100. Joe and Jada

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The View panelist Ana Navarro took aim at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Thursday, mocking the former Fox News host as a “big suck-up to Trump” after his fiery Pentagon press briefing hours earlier.

During a discussion on the U.S. strike on Iran and President Donald Trump’s rhetoric toward news outlets and reporters, Navarro raised a comparison between the president’s two terms, suggesting that former Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis and ex-Chief of Staff Jon Kelly has a better handle on his behavior.

Now, he’s got a cabinet filled with “trained parrots,” according to Navarro.

“Today, he’s got Pete Hegseth, a weekend Fox News host whose biggest qualification to be Department of Defense secretary is that he is a big suck-up to Donald Trump and so then they all go out there and they use the same exact language,” Navarro said. “They all use the word obliterate. I want to give them a thesaurus at least because if it was a drinking game and the word was obliterate, we’d all be dead of alcohol poisoning.”

She added: “They sound like trained parrots.”

Read the exchange here:

ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: I don’t think anyone controls what [Trump] says. But I would point to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Gen. Caine, who briefed today. He was much more measured and described the the operation, explained why it was successful and praised our brave U.S. troops who carried this out.

ANA NAVARRO: But when you say why do they — who are you talking about?

JOY BEHAR: I’m talking the Republican congress, his cabinet, people around him.

NAVARRO: They let him —

BEHAR: I’m not saying they’ve done it or I’m hopeful.

SARA HAINES: For much lesser things.

BEHAR: I’m praying that they will.

NAVARRO: I think the point — when you ask that question, the point is that if — it really highlights the
difference between Trump’s first term and Trump’s second term. In Trump’s first term, he had a general [Mattis] running DoD. He had a Gen. Kelly at the Department of Homeland Security and then as his chief of staff. Today, he’s got Pete Hegseth, a weekend Fox News host whose biggest qualification to be Department of Defense secretary is that he is a big suck-up to Donald Trump and so then they all go out there and they use the same exact language, right? They all use the word obliterate. I want to give them a thesaurus at least because if it was a drinking game and the word was obliterate, we’d all be dead of alcohol poisoning. They sound like trained parrots.

The Pentagon briefing on the Iran strike was marked by several tense moments, including Hegseth’s attack on former Fox News colleague Jennifer Griffin, who he called “about the worst” — leaving the veteran national security correspondent visibly stunned.

Watch above via ABC.

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The back-to-school summer shopping season is upon us, with major retailer sales like Prime Day rolling in, including Target's Circle Week sale. If you're here, you've likely had a hard time trying to get hold of someone with a conscience on the other line. It's not easy, but here is the best way I found to get a real customer service representative from Target on the phone.

The best phone number for Target's customer service department

If you Google Target's customer service number, the first number you'll see at the top of the search result is 1-800-440-0680. However, it's hard or even impossible to reach a real person using that number. However, in my experience, if you call 1-800-591-3869, you can eventually reach a customer service agent.

If Target recognizes your phone number

The pre-recorded message will automatically pull up your last order from Target.com and ask if you need help with it. Regardless of why you're calling, press 1 to confirm you need help with it. You'll be given additional options to narrow down the reason for your call, but if you don't select an option, Target will automatically connect you with a live agent on the phone who can help you with anything related to your account.

If Target doesn't recognize your phone number

If your phone number isn't automatically linked to your account, you'll want to press 1 to enter your phone number. Once you do, Target will connect you with someone who will verify your information and send you an email verification. Once you finish that, that person will be able to help you answer questions regarding your account.

Unlike Amazon, there is no call-back service provided by Target, so calling yourself is the quickest way to get a hold of a real person.

Trump White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett ranted to Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo about Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for allegedly acting to harm Trump and doing “whatever it is that [Sen.] Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wants him to do.”

Trump has habitually attacked Powell, invoking his “termination” over Powell’s remarks on the worsening impact of Trump’s tariff policies and constantly pressuring him to lower interest rates.

On Wednesday morning’s edition of Fox Business Network’s Mornings With Maria, Hassett went after Powell as well, accusing him of using monetary policy to harm Trump and help Democrats, and claiming he’ll continue to do so “all the way through the midterms”:

BARTIROMO: Well, the whole idea of having a child start as an infant with money is great. It’s financial literacy. It’s great all around.

Kevin, before you go, we heard from Jay Powell yesterday. We’re going to hear from Jay Powell again today, and he continues to say he is in no rush, even though, I think today he was a little more dovish, to be honest with you. I think he is going to cut rates, and it’s going to happen soon, but he continues to say he is in no rush to cut rates, because he is watching to see if, in fact, the tariffs trigger inflation. What’s your answer to that, Kevin?

HASSETT: Right. Well, we’ve seen that the tariffs haven’t triggered inflation. And you, Maria, and I have talked about this over and over on your Sunday show, out on this show, that if you tax the Chinese, and it’s inelastic supply, then the Chinese bear the tax, and that’s what we’re seeing.

We’ve got the lowest inflation that we’ve seen in over four years, and the Fed has given us about the highest interest rates on Earth, while other countries around the world have been cutting. I got to say that if the Fed respects its independence, then it should pay attention to what Republicans are saying about Jay Powell, because Jay Powell is the person who cut rates right ahead of the election to help Kamala Harris. Jay Powell —

BARTIROMO: That’s right.

HASSETT: — is the person who voted to increase rates the first time Donald Trump was elected, even before he was inaugurated.

BARTIROMO: Yeah.

HASSETT: He was the person who warned about the inflation of supply side, but didn’t warn about the inflation of runaway spending. And so, it looks like he has been a person, I’m not saying that he is, but policy actions suggest that he is a person who has been basically doing whatever it is that Elizabeth Warren wants him to do.

BARTIROMO: Yeah.

HASSETT: And when I spoke to House members, who are about to talk to Jay, a couple of nights ago, I’ve never seen so much partisan vitriol —

BARTIROMO: Yeah.

HASSETT: — towards a Fed Chair in my lifetime, and it’s not because President Trump is saying things. It’s because the evidence of his actions is not defensible —

BARTIROMO: Yeah.

HASSETT: — unless you say that he is being partisan.

BARTIROMO: Yeah. Kevin —

HASSETT: And so, he is in real trouble.

BARTIROMO: I got you.

HASSETT: He is in real trouble.

BARTIROMO: Yeah. No. I mean, obviously, we know what he did right before the election.

Kevin, real quick, we got to jump but very quickly —

HASSETT: OK.

BARTIROMO: — the President wants Jay Powell to cut rates. He talks about the debt. We’re holding more and spending more on interest on the debt. Do you think if he were to cut rates, short-term rates go down? Does that affect long-term rates and the debt?

HASSETT: I think that you get a parallel shift if we were to cut rates. I think right now, the lung rates are high because people think Jay Powell is going to continue to keep rates as high as he can all the way through the midterms. That’s my guess.

BARTIROMO: Kevin, it’s good to see you this morning. Thanks so much for taking all that on.

HASSETT: Good to see you, Maria. Yep.

BARTIROMO: Great conversation. Kevin Hassett at the White House.

Watch above via Fox Business Network’s Mornings With Maria.

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Samsung announced the new Galaxy S25 Series back in January, a three-phone collection that competes with Google's Pixels for the title of the best Android phones you can buy right now. Out of the new lineup, the Galaxy S25+ is the middle-of-the-pack model, and a cheaper alternative to the top-of-the-line Galaxy S25 Ultra, and currently, you can pick on up for $799.99 ($200 off the original $999.99 retail price).

After the discount, the S25+ is only $90 more than the most basic model, the Galaxy S25, offering much better value for your money.

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The S25 line offers from upgrades from the S24 lineup: The best features in the OS are shared by all Galaxy phones, giving you new features you can only get from the One UI 7, including exclusive media and notifications features. Two of the best are Now Bar and Now Brief, which show you brief alerts or notifications personalized to your feed and activities. PCMag gave the Galaxy S25 an "excellent" review for its useful AI features, better battery life than the Ultra (around 15 hours on a single charge), outstanding cameras, and long software support.

Arguably, the best competition for the Galaxy S25+ is the Google Pixel 9, which is currently the same $799.99 price. If you're already in the Google or Samsung ecosystem, the best option for you will be to stay loyal to your brand, unless you plan on swapping out every other accessory.

The Galaxy S25+ runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy, has three rear lenses, including a 12MP ultra-wide camera, and a 6.7-inch and 120Hz OLED display. The RAM is a generous 12GB, with the storage options starting at 128 GB, but this $799.99 option is for the 256GB.