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Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
Joe Rogan loses top spot on YouTube podcast charts
Joe Rogan is no longer the king of podcasts, as a controversial comedian with ties to President Trump has soared past him. According to YouTube's list of the most popular podcasts, the Joe Rogan Experience was dethroned from its number one spot last week by Tony Hinchcliffe's 'Kill Tony' show. Rogan, known for his hours-long interviews with high-profile guests who discuss everything from UFO conspiracies to global politics, had been atop the charts since late May. The show has consistently spent weeks and months as the number one podcast on multiple platforms, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts. However, the timing of Rogan's ratings defeat is raising eyebrows, as the podcast star has recently begun criticizing the Trump Administration for its handling of deportations, the conflict with Iran , and the Jeffrey Epstein case. In November, Rogan famously endorsed Trump for president days after the two men sat down for an interview that's been viewed more than 59 million times on YouTube. Meanwhile, Hinchcliffe, an insult comic known for his dark humor, has kept his show in the realm of comedy, primarily booking fellow comedians, many who openly support Trump and MAGA Republicans. Kill Tony's rise to number one during the week of July 7 to July 13 is not without controversy, as the president actually disavowed knowing Hinchcliffe after he called Puerto Rico a 'floating island of garbage' during a Trump rally. 'I apologize to absolutely nobody. Not to the Puerto Ricans, not to the Whites, not to the Blacks, not to the Palestinians, not to the Jews, and not to my own mother, who I made fun of during the set,' Hinchcliffe said on his podcast after the October 27 rally. He did admit that Trump's event at New York's Madison Square Garden 'wasn't the best [expletive] place to do this set.' 'That's what I do, and that's never going to change,' Hinchcliffe added. The comedian's doubling down on his Trump rally jokes has seemingly been the fuel to his post-election success. In March, Hinchcliffe signed a deal with Netflix to turn the Kill Tony show into three comedy specials. The first one aired on April 7. While Rogan is by no means struggling in the ratings like other Trump critics have since the election, the timing of his show's decline lines up exactly with his recent attacks on the White House. On July 2, Rogan unleashed on the Trump Administration's move to target places of work during their crackdown on illegal immigration while interviewing Amjad Masad, the co-founder of cloud-based coding platform Replit. 'It's kind of disappointing. It's insane... There's two things that are insane. One is the targeting of migrant workers. Not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers, just construction workers showing up in construction sites and raiding them... Like really?' Rogan said. A week earlier, Rogan came out against US involvement in the conflict between Israel and Iran. Speaking with Senator Bernie Sanders on June 24 , Rogan claimed that Trump's MAGA coalition was on the brink of a civil war, citing the president's promise to keep America out of foreign wars. 'I think the whole MAGA thing right now is very divided, particularly because one of the things they voted for was no war. Well, now it seems like we're in a war,' Rogan told Sanders, another fierce Trump critic. 'It's quick, we're six months in and that's already popped off and then people are very concerned with now what happens to our troops overseas that are in these bases that are in vulnerable positions,' the podcast host added. On Tuesday, Rogan may have made his most controversial claims about the Trump White House's decision to attack Iran's nuclear facilities - alleging that the move took attention away from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Rogan was quoting a news report on the case that mentioned the mystery still surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files after US Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed to have tens of thousands of videos featuring the infamous financier and minors. ' The comment made to reporters at the White House days after a similar remark [was made] to a stranger with a hidden camera raised the stakes with President Donald Trump's administration to prove it has in its possession previously unseen compelling documents or... just bomb Iran and everybody forgets about,' Rogan said. 'Just bomb Iran. Yeah, everybody forgets about it,' he claimed. Rogan joins other Trump allies who eventually disagreed with the president and saw their businesses take an immediate dip, including Elon Musk. Musk famously saw his companies, namely Tesla, take a massive market hit following his public falling out with President Trump in late May. The public war of words between Musk and Trump intensified in early June and it had a direct impact on Tesla's stock price. Investors expressed concerns over the potential loss of federal support for Tesla and Musk's other ventures like SpaceX, as well as the perceived political risk tied to Musk feuding with the president. By the close of trading on June 6, 2025, Tesla's stock had fallen approximately 14 percent, resulting in a loss of over $150 billion in market value. It was the largest single-day drop in Tesla's history. For Rogan, his podcast also sits in second place on Apple Podcasts, trailing ABC News' true crime series 'Devil in the Desert.' On Spotify, the Joe Rogan Experience podcast still holds the number one spot, followed by another MAGA supporter that has recently criticized Trump and Bondi's handling of the Epstein case - The Tucker Carlson Show.
The Independent
13 minutes ago
- The Independent
Record 8,000 US students have applied to UK universities amid Trump's college crackdown
American students are applying for U.K. universities in record numbers amid Donald Trump 's college crackdown during his first few months in office. The Trump administration has intervened in higher education, pressuring states, colleges, and universities to abandon diversity, equity, and inclusion programs while attempting to dictate curriculum. The president has also launched high-profile battles against institutions such as Harvard University, freezing billions of dollars in federal funding over alleged liberal bias and antisemitism and threatening their tax-exempt status. All of that appears to be driving American students across the Atlantic, with new figures from the U.K.'s university admissions service, UCAS, showing 7,930 applications from American students for the fall 2025 semester. It marks a nearly 14 percent rise on the previous year and the highest total since records began in 2006. The total number of U.S. students paying deposits to secure places on UK courses is up 19 percent compared to this time last year, according to Enroly. St Andrew's University is home to around ten percent of Americans studying at UK institutions. The prestigious university, which has educated the Prince and Princess of Wales, reported a 14 percent increase in applications, according to the Financial Times. Cara Skikne of Studyportals, a higher education data provider, said increased concern over campus freedoms had pushed more U.S. students to consider degrees abroad. 'Global universities are increasingly competing to attract students who feel unwelcome in the US, and at the moment that includes many of its domestic students,' she told the FT. Studyportals analysed student searches on its website to highlight another concerning trend: U.S. universities are losing their appeal to international students. Research published in June showed that pageviews for U.S. courses fell by 50 percent in the first quarter of the year, marking a post-Covid-19 pandemic low. Despite Trump's more restrictive approach to student visas and immigration policies, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the U.S. remains a welcoming place for British students. Last month, McMahon told The Times that she would like to continue 'to encourage' British students 'to come here and study'.
Reuters
13 minutes ago
- Reuters
Ex-Fed Governor Warsh says new accord between Treasury, central bank needed
July 17 (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh, seen as a potential successor to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, said on Thursday there needs to be a new accord between the Treasury Department and U.S. central bank, referencing a 1951 pact that separated federal debt management from monetary policy. Warsh, now a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, said on CNBC that such an agreement between the two agencies could smooth the process of reducing the Fed's balance sheet by communicating intentions jointly. "If we have a new accord, and ... the Fed chair and the Treasury secretary can describe to the markets plainly and with deliberation this is our objective for the size of the Fed's balance sheet, the Treasury can say this is our issuing calendar, and by the end of, let's say, this administration we'll be at an equilibrium rate on the balance sheet, so that markets will know what is coming," he said. The original accord, struck in March 1951, ended a period when the Fed had committed to a policy of low interest rates at Treasury's request to allow for lower-cost federal borrowing to finance the war effort during World War Two. It is seen by Fed historians as a critical moment that established its practical independence from presidential administrations and laid the ground for how monetary policy would be set in the future. Warsh made his remarks at a time when President Donald Trump is demanding the Fed cut rates, in part to lower the federal government's debt service costs, which topped $1 trillion last year for the first time. Trump has said he will not pick a candidate to succeed Powell who is not on board with the president's desire for rate cuts. The Fed last cut rates in December, before Trump's return to the White House in January. Warsh, who served as a Fed governor from 2006 to 2011, said his idea would not represent a return to the pre-1951 way of operating. "That would not be working in conjunction with the administration," he said. "It would be working with Treasury on goals that the Fed thinks are important to try and pursue and how would you present that to markets, as such, will be in conjunction."
