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Ottawa will provide an additional $1.17 billion to Alberta in order to extend the federal-provincial subsidized child-care program for another year. The previous agreement was set to expire in April. Alberta is the last province to sign on to an extension.
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A Canadian military counter-intelligence operative, accused of passing sensitive information to a foreign entity, has been involved in a long-running internal battle where he was investigated by his unit and kept in the dark about the allegations against him, CBC News has learned.
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The top priorities of MAGA adherents attending President Donald Trump's Pennsylvania rally were roughly in tune with those of the rest of American voters: Inflation.Conservative media company Right Side Broadcasting Network, known for their live stream coverage of Trump rallies and America First events, sent host Matthew Alvarez to Trump's...
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Donald Trump's administration has a new "explanation" for a boat strike some have dubbed a war crime, but it doesn't "survive scrutiny," according to a legal expert Saturday.Legal analyst Ryan Goodman over the weekend took apart the Department of Defense's reasoning for the so-called "double tap" strike that killed survivors clinging to the...
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President Donald Trump is gearing up to watch Saturday's Army-Navy football game in Baltimore, Maryland, and insisted ahead of the matchup that "everyone” was asking for his take on the highly anticipated bout."Getting ready to land at Fort McHenry for my short drive to the Army-Navy Game,” Trump wrote Saturday on his social media platform...
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State and federal prosecutors are clashing over reports that the Justice Department under President Donald Trump is weighing unprecedented federal charges in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Although the suspect already faces serious state charges, including aggravated murder, DOJ officials are reportedly exploring whether to...
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Fox News shocked political observers on Saturday with a report in which the conservative network noted "elderly" Donald Trump's apparent hand bruising.Conservative commentator Elisha Krauss over the weekend addressed the prominent bruising, saying on Fox, "That doesn't look suspicious to me at all, having worked with a lot of A-list talent who are...
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President Donald Trump issued a grave threat that there will be "serious retaliation” following the killing of two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian in Syria on Saturday, and the injury of several more."We mourn the loss of three Great American Patriots in Syria, two soldiers, and one Civilian Interpreter,” Trump wrote on his social media...
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I don't know enough maritime law to tell you exactly why it's wrong for America to be dropping troops onto tankers to seize them — just to say that, no matter what legalistic excuse the administration cooks up, it looks exactly like being a pirate. (It's worth remembering that the US Navy was founded largely to take on piracy, and thanks to the...
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New York Times writer Lulu Garcia-Navarro says Congress' approval rating is at a "dreadful 15 percent,” and President Donald Trump's own polling is at dismal levels. Yet, Congressional Republicans can't seem to release their death grip on the unpopular president.Former lawmakers also accuse Congress of allowing President Donald Trump to walk over...
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As President Donald Trump continues to be plagued by his past ties with Jeffrey Epstein, a new poll has found that a plurality of Republican voters now believe that Trump was aware of the disgraced financier's crimes before they were made public, CNN reported Saturday.Commissioned by Reuters and the market research firm Ipsos Group, the new poll...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's backers view his corruption trial as a witch hunt — but his detractors argue it is the system finally catching up to a ruthless political operative who is prepared to do anything to hold on to power.
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New York Times writer E.J. Dionne Jr., says a great many Americans who helped put Donald Trump in office have absorbed what's happened since."They may not be glued to every chaotic twist of this presidency, but they do pay attention and have concluded, reasonably, that this is not what they voted for,” said Dionne.Compared to Trump's 49.8 percent...
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The Trump FBI is drawing up an enemies list that could encompass well over half the US public: Do you "advance … opposition to law and immigration enforcement”? Do you have "extreme views in favor of mass migration and open borders”? Show an "adherence to radical gender ideology,” meaning you think trans people exist? Do you exhibit (what...
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Democrats' decisive election victory this week in a mayoral race in Florida has left conservatives scrambling as the GOP continues to suffer unprecedented losses in the lead up to next year's midterms, and on Saturday, two conservative commentators warned that outside of a major course correction, the GOP had "big problems” heading into...
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Bulwark editors Sam Stein and Andrew Egger took on the epic collapse of the RNC social media team after humiliating remarks from RNC Chair Joe Gruters threatened to diminish donations and curb GOP voter turnout.Gruters said out loud this week that the Republican Party is likely headed to "almost certain defeat” in the upcoming mid-terms, which...
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Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King is sounding the alarm on party donations heading into the mid-terms."The usually low-key King posted a lengthy statement to social media, almost a manifesto, after Democrats managed to flip a Republican state House seat in Oconee and Clarke counties,” wrote Atlanta Journal Constitution Senior Political...
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A leaked Veterans Affairs memo reveals plans for major staffing reductions that could further strain an already overburdened health care system serving millions of veterans. Under the leadership of VA Secretary Doug Collins, the department is preparing to cut as many as 35,000 positions, many of them currently vacant, according to reporting by The...
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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) launched a bizarre attack on Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) Saturday during an appearance on Fox News, comparing her to the 1960s pop rock band The Monkees, and criticizing her for getting "her swag on” and "throwing her hands out.”Crockett recently announced a bid for Senate, and has become a rising star in the...
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Pulitzer-winning conservative columnist and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan has been critical of President Donald Trump, describing him in her latest Wall Street Journal column as a rocket "going down" or "sideways."Writing Friday, Noonan noticed the shocking new AP-NORC poll showing that Trump's approval on the economy and immigration has...
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Events, reports and analysis have converged to underscore Donald Trump's unique view of how the world should spin.Beyond the fallout of defending U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats, increasing threats of an undeclared war on Venezuela, the excesses of a mass deportation campaign spiraling out of control , unending tariffs, and flailing attempts...
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Americans seeking healthcare services will face additional challenges as a leaked Veterans Administration memo reveals significant staffing reductions at facilities serving former military members.Under the leadership of former far-right GOP lawmaker Doug Collins, the VA is planning to eliminate up to 35,000 positions, many of which are currently...
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The New York and New Jersey-based outlet Gothamist reports Democratic candidates in the Garden State are clamoring to run in what both parties see as competitive races in next year's midterm elections. But the same cannot be said for the GOP. "In a cycle when both parties have their eyes on the House majority, up to a dozen candidates are lining up...
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Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of disgraced financier and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, may be positioning herself for a presidential pardon after receiving what critics describe as preferential treatment in federal prison. Maxwell was recently transferred to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas following an unusual...
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Former Fox News personality Jeannine Pirro took center stage in a New York Times report examining the Donald Trump Department of Justice's struggle to secure grand jury indictments.According to the report, DOJ prosecutors and Trump appointees in U.S. Attorney offices are experiencing an unusually high rate of failure in obtaining indictments, let...
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State and federal prosecutors are squabbling after President Donald Trump's Justice Department is reportedly considering pursuing "highly unusual” federal charges against the suspected killer of Charlie Kirk, NBC News reported Saturday.Kirk was assassinated in September while speaking at an event at Utah University, and his suspected killer,...
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Many of us have long suspected or even predicted that Donald Trump would betray America, gut our democracy in favor of a police state, and align us with Russia. You know, the country that the Financial Times reported this week tried to launch multiple terrorist attacks against the United States and Europe over the past year.We're now there.It's the...
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Colorado officials are bracing themselves for an all-out "battle” against President Donald Trump as they seek to get ahead of the president's pledge to pardon Tina Peters, a former county clerk who was jailed in connection with the efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, The New York Times reported Saturday."This is so far beyond...
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Donald Trump faces mounting obstacles in his strategy to place loyalists in U.S. Attorney positions without Senate approval, prompting the normally stubborn and confrontational president to explore alternative approaches.According to reporting from Politico's Erica Orden, the resignation of Trump appointee Alina Habba signals that the...
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One of President Donald Trump's most consistent defenders on CNN was recently confronted over his celebration of Trump's bulldozing of the East Wing of the White House.During the Friday episode of CNN host Kaitlan Collins' show "The Source," Collins discussed the lawsuit filed by a nonprofit group seeking to halt construction of Trump's proposed...
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President Donald Trump continued expressing frustration late Friday evening over the Indiana State Senate's rejection of his redistricting proposal. The Republican-controlled chamber voted 31 to 19 against the plan that would have made it significantly more difficult for Democrats to maintain a presence in the U.S. House Representatives for the...
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Donald Trump recently told reporters he'd have "no problem” releasing video of US strikes off the Venezuelan coast where two survivors clinging to the shipwreck were shown no quarter — executions that violated federal law, the US Code on War Crimes, and the Uniform Code of Military Justice prohibiting murder. But when asked about the video...
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President Donald Trump is setting his sights on Washington, D.C.'s public golf courses, with a particular focus on East Potomac Golf Links – situated on a prime stretch of riverfront real estate – according to an exclusive Wall Street Journal report.The push grew out of an unusual logistical problem: what to do with the dirt generated by...
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President Donald Trump's administration has just one more week under a statutory deadline to release all remaining evidence about convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. And Democrats may be using Friday's release of new photos of Trump and Epstein as a way of sending a message to the administration.That's according to criminal defense attorney...
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A federal judge on Friday ordered the Justice Department to return files that had been illegally seized from former FBI Director James Comey's ex-legal adviser Daniel Richman, All Rise News' Adam Klasfeld reported. The files were taken as part of the criminal indictment against Comey for false statements and obstruction, which has now been...
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Top Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill came together this week to praise a prominent law firm and government watchdog group – even as the firm remains locked in a bitter legal fight with President Donald Trump's administration.According to a new report in Politico, lawmakers from both parties attended a bipartisan event celebrating the...
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Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels — who faced personal attacks from President Donald Trump for opposing a mid-year gerrymander giving Trump two more Republican districts — ended the week celebrating Trump's defeat in Indiana."My state's Senate, not often the subject of national attention, earned some on Thursday by declining to enroll Indiana...
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Bulwark editor Jonathan Last and former Republican and Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell say Republicans are wheeling President Donald Trump out early to visit Pennsylvania and other states to sell his economic policy because time is running out on his waning charisma."We need to talk about Trump's age … and what it means for the next three...
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Chaos is mounting inside the Department of Homeland Security as rising tensions over Trump's deportation agenda have sparked internal finger-pointing and threatened to derail top leadership, with officials even fearing their emails and messages are being monitored, according to a new NBC News exclusive.DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and her top advisor,...
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A Border Patrol agent who allegedly threatened to shoot a bystander during an arrest in Chicago has been exposed for a history of extreme, racist and hate-filled online posts, reported The Daily Beast on Friday."Timothy Donohue, 38, was a member of lead commander Gregory Bovino's maurauding so-called 'Green Army' during 'Operation Midway Blitz' in...
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President Donald Trump has already discussed the idea of preemptively pardoning key aides and officials who could face criminal investigations under a future Democratic administration, according to a new report in Zeteo.Sources with knowledge of the discussions say the conversations have been sporadic and preliminary, and have included Trump, his...
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Federal prosecutors in President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) are increasingly opting to embarrass themselves in court rather than risk the wrath of the White House. That's according to a Friday article by the New York Times' Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer, who reported that the DOJ's recent string of public losses is seen as highly...
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Indiana Gov. Mike Braun drew the ire of the Wall Street Journal on Friday after threatening political payback against Republicans who torpedoed a Trump-backed plan to redraw congressional maps mid-decade."Political principle has been out of fashion, but it had a good day in Indiana on Thursday,” the Journal wrote in an editorial that praised...
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth proclaimed President Donald Trump to be the true heir of former President Ronald Reagan while speaking at the Reagan Library this week — but the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board begged to differ."Most who invoke Ronald Reagan's name today, especially self-styled Republican hawks, are not much like...
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Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have been threatened with contempt proceedings by Rep. James Comer (R-KY) over the duo's failure to appear to testify in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation.Comer, chair of the House Oversight Committee, issued the sternly worded threat on Friday ahead of...
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Residents of Lexington, Nebraska, are panicking after the town's largest employer announced it would shut down operations early next year. MS NOW reported Friday from Lexington — the seat of Dawson County, Nebraska, which Trump easily carried with more than 74 percent of the vote last year. Meatpacking company Tyson employs 3,200 people in...
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President Donald Trump snapped at a reporter in the Oval Office on Friday after being pressed on what millions of Americans should expect as enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire – a change projected to raise premiums for roughly 24 million people.During an event honoring the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team – the famed...
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President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security is issuing a new directive that will prohibit foreign nationals from self-submitting photographs for their legal paperwork, creating a new bureaucratic hurdle in an already difficult process.The announcement came on Friday from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office."Effective...
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CNN anchor Erin Burnett tapped her pen on her desk and took a brief pause on her show before reading about the contents of a new photo dump from House Democrats on the Jeffrey Epstein files: an image of Donald Trump-themed condoms.Burnett opened her show, "OutFront" on Friday, sharing that reporters received dozens of new photos from the Epstein...
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A Bulwark reporter is publicly sparring with the Republican National Committee – and he's taken the fight online after his story on RNC Chair Joe Gruters' dire midterm enraged GOP operatives.Journalist Andrew Egger reported that Gruters privately predicted a "pending, looming disaster” for Republicans next year, adding that the party faces...
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Billionaire Elon Musk had an ominous prediction about MAGA strategist Steve Bannon on Friday after a newly released batch of photos showed President Donald Trump's former senior aide with the late financier and convicted child offender Jeffrey Epstein. Musk responded to an X post from user Shadow of Ezra, suggesting that Bannon was apparently...
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President Donald Trump on Friday denied knowledge of newly released Jeffrey Epstein photos. Trump, who was in a number of the photos released by the House Oversight Committee, said he knows "nothing about it" after a reporter questioned him following an event honoring the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team with Congressional Gold Medals."I...
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President Donald Trump may have just suffered his "most significant blow yet," an analyst wrote Friday.When Indiana's Republican-controlled legislature rebuffed his redistricting scheme despite intense pressure from MAGA allies, the implications extended well beyond electoral calculations. The 31-19 vote represented a coordinated challenge to the...
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President Donald Trump has given a significant amount of attention during his second term to the construction of a massive ballroom at the White House, but now, per a report from NBC News, a new lawsuit might see the project "immediately halted."To make way for the ballroom, Trump directed that the entire East Wing of the White House, first built...
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A Democratic lawmaker on Friday revealed a shocking update about the new trove of "explicit and disturbing" images released by House Democrats on the Oversight Committee from the Jeffrey Epstein estate, including the revelation that some of the more than 90,000 images have "pictures of people engaged in sexual acts." Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA)...
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The GOP has struggled to unite around an alternative to the Democrats' health care bill to fix the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies, which they shot down in the Senate this week, as the deadline to prevent a spike in premiums rapidly approaches. But many Republican plans involve some variant of replacing the subsidies with direct cash to...
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For the first time this year, Republicans in the House of Representatives have released a health care bill.House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has suggested that there will be a vote on the bill next week. The text was released late Friday afternoon.Read the contents of the bill here.
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President Donald Trump has reshuffled the pack of contenders for the next Federal Reserve chair, elevating two candidates he says are now at the top of his list – and they're both named Kevin.According to a new Wall Street Journal report, Trump is giving a fresh look at former Fed governor Kevin Warsh while continuing to hint that National...
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Newly leaked emails show Donald Trump's 2020 campaign repeatedly sent messages to Jeffrey Epstein's account — which, after Epstein's death, was addressed using the shocking nickname "Pedophiles.” The emails add to mounting evidence of Epstein's long-running fixation on Trump, including buying exposés, coordinating travel around him, and...
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An analyst on Friday warned that President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement are showing signs of collapse. David Rothkopf, a foreign policy expert and columnist for The Daily Beast, wrote how the president's declining health, defecting Republicans, concerns over the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, the tanking economy, aggressive...
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Disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's longtime accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has gotten a sweetheart upgrade in prison in return for an interview with the Justice Department in which she distanced President Donald Trump from Epstein's crimes. But living it up in a luxury Texas prison camp likely isn't enough for her, Miami Herald...
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