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Political analysts and observers were aghast on Wednesday after a new report indicated that President Donald Trump is considering an "insane" escalation in the war in Iran. Phil Stewart, the chief national security reporter at Reuters, and Idrees Ali, a Reuters national security correspondent, reported on Wednesday that Trump is considering...
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President Donald Trump raged at Israel for conducting a bombing campaign in Iran's largest energy field without his consent. On Wednesday, Israeli forces bombed the production facility for the South Pars gas field, which Iran shares with neighboring Qatar. The facility produces about 20% of the United Arab Emirates' oil and is responsible for 5% of...
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WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. senators look ready to replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with Sen. Markwayne Mullin, even as many privately admit Sen. Rand Paul's "vicious" dissection of their colleague during his confirmation hearing wasn't wrong.While Republican senators are prepared to approve Mullin's nomination, that doesn't mean...
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MS NOW's Jen Psaki smacked down a MAGA senator's silence about a "double-super-secret mission" he didn't elaborate on during his confirmation hearing. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) appeared before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, where he was questioned by Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) about previous comments he made concerning foreign...
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The Trump administration sent the UFO enthusiasts and conspiracy theorists into a frenzy on Wednesday when it quietly registered the domain name "Aliens.gov," as speculation swirled over what the federal government may be preparing to reveal about extraterrestrial life.The domain, which is not yet live, was flagged on Wednesday by an automated...
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A top Trump administration intelligence official who quit in a dramatic public protest over the Iran war left with the FBI hot on his heels, according to a new report.Joe Kent resigned Tuesday as director of the National Counterterrorism Center. His public resignation letter blasted the Trump administration's justification for bombing Iran, writing...
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The temperature in President Donald Trump's White House is about to go up as a Trump ally mulls a potential legal settlement, according to a new analysis. Bank of America is reportedly in talks with victims of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein to settle claims concerning the bank's connection to Epstein's sex trafficking operation. That...
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In a twist of political irony, President Donald Trump's clashes with foreign officials have inadvertently given those leaders a new lease on political life, according to a new Wall Street Journal report.In a recent example, the Journal reported Wednesday that Trump's push to annex Greenland may have helped Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen...
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FBI Director Kash Patel's startling admission on Wednesday had political analysts and observers up in arms. During a hearing on global threats, Patel was asked by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) if he would commit to not purchasing Americans' location data as part of the FBI's operations. Patel instead told Wyden that the FBI has collected "valuable...
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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday to demand the release of convicted Colorado election official Tina Peters — while apparently not knowing that governors don't sentence people to prison."FREE TINA PETERS, A 73-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, WITH CANCER, GIVEN A NINE YEAR DEATH SENTENCE IN A COLORADO PRISON BY A DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR, JARED...
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Political analysts and observers were floored on Wednesday after the Trump Pentagon released an eye-popping estimated cost for the supplies it needs to fight the Iran war.The Pentagon said it would need about $200 billion in supplies for the war in Iran, according to The Washington Post. The request is so large that some people in Trump World have...
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The FBI and IRS are teaming up to investigate nonprofit organizations over suspected links to domestic terrorism in a sweeping new initiative that critics warn could be used to target left-wing political groups, CBS News reported Wednesday.The joint operation, which will be based at the FBI with IRS Criminal Investigation agents working on one-year...
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One of President Donald Trump's top aides was brutally mocked on Wednesday after he seemed to be "having a hard time" during an interview on Fox News. White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller joined Fox News host Laura Ingraham on her show, "The Ingraham Angle," to discuss the ongoing war in Iran and U.S. efforts to reopen the...
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On Wednesday, former Republican operative Rick Wilson warned President Donald Trump in a Substack post that he faces "misery, humiliation, and shame" as his approval ratings plummet, gas prices surge, and the Iran war continues. Wilson, co-founder of anti-Trump organization The Lincoln Project, argued that impeachment is no longer Trump's greatest...
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House Democrats walked out of a closed-door briefing with Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday, refusing to participate because cameras were not allowed in the room, according to baffled Republicans in the hearing.Bondi was on Capitol Hill to testify before House committees about the Justice Department's...
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House Democrats raged at the GOP's "fake" deposition of Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday after they stormed out of the closed-door hearing. Bondi testified before the House Oversight Committee about the Department of Justice's efforts to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a law Congress passed last year that required the DOJ to...
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A top Trump administration official who resigned in protest over President Donald Trump's decision to wage war on Iran delivered a startling admission Wednesday that undercuts the U.S.'s vital justification to launch strikes.Trump has repeatedly insisted that Iran posed an "imminent threat" to the United States and its allies, using that...
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Attorney Alan Dershowitz told NBC News on Wednesday that he is lobbying President Donald Trump directly for a pardon of a multi-million-dollar sex-focused women's wellness company.The company is called OneTaste, which teaches its customers the practice of "orgasmic meditation," also known as OM. The company's founder, Nicole Daedone, and former...
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A top producer at "CBS Evening News" may be on her way out as the network's high-profile MAGA-friendly reboot under editor in chief Bari Weiss continues to hemorrhage viewers, according to insiders cited by the New York Post.Executive producer Kim Harvey has overseen the nightly broadcast since August, and sources told the Post she may ultimately...
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President Donald Trump's White House raged at a MAGA lawmaker on Wednesday because of her efforts to organize rescue missions for Americans stuck in the Middle East following Trump's decision to bomb Iran last month. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who was one of Trump's most fervent supporters until the administration's mishandling of the release of the...
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Sen. Rand Paul played a video compilation during Sen. Markwayne Mullin's confirmation hearing for Department of Homeland Security secretary on Wednesday, featuring clips of Mullin exhibiting "low impulse control" and "machismo" threats of violence. Mullin, Trump's nominee to replace ousted Secretary Kristi Noem, refused to apologize for past...
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WASHINGTON — A frustrated Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) took a page out of President Donald Trump's book on Wednesday and lashed out at reporters asking him tough questions about the Iran war and Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to head up the Department of Homeland Security.Fetterman has faced fierce criticism in recent months from many even...
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A former official in President Donald Trump's first administration said the quiet part out loud on Wednesday about the administration's support for Christian nationalist movements. William Wolfe, a radical Christian pastor, gave a speech at Bethel Church in Petersburg, West Virginia, where he admitted that the aim of Christian nationalist movements...
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, said at a confirmation hearing Wednesday that he regretted calling Alex Pretti a "deranged individual" after he was shot and killed by Border Patrol agents in south Minneapolis.
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The House Ethics Committee blocked a Democratic lawmaker's desperate attempt to kill a campaign finance investigation on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the committee met to consider a motion from Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) to stay the committee's investigation while she fights a criminal proceeding over the same charges. She also asked the...
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Justice Sam Alito faced criticism on Wednesday for refusing to recuse himself from a Colorado climate case involving oil companies despite significant conflicts of interest. Slate writer Hannah Story Brown highlighted Alito's oil industry stock holdings and his personal relationship with billionaire Paul Singer, whose hedge fund Elliott Investment...
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Estonia's defense minister is open to helping the United States in its war with Iran. In an interview Tuesday evening, minister Hanno Pevkur said he was meeting with U.S. officials, including deputy national security adviser Andy Baker and defense leaders, and had a message: "We are ready to talk.” Although he said there had not […]
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President Donald Trump caught heat from political analysts and observers on Wednesday after the latest economic data showed the "worst of all worlds" has arrived. Financial experts on CNBC noted that the latest inflation data that was released on Wednesday came in much hotter than expected. Producer prices climbed by 0.7% over the last year...
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Anthropic abruptly shut down its AI systems used by the Department of Health and Human Services with only hours' notice, throwing Trump administration staff into chaos. Employees lost access to chats, coding projects, and work built on Anthropic's Claude AI model with no time to save or transfer their work. An HHS team leader told The Hill staff...
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Sen. Jon Ossoff pressed National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to answer whether the intelligence community assessed an imminent nuclear threat from Iran, justifying the military strikes. Gabbard repeatedly dodged the question, claiming it's the president's responsibility to...
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A suspicious package was reportedly found on Monday outside Florida's MacDill Air Force Base visitor center that contained an apparent improvised explosive device, ABC News reported. Sources told the outlet that it was unclear if the device would have detonated. The incident prompted a shelter-in-place order, which was later lifted, according to...
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MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace blasted a member of President Donald Trump's administration for her "shapeshifting" comments about the war in Iran on Wednesday.The Trump administration has often claimed that its decision to bomb Iran in coordination with Israel last month was made because Iran's nuclear program posed an "imminent threat" to the United...
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US President Donald Trump launched TrumpRx last month with a bold promise to the American public: "dramatically lower prices on dozens of common, high-cost, brand-name prescription drugs.”But an analysis released Tuesday by the Center for American Progress (CAP) found that of the 54 medications listed on TrumpRx.gov as of March 16, "exactly...
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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) pointed out on Wednesday that after he questioned National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, it appeared that the Trump administration still couldn't get its story straight on what prompted the Iran war. The top Democrat and veteran spoke with CNN anchor Kasie Hunt after the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing with...
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The Trump administration revealed a plan on Wednesday to combat the surging oil costs sparked by its own war against Iran, but after running the numbers, one policy think tank said that the move would likely save Americans only pennies at the pump – and could even raise prices for some.The plan is to impose a 60-day waiver to the Jones Act, a...
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Democratic strategist James Carville predicted at Politicon that President Donald Trump will resign within a year, stating, "I think he's just going to quit next year by this time." Carville argued Trump's position has become untenable because Democrats control the House and Senate, making him irrelevant. He cited the deteriorating fiscal condition...
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Labor leader Dolores Huerta spoke out on Wednesday with allegations that civil rights and labor icon César Chávez had abused and raped her decades ago, leading to two pregnancies and children she gave up for adoption. Huerta broke her silence after an explosive New York Times report revealed civil rights and labor icon César Chávez had sexually...
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Former Republican operative Rick Wilson had a message for President Donald Trump about who would target him next. The co-founder of The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump organization, described in his Substack post on Wednesday how as Trump's approval rating plummets, gas prices surge, and the Iran war rages on, Trump is looking at no escape. Instead,...
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A singular threat from President Donald Trump loomed over both congressional hearings covering the Department of Homeland Security and the intelligence community, according to an MS NOW analyst.Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) faced his colleagues in a Senate confirmation hearing as Trump's nominee to lead DHS, and intel chief Tulsi Gabbard, CIA...
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A new investigation launched Wednesday demanded that the Department of Homeland Security retain all records relating to Corey Lewandowski, who has long been rumored to be having an affair with outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and served as her top aide.Lewandowski was named directly in a letter from ranking Democrats in the...
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin was under fire on Wednesday following questions over his travel for a "classified" reason when more information surfaced about what really occurred. Mullin, who was tapped by President Donald Trump to replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, refused to explain the "classified work" that he had claimed to have done...
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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump's administration reversed course on Iranian threats to U.S. homeland security after being called out for contradictory messaging. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt previously claimed ABC News provided false information about Iran's drone attack capabilities, posting "No such threat from Iran to our...
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Donald Trump's planned renovations of the White House have hit a major snag as a judge appointed by former President George W. Bush highlights fundamental problems. The current president is hoping to carry on with a $400 billion ballroom project, and has also eyed up several other buildings on government property for remodeling. A tour of the White...
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said he will break a pledge to retire from the Senate in 2028 by running for office again.Scott made the announcement in a Wednesday interview with The Post and Courier."And I'll say without any question that as I think about my own reelection in 2028, I think about all the lessons I've learned on the campaign trail for all...
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A secret deal to fund an ICE detention center has been uncovered by state lawmakers in Utah who were left furious at the hushed negotiations. The Hill reported ICE secretly paid $145 million for a detention center, and the deal was so quiet that even Utah lawmakers didn't know it was happening. The center was proposed as an 830,000-square-foot Salt...
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CNN host Dana Bash cracked a joke on Wednesday as the heated hearing for Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) developed into a fiery back-and-forth similar to the popular reality show franchise. The broadcaster dropped the Bravo reference after Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) faced off with Mullin over whether he was the right person to lead the Department of...
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This past February an anonymous individual claiming to have broken into Jeffrey Epstein's 7,600-acre Zorro Ranch in New Mexico provided Democratic state lawmakers with photographs and evidence, according to Justice Department files obtained by Al Jazeera. The tipster emailed state Representatives Andrea Romero and Marianna Anaya with disturbing...
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In a new report, the Varieties of Democracy Institute said that democracy in the United States has slipped to its lowest levels since 1965, with the renowned research center attributing its findings largely to President Donald Trump."President Trump's second term can be summarized as a rapid and aggressive concentration of powers in the presidency....
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President Donald Trump's Pentagon banned the use of cameras at the dignified transfer of three dead U.S. service members killed during the war with Iran.The president was expected to attend the return of Capt. Curtis Angst, Capt. Seth Koval and Tech. Sgt. Tyler Simmons. All three of the Ohio airmen were killed in action in Iraq.Fox News host John...
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On the afternoon of Sept. 9, 2024, Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at University of Florida Health in downtown Jacksonville when a nurse came in with a bedsheet and told her to cover up. A supervisor brought a tablet to Doyley's bedside. Gathered on the screen were a judge in a black robe and several lawyers, doctors and...
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Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) pushed National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard to answer questions about President Donald Trump's knowledge of economic fallout prior to the Iran war during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Wednesday. Gabbard tried to dodge his questions over what prompted the military strikes in Iran, and she appeared to...
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) threatened to cancel a confirmation vote for Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, after he refused to explain "classified work" that he had claimed to have done.During his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Mullin claimed that he did not have to divulge the...
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Justice Department Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche was hammered by conservatives Wednesday after he dismissed claims about Jeffrey Epstein during a recent appearance on "The Katie Miller Podcast,” the right-wing political talk show launched by the wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.Miller bluntly asked Blanche in the...
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President Donald Trump has reverted back to an old obsession as he attempts to rally U.S. allies around his war in Iran, according to MS NOW's Joe Scarborough.The president berated NATO allies Tuesday during a press gaggle at the White House, griping that none of them were willing to help the U.S. keep the Strait of Hormuz open to commercial...
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President Donald Trump has seemingly lost interest in one of his signature affordability proposals as he focuses his attention on a voter verification measure, according to a report Wednesday.The 79-year-old president has remained largely silent on a bipartisan housing bill that has stalled in Congress, highlighting a mismatch between his stated...
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is accused of blocking the release of an unredacted report on a recently revealed drug trafficking and money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), in a letter to Blanche, called on the deputy attorney general to turn over a 69-page target profile prepared for the Drug Enforcement...
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A father has been nabbed by ICE agents just 12 days after the premature birth of his daughter. Juan Chavez Velasco, 35, was grabbed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement while on his way to deliver milk to the newborn in Weslaco, Texas. Immigration agents pulled in front of his car and hauled him off despite Chavez telling the team he had a wife...
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During his confirmation hearing Wednesday, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) was forced to watch a video compilation of himself exhibiting "low impulse control” and lobbing "machismo” threats of violence, a compilation queued up by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who lashed out at Mullin for his frequent violent rhetoric.Mullin was tapped by President Donald...
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Friends,Trump is alone.That's different from the United States being alone.We — that is, the vast majority of Americans who were against Trump's war from the start, and who support NATO and the United Nations Charter and the post-World War II system of alliances and rules — are not alone.Most of the people of the United States stand with most...
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) on Wednesday said he regretted what he said about 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis this January. Ranking member Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) pushed Mullin to respond to his statement blaming Pretti for his own death, saying he was a "deranged individual that came in to...
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) defended the practice of "dueling" — even though it has been illegal for over 100 years.During a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) questioned whether Mullin was the right person to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) because of his history of promoting violence. He played video...
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MS NOW's Jonathan Lemire and Ali Vitali were astonished by the "extraordinary" opening statement by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in the confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security.The Kentucky Republican came out firing Wednesday morning at the start of confirmation hearings for his fellow GOP Sen....
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Die politische Brandmauer soll die AfD auch im EU-Parlament isolieren. Eine neue Recherche enthüllt nun einen geheimen Austausch: In Chatgruppen kommunizierten Mitarbeiter von Abgeordneten der Christdemokraten (EVP) mit dem rechten Rand. Ist die Brandmauer in Brüssel und Straßburg in Wahrheit nur noch eine Fassade? Pauline und Frederik...
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National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard is scheduled to testify Wednesday morning before the Senate Intelligence Committee and is expected to face an onslaught of questions about the Trump administration's war against Iran, a moment Politico described as "one of the most fraught moments of her tenure.”Long a purported anti-interventionist,...
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) questioned whether Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) was the right person to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the nominee approved of a violent assault against the Kentucky Republican.During a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday, Paul recalled that a neighbor assaulted him, causing six of his...
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President Donald Trump's hand-picked replacement for outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is set to be scrutinized by lawmakers Wednesday morning during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.Trump ousted Noem as head of DHS earlier this month after internal frustrations mounted...
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An internal system used by the government has been shut down with just a few hours' notice, throwing Donald Trump's administration into turmoil, according to a report.Insiders say that employees were given just a few hours to salvage their chats with fellow staffers and coding work at the Department of Health and Human Services. The sudden change,...
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A Supreme Court justice branded an "absolute embarrassment" has thrown the judiciary into a state of mistrust, an analyst accused Wednesday.Justice Sam Alito was slammed for his refusal to recuse himself from a case concerning oil executive hopes of a climate claim in Colorado. Alito's connections to the case are well documented, with Slate writer...
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Joe Kent, President Trump's director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned on Tuesday citing the Iran war and saying, "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation." Kent, who was a controversial pick to lead the agency, is the first senior official to step down over the war and the first to resign during Mr. Trump's second term.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi has been subpoenaed to testify in April before the House Oversight Committee on the Justice Department's release of the Epstein files. It comes after a Senate hearing last month where Bondi faced intense questioning over how the files were released.
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Two Democratic state lawmakers from New Mexico were handed an explosive collection of evidence related to Jeffrey Epstein last month from an individual who claimed to have broken into the disgraced financier's infamous Zorro Ranch, New Mexico Justice Department files obtained by Al Jazeera revealed on Tuesday.Zorro Ranch is a sprawling New Mexico...
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Estimated wait times at some of the country's major airports are up to two hours as more TSA officers call out sick during the partial government shutdown. Acting deputy TSA administrator Adam Stahl says the agency is concerned about the growing number of call-outs, saying "there could be scenarios where we may have to shut down airports. This is a...
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