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Funding for President Donald Trump's pricey White House ballroom is on the verge of being "ejected" from his own party's immigration enforcement bill, according to a new report.The White House ballroom project has been touted as a $400 million privately funded build, though Republicans have also pushed a separate $1 billion taxpayer-funded security...
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The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board torched one of Trump's latest deals in a Tuesday opinion piece. "Could future historians ask for a better emblem of today's warped political age?" the board wrote about Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. Trump created the fund by dismissing a lawsuit against the IRS and even secured...
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After analyzing the Justice Department's files, veteran journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodríguez concluded Jeffrey Epstein's advanced communications infrastructure is tied to U.S. intelligence. Valdes-Rodríguez identified military-grade technology at Epstein's Zorro Ranch compound in New Mexico, including a "private microwave communications link" still...
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President Donald Trump scored a personal victory on Tuesday evening when Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a lawmaker who has been a thorn in his side for months, was defeated by MAGA-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein in the GOP primary for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District — but this may soon prove a "Pyrrhic victory," The Washington Post's...
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The U.S. Mint won't be able to produce gold coins bearing Trump's face before America's 250th birthday, according to a new report. "The Mint is currently in the design stage of a large 24k gold coin depicting President Trump in commemoration of the United States Semiquincentennial," April Stafford, the director of the office of design management at...
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President Donald Trump got his desire on Tuesday evening as Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), a longtime thorn in his side who frequently bucks the GOP on key votes and co-sponsored the bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein case files, lost his re-nomination to MAGA-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.The result triggered a firestorm from commenters on...
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s daughter-in-law is leaving her roles in the Trump administration."Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a top Trump administration intelligence official and ally of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, is stepping down this week from two key administration posts," reported The Washington...
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Trump threatens to turn on Boebert, but it's too late for a 2026 primary challengerby Lindsey Toomer, Colorado Newsline May 19, 2026It is too late for another candidate to get on the June primary ballot in Colorado, despite President Donald Trump's threat to back a primary challenger against longtime ally U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert.Boebert, a Windsor...
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Vice President JD Vance awkwardly sidestepped questions on Tuesday about President Donald Trump's financial disclosures showing stock trades in companies Trump publicly promoted at White House events and on Truth Social, sometimes including ticker symbols encouraging purchases. A reporter highlighted the contradiction between the administration's...
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The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board wasn't happy with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, warning he's about to repeat the political catastrophe that cost Republicans control of the Senate five years ago.In a sharply worded editorial published Tuesday, the Journal's editorial board argued that Trump's last-minute endorsement of...
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A humanitarian group says that funding cuts by the Trump administration left a region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo "dangerously exposed" to a rare strain of Ebola that has killed more than a hundred people, according to a new report. The International Rescue Committee told Politico that losing funding under the Trump administration in...
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As part of the settlement agreement, the U.S. is "forever barred and precluded" from examining or prosecuting President Trump, his sons and the Trump organization's current tax issues, according to a document posted to the DOJ website.
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Republicans are worried that Trump's latest endorsement will cost them control of the Senate, according to a new report. A Republican familiar with Texas politics told NOTUS that Trump's endorsement of the state's Attorney General Ken Paxton could cost the GOP its Senate majority in the upcoming midterms, according to a report. Trump endorsed...
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PARIS — Le bureau du Sénat doit se pencher le 28 mai prochain sur la levée de l'immunité parlementaire du sénateur Les Républicains Francis Szpiner, a appris POLITICO auprès de deux responsables parlementaires au fait des tractations. L'ancien maire du XVIe arrondissement de Paris fait l'objet d'une information judiciaire depuis plus d'un...
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) got all he could manage from tabloid-turned-Washington watchdog TMZ as one of its reporters pressed him for answers."I'm a little bit concerned that January 6 rioters, violent January 6 rioters who were convicted then pardoned, I'm a little bit worried that they're going to be entitled to taxpayer money," TMZ reporter Charlie...
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) engaged in a heated confrontation with Attorney General Todd Blanche Tuesday during a Senate Appropriations hearing over the Department of Justice, or DOJ's, anti-weaponization fund and whether a pardoned child molester could receive compensation. Van Hollen pressed Blanche about a Trump pardon recipient who allegedly...
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A Republican senator just put two of Trump's most controversial ambassador picks on notice, and he has the power to torpedo both nominations before they even reach the Senate floor.Sen. John Curtis (R-UT), who recently floated quitting Congress to run for governor, told Punchbowl News on Tuesday that his "radar is up" on Kari Lake and Doug...
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In a banner race closely watched around the country, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) was defeated for re-nomination to Kentucky's 4th Congressional District on Tuesday evening, losing to Donald Trump-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.The race was projected Tuesday night by NBC News, Decision Desk HQ and CNN.Massie, a libertarian-leaning Republican...
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Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is on his way out after President Donald Trump worked to get him defeated in his own primary — but he's signaling defiance on the way out the door, voting alongside Democrats on Tuesday night to advance a resolution limiting the president's powers to wage war in Iran.The move, which comes as Democrats are introducing such...
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A foreign minister accused of a slew of crimes, including stealing from a fund for crime victims, was able to flee his country with the help of a Trump official, according to a new report. Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro faces more than two dozen charges in his country related to alleged misuse of funds for political gain, according to...
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The Senate voted to advance a bill curbing President Donald Trump's Iran war powers with the surprise support of Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA).According to The Associated Press, "Since Trump ordered the attack on Iran at the end of February, Democrats have forced repeated votes on war powers resolutions that would require him to either gain...
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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry's visit to Greenland on Sunday failed after locals rejected Trump administration proposals with middle fingers and dismissals. Landry arrived in Nuuk claiming to "make a bunch of friends," but was met with cold shoulders throughout his tour. When attempting to distribute free MAGA hats and promising Greenlandic children...
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A federal judge in Texas has issued an order so extreme that it may rise to the level of impeachable conduct, Slate legal analyst Mark Joseph Stern argued Tuesday.U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor, a George W. Bush appointee who previously tried to strike down the Affordable Care Act and ruled against the FDA's approval of the abortion drug...
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A social media campaign has depicted an AI-generated Anthony Albanese joining a range of different businesses as co-founder, riffing on the prospect of a maximum 47 per cent capital gains tax for some businesses announced in the budget.
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Sparks flew at a Senate hearing on Tuesday when Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) cornered Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy about his seven-month "Great American Road Trip" paid for by a slew of corporations his agency regulates — and Duffy did everything he could to deflect and resist criticism."Let's talk about the Great American Vacation,"...
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Another lawmaker could barely stand the way Trump's transportation secretary refused to answer straightforward questions during Capitol Hill testimony on Tuesday."You are encouraging Americans to spend the summer road tripping," Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) said to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy during testimony on Tuesday. "Let me just ask you,...
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The first claim has come in on Trump's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, with a former Trump official asking for $2.7 million, according to reporting by CNN. "I was the target of the illegal Crossfire Hurricane investigation," wrote Michael Caputo in a letter acquired by CNN. "Our family suffered greatly during the dark era of political...
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A Fulton County judge issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday, forcing Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office to allow poll watchers and State Election Board observers to monitor election result tabulation and reporting. Greg Bluestein, the chief political reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, shared the news on...
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Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose championed a voting policy that makes it harder to cast ballots from overseas — then his own overseas ballot got thrown out.According to Statehouse News Bureau, "In early April, when ... LaRose was deployed with the Ohio Army National Guard in Europe, he cast a ballot for the May primary. He tracked his...
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Reactions mounted on Tuesday after the Department of Justice issued an order permanently barring the United States from pursuing any tax claims or other legal actions against President Donald Trump, his family, his trusts, and his companies. The Justice Department document was signed on Tuesday by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and was tied...
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Trump brought on the manager of his New Jersey golf club to advise on a major Lincoln Memorial project despite having no engineering background, according to reporting by The New York Times. David Schutzenhofer has run the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster for 20 years, and he's been playing a "major role" in the Reflecting Pool renovations,...
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A landmark study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research has found that President Donald Trump's mass deportation operations are actually costing Americans jobs, contrary to the White House's frequent claims that its anti-immigration agenda is helping US workers.The NBER study, which was published last month and reported on by The New...
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Kentucky Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear tore into Vice President JD Vance during a live CNN broadcast on Tuesday.Beshear joined CNN anchor Kasie Hunt to talk about the primary election in Kentucky when he gave his real opinions of Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — taking a clear jab at the Trump administration and the cabinet leaders. Hunt...
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Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) interrupted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) at a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing Tuesday to tell the Texas Republican she felt "personally aggrieved" by his lecturing — only to have Cruz fire back by invoking the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, snapping, "You're not Dianne Feinstein."The blowup came after Cruz delivered a lengthy...
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President Donald Trump has picked off Republicans he considers insufficiently loyal in the Senate — with the result that he may have just created a GOP Senate majority too paralyzed, deadlocked, and resentful to do his bidding at all.This comes after Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), one of the few remaining Republican senators to vote in favor of...
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CBS News leadership is considering sidelining editor-in-chief Bari Weiss from overseeing the network's TV programming, according to reporting from Puck News. The potential move follows sharp criticism of CBS News's interview with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and continued declining ratings for "CBS Evening News." Weiss, installed as...
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President Donald Trump was angry on Tuesday after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) — a sharp critic of the president — pointed out that Trump had endorsed him in the past.Massie, an incumbent lawmaker fighting to maintain his congressional seat as a Republican representing Kentucky, has been going up against Trump-backed candidate Navy SEAL Ed...
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A controversial Democratic candidate in Texas has proclaimed she would use Immigration and Customs Enforcement centers for a new purpose — to round up "American Zionists."According to the San Antonio Current, Maureen Galindo, a sex therapist running for Texas' newly-redrawn 35th Congressional District consisting of eastern San Antonio and the...
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The Department of Justice has issued an order permanently barring the United States from pursuing any tax claims or other legal actions against President Donald Trump, his family, his trusts, and his companies, according to a Justice Department document signed Tuesday by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.The order, issued in connection with the...
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Joe Rogan thinks the GOP's Iran war could blow up in their faces — and hand Democrats the White House in 2028.The popular podcaster — and longtime pal of President Donald Trump — floated the prediction Tuesday during a sprawling conversation with venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, who had spent much of the episode raging against proposed...
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Former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) had a warning for Republicans on Tuesday, suggesting that the Department of Justice's $1.8 billion fund that could give Trump supporters compensation will create a serious backlash for the GOP in midterm elections.Flake told CNN anchor Brianna Keilar on Tuesday that he expects to see Republicans flee Congress as a...
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Vice President JD Vance was confronted at Tuesday's press conference with a question about President Donald Trump's personal finances, the inherent conflicts of interest, and how it is all at odds with the administration's messaging — and Vance awkwardly tried to sidestep the issue."Mr. Vice President, the president's financial disclosures were...
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CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins directly asked Vice President JD Vance about his previous comments about Jan. 6 rioters as the Trump administration faced backlash over the Justice Department's compensation fund on Tuesday.Collins mentioned the contradicting remarks during a fiery White House press conference, just a day after the DOJ announced a...
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Trump's head of the Department of Homeland Security bluntly rebuffed requests from houses of worship for more security in the wake of a shooting. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on Fox News that houses of worship should "hire their own security" while speaking about the mass shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego.Trump already has a "great...
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Election law experts and liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argue the Supreme Court's conservative majority is selectively applying the Purcell principle to aid Republican gerrymandering efforts.The Purcell principle was first articulated in the 2006 case Purcell vs. González, and it limits election changes close to voting. After criticizing...
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President Donald Trump's endorsement of Republican Ken Paxton on Tuesday could backfire in the Texas Senate primary race — putting Democrat Rep. James Talarico in the lead for the first time, according to a Kalshi Prediction Market report.Kalshi has signaled that the president's move could flip the ruby-red Senate seat to blue."The Trump...
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After combing through the Justice Department's publicly available files on Jeffrey Epstein for months, veteran journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez came to a striking conclusion on Tuesday that the disgraced financier's communications infrastructure suggests ties to U.S. intelligence."Epstein was CIA,” Valdes-Rodriguez bluntly claimed in the...
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A self-described Trump lover lit up a MAGA network call-in show this week to call out the president."Matt from Las Vegas" phoned into Real America's Voice host Eric Bolling on Tuesday and cut straight into the administration's Iran war narrative, questioning why commercial ships can't pass through the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. military...
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President Donald Trump's Republican Party has been shifting, and younger voters have appeared to start questioning his demands, according to a new report on Tuesday.The Bulwark editor at large William Kristol, a former chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, described recent polling that shows Trump does have loyalists, but those followers are...
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Donald Trump's latest attempt to win over the people of Greenland crashed and burned after the president dispatched Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry to the Danish territory as a goodwill ambassador — only to have locals greet him with middle fingers and rejections of his giveaway MAGA merchandise.According to the New York Times, Landry arrived in Nuuk,...
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Hidden among a sea of blue campaign signs for Democrats off the side of a road in the Atlanta metro area lies a dark navy blue and green sign for a conservative candidate for governor.The placard is for Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state, whom President Donald Trump famously called after the 2020 election loss, while asking Georgia...
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A new image of President Donald Trump's bruised hand circulated social media Monday during a White House health care affordability event, reigniting concerns about his health. Trump has previously downplayed the bruising on his hand, concealing it with makeup, and attributing it to extensive handshakes with supporters and dignitaries. His bruise...
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A Republican senator has gone on the record to state his opposition to funding President Donald Trump's ballroom project.Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who finished last in a three-way GOP primary over the weekend after Trump endorsed a rival candidate, told reporters Tuesday that he would not vote for a $1 billion measure to fund security features for...
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Senate Republicans erupted in frustration Tuesday after President Donald Trump blindsided the GOP conference by endorsing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn of Texas — a move many fear could hand Democrats a critical Senate seat.The backlash was swift and visceral.Senate Republicans are "livid" with Trump over the...
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CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper lost his cool on Tuesday when Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) demanded to know how many more Americans would have to die for Donald Trump's war with Iran."I would like to know how many more Americans we have to ask to die for this mistake," Moulton said at a House Armed Services Committee hearing. "Do you know?"Cooper...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's visit to meet with jailed Jeffrey Epstein accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, which led to her getting moved to a minimum-security prison last year afterwards, became a flashpoint with Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) at a Senate hearing on Tuesday.With Blanche professing that he was unaware that the convicted sex trafficker...
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Jeffrey Epstein survivors are flatly rejecting Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's suggestion that he met with them — calling out the Trump DOJ chief just hours after his combative Senate testimony Tuesday."Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has not met with any of us," the group said in a statement issued Tuesday.Blanche made the assertion...
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Ivan Raiklin, the far-right operative who built his profile as a self-styled "Secretary of Retribution" tasked with going after Donald Trump's enemies, has spent the past several days using his X account to attack the president himself.Raiklin, a former Green Beret and Army Reserve lieutenant colonel turned constitutional lawyer, emerged as a...
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According to the Financial Times, President Donald Trump suggested the United States, China, and Russia "co-operate against the International Criminal Court," or ICC. The ICC is the only intergovernmental organization with the authority to prosecute individuals for genocide and crimes against humanity. The Financial Times cited what it described as...
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A judge in Georgia has forced state officials in the battleground state to allow poll watchers on Tuesday as voters in the Peach State cast their ballots in the midterm primary elections, according to reports."A Fulton County judge just issued a temporary restraining order forcing Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office to allow poll...
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President Donald Trump officially endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his bid to replace Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), and in doing so, issued some harsh words for the incumbent Republican senator."John Cornyn is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough and, despite having the Most...
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