Raw Story - Politics (4 minutes ago)
President Donald Trump's firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi – just weeks after ousting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem – was likely the beginning of many high-profile dismissals, Trump biographer Michael Wolff predicted on Thursday, who went on to name who he believed would be in Trump's crosshairs next."This is now a set of...
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Newly fired Attorney General Pam Bondi lavished excessive, cartoonish praise on Donald Trump. It didn't matter. He fired her via social media post anyway, blindsiding the attorney general who had bent over backward to prove her loyalty.According to the New York Times, Bondi saw the writing on the wall last month when Trump abruptly fired Kristi...
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The new approaches could provide an important boost to conservation in Canada and reduce the burden on Ottawa to do the work alone, but experts say if it's not done correctly, these other-conserved areas may end up existing on paper but not providing the level of protection necessary for ecosystems to thrive.
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CNN host Abby Phillip threw President Donald Trump's words back in his face in a searing takedown on "NewsNight."During an Easter event at the White House on Wednesday, Trump claimed the federal government cannot afford to continue paying for programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Instead, he suggested that states raise their taxes to pay for it, and...
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President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi during a limo ride to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. Bondi announced her departure from the administration in a Truth Social post on Thursday, making her the second Cabinet member to do so in recent weeks. Bondi has faced intense criticism over her handling...
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Following her firing, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced her departure on X, framing the transition on favorable terms. Bondi stated she would spend the next month transitioning to Todd Blanche before moving to a private sector role while continuing to support President Donald Trump. She claimed leading Trump's efforts to enhance safety and...
ReadPolitico - Europe (9 hours ago)
Despite the war in Iran and its economic consequences preoccupying London and Brussels, much work is going on behind the scenes to strike a closer relationship between the U.K. and the European Union. Nearly a decade after Britain voted to leave the bloc, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has tasked his ministers with negotiating a post-Brexit […]
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A new intelligence report on Iran's military capabilities alarmed an expert during a CNN interview. CNN reported, citing sources inside the Trump administration, that the president's intelligence community has determined that Iran has roughly half of its missile launchers intact and that thousands of one-way attack drones are still in the country's...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)
President Donald Trump's Pentagon chief triggered a deluge of backlash Thursday night after a report that American forces struck a civilian highway bridge near Tehran twice on Thursday as Iranian villagers gathered nearby to celebrate the final day of the Persian new year.A U.S. military official, speaking anonymously to The New York Times,...
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President Donald Trump took aim at one of his celebrity foes in a late-night Truth Social post on Thursday. Bruce Springsteen, the legendary rock musician, has been a vocal critic of President Donald Trump throughout his political career. The "Born in the U.S.A." singer has frequently spoken out against Trump's policies and rhetoric, participating...
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Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones criticized the White House Easter celebration where adviser Paula White compared President Donald Trump to Jesus Christ. Jones stated the comparison was "a manipulation of American Christians," and claimed the video was removed from the White House website due to negative reception. Jones also attacked...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)
With Attorney General Pam Bondi getting the pink slip on Thursday, MS NOW's Ali Velshi opened the night's edition of "The Briefing" with a sendoff to one of Trump's longtime foot soldiers — and pinned down one of the key moments she humiliated the administration."There were a lot of reasons to fire Pam Bondi," said Velshi. "There were plenty of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)
WASHINGTON — South Texas Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido performed with a bandmate who is a registered sex offender convicted of indecent contact with an 8 year old girl, drawing renewed scrutiny from his Republican opponent.Pulido is challenging Rep. Monica De La Cruz in Texas' 15th Congressional District, a majority-Hispanic...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
Attorney General Ken Paxton's office is under scrutiny after agency employees reallocated taxpayer-funded hotel rooms to donors and other private citizens, some of whom failed to cover the cost of the stay until the state comptroller began auditing the agency's finances earlier this year.Two senior officials involved in the incident resigned soon...
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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) fired off an angry letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday, slamming the department's move to restore certain health grants to Planned Parenthood.Hawley, a constitutional lawyer by training and one of the most virulently anti-abortion senators in office, demanded action to reverse this...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
Top House Republicans faced complications following Attorney General Pam Bondi's sudden firing.Bondi's firing disrupted plans for her potential testimony regarding Jeffrey Epstein files. A GOP-controlled House Oversight Committee spokesperson told NBC News Chairman Comer would consult with Republican members and the Department of Justice about the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
A journalist flagged the "cancer on the body politic" that the Republican Party refuses to deal with in a new podcast interview on Thursday. John Avlon, who has written extensively about political extremism, argued during a new episode of the podcast, "The Court of History," that the Republicans seem to be refusing to acknowledge the growing...
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The Artemis II crew will include Victor Glover, second from left, the first Black astronaut to fly to the Moon. NASA/Frank Michaux Craig Fehrman, Indiana UniversityIn April 2026, four astronauts are scheduled to fly around the Moon. As part of NASA's Artemis II mission, they will become the first humans to do so in half a century. One crew...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board had a blistering assessment of Attorney General Pam Bondi's record, now that President Donald Trump has given her the boot.In short, the board argued, Bondi's fatal flaw in office is that "she was never good at saying no" to either Trump or his rabid base — even when what they were demanding of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
President Donald Trump may not be done shaking up his Cabinet after he gave Attorney General Pam Bondi the boot on Thursday, according to a new report. One administration official "familiar with the dynamics" of the Trump White House told Politico that Trump has also expressed frustration with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Labor Secretary...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is so worried that Donald Trump is being fed a rosy picture of his Iran war that she has privately urged his inner circle to stop telling the president what he wants to hear, and start telling him what he needs to hear, Time magazine reported Thursday.Wiles, who is battling breast cancer while managing a...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
Political analysts and observers mocked President Donald Trump on Thursday after he bragged about his signature ballroom on Truth Social. Trump posted on Truth Social that the National Capital Planning Commission had approved his ballroom by an 8-1 vote, with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) among the votes. Trump said he was "honored" to be the president who...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero, who sat directly behind President Donald Trump during Supreme Court arguments on birthright citizenship, described the president as restless throughout the proceedings. Romero stated Trump was initially seated at the courtroom's end but had Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick request that he be moved to a more...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein excoriated former Attorney General Pam Bondi after she was fired by President Donald Trump on Thursday. Trump relieved Bondi of her duties in a post on Truth Social, ending weeks of speculation about which of Trump's Cabinet members would be excused from the administration following the departure of Department of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback has been ordered by U.S. District Judge Mark Walker of Tallahassee to turn over personal financial records, or else swear they do not exist, according to the Tampa Bay Times.Walker stopped just short of holding Fishback, a 31-year-old hedge fund founder mounting an outsider Republican campaign, in...
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Political analysts and observers were taken aback on Thursday after Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Donald Trump's rant during an Easter event at the White House. Trump hosted a gathering of several religious organizations at the White House on Wednesday to commemorate the Easter holiday. During the event, Trump said the federal...
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced a new policy on Thursday to allow active servicemembers to put in a request to carry their own personal firearms with them on military installations — proclaiming it to be a "God-given right.""Our military installations have been turned into gun-free zones — leaving our service members vulnerable and...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
President Donald Trump bragged on Thursday that his "magnificent" ballroom project had taken another step toward becoming a reality, even as he threatens to discontinue social programs like Medicare and Medicaid in order to provide more funding for the military. Trump wrote a post on Truth Social thanking the "hardworking" members of the National...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
President Donald Trump launched a personal attack on musician Bruce Springsteen minutes after Fox Business aired the rocker's criticism of the administration. During a Minneapolis concert, Springsteen described Trump's administration as "corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous." Trump responded on Truth Social, describing Springsteen...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
Friends,There's always a temptation to celebrate when Trump does something sensible, like firing his Attorney General, Pam Bondi — until you ask yourself why he's done it.Not since John Mitchell, who was Richard Nixon's Attorney General, has anyone done more to tarnish that office and damage the Justice Department than has Bondi.But Trump didn't...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche startled some political analysts and observers on Thursday when he flubbed a softball question about the Jeffrey Epstein files. Blanche was asked whether the public would learn the identities of the men who abused young women that are mentioned in the Epstein files during a press conference. Blanche's answer...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
President Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense was panned by political analysts and observers on Thursday after his latest shakeup within the Army's leadership. Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to either resign or accept immediate retirement, according to a new report by CBS News. The move happened at a time when...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing an uprising from Republican lawmakers after his abrupt reversal on the Department of Homeland Security bill passed by the Senate, reported Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman on Thursday afternoon."The furor in the House GOP at their leadership right now is astounding. Hardline conservatives. Moderates....
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
President Donald Trump delivered a 19-minute prime time address on the Iran war Wednesday, claiming military objectives would be accomplished "shortly, very shortly" and predicting gas prices would "rapidly come back down" within two to three weeks. But Trump administration officials sharply criticized the speech. One official compared it to...
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Golf legend Tiger Woods called President Donald Trump after he flipped his Land Rover, according to body camera footage released by authorities in Jupiter Island, Florida, on Thursday. In the video, a deputy from the Martin County Sheriff's Office tells Woods to "just hang out here" following the crash where the athlete had clipped a trailer as a...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
A top Democrat had a direct message for former "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" star Jen Shah, who was recently released from the same prison as Ghislaine Maxwell. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) told CNN anchor Pamela Brown that House leaders want to talk to Shah, who recently sat down with People and broke her silence for the first time since she...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday night before his Iran speech, reportedly believing she leaked information to Democratic congressman and California gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell. According to Daily Mail political reporter Phillip Nieto, Trump suspected Bondi tipped off Swalwell about FBI efforts to...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
President Donald Trump has limited time to change his cabinet as the midterm elections threaten to dismantle Republican control of Congress. CNN on-air political commentator Xochitl Hinojosa noted that after the ousting of Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the president could shake up his administration to...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Thursday defended his strange trip to Disney World amid the ongoing partial government shutdown. Over the weekend, photos of Graham visiting Disney appeared on social media. Graham, who is unmarried and has no children, told TMZ on Tuesday that the trip was planned as part of his efforts to work with special envoy...
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President Donald Trump delivered his first national address on the Iran war five weeks after it began, claiming the U.S. has "nearly completed" all objectives while offering little substantive new information.Trump called on NATO allies to purchase American oil or "take it" from the Strait of Hormuz, and described Iran as one of the world's great...
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A viral clip posted to X on Thursday showed Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback blowing up at a Black voter and telling him he should be "lynched" for asking about the allegations of inappropriate behavior with teenagers.The clip was posted by the account @JustinUSA, who describes himself as a "normal Republican.""So, Mr....
ReadRaw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)
President Donald Trump's administration had a disastrous day at the Supreme Court trying to argue in favor of the executive order rewriting the 14th Amendment and eviscerating birthright citizenship — but there was one compelling argument against his plan that has hardly featured in any of the legal discussion, Steven Lubet argued for Slate on...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)
President Donald Trump reportedly told Attorney General Pam Bondi she was fired on Wednesday night, according to Fox News correspondent Katelyn Caralle. The dismissal occurred during a meeting before Trump's national address on the Iran war. According to sources cited in the report, Bondi had lost her job and was en route back to Florida by the...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly pushed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to resign.Jennifer Jacobs of CBS News first reported that Hegseth had asked George to take early retirement.The news came just hours after President Donald Trump confirmed the firing of Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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Comedian Louis C.K., who was accused of and admitted to sexual harassment, was slated to get a second chance at one of the world's most iconic venues. Netflix said Thursday that the comedian would headline the streaming giant's "Netflix Is A Joke" festival on May 5 at the Hollywood Bowl, The Daily Beast reported.Netflix also plans to release his...
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Senate Democrats are pushing for an investigation into US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a report that he attempted to make a "big investment” in weapons stock just weeks before President Donald Trump launched an aggressive war against Iran.Three Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee—Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Tammy...
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WASHINGTON — A federal court order last month to effectively axe a Biden-era student loan repayment plan capped years of chaos for more than 7 million student borrowers enrolled in the program.The Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, plan marked a cornerstone of the Joe Biden administration's loan forgiveness efforts but became mired in legal...
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Even as California and Washington state prepare to merge their cap-and-trade climate programs, New York's retreat from creating a similar program has sparked renewed debates about energy costs.After years of painstaking work, California and Washington are poised to merge their programs aimed at reducing emissions and bringing in revenue to help...
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A brief but devastating exchange between Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Solicitor General John Sauer during Wednesday's Supreme Court arguments likely determined the fate of President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship challenge, according to legal analysts. Barrett challenged Sauer's central argument that children are not entitled to birthright...
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) criticized former Attorney General Pam Bondi after President Donald Trump confirmed that he had fired her."Bondi handled the Epstein Files in a terrible manner and seriously undermined President Trump," Mace wrote in a Thursday post on social media. "She has stonewalled every effort to hold the guilty accountable. The...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
An attorney representing 11 accusers of late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said now ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi would still have to testify before lawmakers — and that it would be up to her to speak openly. Bondi was still slated for a sworn deposition on April 14, and Arick Fudali told CNN that he wasn't sure...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
Fox News legal pundit Jonathan Turley warned that Pam Bondi was a "torpedo in the water" after she was fired as attorney general by President Donald Trump."Well, I think that the president obviously is trying to prepare for what he sees as coming," Turley explained on Thursday. "I would say that when Chuck Schumer celebrates this, he should think...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
Shortly after news broke that President Donald Trump fired her, Attorney General Pam Bondi took to X to announce the departure on as close to her terms as she could manage."Over the next month I will be working tirelessly to transition the office of Attorney General to the amazing Todd Blanche before moving to an important private sector role I am...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
Top House Republicans were reportedly scrambling after Attorney General Pam Bondi's firing threw a wrench into her possible testimony on files related to Jeffrey Epstein."Since Pam Bondi is no longer Attorney General, Chairman Comer will speak with Republican members and the Department of Justice about the status of the deposition subpoena and...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
Attorney General Pam Bondi pleaded with Donald Trump to keep her job during a tense White House confrontation shortly before the president publicly announced her firing Thursday, a senior administration source reportedly told the Daily Mail.Trump informed Bondi of his decision to sack her just before his prime-time address to the nation about the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
The word "bimbo” has been in the news lately. I don't use the word lightly. I was raised by remarkable women. I've spent my career championing them, and they have carried me innumerable times.The word carries a history of misogynistic dismissal that I find genuinely repugnant, and I've never had much patience for men who deploy it casually to...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
A CNN analyst was doubtful that Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, whom President Donald Trump selected to replace now ousted Attorney General Pam Bondi to serve as acting attorney general, would last long in the job. Senior justice correspondent Evan Perez described how Blanche, who served as Trump's personal attorney and has represented him in...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones slammed the White House over an event where President Donald Trump was compared to Jesus Christ.During his Thursday show, Jones noted that White House adviser Paula Jones had likened Trump to the Christian savior during an Easter celebration. The president also praised hawkish Fox News host Mark Levin at...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
A decision by Donald Trump to praise Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) for working with House Majority Leader Mike Johnson (R-LA) to get funding for the Department of Homeland Security did not sit well with all of the president's hardcore supporters.On Thursday morning, the president took to Truth Social to write, in part: "Thank you to all...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
President Donald Trump announced that Attorney General Pam Bondi would not have a role in his administration after she was fired from her current job.In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump personally confirmed that he had ousted Bondi."Pam did a tremendous job overseeing a massive crackdown in Crime across our Country, with Murders plummeting to...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
Speaking just as Fox News was reporting that Attorney General Pam Bondi was relieved of her duties by Donald Trump, MS NOW's Laura Barrón-López listed off possible long-term candidates for the job which included former Trump lawyer Alina Habba.Speaking with host Chris Jansing, the White House correspondent reported, "I know that Fox News is...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will reportedly temporarily replace Pam Bondi as attorney general.After speaking to President Donald Trump, Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy said that he had confirmed that Bondi had been fired."She is going to get a different job within the administration," Doocy said of Bondi. "It doesn't sound like there is...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
Attorney General Pam Bondi's ousting was reportedly spurred by President Donald Trump's suspicion that she went behind his back to tell his enemy that a potentially damaging FBI investigation was coming. Trump spoke with Bondi just before his Iran speech on Wednesday night, letting her know she would be removed from the job, Phillip Nieto,...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
The internet erupted as Attorney General Pam Bondi was fired from her job as the head of the Department of Justice Thursday.President Donald Trump reportedly let Bondi know she would be removed from the role late Wednesday, just as he was preparing to address the nation on the Iran war. Plenty of people reacted to the news online: "Poor Pam, fully...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
An appeals court tossed out a nine-year sentence for discredited Colorado election clerk Tina Peters.The Donald Trump ally will be re-sentenced by a district court judge after the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld her conviction but found that Mesa County District Court Judge Matthew Barrett had wrongly based part of his sentence on Peters' exercise...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
President Donald Trump has reportedly already fired Attorney General Pam Bondi.According to Fox News correspondent Katelyn Caralle, the president met with Bondi on Wednesday night to inform her that her time was up. The meeting was said to have taken place ahead of his speech to the nation on the war in Iran."One of those sources said that by the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
President Donald's Trump prime time address on the Iran war rattled Republican strategists in battleground states.The 79-year-old president declared Wednesday night that Operation Epic Fury was nearly complete but indicated military operations would intensify over the "next two to three weeks," but he offered conflicting objections and insisted...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
National security experts were concerned that President Donald Trump has ignored important briefings and instead prefers to watch videos of explosions from the Iran war, according to an analyst on Thursday. Salon's Chauncey DeVega described how Trump has started to treat the war — which has killed 13 American troops and nearly 1,500 Iranians —...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
CNN's John Berman flagged a Republican congressman for seemingly contradicting President Donald Trump's claims about his objectives in the Iran war.The president claimed in his prime time address that regime change has already been accomplished, although there's no indication the authoritarian Islamic Republic has fallen out of power, and Rep....
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
The Republican Party already has a fight on its hands for the 2028 election as a core voter group looks set to abandon the party. Analysts warned the GOP that their security ahead of the next presidential election is unsure at best, with a major demographic set to drop out of voting for either party. While it may be unlikely that the Democratic...
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