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The images of two oil tankers set ablaze Thursday in Iraqi waters offered a jarring split-screen to President Donald Trump's declaration that "we won" the war against Iran.The 79-year-old president held a campaign-style rally in Hebron, Kentucky, on Wednesday, where he insisted that joint U.S.-Israeli military operations had "virtually destroyed...
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Newly revealed internal communications show a pair of executives at entertainment venue giant Live Nation laughing about how much they are able to gouge people for concert tickets."In a series of chats from 2022, Ben Baker and Jeff Weinhold, two regional directors of ticketing for Live Nation amphitheaters, boasted about their ability to raise...
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Donald Trump's sojourn to Kentucky on Wednesday, where he used his bully pulpit to attack Rep. Thomas Massie (R) in his home territory, led to questions over whether the president is his own worst enemy.Massie, a far-right Republican, has been a thorn in Trump's side not only on the Jeffrey Epstein files, but also with his attacks on the president...
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Reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has banned outside photographers from the Pentagon because he thinks they were taking "unflattering” pictures of him led to laughter on MS NOW on Thursday morning with the only female panelist taking the lead in belittling the former Fox News personality.After two press conferences on the war in Iran,...
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A personnel change in Donald Trump's administration has thrown the Republican Party into crisis, with representatives claiming they have lost their Senate and House mediator. Shifting Sen. Markwayne Mullin's (R-Okla.) to the Department of Homeland Security to replace Kristi Noem has worried some GOP members. Reps believe Mullin will be hard to...
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President Donald Trump continues to escalate his threats against Iran as his war machine advances — but his actual objectives and endgame for the war remain a total mystery to U.S. allies, Axios reported, and Trump can barely even clarify those himself.The president had a video call with other leaders of the G7 countries to discuss the matter,...
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Donald Trump's bizarre reply to a question on Iran's militaristic capabilities should worry everyone, his niece Mary Trump has said. The political commentator and relative of the president urged people to take his words seriously, especially when it came to the military might of a country the administration has bombed over the last two weeks. Trump...
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's threat to derail his party's agenda until Republicans ram through new voting restrictions in an expanded SAVE America Act has some key GOP lawmakers scratching their heads."It's his priority. I don't know how many others share it,” Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) told Raw Story at the Capitol. "It's hard to see it...
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A stark divide has erupted within Trump's coalition over deportation strategy, with White House officials quietly urging Republicans to soften their immigration rhetoric even as a powerful coalition of Trump allies aggressively pushes for expanded ICE enforcement regardless of public opinion.According to Politico, Trump supporters aligned with the...
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Gavin Newsom has accused the Donald Trump administration of working harder to cover up its shortcomings than actually fix problems affecting the US. The Press Office for the Governor of California took to X and made a series of posts lambasting the president and his team, which Newsom believes are working hard on all the wrong things. Newsom has...
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A United Nations committee has accused Donald Trump of violating the human rights of immigrants living in the United States. A statement from the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination suggested the US should investigate the president and several high-profile politicians, as their language in public could incite hate crimes. The...
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The United States of America was founded as a free nation by white people seeking escape from religious persecution in England and across Europe. Sure, they stole the land from Native Americans, and our history of racism and xenophobia is hugely embarrassing, but that's the stuff we're supposed to learn from, not repeat.If you remember your...
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The release of the Mandelson files, war in the Middle East and a fresh cost-of-living crisis are all causing turmoil for the prime minister - but strangely, are they also doing him a favour? The fallout from the first details of Peter Mandelson’s departure from Washington have already exposed the cracks between Sir Keir Starmer […]
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President Trump renewed his assault on Rep. Thomas Massie Wednesday through multiple Truth Social posts ahead of campaign stops in Massie's Kentucky district and Ohio. Trump called Massie "the Republican Party's worst congressman ever," and "a complete and total disaster," lumping him with GOP critics Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, and Marjorie Taylor...
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Rep. James Comer sparked controversy during a Fox News appearance Tuesday when he revealed that the federal government ordered an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico to stop in 2019. The 7,600-acre property was linked to multiple allegations against Epstein and associate Ghislaine Maxwell and was recently sold to Trump...
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SA Liberal Leader Ashton Hurn says one of her candidates for the upcoming state election is no longer running for the party after comments he made on Islam, feminism, same-sex marriage and "the trans agenda" came to light from an American podcast.
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Australia will bring in 100 million more litres of petrol by allowing a higher level of sulfur content in its fuel for the next 60 days, Energy Minister Chris Bowen says, as the country reckons with petrol flows choked by the Middle East war.
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The Trump administration was roundly ridiculed on Wednesday after the White House posted its latest "deeply embarrassing" video of the war in Iran. On Wednesday night, the White House posted a video that compared the recent bombing campaign against the Iranian regime, which the U.S. coordinated with Israel, to a bowling match. The video opens with...
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White House insiders revealed to Wall Street Journal reporter Josh Dawsey that President Trump is exploring an exit strategy from the Iran conflict despite lacking a formal plan. Dawsey told CNN that Trump, facing rising oil prices, looming midterms, and public dissatisfaction, has no appetite for a prolonged war and seeks ways to message...
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Political analysts and observers blasted Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) after he had a "painful" interview with CNN about the war in Iran on Wednesday. Fetterman joined CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Source," where he was asked about his decision not to sign a letter asking for an investigation into the bombing strike on a girls' school in Iran that...
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A coalition of peace groups including Peace Action and RootsAction launched a national campaign Wednesday calling for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to resign from leadership roles, citing their inadequate opposition to the Donald Trump administration's Iran war. The groups filed a petition arguing...
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Experts raged on Wednesday night after the cost of President Donald Trump's first week at war with Iran was revealed. The Associated Press reported that the first week of the war cost $11.3 billion, which includes all of the munitions used in the bombing operations that killed former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and destroyed a girls' school, killing 175...
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MS NOW's Jen Psaki kicked off Wednesday's edition of "The Briefing" by taking Trump's Pentagon chief to task for a bizarre anti-press fixation, at a moment when he should have far more important things on his mind."I have something to show you," said Psaki. "This something is something that the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, really, really...
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President Donald Trump administration officials entered panic mode Sunday when oil prices skyrocketed following military operations in Iran, with the president reportedly "flipping out" as barrel prices approached $120. Financial Times columnist Ed Luce revealed the presidential meltdown on MSNBC, confirmed by White House insiders to Politico. The...
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The Trump administration's decision to drop its bid to sanction law firms prompted the president to erupt in a fiery outburst, according to a new report. Last week, it was reported that the Trump administration was no longer enforcing a series of executive orders targeting specific law firms and imposing penalties on them. That report apparently...
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A federal judge in Maryland on Wednesday halted construction on a Trump administration immigration detention facility, ruling that officials likely violated federal environmental law by rushing the project forward without proper review.U.S. District Judge Brendan A. Hurson granted Maryland's request for a temporary restraining order, blocking...
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Republican lawmakers would be able to sue people who use social media to criticize them and call them names under a bill they approved that would make it easier for politicians to file defamation cases against their critics.Among other things, the proposal would lower the long-held legal standard for public figures — like politicians — to...
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Democrats have been triumphing and overperforming in special elections around the country, including in places they have no business being competitive — and it partly speaks to how badly Republicans are letting themselves be outplayed, former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele said on Wednesday's edition of MS NOW's "The...
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President Donald Trump verbally attacked Rep. Thomas Massie Wednesday, ahead of campaign stops in Kentucky and Ohio. Trump posted that Massie would "go down as the WORST Republican Congressman," in congressional history, worse than Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. The clash stems from Massie's role in forcing the Department of Justice to release...
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President Donald Trump was mocked on Wednesday after unleashing his latest attack on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat. In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed that Newsom's recent interview, in which he claimed he had dyslexia and was a poor reader, had disqualified him as a presidential candidate. "On top of that, Black People are angry...
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President Donald Trump's sudden announcement that the U.S. would unload some of its Strategic Petroleum Reserves to ease the market pressure resulting from the war in Iran caught some allies off guard, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Trump's announcement that it planned to undertake the largest-ever oil...
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President Donald Trump has put some of his state GOP allies in a tough spot as he seeks to overhaul the leadership at the Department of Homeland Security, a new report reveals. Last week, Trump announced that he was removing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and replacing her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), effective March 31. The move was announced...
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright's accidental post about Navy tanker escorts triggered a dramatic oil market collapse Tuesday, erasing $84 million in market value within minutes. The tweet claimed the U.S. Navy was escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, causing crude futures to plunge 19% before the post was deleted. The Department of Energy...
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A new report from the far-right Daily Wire purports to reveal a stunning web of self-dealing among current and former Trump administration officials, surrounding the firm that cut a $200 million ad for the Department of Homeland Security.That ad, which prominently featured former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, ultimately contributed to Noem's firing,...
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A Republican candidate whom President Donald Trump endorsed for the heavily Republican 5th Congressional District of Louisiana has a problematic past, reported The Atlantic on Wednesday evening.At the start of February, Trump posted he is giving his "Complete and Total Endorsement” to Blake Miguez for that race, which prompted Miguez to shoot a...
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The Trump administration's latest "cruel" plea to the Supreme Court sparked outrage among political analysts and observers on Wednesday. The administration filed an application to stay a lower court's order prohibiting it from ending Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 Haitian immigrants. In the application, the administration argued...
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) ruffled feathers in his own party last month when he became the only Democratic senator who appeared to back President Donald Trump's SAVE America Act, a bill that would impose draconian new restrictions on the right to vote.In an interview with CBS's Major Garrett released on Wednesday, however, he appeared to walk back...
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An NDP private member's bill that would have ended exemptions from Canada's export-control regime for weapons and ammunition destined for the U.S. failed to pass at the House of Commons on Wednesday, though it garnered the support of 15 Liberal MPs who sided against their government.
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A federal judge ripped into the Trump administration on Wednesday over its actions to suppress protests by National Park Service employees. Federal Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan from the District of Columbia wrote in a new order that the Trump administration's decision to announce a new ban on flags at Yosemite, including at El Capitan, a world-famous...
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A federal grand jury has indicted the chairman of the Nye County, Nevada, Republican Party for allegedly defrauding the government of roughly $500,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, according to a new report. Nye County Republican Party chairman Leo Blundo is facing charges of wire fraud and money laundering connected to the several loans and grants he...
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Financial Times editor and columnist Ed Luce warned President Donald Trump's being forced to confront the consequences of his actions in Iran and he's responding poorly, Luce added. When oil prices surged above $120 per barrel after the Gulf of Hormuz closed, Trump panicked and began reassuring markets the war would end soon, effectively revealing...
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Corey Lewandowski, the powerful aide at the center of a Homeland Security scandal embroiling Kristi Noem, believes he can operate without consequences because President Donald Trump will pardon him, according to a new report."I'm not worried. I do whatever the f--- I want. DJT will pardon me," Lewandowski told insiders last year, according to...
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Iraq war veteran and political commentator Paul Reickhoff tore into Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on MS NOW's "Deadline: White House," over his emergence as one of the most strident voices cheerleading a wider war in Iran — and said that Graham's hunger for more war is threatening to send what's left of President Donald Trump's administration...
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WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have not formally authorized a war in Iran, though they may soon be expected to approve emergency funding for the endeavor without any projection from the Trump administration as to how long it may last or the full cost, not just in dollars but in American troop and civilian lives.Experts on defense spending...
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A disqualified federal prosecutor working in Donald Trump's Justice Department got bad news on Wednesday, as a federal judge refused to block a ruling that stops him from pursuing an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James."Another defeat for another unconstitutionally appointed Trump DOJ prosecutor: Ex-Trump campaign lawyer John...
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) contradicted the Trump administration Tuesday, calling the strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed approximately 175 civilians a "horrible mistake." During a CNN interview with Kasie Hunt, Kennedy refused to hide behind ongoing investigations, directly contradicting Trump's denial that the strike occurred and Defense...
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President Donald Trump was roundly mocked on Wednesday after he made an inadvertent admission during a speech in Kentucky. Trump spoke at Verst Logistics in northern Kentucky, a company that the president has claimed is investing $10 million into its domestic manufacturing capacity. During his speech, Trump made a claim that raised the eyebrows of...
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There might be only one way to put an end to President Donald Trump's war in Iran — something Supreme Court Justice John Roberts pointed out years earlier, according to a report Wednesday. Roberts has been questioned over his views on the unitary executive theory, the idea that the president should have broad control over the government, and...
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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he is considering making a drastic move to combat rising oil prices that have resulted from the U.S. and Israel's coordinated bombing campaign in Iran. During an interview with a local television station in Cincinnati, Ohio, Trump indicated that he plans to tap the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to...
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By Charles Walldorf, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University. It's clear that regime change is among the biggest objectives of the U.S. war in Iran."I have to be involved in the appointment” of Iran's next leader, President Donald Trump said on March 5, 2026.Trump has also said he might put U.S. boots on the ground...
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President Donald Trump admitted he voted for a Democrat in the most recent Palm Beach, Florida, municipal elections, according to a new report. Speaking to a crowd of supporters at Trump National Doral Miami, Trump said he voted for Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, a Democrat, because "he's kept Palm Beach safe for a lot of years,"...
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A new report on Wednesday revealed that more American service members were left with serious injuries — including brain trauma, burns, shrapnel wounds and at least one person requiring a limb amputation — than the Trump administration initially reported following a targeted Iranian drone attack in Kuwait that left six troops dead.Multiple...
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The FBI issued a warning to California law enforcement that Iran could launch drone attacks against the West Coast in retaliation for American military strikes, according to an alert reviewed by ABC News. The warning, issued late last month, stated that as of early February 2026 Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned...
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A federal prosecutor whose confession to a federal judge in Minnesota sparked a viral moment, is now running for Congress as a Democrat.According to The Washington Post, "In her now-famous outburst, Julie T. Le told U.S. District Judge Jerry W. Blackwell that she felt powerless to compel U.S. immigration officers to follow judicial orders to grant...
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President Donald Trump has long entertained a particularly absurd and illegal idea. But in recent months, it appears far less commonly in his speeches, wrote columnist Jamelle Bouie of The New York Times — and it might show he is aware of his crashing popularity and weakening hold over his own party.For starters, Bouie wrote, Trump's second term...
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North Carolina GOP Senate candidate Michael Whatley has tried to paint his Democratic opponent, former Gov. Roy Cooper, as soft on crime — but a new report indicates Whatley himself forgave a sex offender accused of sexually assaulting teenagers in one of his hires for a party office.According to the Asheville Watchdog, "Whatley, former chairman...
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President Donald Trump was lining his pockets and simultaneously making MAGA lawmakers pay up for their stays at his Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami this week, according to reports Wednesday. The four-star luxury resort has rooms starting at $600+ per night, and "nothing was on the House" during the Republican policy retreat this week in...
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The FBI has warned California law enforcement that Iran could retaliate against American strikes by launching drones on the West Coast of the United States, including locations in California, ABC News reported. The outlet said it had reviewed an alert showing the warning from recent days. "We recently acquired information that as of early February...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
Donald Trump suddenly popped on TV screens late Monday, giving his most extensive remarks on the war in Iran and taking questions from the press.Trump had previously given no public speech to the American people upon the initiation of this war — unlike every American president taking the country to war in the past. His communication to the...
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Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy seemed to tire of President Donald Trump's doublespeak on the Iran conflict and pressed him to define the operation."And we did a little excursion. We had to take this little couple of weeks, a few weeks of excursion, but it's been incredible," Trump said while touring a factory in Ohio on Wednesday. "Our military...
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum dismissed environmentalists' concerns by telling investment firm BlackRock that people who want to protect public lands were not "financially literate."During the BlackRock infrastructure summit in Washington on Wednesday, the host complained to Burgum about how long it takes to get permits approved."Congress has been...
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Attorney General Pam Bondi has come under fire as a bipartisan group of senators has called for a new investigation on Wednesday over her handling of the Epstein files. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) have demanded that the Government Accountability Office launch a probe to...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
A Democratic lawmaker raised the possibility of foreign blackmail against President Donald Trump and other top officials as a reason to release all of the Jeffrey Epstein files in compliance with the law.A foreign hacker compromised files related to the Justice Department's investigation of the late sex offender during a break-in three years ago at...
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A man in Florida who allegedly threatened President Donald Trump, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell was indicted this month, NBC News reported Wednesday.Diego Villavicencio now faces a four-count indictment, which was filed last week in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to downplay the rise in gas prices caused by President Donald Trump's war with Iran, but energy analysts are warning that Americans are in for significant pain at the pump.Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Johnson (R-LA) said that the rise in gas prices was a small price to pay for achieving American...
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President Donald Trump renewed his attacks against Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) en route to a speech in his home district.The president lashed out at the Kentucky Republican for the second time Wednesday on Truth Social ahead of a visit to Hebron, in Massie's 4th congressional district, and Reading, Ohio, about a half hour north, lumping the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
One of President Donald Trump's stated objectives for the war in Iran hasn't historically been considered a priority.The 79-year-old president told Axios in a brief phone interview Wednesday that there is "practically nothing left to target," so he believes the war with Iran would end "soon," but one of the accomplishments he cited might come as a...
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President Donald Trump claimed not to know that the U.S. military determined that it was responsible for killing about 150 people in the accidental bombing of an Iranian girls' school."Day 11, and as you know, we're doing something that nobody ever thought was possible to do," Trump announced to reporters outside the White House on Wednesday. "Our...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
White House insiders divulged what President Donald Trump was considering next after the U.S. and Israel started launching military strikes in Iran, a Wall Street Journal reporter said Wednesday. Josh Dawsey, WSJ political investigations reporter, told a CNN panel that although Trump hasn't mentioned an exact exit strategy, his administration was...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) had an angry confrontation with an NBC film crew after he changed course on his support for the filibuster to attempt to push through a voting bill backed by President Donald Trump.In a Wednesday op-ed for the New York Post, Cornyn admitted that he had changed his mind on the filibuster as he was hoping for an endorsement...
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