Raw Story - Politics (33 minutes ago)
When Donald Trump returned to the White House on January 20, his foreign policy was a major departure from that of the Biden Administration. While former President Joe Biden aggressively championed an expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and was critical of far-right European parties, Trump isn't shy about praising far-right...
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Whether Vice President JD Vance has a clear path to becoming the Republican Party's presidential nominee in 2028 will hinge on the results of the 2026 midterm elections, with a possible GOP wipeout taking the veep down too.According to conservative journalist David Drucker of the Dispatch, all signs point to Vance becoming the MAGA standard-bearer...
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President Donald Trump unleashed an unsubstantiated warning Friday, claiming the Democratic Party's number one priority if it wins the election is the "obliteration" of the Supreme Court.In a Truth Social post, the president warned that his opponents in Congress aimed to bring down the nation's top court by flooding it with multiple new justices...
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White House border czar faced backlash while attending an event sponsored by Turning Point USA, a conservative activist group founded by Charlie Kirk.While speaking at the University of Texas in El Paso on Thursday, Homan insisted that he prayed for the safety of ICE and Border Patrol agents."I don't want anybody hurt," he insisted. "That includes...
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MAGA support for Donald Trump is dwindling with even his most devout supporters starting to lose faith in the president, according to a new report.A new poll from The Economist and YouGov showed a third term for Trump was more opposed than supported, with 45% of voters not wanting the president in office again. While the 22nd Amendment to the U.S....
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Pro-MAGA correspondent Brian Glenn derailed a Real America's Voice segment to make snow angels on the White House lawn before being distracted by a fox.While Glenn was reporting from outside the White House on Friday, Real America's Voice host Gina Loudon marveled at the snowy day."I'll give you five bucks if you lay down and do snow angels,"...
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A congresswoman who has become the brunt of President Donald Trump's vitriol told of her father's "bewilderment" as he saw his daughter attacked by the leader of the free world.Rep Ilhan Omar described the experience in a personal essay in the New York Times — just days after Trump's latest attack called her and other Somalians in the U.S....
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The individual arrested Thursday over charges that he planted pipe bombs in Washington, D.C. the day before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot told law enforcement that he believed that the 2020 election was "stolen,” CNN reported Friday, a false claim fiercely promoted by President Donald Trump and his allies.The new revelation may put several prominent...
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Kash Patel's girlfriend issues are not going away with MS NOW reporting that the embattled FBI director has ordered agents to act as Uber drivers and deliver one his girlfriend's "inebriated” pals home.According to the report from Ken Dilanian and Carol Leonning, on more than one occasion the friend needed a ride home but could not drive and the...
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Republican Congressional candidate Vince Shlomi, best known for his television commercials promoting products like "ShamWow” and "Slap Chop,” took to Newsmax Friday to complain that an anti-woke video he published on YouTube was being suppressed, calling the alleged suppression "illegal” discrimination and comparing it to Black Americans...
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The Trump administration is sending Border Patrol agents right into the heart of some of America's biggest cities. We investigate how their tactics are shaping immigration operations from Los Angeles to Chicago to, as of this week, New Orleans.
ReadPolitico - Europe (34 minutes ago)
Die Abstimmung über das Rentenpaket endet mit einer Kanzlermehrheit. Das Ergebnis fällt klarer aus als erwartet und erspart der Regierung eine Niederlage. Rixa Fürsen und Rasmus Buchsteiner erklären, wie knapp die Lage im Vorfeld war und es geht um die Folgen des Tages. Für Merz bleiben Spuren, denn die Debatte hat Vertrauen gekostet....
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A key part of the pipeline deal between Alberta and Ottawa is a "minimum effective credit price of $130 per tonne” on industrial carbon emissions, but already the two levels of government are talking about that figure in different ways. The rhetoric is confusing at best; contradictory at worst. And it raises questions about how much understanding...
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Though Prime Minister Mark Carney's upcoming trip to the U.S. is all about FIFA soccer, it's hard to overlook the political tensions ahead of the upcoming review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement. If there's an opportunity to nudge Canada-U.S. relations in a more positive direction, insiders suggest Carney should take it.
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A controversial pipeline agreement between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith triggered a chain of events that included a cabinet resignation, a cabinet shuffle and — eventually — a fiery debate about the French language in Quebec.
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Immigration Minister Lena Diab sparred with her Conservative critic at a tense House of Commons committee meeting Thursday as the two disagreed on everything from immigration levels and deporting non-citizen criminals to what kind of salad they prefer.
ReadNational Public Radio - Politics (37 minutes ago)
Do you think the country is going in the right or wrong direction? Are you happy with your vote last year or do you have any regrets? Or maybe you sat the election out? NPR wants to speak with swing voters across the political spectrum.
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Military officials showed lawmakers video of a second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat behind closed doors on Capitol Hill and testified that there was no order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to kill everyone on board, multiple lawmakers said. Charlie D'Agata has more.
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An author who has written four books about President Donald Trump warned that he is about to make the situation with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth worse because he is "fundamentally bored" with complicated situation. Hegseth has been facing mounting criticism from both parties over the Defense Departments strikes against alleged drug boats in...
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Over a third of those who voted for President Donald Trump say they're facing the worst cost of living yet, blaming the president for their economic woes, according to The Independent."MAGA is feeling the pinch," writes Brendan Rascius, who adds that "more than one-third of President Donald Trump's own voters believe the cost of living in the U.S....
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A top Republican leader in Washington is "taking heat from all sides of his conference," according to a new report from Punchbowl News, as the strategy he used to notch "big wins earlier this year" is now "failing to produce results on multiple fronts."Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who took over the role from longtime leader Mitch McConnell,...
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Former Trump administration official Robert Spalding predicted Friday that regime change in Venezuela would occur "before Christmas” as the Trump administration intensifies its hostilities toward the South American nation.Appearing on Fox News' "Fox & Friends,” Spalding praised the Trump administration's deadly strikes on suspected...
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A video of a screaming woman in Florida being hauled out of her car by officers representing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) while she protested she is an American citizen led to an attack on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Friday morning. The video, captured by Miami Herald reporter David Goodhue, quickly led to a wave of...
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A Republican senator has warned self-styled Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to stop releasing "snap statements" on the boat bombing controversy. Four people were killed in a US drug boat strike in the Caribbean, with Hegseth alleged to have ordered the killing of survivors after the first strike. Top Democrat and Republican representatives, according...
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Donald Trump is planning a dramatic change of pace that also represents a return to his roots in an effort to punish his allies, according to a former GOP insider on Friday.Ex-GOP strategist Rick Wilson, who recently said he might depose Trump in a lawsuit and force the president to explain his ties to the deceased child sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein,...
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One pardoned January 6 defendant has attracted the attention of President Donald Trump's Department of Justice after he was seen in the vicinity of a high-ranking congressional Democrat's home.Politico reported Thursday that 37 year-old Taylor Taranto, who received a pardon from Trump on the first day of his second term along with the other roughly...
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Reacting to another attempt to get a grand jury to issue an indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James on fraud charges that fell flat on its face, the Department of Justice under Donald Trump appointee Pam Bondi was leveled on MS NOW on Friday morning.Late Thursday, the DOJ once again came up empty-handed in its pursuit of one of...
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I don't know why this wasn't above-the-fold news all across the country over the past few days as the details of the "peace plan” Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff took to Vladimir Putin this week came out.Kushner, it appears, had added in a provision that would have forced both Ukraine and Russia to take actions that would specifically benefit...
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There is one Trump-opposing Democratic lawmaker who could potentially represent "the biggest political disruption in a generation," according to a former Tea Party GOP lawmaker who recently became a Dem.Former GOP Congressman Joe Walsh, who recently accused Donald Trump's administration of a massive coverup, wrote in a piece on Substack about who...
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Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, has received a $139 million fine by the European Commission. The penalty is the first-ever issued under the content moderation laws and was issued today (December 5) to the social media site, Politico confirmed. Plans to fine X were aired earlier this year, which prompted vice president JD Vance to suggest...
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For all the praise members of Donald Trump's Cabinet lavish upon him during their public appearances together, the president is not returning the favor in private, according to one of his former biographers.In an interview with the Daily Beast, controversial author Michael Wolff is reporting that Trump is spending his evenings speaking on the phone...
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Valentina Gomez, a GOP congressional candidate in Texas known for her inflammatory and Islamophobic rhetoric, was snubbed Thursday after President Donald Trump endorsed her Republican opponent in the race for Texas' 31st Congressional District.Having repeatedly described herself as the "female version of Trump,” Gomez's failure to secure the...
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A "retribution tour" of the United States for Donald Trump will hit the GOP hard, a Nobel Prize-winning economist has warned. The president seems set on touring the country as a way of explaining how things have never been better for people economically, and this could cause ripples of doubt through the Republican supporter base. Trump's trip...
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Vice President JD Vance's warm embrace of Erika Kirk last month, followed by his wife appearing publicly without her wedding ring, has fueled speculation about the state of the vice president's marriage – speculation, Vance told NBC News recently, that he insists he actually enjoys.Rumors that Vance's marriage with his wife Usha might be in...
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The head of Canada's Leaders' Debates Commission says the independent body should stop organizing post-debate news conferences and will make changes to how it decides what leaders to invite after this spring's leadership debate was surrounded by controversy.
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A former advisor to Barack Obama and Joe Biden has suggested Donald Trump is "out of the loop" on his own administration.Jen Psaki, who appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, was asked whether Trump is "out of the loop" on Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's actions. Psaki, who was an advisor to both Obama and Biden during their presidencies,...
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WASHINGTON — To end the longest government shutdown in American history, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators came together and agreed to kick the can.The can seems to have hit a brick wall. Unless Congress acts, massive spikes in health-care premiums are coming in the New Year for millions of Americans — the reason Democrats refused to fund the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)
The 43-day government shutdown did not produce the outcome that the Democrats said they wanted. In fact, eight of them* caved before getting the president and the Republicans to negotiate on health care.But the shutdown did demonstrate something important – that the Democrats are no longer the party of "norms and institutions.”In October, Sen....
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A strategy for American greatness outlined by Donald Trump could change all too quickly according to a political analyst. While the president has laid out a "roadmap to ensure that America remains the greatest and most successful nation in human history" it does come with some caveats outlined by Politico writer Nahal Toosi. Trump's vision of a...
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A political commentator has suggested Donald Trump could improve the economy somewhat by deploying a strategy the Democrats had previously floated. But the president likely will not introduce the policy to fix the flailing economy as it may "require acknowledging Democrats were right on the issue" according to Catherine Rampell of The Bulwark. She...
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Gavin Newsom's Press Office has gone viral once again for its mocking of Donald Trump. The president has been roundly criticised by California Governor Newsom's team, as well as talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, for seemingly falling asleep in meetings. The Governor's Press Office account on X has since drafted a meme showing the "Presidential Walk of...
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Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has dubbed the president "Dozy Donald" after he was spotted falling asleep in yet another meeting.The 58-year-old comedian observed that, during an address confirming a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the president was seen asleep. After declaring a permanent ceasefire between the two...
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Der Bundestag entscheidet heute über das Rentenpaket. Die Abstimmung ist der Höhepunkt eines langen Streits, der die Koalition stark belastet hat. Gordon Repinski und Karina Mößbauer, Chefreporterin Politik bei The Pioneer sowie Host des Podcasts 'Hauptstadt – Das Briefing' ordnen ein, wie viel politisches Kapital die Regierung in diese...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
Podcaster Joe Rogan recently revealed that President Donald Trump often sends him text messages out of the blue, and ridiculed his style as childish.That's according to a Thursday article in The Daily Beast, which reported that Rogan said the president texts like a "79 year-old kid" while interviewing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on his podcast. He...
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U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer makes wildly inaccurate claim about Somali crime on national TVby Madison McVan, Minnesota Reformer December 4, 2025U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer cited false statistics about the percentage of crimes committed by Somali-Americans on Fox Business Wednesday, joining a wave of Republicans engaging in anti-Somali rhetoric lately."It's not...
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A Jan. 6 defendant pardoned by President Donald Trump, who was arrested while livestreaming near former President Barack Obama's house with a stash of guns and weapons, has turned up in Washington, D.C. again — and alarmed Justice Department officials urged a judge to jail him, Politico reported on Thursday evening.Taylor Taranto's pardon did not...
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing a growing mutiny from his Republican colleagues as the looming 2026 midterm causes "fear and anxiety" in the caucus, according to a new report. Johnson has faced significant criticism from Republicans in recent weeks over his leadership. Republican women like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) have publicly...
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President Donald Trump has been flouting his pardon power during his second term, and a legal expert on Thursday revealed how the Supreme Court helped pave the way for Trump's actions. Investigative researcher Lisa Graves, author of a book on the Supreme Court called "Without Precedent," wrote in a new essay for Substack that Chief Justice John...
ReadPolitico - Europe (13 hours ago)
Brussels was jolted this week by dawn raids and an alleged fraud probe involving current and former senior EU diplomats. Host Sarah Wheaton speaks with Zoya Sheftalovich — a longtime Brussels Playbook editor who has just returned from Australia to begin her new role as POLITICO's chief EU correspondent — and with Max Griera, our […]
ReadAustralian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (14 hours ago)
A deal for the sale of operations at Ayers Rock Resort, near Uluru, and the Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre, in Far North Queensland, is one step closer after the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation reached an agreement with Journey Beyond, an Australian-based "experiential tourism" company owned by an American private equity firm.
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The White House reportedly will be submitting plans for President Donald Trump's $300 million ballroom to a federal planning commission later this month, after the East Wing of the White House has already been demolished and as the president replaces the project's top architect."The 90,000-square-foot ballroom will dwarf the White House itself, at...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)
Layoffs in the United States have surpassed 1.1 million in 2025, according to a new report, and even one Fox Business host who is typically in President Donald Trump's corner is taking notice of the dire economic picture heading into 2026.During a Thursday segment on Fox Business, Maria Bartiromo – who Trump was reportedly considering naming as...
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One retired Judge Advocate General Corps (JAG) officer says officials in President Donald Trump's Pentagon may have been aware they were breaking international law when carrying out a controversial strike in September.During a Thursday interview with CNN, Dan Maurer — a 22-year U.S. Army veteran who served as a military attorney — broke down...
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A top Virginia lawmaker uncorked an eyebrow-raising response after the conservative-leaning Supreme Court issued an unsigned order Thursday night allowing Texas to use a Trump-backed redrawn congressional map for the House aimed at flipping several Democratic districts. A three-judge panel blocked the map in October, finding that challengers would...
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President Donald Trump's administration announced on Thursday night that it had carried out another strike against an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, an operation that killed four people. U.S. Southern Command, a division of the Department of Defense, announced the operation in a post on X and included a video of the strike. It comes at a time...
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CNN's chief data analyst, Harry Enten, borrowed one of President Donald Trump's favorite phrases on Thursday night to describe the president's precipitous fall in support from a key part of his coalition. Over the last couple of months, Trump's approval rating among young men aged 30 years and under has dropped by more than 56 points, Enten said...
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A top military official undercut a key claim made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the now infamous "double tap" bombing operation on an alleged drug boat in September, according to a new report. During a briefing with lawmakers, Adm. Frank "Mitch” Bradley said that the survivors of the Sept. 2 bombing were "in no position to make a...
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A scandal-plagued Republican congressman was illegally running an arms-export business to foreign countries while serving in the House of Representatives, reporter Roger Sollenberger revealed in an investigative Substack post — and his company to do so was run into the ground and is now in foreclosure.Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) has faced a series of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
Legal experts bashed the Supreme Court's unsigned order on Thursday that allows Texas to use an election map that significantly favors President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. On Thursday, the Supreme Court reversed a lower court's order prohibiting Texas from using the map state Republicans created during a special session that eliminated...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
The right-wing justices on the Supreme Court handed Republicans a win on Thursday evening by allowing Texas' extreme mid-decade gerrymander of its congressional seats to take effect, staying a lower three-judge panel's finding that it was illegally determined using racial criteria. But buried in a concurrence by the three farthest-right justices...
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A lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday sent President Donald Trump's Justice Department a stark message after grand jurors in Virginia failed to secure a re-indictment on allegations of mortgage fraud charges. The news came after a judge tossed an initial indictment about 10 days earlier, declaring the appointment of the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
News that a grand jury declined to indict one of President Donald Trump's political foes on Thursday set off a firestorm of reactions from legal analysts and court watchers. A grand jury on Thursday refused to return an indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged bank fraud and lying to a financial institution. It was the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
Following the Supreme Court's decision to allow Texas Republicans to use their heavily gerrymandered new congressional map that attempts to delete five Democratic seats, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig and CNN anchor Jake Tapper agreed that the ruling could have significant implications beyond the specific map at hand."Jake, this is going to...
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The New York Times reports U.S. diplomacy is floundering, with fully 98 percent of diplomats reporting plummeting workplace morale since the Trump administration took over in January."The Foreign Service is in crisis,” said John Dinkelman, president of the American Foreign Service Association, or AFSA. "Damage is being done to America's...
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