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President Donald Trump's sliding polls on inflation and cost of living stunned MS NOW's Chris Hayes — who presented the latest data in a striking graph that could barely even fit how far his numbers had plummeted."The lesson is that people really care about gas prices," said Hayes. "Oil and natural gas, gasoline are the most important commodities...
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The Supreme Court has fired the starting gun for a "race to the bottom" in a gerrymandering war that will be "a nightmare for democracy," according to a new legal analysis. In a Slate report on Thursday, political writer Jim Newell cautioned that the GOP has "carte blanche" to gerrymander after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Louisiana v. Callais, a...
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A system implemented by the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency program accidentally leaked the Social Security numbers of health care providers, The Washington Post reported on Thursday."The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last year created a directory to help seniors look up which doctors and medical...
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A CNN segment featured a supercut of the growing opposition against Trump's "Make America Healthy Again" movement."We are on the brink of falling apart," a MAHA influencer is shown confessing in a report by CNN's Meena Duerson. "I am a diehard conservative, and I got this group of moms, and I'm trying to keep us together."Health and Human Services...
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A group of Republicans sounded off to the Wall Street Journal on Thursday after a Trump administration official hinted that they are considering avoiding Congress on yet another issue. Under the War Powers Act, the president must notify Congress of a military action within 48 hours and withdraw the troops within 60 days. However, Defense Secretary...
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The Murray-Darling Basin Plan is under review, but with submissions due to close today, we take a step back in time to remember when dried lake beds were turning acidic, dairy farmers were selling up, and there was talk of water carting for Adelaide.
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Veteran political journalist Maggie Haberman highlighted damning comments by President Donald Trump in the wake of the Hollywood director Rob Reiner's death."One of the things that's striking here is President Trump celebrated," when Reiner was killed, Haberman said on "The Lead" with host Jake Tapper on Thursday. "President Trump said something...
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Reporters Without Borders warned Thursday that the United States is facing a "press freedom crisis” as President Donald Trump and his subordinates wage an aggressive assault on the media that has included threats of treason charges and imprisonment against journalists.The Trump administration's active disdain for press freedom has pushed the US...
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Fox News host Jesse Watters on Thursday revealed the "questionable quip" that got him pulled away from Queen Camilla during the recent state visit, according to a new report. Watters, who co-hosts "The Five," said during Thursday's broadcast that he chatted up the Queen about her visit to Washington, D.C., and made a joke that the royal staff found...
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With the sudden exit of Gov. Janet Mills from the Democratic Senate primary in Maine, criticism has begun to pile up around Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who played an essential role in coaxing Mills into the race to begin with.But Schumer's allies are laying the blame squarely at the feet of Mills herself, for running a lackluster...
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Fans of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement freaked out on Thursday after a high-profile progressive influencer posted a rage-bait photo on social media. Hasan Piker, a podcaster who has hosted multiple Democrats on recent episodes, posted two photos on X of him riding a train while reading "What is to be Done?" by Russian communist leader...
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President Donald Trump's family appears to have struck a shady deal with the Department of Defense that has outraged political analysts and observers. Bloomberg reported on Thursday that the Defense Department had agreed to purchase drones from a company backed by the president's sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. The Trumps acquired the...
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A GOP lawmaker's odd choice to ban protesters from six of his McDonald's franchises has resurfaced as he faces a House Ethics Committee investigation. "A Republican congressman banning his own constituent from McDonald's for protesting his vote to cut SNAP benefits?" wrote Mother Jones national correspondent Tim Murphy on Thursday. "I'm not sure...
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President Donald Trump is prepared to do something reckless in his Iran conflict that will get large numbers of people hurt or killed, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) warned CNN's Erin Burnett on Thursday evening.This comes hours after after Blumenthal clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a congressional hearing on the matter."We just...
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The Washington Post editorial board published a scathing assessment on Thursday of President Donald Trump's newest plan to sabotage wind power in the United States.Trump, who has hated wind power ever since an installation in Scotland altered the view from his nearby golf course, has repeatedly and falsely suggested turbines cause cancer and...
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The Trump Department of Justice's new indictment against one of his political foes revealed the "real story" behind the dark "message" the president is trying to send, according to his niece. Mary Trump, a psychologist and author, argued in a new Substack essay on Thursday that President Donald Trump's efforts to indict former FBI Director James...
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State law enforcement found the dead body of a Republican Oklahoma state Senate candidate in the trunk of his own car, according to reports.Barry Christian, 54, was found dead on Thursday, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations told media outlets including News9. Christian disappeared Tuesday and was reported missing the next day after being...
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A conservative comedian warned on Thursday that President Donald Trump appears to be leading the U.S. toward the country's "greatest military defeat" in its history. Dave Smith, a libertarian and prominent critic of Trump's foreign policy decisions, argued during a new episode of the "Breaking Points" podcast that Trump is posturing as if he is...
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Political analysts and observers were aghast on Thursday after a new report suggested President Donald Trump's family had engaged in a dubious deal. The Financial Times reported that Trump's sons, Don Jr. and Eric, had taken a stake in a Kazakh mining company that had recently been awarded a $1.6 billion loan from the U.S. government. The brothers...
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New details have come to light about the ethics investigation into a GOP congressman.CNN senior correspondents Annie Grayer and MJ Lee revealed on Thursday that a House Ethics Committee is opening an investigation into GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) over sexual harassment accusations. "The committee was recently contacted by a witness, who described...
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The MAGA civil war descended into vulgar chaos on Thursday after a new defamation lawsuit was filed against a prominent influencer. Brian Harpole, the former head of late conservative activist Charlie Kirk's security team, filed a lawsuit against Candace Owens alleging that the influencer defamed him by alleging that he conspired to have Kirk...
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A Trump diplomat left the internet absolutely creeped out with a video she posted that seems to be digitally touched up.Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein Callista Gingrich, who is the wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, posted a video from her office's official account on Thursday announcing an upcoming summit. Social media users...
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German officials were caught flat-footed and outraged after President Donald Trump's administration moved to reduce the number of U.S. troops stationed in that country.According to Politico, "Taking out American forces could remove a major military deterrent against a rearming Russia, which European officials believe is preparing to attack NATO...
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Republicans have been doing 180s to defend their position on redistricting, undermining their insistence that they're guided by moral arguments, according to a new report. The Bulwark highlighted a series of "pirouettes" by GOP leaders by comparing their statements on gerrymandering in Texas last year to what they said on the issue in the wake of...
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Elon Musk's baby mama and former conservative influencer described the secret world inside MAGA and "the Real Housewives of Mar-a-Lago" in an interview this week with ex-GOP operative and The Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson. Ashley St. Clair, who was recruited to join Turning Point USA around age 19, spent nearly a decade as an insider with...
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Watching the loathsome Pete Hegseth testify over the last two days in front of both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees gave me a slight sense of déjà vu.I struggled with why, because Hegseth just comes off like such a jerk. And that's when it hit me. Former President George H.W. Bush once famously referred to former Defense Secretary...
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A GOP lawmaker is standing up to Trump's crusade against his enemies once again, questioning the latest efforts. "I can't find one example where the number 86 had anything to do with any violent threat," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) told reporters on Wednesday, speaking about the second James Comey indictment, according to the Bulwark. "I searched to...
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The hosts of the Fox News show "Outnumbered" were mocked on Thursday after they called for more restrictions on an app they argued could soften an individual's brain tissue. Emily Compagno, an attorney and co-host of the show, reacted to a new op-ed that claimed the alleged White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter, Cole Allen, was often on social...
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President Donald Trump is losing in his military campaign in Iran, former Trump administration Homeland Security staffer Miles Taylor told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on Thursday's edition of "Deadline: White House" — and the way he's talking about the conflict gives it away.This comes as Trump escalates his rhetoric, threatening greater and greater...
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Right-wing pollster Rich Baris revealed that he was "really worried" about Republicans' ability to win midterm elections after a recent poll suggested that the party would be "crushed."During a Thursday discussion on the Real America's Voice network, Baris told host Jack Posobiec that President Donald Trump's approval rating "isn't looking great."...
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has reversed her original vote against a war powers resolution curtailing President Donald Trump's ability to wage war in Iran, crossing the aisle to vote in favor of the measure with Democrats.At the start of March, Collins toed the party line on the issue — and explained her reasoning in a lengthy press release."We...
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By Claudio Bozzi, Lecturer in Law, Deakin UniversityAs the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drags on, the United Nations' International Maritime Organization has sounded the alarm over a related humanitarian crisis: the plight of the crew stuck on ships at or near the strait.Up to 20,000 seafarers on 2,000 vessels remain stranded in and around the...
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Watching the loathsome Pete Hegseth testify over the last two days in front of both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees gave me a slight sense of déjà vu.I struggled with why, because Hegseth just comes off like such a jerk. And that's when it hit me. Former President George H.W. Bush once famously referred to former Defense Secretary...
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The sudden decision of the Justice Department to bring an indictment against former FBI Director James Comey was linked to the dismissal of former Attorney General Pam Bondi, MS NOW's Carol Leonnig reported on Thursday.The new indictment charges Comey with threatening violence against President Donald Trump, based on an Instagram post he made last...
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President Donald Trump took a jab at The New York Times and CNN during a press conference at the White House on Thursday. The president had a meltdown over some of the important reporting around the Iran war and his administration when he pointed to The Times, a news organization Trump has had a contentious relationship throughout his political...
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Belgium's federal government on Thursday approved a ban on flavored vapes, with only tobacco-flavored and unflavored e-cigarettes allowed on the market from September 2028. Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke framed the move as a direct attempt to curb youth addiction. "We want to protect the health of our children and young people and prevent a...
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House Republicans on Wednesday passed a budget resolution that sets the stage for GOP lawmakers to draft and approve more funding for immigration enforcement without any support from Democrats, who condemned the proposal as another "blank check” for rogue agencies.The resolution, which cleared the GOP-controlled Senate last week, gives...
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Friends,I was driving my car yesterday, heading home after doing some errands, when someone ran a red light and just about hit me. I swerved to avoid him, then stopped my car, got out, and stood in the middle of the road screaming at the vanishing a--hole and giving him the finger.Are drivers becoming more belligerent, or am I becoming...
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President Donald Trump has set his sights on becoming one of history's "great men" — yet he still has concerns that his efforts could be ruined, according to a new report from The Atlantic. And although the president has said he's not as concerned about "legacy," or even whether his Republican party maintains control of Congress in the midterms,...
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A Republican lawmaker is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for unspecified allegations, according to a breaking report on Wednesday.Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) responded on Thursday to news that he was under investigation, which Axios confirmed through a lawyer from the House Ethics Committee and aides who have worked with Edwards. "I...
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President Donald Trump's announcement Wednesday that he was considering pulling some U.S. troops out of Germany stunned defense officials, who scrambled to figure out if the president was serious about following through on his threats this time. Trump's social media post was the first that many had heard of a potential new push to take […]
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People were mocking President Donald Trump on Thursday after he claimed he "aced" his cognitive exams and mistakenly claimed he has served three terms as president.Trump argued that he thinks all presidential or vice presidential candidates should be "forced" to do the same exams and tried to put down his predecessors, Barack Obama and Joe Biden....
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A purported "suicide note" by Jeffrey Epstein may soon be made public if a major media outlet is successful in convincing a federal judge to unseal it.In a Thursday report, The New York Times revealed that it had petitioned a judge to make the note public after it was sealed as part of a case against Nicholas Tartaglione, a cellmate who found the...
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A lawmaker grilled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for shamelessly using an anti-Semitic term against his enemies. "You compare journalists, you compare us, you compare so many to 'Pharisees,'" Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) told Hegseth during a hearing on Thursday. "'Pharisses' is a problematic and historically weaponized term that casts Jewish...
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Pete Hegseth left yet another senator frustrated by dancing around tough questions, this time regarding how the military will be used if the 2026 presidential election ends unfavorably for Trump."Dude, dude, just answer the question," Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said as she pressed Hegseth during a hearing on Thursday. "It's not a hypothetical. Tell...
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren's ability to grill Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during her five minutes of questioning during a Senate Armed Forces Committee hearing was hampered by his raising his voice and loudly talking over her on Thursday afternoon.The Massachusetts Democrat got under Hegseth's skin when she cited a Financial Times report that the...
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Podcaster Joe Rogan expressed the view that President Donald Trump's war with Iran would be to blame if a nuclear weapon were used on New York City.During a discussion with comedian Ari Shaffir on Thursday, Rogan lamented Israel's bombardment of Gaza following Hamas' Oct. 7 attack."They've destroyed Gaza," he explained. "Gaza's just a wasteland...
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President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he has served three terms as president and bragged about passing his cognitive exams — something he thinks all presidential or vice presidential candidates should be "forced" to do. The boast about his mental fitness came amid a flurry of Truth Social posts in which he inaccurately referred to...
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A top aide of Donald Trump has been mysteriously demoted after a meteoric rise through the administration's ranks.Josh Gruenbaum, 40, will now only work for Trump's Board of Peace, according to a report by Politico.White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told the outlet that Gruenbaum "will continue to advance the President's agenda of enhancing...
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President Donald Trump signaled he was planning to keep up his redistricting war on Thursday — this time in Tennessee. Trump posted on his Truth Social platform and indicated he aimed to gain an additional Republican seat in the House in a new map that would favor Republicans. "I had a very good conversation with Governor Bill Lee, of Tennessee,...
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King Charles III endured another diplomatic gaffe during his visit to the United States.The 77-year-old monarch wrapped up his visit with a trip across Virginia, but sharp-eyed observers noticed American service members were holding an up-side down British flag as the king and his wife, Queen Camilla, visited Arlington National Cemetery, reported...
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Internal polling has spooked an influential conservative group, which issued a warning that the Republican Senate majority is increasingly at risk.The powerful GOP super PAC Americans for Prosperity Action implored Republicans to improve their cost-of-living messaging or risk a return to minority status, according to a new memo obtained by...
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Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) crashed out in an interview with TMZ on Thursday when a reporter pressed him about the upcoming 10-day break for Congress as a stalemate over funding the Department of Homeland Security continued. Meuser was walking on Capitol Hill when TMZ asked him if he was frustrated over the funding bill, which had stalled in Congress...
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One of President Donald Trump's top economic advisers was met with a fact check during an appearance on Fox Business.Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, appeared Thursday morning on "Varney & Co.," where host Stuart Varney confronted him with bad economic polling amid the war in Iran."Another poll on the public and and voters'...
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President Donald Trump blasted a Republican senator — claiming he has been playing "political games" and pushing back against the president's nominee for surgeon general — calling for voters to unseat him in the Republican primary. Casey Means, the Make America Healthy Again movement's pick for surgeon general, has faced a stagnant Senate...
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On Thursday afternoon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth bristled and snapped at a Democratic senator who pressed him about his continual invocations of Christianity as part of his briefings and what it says about how he is running the Pentagon.That led the former Fox News personality to accuse Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) of questioning his faith and of...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday was confronted to his face with statistics on the unpopularity of the war in Iran during a budget hearing.Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, took the opportunity to question Hegseth during a hearing that was marked by multiple outbursts.At one moment, she cited statistics about Americans not approving...
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A protester interrupted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a congressional hearing on Thursday as the Trump administration official faces heightened scrutiny over the Iran war and Pentagon budget. The Pentagon chief testified for the second day before congressional leaders, this time speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee and defending...
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya was reportedly "clearly annoyed" after President Donald Trump's Department of Justice prosecutors tried an "unprecedented" move at a detention hearing for the alleged White House Correspondents' Association dinner gunman.During Thursday's hearing, attorneys for Cole Allen conceded that their client would be...
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Finanzminister Lars Klingbeil hat die Haushaltseckpunkte für 2027 vorgelegt. Während die Ausgaben für Verteidigung und Infrastruktur massiv steigen, wächst gleichzeitig der Druck, an anderer Stelle radikal zu sparen. Doch wie stabil ist dieses fiskalische Fundament in Zeiten von Zinsanstiegen und geopolitischen Krisen? POLITICO-Chefreporter...
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In yet another outburst on Truth Social on Thursday morning, Donald Trump aimed his ire at the Senate Republicans for not doing everything within their power to push his agenda through, claiming they are getting played by Democrats.Moments after harshly criticizing German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for calling him out on Iran, Trump took to social...
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Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, declined to definitively say that a gunman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner shot a Secret Service agent.During a Thursday interview on Fox News, anchor Dana Perino revealed that the network's sources were told that the gunman, Cole Allen, shot an agent when he discharged his...
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Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has delivered a devastating assessment of Donald Trump's Iran war: the president is steering the United States toward humiliating defeat, and the only way out requires acknowledging a loss his fragile ego will never permit.According to Krugman, there is no viable path to reopening the Strait of Hormuz...
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International Workers Day on May 1 commemorates the great labor struggles of the 19th and early 20th centuries, when workers fought and died for decent wages and working conditions.The militant energy of the early labor movement, long dormant in the United States, has been making a comeback recently as Americans chafe at economic instability, the...
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CNBC anchor Joe Kernen sparred with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) on Thursday morning, after Scalise made a number of false claims about inflation and gas prices under the Trump administration vs the Biden administration."Prediction markets aren't friendly to the GOP's chances for holding the House," said Kernen. "Do you think there's...
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President Donald Trump took another slap at Germany's leader over his criticism earlier this week of the U.S. war against Iran.German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faulted the 79-year-old president for launching the war without an apparent exit strategy, saying the U.S. has been "humiliated" by Iranian leadership, and Trump lobbed another social media...
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The Michigan Supreme Court adopted a rule on Wednesday to prohibit civil arrests, including the civil immigration warrants commonly used by ICE, which are administrative warrants, not judicial warrants.Specifically, the new rule, which will go into effect on May 1, states that "Parties, attorneys, and subpoenaed witnesses are not subject to civil...
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President Donald Trump signaled his impatience with ABC over his long-simmering feud with late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.The 79-year-old president demanded the network remove Kimmel from the airwaves over a joke he made last week in which he described first lady Melania Trump as having "the glow of an expectant widow," and his Federal...
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Kai Trump, the granddaughter of President Donald Trump, revealed that half the world dislikes her because of her last name.In a recently resurfaced interview with conservative influencer Jake Paul, Kai Trump admitted that "some people don't like me.""I mean, 50% in the world doesn't like me," she remarked, "because my last name, but like they don't...
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