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Donald Trumps aggressive Iran-Rhetorik sorgt für Nervosität an den Märkten und treibt die Ölpreise sowie die Inflation nach oben. Damit manövriert sich der US-Präsident mitten in ein wirtschaftspolitisches Dilemma: Eigentlich fordert er vor den Midterms im November dringend Zinssenkungen, doch der anhaltende Inflationsdruck zwingt die...
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The head of the Department of Homeland Security is getting an earful after he told New Yorkers to "wise up."During a press conference, Markwayne Mullin went after New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his constituents."He and I don't get along," Mullin said about Mamdani. "It's shameful, and hopefully people in New York will wise up and get a true...
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For years, the Northern Territory government has been locked in a legal battle with Claravale Station over allegations its owners cleared hundreds of hectares without a permit. But it is not the first time the government has announced the settlement deal.
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A Republican election expert slammed one of the top MAGA demands as impossible and "asinine in the extreme."In a recent interview, Stephen Richer, the former Maricopa County recorder and a fellow at the Cato Institute, tore apart the idea of hand counting ballots.Legal reporter Adam Klasfeld asked Richer if the "loudly demanded" idea from election...
ReadPolitico - Europe (4 hours ago)
Forty years ago, on June 12, Spain formally anchored its future to the European Union. As the tremors of the 1979 energy crisis subsided and our new institutions dismantled decades of isolation, the European project was met with fierce optimism. For a generation born under a dictatorship but coming of age in freedom, integration unlocked […]
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A GOP candidate for governor in Colorado doubled down on his shocking promise to hire a MAGA podcaster with anti-Semitic views.Republican Scott Bottoms claimed on the debate stage last week that he would hire MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann, who called for the executions of the "Synagogue of Satan Jews" running Colorado. Bottoms said it wouldn't be a...
ReadPolitico - Europe (4 hours ago)
Across Europe, political instability, fragmentation and polarization are increasingly becoming the norm. But how are governments tackling these tensions? On this episode of the Brussels Playbook Week Ender, host Sarah Wheaton and her guests hone in on three countries: France, Greece and Denmark. Dialing in from Paris and Athens are our colleagues...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) lashed out on social media at a longtime right-wing activist notorious for his voter registration drives."Just had a conversation with Senator John Cornyn at the airport," wrote Scott Presler on X. "I was very gracious & asked him to pass the SAVE America Act" — referencing a package of draconian voter restrictions pushed...
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President Donald Trump reversed course Thursday on his Intelligence Chief pick, nominating former SEC chairman Jay Clayton as permanent director of national intelligence hours after the House failed to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The abrupt shift came days after Trump insisted to House Speaker Mike Johnson...
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President Donald Trump's coalition is falling apart in earnest as more and more of his voters start to break away, MS NOW's Jen Psaki said on Thursday evening."You know that feeling ... when you buy a cute pair of shoes or something like that you saw on Instagram, and then they show up and you wear them for a day or two, and they're just not what...
ReadPolitico - Europe (5 hours ago)
Climate change, Palestine, Brexit, the Iraq War. Westminster has seen it all when it comes to protests, and the inhabitants of Parliament are largely desensitised to the angry cries at the gates. This week on Westminster Insider host Sascha O’Sullivan asks: what’s the point of marching on Whitehall? Peter Tatchell, career protestor famous for...
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A new poll of Ohio is a "canary in the coal mine" for Republicans, legendary political analyst Charlie Cook wrote in his Substack on Thursday.The poll of 1,015 registered voters, commissioned by Fox News, suggests "far greater danger for Republicans in November than was previously evident," wrote Cook, the founder of the eponymous Cook Political...
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A Department of Justice division claimed it had no records related to President Donald Trump's IRS settlement, a watchdog reported.According to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), the DOJ's Civil Division came up empty-handed when responding to a request for records related to the settlement that led to Trump's $1.8 billion...
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) shot back at President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying she would get "revenge" after the president turned on her, The Hill reported. Mace, who lost her primary race for South Carolina's governor against a Trump-backed candidate, had a sharp response to the president. "People keep asking me: 'Will you get revenge on Trump for...
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Bud Light branding appeared on the White House South Lawn ahead of UFC Freedom 250, a seven-fight card celebrating President Donald Trump's 80th birthday on June 14. The temporary arena covering the South Lawn displays logos for Ram, Morgan & Morgan, Bud Light, and Crypto.com, reports Anchorage Daily News. The sponsorship drew immediate ridicule...
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President Donald Trump no longer has the mental faculties to truly understand what he is doing day to day, let alone perform the functions of a president, said his "Art of the Deal" co-author Tony Schwartz on MS NOW Thursday.This comes after a week consumed by reporting about the Iran war, Trump's slush fund for his political allies, and additional...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)
A MAGA congressman faced online roasting after he went on a bizarre rant about President Donald Trump being a "very special baby."Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) told a reporter, "Donald Trump is the best thing to happen to this country in a hundred years," but his flattery didn't stop there."He was born a very special baby," Nehls said. "I bet the doctors...
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Trump raged against Congressman Jamie Raskin (D- MD) while endorsing a congressional candidate from Palm Beach.In a lengthy Truth Social post about Raskin, Trump called him a "loser in life," adding that Republican lawmakers should "EXPEL THE BUM." He wrote that Raskin "failed" to impeach him during his first term."Congress can never be great with...
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Over a year after President Donald Trump returned to office, the Justice Department hasn't just been twisted to serve his own political goals, but hollowed out to the point it can barely function, The Atlantic staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on Thursday's edition of "Deadline: White House."This comes amid reporting that...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)
Under conservative editor Bari Weiss's eight-month leadership at CBS News, the top-rated "60 Minutes" program has lost seven of its 10 correspondents and seen its editorial independence severely compromised through alleged political interference. On May 28 — dubbed "Black Thursday" by staff — Weiss fired correspondents Sharyn Alfonsi and...
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A man from Grimes County, Texas has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to kill President Donald Trump, tech billionaire Elon Musk, and FBI agents.According to the arrest affidavit, Peter James Bloomfield of Iola is accused of operating an X account of the name @fenrisL18223, which the FBI was alerted to earlier this month after it posted a...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)
A prominent clinical psychologist revealed that President Donald Trump's rambling tangents could indicate something disturbing ahead, according to a report on Thursday.Dr. John Gartner, former assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, told The Daily Beast that Trump's "lengthy monologues about his construction projects" show...
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The husband of former Trump cabinet secretary Kristi Noem asked his dominatrix for "one last hoo-ha" as stories about his scandal broke, the model said.The Daily Mail reported earlier this year that Bryon Noem carried on a years-long relationship with dominatrix Shy Sotomayor, who performs under the name Raelynn Riley. In a recent interview with...
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A former prosecutor this week raised a red flag about Trump's new strikes against Iran and the "legal fiction" used to authorize them.CNN anchor Anderson Cooper pointed out on Wednesday that the Trump administration can't carry on a military campaign without approval from Congress because of limitations set by the War Powers Resolution."The Trump...
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Yet another one of Trump's golf clubs has been hit with health code violations, according to reporting by NOTUS.The culprit this time is the Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley in Hopewell Junction, New York. The club was flagged for a "critical violation" at its restaurant by a Dutchess County health inspector in April, according to NOTUS,...
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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) signaled he will condition his support for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation on guarantees that Blanche aggressively restricts access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Blanche already faces a treacherous confirmation path with Democrats and Republicans angered over his backing of President Donald Trump's...
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A federal judge in Florida appointed by President Donald Trump just nine months ago seethed at the administration in a new ruling, accusing them of cooking up a flimsy excuse to bypass his own judgment in favor of a career official within the administration itself.Judge Kyle Dudek's ruling concerned the immigration detention case of Dmitrii...
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President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed he would take over Washington, D.C. if the mayoral candidate he doesn't want to win gets elected, according to The Washington Post. Trump made it clear for the first time that he was opposed to democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George winning the Democratic primary next week. "One of the two leading...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) got a tongue-lashing from The Bulwark's Joe Perticone on Thursday for going after one of the most beloved and fiercely-guarded programs in America: Social Security."The reason we're in trouble is because over seventy-four percent of federal spending is on autopilot — mandatory spending, that is your entitlement...
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President Donald Trump called "Fox & Friends" to discuss the Iran war, boasting about dropping $250 million of bombs on Iran and claiming the country is in submission. He complained media coverage suggested the strikes were not hard enough and claimed Iranian officials appreciate American journalists' assistance, according to journalist Aaron...
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New Mexico's top environmental official warned lawmakers Tuesday the Trump administration could curtail the state's ability to oversee federal facilities around the state — especially at Los Alamos National Laboratory.At a Santa Fe presentation before the Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Materials interim committee, state Environment Secretary...
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Billionaire tech giant Elon Musk was mocked with a giant, unflattering inflatable doll in the middle of New York City's Times Square, according to multiple reports. The 40-foot effigy had "SPACEX's GROK MAKES AI CHILD PORN" written across Musk's shirtless belly, and under his sagging cleavage, Reuters photos show. His back had the same protest...
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CNBC's Jim Cramer had strong words for President Donald Trump while talking about the economic pressures brought on by the Iran war."Is the president stepping it up in order to end the war? Or is he just stepping it out because he's had it?" Cramer asked during an appearance on "Squawk on the Street," where he spoke about inflation from the...
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Political observers never believed President Donald Trump's cancellation of his "Anti-Weaponization Fund" was sincere, especially after new reporting revealed the administration plotted to continue it secretly, correspondent Scott MacFarlane told Nicolle Wallace on Thursday.A big reason why, he said, is that DOJ attorneys are being asked in court...
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Federal investigators swarmed the National Mall Thursday after a massive "86 47" marking appeared etched into the grass near the World War II Memorial.U.S. Park Police and members of the National Guard responded to the scene, collecting grass samples for testing. The numerals — visible only from height, such as the top of the Washington Monument...
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Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Oregon have publicly declined to send official delegations to President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair on the National Mall, opening June 25. Three additional states remain uncommitted two weeks before the grand opening, according to reports by NOTUS. The boycotts follow a...
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President Donald Trump's team has reportedly planned under-the-table tactics to effectively still go through with the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" to pay off his allies who have been charged with crimes. But this is taking a huge risk, Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman told MS NOW's Erielle Reshef on Thursday.The scheme, considered a slush fund by critics,...
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President Donald Trump trashed two close Republican allies during a press conference Thursday.Trump was speaking to reporters from the Oval Office when he tore into Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) after the longtime GOP lawmakers opposed the SAVE America Act — a package of new restrictions on voting that Trump has...
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President Donald Trump's economic polling looks so bad that CNN's Harry Enten wondered whether he was engaged in self-sabotage.The president blurted out "I love the inflation" when asked about the last month's 4.2 percent spike in costs, and the data analyst said that certainly won't help Trump or his Republican allies on the most pressing issue...
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Golfing legend Phil Mickelson has been banned from the golf club near where he lives, following allegations of unwanted physical contact with a female employee.Several sources have confided to Golf Digest that Mickelson "is no longer a member at The Farms Golf Club outside San Diego after a female club employee accused the six-time major champion...
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MS NOW host Jonathan Lemire reported President Donald Trump has become isolated within his own White House, citing reports from The New York Times' Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's forthcoming book. Lemire noted that Vice President JD Vance and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles retreated to the Situation Room with Trump's inner circle, but excluded the...
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President Donald Trump won't attend the signing of his own Iran peace deal — the White House has a UFC fight scheduled for the same weekend.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump announced he had canceled planned strikes against Iran after negotiations reached the "highest level of Iranian leadership." The deal, he said on...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
President Donald Trump was mocked online Thursday after reversing course on attacking Iran.Trump backed down after saying Thursday morning on his Truth Social platform that he had ordered the U.S. military to hit Iran "very hard tonight," but then he changed his mind."Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
The Pentagon was locked down Thursday and partially evacuated after a hazardous materials alarm triggered a full emergency response, gas masks, hazmat teams, the works. Multiple floors and corridors were locked down and others evacuated before sources confirmed to CNN it was a false alarm. Officers in chemical suits rushed through corridors,...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
A veteran national security blogger is calling foul on the New York Times' latest sprawling Epstein dive over one curious omission.The name "Melania" does not appear anywhere in Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan's roughly 8,000-word piece detailing the White House's panicked response to the Epstein files, longtime legal commentator Marcy Wheeler...
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Pentagon police wearing gas masks and full chemical protective gear entered the Pentagon after an air quality issue was detected. The Pentagon Force Protection Agency's hazardous materials team and Arlington County Fire Department responded to the incident on Thursday, locking down floors 2 through 5 in corridors 4 through 7, according to three...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
Bud Light branding plastered across the White House grounds ahead of Sunday's UFC fight drew sharp mockery online, particularly from critics who remember when the beer became MAGA's most boycotted brand.The South Lawn has been overtaken by a massive temporary arena for UFC Freedom 250, a seven-fight card staged on June 14 to mark President Donald...
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CNN's Alayna Treene could barely contain her surprise Thursday when Donald Trump reversed course on his intelligence chief pick just hours after FISA died in the House.Trump announced he was nominating former SEC chairman Jay Clayton as the permanent director of national intelligence on Truth Social, hours after a House vote to extend Section 702...
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The weather forecast for Trump's White House UFC fight on Sunday looks perfect — for gnats.UFC Freedom 250 kicks off at 8 p.m. ET on the South Lawn of the White House, with The Weather Channel now putting the chance of rain at 78 percent — thunderstorms possible in the afternoon and carrying into the evening. Temperatures will hit 90 degrees...
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On Thursday, outgoing Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) let Donald Trump know in no uncertain terms that his second term is about to become a nightmare, and he has no one to blame but himself.In an interview with the New York Times, Cornyn, stung by Trump's endorsement of scandal-plagued Ken Paxton in his primary loss, predicted the November midterm...
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright admitted during a House Science, Space, and Technology Committee budget hearing he was unaware the U.S. had been secretly seizing Iranian oil tankers. Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-OH) methodically exposed the knowledge gap by playing a video clip of President Donald Trump announcing the covert operation that same morning. When...
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President Donald Trump announced his nominee to be the next director of national intelligence on Thursday, snubbing Bill Pulte, who had been placed in the position as the acting director.Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that he was nominating "highly respected Jay Clayton, former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
Veteran journalists braced for change when David Ellison took control of CBS and installed conservative Bari Weiss as editor in chief of the news division, but six former staffers revealed they should have been prepared for a demolition.In eight months under Weiss's leadership, "60 Minutes," the top-rated news program in the country, drawing 9.1...
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President Donald Trump called off his threatened strike on Iran.The 79-year-old president announced Thursday morning on his Truth Social website that he planned to order U.S forces to hit Iran "very hard tonight," which House Speaker Mike Johnson downplayed as a negotiating tactic, but Trump backed down in a subsequent post."Based on the fact that...
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Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) told CNN's Kaitlan Collins that President Donald Trump is a traitor for refusing to release the Epstein files to protect his associates. Greene said Trump called her a traitor for urging transparency, but she countered, arguing those covering up the files — including the President — are the real...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faces a critical test from a key Republican vote as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) signals he will condition his support on guarantees that Blanche will aggressively restrict access to mifepristone, the abortion pill.According to Politico's Alice Miranda Ollstein, Blanche's path to confirmation is already fraught with...
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Speaker Mike Johnson fled down the Capitol steps Thursday rather than say whether Congress should vote on Trump's plan to seize Iran's main oil hub.Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, was caught by CNN's Manu Raju on the Capitol steps hours after Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the U.S. "will be taking Kharg Island" — the Persian Gulf...
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Former Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino's nascent 2028 presidential campaign suffered a blow when Jacob Engels, a controversial figure tasked with launching the candidate's online presence, was arrested at a budget motel and charged with felony methamphetamine possession.According to reporting from The Bulwark's Will Sommers, Engels — a...
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A White House reporter drew attention to an "incredible quote" from House Speaker Mike Johnson regarding President Donald Trump's threats against Iran.The president threatened on social media to take control of Kharg Island and seize Iran's oil and gas markets, which would require the deployment of ground troops, but the Louisiana Republican...
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The ranking Democratic member of the House Oversight Committee is calling for Vice President JD Vance to testify under oath about his involvement in the White House's Jeffrey Epstein cover-up.Appearing on MS NOW with host Ana Cabrera, a fuming Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) cited an explosive report in the New York Times on Wednesday that Vance headed...
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Karl Rove took delight in veteran newsman Scott Pelley's firing from CBS News' "60 Minutes" and recounted his long-standing grudge against him.The Republican architect of George W. Bush's presidency published a column Thursday in the Wall Street Journal recalling an incident from nearly 20 years ago that earned his lasting disdain for Pelley, who...
ReadPolitico - Europe (15 hours ago)
Gabriel Attal a profité de l'arrivée à l'Assemblée d'une proposition de loi sur le secteur de l'intelligence artificielle pour se faire le relais des mastodontes de la tech. Anthony Lattier discute dans Playbook Paris de l'irruption de l'IA dans la campagne présidentielle avec Océane Herrero, journaliste au service Tech de POLITICO.
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Pentagon police are in gas masks and full chemical gear Thursday as a hazmat team locks down floors 2 through 5 of the massive complex.Floors 2 through 5 in corridors 4 through 7 have been locked down, and other floors have been evacuated, three sources told CNN. The Pentagon Force Protection Agency's hazardous materials response team is on scene...
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The Trump administration has quietly floated an eyebrow-raising new "fix" for Americans struggling with skyrocketing Obamacare costs: take out a loan from health insurers, The New York Times reported Wednesday.Buried in the dense 1,121-page final rule the administration issued last month governing how the Affordable Care Act marketplace will...
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President Donald Trump warned that U.S. forces were preparing to take control of Kharg Island in a major escalation of the war in Iran, and a national security expert denounced his statements as "unhinged" and unnecessarily risky.The 79-year-old president posted on Truth Social that U.S. forces would be "hitting Iran ... very hard tonight" and...
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A day after U.S. President Donald Trump said his country doesn't need anything Canada has, U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said America actually has a "tremendous" need for things outside its borders — and if Canada can fulfil them, it will make both countries stronger.
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Reacting to the bombshell reporting in the New York Times about the Jeffrey Epstein "war room” that was convened in the White House Situation Room, MS NOW's Sam Stein singled out a proposal about Ghislaine Maxwell that he found beyond the pale.Speaking with Morning Joe co-host Jonathan Lemire about the report from the Times' Maggie Haberman and...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche twice refused to discuss the federal lawsuit threatening Trump's White House UFC fight — with a ruling expected within hours.Blanche was appearing alongside DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin at a Thursday morning press conference on unaccompanied migrant children when a reporter tried to get him on record about...
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Die Straße von Hormuz ist blockiert, der Iran-Krieg treibt die Kerosinpreise an und die deutsche Luftfahrtbranche steht womöglich vor einem schwierigen Winter. Höhere Spritkosten treffen die ohnehin sensiblen Gewinnmargen der Fluggesellschaften im Wintergeschäft ins Mark. Dennoch bleibt die Branche stabil. Wie reagieren Airlines auf die...
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Vice President JD Vance is losing his chief of staff, Jacob Reses, whose influence over foreign policy, insiders say, rivaled that of the vice president's own national security adviser.Reses, Vance's chief of staff since joining him after the 2022 Ohio Senate race, will leave the administration at the end of the summer, people close to the vice...
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President Donald Trump's birthday celebration on the White House lawn was disparaged as a "volcano of corruption" in a new legal challenge.Attorneys fighting to block this weekend's UFC matches at the White House told a federal judge Wednesday the president and his allies stand to profit from what they called "the first private, for-profit sporting...
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Sordid new details are coming out about how President Donald Trump and his allies hijacked the bipartisan "America250" celebration approved by Congress and siphoned off its money to alternative celebration planning entities under his own control.According to The Atlantic's Michael Scherer, newly obtained documents behind the scenes of Trump taking...
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President Donald Trump lobbed a series of outrageous statements about the Iran war Thursday morning during a call to "Fox & Friends."The 79-year-old president phoned in to the show he regularly watches to provide an update on the war, which he has escalated in recent days in response to the downing of a U.S. Army helicopter, and he complained at...
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As President Donald Trump's approval ratings hit record lows, far-right media outlets are experiencing a parallel collapse, with major conservative websites posting devastating traffic declines in May.According to media watchdog Status, The Righting—which monitors website traffic—reported catastrophic numbers across the conservative media...
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As soccer fans from across the world travel to the United States this month to cheer on their countries' teams at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a poll released Wednesday by Data for Progress suggests Americans don't believe many visitors have warm feelings toward the host country after a year-and-a-half of President Donald Trump's leadership.Overall the...
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Asked Thursday about bombing Iran's civilian water supply on Fox News, Donald Trump launched into a minutes-long rant about rigged elections instead.Brian Kilmeade, the Fox News host who fielded Trump's call-in, had framed the water strike in approving terms — describing the U.S. campaign as an "Anaconda" strategy squeezing Iran into submission....
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The prospect that a group tied to White House adviser Stephen Miller may be working behind the scenes to meddle in the upcoming election has become so alarming that an Arizona county attorney, who endorsed Donald Trump for president, has asked a court to intervene.According to MS NOW reporting by Ja'han Jones, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel...
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A loyal Fox News booster of President Donald Trump told the network's own war correspondent Thursday that MAGA viewers were done with his war of choice.Ainsley Earhardt raised the alarm during a live Fox & Friends update from chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, who had just gotten off a phone call with President Donald Trump — placed from...
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Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA) was an outspoken defender of AI data centers — until he realized it was political poison with voters.According to Axios' Andrew Solender, Bresnahan, who represents a competitive district in northeastern Pennsylvania, has introduced a bill called the Local Control Protect Act, which seeks "to restrict companies' ability...
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President Donald Trump has been on a mad dash to slap gold all over the nation's capital to reflect his personal preferences, and an essayist unpacked the meaning behind that obsession.The soon-to-be-80-year-old president has long been synonymous with a certain type of gaudy luxury, and he's festooned gold touches throughout the White House and...
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President Donald Trump proclaimed on Truth Social on Thursday morning that not only would the United States engage in new offensives against Iran, they are gearing up for an invasion of the country and a seizure of its oil industry."The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense,...
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Based upon his own reporting and excerpts from a bombshell new book penned by the New York Times ' Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, MS NOW host Jonathan Lemire claimed on Thursday morning that Donald Trump has become a man alone inside his own White House.Noting that Vice President JD Vance and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles retreated to...
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The Trump administration was forced to publicly declare the $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization" slush fund canceled after widespread and bipartisan outrage from the public and lawmakers over the idea that tax money would be diverted to pay off Trump's allies. But Justice Department officials have revealed it's not actually dead — just under...
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This fall's midterm election is a referendum on President Donald Trump, according to a veteran journalist, and he's not making things easy for Republicans trying to hold onto their congressional majorities.Polling has made clear that affordability remains the top voter concern, and Punchbowl News co-founder John Bresnahan told "CNN News Central"...
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A former staffer for President Donald Trump gamely attempted during a CNN appearance to find a silver lining in his surprising comments about inflation.The 79-year-old president was asked Wednesday about inflation shooting up 4.2 percent last month, and he declared, "I love the inflation," and his former White House communications director from...
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President Donald Trump's birthday bash for America is hitting fresh trouble, with at least six states publicly saying they will not officially participate in his Great American State Fair, NOTUS reported Wednesday.Officials from Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Oregon told the outlet they will not send official...
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Trump's U.S. ambassador to Turkey is accused of helping Jeffrey Epstein find a personal assistant who became both a recruiter and a victim in his sex trafficking network, Raw Story has learned.Sarah Kellen told members of the House Oversight Committee last month that she was working as a host at the W Hotel in Honolulu in 2001 when she was...
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Trump-aligned prosecutor Bill Essayli has made threats to investigate California's primary elections for fraud, promising charges within "two months" — acting on baseless conspiracy theories spurred by MAGA-backed reality TV star Spencer Pratt failing to place in the top two of the Los Angeles mayoral race. But it's all a "bluff," Shirin Ali...
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President Donald Trump has had one clear economic statistic he could brag about — but the new inflation data shows even that is gone now.Specifically, inflation-adjusted wage gains, which were relatively strong even into Trump's term as inflation worsened, have been essentially wiped out with the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data, according...
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American political history is rife with examples of corruption. The period after the Civil War was known then as the Great Barbecue, when ethics broke down in public life. There were embezzling treasurers, bribe-giving lobbyists, purchased newspapermen, and swindlers at the public trough. But the Trump administration has just tried to pull off a...
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President Trump is on the warpath, furiously lashing out at advisers, allies, and Senate Republicans alike as his second term spirals downward in a cascade of self-inflicted defeats and political miscalculations.According to Politico reporting based on interviews with Trump allies, GOP Senate aides, and people close to the White House, the...
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After Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation from the Trump administration, she got an unexpected call on Tuesday from her planned successor, Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte, telling her she was essentially being fired effective immediately, catching her completely off guard.According to Axios,...
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The entire panel on MS NOW's "Morning Joe” burst into laughter after watching a clip of Donald Trump blithely telling reporters, "I love the inflation” on Wednesday — a phrase that may come back to haunt Republicans in the November midterms, they pointed out.Thursday's show began with the clip, where the president made the admission, followed...
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