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A federal judge handed President Donald Trump's administration another stinging defeat in its bid to rig the 2026 midterm elections, according to a new report. For months, Trump's Department of Justice has been trying to access state voter rolls under the guise of inspecting them for fraud. Some Democratically-controlled states have pushed back and...
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A propaganda expert called out President Donald Trump's administration for "taking a page from ISIS" in social media campaigns boosting its immigration operations.Robert Page, a professor of political science at the University of Chicago, joined CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead" to dissect some recent social media posts from Trump's Department of...
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is not happy with President Donald Trump's U.S. Agency for Global Media, accusing it of backing down from giving vital information to protesters in Iran.This comes as Iran's Islamic Republic regime is locked in an existential crisis, with massive protests that are threatening to outright topple the government."It's been...
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A Trump administration official raised more than a few eyebrows Thursday when he declared the president is creating a "new world order," using the same phrase popularized by right-wing conspiracy theorists who believe a secretive global elite is plotting to establish a totalitarian one-world government.Kevin Hassett, a conservative economist who...
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A deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is quitting her job to mount a bid to become a member of Congress.Madison Sheahan, 28, announced Thursday she's resigning to launch a congressional bid in Ohio's 9th District, challenging Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur, who's held the seat since 1983, Notus reported.In a campaign video,...
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was roundly criticized on Thursday for her pearl-clutching moment in front of the press during the daily briefing. Leavitt complained that some protesters had flipped off Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and that they had written profane language on broken-down federal vehicles. Her comments...
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An analyst on Thursday said that Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) voice sounded "distressing."CNN political commentator Karen Finney told anchor Jake Tapper that McConnell's comments on the United States' relationship with Greenland struck a chord — and how President Donald Trump's talks of seizing the island nation could have global repercussions...
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Elie Honig, a CNN legal analyst, slammed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's suggestion that Americans should be ready to show proof of citizenship, calling it illegal and unconstitutional. Honig clarified that ICE agents must have "reasonable suspicion” to stop, question, or detain someone for immigration purposes, citing a recent Supreme...
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President Donald Trump's latest affordability gambit involves forcing grid operators to hold an emergency power sale and pay for infrastructure upgrades without passing costs down to consumers, according to a new report. Bloomberg reported on Thursday that Trump's move, which is expected to be formalized on Friday, represents an "extraordinary...
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President Donald Trump's crackdown on Minneapolis has sent communities into turmoil on a scale not seen before, Axios reported on Thursday."The unprecedented ICE surge has the hallmarks of an occupation in some neighborhoods, as masked and heavily armed agents drive around in large SUVs, tussle with protesters and observers, and break into people's...
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A right-wing firebrand unleashed on the Trump administration Thursday amid reports the president and his circle have cozied up to Qatar.Laura Loomer sounded the alarm on social media over what she described as a dangerous power imbalance between the United States and Qatar, claiming the Trump administration has surrendered American sovereignty to...
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado revealed that she "presented" President Donald Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize she won "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."Before her Thursday meeting, the U.S. president said it would be an "honor" to share a prize with her, even though he had made it...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham reportedly described President Trump as "delusional” in secret grand jury testimony cited by The New York Times, reflecting a broader unease among Republican lawmakers about the former president's grasp on reality. Graham told Trump the 2020 election was fair and warned him repeatedly against false claims, noting Trump would...
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Judges overturn ruling that freed pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalilby Sophie Nieto-Munoz, Louisiana Illuminator January 15, 2026A pro-Palestinian activist arrested by immigration officials after participating in anti-Israel protests at Columbia University and then freed by a federal judge in New Jersey may be rearrested after a federal...
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Political analysts and observers were stunned on Thursday after a foreign leader gave President Donald Trump a "pathetic" gift. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado visited the White House on Thursday, where she met with senators and presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump and offered to share it with him. Trump has previously...
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President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to Iceland apologized on Thursday after joking comments that the administration might annex that country too, when it's done with Greenland.According to Politico, "Long was recently nominated to be ambassador to the island nation by President Donald Trump, who has said he wanted to make Canada the...
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The Trump administration abruptly ended nearly $2 billion in substance abuse and mental health grants, affecting 2,800 programs and leaving thousands of providers scrambling. Experts warn the move disrupts overdose prevention, Narcan distribution, and care for pregnant women, potentially reversing recent declines in overdose deaths. Advocacy groups...
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A former Proud Boys leader said he has received death threats after reports that he joined ICE, according to a Newsweek report Thursday. Enrique Tarrio, who previously led the far-right, male-only militia group, told the outlet he was considering legal action after media outlets reported on an alleged database leak and published his name. He said...
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A legal expert Thursday warned that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent a "chilling" message to the military in his recent attack on lawmakers who issued a video message warning service members not to obey unlawful orders.MS NOW legal correspondent Lisa Rubin told anchor Katy Tur that Hegseth's move to threaten lawmakers behind the 90-second video...
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Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon is drawing a hard line in the sand over President Trump's wild Greenland fantasy, calling the push to seize the Arctic territory "utter buffoonery" and warning it could trigger impeachment proceedings.Speaking to The World-Herald, the retiring Republican didn't mince words, declaring that a military invasion would be a...
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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), normally as MAGA a Republican lawmaker as they come, has not gotten over her anger at President Donald Trump for vetoing legislation to finish a crucial infrastructure project in her district in Eastern Colorado — and she laid out a possible "swampy" plan to force him to approve the bill anyway.According to the...
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CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins appeared stunned Wednesday after a Republican lawmaker effectively confirmed what Trump administration officials have refused to say aloud: that the federal investigation into the Federal Reserve chair may be rooted in political retaliation. Pressed on whether the probe would exist if interest rates had been cut as...
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A former lawmaker was accused of sending sexual text messages, using MDMA and having sex with her former bodyguard in a lawsuit filed against her for alienation of affection, according to reports Thursday.The lawsuit was filed by Heather Ammel, Matthew Ammel's wife, who alleged in a lawsuit filed in North Carolina that former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema...
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JD Vance famously admitted he was willing "to create stories” to attract media attention during the 2024 presidential campaign.It was his stunning defense of knowingly spreading false, racist rumors of pet-eating Haitian immigrants in his home state of Ohio.The lie demonized the large, legally welcomed immigrant population in Springfield to stoke...
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Comedian Michael Ian Black argued that the Trump administration's raid on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home should alarm Americans, framing it as a warning to anyone who speaks out. The FBI seized Natanson's devices in connection with a national security leak investigation, but Black noted the case appears to fall outside exceptions...
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After last year's deadly Hill Country flood took at least 135 lives over the July 4 weekend, volunteers flocked to the area to support disaster relief efforts. Among those volunteers were members of Patriot Front, a neo-Nazi organization that is one of the nation's largest and most influential white nationalist groups.On July 23, Patriot Front...
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One of President Donald Trump's most embattled Cabinet secretaries may have found a way to escape accountability for her role in helping the president avoid fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to one analyst. Attorney General Pam Bondi has found herself in the hot seat over her handling of the Epstein files release, Joe Perticone,...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom flatly rejected a demand from Louisiana Republicans to extradite a California doctor accused of mailing abortion medication into the state, escalating a growing interstate clash over reproductive rights. Louisiana officials indicted Dr. Remy Coeytaux under the state's near-total abortion ban and vowed to bring him back...
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White House adviser Stephen Miller insisted that "foreign invaders" and others in Minnesota were staging "an insurgency against the federal government."Just hours after President Donald Trump threatened to use the Insurrection Act to send troops into Minneapolis, Miller suggested to the hosts of The Charlie Kirk Show that there was an organized...
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MAGA loyalist Rep. Jim Comer (R) took a shot at his Democratic colleagues on Thursday, warning that how they react to subpoenas of the Clintons shows if they actually care about the victims in the Jeffrey Epstein case.Raw Story caught up with Comer and other lawmakers to discuss the latest developments in the case, in which Bill and Hillary Clinton...
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U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young shocked attorneys with a damning opinion against two of President Donald Trump's cabinet secretaries — Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem — who he said conspired to undermine the free speech rights of pro-Palestinian activists.Following a September ruling against the Trump administration, Young continued to...
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Supreme Court scholar, Jeffrey Toobin warned that President Donald Trump appears to have learned how to neutralize the Supreme Court without openly defying it, a development he said could hollow out American democracy. Speaking on The Daily Beast Podcast, Toobin explained that the Court lacks enforcement power and relies on the other branches to...
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A Democratic lawmaker Thursday shot down President Donald Trump's push to take over Greenland. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) had a stern response to Trump's threats to take the island nation and Danish territory, despite the country's foreign minister and Danish foreign minister pushing back and saying Trump lied in his main claim about why the United...
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Appearing on MS NOW on Thursday morning, a former Department of Homeland Security intel official stunned host Ana Cabrera when he pointed out the huge gaps in training being given to new ICE hires who are being deployed on the streets on Minneapolis.Following two shootings in one week after Minneapolis–St. Paul has faced an influx of thousands...
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President Donald Trump backed down on his threats against Iran Thursday, and the internet was ready to mock the move.Trump could reportedly be having second thoughts on interfering in Iran in the wake of deadly protests against the Middle Eastern country's clerical regime. The move could drag the U.S. into a longterm conflict following strikes...
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted that President Donald Trump was "simply joking" when he repeatedly suggested canceling U.S. elections.During Thursday's White House briefing, one reporter noted that Trump told Reuters that "we shouldn't even have an election.""President Trump has talked twice in recent days, once in the Kennedy...
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A prominent clinical professor of medicine says President Donald Trump appears to have suffered a stroke earlier this year, citing a series of publicly visible physical and behavioral signs he argues are medically consistent with a left-brain injury. Speaking on The Court of History podcast, Dr. Bruce Davidson of Washington State University pointed...
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This is a national emergency. Donald Trump is off the rails. His ICE and Border Patrol goons are loose on America. The havoc in Minneapolis will worsen and will occur elsewhere. Yesterday, someone else was shot there.His military is loose on the world. Now Venezuela and the Caribbean, at any moment Iran or Cuba or Greenland. (European nations are...
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A former Republican congressman and frequent target of President Donald Trump's attacks isn't surprised by his vulgar reaction to a heckler.The 79-year-old president responded to an autoworker who called him a "pedophile protector" during a recent Ford factory tour by mouthing the words "f--- you" and flipping his middle finger at the man, who...
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had a harsh response Thursday to a journalist who questioned the ICE killing of mother Renee Good in Minneapolis. The fatal shooting of Good, who was gunned down driving in her car last week by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, has raised questions over the agency's aggressive tactics and response to protests....
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Vice President JD Vance's statement about why ICE agent Jonathan Ross fired three fatal shots, killing mother-of-three Renee Good in Minneapolis, was "utterly ignorant" and could be problematic, a legal analyst said Thursday.Former federal prosecutor Shanlon Wu described why the agent's "objectively reasonable" argument might not hold up after...
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President Donald Trump's shuttering of USAID last year will have a long-term negative impact on children throughout the world, according to a report released on Thursday by Oxfam.In its analysis, Oxfam estimates that a child under the age of five could die every 40 seconds by 2030 thanks to the Trump administration's dismantling of American foreign...
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) pressed President Donald Trump's nominee for commander of the U.S. Southern Command after he struggled not to contradict Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about whether it was proper to question the legality of orders.During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, Warren sought to clarify why Hegseth has...
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A key NATO ally is pushing back hard against President Donald Trump's renewed push to seize Greenland, accusing him of fabricating claims that China poses an imminent threat to the island. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt told U.S. officials that Trump's assertions about Chinese military...
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Self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist” Elon Musk believes schoolteachers should be "imprisoned” for educating students on topics that portray America negatively—including the nation's history of racism and the displacement of Native Americans.The world's richest man, who was a prolific donor to President Donald Trump and a member of his...
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The Trump administration is reportedly planning to hire private military contractors—including possibly the notorious mercenary Erik Prince—to provide security as the US works to secure Venezuela's massive oil reserves.CNN reported Thursday that "multiple private security companies are already jockeying to get involved in the US presence in...
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A press conference by House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) descended into chaos Wednesday after a self-described citizen journalist heckled Republicans as Comer unveiled plans to pursue contempt of Congress proceedings against the Clintons. The disruption escalated when the man shouted questions about sworn testimony and refused to back down,...
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Donald Trump's former national security adviser was as baffled as many of the president's conservative supporters were after the president changed course on pressuring Iran and supporting protesters based entirely on a dubious Fox News report. On Tuesday, the president went on a saber-rattling jag by writing on Truth Social, "Iranian Patriots, KEEP...
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President Donald Trump bemoaned the possibility of Republicans losing control of their congressional majorities and mused about canceling the midterm elections to prevent that from happening in a new interview, raising alarms for numerous observers.The 79-year-old president spoke to Reuters, which reported that Trump expressed frustration that the...
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The Department of Homeland Security's plans to demolish historic buildings in Washington, D.C., have run into a major obstacle, according to newly revealed documents.The Washington Post obtained documents that showed engineers have determined the vacant buildings on the landmark campus of St. Elizabeths are "generally in stable condition," which...
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MAGA influencer Steve Bannon suggested that President Donald Trump should invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota because "they hate white people" in the state.After Trump threatened to use the law to send troops to Minnesota, Bannon opened his Thursday War Room show with a full-throated endorsement of the idea."We demand mass deportations!"...
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There's something we need to talk about before talking about anything else related to Renee Nicole Good's murder.The likelihood of convicting her killer is very low.No matter how damning you may think the video evidence is — and it is damning — Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who shot Good in the face, is still a cop.Put that with another fact...
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attempted to explain President Donald Trump's eating habits in an unusual discussion about the Make America Healthy Again movement and her personal connection to it.In an exclusive interview with Politico published Thursday, Leavitt — the youngest press secretary in United States history and the first...
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Grönland rückt immer mehr ins Zentrum der Sicherheitspolitik: Dänemark kündigt gemeinsam mit Schweden, Frankreich, Norwegen und Deutschland eine militärische Übungs- und Erkundungsmission in der Arktis an. Offiziell geht es um Abschreckung gegenüber Russland und China, doch hinter den Kulissen dreht sich vieles um Donald Trumps Ambitionen...
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A bipartisan group of senators held a secret meeting this week to try and stop President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from interfering with and destroying FEMA, according to reports Thursday. The disaster relief agency has been targeted by the Trump administration and the meeting on Tuesday aimed to build bipartisan...
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The intensifying crackdown on immigration in Minnesota is dragging down President Donald Trump's approval rating, according to a new analysis, but he seems bent on raising the temperature.The 79-year-old president threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in response to protests against his mass deportation campaign and the fatal shooting of a...
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Pardoned former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn argued that President Donald Trump's invocation of the Insurrection Act would likely not be enough to end the violence sparked after Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were involved in multiple shootings in Minneapolis.Flynn spoke to Real America's Voice on Thursday, just hours...
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A legal expert Thursday slammed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's claim that Americans should be ready to show proof of citizenship. CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig called out Noem's response after reporters outside the White House asked her why ICE agents in Minnesota were asking people to provide their identification and legal status....
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Critical comments about Donald Trump that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) made in secret grand jury testimony reflect a general belief among GOP lawmakers that the president is delusional to the point that Graham asserted was "unnerving," according to an insider.Appearing on MS NOW on Thursday morning, ex-Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) was asked about the...
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