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Concluding "God help us all,” a former Republican Party campaign advisor claimed on Tuesday morning that Donald Trump seems hellbent on launching World War III and not one of his advisors will lift a finger to stop him.In his morning Substack newsletter, the acerbic Rick Wilson expressed sincere alarm that the unrestrained Trump will turn his...
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President Donald Trump issued a disturbing message on social media Tuesday to the people of Iran, warning them that their civilization will likely "never be brought back again” as his Tuesday night deadline for Tehran looms."A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably...
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The U.S. military has launched an attack on Iran's Kharg island, according to Axios reporter Barak Ravid on Tuesday, citing an unnamed "senior U.S. official.”Kharg island is a major oil hub for Iran, and was attacked by the United States in mid-March with a "large-scale precision strike” that intentionally preserved the island's oil...
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According to two former diplomats, the injection of religious fervor by Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth into the Iran war is a gift to the mullahs of the embattled country that will only make things worse.On MS NOW's "Morning Joe” contributor Sam Stein noted that Hegseth made a strained comparison between a downed US airman...
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President Donald Trump doubled down on his threat Monday to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure by Tuesday night if the country doesn't cave to his demand, but in doing so, he may very well strengthen Iran's resolve, while at the same time, further isolate the United States on the global stage, MS NOW editor and columnist Zeeshan Aleem argued on...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is facing a "healthy amount of anger” from House Republicans after committing what Punchbowl News described Tuesday as a "cardinal sin,” one that left many Republicans in a difficult spot.Johnson is currently working to end the partial government shutdown, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) having...
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Donald Trump is champing at the bit to launch devastating strikes on Iran's critical infrastructure, making dark jokes about the attack to his inner circle even as mediators desperately work to broker a last-minute deal before his 8 p.m. ET Tuesday deadline.According to reporting from Axios's Barak Ravid and Marc Caputo, Trump is the most hawkish...
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A former Fox News host who now solo broadcasts to millions of right-wing followers has caused a MAGA meltdown by, according to some, insinuating that Donald Trump is the anti-Christ.Long known as a friend and ally of the president, Tucker Carlson has lately upset MAGA for his criticisms, often related to the Iran war. But he may have taken things...
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On Easter Sunday, Donald Trump posted to his failing, Nazi-infested social media site a rant that has shocked the world, threatening multiple war crimes with a level of obscenity that no Republican would have tolerated from President Barack Obama or any other Democrat:"Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran....
ReadPolitico - Europe (9 hours ago)
Fünf Tage vor der Wahl in Ungarn wackelt die Macht von Viktor Orbán wie seit 15 Jahren nicht mehr. Während der US-Vizepräsident Vance zur moralischen (und strategischen) Wahlkampfhilfe in Budapest landet, sorgt ein vereitelter Anschlag auf die Balkan-Stream-Pipeline für Unruhe. Gemeinsam mit Hans von der Burchard analysiert Rixa Fürsen...
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EU foreign policy runs on unanimity — and it's starting to break down. Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart unpack growing frustration with how the EU makes foreign policy, as divisions over Ukraine funding, Russia sanctions and the war in Iran expose the pitfalls of the veto. With calls — led by Germany and Sweden — […]
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President Donald Trump appears to be "cornered" by his own mortality as the cracks in his coalition deepen, according to one expert. David Rothkopf, the former editor of Foreign Policy Magazine, discussed Trump's continued efforts to find a way out of the war in Iran on Monday's new episode of "The Daily Beast Podcast" with host Joanna Coles....
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A Trump Truth Store based on Truth Social in Crystal Lake, Illinois, closed after sales plummeted amid the unpopular Iran war, as reported by The Chicago Tribune. Owner Lisa Fleischmann announced the closure on Facebook March 26, writing, "I am not even making ½ of my rent." Fleischmann told the Chicago Tribune that sales dropped sharply after...
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President Donald Trump lashed out at a Fox News reporter on Monday night over her coverage of a key piece of his legislative agenda. Trump posted on Truth Social that Fox News host Shannon Bream was spewing "Democrat propaganda and lies" on her show after debating Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) about the SAVE America Act, a piece of legislation that...
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A former federal prosecutor was beside himself on Monday while he discussed a report on the latest court drama regarding President Donald Trump's ballroom project. Glenn Kirschner discussed a recent CBS News report on Monday detailing a suspicious court filing submitted by Trump's Department of Justice on a new episode of his podcast, "Justice...
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Republicans voted to eliminate federal funding for public radio as part of President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" of tax cuts last year — and now some of them want to step in and save the rural and tribal radio stations endangered by this decision.According to a new report by NOTUS, "Some Republican lawmakers say they're requesting...
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The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board expressed alarm at President Donald Trump's new threats to carpet-bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran — a vow he leveled at the regime if they do not reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic.This threat follows days of Trump threatening to go after such infrastructure, but he is now...
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Retired General Barry McCaffrey expressed serious concern about President Donald Trump's Easter Sunday post threatening Iran, suggesting Trump requires medical evaluation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Trump's posted, "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day...There will be nothing like it!!!" Ending it with, "you'll be...
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At a Democrat-led Congressional hearing in late February, children's author and former TV writer Bess Kalb used a previously unreported incident in Clancy, where she had to cancel a book reading event, to illustrate a point about the broader impacts of the Trump Administration's crackdown on the First Amendment.Saying on Feb. 24 it was the first...
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The Supreme Court's silence on a key issue has sent a "chilling message" to women across America, according to one expert. For years, the Supreme Court has seemed reluctant to address questions surrounding qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that shields police officers and other law enforcement officials from damages in civil lawsuits. That...
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Voting rights lawyer, Marc Elias, warned that Vice President JD Vance's planned trip to Hungary reveals the Trump administration's authoritarian intentions ahead of midterm elections.Vance will meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and discuss the U.S. and Hungary "partnership" just before Hungary's elections through April 7-8, as...
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Democrats remain stuck with weak favorability numbers despite winning a series of special elections and being poised in most polls to win the midterm elections in November, veteran Democratic strategist James Carville told MS NOW's Ari Melber on Monday. But there's a simple reason for that, and an equally simple way they can fix the problem, he...
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Republican governors and senators are increasingly opposing Department of Homeland Security, DHS, plans to retrofit warehouses into massive immigrant detention facilities, allying with Democrats to block the expansion. New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte joined local Democrats to oppose a planned detention center and exposed DHS's nationwide...
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Newly-appointed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin floated a new way in an interview on Fox News to punish cities that don't agree to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement round up residents for mass deportation: strip staffing from their international ports of entry."I believe sanctuary cities is (sic) not lawful," Mullin told Fox...
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A House Democrat on Monday announced her intentions to introduce articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran.Rep. Yassamin Ansari posted on X that Trump's recent threats to strike civilian infrastructure in Iran if the regime does not agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, combined with Hegseth's refusal to...
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Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi rejected President Donald Trump's repeated claims that gas prices will fall "rapidly" when the Iran war comes to an end. Instead Zandi warned pre-war prices may never return. "I don't think we're going back to the pre-war prices for the foreseeable future," explained Zandi, adding, "Certainly won't be...
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine intervened, preventing President Donald Trump from publicly disclosing classified information about troop numbers deployed in a successful rescue mission of two U.S. airmen shot down over Iran on Friday. During a press conference, Trump admitted some military advisers opposed the operation, then described the...
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Legendary Democratic strategist James Carville told MS NOW's Ari Melber on Monday that President Donald Trump is reaching all-time lows with the public — and upcoming elections give Democrats a chance to twist the knife.Carville and Melber focused in particular on a moment at Trump's latest press event when he walked out on a question about gas...
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A Democratic governor unloaded on Republicans who claim their policies are leading to lower energy prices for everyday Americans. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis discussed energy prices in a new episode of the "Politico Energy Podcast" with host Zack Colman on Monday, arguing that President Donald Trump's tariffs, the war in Iran, and expiring energy tax...
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Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy and key architect of the administration's immigration enforcement strategy, faces questions about continuing aggressive deportation campaigns as public and Republican support declines. Miller previously directed federal agents to "push the limits" on deportation tactics, but has since...
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President Donald Trump's assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon, attended the wedding ceremony of Caroline Wren, a prominent activist who helped organize the key January 6 rally affiliated with the "Stop the Steal" conspiracy theory movement.According to liberal elections outlet Democracy Docket, "Photos posted to social media...
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Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) suggested that President Donald Trump's decisions in the Iran war would have lasting repercussions for the United States. Bacon, a retired Air Force general, told CNN anchor Jake Tapper that he had spoken with members of the Trump administration about the ongoing military conflict in the Middle East, and that he had expressed...
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Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones warned that President Donald Trump might deploy nuclear weapons against Iran, characterizing him as a "dementia risk."Jones stated that in his 32 years on air, he has never seen such danger, describing Trump as having "become a nightmare."Jones claimed Trump threatened to destroy Iran entirely in a single...
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Reactions were mounting on Monday as news surfaced about an incident involving two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who tackled a rape survivor to the ground just moments after she testified in a New Jersey courtroom. David J. Bier, Cato Institute Director of Immigration Studies, shared an excerpt from an Atlantic report on X about an...
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A prominent psychologist shared a startling warning about President Donald Trump's newest addiction during a live podcast interview on Monday. Dr. John Gartner, a former professor at Johns Hopkins University, discussed Trump's "rapidly declining" mental state on a new episode of "The Daily Beast Podcast" with host Joanna Coles. He argued that...
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A senior U.S. official disclosed that Trump administration lawyers are pressured to approve "violently illegal" war plans, with dissenters largely purged.According to sources cited by Zeteo, the White House and Pentagon require lawyers to "get to a Yes" when President Donald Trump demands controversial actions. Since its launch in late February,...
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As the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week about the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship, Justice Sonia Sotomayor seemed skeptical.The order as written applies only to babies born in the future, and the Trump administration has asked the court to exclude current citizens from any...
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The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has filed a civil suit seeking records that could indicate whether President Donald Trump profited personally from his litigation against the federal government over his prosecutions prior to the 2024 presidential election.Trump faced two federal prosecutions, both...
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President Donald Trump nearly spilled state secrets while he soft-pitched a movie to reporters during a press conference on Monday, according to a new report. The New Republic reported on Monday that Trump made the comments during a rambling portion of the press conference where he described how U.S. forces rescued an Air Force officer who was shot...
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The internet erupted on Monday after President Donald Trump tried to take credit for a military operation that killed the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks on the United States — which Trump did not actually lead. Trump was speaking about the Iran war during a high-stakes press conference at the White House when he made the claim that he...
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Stewart Stevens, Mitt Romney's former chief campaign strategist, warned that President Donald Trump has created conditions for one of the "greatest tragedies in American foreign policy history" through his Iran war. Stevens stated Trump appears incapable of recognizing administration mistakes, risking "complete tragedies" for U.S. soldiers and...
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Two former employees at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., have revealed that the institution preemptively changed its programming to avoid the Trump administration's criticism, according to a Politico report on Monday. As President Donald Trump returned to his second term in office, the museum cut a workshop titled the...
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A former Phoenix-area prosecutor turned right-wing pundit tried to use her connection to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office to get out of a DUI arrest, but failed because she was reportedly so intoxicated she couldn't even pronounce the sheriff's name right, The Arizona Republic reported on Monday. According to the report, 54-year-old Rachel...
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Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones warned that President Donald Trump might use nuclear weapons on Iran because he is a "dementia risk.""Hands down, in my 32 years on air, nothing has ever even come close to how much danger we're in and the insanity of what's unfolding and the nightmare that Trump has become," Jones asserted on Monday after...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
A Nobel Prize-winner has called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked against Donald Trump following a series of failures.Paul Krugman suggested Trump knows the war in Iran is now a lost cause, but that the president would not pull out of the conflict. Speaking in a post published to his Substack, Krugman suggested the only way out may be to invoke...
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President Donald Trump is finally beginning to face reality as his inner circle confronts the realization the Iran war, long thought to be his ticket back to popularity, is instead sinking the GOP even further ahead of the midterms, Greg Sargent and Kate Aronoff discussed as part of a recent podcast under The New Republic.This comes as recent...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)
President Donald Trump issued a serious threat for Iran on Monday, prompting shocked reactions online. Trump was speaking during a White House press conference when he made the unsettling comment referring to the ongoing conflict. "The entire country could be taken out in one night. And that night might be tomorrow night," he said. The internet was...
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The Trump Truth Store in the Chicago suburbs had to close temporarily as sales plummeted during the widely unpopular Iran war, The Chicago Tribune reported.The MAGA-themed business based on President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform in Crystal Lake abruptly closed, according to The Tribune. Owner Lisa Fleischmann announced that the store would...
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine was forced to step in to prevent President Donald Trump from disclosing classified war plans.During a press conference about the rescue of two U.S. airmen in Iran on Monday, Trump was asked if all of his military advisers had agreed about the mission."No, there were military people, very professional, that...
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth went for a peculiar comparison at Monday's press conference on the rescue of downed pilots in Iran, comparing the operation to bring them home to the resurrection of Jesus Christ."Shot down on Good Friday, hidden in a cave, a crevice all of Saturday and rescued on Sunday," said Hegseth. "Flown out of Iran as the...
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President Donald Trump issued an open threat Monday to journalists over their coverage of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, warning those who first reported on a missing U.S. pilot to reveal their sources or "go to jail.”On Friday, Iran shot down two U.S. military planes, the pilots of which both survived. One pilot was rescued on Friday,...
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On Sunday, Trump posted: Trump's Truth Social post (Truth Social)Now, I ask you: If you were in the Iranian regime, would you be: (1) frightened by this post or (2) relieved that you were finally causing Trump to melt down?I'd guess (2). You'd see his post and figure that Trump — posting on Easter Sunday —has finally gone utterly and...
ReadNational Public Radio - Politics (19 hours ago)
A paper in JAMA Internal Medicine adds to the growing scientific evidence that medication abortion pills would be safe to sell over-the-counter at the pharmacy. But political opposition means that possibility may not happen anytime soon.
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President Donald Trump was "pressed” during a phone call Sunday by the leader of a major U.S. ally to not pursue a ceasefire with Iran, according to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, citing an unnamed source."[Israeli] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed President Trump in a phone call yesterday not to pursue a ceasefire at this stage and...
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Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) was accused by a former staffer of asking for explicit photos via text years before the affair with his staffer who died last year, according to a report from the San Antonio Express News.During his 2020 congressional campaign, Gonzales reportedly asked his campaign's political director when she went to sleep and then...
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With the possibility of Republicans losing majority control of the House already a foregone conclusion, Senate Republicans have announced plans to spend over $342 million to forestall the same fate in their chamber.The spending list tells the story: Republicans are being forced to defend seats in states where they have traditionally been favored to...
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Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) was accused by a former staffer of asking for sex and nude photos via text years before the affair with his staffer who died by suicide last year, according to a report from the San Antonio Express News. During his 2020 congressional campaign, Gonzales reportedly asked his campaign's political director when she went to...
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The war in Iran has worn down President Donald Trump's spirit and sidetracked his "culture war obsessions," an analyst explained on Monday. Salon's Amanda Marcotte discussed how Trump has tried to convince the American public to support the ongoing war in the Middle East. Despite his attempts during his address to the nation last week, he "sounded...
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WASHINGTON — New Hampshire's Republican governor, frustrated with little information about the Department of Homeland Security's plan to put a new detention facility in her state, joined local Democrats to oppose the move and disclosed DHS plans to retrofit warehouses across the nation to expand immigrant detention.Two Republican members of the...
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Any hope Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) may have about his future in the House will hinge in large part on the far-right Freedom Caucus, which has lost faith in him at a time there are rumors he is positioning himself to climb the leadership ladder.For the Ohio Republican, the Freedom Caucus has an easy path to kill his dreams in much the same way former...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)
First Lady Melania Trump suggested to the children of Iran that her husband was bombing their country to secure peace in the future.During an Easter Egg Roll event at the White House on Monday, one question was directed to the first lady."Madam First Lady, can you tell us your message to children who find themselves in war zones during this holy...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)
Sitting at a picnic table surrounded by ten young children, President Donald Trump aired his grievances with former President Joe Biden and the "fake news” media while participating in a White House Easter event Monday.Trump briefly spoke at the event – known as the White House Easter Egg Roll – before joining a table of children, all of whom...
ReadNational Public Radio - Politics (21 hours ago)
A paper in JAMA Internal Medicine adds to the growing scientific evidence that medication abortion pills would be safe to sell over-the-counter at the pharmacy. But political opposition means that possibility may not happen anytime soon.
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Video recently obtained by The New York Times directly "contradicts” the Trump administration's past claim accusing an immigrant of attempted murder, and may ultimately become critical evidence in potential criminal charges against two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, the outlet reported Monday.In January, Venezuelan immigrant...
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On Monday, President Donald Trump defended his profanity-laced threat he issued on Easter Sunday, a threat that baffled onlookers after he praised Allah and demanded that Iran "open the F----- Strait.”"Why did you use such vulgar language in that Truth Social post?” a reporter asked Trump, who was taking questions during the White House's 2026...
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President Donald Trump's presidency has hit a breaking point, an analyst said on Monday. The New Republic's editor Michael Tomasky described how Trump's plummeting economy and rising prices of oil amid the Iran war have revealed how out of touch the president has been with Americans and their growing concerns. "The presidency of Donald Trump is now...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)
Donald Trump's Easter Sunday post that menaced Iran with more threats amid severe expletives led a retired general to suggest the president needs to be taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for testing.During an appearance on MS NOW's "Morning Joe,” retired General Barry McCaffrey expressed both dismay and disgust with Trump...
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A Supreme Court ruling could lead to the dismissal of a conviction against MAGA influencer Steve Bannon.On Monday, the conservative court threw out an appellate ruling that upheld Bannon's conviction for defying a subpoena to speak before Congress during an investigation of the riot that occurred on Jan. 6, 2021.A trial judge can now act on the...
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A Donald Trump memo on Friday ordering the Department of Homeland Security to "provide each and every employee of D.H.S. with the compensation and benefits” they'd have earned if the department weren't shut down looks good on paper but is worthless with congressional approval.According to MS NOW's Hayes Brown in an article called Trump's DHS...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (23 hours ago)
While President Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted that prices would fall "rapidly” once his administration's war against Iran ends, a prominent economist on Monday not only rejected that claim, but warned that "pre-war prices” may never return in the United States."I don't think we're going back to the pre-war prices for the foreseeable...
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A senior U.S. official revealed Monday that lawyers within the Trump administration "are obligated” to greenlight war plans – even those that appear "violently illegal” – and that those who shoot down such plans have mostly been removed or departed themselves, Zeteo reported."According to sources with direct knowledge of the matter, the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (24 hours ago)
Well, I guess it's reassuring to learn that gasoline prices have nothing to do with Trump's war. And that we're winning against Iran. In fact it's won! Better than anybody could ever have imagined!!! Although we'll be there another few weeks... And maybe we'll bomb them back to the Stone Age… And he needs another $200 billion… And let's...
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Elon Musk's bodyguards were granted federal law enforcement authority without basic training or experience — a shocking breach of security protocols that allowed the world's wealthiest person's security detail to move through federal buildings with deputized agent credentials they had no business carrying.According to reporting from MS NOW's...
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During an appearance on MS NOW on Monday morning, longtime political analyst John Heilemann pointed out that Donald Trump's approval numbers during his second term have been in a freefall with no hope for a turnaround in sight.Speaking with the hosts of "Morning Joe,” Heilemann was unable to come up with one time when the embattled president saw...
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President Donald Trump's efforts to bring about a temporary pause to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran were harshly rebuked Monday by a top Iranian official, and in spite of the president's recent claim that Iran has "asked the United States for a ceasefire.”Al Jazeera reported Monday that Iran had outright rejected the Trump administration's...
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President Donald Trump's shifting messaging around the U.S. war against Iran has grown increasingly "difficult” to understand, Punchbowl News reported Monday in its morning newsletter, and to such a degree that it's pushed some Republicans near a "breaking point.”"Tracking and understanding Trump right now is very difficult, especially on the...
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Donald Trump has done the one thing California Republicans begged him not to do — and in doing so, may have handed the governor's race to Democrats, Politico is reporting.Late Sunday night, Trump endorsed Fox News personality Steve Hilton for California governor on Truth Social, potentially delivering a fatal blow to GOP rival Chad Bianco's...
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Building upon her report from last week about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's purge of the military leadership at the Pentagon, which included Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, The Atlantic's Nancy Youssef claimed the military leadership is walking on eggshells, hoping they survive the Donald Trump appointee's wrath.Appearing on MS NOW's...
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Donald Trump's pending request for an additional $200 billion to fund his Iran war is hitting an immediate wall — not just from Democrats, but from his own party's fiscal conservatives who are demanding answers the administration refuses to provide.According to MS NOW's Jack Fitzpatrick and Kevin Frey, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's hint at the...
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Once described by a Republican colleague as MAGA's "legislative terrorist,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) has uncharacteristically "remained on the sidelines” since President Donald Trump retook the White House, fueling speculation that his quieter approach reflects a bid for party leadership, while also drawing criticism from within the GOP for...
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As we go about our spring, awaiting the latest drop of "The Pitt," putting money on the Final Four, or indefatiguiably scrolling dog videos on "X," it's all too easy to pretend that, as bad as things may be, they remain "managably bad," not so bad as to touch you personally, not "that bad," anyway. At the risk of sounding like an alarmist, please...
ReadPolitico - Europe (A day ago)
With one month to go until the local elections in England, Wales and Scotland — is the electoral map about to be redrawn? In his first major test since the general election, Sir Keir Starmer faces a major health check and verdict on his government and leadership. Could the results reshape his premiership? In this […]
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