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Vice President JD Vance was met with the loudest boos in the Indiana statehouse on Thursday, according to one observer of a rally at the Capitol.Vance was in Indiana to meet with Gov. Mike Braun (R). The governor's office erected a large black curtain in front of the door of the office, blocking anyone from being able to glance inside the outer...
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Reports that the White House hosted a meeting of top Trump administration officials on Wednesday night set off alarm bells in one lawyer's ears. According to multiple media reports, the White House meeting concerned the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein story. Vice President JD Vance, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney...
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Texas state Rep. Mihaela Plesa (D) gave Fox News host a lesson in democracy after Democrats in the state broke quorum to prevent Republicans from passing a new congressional district map.During a Thursday interview on Fox News, Cain sought to downplay Republicans' decision to pursue additional gerrymandering in Texas at the behest of President...
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An immigrant rights advocate tore into the Trump administration Thursday afternoon on CNN over a controversial practice of family separations, in which migrant kids are taken from their parents. Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigration Rights Project, joined Brianna Keilar on "News Central" to discuss the administration's resumption...
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Two major Republican state officials in Georgia running rival gubernatorial campaigns are escalating the attacks on each other, as one files a lawsuit challenging a fundraising law that he says puts him at an unfair advantage.It's the latest in a high-profile primary fight for the seat being vacated by departing Gov. Brian Kemp.According to The...
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President Donald Trump set a deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine, and that date is on Friday. However, now, Trump is saying that it's up to Putin. Speaking to the press on Thursday, he was asked, "Is your deadline still standing for Putin to agree to a ceasefire tomorrow?""It's gonna be up to him. Very...
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The Trump administration's cuts to public health funding could have a devastating impact, according to one analyst. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced that his agency was canceling about $500 million in research funding for mRNA vaccines. Kennedy said in a video posted on social media that...
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Vice President JD Vance is widely considered one of the most likely frontrunners for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination — but longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon is already so convinced he can't win, he's thinking about launching a presidential campaign himself.The Daily Mail reported on Bannon's outreach to political advisers about a...
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Right-wing influencers online intentionally ginned up the outrage machine over Sydney Sweeney's new "American Eagle" jeans ad when the outrage wasn't there.Following the release of a jeans commercial featuring "Sydney Sweeney's" good jeans, a few comments were posted from accounts with few followers and little notoriety. The New York Times reported...
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An analyst slammed the Department of Defense's plans to reinstall a Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery. On Wednesday, the department said it would spend about $10 million over two years to reinstall a monument to the Confederacy. The original sculpture was erected in 1914 and features a classical female figure and sanitized...
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President Donald Trump lied to the press on Wednesday when he dismissed reporting that White House officials would join a secret meeting to discuss how to deal with the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. As it turns out, the meeting did happen, MSNBC reported Thursday. It's likely because Trump is feeling "deeply betrayed" by his supporters who believed what...
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After multiple delays, the "reciprocal" tariffs first announced this past spring by U.S. President Donald Trump went into effect on Thursday, even as the American economy shows serious signs of weakness.As reported by CNBC, the new tariffs hit nations all over the world and included particularly hefty tariffs on longtime trading partners such as...
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A University of Michigan economics and public policy professor revealed that over his summer vacation, he met with some foreign officials who continue to mock President Donald Trump.Speaking to MSNBC on Thursday, Justin Wolfers was asked about Apple's new announcement that it would invest $100 billion in U.S. manufacturing. He joked that his young...
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A federal judge has put a stop to any additions to the Florida Everglades immigrant detention facility that Republicans have named Alligator Alcatraz. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Mary Williams halted operations at the facility for two weeks, citing environmental impact testimony that has been presented over the past two days, reported ABC News....
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With little else to offer voters who have grown concerned about the financial impact Donald Trump's tariffs are having on their pocketbooks, the president has fallen back once again by dangling the prospect of a rebate in the form of a tax credit form of a tax credit.However, as MSNBC's Ryan Teague Beckwith bluntly put it: "This is not going to...
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Texas conservative Stephen Lawrence berated Republican Texas state senators for moving further to gerrymander the state on behalf of President Donald Trump."I am a lawyer, I'm a lifetime conservative," Lawrence testified during a Thursday hearing on redistricting. "I have always agreed with the principles of the Republican Party and I've never...
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The FBI has agreed to a request from U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) to locate the Texas Democratic state lawmakers who exited the state to deny Republicans a quorum—part of a broader attempt to block Gov. Greg Abbott and President Donald Trump's push to redraw congressional maps and boost GOP-held House seats, the Texas Republican announced...
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I have become convinced that while the repulsive, 79-year-old Donald Trump slowly shrivels up and dies right in front of our eyes, he is going to do everything in his power to take as many Americans as possible to his bomb-crater-sized grave with him.How else to explain the latest news pointing to just how little he and his disintegrating,...
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President Donald Trump's tantrum over the weak jobs numbers and termination of the Bureau of Labor Statistics director is in many ways a repeat of history, as former President Richard Nixon similarly became paranoid that federal data was being cooked to sabotage him. But there's a big difference in how far each president was willing to go, at least...
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Back in April, President Donald Trump paused the rollout of a Biden-era rule that sought to tamper down "abusive (Medicare) pricing practices” from private companies, and on Thursday, new records indicate that Trump's own MAGA Inc. received a $5 million donation from one such company that stood to lose out on billions of dollars in earnings, The...
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President Donald Trump proposed conducting a new census as he schemes to keep Republicans in the congressional majorities, but experts agree the plan is plainly unconstitutional.The president is already pushing for Republican-led states to redraw their congressional districts at mid-decade to favor Republicans in next year's midterm elections, and...
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Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison (R) called on the legislature to gerrymander another district for Republicans for each week that Democrats prevent the adoption of a new congressional map by remaining out of state."Every morning I'm updating the statistics, okay, on what is actually going on in terms of punishment for the Democrats," Harrison told...
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A boast by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) that the FBI will intercede and take into custody Texas Democratic lawmakers who have fled the state to avoid a controversial gerrymandering bill, was shot down by MSNBC's Ken Dilanian on Thursday morning.On X, Cornyn wrote that FBI Director Kash Patel, "... has responded to my request to assist state & local law...
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President Donald Trump claims he's ordering a new, mid-decade census, but legal experts say he has "no authority" to alter a process that's plainly spelled out in the U.S. Constitution.The president is calling for another census in the middle of the decade as multiple Republican-led states redrawing their congressional districts to favor their...
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) claimed she was holding the "Mother of All Town Halls," and pledged she would answer questions from anyone, including Democrats. However, anyone who appeared to disagree with her was removed from the event by Mace's security. Mace began the town hall by claiming she would "go anywhere" to spread President Donald Trump's...
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A transportation services company rebuked the Trump administration after its rental trucks were used during an immigration raid in Los Angeles by Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and CNN's Pamela Brown was surprised by its vehement opposition to the move.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents hid in the back of Penske box trucks as...
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Here's a quick question for you today. Is Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach a U.S. citizen?I'm just asking.It seems a reasonable question given the insulting intimidation directed toward Lenexa City Council member Melanie Arroyo after a tipster left a voicemail at the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The KBI forwarded the information to Lenexa...
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Toward the end of an extensive interview with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, MSNBC's Eugene Robinson was afforded an opportunity to question the Donald Trump official and put him on the spot over the tariffs that went into effect at midnight.After making a pitch to co-host Joe Scarborough that the tariffs should soon increase employment numbers,...
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Texans affected by the deadly Central Texas flood last month were left unable to reach a federal crisis hotline for five consecutive days due to a "funding lapse” created by the Trump administration, NPR reported Thursday.According to documents newly obtained by NPR, funding for call centers contracted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
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MAGA TV host Gina Loudon of Real America's Voice revealed that she wanted Elon Musk's Optimus robot to massage her "every single night."During a Thursday segment, Loudon noted that Musk had been ranked as the most unpopular figure in the country."Look, Elon Musk has created — well, hasn't created — he has helped create some of the most...
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FBI agent Brian Driscoll, who was named as the acting director of the FBI before Kash Patel could be confirmed, has been ousted from the agency, NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian said on Thursday. Driscoll was an 18-year veteran with the FBI who started his career investigating organized crime, according to the release announcing his post in January....
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Fearing their political careers could come to an abrupt end, Republican lawmakers in so-called "Blue states" are frantically both begging and warning Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson to call off the drive for gerrymandering that is taking place in Texas.Concerned that Democratic governors will respond in kind, Politico is reporting that...
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) blasted his own party's leadership Thursday over its efforts to block the release of files on Jeffrey Epstein, while at the same time, heaping praise on Texas Democrats that had fled their home state to obstruct a planned redistricting – and in the form of a meme.Massie has been the most outspoken Republican lawmaker on...
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President Donald Trump is calling for a new census as Republican-led states consider mid-decade congressional redistricting, and a former GOP lieutenant governor called his moves an "obvious attempt" to undermine democracy.The president posted Thursday morning on Truth Social that he had "instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin...
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Jared Wise, who was tapped by the Trump administration to serve as an investigator in the Justice Department, can be heard urging a mob to "kill” police officers in a newly unearthed video recording during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in Washington, D.C."You guys are disgusting, you are the Nazi, you are the Gestapo, you can't see it because you're...
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Livingston County Sheriff Mike Murphy, who's also running for the Michigan Senate, held a political fundraiser for U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers last month and coordinated the event using taxpayer-funded resources, according to emails obtained by Michigan Advance.The documents, obtained via the Freedom of Information Act, show that Murphy used...
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"Abbott's bid to expel the House Democratic leader goes to a court filled with his appointees" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune's daily...
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Twenty-seven dead. Twenty-seven young women and staff from the Camp Mystic near Kerrville, Texas. Apparently, many were still asleep or just waking when the early morning flood cut loose. It was as if a bomb went off.They slept as danger and death were imminent. This lesson speaks volumes, and not just of water. These days, bombs go off daily while...
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) announced that FBI Director Kash Patel had granted his request for the FBI to assist Texas officials in holding Texas Democrats accountable after they left the state to prevent redistricting."I am proud to announce that Director Kash Patel has approved my request for the FBI to assist state and local law enforcement in...
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A prominent farmer lamented that President Donald Trump's policies were wrecking the agriculture industry and driving many to despair.The president's trade war has raised prices on fertilizers and other necessary supplies, while also cutting off some foreign markets, and John Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association, told "CNN...
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President Donald Trump tanked the stock of a tech company by demanding its chief executive's resignation.The president called on Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan step down after Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) sent a letter to the chipmaker's board of directors asking about his economic ties to China, and the company's stock dropped 4.1 percent in premarket trading...
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Plans by Rep. James Comer (R-KY) to use his position as the chair of the House Oversight and Reform Committee to calm the waters around the Jeffrey Epstein files will fail before he even starts, former prosecutor Dave Aronberg explained on MSNBC on Thursday morning.During the segment on "Morning Joe," Aronberg claimed there are too many hurdles for...
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With Republicans holding onto a slim margin in the Senate, Democrats are looking for seats they normally wouldn't have a shot at as the 2026 election looms, and Sen. Joni Ernst's Iowa seat has moved to the top of the list.According to a report from NOTUS, Democrats realize they have an uphill fight but Ernst, who has been buffeted my missteps, is...
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The latest episode of South Park that took aim at a number of top Trump administration officials had MAGA world up in arms late Wednesday for its portrayal of the president, many of whom decried the show as having gone "woke.”"South Park is not MAGA and does not support America,” wrote X user RealCherokeeOwl, a pro-Trump account with more than...
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A Harvard astronomer explained why an unidentified object detected this summer could potentially be an alien spacecraft.Avi Loeb, the chair of the university's astronomy department, appeared Thursday on "CNN This Morning" to discuss speculation about the 3I/ATLAS interstellar object, which was first spotted on July 1 by the Deep Random Survey...
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Texas Republicans aren't just redistricting. They are doing so in a dangerous and unprecedented way, according to a former Tea Party Republican lawmaker.Former GOP Congressman Joe Walsh, who recently accused Donald Trump's administration of a massive coverup, published an article called, America, Go Back to Civics Class, Please, in which he argues...
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President Donald Trump announced Thursday his intentions to exclude undocumented immigrants from the U.S. Census, who have been counted in the nationwide count that occurs once every ten years since at least 1790."I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate Census based on modern day facts and...
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Michael Whatley, the Trump-backed Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, has made it his "mission” to "get more men and women of faith into the public square.”Whatley's own church, however, has repeatedly clashed with the Trump administration over the past six months, as its national leader has embraced a reputation as a...
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President Donald Trump ushered in the implementation of his so-called reciprocal tariffs early Thursday at midnight, proclaiming that "billions of dollars in tariffs are now flowing into the United States” as a federal court continues to litigate Trump's authority to impose them."Billions of dollars, largely from countries that have taken...
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Katie Miller, a former White House aide and wife of deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, is ending her work for Elon Musk and starting up a self-titled podcast.The 33-year-old Miller had been a liaison between the White House and Musk when he oversaw the Department of Government Efficiency, but she followed him back to the private sector when he...
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There's a tape.Not a metaphor, not a rumor, not some fuzzy third-hand whisper passed from burner phone to basement podcast. A real audio recording. Two full days of Ghislaine Maxwell, the trafficker-in-chief of Jeffrey Epstein's underage empire, speaking directly to Deputy Attorney General and Trump former criminal lawyer Todd Blanche. The Justice...
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