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When the Conservatives tabled a motion asking the House of Commons to "take note" of the memorandum of understanding signed between the federal and Alberta governments and express its support for a pipeline, they presumably hoped, one way or another, to make trouble for the Liberal government. But for now it is unclear how much anyone's interests...
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Terra Nova-The Peninsulas MP Jonathan Rowe entered a float in the Trinity Bight Christmas parade featuring the Grinch behind bars and under a banner reading "jail not bail." One resident is raising questions about the place of politics in parades, while Rowe is remaining tongue-in-cheek.
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The Canadian Army will start to replace its entire stock of assault rifles, starting next year. Internal documents obtained by CBC News show a contract under the Canadian Modular Assault Rifle program is imminent. The deal is expected to boost production at a Canadian arms maker as part of the federal government's drive to boost the defence...
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Europa muss sich sicherheitspolitisch neu sortieren. Gordon Repinski spricht mit der Politikwissenschaftlerin Florence Gaub darüber, warum die Debatten über europäische Eigenständigkeit seit Jahrzehnten immer wiederkehren und weshalb der aktuelle Moment dennoch eine andere Qualität hat. Gaub erklärt, wie sehr die Reaktionen Europas weniger...
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An author who has written four books about Donald Trump predicted on Thursday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will be the first of Trump's cabinet officials to depart the administration because he broke a cardinal rule of Trump World. Michael Wolff, who most recently authored "All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America," discussed Trump's...
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Former GOP speechwriter Tim Miller, host of "The Bulwark Podcast," on Thursday roasted a MAGA star's recent remarks about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's murder in September. Tucker Carlson, a MAGA media personality, appeared on a recent episode of "This Past Weekend," a podcast hosted by comedian Theo Von. During the episode, Carlson told the...
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He's not even European — yet Donald Trump has topped POLITICO's annual P28 ranking of the most powerful people who will shape Europe in 2026. EU Confidential host Sarah Wheaton takes you inside the gala in Brussels — where commissioners, MEPs, diplomats, lobbyists and journalists packed into a glittering room, even as the mood underneath […]
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Surfball was supposed to be the sport of the next generation – but it instead it was a fiction created by Peter Mandelson. Lying in politics is nothing new, but after the budget, Rachel Reeves’ extraordinary pitch-rolling was viewed by some as an outright lie and others as justifiable spin. Inspired by this grey area, […]
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Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins' (D) surprise blowout win in Miami, Florida's mayoral runoff race this week is a "wakeup call for President Donald Trump," according to the Washington Post editorial board.The Post wrote Thursday that Higgins' victory — in which she won 59 percent of the vote while Republican Emilio T. González won 41 percent — came...
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Former Republican speechwriter Tim Miller and MS NOW host Nicole Wallace say the voting public has good reason to be angry at President Donald Trump for asking Americans to tighten their belts for the holidays.While praising his tariffs, Trump recently suggested Americans surrender pencils from overseas and support domestic companies over foreign...
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The Trump administration stoked outrage on Thursday after revelations it was scrapping commemorative quarter designs celebrating slavery's abolition, women's voting rights, and the civil rights movement. The original proposal, developed over multiple years by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, would have featured images of Frederick Douglass,...
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President Donald Trump's efforts to strongarm the Indiana legislature into redrawing the state's congressional maps to give Republicans the current two Democratic seats ended in brutal failure on Thursday, with a majority of even the Republican caucus voting against the plan. It puts an end to a monthslong saga in which the White House and...
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President Donald Trump's habit of "bullying the Federal Reserve into lowering interest rates could be one of the most damaging of his second term, one analyst warned on Thursday. Trump has repeatedly attacked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over holding interest rates too high. The president has also launched a mortgage fraud investigation into...
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President Donald Trump is considering an executive order to downgrade the classification of marijuana, reported The Washington Post on Thursday evening."Trump discussed the plan with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) in a Wednesday phone call from the Oval Office, said four of the people, who, like the others, spoke on the condition of...
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Vice President JD Vance and another top ally of President Donald Trump left observers taken aback Thursday as they demanded to know why fiery adviser Stephen Miller isn't appearing on CNN.Miller claimed on Fox News this week he had been banned from CNN after a slew of clashes with frustrated anchors trying to fact-check his wild claims. On...
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is resigning from Congress near the start of next year — but on her way out the door, she is considering a final act of revenge against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).According to MS NOW, "In recent days, the controversial Georgia Republican has been working behind the scenes to gauge whether there's support...
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Editors at The Washington Post are getting sick of the error-filled artificial intelligence podcasts their paper is churning out.According to Semafor, "Earlier this week, the Post announced that it was rolling out personalized AI-generated podcasts for users of the paper's mobile app. In a release, the paper said users will be able to choose...
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The attorney representing a MAGA clerk who was convicted of state charges related to her efforts to subvert the 2020 election was elated on Thursday after President Donald Trump announced a "pardon" for his client, according to a new report. Tina Peters, the former county clerk in Mesa County, Colorado, was convicted of seven charges for her...
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A "minor character" in the MAGA movement is staging a comeback by running for Minnesota governor, and one analyst warned on Thursday that Americans can't simply laugh him off this time around. Mike Lindell, founder and CEO of MyPillow, announced on Thursday that he is running for Minnesota's governor. If he wins the primary, he will face off...
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Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon is sounding the alarm about Republicans' prospects of retaining the House majority, after one of Trump's biggest gambits to rig the 2026 midterm election for the GOP crashed and burned.On Thursday, Republicans in the Indiana State Senate overwhelmingly rejected a Trump-endorsed mid-decade gerrymander that...
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President Donald Trump took the time to shout out certain Republican lawmakers at the Congressional Ball on Thursday night, but passed up the chance to tout some of his Cabinet secretaries, fearing they'd face jeers.Trump was delivering remarks at the annual White House Congressional Ball, in which the president hosts for members of the House and...
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Sam Stein, managing editor of The Bulwark, said on Thursday that he was "blown away" after Indiana Republicans rebuffed President Donald Trump's pressure campaign to change their election map ahead of the 2026 midterm. Indiana's Senate voted down a bill on Thursday to change the state's election map by a 31-19 majority, despite Republicans having a...
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Republican state senators in Indiana have declined to pass a heavily gerrymandered redistricting map despite consistent pressure from President Donald Trump and top Republicans.Hoosier State senators rejected the new maps on a vote of 19 in favor and 31 opposed on Thursday, with Republicans failing to get the 26 votes necessary to send the...
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President Donald Trump's efforts to compel Indiana lawmakers to enact a mid-decade congressional map that could have wiped out all of the Hoosier State's Democratic seats in the U.S. House of Representatives have failed."Republicans hold a 40-10 advantage in the state Senate but still rejected Trump's pressure,” The Washington Post reported....
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MS NOW's Mika Brzezinski balked on-air after a Washington Post report revealed Donald Trump openly admitted at a sparsely attended Pennsylvania rally that he had used a vulgar slur to describe certain foreign countries—a phrase he previously denied using. Brzezinski, refusing to repeat the word, noted that Trump's admission contradicts years of...
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President Donald Trump was called out by political observers Thursday evening over his attempt to downplay a humiliating defeat in Indiana on Thurdsay.Indiana's Republican-controlled Senate rejected a controversial redistricting proposal backed by Trump in a stunning 31-19 vote. The sharp rebuke came despite Republicans holding a 40-10 majority....
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A reporter brutally fact-checked one of President Donald Trump's favorite claims about one of his administration's bombing campaigns during a press conference in the White House on Thursday. Trump held a ceremony for an executive order he signed banning states from enacting laws that regulate artificial intelligence technologies. After the bill...
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President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Thursday that he is pardoning Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk who was convicted on state charges of sharing passwords to her county's election system with unauthorized parties. Trump announced the pardon on Truth Social, which does not constitute an official pardon. It is unclear...
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During a heated House hearing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was pushed to apologize after Rep. Seth Magaziner highlighted veterans harmed by ICE actions — including a Navy veteran whose wife has been jailed for months over decades-old minor offenses. Confronted directly by the veteran in the room, Noem offered thanks for his service but defended the...
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President Donald Trump's latest "pardon" was buried in mockery on Thursday night. Trump announced on Truth Social that he intends to pardon Tina Peters, a Colorado county clerk who was convicted on seven state charges of aiding a security breach into her county's election system. Some analysts pointed out that Trump cannot actually pardon Peters...
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Ben Palen — a Kansas native and a fifth-generation farmer and agriculture consultant — blasted President Donald Trump's repeated tactic of putting farmers in distress and then dangling tax-funded salvation before them and hungry developers."[T]he Trump administration will provide several billion dollars in bailouts to farmers, with an emphasis...
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An Indiana Republican delivered a shocking claim Thursday as he pleaded with his GOP colleagues to go along with a scheme backed by President Donald Trump to conduct a mid-decade redistricting.Republican state Sen. Mike Gaskill of Pendleton made particularly stark declarations while lawmakers debated."I will submit to you that the Second U.S. Civil...
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Hollywood actress Amanda Seyfried refused to apologize for calling the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk hateful, despite backlash following a Utah university shooting. In a defiant interview, she said her comment reflected her opinion based on reality and actual statements, framing it as a matter of free expression. Seyfried also criticized...
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President Donald Trump's plan to debut Trump Accounts is a test that could likely disappoint, The Atlantic reported on Thursday. Michael and Susan Dell announced last week that they would give $6.25 billion to millions of American children, adding $250 for each government-run savings account. The idea sets up potential retirement accounts for kids,...
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Senate Republicans on Thursday rejected a Democratic proposal to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year. Notably, both Republican senators from Alaska stood out, as both broke party lines and voted with Democrats.There's a key reason for that, Politico reported on Thursday."Alaska Republican Dan...
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Rep. Bennie Thompson sharply confronted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem during a nationally televised hearing over which administration approved the asylum of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, accused of shooting two National Guardsmen in D.C. Noem repeatedly credited the Biden administration's vetting process, frustrating Thompson, who pressed her to acknowledge...
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New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman warned on Thursday that President Donald Turmp's second administration appears to be pushing America toward its third civil war, citing the "flying elephants" that the administration keeps letting out. To Friedman, these flying elephants are incidents that reveal "something very different is going on" that...
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Only a few days ago, President Donald Trump lashed out at Europe in an interview with POLITICO as a "decaying” group of countries with "weak” leaders. In public at least, it didn't ruffle European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. "I have always had a very good working relationship with the presidents of the United States, and […]
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A top FBI official struggled on Thursday to answer basic questions about antifa, a loosely organized collective of anti-fascist activists that he labeled the top terrorist threat facing the US.Michael Glasheen, operations director of the FBI's National Security Branch, testified before the US House Committee on Homeland Security that antifa was...
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A new poll shows US voters' approval of President Donald Trump's handling of the economy has hit an all-time low, even as the president and his officials insist the economy is the best in the world.The latest Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll released Thursday found that only 31% of voters approve of Trump's handling of...
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Bemused social media users had a series of comments — and questions — on Thursday after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attempted to defend the bandages on President Donald Trump's hand during a press conference.A reporter asked Leavitt if she could explain what was happening with the bandages on Trump's right hand. "We've given...
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Indiana Senate Majority Leader Chris Garten (R) yelled at his Republican colleagues for opposing President Donald Trump's effort to redistrict the state before the midterms."Some will say these maps are political. Let me be clear. You're damn right they are!" Garten shouted in a fiery floor speech on Thursday. "Political policy is political. Safe...
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In a massive blow to President Donald Trump's redistricting ambitions, Indiana Republicans have rejected a mid-decade gerrymander that would have erased the two Democratic-favoring districts in the state and given them to the GOP.According to NBC News, 31 lawmakers in the state Senate voted to reject the redraw, with just 19 in favor — meaning...
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The Department of Defense appeared to threaten a journalist with Mother Jones after they began asking questions about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and that threat may have been coordinated with a MAGA influencer, according to a new report. Dan Friedman, a senior reporter with Mother Jones' D.C. bureau, wrote in a new report that he has been...
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The Republican-controlled Senate in Indiana's state legislature rejected a partisan effort to redraw the state's electoral map ahead of the 2026 midterm election, something President Donald Trump and his cronies have been pressuring state legislatures across the country to do. On Thursday, the Indiana Senate voted 31-19 to reject a new map even...
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"Shark Tank" investor and entrepreneur Kevin O'Leary on Thursday signaled that President Donald Trump will make decisions in the coming weeks to change his cabinet. O'Leary told CNN's Kasie Hunt that the economy is a major pain point for Trump, whose polling dipped to its lowest yet, while the president's "road show" is a sign that he's looking...
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Donald Trump lashed out on Truth Social Thursday, demanding Senate Majority Leader John Thune end the blue slip process that he claims is blocking his judicial and U.S. attorney nominees. Trump called the practice a scam and accused Democrats — and compliant Republicans — of preventing the confirmation of qualified conservatives, framing it as...
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CNN reporter Jeff Zeleny was stunned on Thursday after anchor Jake Tapper broke news that Indiana Republicans had rejected attempts to change the state's election map ahead of the 2026 midterm. Zeleny joined Tapper on Thursday's broadcast of "The Lead" to discuss a pressure campaign President Donald Trump and Republicans were waging to redraw the...
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President Trump says he's sending $12 billion in aid to American farmers who are reeling from global trade disruptions. Those include inflation and Trump's tariffs that are making fertilizer and farm equipment more expensive, and the President's trade war with China which closed a huge market for American soybean exports.
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President Donald Trump's Justice Department suffered yet another humiliating setback on Thursday, as a grand jury in Virginia refused to return a fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James — the second time this has happened since the original case against her was thrown out.According to ABC News, "Federal prosecutors on...
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Amused observers weighed in Thursday after President Donald Trump's Justice Department failed again to prosecute New York Attorney General Letitia James and suffered yet another embarrassing attempt. A grand jury in Virginia refused to return a fraud indictment against James — who Trump has called an enemy — the second time this has happened...
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President Donald Trump can no longer escape blame over the declining economy, a data analyst said Thursday.CNN's Harry Enten told anchor Brianna Keilar that criticizing former President Joe Biden for the high cost of living hasn't worked for Trump and pointed to recent polls that show growing dissatisfaction with the Trump administration....
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Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino declared that he would "love the honor" of handcuffing Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).In a video posted on Thursday, Bovino appeared to play along as conservative influencer Nick Sortor noted that White House border czar Tom Homan said he was investigating Omar for immigration fraud."Can we count on you to make the arrest...
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When he talks about Kansas Reflector, Senate President Ty Masterson acts like that raccoon who drank a bunch of liquor and passed out on a bathroom floor.Just like the fuzzy critter guzzled peanut butter whiskey, Masterson imbibed misinformation and conspiracy theories about Kansas Reflector. He embarrassed himself in much the same way, making a...
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Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) delivered a dire warning for his party in conversation with CNN's Manu Raju on Thursday: if they can't do anything to fix the impending health care cliff, they're going to get slaughtered in the midterms.Bacon, a relatively moderate GOP member who is retiring from his Democratic-leaning Omaha district, gave this warning as the...
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The Liberal government voted against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's motion Tuesday calling for a new oil pipeline to the Pacific — but ministers insisted it doesn't mean Ottawa has given up on the memorandum of understanding signed with Alberta last month.
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Pete Hegseth got a warning Thursday that his boss' criminal immunity does not cover him.The reminder followed a series of U.S. military attacks on Venezuelan boats that Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth allege were smuggling illegal drugs headed for the United States. Many critics of Trump's Venezuela policy are describing the attacks as...
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A top FBI official struggled to explain his claim that Antifa is the "most immediate violent threat” America is facing, as he was challenged to provide details.Former Trump FBI Director Christopher Wray stated in 2020 congressional testimony that Antifa is "not a group or an organization. It's a movement or an ideology.” The BBC has explained...
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The Navy has reportedly forwarded disciplinary recommendations to the Pentagon's top lawyers regarding Sen. Mark Kelly's (D-AZ) appearance in a controversial video that encouraged troops to reject unlawful commands, a Defense Department spokesperson told CNN on Thursday.The recommendations await legal scrutiny from the Pentagon's Office of General...
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Fans of President Donald Trump struggled to name the wars he had claimed to have stopped in a recent interview with Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper."I keep hearing Trump is ending wars," Klepper noted in a video posted on Thursday, "although the exact number is up for debate.""What's your favorite war that he's ended?" the correspondent...
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The Trump administration has considered revoking visas of two prominent critics of billionaire Elon Musk — a once close ally of President Donald Trump — and his X social platform, according to a new Zeteo report on Thursday. New documentation viewed by Zeteo indicated that high-level talks were underway among top government officials to decide...
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Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on Thursday was forced to face a combat veteran whose Irish wife has remained in prison for four months and is facing deportation over two bad checks she wrote 10 years ago — and the internet didn't hold back. Noem, who is rumored to be on the chopping block, was confronted during the House Homeland...
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In a post to Truth Social, the president accused Rupert Murdoch's newspaper of writing "another ridiculous story."According to the Journal, "U.S. investors are plowing money into Chinese companies involved in artificial intelligence, despite growing competition between Washington and Beijing over the technology.""They're WRONG, as usual!" Trump...
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The Senate failed to pass either of the competing plans to fix the looming health care crisis, setting up the expiration of the Affordable Care Act's extended subsidies at the end of the year with no clear plan to help people whose premiums will spike.According to ABC News, the Democrats' plan, which was a clean three-year extension of ACA...
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President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to demolish four federal buildings after tearing down the White House's East Wing, and officials say he's leaving a key government agency out of his scheme.Mydelle "Mina” Wright, a former senior official at the General Services Administration, submitted a sworn court declaration this week complaining...
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A Florida Democrat punched a hole in the reason Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem gave for abruptly getting up and leaving a House Homeland Security Committee hearing just before another Democrat was poised to ask her five minutes' worth of questions.Noem, who was accused of committing perjury and threatened with impeachment at various...
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President Donald Trump attempted to reverse the continued slide in his economic approval rating by shifting blame for the affordability crisis and insisting that "prices are coming down fast."The latest AP-NORC survey released Thursday found just 31 percent of respondents approve of Trump's handling of the economy, down 2 percent from last month...
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