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President Donald Trump's longstanding fixation with naming things after himself has become a running "joke” among officials in his administration, sources inside and close to the Trump administration told Zeteo in its report published on Sunday.The sources, who spoke with Zeteo under the condition of anonymity, said that Trump "repeatedly” asks...
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If we're not better than Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, we're in terrible trouble.War always means innocent people dying. But civilized nations try — imperfectly, too often unsuccessfully — to limit that risk. That's why rules of engagement exist in the first place. They are not about political correctness or bureaucratic caution. They are...
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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hammered President Donald Trump on Sunday over his political action committee's recent effort to use images from the dignified transfer of American service members killed in action to rake in cash, telling CNN that the president was clearly no longer fit for office."Just this week, we saw campaign...
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A popular right-wing influencer is claiming that Donald Trump could be "demonically possessed" after the president unleashed a combative Truth Social post declaring that the United States is "totally destroying" Iran."Iran's Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have...
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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, put Attorney General Pam Bondi on notice Saturday over what he said was her "enormous amount of liability” regarding a scandal he called "worse than the Watergate cover-up.”As the head of the Justice Department, Bondi has faced growing scrutiny over her agency's...
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MAGA activists are openly threatening to suppress Republican voter turnout in the 2026 midterm elections if President Trump endorses Sen. John Cornyn in Texas's GOP primary runoff, according to reporting from Axios.Laura Loomer, a prominent Trump supporter and political activist, made the threat explicit: if Trump endorses Cornyn, "the base would...
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Following the demolition of the White House's East Wing to make room for President Donald Trump's ballroom, the Trump administration has its sights set on another key fixture of the historic building, one that left architects and designers "baffled or even horrified,” The Washington Post reported Sunday.Rodney Mims Cook Jr., who Trump tapped to...
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Republican Senator Chuck Grassley directly challenged the Trump administration's tariff policy, arguing that removing tariffs on fertilizer is essential to lowering food prices and increasing crop production.Grassley cited reporting that the White House is working to reduce food costs, but contended the administration is approaching the problem...
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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson alleged that the CIA has been intercepting his private communications and is preparing a criminal referral to the Department of Justice, claiming he faces potential charges under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) for communicating with Iranian contacts before the war began."The CIA has been reading my...
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As tensions with Iran escalate, President Donald Trump's behavior last weekend appeared "chaotic” and "odd,” The Guardian's Adam Gabbatt noted on Sunday, citing an expert who offered a possible explanation for the president's "rash behaviors.”While the Trump administration's ongoing and widening war against Iran continues to rattle global...
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Donald Trump over the weekend posted a graphic that alarmed numerous political observers.Trump took to his own social media site, Truth Social, to post the graphic, which is called, "President Trump is reshaping the media." The image celebrates that NPR, Stephen Colbert, Jim Acosta, and others in the media are "gone," while noting that CNN and the...
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Trump's aggression in Iran keeps triggering feelings I'd rather not have. They're complicated, overwhelming, and, at times, conflicting. I don't disagree with disarming a terrorist state on the cusp of nuclear arms; that seems like a common-sense, preserve-the-planet objective. I also don't mind spending tax dollars to help desperate Iranians cast...
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Leaders from the five Nordic countries and Canada gathered in Oslo for a mini-summit on Arctic security amid rising geopolitical tensions. Discussions follow a massive NATO exercise in northern Norway and focus on Russian military risks, the fallout from U.S. threats to seize Greenland and energy security.
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Zwei Wochen nach Beginn der US-Invasion im Iran treten die massiven globalen Nebenwirkungen zutage. Während Donald Trump durch die Lockerung der Sanktionen gegen russisches Öl die Ukraine-Front schwächt, entstehen im Nahen Osten völlig neue Zweckbündnisse. Gordon Repinski analysiert gemeinsam mit der Strategie-Expertin Florence Gaub (NATO...
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Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission under President Donald Trump, stirred outrage when he issued a stark warning to television broadcasters, threatening license revocation for news coverage he characterizes as "hoaxes and news distortions.""Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions—also known as the fake...
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A Donald Trump nominee who is stepping down from his role at the Kennedy Center took some parting shots at a Dem senator on Saturday.It started with a report from The Washington Post, which stated, "Richard Grenell, the Trump ally installed to lead the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, is leaving the post after just over a year at the...
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President Donald Trump has stumbled into a geopolitical trap that previous administrations deliberately avoided, according to analysis by political show host David Pakman comparing Trump's approach to Iran with policies pursued by the Obama and Biden administrations.Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed that both the Obama and Biden...
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President Donald J. Trump spurred a variety of alarmed reactions on Saturday after he asked other countries to help the U.S. with the Iran war amid escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz."The United States of America has beaten and completely decimated Iran, both Militarily, Economically, and in every other way," Trump wrote, before shifting...
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President Donald Trump's inconsistent messaging about the Iran war is creating a credibility crisis, with his own Pentagon publicly contradicting him about the conflict's status, according to reporting from The Guardian.The contradictions have become stark and immediate. During a CBS News phone interview, Trump declared: "I think the war is very...
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Anti-regime Iranians who initially embraced President Donald Trump's promise to "rescue" them from their oppressive government are now expressing deep disillusionment with his military campaign, according to new reporting from The Guardian.Many Iranian dissidents had harbored hope that Trump's administration would intervene militarily against the...
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A federal judge ruled Saturday that the Kennedy Center must provide Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) a "meaningful opportunity" to participate in next week's board meeting regarding the iconic institution's closure and renovation plans, marking a significant legal victory for the congresswoman challenging Trump administration changes to the storied arts...
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A Trump-friendly right-wing podcaster is furious with the president over the Iran war.Comedian Tim Dillon, an influencer with a wide male fanbase who advocated hard for President Donald Trump during the election but has grown more critical of the president in recent months, weighed in on the Iran issue in a recent podcast.Specifically, the...
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President Donald Trump expressed doubt about Sen. John Cornyn's viability as a candidate in Texas's competitive Republican Senate primary, raising questions about the incumbent's standing with the party's base.In a phone interview with NBC News, Trump downplayed claims that Cornyn represents the GOP's strongest chance to retain the seat against...
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A Democratic congressman on Saturday issued a stern warning to a Trump official seen as threatening overreach on Free Speech in media.Trump's pick, Commissioner of Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr, over the weekend issued a warning of his own to broadcast media outlets. In a statement, Carr declared: "Broadcasters that are running...
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Documentarian Ford Fischer captured video of pro-gun activists handing out free 30-round AR-15 magazines outside the Virginia State Capitol, in a direct challenge to pending legislation set to ban the sale of such magazines in the state.The distribution occurred ahead of the expected signature of a bill that would prohibit the sale of high-capacity...
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Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission under President Donald Trump, issued a stark warning to television broadcasters on Saturday, threatening license revocation for what he characterizes as "hoaxes and news distortions."In a statement, Carr declared: "Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions - also known as...
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President Donald Trump's military actions in Iran are effectively functioning as a hidden tax on American households, economists warn, as soaring energy costs threaten to erase anticipated benefits from larger tax refunds this filing season.Americans are poised to receive bigger refunds than last year, with the average federal tax refund reaching...
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While US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Friday presented a proposed policy change as a demonstration of the Trump administration's commitment to "ensuring lifesaving medical devices remain available,” public health advocates warned that relaxing rules on emissions of the cancer-causing gas ethylene oxide puts millions...
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President Donald Trump called for international cooperation on Iran policy in a Truth Social post, arguing that securing the Strait of Hormuz should be a collective responsibility rather than falling solely on the United States.Trump claimed that, "The United States of America has beaten and completely decimated Iran, both Militarily, Economically,...
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), an active leader in the House Oversight Committee's ongoing probe into Jeffrey Epstein and his potential co-conspirators, laughed off a seemingly unintentional "Freudian slip” Saturday after mistakenly referring to the disgraced financier as Donald Trump.Stansbury spoke with the progressive media company MediasTouch...
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Oscar-nominated actor Motaz Malhees is barred from attending this Sunday's Academy Awards due to President Donald Trump's travel ban for certain foreign nationals, with the actor taking to social media Friday to express his disappointment.Malhees played a prominent role in the 2025 film "The Voice of Hind Rajab,” a dramatization of the real-life...
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The U.S. economic outlook is growing bleaker two weeks into the Trump administration's military operation against Iran, two energy experts warned Saturday, and has already cemented a "higher floor on pricing” for various goods for the indefinite future."Compared to a week ago, the situation looks more challenging and longer lasting,” said Dan...
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren took President Donald Trump to task on Friday for making life "more expensive” with his war in Iran."It's costing American taxpayers $1 billion a day to fund this war,” the Massachusetts Democrat said in a video posted to her social media accounts. "That is $11,500 every single second!”This is, of course, not an exact...
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Trump is cornered.Iran's missiles, drones, and nuclear facilities have been severely hobbled, but its regime is still standing. Many of its senior political, military, and intelligence leaders are dead, but they have been replaced by others. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard survives.Iran's new supreme leader, in his first official message since he...
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President Donald Trump drew widespread mockery Saturday after seemingly contradicting his own claim that Iran's military had been "destroyed 100%,” yet warning in the same breath that it could still threaten shipping in the region."His postmodernism has completely spiraled out of control as his brain has deteriorated,” wrote progressive...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is planning to revamp its funding for Canadian athletes and will examine the issue "very deliberately" over the next six months — news that comes just before a federal commission on the future of Canadian sport releases its final report.
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An answer by a California conservative, scrambling to keep his job in the House, was on the receiving end of rolled eyes on MS NOW on Saturday morning after he repeatedly ducked a question about US military potentially being deployed to Iran if Donald Trump's war drags on.Appearing on "The Weekend," Rep. Kevin Kiley, who switched his affiliation...
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Right-wing influencer Laura Loomer stunned a prominent MAGA supporter on Saturday after apologizing for a series of social media posts she's made targeting Indians, posts that many – including prominent Republicans – have described as "racist.”Loomer was speaking at the annual India Today Conclave conference in New Delhi, India, and was...
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Once upon a time, America, albeit for a millisecond, saw South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham strap on a pair and condemn the tyranny of Donald Trump.On the night of January 6, 2021, hours after a violent mob breached the U.S. Capitol at Trump's behest, Graham took to the Senate floor to deliver a rebuke of Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020...
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Vice President JD Vance is orchestrating a calculated political retreat from Trump's Iran war, carefully positioning himself to emerge unscathed if the conflict becomes a quagmire while simultaneously undermining his 2028 rival, Secretary of State Marco Rubio.According to New Republic analyst Alex Shephard, Vance's public tepidness masks a...
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President Donald Trump erupted at multiple media outlets Saturday over their reporting on an Iranian strike on U.S. military assets in Saudi Arabia, insisting that the coverage was not only false, but was causing great "damage” to his administration's war effort.On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that five Air Force refueling planes in...
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White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks broke with Republicans on Friday after labeling them "largely” responsible for pushing to escalate the United States' ongoing military siege on Iran, while also urging President Donald Trump to "get out” of the ongoing conflict while he still had the chance.A South African-born venture capitalist and...
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Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's penchant for going rogue of health policy has forced Trump insiders to install new oversight controls, as mounting scandals and unpopular vaccine positions threaten to become a political liability for Republicans heading into midterms.Despite Trump's public praise for the...
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Just hours after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers missed their first full paycheck amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump took to social media Friday to demand that they "go to work” regardless, issuing those who do a "promise” to repay their dedication."Keep fighting for the USA. GO TO WORK!”...
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Donald Trump's impetuous decision to launch a war on Iran, despite being warned against it, has handed Vladimir Putin an unexpected windfall, as the U.S. Treasury's decision to lift sanctions on Russian seaborne oil shipments has effectively relieved the economic stranglehold that was finally beginning to cripple Moscow's war machine.The 30-day...
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President Donald Trump has been ridiculed in recent days for repeatedly referring to his administration's military siege on Iran as an "excursion,” a potential mix-up with the word "incursion,” but according to a new report from Zeteo, his aides are well aware of the blunder but refuse to correct him out of fear."I'm not telling him,” a Trump...
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Two weeks in, the Trump administration continues to give conflicting assessments on Iran. Contradicting himself repeatedly in the span of hours, Donald Trump claimed on Monday the war was "very complete.” That calmed the markets. Later that afternoon, the Department of Defense said the opposite, posting on X that the U.S. had "only just begun to...
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The former secretary general of NATO says he doesn't think allies will be pulled further into the conflict in the Middle East, but he's concerned the ongoing war with Iran will benefit Russia's economy and take the world's attention away from the invasion of Ukraine.
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Parks Canada is proposing to kill dozens of white-tailed deer at a storied historic site near Quebec City, saying the deer population on the island presents a threat to rare plants and the safety of employees flying in. However, an animal-rights advocate is calling for the agency to use non-lethal solutions to deal with the deer.
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President Donald Trump and some of his closest advisers were caught off guard by the scope of Iran's military response to U.S. strikes, while key Gulf allies have privately expressed anger at the White House's decision to escalate the conflict, according to a Wall Street Journal report.The publication reported Friday that "the president and some...
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President Donald Trump was warned before launching military action against Iran that Tehran could try to shut down the vital Strait of Hormuz – a move now helping drive up oil prices and fuel economic fears.That's according to a new Wall Street Journal report, which revealed Friday that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine told Trump in multiple...
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Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said President Donald Trump's recent moves in Iran "really angers” her when confronted on CNN about her past praise for him.The moment unfolded during Greene's appearance on "The Source” when host Kaitlan Collins asked her whether Trump still deserved a Nobel Peace Prize amid escalating tensions abroad....
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Leadership is supposed to be calm, measured and disciplined. Apparently no one told U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT).Because what America saw on Capitol Hill earlier this was not leadership. It was a tackle.A senator — a United States senator — launched himself into a physical scuffle like a substitute gym teacher breaking up a dodgeball riot.This...
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President Donald Trump's Justice Department is dropping charges against a man who burned the American flag outside the White House last year.Burning the American flag has long been recognized by the Supreme Court as protected political speech under the First Amendment.Despite this, criminalizing "flag desecration" is a perennial goal of hardcore...
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President Trump posted late-night messages on Truth Social warning of continued military action against Iran and attacking media coverage of the conflict. Trump claimed the U.S. is "totally destroying the terrorist regime of Iran, militarily, economically, and otherwise," asserting Iran's Navy and Air Force are gone and their leaders "wiped from...
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Newsmax personality Greg Kelly unleashed a furious attack on Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, accusing the controversial Defense secretary of reckless rhetoric that endangers military personnel.Taking to X, Kelly declared that Hegseth should "save his 'trash talk' for his Podcast Bros." The veteran media figure went on to explain the serious...
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The World Anti-Doping Agency is considering a rule change that could attempt to bar President Donald Trump and other top U.S. officials from attending the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics over a long-running dispute involving unpaid American dues.The Associated Press reported Friday that the proposal is on the agenda for next week's executive committee...
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The House Oversight Committee requested Friday that prison guard Tova Noel testify about her role monitoring Jeffrey Epstein during his 2019 detention before his controversial death. Recently released Justice Department files revealed Noel made suspicious internet searches immediately before Epstein's body was discovered and deposited $5,000 in...
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A death row inmate is getting a surprising ally in the fight to have the Supreme Court grant him a new trial: legendary magician duo Penn & Teller.The masters of illusion, who have often used their expertise to debunk misinformation, filed an amicus brief in support of the justices reviewing the 1999 capital conviction of Charles Don Flores, who...
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A man fatally shot by Dallas police during a dramatic Wednesday night standoff was a member of U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett's (D-TX) security team who attended high-profile events and campaign rallies, according to a new report.Law enforcement sources revealed to CBS News that the man known as Mike King was a mysterious figure who used multiple...
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President Donald Trump derailed his own administration's effort to investigate the Federal Reserve by incessantly posting political attacks against Chairman Jerome Powell on social media, Skye Perryman of Democracy Forward argued on MS NOW's "The Weeknight" Friday — effectively handing U.S. District Judge James Boasberg proof that the probe was...
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President Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against Iran on Friday, claiming the country had plans to dominate the Middle East shortly after announcing a major U.S. military strike.In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote that "Iran had plans of taking over the entire Middle East, and completely obliterating Israel.”"JUST LIKE IRAN...
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President Donald Trump's political action committee kicked a hornet's nest with a fundraising email that uses a solemn moment to rake in cash, according to a new report.Never Surrender, Inc. sent an email promising "National Security Briefing Membership" complete with a photo from Saturday's dignified transfer honoring six fallen U.S. soldiers at...
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Legal experts expressed alarm Thursday as the Trump administration circulated a draft executive order that would federalize the U.S. election process during declared national emergencies. The Washington Post reported on the initiative, which Lawfare senior editors Anna Bower and Molly Roberts characterized as having a legally questionable...
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A tense exchange erupted at the Georgia State Capitol on Friday as Nathan Wade, the former special prosecutor in the Fulton County election interference case against President Donald Trump, pushed back on Republican claims that the prosecution was coordinating with the Biden White House.Testifying before a state Senate subcommittee investigating...
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President Donald Trump announced Friday evening that he had directed U.S. Central Command to execute what he called "one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East" against Iran's strategic Kharg Island.According to Trump's statement posted to Truth Social, the operation "totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran's...
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A far-right activist lashed out at a Michigan Democrat on X Friday for introducing a resolution to condemn anti-Muslim hate speech from his GOP colleagues — and got a sharp reply.Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI), whose Detroit-based congressional district is right next door to a sizable Arab-American community, is pushing a resolution to censure Rep....
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Former Trump administration Homeland Security staffer Miles Taylor warned Thursday on MSNBC that President Trump was dangerously unprepared for the Iran crisis, claiming the situation is "so much worse" than it appears. Taylor accused Trump and his team of creating a false veneer of strategic planning while engaging in "coin-flipping instead of...
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