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Vice President JD Vance reportedly made an unplanned return to Washington DC on Saturday, with his motorcade racing back toward the White House as President Donald Trump pulled his national security team in for an apparent emergency meeting on Iran. The sudden reversal set off a wave of online speculation about what is unfolding behind closed...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) turned heads on Saturday after openly questioning why the U.S. war against Iran "started to begin with,” despite having personally lobbied for the United States to launch it.Graham's remarks come amid reports that President Donald Trump – who Graham notably didn't name in his comments – is "close to a deal to end...
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A dissent by 77-year-old Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in an Alabama death penalty ruling this week found two conservative justices siding with the minority liberal wing, and three other conservatives wanting nothing to do with his recommendations.According to a report from Slate, Thomas's dissent and urging to overturn precedent may have been too...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a "last-minute” commencement speech Saturday in New York to West Point graduates, during which he made the startling admission that the Trump administration could very well be sending those graduates "to war,” and soon."Now, today, we are going to send you – we're sending you to lead, we're sending you...
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President Donald Trump went on the attack Saturday morning with eyes on a fresh target: Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), who he labeled a "Dumocrat” and a "lying sleazebag,” but was soon hit back with a scathing rebuke from the California Democrat.Posted on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump's attack on Khanna included an image that appeared...
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Brought on to discuss acting Attorney General Todd Blanche using his DOJ position to boost the fortunes of Donald Trump, the president's niece lashed out at Trump's kids who are also benefiting.Speaking with MS NOW host Ali Velshi, psychologist Mary Trump attempted to explain why Blanche is gaming the system for his boss, particularly by approving...
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As President Donald Trump appears to inch closer toward authorizing a major U.S. military operation this weekend, renowned international security expert Robert Pape warned the president on Saturday that he may very well be walking directly into what he called "the biggest trap yet.”Reporting suggests that the Trump administration is actively...
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Appearing on MS NOW on Saturday morning, the New York Times' Glenn Thrush claimed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has no one to blame but himself as he gets battered by Democrats, Republicans and in the press as he does Donald Trump's bidding.And it shows in his face, he noted.As bad as Donald Trump's week was, the man who took fired Attorney...
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Ohio Senator Jon Husted (R-OH) can't be too thrilled with John Kasich's appearance on MS NOW on Saturday morning after the popular former Republican governor refused to say if he would vote for him and questioned if he will be re-elected.Brought on to talk about the Republican infighting over, among other things, Donald Trump's angering GOP...
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Amid growing speculation that the Trump administration is preparing to resume hostilities with Iran this weekend, President Donald Trump revealed Saturday that a final decision would likely be made by Sunday, with there being a "solid” chance that the United States would "blow [Iran] to kingdom come,” according to Axios.Axios reporter Barak...
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Could we really be at the point where Republicans have had enough? Or will they regroup after the holiday, after getting fresh threats from Donald Trump—and perhaps violent warnings from his thugs—and once again bow to him?That remains to be seen. But this week we saw something we've yet to see in Trump's second term: The GOP completely melting...
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While American voters have increasingly soured on President Donald Trump's handling of the economy, Republican voters have largely remained consistent in giving the president passing marks on the issue – that is, until a new survey revealed the first cracks among GOP voters, Axios reported Saturday."Trump's approval rating has been dropping for...
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When asked about the Trump administration's new $1.7 billion taxpayer-funded settlement for those alleging unfair targeting by Biden's Justice Department – including violent Jan. 6 Capitol rioters – a GOP strategist told CNN Saturday that not only was it a "political miscalculation,” but that the fund could be politically toxic in the midterm...
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As part of an interview with Kentucky Democrat Charles Booker, who is running for the seat now held by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R), MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart was left, as he put it, "bereft of words,” after watching a flagrantly racist ad being run by GOP nominee Andy Barr.Capehart told his guest, "Well, Mr. Booker, in order to win,...
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Any hope that fired Department of Homeland Security head Kristi Noem might have had about running for office once again in her home state of South Dakota likely died a quiet death on Friday after new polling showed voters want no part of her anymore.According to a KELOLAND Media Group/Emerson College poll, 67 percent of surveyed voters — 586...
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President Donald Trump floated the idea of a U.S.-takeover of Iran Saturday with an image of a map of the Middle East nation overlaid with the American flag, and the caption in the form of a question: "United States of the Middle East?”Trump shared the image on his social media platform Truth Social, and amid growing speculation that his...
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Your Honor, I'm here to claim my share of the Trump Administration's $1.8 billion slush fund payouts based on the severe emotional trauma I experienced on January 6th. The residual PTSD from that day has left me incapable of finding a full-time paying job in politics, and I still haven't landed a book deal yet. I realize neither of those things has...
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A combination of bad Donald Trump polling and highly controversial proposals like his so-called "slush fund” to compensate allies who feel they were victimized by President Joe Biden's DOJ for their criminality has finally given GOP lawmakers the nudge they needed to abandon him and save their own careers.According to MS NOW, a single week of...
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British media personality Piers Morgan pleaded with President Donald Trump Saturday morning amid growing speculation that his administration was preparing to launch a massive operation overseas this weekend, one that Morgan said, if carried out, would unleash "mayhem.”"All the signs are pointing to the U.S. and Israel launching another huge...
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The Trump administration went on the defensive Friday night after getting exposed for scrubbing online Justice Department (DOJ) records of those convicted of violent crimes related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, including one Texas man who was later convicted of online solicitation of a minor.In June of 2024, the Biden administration's DOJ published a...
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South Carolina is the latest Southern state that may redraw congressional maps after the Supreme Court weakened a key section of the Voting Rights Act. The new district lines could squeeze out an institution in South Carolina and national politics: 17-term Congressman Jim Clyburn.
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In a deep dive on Donald Trump's "bad week” that prompted a massive Republican Party revolt against the president who is used to having his way, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the outburst against the president's proposed "slush fund” was a direct result of their existing discontent with his GOP primary meddling.According to the...
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I think Mike Johnson is one of the most loathsome human beings on the planet, and I have license to say anything I want about him. That's because, as a gay man, Johnson has attacked me in more ways than I can count.But this isn't about my dislike of Johnson. Putting personal feelings aside, I can state that Johnson will go down as the worst Speaker...
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Gordon Repinski trifft den ewigen Wahlkreis-König Gregor Gysi zu einem intensiven, persönlichen Spaziergang im Treptower Park. Direkt vor dem sowjetischen Ehrenmal sprechen die beiden über Gysis tief verwurzelte, osteuropäische Familiengeschichte, seine DDR-Biografie und den schmalen Grat zwischen berechtigtem Antifaschismus und der brachialen...
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Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Jake Lang received the maximum 10-day contempt sentence under Tennessee law Thursday after being removed from a bond hearing for Dalton Eatherly, a white livestreamer known as "Chud the Builder" charged with attempted murder, according to NBC News. Judge H. Reid Poland III ordered Lang removed after he attempted to speak...
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A series of explosions tore through a barge at a Staten Island shipyard Friday afternoon, killing one person and injuring 34 firefighters and emergency medical workers in a chaotic emergency that Mayor Zohran Mamdani called "complex" and "fast-developing."The initial blast struck the barge at 3:25 p.m. in Arlington, an industrial neighborhood along...
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is getting love from an election denier, and the internet can't help but roll its eyes at the merry display. "If you needed proof that Tina Peters lacks remorse, read the post below," wrote Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who's running for governor. "Commuting her sentence was a historic mistake." The aforementioned...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared to run away Friday when reporters asked about President Donald Trump's $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund." DeSantis broke into a sprint up stairs to exit onto the street. The fund in question was created as a settlement for Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit, despite the constitutional irregularity of Trump...
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President Donald Trump has put up multiple excuses for not being able to attend his eldest son Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding in the Bahamas — and the explanation he settled on was that it is "not good timing" with all his responsibilities and with Memorial Day coming up.But according to an analysis by The Daily Beast, Trump has taken time to golf...
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President Donald Trump is dragging the Republican Party down at a moment when it could cost them everything, the conservative-leaning Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote in an analysis published on Friday evening."Republicans don't want to say this publicly, but privately they do," wrote the board, an increasingly frequent critic of the...
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The end of The Late Show and the ouster of host Stephen Colbert could backfire on CBS, an insider warned. According to reporting by Status, a CBS network insider expects "various hard-to-measure costs baked into the 'Late Show's' absence, including its impact on other CBS programming."The last episode of The Late Show aired on Thursday. CBS blamed...
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An Iraqi terrorist with ties to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps allegedly pledged to kill Ivanka Trump in retaliation for her father's 2020 assassination of Iranian military chief Qasem Soleimani, and had a blueprint of her Florida home to prove he was serious, the New York Post reported Friday.Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, a senior...
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A judge has dismissed Donald Trump biographer Michael Wolff's lawsuit against first lady Melania Trump, accusing him of employing "gamesmanship" and "forum-shopping" tactics.According to TMZ, "Wolff — the longtime Trump biographer behind books like 'Fire and Fury' — sued after Melania's lawyers threatened him with a $1 Billion defamation...
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Virginia Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi published an op-ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Friday criticizing Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) for xenophobic and anti-Muslim remarks targeting Virginia state Sen. Saddam Salim, an immigrant from Bangladesh who authored gun violence prevention legislation. Clyde's social media post called for denaturalizing and...
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A legal expert relished how Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche got a high-profile case thrown out because of his own words.Glenn Kirschner spoke on Friday about the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case that was thrown out earlier in the day by U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw because it was deemed a "vindictive" prosecution. "The judge made a special...
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The Trump administration is ordering federal agencies to install the White House's new app on the government-issued phones of millions of employees in a move IT experts are calling "dangerous" and unprecedented, according to a report from Government Executive published Friday.The app, launched in March, promises users "unfiltered" access to the...
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A Republican strategist says that Trump is hurting politically right now and warned a GOP lawmaker who appeared with the president."This is a really terrible week for this Trump administration," Rina Shah said during an appearance on CNN. She added that Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) "should not have trumped" the president at a campaign event on...
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Mary Trump, the president's niece, ripped her cousin, Donald Trump Jr., while responding to news that Trump senior skipped his son's wedding."For those feeling sorry for Donny, Donny is a horrible human being," Mary said during an appearance on the Dean Obeidallah show. "He's a little Nazi. He's totally unaccomplished, and he's a racist and a...
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Trump biographer Tim O'Brien made clear on MS NOW Friday that he doesn't remotely buy the Trump administration's excuse for the recent series of suspiciously timed stock trades coming from within the White House that profited off major government decisions before they happened."Tim, let's start there," said anchor Antonia Hylton, quoting a...
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Tulsi Gabbard resigned as Director of National Intelligence on Friday after months of pressure from President Donald Trump, with her last day set for June 30. In her resignation letter, published by Fox News, Gabbard cited her husband Abraham's recent diagnosis with a rare form of bone cancer, stating she could not ask him to face the battle alone...
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An estimated 40,000 residents in Orange County, California, were ordered to evacuate Friday after authorities lost control of a valve on a tank containing a highly toxic chemical at an aerospace manufacturing facility — raising fears of a catastrophic explosion.The tank at the GKN Aerospace site in Garden Grove holds methyl methacrylate, a...
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Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) has fired Brandon Phillips, a top staffer on his Senate campaign, after an explosive post from his "War Room" campaign account attacking an opposing staffer's wife for being sexually assaulted.The staffing shakeup was reported by congressional reporter Juliegrace Brufke on Friday evening.The offending post came in response...
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A media analyst who closely tracks Fox News says the network just published the most damaging poll of Donald Trump's presidency.Writing in The New Republic, columnist Greg Sargent cited the reaction of Media Matters analyst Matt Gertz, who called this week's Fox News survey "certainly the most devastating Fox News poll of this presidency" and said...
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) spilled the tea on the red-hot meeting between Republican senators and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche earlier in the week. "There were fireworks at an epic level," Cruz said on a Friday episode of his podcast. "I got to say it's one of the roughest meetings that I've seen in my entire time in the Senate. There are a lot...
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Sarah Kellen, Jeffrey Epstein's former personal assistant, who testified before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, identified three alleged accomplices during her closed-door interview: celebrity hairstylist Frederic Fekkai, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, and fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier (1943-2022). Kellen accused all...
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A Trump cabinet secretary is breaking from the White House on proposed budget cuts, according to reporting by the New York Times. "The White House is asking Congress to cut the number of lawyers enforcing civil rights in schools," the Times reported on Friday. "Education Secretary Linda McMahon has told Congress she wants money to hire...
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Stephen Colbert didn't just sign off Thursday night — he went out swinging, with nearly 7 million people watching.The final episode of "The Late Show" drew an estimated 6.74 million viewers, making it the most-watched weeknight episode in the show's history, according to preliminary Nielsen data obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. That's more...
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MS NOW anchor Chris Hayes opened up on a podcast with Public Notice's Thor Benson this week about his concerns about artificial intelligence — and the way it could shape not just the labor market, but politics going forward.It's a topic that scares him, he confessed to Benson, because of the unnerving way it has been "shoved down our throats" —...
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's resignation could have been connected to the potential legal trouble she created for President Donald Trump, according to an analyst on Friday.Legal analyst Scott MacFarlane, Chief Washington Correspondent for MeidasTouch, told MS NOW anchor Katy Tur that Gabbard's presence at the January FBI raid...
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A protege of longtime Donald Trump ally and controversial GOP campaign strategist Roger Stone has been arrested on drug possession charges.Jacob Engels, 34, is a notorious figure with ties to the far-right Proud Boys group.The arrest was flagged by Peter Schorsch of Florida Politics, who posted to X on Friday, "Blogger, @RogerJStoneJr protege...
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Thousands of people were demanding that Netflix donate proceeds from a recent comedy event to George Floyd's family after MAGA comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a "racist and cruel joke" about Floyd's murder, according to a report from The Daily Beast on Friday.Hinchcliffe was among several comedians performing at the streaming giant's "Roast of Kevin...
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Political analyst David Pakman reacted Thursday to video footage of President Donald Trump freezing during a softball question from reporters, ahead of his Coast Guard Academy commencement address. Trump appeared confused when discussing the Afghanistan troop withdrawal, incorrectly attributing 13 service member deaths to former President Barack...
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Misconduct in front of grand juries is now routine for the Department of Justice under Trump, warned a legal expert."Did grand jury abuses happen? Yes, but very, very rarely," Michael Popok said about previous administrations during the latest episode of his podcast, Legal AF. "But now, when you hollow out the Department of Justice, when tens of...
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President Donald Trump's brag on Friday at Rockland Community College in Suffern, New York, left the internet questioning his comments.Trump was in Rockland County, New York — the first time a president has visited the town since Gerald Ford in 1976. He was there to deliver a midterm message on the economy and throw support behind Rep. Mike...
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Donald Trump was interrupted three times by protesters on Friday during a campaign-style rally in Rockland County, New York, held to boost one of the GOP's most vulnerable House incumbents heading into the 2026 midterms.The first protester was swiftly removed by police as Trump introduced Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) — caught on video but without...
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has jumped into a brewing crisis in Maricopa County over how ballots are to be collected, kicked off by the county's MAGA-aligned recorder jumping to push a new restriction.The recorder, Justin Heap, put the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on notice not to install any of the 12 new ballot drop boxes they had...
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White House adviser Kurt Olsen attempted to ban Dominion Voting Systems machines used in more than half of U.S. states and their territories by asking the Commerce Department to declare their components national security risks, according to Reuters reporting. The plan would have effectively removed the machines before the midterms in November....
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Rep. Mike Collins' (R-GA) Senate campaign deleted a shocking attack posted Friday after invoking former NBC anchor Matt Lauer to mock an adviser to his runoff rival — a reference critics say weaponized one of the most painful chapters of the adviser's wife's life.Luke Thompson, a strategist for the PAC of Collins' runoff rival Derek Dooley,...
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President Donald Trump's move to push out a longtime Republican ally could backfire — because he now needs his help, according to reports on Friday.Burgess Everett, Semafor congressional bureau chief, pointed out that as Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation as director of national intelligence, it has left three openings for the Trump...
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Four of President Donald Trump's cabinet members have left his administration over the last several months — and people noticed a similar pattern on Friday. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was the latest to exit, citing her husband's battle with a rare bone cancer. The move comes after months of rumors that Trump wanted her...
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A pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who showed up to support a racist livestreamer charged with attempted murder got himself thrown in jail — earning the maximum contempt sentence allowed under Tennessee law.Jake Lang, a far-right provocateur and long-shot Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida, was removed in handcuffs from a Thursday bond hearing...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was confronted by reporters about President Donald Trump's planned $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" — and his reaction was to sprint away from the questioners."Governor, what do you think of the Weaponization Fund, the DOJ fund? Could you comment on that?" asked the reporter, as DeSantis broke into a run up the...
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A senator dismissed a Department of Justice prosecutor who led a botched case against six protesters and is now being accused of misconduct, according to new reports. Sheri Mecklenburg is a 20-year veteran DOJ prosecutor, according to Talking Points Memo reporter Josh Marshall. She led the case against the "Broadview Six," a group of protesters who...
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Anderson Cooper criticized CBS News head Bari Weiss during his "60 Minutes" exit interview published Sunday. According to media watchdog Status, Weiss was not given advance notice of Cooper's remarks. In the interview, Cooper stressed how "independence" and viewer trust are "crucial" to the program, emphasizing leadership "requires an appreciation...
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On Thursday, President Donald Trump overruled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by ordering troops to Poland that the former Fox News personality had canceled, much to the surprise of high-ranking Pentagon officials.According to the Wall Street Journal, along with countermanding Hegseth's decision, the president gave him an earful about treating...
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Nicole Saphier, Trump's surgeon general nominee, has sold supplement products online "since at least 2024," according to The Guardian – but after the outlet contacted the online storefront this week, it quietly pulled her products from its listings, which some critics have labeled as "snake oil.”A radiologist, podcast host and frequent Fox News...
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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers responded on Friday to reports that Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ), who has been missing from Congress for more than 78 days, had broken his silence.Kean spoke publicly for the first time on Thursday, telling David Wildstein, editor of The New Jersey Globe, that he was "nearing a return to work and intends to discuss publicly the...
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dropped $5 million on the main House Republican super PAC just four weeks after lawmakers arranged to interview him about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — making him the first Trump cabinet official to make a seven-figure disclosed federal donation since being confirmed.The April 1 donation...
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WASHINGTON — Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) told reporters on Thursday that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pulled a scheduled war powers resolution vote, saying that it was clear that Democrats had enough votes to compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war."They just pulled it, unconscionably. It is beyond time that we address...
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A Republican congressman who has been missing for months kept racking up campaign travel expenses despite claiming he can't work due to personal medical issues, according to a new report. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) has been absent since early March and has missed 88 House votes, but it hasn't stopped him from traveling, according to reporting by The...
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Sarah Kellen, 46, Jeffrey Epstein's longtime personal assistant, testified before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday, saying she was repeatedly raped and abused by Epstein. She also provided lawmakers with names of three previously unknown alleged offenders. Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) described her testimony as "by far the most...
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The abrupt resignation announcement made by DNI head Tulsi Gabbard on Friday, going into Memorial Day weekend, will decrease a substantial amount of tension inside and outside the White House.That is according to MS NOW national security expert, Marc Polymeropoulos, who spoke with host Chris Jansing by phone moments after the news broke.According...
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Tulsi Gabbard didn't leave the Trump administration on her own terms — at least according to one well-placed source.Despite an official story centered on her husband's cancer diagnosis, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters that Gabbard "had been forced out by the White House" — a stark contrast to the carefully crafted farewell...
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Tulsi Gabbard is stepping down as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence, according to a resignation letter she shared on X on Friday. In the letter, Gabbard said she was stepping aside from the role to support her husband as he battles bone cancer. She will step down from the role on June 30. […]
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President Donald Trump admitted on Friday that he wouldn't be attending the wedding of his son, Donald Trump Jr., and offered his nearly 13 million followers on Truth Social an explanation as to why, one that involved his "love for the United States of America.”"While I very much wanted to be with my son, Don Jr., and the newest member of the...
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Private text messages obtained by New York Magazine reveal Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) dismissing the Epstein files as a "nothing burger," mocking healthcare affordability concerns, and comparing an ICE-killed nurse to Kyle Rittenhouse. In January texts to staffers, Fetterman questioned how healthcare could be affordable, writing, "How should it...
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Critics were left dumbstruck on Friday after President Donald Trump characterized a taxpayer-funded settlement he reached as an act of selflessness, a remark that some noted had also severely undercut his own past remarks.On his social media platform Truth Social, Trump complained Friday morning that he "gave up a lot of money” after agreeing to...
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Tulsi Gabbard is out as Director of National Intelligence — and while her resignation letter cites her husband's battle with a rare bone cancer, it comes after months of rumors that Trump wanted her gone.Gabbard notified Trump in an Oval Office meeting on Friday. Her last day is June 30."My husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an...
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Sarah Kellen, the former personal assistant to Jeffrey Epstein who told Congress Thursday she was repeatedly raped and abused by the convicted sex trafficker, has named three of his alleged accomplices — and the identities have sent shockwaves through political and celebrity circles.According to Tara Palmeri's The Red Letter, Kellen identified...
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