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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," we speak to mayors from cities across the country as anger at ICE persists across the country, plus our interview with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado.
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The Liberal Party announced Saturday afternoon that family physician Dr. Danielle Martin will be their candidate for the upcoming federal byelection in University-Rosedale, the downtown Toronto riding Chrystia Freeland held until she stepped down earlier this month.
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An analyst was floored on Sunday after President Donald Trump's 'poor flunky' made the rounds on the Sunday morning news shows. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who was once Trump's defense attorney, made the rounds on the Sunday morning shows, where he defended the administration's treatment of immigrants and the ongoing Department of Justice...
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President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the embattled Kennedy Center will close for two-years as it undergoes renovations. "After a one year review of The Trump Kennedy Center, that has taken place with Contractors, Musical Experts, Art Institutions, and other Advisors and Consultants, deciding between either Construction with Closure and...
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Mockery abounded on Sunday night after President Donald Trump announced that the embattled Kennedy Center would close for two years as a wave of performers cancelled their dates. Trump has been trying for several months to rebrand the Kennedy Center as the "Trump-Kennedy Center," even though the building was named by federal law. His efforts to add...
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A legal expert flagged a recent court order on Sunday that he said could bring the "Trump-induced darkness" to an end for many immigrant families in America. On Saturday, a federal judge in Texas ordered President Donald Trump's administration to release Adrian Conejo Arias and his 5-year-old son Liam, who have been held in Texas since they were...
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The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.The records viewed by ProPublica list Ochoa, 43, and Gutierrez, 35, as the shooters during the deadly encounter last weekend that left...
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A political analyst sounded the alarm on Sunday after reports that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard attended an FBI raid of a Georgia elections office last week. Last Thursday, President Donald Trump's FBI raided the Fulton County voting offices in search of evidence that Trump won the 2020 general election. Trump has repeatedly...
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The new Jeffrey Epstein files released on Friday include "nauseating" details about President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve, according to one GOP analyst. Rick Wilson, co-founder of The Lincoln Project, wrote in a new Substack essay on Sunday that the January 30 Epstein files dump included details about Kevin Warsh, who Trump...
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Two of the loudest and most important defence policy issues facing Canada have a common — often unrealized — thread, say experts. Both the F-35 and the U.S. threats to annex Greenland are connected over the Trump administration's plan to build its Golden Dome missile defence system.
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A federal judge ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention in Texas. The boy was detained last week while on his way home from preschool, sparking an international outcry. Ian Lee has more.
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President Donald Trump loves to claim that he proved economic experts wrong with his tariff regime, but one Nobel-winning economist pointed out on Sunday that the president's argument is missing one key point. Since the beginning of Trump's second term, he has claimed that the tariffs he has unilaterally placed on America's trading partners would...
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Ever since Donald Trump rode down the escalator in 2015, attacking immigrants as drug smugglers and rapists, immigration has been his signature issue, often putting the Democrats on the defensive.During his first term, Trump's cruel policies of separating families at the border and his BS about Mexico paying for the wall contributed to his defeat...
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A reporter whom President Donald Trump mentioned by name in a recent fundraising email responded to the president's "creepy" message on Sunday. Trump mentioned Salon's White House columnist Brian Karem by name in a new fundraising email, inviting the journalist to a "fireside chat" with him. The invite included a standard-issue AI-generated photo...
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Brett Ratner, the successful film director behind the popular "Rush Hour” films and director of the new biographical film about Melania Trump, was exposed a second time in the Justice Department's publication of Jeffrey Epstein files, only this time with photographs of him "cuddling” a young woman alongside Epstein.Ratner was first exposed in...
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Donald Trump has a "guillotine" above Kristi Noem's head in the form of false stories he has likely been planting about her in the media, according to a former DHS insider.Former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor, who has claimed his home was targeted by a break-in shortly after he published a scathing "Anonymous" op-ed about Trump's...
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday of lying about an effort of several lawmakers to review unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files, an alleged lie that Massie subsequently provided "receipts” to disprove.Blanche appeared on ABC News Friday morning to discuss the Justice Department's recent release of around...
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Buried underneath this weekend's revelations from the Jeffrey Epstein files is a scandal so large that it would consume President Donald Trump's administration if Republicans weren't actively working to shield the president from accountability, according to analysts. The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday morning that a lieutenant to a member...
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Deputy attorney general Todd Blanche on Sunday was roasted on social media after he appeared to get a basic fact wrong about U.S. law.ABC's George Stephanopoulos interviewed Blanche over the weekend, and in a discussion about immigration enforcement noted that "70% of those who have been detained don't have criminal records." Blanche replied with,...
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Vivian Wilson, the estranged daughter of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, released a statement Sunday to corroborate a key detail revealed over the weekend about her father's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, prompting supporters to urge her to "protect” herself.The Justice Department released around 3.5 million Epstein files on Friday, and among them were...
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If you thought that President Donald Trump and Georgia Republican candidates for higher office have left the 2020 election in the rearview mirror, think again.Federal agents on Wednesday were seen seizing records from Fulton County's election center warehouse as the president continues echoing false claims surrounding his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe...
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A former Tea Party Republican congressman on Sunday said his prior colleagues are "squirming" because Donald Trump just made another choice that is going to make the 2026 elections more difficult for the GOP.Appearing on MS NOW, Joe Walsh was prompted by a host who said, "Trump wants to build a 250 foot tall arch dwarfing the Lincoln memorial. The...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was promptly shut down Sunday by NBC News' Kristen Welker after attempting to repeat false claims about Georgia voter fraud in the 2020 election, claims that Welker didn't hesitate to remind the top Republican had been thoroughly debunked.Appearing on NBC News' "Meet the Press,” Johnson was asked to comment on...
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Constitutional lawyer and writer David French issued a bleak warning Sunday over what he argued were clear signs of President Donald Trump's plan to "unlawfully influence” the upcoming 2026 midterm elections."A president who doesn't care about the law, who commands an obedient Congress and is supported by a radicalized base of tens of millions of...
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In his recent Davos speech to world leaders in Switzerland, President Donald Trump chastised European countries for falling for the climate-change hoax and wasting billions of dollars on green-energy scams. Trump sees himself on a crusade to disabuse the world of the greatest environmental con in history, having singlehandedly uncovered the Chinese...
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Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes, a far-right influencer who has lashed out at Donald Trump while largely remaining supportive of his agenda, on Sunday reminded his more than a million followers that the president and DOJ are "hiding" something.Fuentes, who first made national waves when he dined with the president and the recording artist who was previously...
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) shut down a Fox News host Sunday after being asked whether the Trump administration's proposed changes to its immigration enforcement operations were "reasonable,” arguing instead that mass deportations had turned the United States into a "dystopia.”"Does that sound like a reasonable step to you?” asked Fox News'...
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Jeffrey Epstein, who once boasted to be President Donald Trump's "closest friend for 10 years,” hinted in 2019 that the president had ditched his own family over the 2018 holiday to spend time with Madeline Westerhout, then his personal secretary, newly published text messages have revealed.Trump, 79, was first accused of having an affair with...
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The weekend upset by Dems in Texas is even "bigger" than media pundits think, according to a former GOP lawmaker.Joe Walsh appeared on MS NOW on Sunday, where he was asked about the recent win of Taylor Rehmet, a union leader, who prevailed against a Trump-endorsed Republican. Analysts have said the upset will send shockwaves through the Republican...
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared to confirm that the Justice Department plans to withhold millions of files on Jeffrey Epstein, an admission forced from ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Sunday.On Friday, Blanche revealed that the DOJ planned to release around 3.5 million Epstein files later that same day, but acknowledged that the...
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Given the fear and chaos that currently has a chokehold on my home state, Minnesota, around the murder by federal agents of two innocent people, I had to think outside of the box — of a way for me to beg folks to see just how wrong this is.I readily admit I've never written an op ed, and am certain this will be my last. So when I sat down to...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got a direct challenge from a congressman Sunday.The Democrats this weekend flipped a highly watched seat in deep red Texas, despite Donald Trump's strong endorsement, in a move that is expected to send shockwaves through the Republican party.In that contest, Taylor Rehmet, a union leader, prevailed against the...
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Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former White House chief strategist, accused the president in 2018 of being "beyond borderline” and fit to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment, a newly released text exchange with Jeffrey Epstein has revealed."He is really borderline,” Epstein wrote to Bannon on Dec. 31, 2018, referring to...
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The Democrats flipped a highly watched seat in deep red Texas, despite Donald Trump's strong endorsement, and political insiders say the result will be disastrous for the Republican party.We reported on how Trump went to bat hard for a Republican running for a Texas state senate seat, but ultimately Democrats had a massive "shock upset" instead....
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A new report about a "secret" and "unprecedented" deal between Donald Trump and a "spy Sheikh" has analysts concerned.According to the Wall Street Journal, "Four days before Donald Trump's inauguration last year, lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed a deal with the Trump family to purchase a 49% stake in their fledgling cryptocurrency...
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America's economic system has never been fair or perfect but for more than a century it rested on basic guardrails that kept instability in check and allowed us to fight for progress and win. Those guardrails are now being stripped away by policies that favor wealth and power over accountability and long-term stability.For over a hundred years, the...
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Author and biographer Michael Wolff claimed that President Donald Trump has been "vaguely irritated” with his wife's new biographical film "Melania” – which released in theaters Friday to abysmal reviews and near-empty screenings – and revealed why he thinks that's true to The Daily Beast, the outlet reported Sunday."Everybody in the family...
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President Donald Trump took to social media Sunday to declare the biographical film "Melania” a runaway success after grossing $8 million in its opening weekend, and despite the $75 million price tag for the film."BLOCKBUSTER!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. "Melania Trump film on track for best opening weekend of any...
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British Columbia Premier David Eby says Alberta separatists meeting with the U.S. administration and seeking financial backing is an act of "treason," as the issue of national sovereignty loomed over a meeting between the premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday.
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Donald Trump went to bat hard for a Republican running for a Texas state senate seat, but ultimately Democrats had a massive "shock upset" instead.According to the Hill, "Democrats scored a stunning upset on Saturday in a special election runoff for Texas Senate, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, giving the party a major boost ahead...
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President Donald Trump was named more than 3,000 times in the Justice Department's release Friday of around 3.5 million files on Jeffrey Epstein, and on Saturday, he vowed vengeance against author Michael Wolff and potentially Epstein's estate for what the president alleged was a conspiratorial effort to damage him politically."Wolff, who's a...
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For the first time in American history, a foreign government official took "a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president's company," according to a report Saturday night.According to the Wall Street Journal's reporting, a so-called "spy Sheikh" signed an "unprecedented" deal to buy part of Trump's company for half of a billion...
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The Fourth Amendment protects you from tyranny. It protects you from government agents busting down your door without probable cause. It says you are secure in your home "against unreasonable searches and seizures,” which means no warrants shall issue without "probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation.”The Fourth Amendment didn't...
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Prior comments made by JD Vance were thrown in the vice president's face over the weekend.The conflict arose after the DOJ released millions of more files related to deceased child sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein.Vance wrote in 2021, "Remember when we learned that our wealthiest and most powerful people were connected to a guy who ran a literal child...
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FBI Director Kash Patel's own words came back to haunt him this weekend in the wake of a new release of files on deceased child abuser Jeffrey Epstein.After the DOJ released millions more Epstein files ahead of the weekend, political analysts and observers began circulating an earlier Patel quote that they see as contradictory to the facts.Under...
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The Anti-Defamation League chief spoke out Saturday against Greg Bovino, formally the face of Border Patrol and President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown before his demotion earlier this week, after he was exposed for making "disparaging remarks” to a Trump-nominated prosecutor over their Jewish faith.Bovino spoke by phone on Jan. 12 with...
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Melania Trump on Saturday was accused of living in an "alternate reality" after she bragged that her new documentary, which has reportedly struggled in sales, is "#1" and is "loved by all."The Guardian sent a writer to watch the documentary, Melania, at the busiest movie theater in Times Square, the day of its release. He joined just 12 people in...
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The Department of Homeland Security made a pitch for inexpensive housing that was instantly ridiculed by political observers.Homeland Security took to X ahead of the weekend, writing, "Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE."The post added, "If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your...
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