Politico - Europe (An hour ago)
Gestern wurde Lars Klingbeil (SPD) selbst ins Kanzleramt gerufen, heute ist er der Gastgeber. Ab 10 Uhr empfängt der Finanzminister die Spitzen der Wirtschaftsverbände und Gewerkschaften zum Krisentreffen. Das Ziel: Angesichts hoher Energiepreise und eines stagnierenden Wirtschaftswachstums Handlungsfähigkeit demonstrieren. Doch während...
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A journalist warned in a new essay that President Donald Trump just crossed a line that can never be uncrossed.Marisa Kabas, a Brooklyn-based journalist, wrote in a new essay for her website, The Handbasket, that Trump's threat to annihilate the Iranian civilization was a moment of "mortal peril" that "lit the world on fire." She added that it has...
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Hungarians may be the ones voting this Sunday — but all EU citizens have something at stake in the outcome of the election. After years of obstructionism under PM Viktor Orbán, a new leader in Budapest could mark a turning point for the EU. But is Hungary’s relationship with Brussels dominating the campaign domestically to...
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On Thursday, former prosecutor Joyce Vance warned the Trump administration has declared war on public records law through a sweeping "power grab," on her Substack.The Office of Legal Counsel, headed by far-right former Samuel Alito clerk T. Elliot Gaiser, issued an opinion claiming the 1978 Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional, concluding...
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A former Army lawyer was alarmed by President Donald Trump's rantings about coverage of the war on Iran during a segment on CNN's "NewsNight" on Thursday. Margaret Donovan, a former Army JAG lawyer, was asked to respond to a post Trump fired off on Truth Social, attacking the Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board over a recent...
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A Republican lawmaker was called out for his history of making racist remarks during a live interview on TMZ on Thursday. Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) was asked on "TMZ Live" to respond to comments made by right-wing influencer Dan Bilzerian on Wednesday, who called Fine a "fat Jew" during a live interview. Fine said that Bilzerian's comments showed he...
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Donald Trump promised to cut Americans' electricity bills in half within his first year and a half in office, but in ruby red West Virginia, some residents are now getting hit with monthly electric bills bigger than their paychecks.Rebecca Michalski, a disabled woman on a fixed income in Rainelle, West Virginia, opened her February electric bill to...
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Vice President JD Vance may soon come to "regret his new title" as President Donald Trump's fraud czar, according to a new analysis. Trump appointed Vance as fraud czar via an executive order signed in March, which instructed him to investigate social benefits fraud in blue states such as Minnesota, California, and Colorado. Will Gottsegen, a staff...
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President Donald Trump's embattled Secretary of Labor has faced at least three complaints at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for how she is running the department, reported MS NOW on Thursday.Of those three complaints, "Two ... were filed by young female staffers who have alleged that Chavez-DeRemer's husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer,...
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A former federal prosecutor ripped Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday for comments he made about President Donald Trump. During a recent press conference, Blanche told reporters that he "loved" working for Trump and that it would be an honor to serve the administration as attorney general or any other position Trump puts Blanche in....
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President Donald Trump posted a lengthy screed against immigrants on his Truth Social account Thursday — accompanied by what appeared to be raw video footage of what appeared to be a woman being beaten to death by a Haitian with Temporary Protected Status.Trump wrote that "An Illegal Alien Criminal from Haiti, who was released into our Country by...
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Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly and NewsNation host Chris Cuomo engaged in a heated on-air argument over Iran's nuclear capabilities. The dispute centered on recent comments from IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, who reported Iran had up to 60% enriched uranium but acknowledged the IAEA could not verify the claim. O'Reilly accused Cuomo of...
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Nobody asked her, but Melania, who doesn't speak, spoke today.Here's the thing. I've been obsessively following every thread of the Jeffrey Epstein story, every document drop, every name floated, every rumor circulating in the news. And yet, when Melania Trump — out of the blue — strode out in front of the White House press corps to issue a...
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President Donald Trump stunned political observers and analysts on Thursday by officially endorsing Hungarian dictator Viktor Orbán for reelection. Trump posted on Truth Social that Orbán is a "truly strong and powerful Leader, with a proven track record of delivering phenomenal results" and urged voters to support him during the April 12...
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Two prominent figures within President Donald Trump's MAGA movement are ripping into each other over the plight of a Trumpworld lawyer whose loyalties have been thrown into question.Laura Loomer, a far-right conspiracy theory figure known for having Trump's ear, is calling for the dismissal of Stanley Woodward, the third-in-command at the Justice...
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The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board was outraged Thursday that President Donald Trump punched holes in U.S. sanctions on Russia — and penned a column demanding Trump "stop doing sanctions favors for Mr. Putin."The Treasury Department lifted certain Russian oil sanctions, which have been as harsh as possible as Russia continues...
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President Donald Trump lashed out at a federal court after it denied his bid to end Temporary Protected Status for certain immigrants on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of the District of Massachusetts ruled that the Department of Homeland Security didn't properly move to terminate TPS for the immigrants. Tens of thousands of Ethiopians...
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U.S. military service members contradicted Pentagon claims about Iran's deadliest attack on American troops during Trump's war, according to CBS News. Survivors of the March 1 attack that killed six and wounded 20 in Kuwait disputed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's characterization that a drone "squeaked through" defense systems. Injured soldiers...
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Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is barely doing the job President Donald Trump demoted her to, reported the Daily Mail on Thursday.Noem was effectively fired from the Cabinet after months of bad press from immigration enforcement raids, and a disastrous congressional hearing in which she blamed Trump for a $200 million...
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David Rothkopf, a columnist with The Daily Beast, floated a new theory about why first lady Melania Trump gave seemingly unprompted remarks about her relationship with disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday afternoon. Trump held a press conference where she declared that the "lies" about her relationship with...
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A political commentator excoriated Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for lying to the American people to cover for President Donald Trump in a new reaction video. David Pakman, who hosts the progressive YouTube show, "The David Pakman Show," called out Leavitt's latest "massive dump of lies" about the Strait of Hormuz in a new video on Thursday. The...
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Hunter Biden threw down the gauntlet on Thursday, challenging Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump to a cage match, and making clear he doesn't need anyone's permission to show up."I told him I'd do it — 100% in if he can pull it off. And if he can't, I'm still coming," Biden said in a video shared on conservative social media commentator Andrew...
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The White House quietly warned its own staff not to use insider knowledge to place bets on prediction markets, according to a new report.Just hours after President Donald Trump announced a sudden pause of strikes against Iran on March 23, the White House Management Office fired off a staff-wide email warning employees against leveraging their...
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Florida Republican legislative leaders plan to meet April 20 for an unusual mid-decade congressional redistricting session, which Democrats argue violates the state's Fair Districts constitutional amendment banning maps drawn to favor political parties. Democrats, including Representatives RaShon Young, Michele Rayner, and Ashley Gantt, called the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)
If I asked you to name the most unpopular Supreme Court justice, you might choose the venal Clarence Thomas or the perpetually enraged Samuel Alito. In either event, you'd be wrong. Americans' least popular member of the high tribunal is Brett "I like beer” Kavanaugh. Poll after poll has shown Kavanaugh taking the honor since his nomination in...
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President Donald Trump's Department of Justice was mocked by political analysts and observers on Thursday for its "insane" attempt to get back at a "special club" that rejected the president years ago. The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump's DOJ has launched an antitrust investigation into the NFL for allegedly harming consumers by allowing...
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A federal judge smacked down Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new attempt to write rules for Pentagon correspondents, concluding that the department has once again infringed on the First Amendment.The issue stems from a controversial policy issued by the Pentagon that requires reporters to commit not to publish anything leaked in violation of...
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President Donald Trump accused Iran of subverting the two-week ceasefire agreement he announced on Tuesday. In a new Truth Social post, Trump said Iran is doing a "very poor job" of allowing oil to travel through the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that accounts for 20% of the global energy trade. One of the conditions of the ceasefire was that Iran...
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A magistrate judge has ordered federal prosecutors to turn over records about Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross, the man who killed Renee Good during a confrontation in Minneapolis.This move is part of an unrelated case involving Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala, who was charged with dragging Ross with his car after a...
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First lady Melania Trump delivered her first public statement addressing Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, departing sharply from the Trump administration's push to move past the scandal. Breaking her typical silence, Melania defended herself against unverified social media claims linking her to Epstein, stating they had interacted socially at parties....
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Reactions were mounting Thursday after President Donald Trump dropped a lengthy, angry post calling out his former allies, whom he referred to as "losers." Trump took to his Truth Social platform to rage at multiple MAGA voices: Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens and Alex Jones. The president's move revealed even more ideological fractures...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)
Podcaster Joe Rogan sounded off against President Donald Trump's war in Iran on Thursday during a new episode of his popular show, "The Joe Rogan Experience." Rogan and his guest, comedian Duncan Trussell, sharply criticized the war in Iran during the episode. At one point, Trussell said he felt "stupid" for believing Trump when he claimed that he...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)
President Donald Trump raged on Thursday at reports that Iran is charging tolls to ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump's comments came at a time when Iran and the U.S. have agreed to a two-week ceasefire as they discuss ending the war. Multiple outlets have reported that one of the 10 points in Iran's proposed deal is the ability to...
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President Donald Trump howled at the Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board on Thursday after they published an editorial calling his declared victory in the war on Iran "premature." On Wednesday, the editorial board warned Trump that it was "too early" to declare victory in the conflict, considering that the Strait of Hormuz remains...
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), one of President Donald Trump's most vocal critics on Capitol Hill, was leading in his primary election to maintain his seat in Congress. The rebel Republican has targeted Trump and his administration in a push to seek justice for survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and a new poll from Quantus Insights released Thursday showed...
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Despite threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, an American break with NATO remains unlikely. Political constraints, military dependence and mutual interests bind both sides. The real danger involves eroding trust, emboldening Russia and a slow-motion fracture that weakens deterrence without ever triggering a formal divorce.
ReadRaw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones broke down in tears while cradling a battle axe during a Thursday broadcast with journalist Tim Williams, claiming God had sent it as proof of divine intervention to break a "demonic spell" causing Trump to wage war on Iran. Williams prayed over the axe, calling Jones a "battle axe" and invoking Jesus to...
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President Donald Trump is enraged with the U.S. allies in NATO, between their refusal to allow him to take over Greenland and their lack of commitment to help him carry out war in Iran — and he has a plan to punish the NATO states he believes are most disloyal to America.But even this plan could backfire, MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace said on...
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A New York Times reporter suggested that first lady Melania Trump's denial of her connection to Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday revealed more questions than answers. Lulu Garcia-Navarro, an on-air CNN contributor, described how Trump's motive behind the statement could clear up some of the comments she made. And although it was unclear what drove the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)
With Wisconsin Republicans losing their fourth consecutive state Supreme Court race in a row, fingers are flying, and the blame game is flaring up — and some strategists are concerned that the key battleground state, after backing Trump in two out of three of the last presidential elections, is being abandoned to Democrats.According to the...
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An official in President Donald Trump's Department of Defense could be in legal jeopardy after he disclosed the murky sale of stock that he held in Elon Musk's artificial intelligence firm, according to a new report. The Guardian reported on Thursday that Emil Michael, the undersecretary for research and engineering at the Pentagon, disclosed...
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President Donald Trump raged against his former allies, whom he called "losers," in a meandering Truth Social rant on Thursday. "I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, especially by the fact that they think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)
The internet was stunned on Thursday after first lady Melania Trump publicly denied for the first time that she had any connection to Jeffrey Epstein. She claimed that multiple people and organizations had lied about her connection to the late financier and convicted child sex offender, delivering a statement at the White House on Thursday. She...
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President Donald Trump stunned political observers when he pardoned Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat who was convicted of trying to sell former President Barack Obama's Senate seat.Now, according to the Chicago Tribune, Blagojevich is being paid $130,000 to lobby the Trump administration to issue a similar pardon to Anne Parmaggiore, the...
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Noah Wyle broke his silence on how HBO pressured the hit medical drama "The Pitt" to soften a politically explosive episode, and admitted he wasn't in the room when the negotiations happened.The Emmy-winning star and producer told Variety that HBO asked the show's creative team to ensure its ICE storyline was "balanced" after reading the script....
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White House officials were reportedly blindsided after first lady Melania Trump gave a surprise address in which she admitted partying with two of the country's most infamous sex offenders, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.During an address at the White House, Trump decried the "lies" linking her to Epstein and Maxwell."I reject their...
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The Republican Party's takeover by the MAGA movement was decades in the making, former GOP strategist Stuart Stephens told MS NOW on Thursday, and the decisions that led to it have left the party with elected leaders who are incapable of taking a stand for themselves or the country as a whole.This comes as the president made repeated threats to...
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Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner, running against Republican Susan Collins in Maine, called for Democrats to exercise ethics oversight of the Supreme Court and pursue impeachment of justices if they retake the Senate. Platner argued in front of a crowed, if Supreme Court justices faced the same ethical standards as lower court judges,...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones broke down in tears while cradling a "battle axe" in an effort to break a "demonic spell," which he believed had caused President Donald Trump to wage war on Iran.During a Thursday segment with journalist Tim Williams, Jones presented the battle axe as proof that God had blessed his attempts to combat...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)
CNN reporters were shocked on Thursday after first lady Melania Trump gave her first-ever statement on Jeffrey Epstein and called for Congress to give survivors of the late financier and convicted child sex offender a chance to testify. Melania Trump's connection to Epstein has long been under speculation, and in her speech from the White House,...
ReadAustralian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (11 hours ago)
If you want a basic measure of the difference between Liberal leader Angus Taylor and Nationals leader Matt Canavan, compare their reactions to US President Donald Trump's extraordinary threat this week that "a whole civilisation will die tonight".
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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi could still be forced to testify despite claims from the Department of Justice that she would no longer have to, according to an MS NOW report on Thursday. The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena last month for Bondi, with five Republicans joining Democrats to vote in favor of requesting Bondi speak to the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
Vice President JD Vance was under fire on Thursday after a number of voices called for his excommunication from the Catholic Church. Vance has described himself as a devout Catholic and has a new book coming out about his faith journey. But critics of the vice president have demanded Pope Leo punish Vance and take a stand after the Church leader...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
First lady Melania Trump broke her silence for the first time and denied any relationship with late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — calling on Congress to give his survivors a chance to testify under oath. In her speech at the White House on Thursday, she said she had no knowledge of Epstein's activities and claimed...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may be the next cabinet member to depart the Trump administration, according to retired U.S. Navy intelligence officer Travis Akers. Despite Hegseth declaring a "decisive military victory" over Iran during Wednesday's press conference, multiple reports indicate Iran continues striking U.S. allies and the Strait of...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)
Friends,The Justice Department has just launched a criminal investigation of Cassidy Hutchinson. Remember her?Hutchinson was the young, courageous former White House aide whose testimony before Congress implicated Trump in the violence that erupted at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.Not surprisingly, her testimony enraged Trump. So, the Justice...
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Although GOP legislative leaders say that a special session on the state budget won't take place next week, they still intend to meet later this month for an unusual mid-decade congressional redistricting session that Democrats say is unconstitutional and could backfire on Republicans."This is illegal,” said Rep. RaShon Young, D-Orlando, on a...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
MAGA influencers were raging at each other over a supposed Department of Justice investigation examining whether foreign money plays a role in their social media content, according to a report published on Thursday. The growing divide over Iran and President Donald Trump's decisions has pitted conservative influencers against each other, The...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)
On the same day that MS NOW host Joe Scarborough suggested that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's "humiliating” performances at press conferences might compel Donald Trump to replace him, The Hill is reporting that the former Fox News personality has grown increasingly "uncomfortable" with his fate in the administration.According to The Hill's...
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President Donald Trump posted an all-caps rebuke of North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, on Truth Social, claiming the alliance "wasn't there when we needed them" and referencing Greenland as a "poorly run piece of ice." The post came hours after Trump met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and just one day after announcing a U.S. and...
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An interview on MS NOW with a Florida man caused alarm on social media after he urged Donald Trump to "push the button” and kill everyone in Iran.Speaking on the street in front of a Starbucks in Boca Raton, Dale Hershman told MS NOW's Alex Tabet that he wants Trump's war to continue and that the president has not gone far enough as far as he is...
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LAWRENCE — Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court's "shadow docket” is controversial among her colleagues, and it can consequentially short-circuit lower courts.At a Q&A-style fireside chat among three influential Latinas and a crowd of around 1,700, Sotomayor articulated her view on the implications of the court's frequent...
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A member of Donald Trump's administration has upset federal workers with an email sent out to nearly 100,000 staff members, an insider has claimed. Brooke Rollins, the Department of Agriculture secretary, sent an email to employees celebrating Easter. The email, seen by The Washington Post, starts, "Happy Easter - He is Risen indeed! Today we...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
Hours after President Donald Trump pitched an angry tantrum at US allies, he reportedly demanded that they draw up plans to help fix the geopolitical and economic disaster he caused by launching his illegal war with Iran.In a Wednesday night social media post, Trump posted an all-caps tirade against members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...
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Newly confirmed Department for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is running into a buzzsaw since leaving the Senate and ground zero for him is in a tiny town in Pennsylvania where Donald Trump is massively popular.According to the New York Times, Tremont, Pennsylvania — a deep-red town of just 2,000 people in Trump territory where the...
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MS NOW Joe Scarborough criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's over-the-top press conferences about the Iran war, comparing his behavior to "third-grade chest thumping" on a playground. Scarborough expressed shock that Hegseth continues appearing publicly despite humiliating Trump and the administration daily with his "stupid routine." During...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)
Donald Trump's approval rating has taken a sharp decline with one of his most prominent supporter groups, an analyst has claimed. The president appears to be losing support in the opinion polls during his second term and has hit approval rating lows this month. Non-MAGA Republicans appear to be abandoning Trump faster than ever, according to recent...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made it clear where he stood — and it's firmly behind President Donald Trump, an analyst reported on Thursday. Salon's Heather Digby Parton described how Blanche openly defended Trump's attack on his perceived enemies during his first press conference this week as acting attorney general since the president...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) accused Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of not following the teachings of Jesus Christ because he had supported President Donald Trump after a threat to destroy Iran's entire civilization in one night.During an interview with CNN on Thursday, Greene called Trump's apocalyptic threat "insanity.""I really hope to...
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Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Michigan's free newsletter here.Stan Grot is once again in charge of Shelby Township's elections.Grot, the Shelby Township Clerk, was one of 16 people charged with a number of felonies connected to their role as...
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With an eye on his own political future, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has an opportunity to graduate from a thorn in Donald Trump's side to a roadblock halting some of the president's key policies in their tracks.According to Politico's Jordain Carney, Paul's fellow Republicans are racing to pass aggressive immigration enforcement legislation, but Paul...
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It's not every day you wake up and send the following email to the five Republican men representing Kansas in Washington, D.C.:"Good morning! I was wondering if the congressman had any comment on the president's words yesterday threatening the eradication of Iran's civilization.”Nevertheless, that's how I began Wednesday, reaching out to Sens....
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U.S. military service members claimed the Pentagon was not telling the truth about Iran's deadliest attack on America's troops during President Donald Trump's most recent war.CBS News reported that survivors of the attack that killed six and wounded 20 were "left dangerously exposed" when they were attacked in Kuwait.According to the surviving...
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When Democratic Reps. Greg Stanton and Yassamin Ansari visited an Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Mesa earlier this year meant to temporarily house 157 people, it was one of the few times the facility had been under capacity in more than a month.Just two weeks prior there were 513 people housed there in a single day. And a...
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The hotel ballroom in downtown Madison was packed with cheering supporters as Chris Taylor gave her victory speech Tuesday night after her huge, 20-point win over her conservative opponent Maria Lazar, cementing a 5-2 liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The four other liberal women on the Court high-fived Taylor as she took the stage....
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Gas prices "will rapidly come back down,” as soon as the war against Iran ends, President Donald Trump said during his address to the nation last week.That's not what his Department of Energy said Tuesday.If hostilities in the war were to stop by the end of April, the price of gas at the end of the year would still higher than it was at the start...
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US Senate hopeful Graham Platner wants Democrats to "deal with” the Supreme Court if they retake power in November and launch oversight and possible impeachments to remove justices from office.Amid President Donald Trump's historic unpopularity, Democrats are heavily favored to retake the House of Representatives and have gained momentum in the...
ReadPolitico - Europe (15 hours ago)
Die Waffenruhe im Iran bringt vorerst keine Entspannung an der Zapfsäule. Die Internationale Energieagentur warnt vor einer Krise, die Jahre andauern könnte. Während die Logistikkosten durch drohende iranische Zölle in der Straße von Hormuz massiv steigen könnten, wächst der Druck auf die Bundesregierung. In dieser Folge vertiefen Joana...
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Far-right autocratic Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is on the brink of losing power after 16 years of consolidating control, CNN data forecaster Harry Enten argued — and if anything, Vice President JD Vance's trip to the country to rally with him didn't help.In fact, it may have actually made Orban's prospects of keeping his job worse.For...
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An interview with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) got off to a ragged start on Thursday morning when MS NOW regular Katty Kay accused him of being ineffective.Brought on to promote an Iran war resolution vote to be held Thursday morning at the request of his office, Kay immediately charged ahead with, "It doesn't have really very much...
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Pardoned January 6 rioter Jake Lang warned that President Donald Trump would be the "last white president" if Congress does not pass the SAVE America Act to make it more difficult to vote."We are in an existential crisis. The illegal invaders have not only taken over our country, but our elections are in jeopardy," Lang told Lindell TV's Alison...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)
At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation's largest nutrition program and shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs from the federal government to states, according to a study the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities published...
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A split in the Republican Party is worsening as representatives believe they should hold out against a bill approved by the Senate. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson may call on GOP reps to back the bill on funding the Department of Homeland Security. The bill in question excludes funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol...
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Donald Trump kicked off his Thursday morning with a cryptic Truth Social post aimed at NATO that will have people scratching their heads at what is to come.The president has long been critical of the military alliance formed in 1949 as a bulwark against Russia, arguing over funding and now complaining that NATO countries won't help him with his war...
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First lady Melania Trump got some bad news on Thursday, courtesy of CNN data analyst Harry Enten: the American people dislike her more than any other first lady since polling on the topic began."What are you seeing about Melania Trump and how her polling is shifting?" asked anchor Kate Bolduan."Yeah, I would say that the American people really...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
The economy could be set for a harsh reality check because of one issue highlighted by a Nobel Prize winner. Paul Krugman suggests that while the unemployment figures under Donald Trump's administration remained relatively typical, the anti-immigration policies of his team will cause a rupture further down the line. The economist, writing in his...
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A report that Donald Trump's administration menaced the first American-born pope led the entire panel on MS NOW's "Morning Joe” to wonder what they could possibly be thinking as they risk alienating millions of Catholics.According to a report from The Free Press, after Pope Leo XIV delivered his State of the World speech where he criticized the...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
President Donald Trump's administration has declared war on public records law, former prosecutor Joyce Vance wrote on her Substack Thursday — and in doing so, executed a "power grab" and "overruled the Supreme Court," or at least laid the groundwork to try to."Enacted in 1978, in the wake of Watergate, the Presidential Records Act (PRA) makes...
ReadRaw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)
President Donald Trump's Iran war is driving gas prices to unprecedented levels, CNN's Matt Egan told anchor Kate Bolduan on Thursday morning."Where is it headed?" asked Bolduan. "When's there going to be a break? Any time soon?""Well, Kate, I mean, that was fast, right?" said Egan. "The oil price crash is already over, at least for the moment. As...
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