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Sherrod Brown's return to Ohio politics represents Democrats' best chance in years to reclaim ground in a state that has become reliably Republican, despite the formidable challenge of running in terrain reshaped by Trump's electoral dominance.Brown, who won more votes in Ohio than his party's 2024 presidential nominee despite losing his Senate...
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Republican insiders watching President Donald Trump's grip on power slip ahead of the midterms have started to use burner phones while it's believed that some staffers are wagering on prediction markets, according to a report. Polymarket, an online prediction market platform, has suggested as of Tuesday that Democrats have an 84 percent chance of...
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President Donald Trump was joined by several children in the Oval Office Tuesday to celebrate his signing of a proclamation to restore the Presidential Fitness Test award, during which he deviated from the topic of youth sports to discuss his wildly unpopular war against Iran, turning to one of the children as he made his case for the...
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Bracing for what appears to be an inevitable Democratic takeover of Congress after November's midterms, the Trump White House is already preparing for a barrage of investigations and hearings by holding secretive briefings with executive branch staff on how to handle aggressive congressional oversight.According to reporting from The New Republic,...
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Political analysts Joanna Coles and David Rothkopf discussed President Donald Trump's deteriorating mental and physical health, highlighting a moment where Melania Trump appeared to reject his attempts to hold her hand. In a conversation during The Daily Beast Podcast, Coles noted Trump's need to cling to Melania for stability -- while descending...
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Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) argued that ordinary people on food stamps shouldn't be able to afford "top of the line foods."During a segment on Newsmax this week, host Rob Schmitt recalled that the Supreme Court had banned race-based college admissions."And now extrapolate that out to all of society when we do this everywhere," he said. "We're ending...
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Analysis of Trump's proposed SAVE America Act reveals the sweeping electoral impact the voting restrictions legislation could have, with modeling showing it could flip competitive states dramatically in Republicans' favor—if it passes. However, a GOP insider raised a cautionary flag about how Republicans are deploying the SAVE Act in their...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth raised eyebrows in Tuesday morning's press briefing on the war in Iran.The Pentagon chief told reporters the effort to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz was temporary and "separate and distinct” from the ongoing Operation Epic Fury, and Hegseth said the U.S. intended to hand over the responsibility...
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The final oil shipment out of the Strait of Hormuz arrived in California on Monday, sparking a major turning point for gas prices in the United States, several analysts and experts warned."The war in Iran and the closing of the Strait of Hormuz has actually been buffered by the fact that all of these tankers were at sea at the time that the Strait...
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio has gone missing from public view and has shifted his attention away from diplomacy amid "America's global collapse," an analyst pointed out on Tuesday. Salon's Chauncey DeVega described how Rubio's focus appears to be on the State Department — and altering its previous emphasis on "cultural pluralism, secularism...
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At the end of a brief and subdued Pentagon press conference on the Iran war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cut off a reporter from Zero Hedge for suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu will "pull” Donald Trump back into escalating the conflict.Toward the end of a long question from a reporter identifying himself as...
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PRAIRIE VILLAGE — After President Donald Trump took office, a small church in Kansas City retreated underground — abandoning their sanctuary for the basement.Rick Behrens, senior pastor at Grandview Park Presbyterian Church, said he moved services to the locked basement in response to the administration's decision to allow Immigration and...
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Federal agencies say they have yet to take steps to implement President Donald Trump's executive order restricting voting by mail, as the Department of Justice fights a Democrat-led lawsuit against it.The Justice Department late Friday filed documents asking a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit and to not block the executive order on a...
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President Donald Trump hosted 130 small business owners at the White House Monday in honor of National Small Business Week, but what was supposed to celebrate entrepreneurs quickly derailed into a lengthy diatribe about the U.S. war against Iran, one that journalist Prem Thakker suggested undermined the president's position.Trump has repeatedly...
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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sat down with CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford to discuss his new children's book, "Heroes of 1776: The Story of the Declaration of Independence," why he tells young people they are the luckiest people alive "in the history of the world" and more.
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During a relatively subdued Pentagon briefing on the Iran War on Tuesday morning, both Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine were caught by surprise by a question about "kamikaze dolphins” being deployed in the Strait of Hormuz.During the question and answer segment following the opening statements, a...
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A Democratic lawmaker raised red flags over a rhetorical shift in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's latest press briefing on the Iran war.The Pentagon chief repeatedly stressed that Project Freedom, an effort to move ships through the Strait of Hormuz, was separate from Operation Epic Fury, and CNN's John Berman asked Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) about the...
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The Louisiana Secretary of State received more than 42,000 absentee ballots from voters for the May 16 election by the time Gov. Jeff Landry suspended primaries last week for the state's six U.S. House races, according to records officials provided Monday.The numbers are taking on added significance after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down...
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A group of 29 House Democrats has petitioned the Trump administration to come clean and acknowledge what has been described as an "open secret” among U.S. intelligence for nearly six decades, The Washington Post learned and reported on Tuesday.That "open secret” is Israel's nuclear weapons program, which the United States or Israel have never...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth complained Tuesday after a reporter pressed him on whether President Donald Trump had capitulated on his demand for Iran to unconditionally surrender, chastising the reporter for deviating from his initially "nice” remarks."I want to first express my gratitude and admiration for the work you do and for everyone...
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's attempt to unseat Republican Sen. John Cornyn is sputtering financially, with major donors who previously bankrolled his campaigns now sitting on the sidelines — a striking display of the deep fracture within the Republican Party between its business-oriented establishment and its hard-right MAGA base, writes...
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has investigated at least four employees for speaking to the press after attending vigils honoring Alex Pretti, a VA worker killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis in January, drawing accusations that the agency is using intimidation to silence staff members.Becky Halioua, a recreational therapist...
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According to a long-time Republican pollster, Republicans have a voter problem that is far and above worse than reeling back MAGA voters as Donald Trump's influence wanes.In an opinion piece for the New York Times, conservative Kristen Soltis Anderson warned the GOP leadership that, what she has dubbed "normie” Republicans, are fed up with where...
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President Donald Trump appeared to be reminiscing on Monday evening over his State of the Union address he delivered back in February, with onlookers baffled to see the president sharing several screenshots on social media of conservative commentators' praise of his performance.As Trump's favorability dips to historic lows amid his wildly unpopular...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) set off a round of brutal mockery for providing his definition of victory in the Iran war.The South Carolina Republican and longtime champion for bombing Iran appeared Monday night on Fox News, where host Sean Hannity asked him to what terms would be necessary for the U.S. to declare victory on the war launched Feb. 28 by...
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Nikita Khrushchev famously said, "We will bury you” ("My vas pokhoronim”) to Western ambassadors in Moscow on November 18, 1956. Seventy years later, it appears that Russia's goal is being realized.Putin called Trump last Wednesday and they talked for almost two hours. Fewer than three days later, America announced we're pulling 5,000 US troops...
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A Democratic influencer tangled with a pair of conservatives on "CNN News Night" over the ongoing war in Iran.Adam Mockler, a 23-year-old Meidas Touch podcaster, pushed back on criticism from the National Review's Noah Rothman after he suggested that younger Americans – who overwhelmingly oppose the war – simply don't appreciate the threat Iran...
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Senate Republicans unveiled a $72 billion spending package late Monday night, and onlookers were left stunned after discovering a $1 billion line item related to President Donald Trump's White House ballroom project, which he's long claimed would be entirely funded by private donors."What happened to the ballroom being paid for by private funds?”...
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Donald Trump's attempts to throw his weight around and influence a handful of Republican primaries is falling flat with voters and donors who are not willing to back his pushback at GOP incumbents who have forged their own paths. According to a report from Politico's Liz Crampton, Lisa Kashinsky and Alec Hernandez, hand-picked candidates that the...
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Everyone is well aware of the Trump administration's well-earned "TACO" problem — the only catchy, and desperately needed, malicious Trump branding yet to seep into the general electorate. And if Trump has taught us anything, it is that branding matters. Fine. Here is some branding. How is life going now that we're all having to pay the "Trump...
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With days until the local and national elections - amid some grim polling projections - are Labour facing a double-edged threat from both the left and right of British politics? As instability in the Middle East intensifies, Keir Starmer is preparing to host a summit to tackle antisemitism, but will Labour’s punchy attack on the […]
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The RBA lifts rates by 0.25 basis points to 4.35 per cent, which fully unwinds last year's rate cuts. But governor Michele Bullock says the rate rises will not stop higher inflation heading Australia's way from the Iran war.
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European political parties are misspending their cash, while the public is left in the dark about what's going on. The European Parliament's department of finance found political parties and foundations had misspent €1.5 million during the 2024 EU election campaign. Zoya and Ian discuss which parties are the biggest offenders. They also explain...
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Die versprochene Wirtschaftswende stockt, das Wachstum liegt bei mageren 0,6 %. Gordon Repinski hat am Rande des CDU-Wirtschaftstages den Siemens-Vorstandsvorsitzenden Roland Busch getroffen. Im -Gespräch zieht der CEO eine ernüchternde Bilanz: Es fehle an mutigen, strukturellen Maßnahmen und einer effizienten Fachkräfte-Zuwanderung. Busch...
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First lady Melania Trump just handed President Donald Trump his biggest humiliation yet as the president tried to outrun his decay, according to two political analysts.Joanna Coles, chief content officer for The Daily Beast, argued during a new episode of "The Daily Beast Podcast" that President Trump is "decaying right before our eyes." She...
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President Donald Trump's latest threat to Iran left a legal expert aghast on Monday. Glenn Kirschner, a former U.S. Attorney, discussed recent reporting on Trump's threat that Iran should be "blown off the face of the Earth" during a new episode of his podcast, "Justice Matters." Trump made the threat in a Truth Social post announcing that the U.S....
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MAGA radio host Megyn Kelly triggered a meltdown among MAGA fans on Monday after her appearance on "Piers Morgan Uncensored."During the interview, Kelly claimed that Ben Shapiro was trying to evict her from the conservative movement because she had criticized him. The feud stems from a radio show Kelly did when she refused to criticize Candace...
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MS NOW's Rachel Maddow kicked off Monday night with an in-depth analysis of how President Donald Trump's Justice Department, now under the control of Todd Blanche, is finding itself in trouble with judges for lying in court in pursuit of political gains."There is a lot that the U.S. government and this presidential administration is failing at...
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President Donald Trump's voters stunned a political analyst on Monday after they accused the president of staging another "false flag" attack. Nine voters who voted for Trump at least twice told The Bulwark that they believe Trump may have staged the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Some noted that the circumstances of the...
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The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for Louisiana to redraw its congressional map and dismantle a majority-Black district — and in doing so exposed a rare and bitter public feud between conservative Justice Samuel Alito and liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.The court's brief order, issued 6-3 along ideological lines, resolved a technical...
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The "cynical" Supreme Court just handed down the "saddest legacy" ever written, according to one lawyer. Dave Aronberg, the former state attorney in Florida, said on a recent episode of the "Legal AF" podcast that the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais showed the court is no longer willing to be a "guardrail for democracy." The ruling...
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Former Dallas Field Office FBI Special Agent Matthew DeSarno endorsed Democratic state Rep. James Talarico for Senate in Texas in an op-ed for the conservative-leaning Dallas Morning News published on Monday, during which he also took swipes at MAGA Attorney General Ken Paxton and Republican incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.Cornyn is currently in a fight...
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Democrats are hoping to unseat a pair of Georgia Supreme Court justices this month, in what would be the first time in more than 100 years that a sitting state justice has lost election — but according to Bolts Magazine, a ruling from the court itself created a massive flaw in the system that potentially lets the justices cancel their own...
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A Secret Service agent was arrested on allegations of engaging in obscene behavior in the hallway of a DoubleTree hotel in South Florida, according to Sheldon Fox of 7News.The agent, identified as Officer John A. Spillman, was arrested for allegedly performing a sex act on himself in a hotel hallway, "following a woman and forcing her to retreat to...
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The House-passed farm bill includes the controversial "Save Our Bacon Act," designed to override state bans on pork from pigs raised in gestation crates, which animal welfare advocates consider abusive. Critics argue the bill's broad language may have unintended consequences. Coefficient Giving managing director, Lewis Bollard, argued on X that the...
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The federal government quietly paid out more than $338,000 to settle sexual harassment allegations against House members and their offices since 2004 — nearly double what lawmakers were told during the last period of intense scrutiny in 2017, according to a new report based on data released Monday by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC).Mace, a member of the...
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A red state Republican leader on Monday publicly defied President Donald Trump's calls to gerrymander his state's election map.Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina told reporters that he is not prepared to call the state legislature into a special session to redraw the state's congressional election map, the Post and Courier reported. Several...
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President Donald Trump's niece sounded off against her uncle's war in Iran in a new Substack essay on Monday. Mary Trump, a psychologist and author, argued that Americans are just starting to pay the "cost of chaos" of her uncle's war. She noted that the economic fallout from the war is "staggering," as the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas predicts a...
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Protests erupted at the Met Gala on Monday, which was hosted by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, according to reports.The Met Gala is an annual, invite-only fundraiser that supports New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. It is often considered one of the biggest nights in fashion, and the event is regularly attended by celebrities,...
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A gunman exchanged fire with Secret Service agents near the Washington Monument on Monday, hitting a teenage bystander in the crossfire, according to officials.The suspect, who has not been publicly identified, was shot and taken into custody after he opened fire on agents who had approached him on the National Mall, Secret Service Deputy Director...
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Some Republicans fear President Donald Trump is "wasting time" touting his signature policy bill from last year, Politico reported on Monday — and they want him to course correct as his polls appear to have the whole party headed for a wipeout.This comes as Trump tries again to sell his "Big Beautiful Bill" that cut taxes while eliminating over...
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A Nature Sustainability study published Monday warns that New Orleans has crossed a "point of no return" and must immediately begin planning a gradual, managed evacuation before climate-driven sea-level rise forces a chaotic crisis exodus. Global temperatures exceeding the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C threshold will trigger ice sheet collapse similar...
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Democrats are staring down a potential redistricting nightmare heading into the 2026 midterms, with Republicans playing aggressive offense on congressional maps while Democrats scramble to hold the line in court, Punchbowl News reported Monday.The most urgent crisis is in Virginia, where Democrats won a redistricting referendum designed to hand...
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Bloomberg columnist Javier Blas argued that President Donald Trump's announcement of Project Freedom, a new naval operation to secure vessel transit through the Strait of Hormuz, effectively admits his previous blockade strategy has failed. The Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of global oil trade flows, has been partially closed since Feb....
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New details have emerged about the sexual misconduct probe into Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) — including what sources told Axios was an inappropriate letter he sent to a subordinate.The 65-year-old married lawmaker, who has faced a number of other controversies, including a bizarre incident in which he banned protesters from McDonald's franchise...
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President Donald Trump disputed ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl's account of their conversation the morning after the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting. On Monday afternoon, Trump posted on Truth Social that he made no such call, arguing the shooting was "a hit on ME, not HIM" and questioning why he would check on Karl. Trump claimed...
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President Donald Trump lives in an ever-shrinking bubble, and as he loses his mental faculties and the country falls to pieces under his leadership, it's become increasingly obvious he'll have no mainstream defenders after this chapter closes. That's according to former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who made the comments to MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace...
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Republicans quietly fear that a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement official running for office in Ohio could cost them a coveted congressional seat, according to a new report. The Atlantic reported on Monday that Madison Sheahan, who is running against Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) in Ohio's 9th Congressional District, has drawn the ire of...
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The federal government has finally begun construction on a national Afghanistan war memorial in Ottawa, years after a politically charged design dispute nearly derailed the project. The monument will honour more than 40,000 Canadian veterans and 158 fallen soldiers, with completion now pushed to 2028.
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President Donald Trump launched a multimillion-dollar "revenge campaign" against Indiana Republican state senators who blocked his redistricting efforts last year, but early signs suggest the effort is failing. Ahead of Indiana's primary election, Trump sought to redraw Indiana's congressional map to benefit the GOP, similar to his success in...
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One of President Donald Trump's nominees for a federal court seat in Texas sparked outrage after he refused to answer a basic legal question during a recent hearing. Sen Chris Coons (D-DE) asked John George Edward Marck, whom Trump nominated last month for U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, about what the 22nd Amendment of the...
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A federal judge is considering holding Trump administration officials in contempt of court after the Department of Homeland Security posted a press release accusing her of knowingly releasing a murder suspect — a claim the Justice Department's own attorney admitted in open court was false. U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose, a Biden appointee...
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Early voting for Louisiana's May 16 election began Saturday amid widespread confusion after Gov. Jeff Landry canceled U.S. House races Thursday, one day following a Supreme Court ruling declaring the state's House district map unconstitutional. Secretary of State Nancy Landry announced votes in House races won't be counted, yet ballots still listed...
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Right-wing influencers Laura Loomer and Candace Owens took turns releasing details about each other's personal lives over a squabble about the killing of Charlie Kirk.After Owens spent weeks publishing conspiracy theories about Kirk's death, Loomer took revenge by publishing alleged details about Owens' houses and cars."She asked people to support...
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An event organized by a Muslim group at a Texas water park sparked a MAGA meltdown on Monday after an advertisement for the event surfaced on social media. Sarah Gonzales, host of the right-wing show "Sarah Gonzales Unfiltered" on BlazeTV, posted an advertisement on X of the event, called "Epic Eid," which included a description claiming it was a...
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Actress Taraji P. Henson took a swipe at celebrities who are attending the Met Gala, given heavy involvement this year by tech billionaire Jeff Bezos, Page Six reported on Monday."The 'Empire' actress made her opinion on the topic known while responding to social media personality Meredith Lynch's rant about Bezos' involvement in the event," said...
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A former attorney for President Donald Trump claimed during her radio show last week that religious freedom only applies to Christians in America, according to a new report. Jenna Ellis, who defended Trump during his attempts to overturn the 2020 general election, claimed on her show, "Jenna Ellis In The Morning," that America's freedom of religion...
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The Trump administration abruptly took over East Potomac Golf Links, Washington's busiest public golf course, citing routine maintenance and tree work as justification.The Interior Department provided no advance notice to National Links Trust, the nonprofit operator, or explanation to golfers and city officials, as reported by the Washington...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche may be the Trump administration's most dangerous employee in the Department of Justice, but not for reasons most people expect, according to one expert. Barbara McQuade, an author and former U.S. Attorney in Michigan, told Slate's Dahlia Lithwick on a new episode of the "Amicus" podcast that Blanche seems to...
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Three nonprofits linked to conservative megadonor Leonard Leo channeled over $50 million into the Knights of Columbus, which then distributed millions to anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ+ political initiatives, according to tax filings from 2023-2024.The 85 Fund ($39 million), Rule of Law Trust ($1.4 million), and Marble Freedom Trust ($500,000)...
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MS NOW political commentator Ashley Pratte Oates warned massive Republican losses in November's midterm elections could create a "dangerous and volatile situation" as President Donald Trump consolidates executive power to compensate for lost congressional majorities. Republicans enter the midterms with Trump's approval rating at 37 percent, among...
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The Secret Service reportedly locked down the White House press office on Monday after gunshots were fired nearby.As President Donald Trump was preparing to speak at a small-business summit, NewsNation correspondent Libby Dean said the Secret Service had moved to lock down the compound."Secret Service directed press off the White House North Lawn...
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President Donald Trump has long framed his nationwide purge of immigrants as a policy to protect working Americans, who in his formulation have spent decades seeing their jobs go instead to foreigners and noncitizens while their communities struggle.But a newly revealed working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research, authored by...
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