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If you're celebrating 4/20 today, consider marking the occasion with a drink — a THC-infused beverage that'll get you buzzed without all the sloppy, soppy effects of alcohol. There are a few reasons a "cannabis cocktail” might just be this year's optimal option. For starters, even if you live somewhere where marijuana is super illegal, you can...
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The prime minister faces another defining day as he confronts MPs over one question - when did he and Number 10 learn that Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting? Keir Starmer has blamed top foreign office diplomat - Sir Olly Robbins - for not telling him, but allies of the mandarin are fighting back […]
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Für Kanzler Friedrich Merz wird dieser Montag zum „Manic Monday". Zwischen den Hallen der Hannover Messe und den deutsch-brasilianischen Regierungskonsultationen wächst der Unmut der Bosse. Das Verhältnis zwischen Kanzleramt und Industrie ist nach fast einem Jahr schwarz-roter Regierung am Tiefpunkt. Gordon Repinski analysiert die tiefe...
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This week’s agenda is brimming with high-level summits and meetings on foreign affairs. The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, kicks it all off by focusing minds on Gaza. Today Kallas hosts back-to-back events to promote a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinian territories. Ian and Nick discuss how the EU is using the occasion […]
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A long-time GOP stronghold is "completely collapsing" under the weight of President Donald Trump's unpopularity, according to one analyst. Pat Ford, producer for "The David Pakman Show," said in a new reaction video on Sunday that Trump seems to have given away the Republican Party's political advantage over tax policy because of how unpopular he...
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A long-time GOP analyst issued a dark warning during a new podcast episode on Sunday while discussing a bombshell new report from the Wall Street Journal. On Saturday, the Wall Street Journal published a behind-the-scenes look at how President Donald Trump responded when the Iranians shot down an American fighter jet on Good Friday. According to...
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A former associate of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during a recent podcast interview that his old pal seems to be in a tight spot as President Donald Trump appears to have realized that he doesn't need "freaks" like Kennedy around anymore. Kurt Andersen, author of "Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire," about conspiracy theories,...
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A Democratic political analyst was floored on Sunday after President Donald Trump's "lying" about negotiations to end the war in Iran seemed to come back to bite him. Over the weekend, Trump said the White House was preparing to send another delegation to Pakistan to negotiate the end of the war in Iran. The deployment follows Vice President JD...
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President Donald Trump has dragged the U.S. into a "really dangerous" situation that he can't get out of, according to one analyst. David Pakman, a liberal YouTuber and host of "The David Pakman Show," argued in a recent reaction video that Trump's efforts to reinstate the terms of the Obama administration's Iran Nuclear Deal, which Trump tore up...
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Eight children were killed, and the suspect is dead following a mass shooting Sunday morning that Shreveport police are describing as a domestic disturbance, KSLA-TV and KTBS-TV report. Two adult women and another teen were also injured in the incident that took place at two separate residences.The victims who died range in age from 18 months to...
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A former Trump administration official was baffled on Sunday as President Donald Trump's strategy to end the war in Iran backfired. Last week, Trump dispatched Vice President JD Vance to Pakistan to negotiate an end to the war, but Vance returned to the U.S. empty-handed. John Bolton, Trump's national security advisor during his first...
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A political analyst shared a stark warning for President Donald Trump during a segment on MS NOW on Sunday. Chris Hayes, host of MS NOW's "All In with Chris Hayes," said during a segment on Sunday's broadcast of "Crooked on MS NOW" that Republicans seem to be aware that Trump's "lame duck-ness" is setting in. That means there could be many...
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A lawyer predicted on Sunday that one of the "messy" members of President Donald Trump's cabinet could be the next to go. Shant Karnikian, co-host of the "Civil Action" podcast, predicted during a new episode that Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer could be the next one of Trump's cabinet secretaries to depart the administration because her...
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President Donald Trump's latest series of late-night social media posts sparked fresh health concerns on Sunday. Late Saturday night, Trump posted a video on his Truth Social page of Frank Sinatra singing his hit song "My Way." It was one of dozens of posts Trump made throughout the night, which alarmed some observers. The video also came at a...
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President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the U.S. has seized an Iranian-flagged ship in the Strait of Hormuz that was allegedly attempting to get through the U.S. blockade. The announcement came at a time when U.S. officials have said that Iran chose to close the Strait of Hormuz to many foreign ships, which is in violation of the fragile...
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President Donald Trump has been handed a grim reality check with a poll suggesting his administration's economy is the worst in 74 years.Political analyst Pat Ford, during an appearance on the David Pakman Show, highlighted how the economy had sunk to its lowest point in decades under Trump's watch. A 74-year low puts the Trump economy on the same...
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President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that peace talks between the United States and Iran were set to resume on Monday, but within a matter of hours, the claim was fiercely rebuked by a senior Iranian official."Despite Trump's announcement this morning that a new round of negotiations has been set, a senior Iranian official told me Tehran has...
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MAGA supporters were dealt a devastating blow earlier this week and will struggle to recover from it, a political analyst has claimed. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a far-right autocrat who has led the country for 16 years, conceded defeat in April 2026 to opposition leader Peter Magyar, marking a stunning rebuke to Trump-backed...
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Religious statements made by members of Donald Trump's administration are harming the Republican Party, a political analyst has warned. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a Pentagon prayer service featuring a fabricated Bible verse directly from Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction. Hegseth introduced the prayer as CSAR 2517, which is...
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A new poll from NBC News revealed Sunday that support for the U.S. war against Iran has plummeted as the conflict inches closer to the two-month mark, and at such a rate that it left several critics astonished."It took two years for two-thirds of Americans to disapprove of Bush's handling of Iraq. It took less than two months for the same number to...
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President Donald Trump has been urged to change tactics in how he is dealing with Iranian officials looking to end the war.The Trump administration's attempts to broker peace with Iran have ended in complete failure, with Vice President JD Vance announcing the collapse of negotiations on April 12, 2026. Political analyst Sabrina Haake suggested the...
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FBI Director Kash Patel repeated his vow to file a lawsuit against The Atlantic on Sunday following the magazine's explosive report about Patel's alleged behavior that has "alarmed” colleagues.Citing insiders both in and close to the FBI, The Atlantic reported Friday that Patel's "excessive drinking” and "unexplained absences” had "alarmed...
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When Dwight Eisenhower wanted to ensure that Japanese voters stuck with U.S.-friendly prime minister Nobusuke Kishi in the 1958 elections over socialist and communist challengers, the clandestine machinery of the national-security state whirred into action. American spies recruited key officials within Japan's governing Liberal Democratic...
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President Donald Trump has been accused of using former members of the Armed Forces to patch up leaks in his administration, an analyst has claimed. The Trump administration has initiated deportation proceedings against 34 former military members and arrested 125 others for immigration violations over the past year, reversing Biden-era protections...
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Vice President JD Vance could be building up the nerve to turn on Donald Trump and save his 2028 presidential bid, a political analyst has claimed. Vance has found himself crumbling in the polling, according to The Guardian's Simon Tisdall, who notes that the vice president has been backing Trump. But doing so has been a detriment to his own...
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President Donald Trump made several dozen social media posts Saturday night about everything from election fraud to his administration's policy regarding farmers, but one post in particular sparked concern among onlookers.The post in question was a nearly four-minute video of cultural icon Frank Sinatra performing "My Way” – among his most...
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President Donald Trump has made his next target for prosecution clear, a former attorney has claimed. Joyce Vance, who served as the United States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 2009 to 2017, suggested former CIA Director John Brennan could be in the firing line of Trump's legal wrath. Writing in her Substack, Vance considered...
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President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on his long-running threats to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure, warning Tehran that he was ready and willing to authorize such an attack at a moment's notice.Trump's latest round of threats were issued shortly after Iran shut down travel through the Strait of Hormuz, forcing two tankers to turn...
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The Republican Party could lose the Senate following the midterm elections, a selection of party strategists has claimed. GOP personnel believe a blue wave could hit the party in the November elections, and it may mean losing their majority in the Senate. A dire prediction has been made by party insiders, with Michigan-based GOP strategist Jason...
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Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas has been heavily criticized for a speech made against progressive politics. Thomas delivered a scathing critique of progressivism during a speech at the University of Texas Austin Law School, characterizing the political philosophy as fundamentally incompatible with American constitutional principles. Thomas...
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Vice President JD Vance has been ridiculed by leading theological experts and philosophers for a recent statement made about Pope Leo XIV. Vance has engaged in a direct theological dispute with Pope Leo XIV, criticizing the pontiff's understanding of Catholic doctrine. At a Turning Point conference, Vance stated, "I think it's very, very important...
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Amid the ongoing U.S. war against Iran, President Donald Trump considered awarding himself the Medal of Honor, the most prestigious military award issued by the U.S. government, White House insiders claimed in a report published Saturday evening in the Wall Street Journal.Citing a "senior administration official” and people who have "spoken”...
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There's a growing anxiety gnawing at battleground Republicans: Maybe their Senate majority isn't as safe as they once thought. Democrats still face steep odds in their bid to flip the chamber, but interviews with nearly two dozen GOP operatives, party chairs and strategists across the country's battlegrounds found a persistent concern that the...
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I recently came home from the studio and turned on the TV to see an MSNOW host and her guest agree on how important it is that Democrats "unite around the issue of term limits” for members of Congress. Last week, the Democratic governor of a swing state said on my program that he was pushing for term limits.In just the past 48 hours, I've heard...
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A former GOP speechwriter was blown away on Saturday as President Donald Trump's "strategy" to win the war in Iran appeared to backfire. Last week, Trump announced that Iran had agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway that accounts for 20% of the world's energy, which had been closed since the war began in late February. Its closure has...
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An author who has written four books about President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the president's "political charm" is starting to backfire on the administration. For years, part of Trump's appeal to voters has been that he does not course-correct when things go sideways, journalist Michael Wolff argued in a new episode of "Inside Trump's...
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President Donald Trump's next move appears likely to send his administration into "complete and utter disarray," and sink the GOP in the process, according to one analyst. David Pakman, host of the "David Pakman Show" on YouTube, argued in a new reaction video that Trump appears to be underestimating how damaging his rhetoric about the war in Iran...
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Another one of President Donald Trump's former attorneys has landed a gig investigating the president's political foes, according to a new report. The New York Times reported on Saturday, citing "a senior law enforcement official," that Joseph diGenova has been tapped by the Trump Department of Justice to lead a "sprawling inquiry" into whether...
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A MAGA lawmaker berated a Minnesota state prosecutor during a Fox News interview on Saturday for bringing charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer regarding his actions during "Operation Metro Surge" earlier this year. Fox News reported on Friday that Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty filed felony charges against ICE...
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Some of the Trump administration's controversial new warehouse immigration detention centers are getting scaled back and postponed as states and cities fight back and new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin reviews actions taken by his ousted predecessor, Kristi Noem.Some states and cities have seen more communication and compromise as...
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A lawyer was astounded on Saturday after President Donald Trump's Department of Justice suffered "another big loss" in court last week. Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian discussed the Trump DOJ's attempt to prosecute a philosophy professor in California for allegedly assaulting a federal officer during a protest on a new episode of their...
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A GOP Senator scolded his colleagues during a Fox News interview on Saturday over the way they've handled President Donald Trump's signature election legislation. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) told hosts on "The Big Weekend Show" that his colleagues don't seem interested in passing the SAVE Act, which Trump has been pushing them to do for several...
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, ripped "feeble-minded" President Donald Trump during a speech at the Global Progressive Mobilization conference in Barcelona, Spain, on Saturday.Walz's comments came at a time when the Trump administration's negotiations to end the war in Iran had fizzled out. Last week, Vice President JD Vance traveled to...
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One of President Donald Trump's cabinet members baffled political analysts and observers on Saturday after reportedly bragging about a new "secret" initiative at a recent event. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum predicted during an event at the National Portrait Gallery on Thursday that he expects the Trump administration to be successful in its...
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Political analysts and observers mocked President Donald Trump's FBI Director, Kash Patel, on Saturday after he issued a new raving "memo to the fake news" on social media. Patel's memo was released a day after The Atlantic reported that Patel is a problem drinker, is frequently absent from his job, and has become a threat to national security...
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NDIS Minister Mark Butler will announce reforms to the disability scheme on Wednesday that will aim to save more than $6 billion a year by 2035 — and the largely unregulated market of NDIS providers is at the top of his reform list.
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Beyond the widely derided "Mar-a-Lago face” that is a staple among women in Donald Trump's orbit, the New York Times is reporting that men working in the administration are also being scrutinized by the president who has strict appearance standards that he expects them to satisfy.According to Zac Seidler, a clinical psychologist, beneath the...
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Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) avoided an arrest for an alleged assault after one of President Donald Trump's staunch allies in the Department of Justice intervened, according to a new report. The Washington Post reported on Saturday that Washington, D.C. police sought to arrest Mills after a woman accused him of assaulting her last year. However, body...
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President Donald Trump has lost the war with Iran but is refusing to accept it, according to a Nobel Prize winner. Paul Krugman believes that Trump is flat out unable to deal with the fallout of the war in Iran, and that it has not yet set in that the United States' intervention in the Middle East has failed. Writing in his Substack earlier...
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President Donald Trump will continue to cause havoc in the Oval Office even if the Republican Party suffers massive losses at the midterm elections as expected, an expert has warned. Dr. John Gartner believes that Trump is more like an animal at this point in his presidency, and will lash out at anything and everyone. He told The Daily Beast, "A...
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The developing schism within Turning Point USA after the death of founder Charlie Kirk and the ascension of his wife, Erika Kirk as the new CEO is making life much more difficult for Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance as they try to keep their agenda alive.According to a report from the New York Times' Richard Fausset, TPUSA is undergoing a...
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel could be next to be ousted from his Donald Trump Cabinet post, according to a Democratic Party lawmaker.Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) took to Bluesky and suggested an exclusive from The Atlantic would be enough to see Patel removed from his post. He wrote, "Stooge Patel getting sloshed at the...
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Pope Leo XIV has made clear he has no interest in continuing his public feud with Donald Trump. During his 11-day African tour, the pontiff firmly rejected the notion that he's been debating the American president, insisting his peace message transcends partisan politics.According to Politico, Leo addressed the spiraling controversy that has...
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The National Rifle Association has issued a statement attempting to explain why President Donald Trump will not attend the latest convention organized by the group. NRA Director of Public Affairs Justin Davis said Trump's absence at the convention this weekend does not reflect a decline in the group's influence, despite some political analysts...
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President Donald Trump has put even more pressure on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in an escalation of tensions, a political analyst has claimed. Trump has been attempting to remove Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for months, primarily over monetary policy disagreements. Trump has repeatedly called for Powell to lower interest rates...
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Doubling down on a recent podcast where she excoriated MAGA influencers who are reveling in the attention given to them for turning on Donald Trump, longtime conservative commentator S.E. Cupp pointed out that she got death threats for opposing the president after he took office in 2016 so they get no grace from her.During an appearance on CNN's...
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The Supreme Court's internal disagreements have spilled out into a public display, according to a report profiling the ongoing tensions. The Supreme Court has experienced significant internal friction in recent weeks, marked by heated disputes between liberal and conservative justices. Justice Sonia Sotomayor has publicly criticized Justice Brett...
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Of the nearly countless unforgivable and often corrupt acts of the Trump administration, very few register as dangerous and threatening as the total politicization of the Department of Justice. The department that used to be entirely hands-off from the White House — and woe to the president that didn't respect that — is now fully functioning...
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Republican Party activists are concerned that Donald Trump's war with Iran will cost the party in the midterm elections and more, a Wall Street Journal report is showingRepresentatives and activists fretted over the longer-term impact of the war, with some suggesting voters are already turning on the party. Todd Blodgett, a Republican activist in...
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During his speech at a sparsely attended Turning Point USA rally in Phoenix on Friday night, Donald Trump started riffing on UFOs and "unexplained aerial phenomena,” which had the entire panel on MS NOW's "The Weekend” both baffled and amused.The president, as is his habit, jumped from topic to topic, eventually settling on UFO's, telling the...
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Newly appointed Department of Homeland Security head Markwayne Mullin is already under fire as the agency faces a major challenge, an insider has claimed. Mullin was appointed DHS head to replace the fired Kristi Noem, but has hardly hit the ground running in the new role. Insiders and political analysts believe the pressure is already on for...
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A claim by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that there is great happiness within the Trump administration –– and the Department of Justice –– was shot down by a former high-ranking DOJ official on Saturday morning.Appearing on MS NOW's "The Weekend,” former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer not only dismissed the Blanche boast but also...
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Department of Defense head Pete Hegseth will take part in a Bible reading project just days after an embarrassing Pentagon prayer group reading. Hegseth, who has been at odds with military chaplains in the last few weeks over comments made about the war in Iran, will provide a reading along with President Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and...
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