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Several White House officials revealed to NBC News that President Donald Trump is growing increasingly "worried” over Canada regarding its ability to defend its borders, with one official saying that Trump's concern stems from his "vision of 'solidifying' the Western Hemisphere,” the outlet reported Sunday."Trump is really worried about the...
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Elon Musk and other top allies of Donald Trump are apparently calling for a Democratic Congresswoman to be put to death based on her words.The official White House rapid response team posted a video on social media of Dem congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who says, "The one place where we thought we would never experience this is the U.S. goddamn...
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A coordinated group of women reportedly targeting ICE agents on dating apps in a scheme to expose and embarrass them sparked outrage with conservative and MAGA commentator Deneen Borelli during an appearance on Newsmax Sunday.A Massachusetts woman claimed on social media to be operating a coordinated campaign to target Immigration and Customs...
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Protesters who support the surge of federal immigration officers in Minneapolis clashed with counter-protesters Saturday, while state officials announced that the Minnesota National Guard had been mobilized. Adding to the mayhem was the freezing January weather. Ian Lee reports.
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One year into President Donald Trump's second term in office (which in recent days has seen military incursions in Venezuela, a Justice Department investigation of the chairman of the Federal Reserve, and the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent), "Sunday Morning" national correspondent Robert Costa talks with Lindsay...
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Seizing Greenland? Seriously? This is where we're at? It seemed like some bizarro Dr. Strangelove fantasy. And yet what was once dismissed as preposterous has exploded into a genuine diplomatic emergency.It was the capper to another surreal week in Trump's America, one that would have left George Orwell muttering, "Told ya.”There is no sane...
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Donald Trump's grip on the Republican party is weakening in a state the president won twice, according to a columnist.Nolan Finley, editorial page editor at The Detroit News, late on Saturday published an article arguing that "Trump's hold on GOP showing signs of weakening.""After some relentless bargaining by Abraham, God agreed to save Sodom from...
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Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL), a Trump-endorsed lawmaker and sitting member of the House Intelligence Committee – one of Congress' most powerful oversight panels – was widely ridiculed over the weekend after railing against aircraft condensation – a common target of debunked conspiracy theories."This is ridiculous,” wrote Steube Saturday in a...
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President Donald Trump late on Saturday night threatened to "take out" a fellow Republican lawmaker.Trump took to Truth Social at 10:26 PM local time to menace Rodric Bray, a Republican member of the Indiana State Senate. Indiana Republicans stood up to Trump and refused to engage in the mid-cycle redistricting effort that Trump was aggressively...
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President Donald Trump reignited his threats to deploy the U.S. military to Minnesota Sunday as protests continue to erupt in Minneapolis following the ICE killing of Renee Good earlier this month.The president also took a swipe at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) – who's urged protesters not to become violent and give Trump the pretext to invoke the...
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Before Renee Nicole Good's body was cold, Donald Trump, Kristi Noem, and JD Vance grabbed the national spotlight to defame her (terrorist mows down federal agents!) while defending the goon who murdered her. The masked ICE agent who shot Good at close range held his cellphone in one hand while firing his gun with the other, showing more interest in...
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Donald Trump and his campaign befuddled observers over the weekend by reportedly releasing a fundraising email that raised more questions than it answered."It's Trump. I'm in the Oval Office, & I can't stop thinking about you," the email said, according to several individuals who received it.The email raised some suspicions online, perhaps in part...
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Recent revelations in the case involving Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent, could explain "counter-intuitive" bullet wounds found on the victim, according to a former homicide prosecutor.Glenn Kirschner, an ex-prosecutor who for years led a team specifically charging people with murder, posted a video in which he breaks...
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White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller was ridiculed over the weekend after one of his interview answers was seen as an argument in favor of beating him up.Miller went on Fox News on Friday, where he was discussing Denmark and Trump's desire to seize Greenland."Denmark is a tiny country with a tiny economy and a tiny military....
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Right-wing provocateur Jake Lang, who was given a pardon by Donald Trump after attacking Capitol cops with a baseball bat on Jan. 6, claims to have been stabbed while leading a counter-protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota.We reported earlier in the day that Lang would lead his own protest march in the city that has been turned into a battleground over...
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JD Vance on Saturday lashed out against a fellow Republican, and observers were quick to point out that the vice president was apparently frustrated that his attempt at "cheating" failed.Vance over the weekend took to X to take a swipe at Rodric Bray, a Republican member of the Indiana State Senate. Indiana Republicans stood up to Trump and refused...
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Political analysts and observers alike were shocked on Saturday after Donald Trump launched a new economic attack on an ally.The president over the weekend took to Truth Social to declare an attack on Denmark."We have subsidized Denmark, and all of the Countries of the European Union, and others, for many years by not charging them Tariffs, or any...
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A Democratic lawmaker on Saturday announced that a right-wing commentator had deleted a "defamatory" statement, after a legal threat.Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) put a right-wing influencer on notice Friday night that unless they walk back a series of inflammatory claims within 24 hours, they would face dire legal consequences.On Friday morning, X...
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An economist on Saturday laughed out loud when asked by a cable TV host to fact check Donald Trump's most recent claims.Noted economist and professor Justin Wolfers appeared on MS NOW over the weekend, and was asked about the president's latest economic boasts."Under our administration, growth is exploding. Productivity is soaring. Investment is...
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MAGA allies sounded the alarm over the weekend, with one Trump-associated attorney issuing a panicked plea to Senate Republicans.It started when Curtis Houck of Newsbusters, which purports to "expose and combat liberal media bias," reported on a video of a liberal political commentator giving her views on what Democrats should do once they finally...
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Responding to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's abuse of a doctor who said he thinks President Donald Trump suffered a stroke, the former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal, whose podcast surfaced the claims, demanded release of the president's full medical records."The simple way to clear all this up is to release all of Trump's medical...
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Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that Joe Biden staffers "should be arrested" after committing what the president called "an absolutely illegal act."Trump took to Truth Social over the weekend to bring up a purported scandal involving his predecessor. Despite Trump himself utilizing the so-called "autopen," allowing a president to enact an order...
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The Department of Justice is investigating Minnesota leaders including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, alleging that they are conspiring to impede federal immigration agents due to their outspoken criticism of the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection to the Twin Cities.The...
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By Jennifer Selin, Associate Professor of Law, Arizona State University. As protesters and federal law enforcement clashed in Minneapolis on Jan. 14, 2026, in the wake of a second shooting of a civilian by federal agents, President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to send troops to Minnesota in response to protests.This is not...
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As protests continue to erupt in Minnesota following the ICE killing of Renee Good, Rep. Illhan Omar (D-MN) issued a stark warning Saturday, urging demonstrators not to fall into what she described as a trap set by President Donald Trump.What appear to be thousands of people took to the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota on Saturday, a majority of...
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Famed Democratic strategist James Carville made the stunning prediction Saturday that Democrats would pick up as many as 45 seats in the House of Representatives later this year in the 2026 midterm elections, as well as reclaim the Senate majority, eliciting pushback from Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany."I'm looking at the 2026 elections, and...
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CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil, whose "MAGA-approved” takeover of "CBS Evening News” saw ratings for the storied show plummet, was brutally mocked Saturday after a clip of him complaining to steelworkers about how difficult his job was went viral on social media."The gift that keeps giving,” wrote journalist Ryan Grim in a social media post on...
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President Donald Trump made the stunning announcement Saturday that he would be placing new 10% tariffs on eight European nations in retaliation for having recently "journeyed to Greenland for purposes unknown,” in just the latest show of force in his efforts to see the United States acquire the arctic island."This is a very dangerous situation...
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For three seconds on the floor of a Ford Motor Co. plant in Dearborn, a solitary autoworker did what the political establishment has largely failed to do for three months: remind the country exactly who its president is.As Michigan Advance reported, when Donald Trump walked through the facility Tuesday, a worker in a now-viral video shouted that...
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Greenlandic organizations said Saturday they had mobilized thousands of demonstrators across Denmark and Greenland to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to take over the Arctic island, framing the rallies as a defense of democracy and self-determination. The demonstrations were organized by Uagut, the National Organization for...
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President Donald Trump on Saturday called for an end to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's 37-year reign. "It's time to look for new leadership in Iran,” Trump told POLITICO, as widespread protests calling for an end to the regime appear to have waned. Thousands of protesters across the country were killed over the last three weeks, prompting […]
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Amid unprecedented backlash against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, California Gov. Gavin Newsom—considered a leading contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination—is being accused of giving the increasingly violent agency a pass after an interview with right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro in which he softened his criticism of...
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The already embattled police officers in Minneapolis have been alerted that the leader of a counter-protest in support of armed and masked ICE agents has been given a permit to hit the streets on Saturday.According to a report from the Washington Post, right-wing provocateur Jake Lang, who was given a pardon by Donald Trump after attacking Capitol...
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Dem strategist Grant Stern unloaded on Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) Saturday over his frequent and "odd” fixation with whether men can become pregnant, citing a recent exchange between the senator and an obstetrician-gynecologist.Appearing on Newsmax, Stern was asked to respond to a clip of Hawley recorded this week during a Senate committee hearing...
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President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he would be filing a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase over the unverified claim that banking institutions had discriminated against him in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021.Announced in a social media post, Trump's latest legal threat was framed around his objections to a recent Wall Street...
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A new financial disclosure report filed this week revealed that President Donald Trump purchased between $250,000 and $500,000 in bonds in the lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret, a purchase that stunned onlookers and sparked online speculation."Is he planning a July 4 lingerie show on his new White House paved patio to celebrate American...
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Donald Trump's ballroom obsession is not limited to Washington, D.C., where the East Wing of the White House was torn down to make room for the structure, with the cost exploding since the day he announced his plans.According to a report from the Independent, middle son, Eric Trump is slated for a "jaunt” to Ireland next week to lobby for...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney has been invited by U.S. President Donald Trump to join the "Board of Peace" that will supervise the temporary governance of the Gaza Strip, a senior Canadian official told journalists travelling with the prime minister on his overseas trip.
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President Donald Trump threatened to unleash a familiar tool this week when he sought to stop protests against immigration agents in Minnesota: the military. His warning to send federal troops into the state came as administration officials debated whether to order Pentagon strikes against Iran and use troops to seize Greenland from Denmark....
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This week, Mayor Jacob Frey basically took a Fox "News” host down, pointing out that Trump's own federal prosecutors just quit their jobs rather than investigate and prosecute Renee Nicole Good's wife for "domestic terrorism.”Which raises the question: what is ICE really doing in Minneapolis?Well over a decade ago, the very Anglo daughter of a...
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The same outsized influence that popular podcaster Joe Rogan had in helping Donald Trump get re-elected in 2024 could cripple the president's last three years in office, now that he seems to have turned on the president.According to the Wall Street Journal, Rogan's recent comments opposing the administration's immigration enforcement policies...
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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) put a right-wing influencer on notice Friday night that unless they walk back a series of inflammatory claims within 24 hours, they would face dire legal consequences.On Friday morning, X user "JoeM,” a right-wing political commentator who's amassed more than 53,000 followers, hurled a series of unverified claims against...
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Podcaster turned FBI senior official Dan Bongino is facing an uphill battle as he attempts to fix his damaged reputation with his fans after leaving Donald Trump's administration to become a pundit again.Bongino, who grew his popularity by trading in far-right conspiracy theories, accepted an appointment from Trump to become the 20th deputy...
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Gavin Newsom is taking his Donald Trump-bashing and California boosterism international, with plans to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland next week. Newsom, a likely presidential contender, will attend the nonpartisan confab of corporate and cultural elites to offer a counterbalance to the president, who will also be...
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The Justice Department quietly filed a motion in federal court Friday to block a new effort to compel the agency to release its trove of files on Jeffrey Epstein – as it's required to by law – in a move that sparked fierce backlash among critics."Oh my god,” wrote Brett Meiselas, cofounder of MeidasTouch, in a social media post on X to his...
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The Trump administration is trying to take the world back not just to the Dark Ages, when people were tortured to death for their beliefs, but to the Stone Age when neanderthals with the heaviest clubs held most power. Neanderthals commandeered rare earth minerals fecund hunting grounds from weaker neighbors because they could. But when they came...
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Infighting inside the Department of Homeland Security has erupted with senior leadership turning on a top border official over what aides described as an excessive office renovation request.That's according to a Politico exclusive, which reported Friday that Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott is at the center of the internal...
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