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Die Union kämpft um ihre Mehrheit beim Rentenpaket. In der Fraktion wurde am Dienstag deutlich, wie brüchig die Unterstützung in der Fraktion ist. Gordon Repinski und Rasmus Buchsteiner ordnen ein, wie viele Abweichler sich in der Union abzeichnen, wie man sie umstimmen will und weshalb Merz und Co. dennoch auf eine knappe Zustimmung setzen. Im...
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A journalist who has written four books about President Donald Trump revealed on Tuesday that the president is exhibiting behavior that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein warned about years ago. Michael Wolff, who has described himself as a "Trump chronicler," discussed Trump's use of the presidential pardon power on a new episode of "Inside...
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A Newsmax legal analyst delivered a sharp and stunning rebuke of the Trump administration this week, telling viewers of the right-wing network that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and anyone else involved in a controversial, deadly boat strike ought to be "prosecuted for a war crime."Hegseth has faced intense scrutiny and criticism following a...
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FBI Director Kash Patel was grilled by Fox News' Laura Ingraham on Tuesday about his alleged personal use of a government plane — and he proceeded to defend himself without denying the allegations."Democrats are also, Mr. Director, supposedly going to investigate your use of the FBI jet," said Ingraham. "Because they're claiming you commandeered...
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A national security expert slammed the Trump administration during a podcast interview on Tuesday over its shifting defenses about its strikes against alleged drug boats. The administration has conducted at least 21 strikes against alleged drug boats and killed upwards of 80 people, according to multiple reports. A recent report from The Washington...
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Critics buried Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in ridicule Tuesday night after he uncorked a bizarre rant, taking issue with Pope Leo XIV and urging the new pope to "be on the right side of history."Leo, born Robert Francis Prevost, became the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church in May following the death of Pope Francis. He has recently...
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President Donald Trump may have put his administration "in a box" over the strikes against alleged drug boats in international waters, according to one CNN analyst. The administration has conducted more than 20 strikes against alleged drug dealers and killed about 100 people in those operations, according to reports. Trump has argued that the...
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A CNN elections expert on Tuesday night singled out one county in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District that should give Republicans "jitters" heading into the 2026 midterm election. John King, a national correspondent for CNN, analyzed the early election results for the Tennessee 7th race during CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" on Tuesday night....
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Republican Matt Van Epps has been projected as the winner in a highly anticipated special election for Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.This race, which has been watched for months, was initially not expected to be competitive, with President Donald Trump carrying the district by a whopping 22 points last year. The race was projected to go in...
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent, describes how President Trump's latest immigration restrictions, after the shooting of two National Guard members by a man whom the authorities described as an Afghan national, affect a community that traditionally has been considered an exceptional case.
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CNN host Erin Burnett uncorked a brutal fact check on Tuesday of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's claims that members of the military have to follow orders, regardless of their legality. During a segment on her show, "Erin Burnett OutFront," Burnett played a video that CNN's KFile investigators found of Hegseth talking about illegal orders in 2016....
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The Trump administration is pushing for the US Supreme Court to shield the manufacturer of Roundup from thousands of state lawsuits alleging that its widely used herbicide product causes cancer.On Monday, US Solicitor General D. John Sauer recommended that the high court agree to hear a challenge to a Missouri jury's verdict in 2023 that awarded...
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MAGA TV host Eric Bolling made an eyebrow-raising claim on Tuesday about who is to blame for the shooting that killed one National Guard member and left another critically wounded. Just before Thanksgiving, authorities said 29-year-old immigrant Rahmanullah Lakanwal, of Bellingham, Washington, shot two National Guard troops a couple of blocks from...
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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), one of the highest-ranking Republicans in the House, took yet another sideswipe at GOP leadership and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday evening — this time with a legislative decision.Stefanik, who is currently running for governor of New York, stated that she signed the bipartisan discharge petition to...
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Republicans on Tuesday invoked drone strikes during then-President Barack Obama's tenure in a dubious effort to justify what experts say is the Trump administration's illegal boat bombing campaign against alleged drug traffickers, while falsely claiming that Democrats and the media ignored airstrikes ordered by the former president.US House Speaker...
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President Donald Trump repeated his claim on Tuesday that any documents bearing a signature from an autopen used during the Biden administration are "null and void" in a social media post that also included a vague new threat against his political foes. Trump first made the claim before Thanksgiving that "radical left lunatics" took Biden's autopen...
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JD Vance appeared to be swiped by his boss on Tuesday, leading one analyst to remark that President Donald Trump "let slip" his disdain for the vice president.During a Cabinet meeting, Trump appeared to struggle with alertness and coherence while disparaging Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D)."I think the man's a grossly incompetent man,” a drowsy Trump...
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Republicans are obeying President Donald Trump not simply out of loyalty, but out of fears that his supporters will resort to violence against them, election law strategist and Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House" on Tuesday.This comes as Indiana state lawmakers advance an extreme mid-decade...
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Political observers and analysts bashed a strange prediction SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk made during a reunion of the Department of Government Efficiency in Texas on Tuesday. Musk appeared via video at the DOGE meet-up, where he predicted the country was in the midst of a "great 12-year span" of the second Trump administration, followed by...
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A progressive political analyst flagged a staggeringly "ironic" admission that President Donald Trump made during the cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Brian Tyler Cohen, a progressive YouTuber, discussed the Cabinet meeting in a new reaction video posted on his YouTube channel. In it, he highlighted a claim Trump made during the meeting, in which he...
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A Democratic lawmaker gave President Donald Trump a verbal tongue-lashing Tuesday over his xenophobic rant against Somali immigrants living in Minnesota. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) told CNN anchor Jake Tapper that the president's rant during the Cabinet meeting and press conference on Tuesday against the Somali immigrant community, including...
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A former NATO representative issued a startling warning on Tuesday about President Donald Trump's latest peace plan for the war in Ukraine during a radio interview. Trump's latest peace plan included 28 points that some analysts felt heavily favored Russia's ambitions in the war. The plan included provisions requiring Ukraine to give up its pursuit...
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The conservative-leaning Supreme Court appeared skeptical during arguments Tuesday in a case involving anti-abortion pregnancy clinics and New Jersey's Democratic attorney general, which focuses on when nonprofits can challenge state investigations in federal court.Most justices appeared sympathetic to First Choice Women's Resource Centers, which...
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A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the provision of President Donald Trump's tax cut megabill that would defund Planned Parenthood nationwide for one year.This is the second time U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, has blocked this provision. Earlier in the year, she blocked the law from...
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CNN anchor Jake Tapper sarcastically mimicked President Donald Trump during Tuesday's broadcast of his show "The Lead" by appearing to fall asleep during the beginning of one of the segments. Earlier in the day, Trump appeared to nod off during a cabinet meeting held at the White House. The 79-year-old president has been seen falling asleep during...
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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Sens. Rand Paul and Tammy Duckworth discuss President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks after a busy week on Capitol Hill. Plus, Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, joins.
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem raised eyebrows during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday when she claimed that President Donald Trump was responsible for this year's slow hurricane season. "Mr. President, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane," Noem said. "You kept the hurricanes away."The comment raised eyebrows...
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After Silicon Valley CEO Michael Dell and his wife, philanthropist Susan Dell, announced Tuesday their plan to invest $6.25 billion in seed money in individual investment accounts for 25 million American children, adding to the number of kids who would receive so-called "Trump Accounts” that were included in the Republican spending bill this...
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A columnist scrutinized American celebrities who fled President Donald Trump's second term and have considered returning now that winter is approaching in the United Kingdom. The Guardian's Arwa Mahdawi wrote in a column on Tuesday how it's rumored that Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are reconsidering their Cotswolds residence as the...
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President Donald Trump has been hit with a $310 million lawsuit in Palm Beach County accusing him, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates of participating in an alleged "trafficking venture” that plaintiffs claim mirrors Jeffrey Epstein's operation. The lawsuit, filed Nov. 24 and reported by BOCA News Now, alleges an eight-year pattern of exploitation...
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The state of Illinois has officially issued a legal warning to almost two dozen rental car companies that they cannot allow U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to tamper with license plates on rental cars to avoid detection, reported NBC News on Tuesday."According to documents obtained by NBC News via the Freedom of Information Act, the...
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A former White House official from President Donald Trump's first term blasted the president's trade agenda on Tuesday during an interview on CNN. Marc Short, former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, discussed Trump's trade agenda on Tuesday's broadcast of "The Arena" with host Kasie Hunt. He commended Trump for bringing energy prices...
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A CNN reporter said that President Donald Trump was apparently unnerved over questions about his health during a three-hour cabinet meeting on Tuesday, where he was caught snoozing. Jamie Gangel described how Trump, 79, was captured dozing off on camera, closing his eyes and nodding off, while he and administration officials took press questions....
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President Donald Trump wants to keep former special counsel Jack Smith's final report classified, according to a new court filing Tuesday. In the filing from his personal lawyer, the president told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon — a judge he appointed and his first direct request of her — to continue an extension on an 11-month order to...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has navigated a difficult year with a razor-thin majority where he had to wrangle every last vote on key issues, and frequently had to juggle unexpected vacancies. But things are about to get a whole lot worse for him, one congressional staffer predicted Tuesday on X.That's because no fewer than 18 members of the...
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The "F-word,” fascism, has recently seen increasing use in American public discourse — and for good reason. Some critics claim that the word, fascism, has been overused — and wrongly applied to the behavior and propaganda of President Donald Trump and his regime. They are wrong. Even though other words do describe Trump's behavior, such as...
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Washington Post conservative columnist George Will slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday, arguing in a new column that reports of Hegseth's order to kill survivors of one of the Trump administration's boat strikes is something that should "nauseate Americans." The Post recently reported, citing two sources familiar with the situation,...
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The federal environment minister told a committee of MPs on Monday that the Liberal government remains committed to its 2030 emissions-reduction targets despite striking a deal with Alberta last week outlining the conditions for a new bitumen pipeline.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lost his cool during a White House cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Hegseth was taking questions from the press when he fired off a defensive response over the Sept. 2 lethal strikes on a boat in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela, where survivors were reportedly targeted following the first attack. A reporter asked...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insisted that he wasn't in the room when the U.S. military ordered a second strike that killed the survivors from an alleged drug boat off the coast of Venezuela, which some lawmakers have warned could be a war crime.During a White House cabinet meeting on Tuesday, a reporter noted that President Donald Trump had...
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CNN's Daniel Dale provided one of his signature fact checks to President Donald Trump's blizzard of "lies" during his latest cabinet meeting.The president insisted "affordability" was a meaningless word made up by Democrats to make him look bad and offered an unbidden "soliloquy" about cognitive tests he recently took, and the 79-year-old Trump...
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CNN anchor and chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins was taken aback Tuesday by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's "telling" remark on his boat strikes during a cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump."I think what was most striking to me is what Jim [Sciutto] was just referencing there, which was the comment by Secretary Hegseth when...
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President Donald Trump finished a press conference on Tuesday with an angry rant against Somali-American Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), as well as the Somali community in general. The tirade began as a complaint against Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), who was on the opposing presidential ticket as former Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate in last year's...
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A bored White House official was caught doodling during President Donald Trump's cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Russ Vought, director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, was drawing a landscape with mountains, clouds, trees and an arrow pointing below the doodle while the meeting was happening, according to a photo captured by...
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Rick Wilson, political strategist and co-founder of the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project, described the harsh reality for MAGA after President Donald Trump dies. In a Substack essay published Tuesday, Wilson identified how "what happens next will be ugly and dangerous" as Trump ages and ultimately meets his demise. "We don't spend enough time...
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An analyst Tuesday called President Donald Trump's war on drugs "just incoherent" — and revealed what his strategy might actually show about Trump's motives. Salon columnist Heather Digby Parton wrote how Trump's pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández counters his strategy to stop Venezuelan "narco-terrorists” following...
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President Donald Trump appeared to struggle to fight off sleep during a Cabinet meeting as questions continue to swirl about his age and mental fitness.The president boasted without prompting Tuesday about passing a "very hard" cognitive test at Walter Reed Hospital after telling reporters Sunday night aboard that he wasn't sure what part of his...
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A Tennessee special election that polls show could potentially flip a GOP stronghold has Republicans scrambling, including Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), who took to Fox News on Tuesday to beg GOP voters to get out the vote."We've already got people leaving, talks of others leaving... this is the proverbial canary in the cave!” Burchett said, speaking...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was dragged Tuesday over appearing at a cabinet meeting with a misspelled name placard, a misspelling that some critics alleged to be an intentional "wink at Nazis.”Hegseth was seated next to President Donald Trump during Tuesday's cabinet meeting in the White House, although his name placard stood out from those of...
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Tuesday, Nov. 18, started out the way most other days had of late in the relatively brief life of Triangle-area resident Fernando Vazquez. Like so many children of immigrants who, despite being native-born American citizens, find themselves working alongside their parents at difficult, low-paying jobs that most of their fellow Americans are...
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Vaccine advisers appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are on the verge of ending the practice of vaccinating all newborns against hepatitis B, which would represent a betrayal of a key Republican senator.Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who expressed skepticism about Kennedy's nomination until receiving assurances about his stance on...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's chances of becoming the first member to leave President Donald Trump's cabinet have doubled in recent days, according to a new analysis by CNN's Harry Enten.The Pentagon chief has become embroiled in another scandal after sources told the Washington Post he directed Adm. Frank Bradley to leave no survivors in a...
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