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Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, resonated in Mexico, a country which, much like Canada, has also been forced to grapple with the mercurial temperament of its much larger and powerful U.S. neighbour
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As many as 200 businesses in Minnesota are set to be closed Friday as thousands across the state kick of a statewide general strike in an effort to combat the surge of federal immigration officers swarming the North Star State."People are going to be wearing certain colors, people aren't going to be shopping,” said Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou,...
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President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom engaged in a public war of words this week in Davos, Switzerland, but a Washington, D.C., insider revealed the pair indulged in some friendly backstage backslapping.Trump called out Newsom during his speech Wednesday, saying they "used to get along" in his first term, and the governor panned...
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Corey Lewandowski is expected to remain as the de facto operational chief of the Department of Homeland Security for another year under an unusual arrangement where he won't receive a government salary, allowing him to sidestep financial scrutiny.According to Axios reporters Marc Caputo, Brittany Gibson, and Alex Isenstadt, Lewandowski wields...
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JD Vance's recent comments set off "evil" alarms for one Republican who used to serve as a congressman.The vice president kicked off the controversy with a recent answer to a reporter who asked about purportedly warrantless searches by ICE."Nobody is talking about doing immigration enforcement without a warrant. We're talking about different types...
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Republican Party voters are unconvinced by a JD Vance presidential run and say they would turn on the vice president should he be the nominee, according to reporting.Problems for Vance began not recently, but at the start of Donald Trump's second term as president. According to GOP voters speaking to Politico, the ties to the old establishment will...
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Hours after the contentious House Judiciary Committee hearing, where former special counsel Jack Smith testified as Democrats and Republicans battled each other over Donald Trump's incitement of the Jan. 6 insurrection, FBI Director Kash Patel once again went on a firing spree within his agency.According to MSNBC reporters Ken Dilanian and Carol...
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Democratic Party Senators confirmed they had heard from Donald Trump, who had surprisingly reached out to party members to discuss the affordability crisis. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer have both been in touch with the president, who, Politico reports, reached out to the leading Dem representatives earlier this week. It may mean a mood...
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From Alphabet to X, eight of the largest tech giants spent a record of $71 million combined on U.S. political lobbying in 2025, according to a new report from Issue One, a bipartisan nonprofit working to reduce the influence of money in politics."Big Tech is using every tool in the toolbox to gain access and influence in Trump's Washington,” said...
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You've got to hand it to the Republicans. The hypocrisy they practice daily is truly world class, and never more so than as it applies to the Epstein Files.You may have heard that on Wednesday, the ironically named House Oversight Committee — whose unwillingness to examine any culpability from the current administration in the matter of the late...
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Gavin Newsom's Press Office has mocked Donald Trump after the president made a Truth Social post calling the Governor of California a "lame duck". Newsom, who attended the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, irked Trump with a speech made to world leaders. Trump took to Truth Social yesterday (January 22) and wrote, "Gavin Newscum,...
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Jimmy Kimmel has ripped into Donald Trump and his administration for their continued meddling in his show.The talk show host confirmed a recent Federal Communications Commission ruling would hinder Kimmel and his colleagues on other sets from hosting certain guests. The FCC stated that both daytime talk shows and late-night programming must offer...
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Donald Trump challenged the strength of NATO in one of his nearly 100 posts to Truth Social in the middle of the night. The president made a total of 85 posts over the span of five hours, with many reposts of right-wing clips including posts featuring comment from Elon Musk and Pete Hegseth. Before his reposting spree, Trump lashed out at NATO,...
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Lars Klingbeil spricht mit Gordon Repinski über den Moment, in dem das World Economic Forum endgültig geopolitisch wird. Die Rede von Donald Trump, der europäische Schulterschluss – und die Frage, warum sich Europa jetzt nicht zurücklehnen darf. Außerdem geht es beim Spaziergang am Rande des Weltwirtschaftsforums um Fragen der...
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The New York Times ran the image posted by Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, as well as the one posted by the White House through an A.I. detection system. It concluded that the White House's version showed signs of manipulation.
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President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, appear to have a special bond, and one author who has written about Trump for several decades revealed why that is during a new interview. Hegseth has seemed like a unicorn in the Trump world because he has generated negative press coverage for the administration and has not yet been...
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What a week! Tariff threats, Greenland brinkmanship and a dramatic Trump U-turn in Davos: EU leaders gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit meant to pick up the pieces of the shattered transatlantic relationship and figure out what to do next. In this episode of EU Confidential, we're on the ground, right next to the European […]
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An analyst flagged the "most disturbing" part of President Donald Trump's administration's efforts to collect data about Americans and their political enemies. Over the last several months, the Trump administration has sought to collect data about Americans in different instances under the guise of creating a database to combat antisemitism. For...
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A retired judge flagged the most chilling part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's behavior in cities across the country during an interview on CNN. Retired U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin discussed the recent actions of ICE agents during CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip" on Thursday. She said it has become clear that ICE is operating...
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President Donald Trump's comments about 9/11 during his speech at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday rankled America's allies in Europe, according to a new report. During the speech, Trump asserted that America's NATO allies stayed "a little off the front lines" in Afghanistan when the coalition joined U.S. forces to combat Al-Qaeda following...
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President Donald Trump dropped a wild statement about peace Thursday evening that left observers scratching their heads. Trump fielded questions about his polarizing "Board of Peace" initiative for Gaza as he returned to the United States after appearing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Gaza scheme comes with a hefty $1...
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President Donald Trump unloaded on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, in a new Truth Social post on Thursday, telling him to "go home" after his final gubernatorial term is up. The Truth Social post was one of many Trump made on Thursday that were aimed at his political enemies. He also called for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) to be investigated...
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President Donald Trump's officials took down the educational exhibits on slavery in Independence National Park in Philadelphia on Thursday, triggering immediate outrage.According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, the move, which comes the same week as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, occurred at the site of the President's House, the former mansion of...
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President Donald Trump disinvited Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney from his "Board of Peace" on Thursday night following comments the Canadian leader made during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The New York Times reported on Thursday that Carney returned to Canada from Switzerland as a "global hero" for standing up to Trump at...
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President Donald Trump sparked fresh ridicule Thursday night as he dramatically yanked Canada's invitation to his exclusive Board of Peace initiative.In a bitter Truth Social post aimed directly at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump made the rejection crystal clear."Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is...
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger declined to make an in-person appearance before the state Senate Ethics Committee as drama escalates over President Donald Trump's demands for the state's voting data, reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday.Per the report, instead of attending, "secretary of state officials sent a letter...
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A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in a protest that disrupted a church service have been arrested, Trump administration officials said, even as a judge rebuffed related charges against journalist Don Lemon.
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The latest in a series of congressional efforts to rein in President Donald Trump's military aggression against Venezuela failed Thursday as Republican lawmakers again defeated a war powers resolution by the tightest possible margin.House lawmakers voted 215-215 on H.Con.Res.68—introduced last month by Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass.)—which...
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The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board warned President Donald Trump on Thursday that his "bulldozing" will cost his party its majority after the midterm elections. Trump has been on a warpath over the last week, threatening U.S. allies with invasion unless Denmark annexes Greenland to the U.S. and approving an operation to abduct...
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A federal judge appeared less than credulous on Thursday that the Trump administration has the authority to build his massive new ballroom on the footprint of the demolished East Wing.According to CBS News, "U.S. District Judge Richard Leon heard arguments Thursday on a motion brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to block the...
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President Donald Trump appears to have unleashed a "Nazi problem" in the U.S. that won't disappear anytime soon, according to one journalist. Mehdi Hasan, founder of Zeteo News, penned a new op-ed for The Guardian in which he argued that the Trump administration has overtly adopted Nazi propaganda techniques. He cited the use of certain phrases...
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A criminal case stemming from protests against immigration crackdowns in Chicago last year ended in dismal failure for the Justice Department, with a not guilty verdict for a man accused of putting a murder hit on one of President Donald Trump's most notorious Border Patrol officials.According to The Associated Press, "Jurors deliberated less than...
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A top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee revealed a startling aspect of the hearing on Thursday with former special counsel Jack Smith during an interview on CNN. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) joined CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead" to discuss Smith's hearing, which included several bombshell moments. Before the hearing began, a right-wing operative...
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President Donald Trump's civil rights attorney astounded a legal expert on Thursday after she boosted a bet on the prediction market Polymarket about her ability to prosecute a journalist. Harmeet Dhillon, Trump's deputy attorney general for the DOJ's civil rights division, reposted a Polymarket bet on X about former CNN anchor Don Lemon being...
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President Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, drew ridicule on Wednesday after claiming on Fox News that Trump's World Economic Forum speech in Davos earned "rave reviews.” Observers widely disagreed, noting the speech was filled with false or misleading claims, as fact-checked by The New York Times. Critics quickly mocked Leavitt online,...
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A Minnesota school's chilling warning to parents sparked outrage on Thursday from observers who accused the Trump administration's immigration agents of stopping at nothing to "inflict cruelty and suffering."On Thursday, Anne Sullivan STEAM School in Minneapolis sent out a dark warning to parents and faculty as President Donald Trump's immigration...
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Vice President JD Vance left observers scratching their heads Thursday after he touted the Trump administration's economic policies by comparing them to the doomed ocean liner Titanic.Speaking at an event in Toledo in his home state of Ohio under a banner reading, "Lower Prices, Bigger Paychecks,” Vance addressed the worsening affordability...
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President Donald Trump was all set to unveil a new plan to allow Americans to dip into their 401(k) retirement accounts to make down payments on houses, and he had some key figures in the GOP on his side like Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).But all of a sudden, he is now against the idea.The plan was one of several ideas Trump is mulling to try to, at...
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Jack Smith, the former special counsel who oversaw two criminal investigations into President Trump during the Biden administration, testified publicly for the first time at a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. Scott MacFarlane has details.
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Some Democrats erupted on Thursday after the GOP-controlled House of Representatives voted to pass a bill to continue funding President Donald Trump's immigration regime. The House passed a bill that will keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement funded through at least Sept. 30 by a 214-213 margin, according to the House Clerk's office. Democrats...
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President Donald Trump raged at another one of his political foes in a Truth Social post on Thursday. "Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is worth over $30 Million Dollars. There is no way such wealth could have been accumulated, legally, while being paid the salary of a politician," Trump wrote. "She should be investigated for Financial and Political...
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Former D.C. Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone, who defended Congress during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, nearly got into a physical fight when confronted by Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) and a MAGA conspiracy theorist during the testimony of former special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday, shouting expletives and looking like he was ready...
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New reporting reveals FBI Director Kash Patel's staff appeared more focused on curating a luxury travel itinerary than advancing U.S. intelligence interests during a taxpayer-funded trip to Britain, according to current and former bureau officials who spoke to The New York Times. Sources said Patel bristled at formal meetings tied to a sensitive...
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Theo Von, the mega-influencer podcaster who helped catapult Donald Trump back to the White House in 2024, has done a complete 180 — and now he's vibing with Vermont's Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders.The 45-year-old comedy king, who has over 4 million YouTube subscribers, hosted the senator on his show "This Past Weekend," where the two...
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At this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, anonymous European and other global diplomats told Politico that President Donald Trump's rhetoric and policy stances — from talks of Greenland to his handling of Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. foreign policy more broadly — have left many allies questioning the future of trans‑Atlantic relations, with...
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre offered some rare praise for the prime minister's speech in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this week, calling it "well-crafted and eloquently delivered" — but in a six-page statement released Thursday, he also criticized Mark Carney's record on reducing Canada's reliance on the United States.
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A CNN reporter revealed on Thursday that the vice president's speech in Minneapolis "didn't do a damn thing" to calm tensions in the city after a high-profile killing by an immigration officer. Sara Sidner, CNN's senior national correspondent, reported on Vice President JD Vance's speech from Minneapolis, where he spoke to the community as he was...
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