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Former reality star Spencer Pratt's bid to unseat Democratic Mayor Karen Bass has heated up, with MAGA throwing its support behind the mayoral hopeful. "The Hills" alum has been accused by Democrats of "copying from Republican President Donald Trump's playbook," according to a Newsweek report published Friday. Pratt this week launched a new...
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President Donald Trump threatened not to pay a venue in Florida because he said his microphone volume was too low.While ranting about inflation at The Villages on Friday, the president stopped his speech to complain about the sound level."Tell them to turn up the microphone, will you please?" he bellowed. "Turn up the mic! You know, I hate it! You...
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President Donald Trump's plan for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was temporarily derailed after vandals painted a message that the Department of Justice considers a threat."Around 7:20 a.m. this morning, the U.S. Park Police was notified by the National Park Service of approximately 15-by-30-foot '8647' graffiti spray-painted in the Lincoln...
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Republican Gov. Jeff Landry suspended the May 16 primary elections for Louisiana's six U.S. House seats Thursday, the day after the U.S. Supreme Court declared the state's existing congressional map unconstitutional."Allowing elections to proceed under an unconstitutional map would undermine the integrity of our system and violate the rights of our...
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Iran's foreign minister on Friday accused the Pentagon of deliberately misleading the American public with its formal estimate that the war on Iran has so far cost the US $25 billion—a number that the chief Iranian diplomat said was a fourfold undercount of the conflict's true price tag."The Pentagon is lying,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas...
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CNN's Katelyn Polantz walked through the drubbing the Justice Department got in court this week, as the judge presiding over the criminal case of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter, visibly angry, chastised them for their showboating tactics."So, Katelyn, what did they do that upset the judge?" asked anchor Boris Sanchez."Well, this was...
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Political strategist James Carville didn't pull any punches when weighing in on the Supreme Court's latest decision on redistricting and targeted one justice in particular. "Way to go, John Roberts. What a [expletive] clown," Carville said on the Politicon podcast this week. "What a partisan hack clown." Carville reacted harshly to the Supreme...
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A federal judge in New York blocked the Trump administration from revoking temporary protected status (TPS) for migrants from Yemen.In an order issued on Friday, U.S. District Judge Dale Ho, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, ruled the administration did not follow the law.Ho determined that Congress established TPS with the intent that it...
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, vowed to take on satanic statues immediately after being sworn in, should he win.On Friday, War Room podcast host Steve Bannon asked the pillow executive about his agenda for the state."Mike Lindell, what's the first issue you're going to deal with after you take your hand...
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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) was clear on Friday that President Donald Trump's design aesthetic was not his style. In an interview with TMZ, the Trump antagonist and Senate Armed Services Committee member argued that Trump's vision for the White House wasn't exactly aligned with how he viewed it. "I think every president is going to leave their mark,...
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President Donald Trump's unprecedented Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC, event is scheduled to kick off on June 14, but political writer Myra Adams warned Friday that the event may very well end up occurring "at the worst possible moment.”"For numerous reasons, this UFC event is visually inappropriate and ill-timed. First, historically, the...
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Republicans are facing a perfect storm heading into November's midterms, with new polling revealing that white voters — a demographic the party has relied upon for decades — are defecting in significant numbers and favoring Democratic control of Congress.According to reporting from Newsweek, a Big Data Poll conducted April 25-28 shows Democrats...
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The Trump administration is pushing to deport a 12-year-old boy living in Anchorage, Alaska, for lack of a DNA test proving his American Citizenship.According to reporting by Newsweek, both the child and his mother were placed in removal proceedings. The child's father, following legal advice, is refusing to comply with the U.S. Citizenship and...
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President Donald Trump's poker-table approach to Iran — using oil blockades to force negotiation — fundamentally misunderstands how modern asymmetric warfare has transformed geopolitics, according to a new analysis. The 79-year-old president insists Iran has "no cards," but two months of conflict demonstrate otherwise, wrote New York Times...
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CNN's John King traveled to rural Ohio – deep-red MAGA country – and found many of President Donald Trump's supporters were losing their enthusiasm.The chief national correspondent spoke to disillusioned Trump voters in Portsmouth, and they told King that Trump's war in Iran and the downstream effects on the country's affordability crisis had...
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MAGA strategist Steve Bannon asserted that a law empowering Black voters had "oppressed" Southern states since the days of the Civil Rights movement.During his Friday War Room broadcast, Bannon reacted to the Supreme Court's decision that rolled back Voting Rights Act protections for Black and Latino voters. The ruling effectively gutted the law by...
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Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., released video Thursday of the suspected White House Correspondents' Dinner gunman rushing a security checkpoint and insisted it showed him "shoot a U.S. Secret Service officer,” but on Friday, MS NOW's Ken Dilanian raised serious questions about that claim."This suspect is in a room, and...
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Pope Leo XIV has named prelate Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, a former undocumented immigrant, as bishop for deep red West Virginia — a move The Washington Post suggests is designed to send a direct message to Donald Trump about the church's stance on immigration.Menjivar-Ayala, 55, migrated to the United States in 1990 and made history in 2023 when he...
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Businessman Perry Johnson, Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt (R-Porter Township), former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox and pastor Ralph Rebandt took the stage in Auburn Hills for a gubernatorial debate, where President Donald Trump's role in Michigan was central, even as candidates took aim at each other.Hosted by the Oakland County...
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Following the attempt on President Donald Trump's life at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) argued that a 2024 assassination attempt in Pennsylvania was an "inside job" by the deep state.Speaking to Luna on the Pod Force One podcast this week, New York Post columnist and host Miranda Devine revealed...
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MAGA influencer CJ Pearson has reportedly registered as a foreign agent to assist the government in the Bahamas in strengthening its ties to the Trump administration.Bloomberg Government first reported this week that Justice Department filings showed that Pearson registered as a lobbyist for the Bahamas ahead of the country's parliamentary...
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An obscene live TV outburst by CNN pundit Scott Jennings on Thursday night has led former CNN anchor Jim Acosta to call for the network to tear up the conservative pundit's contract.CNN host Abby Phillip had to jump in and calm the waters after Jennings got into it with liberal pundit Adam Mockler as he leaned in and blurted, "Get your f------ hand...
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President Donald Trump has been briefed by "several senior administration officials” that Iran is "keenly aware” of the leverage it holds over the president as the conflict drags on, Zeteo reported on Friday.Trump has claimed that his administration holds "all the cards” as peace talks between Washington and Tehran continue to stall, that...
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A retired police officer who performed for decades as the 1920s blackface entertainer Al Jolson is seeking elected office in Maryland.Bobby Berger, who finally stopped performing in blackface a decade ago after the intensifying public outcry, will appear on the ballot for the state House of Delegates as Bobby Al Jolson Berger, and said he still...
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Panic ensued online Friday following reports that two top U.S. military and intelligence officials briefed President Donald Trump Thursday on "new plans for possible military action against Iran,” with Drop Site News noting that the president received a "similar briefing” on Feb. 26, just two days before the United States launched Operation...
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Friends,Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders voted last Thursday on the Ellison family's purchase of the company. Some 1.743 billion shares were cast in favor of the sale; 16.3 million were cast against it, a ratio of roughly 99 to 1.1. Great for a Handful of Super-Wealthy, but Bad for Workers and Bad for AmericaThis vote came soon after more than...
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A West Hollywood couple faces criminal charges after a street confrontation with a Donald Trump-supporting content creator who approached them with their newborn child and made lurid accusations about gay parents and child abuse.David Vulin, 32, was arrested on suspicion of battery and felony vandalism after punching Ryley Niemi, a 21-year-old...
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Vivian Kubrick, the daughter of legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, escalated her campaign against Turning Point USA's new leadership, urging President Donald Trump to dismantle the conservative student organization entirely and cut ties with its current CEO Erika Kirk — the widow of founder Charlie Kirk.The film composer, who works under the...
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is facing a revolt within his own caucus over his failed recruitment of Maine Gov. Janet Mills to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins, with frustrated Democratic senators now demanding he stay out of contested primaries in battleground states.Mills abandoned her campaign before the primary after failing to...
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune's (R-SD) resistance to eliminating the filibuster is eroding as prominent Republicans who once defended the 60-vote threshold reverse course, signaling deepening fractures within GOP ranks over the Senate's most consequential procedural rule.Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), who warned in 2021 that scrapping the filibuster...
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The appearance of all six conservative Supreme Court justices — and only the conservatives — at a White House black tie dinner for Britain's King Charles III is raising eyebrows within the legal community.According to MS NOW legal analyst Lisa Rubin, all six justices nominated by Republican presidents attended the Tuesday night event. "None of...
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A CEO whose company has purchased more than 30 properties in a small city in Washington state has drawn scrutiny over his ties to a pastor who has spoken about the importance of "governing unbelievers" and a national Christian nationalist movement.Camden Spiller, co-owner and CEO of Maddox Industrial Transformer, controls a network of more than a...
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For months, the Trump administration has been accusing its political enemies of mortgage fraud for claiming more than one primary residence.President Donald Trump branded one foe who did so "deceitful and potentially criminal.” He called another "CROOKED” on Truth Social and pushed the attorney general to take action.But years earlier, Trump...
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Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who's currently serving a 20-year sentence in prison on sex-trafficking charges, may have been reinstated as a moderator for an influential online news forum, users of the online platform Reddit claimed Thursday."That's actually insane,” one Reddit user commented in response to the potential...
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One of the original MAGA lawmakers has turned on Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) after he reversed course on reforming a foreign surveillance law that is known to snare U.S. citizens.In a social media rant on Friday, former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) blasted Jordan after he led the charge for passing an extension of the Foreign Intelligence...
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According to journalist and investment analyst Steve Ratner, Donald Trump abused his fans to the tune of over $4 billion with a crypto scam that has all the signs of insiders cashing in at the expense of the MAGA true believers.During an appearance on MS NOW's "Morning Joe,” Ratner came armed with charts that show a dramatic plunge in value in...
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A CNN legal analyst said a purported suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein raises serious new questions — even about whether or not he's still alive.The New York Times reported that another inmate at the Manhattan detention center where Epstein was held on sex trafficking charges claimed he found a suicide note — which has been locked inside...
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WASHINGTON — It's an election year, and impeachment's in the air in the nation's capital.After 187 Democrats signed onto the effort to impeach now-former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, restive Democrats have now turned their attention to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Recently, a group of Democrats led by Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)...
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The conservative-controlled Supreme Court issued a controversial ruling Wednesday that critics warn may "demolish” restrictions around racially discriminatory voting policies — but one voting rights expert believes the court's decision may very well end up helping Democrats at the ballot box.In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that...
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A Donald Trump biographer predicted the president is going to make things worse for himself than they are now — because he doesn't know any better.Author Michael Wolff, who spent time in the White House during Trump's first term, told The Daily Beast's "Inside Trump's Head" podcast that a number of ongoing issues were coming back into view with...
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House Republicans are livid with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) following a particularly "wild week,” Punchbowl News reported on Friday — with one issuing the GOP leader an ultimatum to either meet their demands or "step aside.”Republicans faced a confluence of challenges and deadlines over the past several days in what Punchbowl...
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CBS's MAGA-allied new leader got a blazing public putdown from her own employee as the 60 Minutes reporter at the center of a pulled story let loose Thursday night.Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi blamed the suppression of her report on El Salvador's CECOT megaprison to systemic problems within CBS News leadership. The last-minute scrapping of her...
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House Republicans, already grumbling about Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), were pushed to their limit this past week after he reneged on an agreement on an ethanol bill in an effort to make GOP hardliners happy.According to a Politico report, the betrayal led one lawmaker to loudly curse Johnson to his face when he tried to explain the changes to the...
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So that's what a normal leader sounds like.King Charles helped me remember what an actual dignitary and classy leader sounds like. What a refreshing change from the guy who prides himself on being a thug with only the faintest grasp of the English language.Mind you, I wasn't a supporter of Charles' coming to the United States for a state visit. I...
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A U.S. contract notice shows Canada is included in a $1.1-billion High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) production deal, suggesting Ottawa finalized the purchase months ago without making any announcement. The silence clashes with promises to buy less American equipment, even as the Armed Forces pushes for the Ukraine-tested system to...
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Gen. Jennie Carignan will soon present options to dramatically expand Canada's military to perhaps as many 500,000 personnel, including citizen soldiers. But the Armed Forces can't meet current targets, with recruiting failures, training bottlenecks and equipment shortages raising doubts about whether Prime Minister Mark Carney's government can...
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Während die USA und der Iran in einen militärischen Konflikt am Golf verwickelt sind, scheint China sich vornehm zurückzuhalten. Aber der Schein trügt. Rixa Fürsen spricht mit dem China-Spezialisten Felix Lee über Pekings Doppelstrategie. Warum blockiert China Resolutionen im UN-Sicherheitsrat, obwohl es massiv auf Ölimporte aus der...
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GOP strategist Scott Jennings was brutally mocked on Thursday night after he dropped a profane threat to one of the panelists on CNN's "NewsNight."The panel discussed President Donald Trump's war in Iran, during which Jennings and Democratic pundit Adam Mockler got into a heated confrontation about whether the war is justified. Mockler claimed that...
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The panel on CNN's "NewsNight" burst out laughing at a GOP pundit's attempt to defend President Donald Trump's war in Iran, which he said was being governed by "bird law."Peter Meijer, a former Republican Congressman from Michigan, argued that the Trump administration's interpretation of the War Powers Act is irrelevant when talking about the war...
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A legal expert was taken aback on Thursday by the dissent filed by a Supreme Court Justice in a recent voting rights case. Adam Klasfeld, editor in chief of "All Rise News," argued during a new podcast episode that Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan had correctly surmised that the court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais had effectively gutted the...
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Political analysts and observers were outraged on Thursday after new reporting revealed that President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security bulldozed a 1,000-year-old cultural site in Arizona. The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration's expansion of the border wall in southern Arizona damaged a Native American...
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A legal expert shredded Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's "acrobatics" from his latest opinion in a major voting rights case during a new interview with Slate. Janai Nelson, who argued on behalf of Louisiana voters in Louisiana v. Callais, told Slate staff writer Dahlia Lithwick in an interview that the Supreme Court's decision in the case was...
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A GOP senator was forced to backtrack on comments he made regarding filibusters after he switched sides when it came to voting on the Iran war."When Republicans were in the minority, you described it and repeatedly defended it as vital and necessary to protect minority parties' rights," CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins told Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) during...
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MS NOW's Jen Psaki kicked off Thursday night's edition of "The Briefing" by ruthlessly mocking the House GOP's latest rebranding attempt to try to stave off defeat in November."It seems like little Mike Johnson has finally, finally settled on his pitch for the midterms," said Psaki. "He has managed to boil it all down to one simple message.""House...
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President Donald Trump's sliding polls on inflation and cost of living stunned MS NOW's Chris Hayes — who presented the latest data in a striking graph that could barely even fit how far his numbers had plummeted."The lesson is that people really care about gas prices," said Hayes. "Oil and natural gas, gasoline are the most important commodities...
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The Supreme Court has fired the starting gun for a "race to the bottom" in a gerrymandering war that will be "a nightmare for democracy," according to a new legal analysis. In a Slate report on Thursday, political writer Jim Newell cautioned that the GOP has "carte blanche" to gerrymander after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Louisiana v. Callais, a...
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A system implemented by the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency program accidentally leaked the Social Security numbers of health care providers, The Washington Post reported on Thursday."The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) last year created a directory to help seniors look up which doctors and medical...
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A CNN segment featured a supercut of the growing opposition against Trump's "Make America Healthy Again" movement."We are on the brink of falling apart," a MAHA influencer is shown confessing in a report by CNN's Meena Duerson. "I am a diehard conservative, and I got this group of moms, and I'm trying to keep us together."Health and Human Services...
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A group of Republicans sounded off to the Wall Street Journal on Thursday after a Trump administration official hinted that they are considering avoiding Congress on yet another issue. Under the War Powers Act, the president must notify Congress of a military action within 48 hours and withdraw the troops within 60 days. However, Defense Secretary...
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The Murray-Darling Basin Plan is under review, but with submissions due to close today, we take a step back in time to remember when dried lake beds were turning acidic, dairy farmers were selling up, and there was talk of water carting for Adelaide.
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Veteran political journalist Maggie Haberman highlighted damning comments by President Donald Trump in the wake of the Hollywood director Rob Reiner's death."One of the things that's striking here is President Trump celebrated," when Reiner was killed, Haberman said on "The Lead" with host Jake Tapper on Thursday. "President Trump said something...
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Reporters Without Borders warned Thursday that the United States is facing a "press freedom crisis” as President Donald Trump and his subordinates wage an aggressive assault on the media that has included threats of treason charges and imprisonment against journalists.The Trump administration's active disdain for press freedom has pushed the US...
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Fox News host Jesse Watters on Thursday revealed the "questionable quip" that got him pulled away from Queen Camilla during the recent state visit, according to a new report. Watters, who co-hosts "The Five," said during Thursday's broadcast that he chatted up the Queen about her visit to Washington, D.C., and made a joke that the royal staff found...
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With the sudden exit of Gov. Janet Mills from the Democratic Senate primary in Maine, criticism has begun to pile up around Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who played an essential role in coaxing Mills into the race to begin with.But Schumer's allies are laying the blame squarely at the feet of Mills herself, for running a lackluster...
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Fans of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement freaked out on Thursday after a high-profile progressive influencer posted a rage-bait photo on social media. Hasan Piker, a podcaster who has hosted multiple Democrats on recent episodes, posted two photos on X of him riding a train while reading "What is to be Done?" by Russian communist leader...
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The New York Times reported that the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein may have left a suicide note following an earlier incident about three weeks before his death. However, that note has been sealed in a separate case for nearly seven years and remains out of public view. Meg Oliver reports.
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President Donald Trump's family appears to have struck a shady deal with the Department of Defense that has outraged political analysts and observers. Bloomberg reported on Thursday that the Defense Department had agreed to purchase drones from a company backed by the president's sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. The Trumps acquired the...
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A GOP lawmaker's odd choice to ban protesters from six of his McDonald's franchises has resurfaced as he faces a House Ethics Committee investigation. "A Republican congressman banning his own constituent from McDonald's for protesting his vote to cut SNAP benefits?" wrote Mother Jones national correspondent Tim Murphy on Thursday. "I'm not sure...
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President Donald Trump is prepared to do something reckless in his Iran conflict that will get large numbers of people hurt or killed, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) warned CNN's Erin Burnett on Thursday evening.This comes hours after after Blumenthal clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a congressional hearing on the matter."We just...
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The Washington Post editorial board published a scathing assessment on Thursday of President Donald Trump's newest plan to sabotage wind power in the United States.Trump, who has hated wind power ever since an installation in Scotland altered the view from his nearby golf course, has repeatedly and falsely suggested turbines cause cancer and...
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The Trump Department of Justice's new indictment against one of his political foes revealed the "real story" behind the dark "message" the president is trying to send, according to his niece. Mary Trump, a psychologist and author, argued in a new Substack essay on Thursday that President Donald Trump's efforts to indict former FBI Director James...
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Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported Barry Christian was found in the trunk of his vehicle.State law enforcement found the dead body of a Republican Oklahoma state Senate candidate in his truck, according to reports.Barry Christian, 54, was found dead on Thursday, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations told media...
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Seven seconds passed between when the alleged gunman at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner — carrying a shotgun initially concealed by a jacket — first encountered federal law enforcement and when he was subdued, sources told CBS News.
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