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The far-right former elections clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, got fresh bad news on Wednesday, as a state judge ruled her too much of a flight risk to be granted bond ahead of her re-sentencing.According to Marshall Zelinger of 9NEWS Denver, Tina Peters' motion "to have an appeal bond is DENIED by Judge Matthew Barrett, who sentenced her and will...
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Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche's claims about cases against Trump's enemies show how abnormally law enforcement is operating at the federal level, a legal expert warns. Harry Litman, the former U.S. Attorney General, was alarmed by Blanche's "whoppers" at a press conference on Tuesday, where he defended the "bankrupt and tawdry"...
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A Florida Democratic lawmaker interrupted state House proceedings in protest to the approval of a redistricting map that could give the GOP four congressional seats. "You're destroying our democracy," state Rep. Angie Nixon, who's also running for Senate, could be heard in videos yelling into a bullhorn on the Florida House floor. "This is a...
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Oil industry analyst Patrick De Haan was stunned on Wednesday as gas prices surged faster than he has ever remembered seeing.In fact, he said on X, they're rising so fast in some parts of the country that the computer system he uses to keep track of it can't even keep up."Chills all over again folks — I just spotted Chicago ULSD wholesale prices...
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A political analyst flagged a startling possibility as reports indicate the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner may not have happened as it seemed. On Saturday, reports indicated that a lone alleged gunman, Cole Allen, rushed through security at the Washington Hilton and fired multiple rounds, striking one Secret Service agent,...
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The collapse, and constant flux, of this week's legislative schedule caused a meltdown within the House Republican caucus on Wednesday, as members went at each other's throats over the failure to pass major priorities.One of the largest sticking points remains the farm bill, which was forced to be delayed amid ongoing disagreements, only to be put...
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A GOP congressman had to answer for high gas prices after Trump announced an extended blockade of Iran, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth came under fire for the impact back home. CNN journalist Brianna Keilar described the gas prices as "astounding," as the national average price has risen since last week by about 20 cents to $4.28 per gallon....
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Political commentator Piers Morgan cooked up a devastating montage of President Donald Trump's violent rhetoric that he played on Wednesday during a fiery takedown of a MAGA pundit's talking point. Morgan had MAGA commentator Clay Travis, conservative radio host Ben Ferguson, Democratic strategist Mike Nellis, and liberal YouTuber Cenk Uygur on a...
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Beleaguered ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is in such dire shape that it could be "days" from being forced to liquidate without an agreement on a government bailout, CBS News' Jennifer Jacobs and Kris Van Cleave reported on Wednesday.The problem is that not all of Spirit's major creditors are supportive of the deal on the table, which would...
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A spat broke out between a couple of GOP senators while they were trying to pass their respective bills on the floor.Sen. Rand Paul from Kentucky was trying to pass a bill that would give more land to a local Boys and Girls Club when fellow Republican Sen. Ted Cruz from Texas stepped in, according to an X post by Burgess Everett, the congressional...
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, 92, (R-IA), befuddled his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday when he was caught on a hot mic questioning some of the answers that witnesses were giving. The committee met to question several of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees, and some Democrats asked the nominees who won the 2020 general...
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LIV Golf, the controversial golf league propped up by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund, is on the brink of collapse, the Wall Street Journal reported — and it comes as Trump's golf clubs, that have hosted their events at exorbitant sums, continue to try to promote them.The problem, reported the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, is that the...
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A Department of Homeland Security official who was accused of using a "sugar baby" platform to fund her lifestyle had apparently accused her former boss of sexual harassment before the allegations surfaced, according to reports on Wednesday. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Julia Varvaro, 29, was placed on leave after she was accused...
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Conservative justices on the Supreme Court showed signs of leaning towards blocking Trump's effort to deport millions of immigrants. Politico reported on Wednesday that Chief Justice John Roberts and Trump-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett "seemed like possible conservative votes" that will side with advocates for Haitian and Syrian immigrants...
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The liberal elections outlet Democracy Docket has obtained what it called a "paper trail" connecting the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, project to far-right election deniers."The records — first obtained by Democracy Forward through public record requests and ongoing litigation, and shared exclusively with...
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Trump gloated on Wednesday about a new Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which watered down the strength of the Voting Rights Act and is expected to allow increased gerrymandering and threats to minority representation. "Today's 6-3 Supreme Court decision in the Callais case is a BIG WIN for Equal Protection under the Law as it...
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A series of leaks that made it into the newspapers on Wednesday about how President Donald Trump talks about himself behind closed doors alarmed a pair of political analysts. Nico Hines, host of "The Daily Beast Podcast," discussed a new report from The Atlantic detailing how Trump considers himself among history's greatest men, in the same ranks...
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), a close ally of President Donald Trump's, threw cold water on the president's latest attempt to prosecute one of his political foes in an exclusive interview with Raw Story Raw Story caught up with Johnson on Capitol Hill on Wednesday and asked him about the indictment that Trump's Department of Justice...
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Another Republican has decided to drop out of a key race — even before voting starts — as former Republican Party of Minnesota Chair and Minnesota Senate Minority Leader David Hann announced on Wednesday that he had suspended his campaign for Senate. The Republican primary in Minnesota was slated for Aug.11. Hann did not give a reason for...
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President Donald Trump stunned political analysts and observers during a press gaggle in the Oval Office on Wednesday after he was asked about a recent indictment secured by his Department of Justice. On Tuesday, the DOJ indicted former FBI Director James Comey on two felony counts of threatening Trump's life and interstate communication...
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The internet was in disbelief on Wednesday after Amazon unveiled a new AI "podcast" feature for products. The dystopian new experience for customers launched this week and allows customers "to ask AI hosts questions via text or voice while listening to an audio summary of a product," Amazon announced in a news release. Business Insider...
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With Texas state Rep. James Talarico officially the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in the Lone Star State, Republicans have turned to opposition research to find anything they can throw at him — but one of their first attempts this week landed with a thud.Talarico, a Christian minister, previously worked as a schoolteacher in an...
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A rogue conservative influencer is accusing a married, sitting member of Congress from Florida of sleeping with her ex-boyfriend, whom she only identified as a well-known conservative personality from Tampa Bay. "To this day, they both insist that nothing happened," influencer Ashley St. Clair said in an X post on Wednesday. The unnamed...
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Trump reportedly lied about King Charles and the British royal family showing an interest in joining Mar-a-Lago in the 1990s and buying an apartment in Trump Tower, according to resurfaced newspaper clips. "Trump planted stories in the 90s the royals were joining Mar-a-Lago," CNN senior reporter Andrew Kaczynski posted on X on Wednesday. "He...
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President Donald Trump's former pick for attorney general and disgraced former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) might have sabotaged the president's strategy to try and take down his perceived enemy, former FBI Director James Comey, according to TMZ on Wednesday. Trump had nominated Gaetz in 2025 for the top Justice Department job and something he wrote...
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House Republican leadership is delaying a vote on the farm bill, after an uprising by several GOP lawmakers enraged about sticking points within it — jeopardizing yet another major piece of legislation House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was hoping to move into the outbox this week.According to Politico, "Leadership will send the agriculture policy...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was surprised by a question during a congressional hearing on Wednesday over whether Pentagon officials were using a secret messaging app. Hegseth appeared to be caught off guard during the House Armed Services Committee hearing when Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA) asked Pentagon officials, including Jules W. Hurst III,...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth got in a fiery exchange during a congressional hearing on Wednesday with a lawmaker who accused him of lying about the number of military service members injured since the Iran war started. Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY), a West Point graduate and Iraq war combat veteran, spoke to Hegseth at the House Armed Services Committee...
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The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Callais v. Louisiana authored by Justice Samuel Alito, narrowing protections under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act while technically leaving it intact. Politics & Poll Tracker reported the decision. The case arose from lower-court rulings requiring Louisiana to create a second majority-Black district,...
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MAGA infighting escalated with a Trump loyalist going after a dissenting right-wing influencer and her husband's past. Laura Loomer threatened on Tuesday that she had a bombshell reveal in her back pocket that she expected would take down the reputation of right-wing influencer Candace Owens, who has sharply broken with the MAGA camp since Charlie...
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The White House has been struggling to sell its highly priced gold card visa that only the wealthy can afford, according to new court filings revealed in a Washington Post report on Wednesday. Just 165 people have paid the non-refundable $15,000 fee to start processing the application, according to legal filings. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick...
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Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk broke her silence on a security incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner by suggesting that her own life was in danger.Dressed in all black on "The Charlie Kirk Show" on Wednesday, the widow painted suspect Cole Allen's alleged attack on the dinner as a battle against evil."These people have perverted the...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's evasive and smirking answers to questions about his firing respected military officials at the Pentagon earned him a dressing down Wednesday from Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), a retired Air Force officer.Under questioning about the Pentagon purge initiated by the former Fox News weekend host, who was tapped by...
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The Department of Justice removed a key claim from its legal filings regarding the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, contradicting its initial probable cause affidavit.The original weekend affidavit stated Secret Service Officer V.G. was shot in the chest and protected by a ballistic vest when Cole Allen allegedly fired at security...
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Nearly 20 House Democrats demanded last week that FBI Director Kash Patel take and share the results of an Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test by Tuesday amid accusations of excessive drinking, but as of Wednesday, Patel has yet to respond to the lawmakers' request, a House Judiciary Democrats spokeswoman confirmed to Raw Story.On April 21,...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth got defensive when questioned by a Democratic lawmaker about his close adviser Timothy Parlatore.Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) asked the Pentagon chief about Parlatore's role at the Department of Defense, and he expressed surprise multiple times when Hegseth was unable to answer some of his questions about President Donald...
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In an interview with Australia's "60 Minutes,” Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) revealed new details this week about alleged child abuse at Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico property after having reviewed unredacted Epstein-related files at the Justice Department (DOJ) headquarters.Epstein's New Mexico property was known as Zorro Ranch, a sprawling...
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House Oversight Committee Democrats filed contempt charges against former Attorney General Pam Bondi after she refused to comply with a subpoena for a deposition regarding the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files. Ranking Democrat Robert García (CA) explained Bondi, "illegally defied our committee, skipped her deposition, and...
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A Democratic lawmaker accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of lying to President Donald Trump during a heated congressional hearing on Wednesday. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a former Army Ranger who served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, raised questions about attorney Tim Parlatore and a potential conflict of interest. He pressed Hegseth during...
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Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) triggered outrage from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after he called President Donald Trump's war in Iran a "quagmire.""Secretary Hegseth, you have been lying to the American public about this war from day one, and so has the President," Garamendi said during a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing on Wednesday....
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The Republican chair of the House Armed Forces Committee did not allow Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to respond to accusations that he is incompetent as he reached for his microphone after a Democratic lawmaker gave him a tongue-lashing on Wednesday.After Hegseth earlier complained to Rep. John Garamendi (D-CSA) about his reference to the Iran war...
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A California Democrat mocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to his face for mixing up dialogue from the 1994 film "Pulp Fiction" with a biblical passage.The self-styled "secretary of war" repeated an air rescue group's prayer based on Ezekiel 25:17 and borrowed from a monologue delivered in the film by actor Samuel L. Jackson during a recent...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was visibly upset as a Democratic lawmaker questioned the cost of the Iran war during the first hearing since the conflict started.Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), an Iraq war veteran, asked Hegseth if he advised President Donald Trump to attack Iran during the House Armed Services Committee hearing. "I'm just asking what...
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Donald Trump's turn towards attacking religious leaders who have parted ways with him on issues such as war and the treatment of immigrants has created a crisis of faith between the president and a key segment of his base, according to an expert's analysis.According to evangelical scholar Rob Schenk, writing for Mother Jones, the crack-up between...
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Biographer Michael Wolff told The Daily Beast Melania Trump has become a significant problem within the White House, citing her recent Amazon-backed film and press conference denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Wolff stated administration officials view "the Melania situation" as problematic, raising questions about the couple's marriage, how she...
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CNN's Harry Enten was so worked up over "mind-blowing" new polling on President Donald Trump and the economy that his voice cracked.Inflation remains the top concern for American voters, just as it was when they elected the 79-year-old president to a second term in 2024, but polls show Trump's approval on the issue has sunk to a historic...
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Fox News host Bill Hemmer stopped Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) cold after the lawmaker smeared former FBI Director James Comey by listing alleged crimes that he had not been charged with.A day after the former FBI director was charged with threatening President Donald Trump's life with a photo of seashells, Jordan spoke to Hemmer about the case."So this...
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Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) sided with Democrats Tuesday to defeat a House rule advancing the annual farm bill after Republican leadership rejected her amendments. Boebert filed non-controversial amendments to support rural Coloradans, which Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) submitted to the Rules Committee for floor consideration. However,...
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Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) had to fight for speaking time during a contentious confrontation with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday morning, at one time having to exclaim, "Whoa, whoa, whoa,” to get the Donald Trump appointee to hush.As the ranking Democratic member of the House Armed Services Committee, Smith got the first shot at the...
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President Donald Trump's communications director Steven Cheung escalated a feud with a Senate staffer using an ableist slur to attack her on social media, according to reports on Wednesday. Steven Cheung, Trump's "top spin doctor," got into a clash with Rachel Cohen, communications director for Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Senate Intelligence...
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The Republican Party is facing down a brutal polling figure which could mark the beginning of the end for their midterms cycle, an analyst has claimed. Simulations of the midterm election had the Democrats coming out on top with a House majority, The Economist's Marie Segger wrote. A recent redistricting effort in Virginia has been noted by Segger...
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The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a major blow to voting rights by striking down struck down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana.The 6-3 decision was split along ideological lines, and conservative Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion finding that Louisiana's voting map amounted to an unconstitutional racial gerrymander,...
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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) has lost his legal battle to try to throw a Democratic rival off her primary ballot.According to The Journal News, Lawler, who is facing one of the most difficult re-elections of any Republican in Congress this year, sought to have Effie Phillips-Staley, a progressive local trustee of Tarrytown, disqualified from the ballot...
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WASHINGTON — U.S. senators across the aisle pushed back Tuesday against President Donald Trump's proposal to eliminate funding for programs serving disadvantaged students.Education Secretary Linda McMahon defended those and other proposed cuts to her agency outlined in Trump's fiscal 2027 budget request, which calls for $75.7 billion in new...
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A retiring Republican congressman trashed the State Department's plan to issue passports honoring President Donald Trump.An agency official said Americans who renew their documents in Washington, D.C., will be issued passports with the 79-year-old president's face and his signature printed in gold on the inside cover, and CNN's John Berman asked...
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson billed taxpayers for two trips that included party fundraisers, discussions with disaffected National Barnaby Joyce, a Gina Rinehart event and return flights to connect the senator to her private jet to Florida, sponsored by her major donor, Mrs Rinehart.
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A new poll from Emerson College released on Wednesday gave Democrats in Congress a jaw-dropping advantage going into the midterm elections this fall.The poll, which showed a 50-40 advantage for Democrats on the generic congressional ballot among a sample of likely voters, triggered an immediate reaction from analysts."Emerson poll shows Democrats...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was on the receiving end of a tongue-lashing on MS NOW on Wednesday morning for holding a press conference to announce criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey for posting a picture of seashells that the DOJ maintains was a threat to Donald Trump.According to Blanche, the photo of shells spelling...
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In its latest legal filings, the Department of Justice removed a claim that a Secret Service officer was shot when Cole Allen allegedly tried to breach the White House Correspondents' Dinner with firearms on Saturday.The Department asserted in its probable cause affidavit over the weekend that Allen "approached and ran through the magnetometer...
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The Supreme Court handed down its hotly anticipated decision in Callais v. Louisiana, weakening — but not completely eliminating — Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which regulates the drawing of districts based on race.The case came about as a result of lower-court rulings that had forced Louisiana to draw a second majority-Black district,...
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