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The team of a contractor that was the victim of a Russia-linked hack did not have the necessary security clearance when it received thousands of sensitive communications between politicians and parliamentary staff, in a mistake the department has now conceded.
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During his first term, U.S. President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda was often described as "isolationist" — a major departure from the hawkish conservatism of GOP Presidents Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, George HW Bush and George W. Bush and the hawkish liberalism of Democratic Presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson and...
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President Donald Trump crowed about the "magnificent" ballroom he's planning at the White House, prompting a wave of outraged reactions.The president set off shockwaves by abruptly demolishing the East Wing last month in preparation for the ballroom he's been musing about, and he hyped his plans Sunday night on Truth Social after a report last week...
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President Donald Trump seemingly distanced himself from the latest controversy surrounding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.The self-styled secretary of war reportedly ordered a second missile strike on two alleged smugglers who survived an attack on a boat administration officials say was carrying drugs from Venezuela to the U.S., and many military...
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When President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act of 1935 and the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) was created, the program had its share of critics on the right. Some Republicans of the 1930s attacked Social Security as a form of "socialism," and 90 years later, those arguments persist.Tesla/SpaceX/X.com...
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Florida's gubernatorial race is getting messy despite President Donald Trump's early endorsement of a favored candidate.The president's endorsement of MAGA loyalist Rep. Byron Donalds (R-LF) didn't clear the Republican field quite as expected, and the GOP primary is turning into something like a proxy battle between Trump and outgoing Gov. Ron...
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When Tuesday night, November 4 arrived, Democratic strategists were on pins and needles as they awaited returns in 2025's off-year elections. And there was a lot of good news for Democrats, from double-digit victories in gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey to landslide wins in three Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention votes. Those...
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In a video released in late November, a group of military veterans — including Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) and Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colorado) — urged members of the U.S. Armed Forces to disobey orders from President Donald Trump if they are blatantly illegal. In response, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is saying...
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A former police officer who nearly lost his life during the Jan. 6 insurrection mad a bold prediction about President Donald Trump's eventual fate.Former D.C. Metro police officer Michael Fanone, who was beaten and tased by Trump supporters during the U.S. Capitol riot, told journalist Tommy Christopher that he believes Trump will be forced to live...
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President Donald Trump made a decision that's hurting residents in a stronghold of support that helped propel him to re-election.The president denied disaster aid Oct. 22 to two electric utilities in rural northern Michigan – where his support has historically run strong since entering politics – that would shift billions of dollars in costs...
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During former President Barack Obama's eight years in the White House, Donald Trump repeatedly attacked him for spending too much time playing golf. Trump, in 2016, claimed that if he won the presidential election and defeated Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, he would be too busy helping the American people to play golf. But according to a 2020...
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President Donald Trump has been hammered over his recent pardon of a convicted Honduran drug trafficker, with the president being pressed for an explanation as his administration escalates military pressure on Venezuela over alleged narcotics trafficking. But on Sunday, two journalists said they've uncovered the real reason behind the move.On...
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced an uncomfortable and revealing exchange on Sunday after attempting to blame last week's deadly shooting of two National Guard members on the Biden administration—only to be confronted with the fact that the suspect's asylum was actually approved under former President Donald Trump's second...
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By Evan Ellis, Latin America Research Professor, US Army War College. As an analyst who has worked on security issues for over 30 years, I've been monitoring the US military build-up in the Caribbean for months.The US administration now has the potential to take decisive military action in Venezuela.Washington has described Nicolás Maduro as the...
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A photograph taken of President Donald Trump over the weekend has sparked an internet frenzy as critics note what they describe as the president's aged and tired appearance."Is it just me, or does Trump seem to be aging by a year for every week that goes by?” asked X user "Dr. Dave,” a college professor and media commentator.The photograph in...
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A bar in Idaho is getting pummeled with one-star reviews online after offering customers "free beer for one month” if they provide proof of having assisted Immigration and Customs Enforcement in deporting an undocumented migrant."ALERT: Anyone who helps ICE identify and ultimately deport an illegal from Idaho gets FREE BEER FOR ONE MONTH at Old...
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Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin is pushing back against claims from Steven Guilbeault, who resigned from cabinet this week over Ottawa's memorandum of understanding with Alberta and said Canada is dismantling several pieces of its climate plan.
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Before he was accused of sex trafficking of minors, disgraced billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein interacted with a long list of prominent figures — from now-President Donald Trump to former President Bill Clinton to economist and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.That isn't to say that all the politicians, bankers and economists who knew...
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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) is pushing back against GOP criticism of his effort to release Jeffrey Epstein files, arguing that his Republican colleagues are "obsessed” with him due to their frequent attacks.As the top-ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Garcia has helped lead the push to force the Trump administration to release all...
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gave an interview answer on Sunday that some experts and political observers determined was an "admission" warranting legal action.Noem appeared on NBC News over the weekend, where she was asked about how she reportedly rejected a court's order.Kristin Welker asked, "The DOJ said that when the administration...
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was left dumbstruck Sunday when, after blaming the shooting last week of two National Guard members on the Biden administration, she was confronted with the fact that the suspect shooter actually had their asylum request approved under the Trump administration.Last Wednesday, an Afghan migrant allegedly shot...
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I'm not writing to you today about all the things I am thankful for as our 2025 holiday season visits us, because I am too damn busy with what makes me furious to type otherwise.We are a country at war against fascism, and its racist, evil residue. We are at war against a dark, lawless, centralized force that does not believe all men and women are...
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Pete Hegseth just admitted to murder and is heading toward executing a massive mission that one ex-GOP insider says will "end in ruin."Steve Schmidt, an independent political strategist who worked on former President George W. Bush's campaign, on Sunday published a piece called, "Kill them all" is a confession to murder under American law, in which...
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Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted by two of the foremost American artists of the twentieth century, Ben Shahn and Philip Guston. No one is around to see them. They are on the walls of...
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) offered a unique pitch as to why President Donald Trump couldn't be "racist,” arguing that because of his friendship with the president – and being a "Cherokee Indian” himself – there was no way Trump could be racially prejudiced.Mullin's comments were made during an appearance Sunday on CNN with Dana Bash, and...
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A news host on Sunday was shocked to see Donald Trump's polling dropping significantly when it comes to the "only number" the president actually cares about.On MS NOW over the weekend, host Jonathan Capehart was stunned to see Trump drop substantially when it comes to his support among Republicans, as opposed to his overall approval numbers."If you...
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Just moments after championing the Trump administration for increasing hostilities with Venezuela over suspected drug trafficking, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) squirmed in trying to defend the president's pardon of convicted drug trafficker Juan Orlando Hernandez.Appearing on CNN with Dana Bash, Mullin championed President Donald Trump for closing...
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Kak·i·sto·cra·cy- (kakə̇ˈstäkrəsē): a government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a stateA kakistocracy is a system of government where the most unfit, incompetent, and unscrupulous individuals are in power. Such a system does not reflect rational decision-making. Instead, Trump's kakistocracy is emerging as the consequence...
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Donald Trump on Sunday pointed the finger at former President Joe Biden, saying he "screwed up," presumably in connection with a recent shooting of National Guard members that is being investigated as terrorism.Without announcing what he was talking about, Trump took to Truth Social over the weekend and lobbed the following attack:"Crooked Joe...
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A Newsmax panel erupted Sunday in response to a series of advertisements running this weekend encouraging Immigration Customs and Enforcement officers to quit their jobs, with panel participants calling the ads everything from "disgusting” to "classic communism.”The video advertisement in question was launched by the Women's March WIN political...
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A national security attorney said a minor detail included in an announcement of a bipartisan investigation of the Trump administration represents a "thumb in the eye" to the president.In an article called "Congressional committees to scrutinize U.S. killing of boat strike survivors," the Washington Post reported, "In a rare split with the Trump...
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With the Supreme Court poised to make rulings in several major cases testing the president's authority, the nation's highest court will ultimately decide "in the coming weeks and months” whether President Donald Trump ends his second term as a "king,” or as a "lame-duck president facing obstacles to his reign,” the Intelligencer reported...
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Political observers and experts pounced on Saturday as a Republican lawmaker offered a stinging rejection of reported conduct by Donald Trump's administration.The Wall Street Journal's piece ahead of the weekend, Make Money Not War: Trump's Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine, claims that, "The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business....
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President Donald Trump's crypto czar, South African venture capitalist David Sacks, has pushed the Trump administration to enact several policies that have enriched his Silicon Valley friends – and potentially himself – driving a wedge in MAGA and "alarming” White House officials, The New York Times reported Sunday."The tech bros are out of...
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Pete Hegseth was put on notice over the weekend by two conservative lawyers, including a former prosecutor, who said the Defense Secretary's defense to a major new scandal "makes no legal sense" and is not really "a defense."Observers' eyebrows were raised after it was reported by the Washington Post in a bombshell story that Hegseth ordered the...
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Guilbeault's resignation — the rare cabinet resignation due to a disagreement over government policy — both adds to and underlines the test of national and political leadership that Mark Carney signed up for when he put his signature on that memorandum.
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Trump is not "slipping and near death" and one photo proves it, according to a controversial far-right activist.Roger Stone, a longtime political figure and friend/adviser to Trump, sought over the weekend to push back against claims that Trump has been slipping, both physically and in his mind. Recently, a member of Trump's own family tied the...
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Donald Trump and his allies are using the long-employed tactic of demonizing a targeted population to turn public opinion against them. In carrying out ICE deportation raids on undocumented immigrants, they are using dehumanizing rhetoric to portray their targets as undesirables whose deportation cleanses the country.Trump began by smearing...
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New reporting about a September military attack involving Pete Hegseth and a purported drug vessel has led to an enhanced probe.Observers' eyebrows were raised after it was reported that Hegseth ordered the killing of survivors of one of the controversial drug vessel bombings. Some analysts questioned whether it was murder, or even a war crime.In...
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Donald Trump's "scathing" Truth Social rant in defense of his age and physical capabilities just made his problems worse, according to an analyst.Journalist and political analyst Hayes Brown appeared on MSNOW over the weekend, where he flagged a "chaotic and unprecedented" power play Democrats might be able to try. After that, he was asked about a...
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A Republican lawmaker bucked the administration on Saturday, citing the conservative Wall Street Journal's new report on Donald Trump allies who are cashing in on ending the Russia-Ukraine war.The Journal's piece ahead of the weekend, Make Money Not War: Trump's Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine, claims that, "The Kremlin pitched the White House on...
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The one thing that has helped Republicans win in the past is now threatening their success at the polls, according to a former Republican insider.Kurt Bardella, a former staffer for Republican Senator Olympia Snowe and Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, appeared on NewsNation to discuss how going "full MAGA" isn't "the advantage it was" in some...
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The conservative Wall Street Journal is causing an internet uproar with its new report on Donald Trump allies who are cashing in on ending the Russia-Ukraine war.The Journal's piece ahead of the weekend, Make Money Not War: Trump's Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine, claims that, "The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To...
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President Trump announced Thursday that he would "permanently pause" immigration from "Third-World Countries." The declaration comes as the Trump administration takes aim at U.S. immigration policies in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. Weijia Jiang has the latest.
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Recent retirements announced by the GOP mean that Democrats may get a chance to make an "unprecedented" power play that would expose the "fragile" Republican majority, according to a writer on Saturday.Journalist and political analyst Hayes Brown appeared on MSNOW over the weekend, where he was asked about the recently announced Republican...
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Although MS NOW host, Never Trump conservative and ex-GOP Congressman Joe Scarborough often says that the United States' immigration laws must be obeyed and enforced, he is vehemently critical of the way in which President Donald Trump's United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are being carried out. Scarborough considers the...
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Donald Trump's increasingly failing cognitive capabilities are causing Republican lawmakers to depart from the president more often, according to a member of the Trump family.Mary Trump, the niece of the president and a trained psychologist, on Saturday published a video in which she talks about her uncle's "crumbling" hold over...
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Former prosecutor Andrew McCarthy has no love for the "craven video” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and five Democrats released to the public advising military members to ignore illegal orders. But he said President Donald Trump's executive power abuses in reacting to it represent a whole "new level” of threat.McCarthy tells the National Review that...
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A former CNN host Saturday came under fire for his response to New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's comment about the recent West Virginia shooting.Mamdani said, "I'm devastated to learn of the passing of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard. She was only twenty years old. As families across the nation come...
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Republican senators are "compromised," according to a GOP strategist.Stuart Stevens, Chief Strategist of Romney's 2012 presidential campaign, wrote an article on Saturday called None Dare Call It Treason: The Republican Party Is Compromised in which he argues that "Republican Senators understand the grave threat Russia poses." Putting the GOP...
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President Donald Trump's saber-rattling about potential military action in Venezuela is indeed about drugs, but not cocaine. It is about a far more dangerous drug that former President George W. Bush admitted (in his 2006 State of the Union address) the US is addicted to.Oil.Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world — 300 billion...
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Yet another Republican congressman announced he will be retiring, leading to speculation running rampant online.Congressman Troy E. Nehls Saturday made his announcement on social media, following the lead of another recent departure from the GOP side of things: Marjorie Taylor Greene."After more than 30 years in law enforcement serving and...
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This commentary was originally published by Big Pivots. The Sand Creek Massacre comes to mind in reading about U.S. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a decorated combat veteran who declared that members of the U.S. military must refuse illegal orders."No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution,” said Crow and five other members...
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The Trump administration is hoping to use its push for the release of grand jury testimony in the cases of Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell as a ploy to divert attention away from the impending release of tens of thousands of Epstein-related documents, one ex-state attorney argued Saturday.Earlier this month, President Donald...
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Another MAGA lawmaker is calling it quits after Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her decision not to run for her seat again.Congressman Troy E. Nehls on Saturday made his announcement on social media."After more than 30 years in law enforcement serving and protecting my community as a police officer, constable, Fort Bend County Sheriff, an Army...
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Richard Painter, former chief ethics lawyer to President George W. Bush, blasted the waste of $200 million 'national emergency' ads inflating President Donald Trump's ego."If every problem is a national emergency you wind up with a president and executive branch that can do whatever they want," said Painter, who now teaches corporate law at the...
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President Donald Trump repeatedly claims that he inherited a troubled, dysfunctional economy from his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, and quickly turned it around. In fact, the United States enjoyed record-low unemployment during Biden's presidency, but widespread frustration over inflation helped Trump pull off a narrow victory of roughly 1.5...
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Newsbreak reports that millionaire President Donald Trump is diverting donor money straight into his pocket."Even as he leverages his presidency to make himself millions, perhaps even billions of dollars, Donald Trump is also funneling Republican donor money into his own cash registers through the political committees he controls,” said Newsbreak...
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A social media post from President Donald Trump's Department of Labor was flagged Saturday by internet sleuths for its apparent "Nazi dog whistles,” including a potential reference to the Confederacy and its questionable font choice.Posted on Friday, the official Labor Department X account published a post depicting the Lincoln Memorial statue...
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