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A GOP candidate in a California congressional race took a shot at his primary challenger's loyalty to Trump and MAGA credentials with a new attack ad. Rep. Ken Calvert called fellow California congressional Republican Rep. Young Kim a "Trump-traitor" and a "RINO," or Republican in name only, in an ad for his primary campaign that blasts Kim's...
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The Department of Justice hurt its own case against the Southern Poverty Law Center with a poor choice of words, with a legal expert calling the indictment "particularly weak" on its face. "What makes this all highly problematic is an apparent gaffe in the charging language," legal expert Andrew Weissmann wrote in a Saturday piece for Just...
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A Republican congressman fighting for his political life against a Trump-backed primary challenger delivered a cutting and candid assessment of what it's like to work for the president.Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky told The Atlantic that he used to joke about the one condition he'd place on any Trump cabinet job: a plane."I need a small jet...
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The White House Correspondents' Dinner has long been a stage for sharp political satire, with comedians skewering presidents and the press corps alike.This year, that tradition takes an unexpected turn. Instead of a stand-up comic, organizers have tapped Oz Pearlman, a mentalist known for mind-reading feats and psychological illusion, to host one...
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FBI Director Kash Patel is likely next on the White House chopping block, according to reports coming out of Washington, D.C. "It's only a matter of time,” an anonymous official told Politico's Dasha Burns. Patel's drinking has become a focal point recently, accusations he denies, but Burns wrote on X that "there are several reasons" why Trump...
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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social Saturday to blast the New York Times over its coverage of Lafayette Park's renovation after the paper reviewed documents that tell a very different story than the one he has sold.Trump claimed the park had been "left in disarray after decades of neglect" and that he made "a multimillion contribution" to...
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Eyes are back on the Republican senator who split from Trump's attack on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell after the president said he's not giving up just yet. "Now the burden shifts back to Thom Tillis to continue opposing Kevin Warsh's confirmation indefinitely," the X account Rogue POTUS staff wrote, "or to cave."Sen. Tillis, R-NC, broke...
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President Donald Trump triggered outrage when he fired what House Science Committee Democratic staff described as the entirety of the independent board overseeing the nation's premier basic science funding agency on Friday, sending boilerplate termination emails that offered no explanation and no warning.Members of the National Science Board, which...
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Ben Shapiro just handed his critics everything they've ever wanted — and then explained why it doesn't matter, an analyst wrote Saturday.In a searing analysis published Friday, writer Mike Brock argued that Shapiro's recent appearance on Sam Harris' podcast amounted to the most damning self-indictment by a Trump defender in years because of what...
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President Donald Trump contradicted his Justice Department on the ending of an investigation into outgoing Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. "It's not dropped," Trump insisted to reporters on Saturday despite Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, saying on Friday that "I have directed my office to close our investigation"...
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Melania Trump's statement regarding her involvement with Jeffrey Epstein has endangered President Donald Trump, a biographer has claimed. Michael Wolff, the author behind Fire and Fury: Inside the White House, believes the First Lady's statement is not just about creating distance between her and child sex offender Epstein, but about dragging Trump...
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There is a silent GOP resistance with congress, according to a Republican lawmaker who says six to a dozen colleagues privately admitted they'd defy Donald Trump under certain circumstances.Rep. Thomas Massie is claiming the existence of a shadow network of Republicans in Congress who privately confess they would vote according to their...
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Donald Trump's own voters expressed outrage after the president showed his support for a Democrat.The Official White House Rapid Response account on Thursday broadcast the words of Trump himself, who was seen in a photo with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.Alongside the picture, Trump wrote:"It was my Great Honor to meet with the Mayor of Los Angeles,...
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President Donald Trump's new plan to salvage the midterm elections has already collapsed, according to a political analyst.Legal expert Michael Popok outlined how Trump's attempt to draft in James Blair, the White House Deputy Chief of Staff, has already gone wrong. A recent meeting at the Waldorf Astoria leaked, revealing that just a day before...
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President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned diplomatic mission to Pakistan involving senior envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, who were scheduled to meet with Iranian representatives, outraging observers.Trump revealed the decision to a Fox News reporter, Aishah Hasnie, first, stating: "I've told my people a little while ago, they were...
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President Donald Trump's administration handed millions in taxpayer funds to a company already working on a White House refurbishment, a report has shown. Trump chose the Maryland-based Clark Construction to build his $400 million ballroom, but an investigation from the New York Times exposed a separate deal with the firm to work on another job....
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President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he has cancelled a planned diplomatic mission to Islamabad, Pakistan, characterizing the journey as an inefficient use of time and resources."I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going is Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with the Iranians. Too much time wasted on traveling, too much...
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President Donald Trump has presented a new problem for the United States through cuts made to the DOJ, a former insider has claimed. Former pardon attorney Liz Oyer, speaking with Washington D.C. correspondent Scott MacFarlane, suggested that cuts made by the Trump administration had put the country into a dangerous spot. Specifically, cuts made to...
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Donald Trump appears to be falling asleep in public, and the media should mention it, a senator said on Saturday.The alarm comes after independent journalist Aaron Rupar shared a video of Trump with his eyes closed during a meeting in the president's office."Trump is about to hit REM on camera during an Oval Office event. It's just incredible,"...
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President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum to Senate Republicans on Truth Social Saturday, threatening catastrophic political consequences if they fail to pass his "SAVE America Act" and suggesting the party eliminate the filibuster to do so."Not passing the SAVE AMERICA ACT will lead to the worst results for a political party in the HISTORY of the...
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Unity within the Republican Party is set to shatter as an Iran rebellion is in the cards, numerous sources have claimed. Party insiders believe an upcoming vote on the War Powers Resolution could splinter the GOP. The War Powers Resolution empowers Congress to check the president's war-making authority by requiring the president to report any...
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Political observers and analysts alike are ridiculing Russell Brand after the former actor went viral for an awkward Bible fail in a Piers Morgan interview.It started when Morgan asked Brand about why he took a Bible into court. Brand has been charged with assault of multiple women.Specifically, Morgan asked what verses Brand was inspired by as he...
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Donald Trump was accused of making a "catastrophic mistake" after a New York Times report revealed how experts say Iran's nuclear powers grew under the current president.William J. Broad and David E. Sanger, who advertise that that they have written about the Iranian nuclear program for more than two decades, wrote on Saturday:"Today, international...
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Trump is making insane proclamations about Iran again, sabotaging efforts at peace by his unqualified, incompetent negotiating team. He's lying to his supporters about obvious things like the price of gasoline. He's not sleeping, up all night shouting in all-caps at anybody who will listen and, during the day, literally screaming at his aides.His...
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A draft of voters will abandon the Republican Party at the midterms later this year, according to a former Joe Biden staffer. Jared Bernstein, who served as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, has claimed that a major voting pool is more likely to vote against Trump and the GOP than for them in November. Speaking with Nobel Prize-winning...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was reminded by a former colleague that he "would have resigned" from his earlier position as a prosecutor if he had been handed the orders he is now carrying out for Donald Trump.It all started when Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman launched a scathing critique of the Trump Justice Department's case against the...
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A party hosted by gay dating app Grindr was attended by DC elite Friday night, and the president's own team expressed an interest, causing the MAGA base to recoil.Grindr's exclusive party during White House Correspondents' Dinner weekend reportedly drew interest from the highest levels of government—including members of President Donald Trump's...
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A feature film requested by President Donald Trump has hit a financing snag, leading to mockery of the film's director. Brett Ratner, who helmed the Melania documentary released earlier this year, has not managed to secure firm funding for a fourth Rush Hour film, per industry insiders. Puck reporter Matthew Belloni claimed the film had hit...
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President Donald Trump is being propped up by those in a position to manipulate him, a former Trump admin official has claimed. Anthony Scaramucci, who briefly served as White House communications director in Trump's first term, believes that those pulling strings behind the scenes are readily and easily able to manipulate the president. Scaramucci...
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FBI Director Kash Patel may have saved himself from President Donald Trump's wrath with his lawsuit against The Atlantic, a political analyst has claimed. Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic and staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick on April 20, 2026, following a bombshell investigative report detailing his alleged excessive...
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An email to supporters of Republicans in the Senate said the party is "terrified" as Democrats advance on their midterm odds in three unexpected states.The National Republican Senatorial Committee — the party's nationwide campaign arm for the GOP in the Senate — sent out a panicked email to donors in which it disclosed the "terrifying report...
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Yard signs in a ruby red state signal authentic voter enthusiasm that could change the game, according to a former GOP insider.Kurt Bardella, a former staffer for Republican Senator Olympia Snowe and Republican Congressman Darrell Issa, appeared on MS NOW on Saturday, where he flagged unexpected Democratic momentum in deep-red Texas, citing...
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A Republican Party strategist is urging candidates to break from President Donald Trump when pitching themselves to voters ahead of the midterms.An unnamed GOP political strategist told Reuters that candidates must break from previous party claims that they were "going to try to nationalize the election and say we're a rubber stamp for Trump."But...
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A man who emerged as an unlikely ally pushing Donald Trump's tariffs is now back to criticizing the president over a problem a blue state is said to have solved.The union leader who has an on-off relationship with the president says the administration is waging an all-out war on American science—and California is fighting back.In a scathing...
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Department of Defense head Pete Hegseth must be removed from his post as soon as possible, according to a political analyst who shared a telling moment. Hegseth has emerged as a vocal advocate for aggressive military action and weaponizing Christian theology to justify warfare. Hegseth has implemented controversial military policies, including...
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Donald Trump ahead of the weekend launched another vicious attack on a MAGA celebrity, this time resulting in harsh pushback from fellow members of the president's political movement.Taking to Truth Social Friday, Trump exclaimed, "Candace Owens' stock, which was never very high, has fallen a long way. Her attack on the First Lady of France is...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised regular updates on his government's efforts as Canada continues to work through a U.S. trade war while also seeking to strengthen relationships with other trading partners — and his medium of choice appears to be YouTube.
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Once a target of Russian and Chinese economic coercion, Lithuania has turned pressure into policy. By rapidly diversifying trade, severing energy ties with Moscow and investing in defence and tech, the Baltic state built resilience and saw growth. Its experience now offers Canada a cautionary, and increasingly relevant, roadmap.
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MAGA commentator Scott Jennings found himself repeatedly on the defensive Friday during a tense CNN segment as host Kaitlan Collins and Democratic strategist Paul Begala pushed back on his economic and political claims.Jennings argued during his appearance on "The Source with Kaitlan Collins” that Republicans should "remind the American people...
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by Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona MirrorApril 24, 2026Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing the Trump administration over its plan to turn a warehouse in Surprise into an immigration detention center, saying that federal law prohibits its construction because the building is directly across the street from a hazardous chemical storage...
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Social media users quickly caught that a man interviewed for a Fox News segment as though he were a random voter was actually a leader in a major conservative group. A Fox and Friends segment was supposed to feature the on-the-spot opinions of random diners at a Columbus, Ohio restaurant. Juliet Jeske, who runs the X account Decoding Fox News,...
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FBI Director Kash Patel's lawsuit against The Atlantic for reporting on his alleged drinking problems, absences from his job, and constant paranoia about being fired is a "giant self-own," legal analyst Elie Mystal wrote for The Nation on Friday.This comes after a number of other analysts have come to similar conclusions, saying that he does not...
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Chief Justice John Roberts paved the way for a major Democratic victory this week with a decision he made at the end of the last decade, political analysts are pointing out. Justice Roberts delivered a key decision in the 2019 case Rucho v. Common Cause. Roberts siding with conservatives on a 5-4 decision seven years ago kept constitutional limits...
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A federal judge signaled deep skepticism of President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, including with a buried footnote highlighting the unusual dynamics of the case.In an order issued Friday, U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams questioned whether the case can proceed at all, noting it is "unclear to this court whether the...
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Video footage has resurfaced showing Mooresville, North Carolina, Mayor Chris Carney without pants inside the town hall after hours with a female journalist, according to The Wall Street Journal on Friday. The 2024 incident is now generating significant controversy as three former town employees sued officials, alleging retaliation for preserving...
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), locked in a fierce battle for his political life against state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Senate primary and frantically doing everything in his power to appear the most MAGA candidate, got a new blow from his far-right critics on Friday, after an ad from his previous 2020 Senate campaign emerged.The ad, posted to X...
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The ombudsman of the Pentagon's paper of record warned that her sudden firing doesn't bode well for the publication's future independence."There's a very real threat," Jaqueline Smith, the Stars and Stripes ombudsman who was fired on Wednesday, said on "Erin Burnett OutFront" on Friday about the attack on the editorial independence of the military...
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President Donald Trump's polling, along with the Republican Party at large, is a flashing danger sign for the president and his allies in the upcoming midterm elections, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson told CNN's Kate Bolduan on Friday evening.This comes amid new survey data that shows voters trust Democrats over Republicans on the economy...
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Gov. Tate Reeves on Friday announced that he will call lawmakers into a special legislative session to redraw Mississippi's state Supreme Court districts, but it's unclear when legislators will return to Jackson.Reeves said Mississippi legislators will return to the state Capitol 21 days after the U.S. Supreme Court issues a decision in the...
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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) faced widespread criticism after calling to legalize public hangings as a form of capital punishment on Friday, following the Department of Justice's announcement to expand execution methods to include firing squads. Burchett wrote "Now do hanging" on X, prompting accusations he wants to "bring back lynching." Critics...
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Former Trump administration Homeland Security staffer turned whistleblower Miles Taylor regaled the crew of MS NOW's "The Weeknight" with a startling anecdote about how unconcerned President Donald Trump was in the middle of a North Korean nuclear threat — and what he was singularly focused on instead.This came in the middle of a discussion about...
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A Houston police officer at the center of a viral video featuring racist remarks has been fired, with the department's chief condemning her conduct as "abhorrent” and "entirely unacceptable.”The new development came on Friday when the Houston Police Department announced that Officer Ashley Gonzalez was "no longer an employee of the...
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President Donald Trump won nothing from his attempt to investigate and intimidate departing Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, Washington insiders said. The Department of Justice is ditching its overblown criminal probe into overspending on renovations to Federal Reserve buildings. Punchbowl News reported that Trump didn't get anything out of...
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An embattled Democratic congresswoman who resigned this week under the threat of expulsion is already seeking to reclaim her seat.That's according to a new report in NOTUS, which reported Friday that former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick filed for reelection just four days before stepping down from Congress. A campaign aide confirmed to the outlet...
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Rep. Tom Kean (R-NJ) has rapidly become one of the biggest mysteries on Capitol Hill, as he has been absent for weeks due to an unspecified medical issue his office will not elaborate on, with no timeline for when he might return.The 57-year-old has not cast a vote since March 5, missing 50 roll call votes in the process.Even while he is gone,...
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Pope Leo XIV took a fresh swipe at President Donald Trump's administration after the Justice Department on Friday moved to resume federal executions, condemning the death penalty as an attack on human dignity.The American-born pontiff delivered the remarks just hours after the Justice Department lifted a moratorium on capital punishment and...
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CBS News journalists were reportedly stunned after their own network's parent company hosted a private dinner honoring President Donald Trump, as it seeks federal approval for a massive media deal.According to The New York Times, Paramount hosted the event in Washington, D.C., where billionaire executive David Ellison praised Trump and senior...
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Trump administration insiders are now leaning towards Secretary of State Marco Rubio taking the helm of the party in 2028, Politico reported on Friday."Some of President Donald Trump's closest confidantes increasingly see Marco Rubio as a serious 2028 contender — an acknowledgement of the Floridian's savvy handling of foreign conflicts and his...
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President Donald Trump spent Thursday's Oval Office press availability complaining about media coverage of his inauguration crowd size, claiming it was larger than reported, despite evidence showing approximately 25,000 attendees rather than the million he claims. Trump then became defensive when reporters asked basic questions about the stalled...
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Friends,Today's question: Why did Trump on Wednesday post the video and transcript of a bigoted podcaster who used racist tropes against Chinese and Indian immigrants?In it, Michael Savage says:"A baby here becomes an instant citizen, and then they bring the entire family in from China or India or some other hellhole on the planet. … [T]here's...
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President Donald Trump went on a back-to-back Truth Social rampage Friday afternoon, branding both firebrand former ally Candace Owens and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as "low IQ" individuals within seven minutes of each other.First in his sights was Owens, the conservative commentator who has become an increasingly sharp critic of Trump...
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New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg described how there is something more troubling behind right-wing podcaster and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's recent apology for misleading people in his support of President Donald Trump.In a column published on Friday, Goldberg described how the conversation between Tucker and his brother,...
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A former Trump aide planning to attend a major press event will have to sit with a group of journalists who sued him. Taylor Budowich, one of Trump's former chiefs of staff, will have to rub shoulders with reporters from the Associated Press, who sued him last year for kicking them out of the press pool. Budowich confirmed that "as a fan of...
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President Donald Trump's latest move to unilaterally change the monuments around Washington, D.C., is to completely redo the interior of the famous reflecting pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, replacing the current granite with dark blue swimming pool tiling.However, Trump very nearly used something even more out of...
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Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has drawn criticism for reportedly continuing to use waterfront government housing at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., nearly two months after her March ouster. According to the Wall Street Journal and Coast Guard officials, Noem occupied a housing unit usually designated for the Coast...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is moving quickly to prove his loyalty to Donald Trump and shed the "acting” label by launching a sweeping push targeting the president's perceived enemies, according to a report in the New York Times.The outlet reported Friday that Blanche has set off "a conspicuous salvo of actions” aimed at demonstrating...
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New York Republicans and the National Republican Congressional Committee got off to an embarrassing start with their nominee's candidacy for the 4th Congressional District.This week, the website for Jeanine Driscoll, a local tax receiver on Long Island, went live at this link — but reporters and campaign strategists immediately noticed something...
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President Donald Trump's plan to bail out and effectively nationalize Spirit Airlines could be facilitated by a 1950 law passed to secure national defense during the Korean War.According to CBS News, "The Trump administration is exploring using the Defense Production Act as part of a strategy to save the beleaguered Spirit Airlines, according to...
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A political pundit slammed Congress after poll findings revealed historically high disapproval ratings and predicted poor midterm returns for the GOP."We're talking record-high disapproval of Congress," political analyst Harry Enten said on CNN on Thursday. "I am here in Washington D.C. to deliver a message: they hate you guys."Enten shared Gallup...
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A MAGA fraudster's elaborate scheme left his victims suicidal after he stole hundreds of millions from his followers, according to a Mother Jones report published Friday.Guo Wengui, a Steve Bannon associate who secretly funded a pro-Trump social media company, claimed he was a billionaire Chinese dissident with deep knowledge of corruption among...
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Newsmax host Greg Kelly criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for firing Navy Secretary John Phelan without advance notice, calling him an "insecure fake" who "lied and conned his way through life," on X. Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin reported Hegseth ousted Phelan after the Navy secretary refused to comply with demands to punish Sen....
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President Donald Trump wants to bring up a sore subject during a visit from an allied foreign leader, a leaked Pentagon memo reveals. The Daily Beast reported on Thursday that Trump wants to question where King Charles should control the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory near Argentina, during his upcoming visit on Monday. Trump's...
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President Donald Trump complained on his Truth Social platform Friday afternoon that the Supreme Court should have let his administration keep all the billions of dollars they illegally collected from his "reciprocal tariff" scheme."People and Companies that have taken advantage of our Country for decades, because of the horrible and ridiculous...
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Video footage has resurfaced of a North Carolina Republican caught without his pants inside the local town hall after hours with a female journalist, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The incident involving Mooresville Mayor Chris Carney and has outraged — and also amused — people in the town nicknamed Race City USA after its long...
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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) was accused of wanting to "bring back lynching" after he called to legalize public hangings as a form of capital punishment.Burchett made the remarks on Friday after the Department of Justice announced that it was expanding execution methods to include firing squads."These steps are critical to deterring the most barbaric...
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Once again, MAGA Republicans are spreading claims that ballots were found in a "dumpster" and that this is proof of widespread election fraud — but this isn't the case, Kate Starbird wrote for her Sensemaking Distortion Substack on Friday.This time, the ballots in question were for an election in Washington State."At 3:44pm on Thursday April 16,...
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President Donald Trump's economic approval rating has plummeted to minus-32 points, the worst of any president at this comparable point in their term, according to CNN analyst Harry Enten. Trump was re-elected in 2024 partly on economic messaging but experienced a nearly 40-point drop from his plus-6 rating at the beginning of his second term. The...
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Reactions erupted online Friday after President Donald Trump's Department of Justice announced it would reintroduce execution by firing squad. The death penalty method had been under moratorium since the Biden administration, but the announcement in a press release on Friday revealed the DOJ had decided to reverse the move in an aggressive pivot....
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A GOP lawmaker admitted that farmers are feeling a crunch under Trump but shrugged off the economic pressures they've felt recently.CNN's Brianna Keilar pressed Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) to explain how farmers are surviving in a global market affected by war in Iran and a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz."They are so impacted by the strait and...
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit overturned an $8.2 million defamation judgment won by former Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore against the Senate Majority PAC. Moore sued over a 2017 campaign advertisement alleging he was banned from a mall for "soliciting sex from young girls," characterizing the ad as a "deliberately...
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