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President Donald Trump's Department of Justice may be staring down another loss in a high-profile case against one of his political foes, according to one expert. On Thursday, CNN reported that John Bolton, the first Trump administration's national security advisor, had entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors over a case stemming...
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One of President Donald Trump's staunch allies on the Georgia State Election Board resigned on Thursday, according to a new report. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Janice Johnston, who helped push Trump's election conspiracies in an effort to change state voting laws, resigned because of "family and personal responsibilities.”...
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Disgraced former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) is now accused of making threats against a reporter who broke the story that he is under investigation at the Justice Department for insider trading.The allegation is that Santos publicly announced he would attend President Donald Trump's most recent State of the Union Address, then placed a large bet on...
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent became defensive when Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) challenged his claims about the Iran war being over.During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing, Schneider asked Bessent whether Iran still poses threats to Israel and Gulf allies, given their nuclear and ballistic missile programs remain intact. Bessent...
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President Donald Trump's grip over the House of Representatives continued to loosen on Thursday, as 18 Republicans broke ranks to pass a foreign military aid measure his administration doesn't support, a new report revealed. According to Politico, the measure, which was also opposed by House GOP leadership, is a "strong show of support for Kyiv and...
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A candidate who keeps adding a Nazi salute to his ballot name and losing is once again running for office.Richard Mayers filed to run for Illinois governor and asked that he be listed on the statewide ballots as "Richard Benedict (Sieg Heil) Mayers" and listed his party as the "Germanic Aryan Supremacy Smokers, Gamblers," according to local...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has almost "no way" of securing the permanent AG job, according to a former Fox News anchor.On CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," Gretchen Carlson weighed in on the idea of Blanche continuing in his post at the head of the Department of Justice after his confirmation hearing.Carlson pointed out that "the Senate...
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House Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) was completely unimpressed with former Attorney General Pam Bondi's efforts to pin all the flaws in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation on her erstwhile deputy Todd Blanche, and told MS NOW's Alicia Menendez that members of Congress ought to call her bluff.Menendez confronted Garcia...
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The Kennedy Center is moving to comply with a federal court order to remove President Donald Trump's name from the iconic Washington arts venue. The center's general counsel instructed staff to immediately change email signatures, letterhead, and documents to reflect the original name — the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — with...
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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi created a headache for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that he may not be able to run and hide from, according to one legal analyst. Last week, Bondi told House lawmakers that Blanche was the one in control of how the Jeffrey Epstein files were being released, according to newly released transcripts. Elie...
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The Trump administration has a "very serious chance" of losing a powerful weapon against judges, predicted legal journalist Adam Klasfeld. In a recent episode of Legal AF, Klasfeld spoke about the case against Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee circuit court judge who distracted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while she sent the immigrant...
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One of the pet projects that President Donald Trump likes to tout the most was mocked as 'tone deaf' on CNN.GOP analyst Sarah Matthews, a former Trump White House deputy press secretary, spoke about the president's obsession with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after a montage of him calling the landmark "a swimming pool on steroids" and...
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Four senior oil industry executives warned Trump administration officials about global fuel inventories draining at alarming rates following Iran's effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. and Israeli military strikes three months ago. The executives told Politico, significant price spikes could arrive mid-to-late June. U.S. crude...
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Political analysts and observers mocked President Donald Trump on Thursday after he announced plans to host a rally in Washington, D.C., on June 24. "A Rally to end all Rallies!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "We don't want singers with no talent, but big fees to put you to sleep, we've told them all to stay home. All we want is you, me, a few...
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Trump is using his wartime power to boost a dirty corner of the fossil fuel industry, and online commentators are scoffing at the deal.More than a dozen coal plants are expected to benefit from a $700 million plan with the help of the Defense Production Act, according to a post by CBS senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs."It is disgusting...
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An Oklahoma man has been arrested on nine felony charges for allegedly making death threats against Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).According to Politico, while the motive of 63-year-old David Shuck has not been publicly released, the Justice Department "described the case as part of an initiative related to an order President Donald Trump...
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Former "60 Minutes" correspondent Dan Rather took current CBS News chief Bari Weiss to task on Thursday over her "nonsensical changes" at the network. Rather argued in a new Substack essay that "60 Minutes" has gone from being the gold standard of broadcast journalism to a "diminished, Trump-approved version" of itself under Weiss's leadership. He...
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An uncomfortable description of a threatening parasite by a Trump administration official is drawing startled reactions.Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins spoke at an oversight hearing on Thursday about the spread of the New World Screwworm that threatens cattle ranches."It's a vexing challenge that we thought we had beaten in the 1970s," Rollins...
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New World Screwworms, a destructive parasitic larvae that burrow into animal flesh and cause fatal infections, have reportedly been discovered in South Texas after decades of containment in Central America. The parasites, sometimes called "flying piranha," hatch from eggs laid in wounds and create gaping ulcers, often killing infected animals. A...
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The Epstein files and Pam Bondi's testimony released on Thursday could come back to haunt Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as he approaches his Senate confirmation hearing process, a legal expert said.During a live broadcast with CNN anchor Jake Tapper, CNN legal analyst Elie Honig noted that Bondi, who served as the former attorney general...
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President Donald Trump's acting Attorney General, Todd Blanche, went to bat for one of the surviving parts of Trump's "settlement" with the IRS in his $10 billion lawsuit, and, in so doing, only cemented how improper it was, former federal prosecutor Harry Litman wrote for his "Talking Feds" Substack.Specifically, Litman said, he defended the...
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Hunter Biden started posting on X last month for the first time and has unleashed his thoughts on CNN anchor Jake Tapper, MAGA, and now one of President Donald Trump's closest advisors — Stephen Miller.On Thursday, Biden took issue with one of Trump's longest-running insiders and White House chief of staff in a blunt comment in response to a user...
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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi's testimony with the House Oversight Committee was released on Thursday, revealing new details about the Department of Justice's rollout of the Epstein files. Bondi was interviewed by House lawmakers on Capitol Hill last week and responded to questions about criticisms of how the department handled the release of...
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Sensational stories abound of January 6 rioters who got charged with new crimes after President Donald Trump granted them clemency — but the full figure is much higher than anyone previously realized, Lawfare reported on Thursday.The number of pardoned rioters charged or convicted of new crimes, according to reporter Katherine Pompilio, is at...
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins faced sharp questioning from Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) during a tense House Agriculture Committee hearing.Rollins was repeatedly unable to answer basic questions about the farm economy.Craig documented the administration's record with data: the U.S. lost 15,000 farms in 2025, farmers face $28 billion in losses,...
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The Justice Department told reporters it yanked a photo of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick from its Epstein database as part of a routine nudity review. However, former Attorney General Pam Bondi was revealed to have offered Congress a different explanation entirely: that then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche's staff believed the image was...
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A convicted January 6 rioter hired by the Trump administration will be working in a "sensitive" Pentagon office, the New York Times reported.Elias Irizarry, who was just 19 years old when he entered the Capitol through a broken window, carrying a metal pole, will work for the Pentagon's Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict office, per the...
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President Donald Trump has pitted two of his cabinet members against each other in the battle over who will succeed him and run for president in 2028, and so far, there is a clear loser in this fight, an analyst revealed on Thursday.Secretary of State Marco Rubio has appeared to win Trump over so far, as Vice President JD Vance has lost favor after...
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With a few months left before the November midterms, a former Trump White House insider predicted Republicans will lose the Senate. Steve Bannon, Trump's former chief White House strategist, in the latest episode of his podcast, "War Room," said, "You're going to lose the Senate in the fall anyway," speaking to Republicans. Bannon blasted...
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The MAGA universe is preparing for a future without President Donald Trump at the helm, but that preparation is threatening to erupt into a free-for-all over control of the movement, according to a new analysis. MS NOW's Lily Becker argued in a new op-ed that the president "has thrown a monkey wrench into the traditionally staid right-of-center...
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The House Oversight Committee released on Thursday the full transcript of former Attorney General Pam Bondi's closed-door testimony last week, showing that Bondi was aiming to move away from the Department of Justice's handling of the release of the Epstein files.The transcript also revealed that she told lawmakers that Todd Blanche, her former...
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Former Nationals premier of Queensland Rob Borbidge says alarm bells are ringing within conservative ranks over surging support for One Nation, but he believes there is still time to prevent what some opinion polls suggest could be an electoral wipe-out.
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Senate Republicans defeated the first attempt by Democrats to permanently block Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, the New York Times reported. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate minority leader, motioned to prohibit the fund by adding an amendment to an immigration bill, according to the NYT. The motion failed 50 to 49, with three...
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent snapped "Don't be absurd!" at a Democratic lawmaker Thursday after getting cornered on the administration's rosy claims about the Iran conflict — a tense exchange that exposed the widening gap between White House spin and reality on the ground.During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the Treasury...
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Leaked emails and messages revealed King Charles harbored private concerns about hosting President Donald Trump for a U.K. state visit, primarily due to Trump and Vice President JD Vance's February 2025 ridiculing of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over perceived ingratitude for American support. "Multiple senior Whitehall sources have told...
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The Kennedy Center is moving to comply with a federal court order to strip President Donald Trump's name from the iconic Washington arts venue, according to a memo obtained by CBS News.The center's general counsel sent the memo to staff Thursday, instructing them to "immediately change email signatures, letterhead, and other documents" to reflect...
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A Republican lawmaker clashed with an anchor during a live CNN broadcast on Thursday over the Iran war after four GOP House leaders broke from President Donald Trump and voted to rebuke the president over the military operation.Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-FL) and CNN's Brianna Keilar got into a heated exchange over what the Trump administration has...
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Democratic Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes plans to seek a new indictment against allies of President Donald Trump who aided his bid to overturn the 2020 election, her office announced Thursday after the state Supreme Court rejected her appeal to revive the original case.The high court's brief, unexplained ruling closed the door on a...
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Alex Jones unloaded on Donald Trump Thursday over the president's decision to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to permanently lead the Department of Justice, calling it "terrible news" and accusing Blanche of betraying Trump's MAGA base.Trump announced his intent to nominate Blanche during a White House event Wednesday evening....
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Georgetown University law professor Steve Vladeck analyzed a little-noticed Supreme Court occurrence in Margolin v. National Association of Immigration Judges that may reveal how Justice Amy Coney Barrett will rule on consequential Trump-era legal battles. Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Barrett, advocated going further than the narrow...
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Former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele used Trump's birthday UFC spectacle at the White House to eviscerate what he characterized as the administration's carefully constructed — and deeply misleading — image of presidential fitness.In a column for MS NOW, Steele called out the White House health reports as "nonsense" and...
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One of the Republican senators driven out of office by President Donald Trump has signed on to a legal challenge fighting the administration's so-called anti-weaponization fund.Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who lost a GOP primary to a challenger endorsed by the president, joined Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) in submitting an amicus brief in the U.S. District...
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A new Fox News poll could signal a serious problem for President Donald Trump, CNN anchor Dana Bash reported on Thursday.Bash referred to new polling from Fox News showing Ohio's Senate race could put Republicans in a tough position ahead of the midterm elections after Trump's approval rating has appeared to drop."That is a big flashing red sign...
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Nancy Pelosi and a conservative reporter who has made a habit of confronting her in Capitol hallways went at it again Thursday — and the former House speaker didn't hold back.Alison Steinberg, a congressional correspondent for LindellTV, the media outlet founded by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, approached Pelosi (D-CA) in the halls of Congress and...
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Conservative podcaster Candace Owens is facing intense backlash within her own movement after appearing at the Kremlin-backed St. Petersburg International Economic Forum alongside sanctioned Russian officials. Radio host Mark Levin called Owens a "Woke Reich traitor" on X.Far-right politician Laura Loomer demanded a federal investigation into...
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Far-right podcaster Steve Bannon's War Room took an X-rated turn Wednesday when guest Mike Davis, a Trump insider and founder of the Article III Project, called Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) a "p—" — twice."John Thune is such a p—, and he just proved it with that statement," Davis said, responding to a clip of Thune offering a...
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Discussing the growing Republican betrayal problems Donald Trump is experiencing as he attacks his own caucus and has made it his mission to oust some of them in primaries, longtime DC insider Mark McKinnon claimed the president is not going to like what is coming.Appearing on MS NOW with host Alex Witt, McKinnon claimed that the retribution the...
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Senior oil industry executives have privately warned Trump administration officials that global fuel inventories are draining at an alarming rate following the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, but the White House denies those high-level talks.Four industry executives told Politico that insiders have delivered warnings in recent weeks to...
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Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) had a stern response to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday during a congressional hearing after he attempted to dodge her question.Bessent was testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee when Chu directly asked him if he had the same thoughts as President Donald Trump, after he recently told reporters in...
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The internet mocked President Donald Trump for an AI image he reportedly shared of himself wearing a No. 47 football jersey and tight American flag shorts while holding a basketball and surrounded by male cheerleaders.Trump has shared a number of AI images on his Truth Social platform, and although this one no longer appeared to be on his platform,...
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President Donald Trump displayed a chart titled "Our Pool is Bigger than Skyscrapers" during a Wednesday Oval Office press gaggle, comparing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation project to the Willis Tower, Empire State Building, and One World Trade Center. Trump stated, if the skyscrapers were laid horizontally, "it would take two or...
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Accusé par le gouvernement de torpiller l'actualisation de la loi de programmation militaire au Sénat, nargué par Laurent Wauquiez et critiqué par Jean-François Copé et Xavier Bertrand… Anthony Lattier discute avec Elisa Bertholomey et Laura Kayali de la dure semaine de Bruno Retailleau, le candidat LR à la présidentielle, dans le nouvel...
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A House Agriculture Committee hearing erupted Thursday into a sharp clash between Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH), with Rollins sniping that Congress's behavior explains why "the American people don't like Congress" as Brown repeatedly cut off Rollins's attempts to dodge yes-or-no questions.Brown, the committee's...
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One of President Donald Trump's top allies in the U.S. Senate has been busted for voting in a different state.AL.com's Kyle Whitmire has been doggedly pursuing rumors about Sen. Tommy Tuberville's residency, voting record and, thus, his eligibility to run for Alabama governor, and the columnist has turned up evidence the Republican senator voted in...
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Despite former White House chief of staff Karl Rove's prediction on Fox News on Thursday morning that the Democratic "blue wave” in November may not be as damaging to the Republican Party as has been predicted, the Republican commentator was the target of the president's ire on Truth Social.Toward the end of his Fox News segment, Rove...
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Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins was repeatedly ordered to stop talking and struggled to answer basic questions about the farm economy Thursday during a tense House Agriculture Committee hearing that devolved into a shouting match.Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN), the committee's ranking member, came loaded with data — and used every second of her...
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President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and now pick for attorney general, Todd Blanche, might be confronted with tough questions from the Senate over his "cozy relationship" with the lawyer for convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, according to a report on Thursday.David Oscar Markus has represented Maxwell and suggested she could...
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Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman warned that President Donald Trump's tendency to navigate multiple scandals at the same time has distracted Americans from his intensified bombing campaigns in South America, which have killed approximately 200 people and violated international law. In a Substack essay, Litman argued that...
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Billionaire tech CEOs and investors hoping to "buy” seats in Congress with nominees sympathetic to their demands are finding it easier to find candidates than it is to get them elected, no matter how many millions of dollars they invest in their campaigns.According to a report from Politico's Christine Mui, Dustin Gardiner, Madison Fernandez and...
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President Donald Trump just reclassified thousands of government workers with the stroke of a pen that would allow him to fully politicize the federal workforce, and one of his former aides highlighted a "revealing detail" that underlines his intentions.The 79-year-old president signed an executive order on Wednesday to convert about 8,000 senior...
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John Bolton, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser-turned-chief critic, has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty to illegal retention of sensitive national security documents, CNN reported Thursday, citing three sources familiar with the matter.Bolton has also agreed to pay a fine of more...
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Donald Trump's vindictive takedown of a man he considers disloyal handed Democrats a real chance of a prize considered an impossible dream just a few months ago, a columnist warned the president Thursday.By taking out his hurt feelings on Sen. John Cornyn, a 23-year GOP Capitol Hill fixture considered a certainty for re-election in Texas in...
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King Charles was reportedly nervous about hosting President Donald Trump for a state visit to the UK, according to a report from The i Paper on Thursday.Leaked emails and messages have revealed that the King was concerned for one main reason: the president's contentious meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House in February 2025, where...
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A little-noticed Supreme Court concurrence may have just telegraphed how right-wing justice Amy Coney Barrett will rule on some of the most consequential legal battles of the Trump era, according to a detailed analysis by Georgetown University law professor Steve Vladeck.At issue is a May 26 ruling in Margolin v. National Association of Immigration...
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Brian Kilmeade surprised his Fox & Friends co-hosts Thursday by breaking with the conservative line on Confederate monuments — declaring that Robert E. Lee shouldn't have a statue because he "made a choice, and it was the wrong choice."The moment came after co-host Carley Shimkus noted that a Lee monument removed from a Charleston, South...
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The Trump administration is opening up an "irreparable blind spot" in the nation's ability to predict natural disasters, according to experts.The National Science Foundation announced plans to dismantle a $368 million deep-sea observation system just days after President Donald Trump fired all members of an independent board that oversees the...
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In dieser Folge dreht sich alles um die Frage, wie sich Deutschland und Europa technologisch und strategisch für die Zukunft wappnen. Joana Lehner analysiert gemeinsam mit Tom Schmidtgen die geplante Neuauflage des europäischen Halbleiter-Programms, den Chips 2.0 Act. Nach den ambitionierten, aber finanziell hinter den Erwartungen...
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Friends,No, he's not over. I wish he were. But something important has changed.Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to direct Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran or win approval from Congress to continue the war. It was a remarkable rebuke. Four Republicans sided with Democrats.His "short-term excursion” into Iran, which...
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A former Trump administration figure has come forward to blow the whistle on serious mismanagement at the CIA.According to the Wall Street Journal, Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, the daughter-in-law of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is alleging that there was no control over how taxpayer money was being spent at the premier U.S....
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During a "Morning Joe” discussion on Donald Trump's constantly evolving statements about bringing the Iran war to a close, MS NOW contributor Katty Kay suggested the president's deep-seated obsession with former President Barack Obama could be the biggest roadblock.Speaking with co-host Willie Geist, Kay humorously claimed the president lives in...
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President Donald Trump's latest medical results have something unsettling buried in them, Dr. Jonathan Reiner posted to X on Thursday — and what it means exactly is obfuscated by a conspicuous absence in his medication records.At the core of the issue, wrote Dan Diamond for The Washington Post, is the drug finasteride, a common treatment for hair...
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Conservative podcaster Candace Owens is facing a firestorm from within her own movement after speaking at a Kremlin-backed forum in St. Petersburg alongside sanctioned Russian officials — and the backlash from the right has been savage.Radio host Mark Levin fired the opening shot Wednesday, calling Owens a "Woke Reich traitor" on X. Far-right...
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President Donald Trump has accomplished a "rare trifecta" in the current polarized era by uniting all political factions against his war against Iran, according to CNN's Harry Enten.The 79-year-old president launched the war Feb. 28 and has been unable to negotiate an end to the conflict or Iran's crippling closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and...
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They were pillars of their church, congregants in a little-known denomination that sets itself apart from the world and teaches that even the most unconscionable acts can be wiped away — not just forgiven, but forgotten and never spoken of again.So it went in a rural Wyoming church, where a man was accused of sexually abusing young girls hundreds...
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At the same time that Donald Trump is demanding $1 billion for his ballroom to fill the space where the East Wing used to be, congressional leaders are facing the prospect that the Rayburn House Office Building where they work is falling apart and needs a massive renovation.To the tune of an estimated $9 billion.According to Politico's Katherine...
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Down from seven correspondents to four on "60 Minutes” after CBS News head Bari Weiss took a wrecking ball to the popular Sunday night newsmagazine, there are fears about the coming season's launch as well as its long-term viability.According to the Washington Post, newly fired correspondent Scott Pelley "ignited a firestorm in a Monday meeting,...
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The Trump Justice Department issued a new superseding indictment against the extremist group watchdog the Southern Poverty Law Center, trying to fix defects with their original indictment — but in doing so, not only did they violate grand jury secrecy rules, they didn't really even fix the fundamental issue, national security journalist Marcy...
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The House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday to curtail President Donald Trump's war powers in Iran, with four Republicans breaking from their party to deliver one of the most significant legislative rebukes of his presidency – and a signal that his grip might be slipping.The resolution passed 215-208, and if approved by the Senate...
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