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The Tennessee Young Republicans – a Tennessee GOP-affiliated group of young conservatives – issued a statement Monday night distancing themselves from remarks and mailers issued by one of its chapter presidents that included openly white supremacist messages.Austin Lee, the apparent president of the Tennessee Maury County Young Republicans...
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Elon Musk spent Monday night on social media defending his role in orchestrating massive U.S. foreign aid cuts that research at UCLA suggests could cause over 14 million preventable deaths by 2030. After Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) accused him of causing these deaths through USAID defunding, Musk responded by calling the Congressman a liar, demanding...
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After yet another 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that handed Donald Trump's administration one more victory, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called out her conservative colleagues over their betrayal of existing green card holders.According to The Independent, the ruling came down in Blanche v. Lau, which agrees with the administration that, if a green...
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Während aktuelle Bedrohungen die Welt in Atem halten, blickt die Allied Foresight Conference der NATO in Berlin in die Zukunft. Rund 250 Experten diskutieren über Szenarien, in denen Cyberangriffe auf Stromnetze, Satelliten-Dimensionen und der Klimawandel das operative Umfeld bestimmen. Rixa Fürsen spricht darüber mit Florence Gaub (NATO...
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Rapper Talib Kweli is not interested in stepping into a ring with a man who has been publicly daring him to fight, but the online standoff between them has only escalated, with each accusing the other of stoking threats.It began when a Facebook user named Jay Artem posted what he billed as "day one of tagging Talib Kweli and challenging him to box...
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President Donald Trump has turned his focus from the Iran war to the ongoing setbacks in his renovation of the Reflecting Pool, but it's clear the project won't be ready in time for the July 4 celebration.The $14 million renovation has been bedeviled by issues from the start, and CNN's Kevin Liptak provided an update to "The Situation Room" on the...
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The Justice Department has withdrawn extraordinary grand jury subpoenas issued to reporters from two newspapers after they challenged the demands in federal court, marking a rare retreat from an exceedingly aggressive tactic against the press.The DOJ had sought to compel Washington Post national security reporter Ellen Nakashima and three Wall...
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A GOP analyst and former White House insider revealed that as President Donald Trump has shown signs of "dictatorial dementia," energetic "young henchmen" around him are in a hurry to reshape the government — even rushing to conduct mass firings.Bill Kristol, the editor at large for The Bulwark and a former chief of staff to Vice President Dan...
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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce a new detail of the tentative peace agreement between Washington and Tehran. "The Money and/or Sanctions that the U.S. Treasury is releasing goes into escrow, controlled by the U.S.A., and will be used for the purchase of food and medical supplies, exclusively from the United...
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Reacting to reports that Donald Trump has given the okay from Iran to start selling oil to the United States, handing the extremist leadership an immediate source of billions of dollars, MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle admitted she was dumbfounded.On her "Money Power Politics" morning show, Ruhle, a former Wall Street executive, reported, "We learned...
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CBS News and other news organizations have investigated President Donald Trump's claim that vandals left a 350-foot gash in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and have found that there is "no sign."On Monday, Trump doubled down on his assertions about how the Reflecting Pool fiasco happened, saying it "has been given a 300-foot-long gash." The...
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President Donald Trump doubled down on his theory Tuesday that vandals were responsible for his failed Reflecting Pool renovations, suggesting that "razor blades” may have been used to create a "gash” in the pool's bottom longer than a football field "in the dark of night.”"The 350 foot gash, made by a very sharp knife or razors, is actually...
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As President Donald Trump's favorability among Americans continues to reach record lows, so too has the number of infants given the name "Donald,” a review of Social Security Administration data by NOTUS found Tuesday."The federal agency received fewer than 400 Social Security card applications for baby Donalds last year, making 'Donald' the...
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Vice President JD Vance's becoming the face of the Iran peace negotiations has all the appearances of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Donald Trump leaving the veep out to dangle in the wind by defending a deal that will go nowhere.That is according to MS NOW's Jake Traylor, who told host Stephanie Ruhle on Tuesday morning that one administration...
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President Donald Trump has become desperate to "erase the sting of defeat," an analyst argued on Tuesday.Salon's Heather Digby Parton described how the Iran negotiations and failed foreign policy maneuvers have left Trump in a position where he needs a "big win." And now, he has turned his attention to Cuba and Greenland in an attempt to restore...
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Speculation swirled around a report that a single patient – a 79-year-old man – was given access to a powerful new obesity drug that's still awaiting federal approval.STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the Food and Drug Administration allowed one individual to gain access to retatrutide, which has demonstrated the ability to cut weight at...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene attempted to drive a wedge between a MAGA voter bloc that once counted her as an adherent and President Donald Trump.The former Republican congresswoman posted a video Tuesday morning revealing the lengths taken by the Trump campaign to stifle QAnon conspiracists at campaign rallies, even as the 80-year-old president...
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The secrets Stephen Miller has kept about his role in the Trump administration may finally be revealed after a judge was handed a key FBI report.Miller, President Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff, has long shielded his White House communications from disclosure under executive privilege. Now, a court filing in federal court in Alabama threatens...
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Human rights diplomat Mohamad Safa, who's currently working on an "upcoming human rights report” on the "Epstein files,” accused trillionaire and owner of the social media platform X Elon Musk Tuesday of "censoring” him on the platform and throwing him in "X jail.”Writing on X, Safa accused Musk, a fierce ally to President Donald Trump, of...
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Vice President JD Vance had no qualms about releasing all mention of Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files when he convened a Situation Room "war room” with other members of the president's inner circle.According to New York Times' Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, during an appearance on MS NOW's "Morning Joe,” White House chief of staff...
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In most Republican primaries, President Donald Trump's endorsement settles the race. In one state, it barely moves the needle.The 80-year-old president has backed Rep. Celeste Maloy on Truth Social — the same blanket endorsement he gave two other Utah GOP incumbents, one of whom doesn't even have a primary opponent, but Brigham Young University...
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Last Saturday, the White House shared the iconic "Saying Grace” painting by famed artist Norman Rockwell in a social media post, edited to include the caption "WORTH PROTECTING,” but on Monday, Rockwell's own granddaughter fired off at the Trump administration for "completely” misunderstanding the painting's meaning."Curtis Publishing holds...
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Abelardo De la Espriella, a right-wing lawyer who used to practice law in Florida, appeared to win his presidential bid in Colombia this week after securing an endorsement from President Donald Trump, and the journalists at Zeteo opted to shed light on his "eye-opening” background in a scathing report."He Tied Firecrackers to Cats. Yes, you read...
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A U.S. fighter jet pilot described a seemingly extraterrestrial sight before he ejected from his aircraft during hostilities in Iran.The downed F-15 pilot told intelligence officials during a debriefing after the April incident that he saw multiple Iranian drones hovering in air in a formation resembling a jellyfish, four sources familiar with the...
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During an appearance on MS NOW to promote their new book "Regime Change" about Donald Trump's current term, the New York Times' Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan recalled a meeting they had with the president in the Oval Office where they were surprised by his demeanor when asked about wielding power.Haberman took the lead in answering the question...
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Iran is moving unilaterally to tighten its grip on the Strait of Hormuz — and to start collecting revenue from it – even as it negotiates with the U.S. and its Gulf neighbors over future management of the waterway.Iran's top insurance regulator, Mousa Rezaei, announced Sunday that a new insurance company has been created specifically for the...
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The turmoil at CBS News after controversial news head Bari Weiss executed a purge at "60 Minutes” newsmagazine, which culminated with the firing of popular Scott Pelley, is having a ripple effect, with network executives expressing "alarm.”According to media watchdog Status, the immediate aftermath of Scott Pelley's firing saw "CBS Mornings"...
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President Donald Trump faced a wave of scrutiny for agreeing to lift sanctions on Iran and unfreeze Iranian funds as part of the tentative peace deal between Washington and Tehran, but on Tuesday, the president announced a new detail regarding the agreement, one that could risk jeopardizing peace talks going forward."The Money and/or Sanctions that...
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Eight activists convicted of terrorism-related charges and rioting for their role in a noise demonstration outside an ICE facility, at which a local police officer was shot, face up to life in prison when they go before a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, for sentencing on Tuesday.Another, the last of the nine convicted in March, will be...
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A handful of GOP senators signaled trouble for the Trump administration as it pushes a controversial $1.5 trillion defense budget, Punchbowl News reported Tuesday.Representing a 42% increase from the previous year, the White House is hoping to push through its controversial $1.5 trillion budget proposal through reconciliation, a legislative process...
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President Donald Trump's war on Iran satisfied no one, but two foreign policy experts say its failure may provide one enduring silver lining.Hawks who cheered the initial strikes are furious he stopped short of toppling the regime, doves are furious he started a war at all and, by nearly every measure, the campaign was a failure, wrote former Iran...
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Trillionaire Elon Musk spent Monday night posting and re-sharing posts online in an apparent effort to defend his record spearheading massive cuts to U.S. foreign aid – which reporting increasingly suggests may end up causing millions of preventable deaths – and was subsequently hammered by critics."Musk killed millions by abruptly stopping...
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A 37-year-old White House aide with no congressional experience has been handed the politically fraught task of negotiating a cryptocurrency bill that could crack down on President Donald Trump's vast holdings.Patrick Witt, executive director of the president's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, is the administration's point man on the Clarity...
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An invitation to Donald Trump to sit down with Republican members of the Senate for a luncheon on Wednesday came with warnings from a handful of attendees that they have no intention of being bullied into proceeding with his GOP election bill known as the SAVE America Act.According to Politico reporting by Jordain Carney, several outgoing GOP...
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Conservative influencer Cam Higby set out to embarrass a Democratic congressman's aide over his private life. Instead he handed Rep. Dan Goldman an opening, and the New York Democrat used it to deliver a public dressing-down that left Higby, not the staffer, looking like the story.Higby, a right-wing content creator who runs the outlet Fearless...
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If the chaos of this last year and a half week has shown us anything, it's that every distraction Donald Trump has manufactured to stop people from talking about the Epstein Files has failed spectacularly. The UFC fiasco kicked off a week that ended with a full surrender to Iran at Versailles, which was glaring enough. But the Reflecting Pool...
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In less than a month, Britain is set to get its seventh prime minister in a decade. And, barring a political earthquake, it’s all but certain to be Andy Burnham. But several questions remain about what the King of the North really stands for - he now has just over three weeks to turn a […]
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Wie erwartet kündigt Keir Starmer seinen Rückzug vom Posten des Labour-Vorsitzenden an und auch als Premierminister. Andy Burnham heißt sein wahrscheinlicher Nachfolger. Mit Global Reporter Anne McElvoy spricht Gordon Repinski über Burnham und es geht um die Frage, wie sich der Wechsel auch auf die Europapolitik des Kanzlers auswirken könnte....
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President Donald Trump has taken his destruction to another level as he turns Washington, D.C. into the "grimiest swamp of all time," according to one political expert. David Rothkopf, global affairs columnist for The Daily Beast, said on a new episode of "The Daily Beast Podcast" with host Joanna Coles that Trump's failed renovation of the Lincoln...
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A political analyst and a conservative columnist got into a heated exchange on CNN's "NewsNight" with host Abby Phillip on Monday. Charles Blow, author of "Blow the Stack" on Substack, and Caroline Downey, a columnist for The National Review, got into an argument over the deal President Donald Trump made with the Iranian regime during a panel...
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Ohio will lose 51,000 jobs and $5.3 billion from the state economy in 2029, according to a new analysis.That's the effect that cuts to Medicaid and food assistance under a massive 2025 spending law will have when they're fully phased in. It's also the consequence of Republicans allowing Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire at the end of the last...
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MS NOW host Rachel Maddow opened her show Monday night with high spirits, gleefully telling viewers she had roughly 10 good-news stories to deliver in a row, a rarity for the program, as legal and political setbacks piled onto President Donald Trump in a single day.Maddow noted that Sunday marked the longest day of the year —and that Trump was...
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A legal expert claimed to have uncovered a "clear admission" by President Donald Trump's Department of Justice that it broke the rules to help convicted sex criminal Ghislaine Maxwell get into a minimum security prison. Liz Oyer, a former Obama administration pardon attorney, argued in a new Substack essay that Trump's DOJ deliberately changed...
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An embarrassed conservative columnist admitted that CNN had accurately reported on the details of President Donald Trump's proposed deal with the Iranian regime, even though the columnist refused to believe it. Becket Adams, a conservative columnist for The Hill and National Review Online, wrote in a new op-ed for The Hill on Monday that the...
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President Donald Trump's latest threat to sue a media company over its reporting was swiftly mocked by political analysts on Monday. Trump posted on Truth Social that his administration is preparing a lawsuit against ABC News over its reporting on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has faced significant criticism because of the project's...
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A legal expert was stunned on Monday by reports that one of President Donald Trump's loyalists had begun firing career intelligence officials. Bill Pulte, who leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency and serves as the acting director of national intelligence, reportedly showed up to work a day early to get a list of all of the employees under his...
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