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President Donald Trump abruptly changed his tone Wednesday about his Colombian counterpart, Gustavo Petro, saying they had exchanged a friendly phone call and he'd even invited the leader of the South American country to the White House.
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An ICE officer fatally shot a woman Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis, according to the Department of Homeland Security. A U.S. official identified her as Renee Good. City leaders said the victim was a legal observer of federal actions in the city.
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A former GOP representative "fears what is next" for the country after a woman was shot dead in South Minneapolis, Minnesota, by an ICE agent.Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed by an ICE agent during an immigration raid in Minneapolis. The shooting happened at a time when the Trump administration surged more than 2,000 federal immigration...
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I grew up in Pittsburgh. When I was a kid, my father brought home the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette every evening. He carried it under his arm as he walked into the house, and handed it to me. He knew, even at a young age, I was enthralled by the news.I spread it out on the living room floor and read about the world. I learned how a free press reported...
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A plan for the United States to control oil refineries in Venezuela has "a lot of challenges" to overcome, according to gas and oil industry insiders. One anonymous inside in touch with White House officials, when speaking to CNN, suggested Donald Trump's plan is far from "reality" and will likely face more problems than the administration is...
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A series of "manic" choices show how Donald Trump has "no respect" for diplomacy, a political analyst has suggested. The president's recent actions in Venezuela and Greenland were criticised by Chris Hughes, who suggested Trump's actions could have major implications for the UK, Russia, and beyond. Writing in The Mirror, defence and security editor...
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Today, Sam and Anne ask the question, is the prime minister’s focus abroad distracting from his own problems and domestic reforms at home? With a plethora of contentious legislation to get through ahead of the spring statement in March and the King’s Speech in May - the duo forecast whether there could be more rebellions […]
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The proposed takeover of Greenland by the United States has a series of flaws in the plan, according to Jimmy Kimmel.The talk show host would use part of his opening monologue to mock Donald Trump and his administration's plan to take the country over. Kimmel suggested the broad aims of Trump can be achieved without taking the country over, and...
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Foreign leaders seeking to cope with Donald Trump should not shower the U.S. president with flattery and gold gifts, a former British defense secretary said: they should read a near-forgotten 1991 book that describes Trump as a "cocksure boor who pays precious little attention to detail” and a "a lad who literally grew too big for his...
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Friedrich Merz steht zu Beginn des Jahres 2026 unter Zugzwang. Bei der CSU-Klausur in Seeon muss er beweisen, ob er den Spagat zwischen „Klingbeil-Versteher" und Reformkanzler schafft. Rasmus Buchsteiner berichtet aus dem Kloster, warum die Union jetzt Ergebnisse bei der Unternehmenssteuer will und wie Merz seine Doppelbotschaft aus Sicherheit...
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President Donald Trump's former Vice President sounded off against the White House's new "offensive" display mocking Capitol police officers who responded to the Capitol building riot in January 2021. The White House launched a new webpage on January 6 offering Trump's version of events from the Capitol riot. A timeline included on the website has...
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A former insider in President Donald Trump's orbit offered a sobering prediction for the president during an interview with CNN on Wednesday night. Former Vice President Mike Pence joined CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Source" to discuss the latest developments in the Trump administration. He argued that the administration's decision to arrest...
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford blasted President Donald Trump's escalating threats to seize Greenland — even by military force — warning on MS NOW that such a move would run directly counter to NATO's mission and could force the alliance to defend Denmark against the United States.The threats, which have even a number of...
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A Democrat who has served in Congress for nearly 60 years will not run for re-election in 2026, according to a new report. The Washington Post reported on Wednesday that Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) is hanging up his Congressional hat. He has served in Congress since 1981, and has spent more than two decades as the second-top Democrat in the House of...
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Democrats on the House Oversight Committee secured a major victory on Wednesday by approving new subpoenas to investigate the child sex trafficking in the Jeffrey Epstein case, Politico reported."It was the culmination of a flurry of subpoena requests Wednesday from rank-and-file members of the panel, several of which were ultimately approved. The...
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Department of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem dropped a "fascinating" nugget about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in South Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday, according to a legal expert. Noem travelled to Minneapolis to give a press conference following Good's killing, where she...
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Gamblers who bet on the length of the White House's daily press briefings cried foul on Wednesday after Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made the curious decision to end her comments just seconds shy of the 65-minute mark - raking in a small fortune for those fortunate enough to have made such a savvy guess.At her briefing, a grinning Leavitt...
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Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara undercut a key claim that President Donald Trump's administration has been making to justify the deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday. O'Hara discussed what he has learned about the shooting from his investigation so far during an interview on CNN's...
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The right-wing figure Kyle Rittenhouse, known for killing two men during unrest in 2020, sparked backlash Wednesday as he floated whether to travel to Minnesota after federal immigration agents gunned down an American citizen, leading to community protests.Earlier in the day, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot 37-year-old...
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A witness who saw an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shoot a woman dead in South Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday morning revealed disturbing new details about the event in an interview with CNN. Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed by an ICE agent during an immigration raid in Minneapolis. The shooting happened at a time when...
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) lit up a Fox News producer to his face on Wednesday, who implored her to appear on the show of far-right pundit Jesse Watters."Jesse Watters would like to invite you on his show," said the producer."Oh, that's nice," said Ocasio-Cortez."Would you join him?" the producer followed up."He has sexualized me on his...
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A Republican Congressman said he "has some questions" about the "disturbing images" released of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shooting and killing a U.S. citizen on Wednesday.An unidentified ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in South Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Wednesday morning as Good tried to leave the scene...
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In an interview with CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil, border czar Tom Homan declined to comment about the deadly shooting of a woman in Minneapolis, calling for an investigation to "play out." When asked more broadly about allegations of excessive force, Homan said he hasn't seen any examples of it under President Trump so far.
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President Donald Trump unveiled what he's billing as a game-changing oil deal that forces Venezuela to buy U.S.-made goods. Trump made the bold statement on Wednesday on Truth Social that Venezuela would be locked into exclusive purchasing power for American-made goods. The deal, as described by Trump, would require Venezuela to funnel revenues...
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Sometimes, the boring procedural moves in Congress can be the most revealing when it comes to President Donald Trump's relationship with the Republicans in Congress. Nine Republicans on Wednesday voted to pass a discharge petition on a Democratic bill that would extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies for three years. Republicans promised to hold...
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A fiery Fox News exchange took an unexpected turn when a Democratic senator reminded host Martha MacCallum that President Donald Trump once promised to release the Epstein files, prompting an audible gasp as she tried to steer the conversation back to Venezuela. The senator tied Trump's willingness to consider "boots on the ground” abroad to a...
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CNN anchor Jake Tapper was in awe at Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's comments following a deadly shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. An ICE agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman named Renee Nicole Good, a U.S. citizen, at the scene of an immigration raid as Good tried...
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) stood by his comments on CNN, calling President Donald Trump's senior adviser Stephen Miller "stupid" for escalating the administration's threats against Denmark for not being willing to sell off Greenland to the United States — and warned that Trump and Miller are threatening one of America's most critical military...
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Donald Trump's renewed fixation on occupying Greenland—complete with hints of military force—was eviscerated on MSNBC's Morning Joe, where co-host Joe Scarborough flatly called the idea "insane” and warned it would shatter decades of U.S.-led global order. Citing Wall Street Journal criticism, Scarborough argued that even floating an invasion...
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President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday night that he will meet with his Colombian counterpart at the White House after threatening to arrest him over the flow of drugs into the United States.Trump posted on Truth Social that he plans to meet with Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House. Just two days ago, Trump called Petro a...
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As outrage spreads over the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who fatally shot a woman as she was turning her car to drive away from them, President Donald Trump's far-right adviser Stephen Miller was already spinning a different narrative of what happened.Miller, who has been accused of cribbing Nazi propaganda to write Trump's speeches,...
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President Donald Trump was slammed on Wednesday after claiming that an armed ICE agent who fatally shot a woman driving in a car "viciously ran over an ICE agent" in Minneapolis — despite video footage showing otherwise. Trump's Department of Homeland Security has claimed that "an ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law...
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Tuckernuck, a popular D.C.-area fashion brand, is quietly expressing discomfort as Trump administration figures and MAGA allies—including Karoline Leavitt, Kristi Noem, and Sarah Huckabee Sanders—adopt its designs, The Daily Beast reports. While the company insists it is apolitical, some staff privately scoff at seeing their fundraiser-season...
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A witness who was called to testify before the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday scathed the senators who were present for trying to "distort the record" about judges who have ruled against President Donald Trump. Trump has repeatedly threatened judges during his second administration and called for those who rule against him...
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President Donald Trump has filed a motion in Georgia state court to compel the Fulton County District Attorney's office to pay him $6.2 million in compensation for the now-dismissed election racketeering case, Lawfare's Anna Bower reported on Wednesday.The motion relies on a law passed by Georgia Republicans last year, which entitles criminal...
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Blackstone and other housing giants crashed hard on Wednesday after Trump threw down the gauntlet on institutional investors.Shares of Blackstone Inc. and other housing-related companies cratered after President Donald Trump announced he would crack down on such companies from snatching up single-family homes and contributing to the affordability...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing fresh trouble corralling his caucus as at least one Republican signals opposition to leadership's latest "minibus” funding maneuver meant to keep parts of the federal government open. A minibus spending bill is a single legislative package that combines funding for multiple federal government agencies and...
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President Donald Trump has proposed a 50% increase in the United States' military budget.In a Wednesday announcement on Truth Social, Trump concluded that the Pentagon's budget should be increased from $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion."After long and difficult negotiations with Senators, Congressmen, Secretaries, and other Political Representatives, I...
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President Donald Trump's ambitious oil-backed takeover of Venezuela faces a major "wild card” in Diosdado Cabello, the powerful interior minister and de facto head of Venezuela's security forces whose influence over militias and rejection of U.S. demands could upend Washington's strategy after Nicolás Maduro's capture, The Wall Street Journal...
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan inadvertently helped former special counsel Jack Smith deliver damaging testimony against Donald Trump by holding his deposition behind closed doors. Speaking to Nicolle Wallace, Raskin said that the format allowed Smith to lay out evidence suggesting Trump attempted to defraud the...
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CNN anchor Jake Tapper did not hold back when he fact-checked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for putting out false information about a lethal shooting where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent killed a U.S. citizen on Wednesday. ICE agents shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in southern Minneapolis, Minnesota, who...
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Legal experts have begun to weigh in on the harrowing video from Minneapolis of an ICE agent fatally shooting a woman through the driver's side window of her car as she began to pull away from them — and at least some believe that state criminal charges could be imminent.The Department of Homeland Security has denied any wrongdoing in the...
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President Donald Trump stunned Republicans at a closed-door House GOP retreat by openly musing about canceling the 2026 midterm elections, a move experts have long warned he might entertain. Speaking at the Kennedy Center on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Trump complained about facing Democrats at all and suggested elections should be...
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President Donald Trump released a comment Wednesday after an ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman driving in a car in Minneapolis, blaming "the radical left" and claiming the agent was in danger.Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, as the investigation was still ongoing."I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in...
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Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) had a blunt message for Immigration and Customs Enforcement after an officer was caught on video fatally shooting a woman as she appeared to drive away in her car: get out of our state.Furthermore, he said in his announcement, he stands ready to activate the Minnesota National Guard to protect people from violence."From here...
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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) unleashed a blistering response after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved to censure him and initiate proceedings that could strip him of his retired Navy rank and cut his military pension, a rare and politically charged escalation tied to a video Kelly made urging service members not to follow unlawful orders. Kelly...
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Lawmakers were outraged Wednesday after an ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman driving in Minneapolis and video surfaced differing from the Department of Homeland Security's portrayal of the incident.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz issued a stern warning to President Donald Trump and his administration after weeks of sounding the alarm that the...
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A self-described "right-leaning" witness to the deadly shooting in Minneapolis on Tuesday was left aghast by what he saw out of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. An ICE officer shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was turning her car around after driving up on an immigration raid, according to Minnesota Public Radio. Video posted...
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