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The new chairman of the Federal Reserve is already expected to have a tough time following through on one of Trump's main demands, according to the Wall Street Journal.Trump tapped Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell in January, but the economy back then looked a lot different, the Journal noted. What hasn't changed is Trump's expectation for...
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President Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte, a wealthy housing finance official and PulteGroup founder's grandson, as acting director of national intelligence without any prior security clearance or vetting process. CNN reported that three sources confirmed Pulte had no evidence of even the lowest-level security clearance before being named to...
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A clip from President Donald Trump's Friday agriculture roundtable in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, spread quickly online, with critics saying it showed the president struggling to recall the name of the Washington Monument.The video, shared by liberal account Acyn, shows Trump holding up a picture of his Reflecting Pool renovation."It was going to...
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Internal government documents reveal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, plans to distribute a "flawed" facial recognition app called the ICE Task Force Module to over 1,200 local police departments across 32 states. The technology scans faces against a database of 250 million Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, and State Department...
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White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles put out a statement on X on Friday in reaction to reporting from the Daily Mail that she was expected to leave the Trump administration soon."After an accomplishment filled week by President Trump, I have the pleasure of reading a piece of Friday fiction, courtesy of the Daily Mail," wrote Wiles. "To be...
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Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has endured a brutal week of reporting on his personal history and unsavory interactions with women — issues that have left many people wringing their hands over the state of the race. However, MS NOW's Chris Hayes, who interviewed Platner earlier in the week, noted that Maine voters on the street...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated he is installing "roadblocks" within the Justice Department to prevent Democrats from prosecuting President Donald Trump after his presidency ends. In an exclusive NewsNation interview with Katie Pavlich surfaced by journalist Aaron Rupar, Blanche expressed concern about the actions some Democrats might...
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Trump cut short an interview with NBC News as the sound of rain on a barn's metal roof kept interrupting, journalists shared.Gabe Gutierrez, a senior White House correspondent for NBC News, revealed that the interview took place inside a Wisconsin barn "at the request of the White House," Gutierrez noted, but "rain repeatedly was hitting the metal...
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The House passed a spending bill Thursday night that included $141 million in cuts to the WIC program, which provides fruit and vegetable assistance to women, infants, and children. The narrow 213-210 vote would not have passed without support from four House Democrats: Donald Davis (D-NC), Adam Gray (D-CA), Vicente González (D-TX), and Marie...
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President Donald Trump lashed out at Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Friday, claiming the Democrat had halted a renovation of golf courses at Joint Base Andrews and framing the move as an attack on the U.S. military.In a Truth Social post, Trump said Moore "has put a halt to all work" on a project to convert the base's two ageing courses into "World...
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A former GOP operative predicted that Todd Blanche should expect a double blow to his career on the horizon. "I'm going to make a prediction," Steve Schmidt said during an interview with former CNN anchor Jim Acosta. "Todd Blanche will not be confirmed as Attorney General, and I'll even lean into it more."Blanche faced another uncomfortable hearing...
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President Donald Trump has a reputation for bending Republicans to his will, but a political scientist said Friday there's a quiet trick Republicans use to kill his priorities — without ever casting a vote against him.In a New York Times conversation, Good Politics/Bad Politics writer Jonathan Bernstein laid out the strategy political scientist...
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White House officials have responded to reports that Susie Wiles is planning to ditch her role as Trump's chief of staff. "Total bull—," wrote the official White House Rapid Response account. "Another fake hatchet job from a wannabe reporter peddling anonymous sources who don't actually know anything."The Daily Mail reported that Susie Wiles is...
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An influencer couple who shared a heartbreaking decision to terminate a pregnancy online has revealed they now keep a loaded gun at their bedside because of the death threats they have received.According to TMZ, Jesse and Ashley Ridgway of New Jersey say that the hate has come thick and fast "since announcing they terminated a pregnancy because...
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It's billed as the hottest ticket in Washington — but the celebrities aren't biting, according to a new report.President Donald Trump's $60 million birthday event, a UFC cage fight on the White House South Lawn set for June 14, has the capital's power players competing for seats, Vanity Fair reports. Donors, lobbyists, and members of Congress...
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WASHINGTON — A Louisiana detention center that houses roughly 1,500 immigrants failed to ensure sanitary conditions, properly store perishable food, properly notify use-of-force incidents and maintain medical records of detainees, according to a report published Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog.The findings stem...
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With the primaries over, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand said Thursday his general election approach will remain focused on bipartisanship and finding "reasonable” solutions for Iowans as he faces off against businessman Zach Lahn in November.Sand spoke at the Iowa Association of Business and Industry conference in Coralville. The...
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A red state governor declared a disaster in hundreds of counties as the spread of a flesh-eating parasite poses an "imminent threat," according to local reporting.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced "a state of disaster" for all 254 Texas counties as New World Screwworm threatens the state's wildlife and livestock industry, according to Texas...
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Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles will soon quit her high-level White House post, insiders told the Daily Mail.Wiles is preparing to quit because she was "vehemently" opposed to the promotion of Bill Pulte from the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to the role of acting Director of National Intelligence, three White House insiders told...
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), a prominent ally of President Donald Trump, has been dogged throughout his campaign for governor of Alabama by claims that he secretly lives in Florida and may have even illegally voted there. So his campaign has released a series of records to prove his residency in Alabama.However, according to Lagniappe, those...
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A Justice Department lawyer told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit the Trump administration could demolish the Statue of Liberty before anyone could sue to stop it. Judge Patricia Millett pressed the government's lawyer on the implications, asking if there would be legal recourse if the government moved too fast, reports ABC News."If...
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Idaho health officials are investigating how nearly 60 people got sick after drinking raw milk in the past two weeks.The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced in a news release on Wednesday that most of the people reported being sick after drinking raw milk from two different milking operations in North Idaho and southern Idaho. The...
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An ex-MAGA insider named which top Trump aide is involved in coordinating media campaigns with right-wing influencers through group chats.Ashley St. Clair said in an interview with California Gov. Gavin Newsom that deputy White House chief of staff James Blair is working with MAGA influencers on "incredibly coordinated and sophisticated" media...
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With California continuing to count the results in major races, Republicans continue to cling to second place in the gubernatorial primary and the mayor of Los Angeles, but the gap is narrowing as disproportionately Democratic late mail ballots continue to be processed, raising the possibility that Republicans could eventually slip to third and be...
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Right-wing influencer Nick Fuentes mocked his followers after they were interviewed for a CNN segment, the network reported on Friday.CNN senior correspondent Donie O'Sullivan interviewed two men in Miami named Rich and John, who are Groypers — young, white men who are followers of white supremacist Fuentes."These men have come to see themselves...
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Jeremiah Schofield, a 25-year Social Security Administration veteran, disclosed that the Trump administration planned to classify 2.7 million living people — including U.S. citizens, legal permanent residents, and teenagers — as dead using the agency's Death Master File. The database, used by banks and government agencies to verify living...
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A CNN reporter pointed out that President Donald Trump seemed displeased ahead of his event Friday night in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.Jeff Zeleny, CNN's chief national affairs correspondent, was traveling with the president and other reporters and commented that Trump was not too thrilled as he headed to the Midwest battleground state to discuss his...
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A new White House webpage starts like a horror movie trailer, according to New York Times columnist M. Gessen — glowing green letters against a dark backdrop, the words "aliens" and "declassified," and the promise of a 60-year government secret about to be revealed.Then comes the twist, Gessen wrote: the "aliens" aren't extraterrestrial. They're...
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President Donald Trump's Justice Department made a claim in court this week that left CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams stupefied.During a hearing about the validity of the White House ballroom project, DOJ lawyers explained that the work had been done so quickly that there was nothing courts could have done to reverse it — and when the judge...
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A tense confrontation outside Newark's Delaney Hall immigration detention facility escalated Friday when a red sedan slowly drove into a line of protesters blocking a facility exit, pushing them backward until someone hurled an object that left two large shatter marks in the vehicle's front windshield.Video shared on X by @Patrick_Nealis showed the...
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A CNN anchor was shocked by a senator's description of the lewd antics of an embattled candidate."Glad my children aren't old enough to watch this show," CNN host Kasie Hunt said as Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) described his understanding of the scandal surrounding Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner.Platner is in hot water ahead of the...
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Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson dismissed the need for Ebola vaccines, arguing federal health agencies are orchestrating mass vaccination campaigns targeting Hantavirus and Ebola. During a LindellTV interview with Cara Castronuova, Johnson claimed Ebola generally snuffs itself out and can be controlled through basic quarantine procedures,...
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One of the most decorated preparatory schools in the nation, which has seen future Hollywood stars, professional athletes, and notable politicians walk through its doors, was rocked this week by new allegations that it allowed a star student to create a climate of intimidation.And he has not been the only one.Harvard-Westlake School, a...
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Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL), one of the House GOP's most recently elected lawmakers, flew into a rage on social media over the fact that the mail ballot for the previous resident of his D.C. apartment was sent to him."Yesterday, I received an official mail ballot at my Washington apartment for a woman I've never heard of," wrote Fine on X, posting an...
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Trump's "triumphal arch" will need to have red lights on top of it after a review of its design alarmed a federal agency, according to reporting by the New York Times. The 259-foot-tall arch will be less than a mile from the Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., leading the Federal Aviation Administration to recommend red, blinking...
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Senate Republicans backed off their plans to formally block President Donald Trump's "Anti-Weaponization" slush fund in the reconciliation package — and this infuriated former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, who laid into them in his latest Substack.The Trump administration, facing massive backlash from lawmakers and the public alike, agreed...
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Vice President JD Vance hasn't announced if he plans to run for president in 2028, but Republican insiders have pointed to a recent "ultra sneaky" move that could reveal more about his decision.Vance and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, have been "cultivating their image as ultra-MAGA-friendly religious family folk," with Vance's upcoming book...
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President Donald Trump raged against Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on Friday after the GOP lawmaker gave Trump's former personal lawyer and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche conditions for approving his nomination, The New Republic reported.Trump was heading to an event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and boarding Air Force One when a reporter at Joint Base...
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FBI Director Kash Patel fired at least five intelligence analysts from the bureau's Richmond, Virginia, office Friday over a long-rescinded 2023 memo that became a years-long fixation for MAGA activists, three people familiar with the matter told MS NOW.The memo, titled "Interest of Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists in...
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President Donald Trump's Iran envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner made an unannounced trip to visit the nation's top nuclear experts at the national lab in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, according to an Axios report on Friday.A deal to end the Iran war has not yet been reached, and many of the conditions were still under consideration, but the ongoing...
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A red state official ripped the Trump administration for how it mishandled a dangerous parasite now spreading fear.Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said on CNN that he started talking to the White House and Agriculture Sec. Brooke Rollins "for the first time" recently about New World Screwworm, despite giving them information about how to...
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President Donald Trump appeared to cave on one of his key campaign promises, according to several insiders who spoke with The Washington Post for its report Friday, ditching a plan to deport countless migrants at the behest of an "extensive lobbying effort” that had not been previously reported.Ahead of the 2024 election, Trump vowed to carry out...
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Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced Thursday she had left the United States for what she described as a "medical tourism" trip — citing the same broken American health care system she repeatedly hammered during her final months in Congress."I'm 52 and enjoying a weekend out on medical tourism for my health," Greene wrote on X....
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A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump referred Justice Department attorneys to a disciplinary committee Friday after condemning them for misconduct so severe she said it had shaken her faith in the DOJ entirely.U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy of Rhode Island issued the referral under the court's Local Rule 210(b), citing both...
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Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's child support case took another dramatic turn this week, as a judge refused to grant him relief from his 60-day jail sentence for civil contempt of court.According to the Courier Journal, Judge Angela Johnson, who issued the 60-day sentence in March if Bevin did not comply with all document requests, was...
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An internal government document obtained by 404 Media reveals that Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to arm more than 1,200 local police departments with a "flawed" facial recognition app capable of scanning anyone's face — no warrant, no consent, no notice required.The app, called the ICE Task Force Module, would run face photos against...
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A MAGA congresswoman told a New York Times writer that she believes she was given the reins of a task force because it would make her look "a little crazy."In an interview with Times columnist Ross Douthat, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) agreed with a suggestion about why congressional leadership assigned her to chair the Task Force on the...
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CBS's cancellation of Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show" has devastated the network's late-night ratings.Its replacement, "Comics Unleashed," lost 65% of its audience compared to the same time slot last year, reports The Daily Beast. According to Nielsen data, Byron Allen's show drew only 628,000 total viewers and just 82,000 in the crucial 18-49...
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One of President Donald Trump's foes, New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, poked fun at the president, who was seen falling asleep in the Oval Office this week — using the moment to suggest a potential design for his $250 bill with his face on it.Hochul's press office shared an image on X of Trump with his eyes closed on a mockup, following...
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Vice President JD Vance and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller have zeroed in on fraud, but an analyst on Friday revealed what has motivated the move.Salon's Amanda Marcotte pointed out how, as President Donald Trump has become more "impatient" with Vance, the vice president has pivoted to the "tough guy act" with Miller, looking to...
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The House passed a spending bill Thursday night that included $141 million in cuts to a federal food assistance program focused on supporting women and children – a bill that would not have passed without the support of four House Democrats, who in turn drew scrutiny for their "puzzling” decision, The New Republic reported Friday.The spending...
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Trump biographer Michael Wolff claimed President Donald Trump has reached a critical moment of demarcation, indicating his presidency is unraveling. During an episode of "Inside Trump's Head," co-hosted by Wolff and The Daily Beast's Joanna Coles, Wolff cited mounting losses across multiple fronts. He pointed out Trump's newly restricted Iran war...
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Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is dismissing the need for Ebola vaccines — even as public health officials scramble to contain a real Ebola outbreak ahead of the FIFA World Cup being held across the United States, Canada and Mexico this summer.In an interview with LindellTV's Cara Castronuova, Johnson argued that federal health agencies...
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Veteran correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim informed their colleagues they would remain at "60 Minutes" Friday, but public reaction was mixed.The broadcast legends circulated a memo to CBS News colleagues saying they would stay on despite the firings of executive producer Tanya Simon, executive editor Draggan Mihailovich and...
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Ex-Trump official Miles Taylor issued a stark warning to those who donated to President Donald Trump's White House ballroom project on Friday, arguing that they and their affiliates "should be losing sleep” over what he cautioned would be a "massive” legal reckoning just on the horizon.Taylor, who previously served as chief of staff in the...
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President Donald Trump has instructed Bill Pulte, the controversial new acting head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), to execute sweeping personnel cuts across the nation's 18 federal intelligence agencies and units before a permanent successor is confirmed.In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Trump revealed...
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Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief White House strategist, predicted Republicans will lose the Senate in the November midterms.During an episode of his "War Room" podcast, Bannon criticized Republicans for abandoning working-class voters who feel "crushed," and said, "That's the backbone of the nation. When we lose sight of that,...
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A Justice Department lawyer astonished onlookers by arguing in federal court that the Trump administration could "bulldoze" the Statue of Liberty if they moved too quickly to be stopped.The lawyer appeared Friday morning for oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit over President Donald Trump's controversial White House...
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Continuing questions about Donald Trump's health were not helped on Thursday during an Oval Office press availaibility that led to more questions about his ability to keep up at his current pace.On MS NOW's "Morning Joe,” co-hosts Johnathan Lemire and Willie Geist highlighted the 79-year-old president "slumped' in his chair as EPA Head Lee Zeldin...
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Three remaining "60 Minutes” veterans have decided on their futures with the beleaguered broadcast mainstay.Longtime correspondents Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim announced Friday they would stay on at the news magazine despite turmoil engulfing the CBS News division under the leadership of editor in chief Bari Weiss."We have had a...
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Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, told Fox News on Friday that the economy under President Donald Trump was booming — and hilarity ensued.Hassett claimed "the Trump boom" wouldn't be reported by "the fake news," and that the One Big Beautiful Bill has massively helped to improve the economy — dismissing affordability...
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A Florida Democrat snapped during a House Appropriations subcommittee meeting Friday, declaring the Republican fiscal year 2027 spending bill "a war on women and girls" after it moved to eliminate family planning funding for millions of Americans."I'm mad as hell! I cannot believe what I see!" Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) shouted during the Labor,...
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A former senior Social Security official has disclosed that the Trump administration drew up plans to classify 2.7 million living people — including United States citizens, legal permanent residents and teenagers — as dead, using one of the government's most powerful identity databases to effectively erase them from the financial...
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Republican members of Congress are reaching a "boiling point" with President Trump, with GOP insiders expressing deep-seated frustration over what they characterize as the president's relentless demands and self-sabotage timing that undermines their legislative efforts.According to interviews with NOTUS, Republican congressional insiders describe a...
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President Donald Trump is facing a "rural revolt" as a result of his policies, according to a new data analysis.The soon-to-be-80-year-old president was re-elected in 2024 on his promise to improve the economy, but voters aren't happy with the job he's done so far, and many of his policies are directly hurting farmers and voters in the rural areas...
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Amid the ongoing litigation of President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC, the president's lawyers were asked to provide records supporting one of the president's key claims in the suit – and immediately lashed out, The Guardian reported Friday.Trump sued the BBC last year after accusing the broadcaster of deceptively editing a...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche boasted Thursday that he is installing "roadblocks" inside the Justice Department to prevent Democrats from prosecuting President Donald Trump after his term ends — the latest in a string of moves critics say have turned the DOJ into a personal protection service for the president."We can just keep on exposing...
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President Donald Trump's pick to lead the entire U.S. intelligence community has never held a security clearance of any kind before being handed the job, CNN reported Thursday — and the vetting process wasn't even initiated until days after the announcement.Bill Pulte, a wealthy housing finance official and grandson of the founder of homebuilding...
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A Justice Department lawyer told a federal appeals court Friday that the Trump administration could demolish the Statue of Liberty before anyone could sue to stop him — and that would simply be the end of it.The stunning exchange came during oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit over President Donald Trump's...
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Lawmakers fleeing the chaotic House of Representatives for the greener pastures of higher office are finding the doors are shut to them by unimpressed voters, according to a report.Nearly 30 House members have discovered that service in Congress has become a political liability rather than an asset.Politico reported that the exodus of House members...
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President Donald Trump has faced barely any pushback from those within his Cabinet, having prioritized loyalty so intense that members have risked physical injury just to appease him, according to a report Friday. Slate writer Ian Prasad Philbrick came to his conclusion after conducting an experiment: he purchased a pair of Florsheim Shoes, the...
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President Donald Trump is heading to Wisconsin to campaign for Rep. Derrick Van Orden, a third-term incumbent whose rural district is being squeezed by the policies he has spent two years defending.Van Orden represents Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District, a stretch of farm country that produces more milk than most states and depends on roughly...
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Fox News host Brian Kilmeade couldn't hide his disgust Thursday morning when his own network flashed an "Iran Deal Soon?" graphic on screen — audibly groaning and declaring the talks a "dead end" just seconds after reading the optimistic chyron off a teleprompter."Ugh!" Kilmeade blurted before pivoting sharply from the network's framing. "The...
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A veteran actor was stabbed to death by his girlfriend's son Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, police said.James Handy, who most recently appeared in "Top Gun: Maverick,” was found unconscious in front of a home in Tarzana with a stab wound to his chest after the son called 911 to report the attack, reported NBC News."I am the son of man, I just...
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An Oregon judge lost patience with a government lawyer's defense of plans to mint a 24-karat gold coin bearing President Donald Trump's likeness.A retired Portland attorney filed a lawsuit earlier this year challenging the proposed coin, arguing that federal law plainly prohibits the images of living people on U.S. currency. U.S. District Judge...
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President Donald Trump is digging in on several controversial priorities despite knowing he's "paying a price among Senate Republicans" — who, multiple insiders told The Washington Post, are growing increasingly "tired of carrying that weight.”"It's been one self-inflicted wound after another,” a Republican strategist told the Post, speaking...
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) sparked another wave of liberal outrage after becoming the first Senate Democrat to clear the path for one of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees during the president's second term, Punchbowl News reported Friday.Fetterman has become something of a pariah among Democrats after routinely siding with Republicans on...
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As the U.S. Supreme Court prepared to determine the fate of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in the landmark case, Louisiana v. Callais, MAGA groups and conservative nonprofits connected to far-right megadonors that filed briefs in support of weakening the historic civil rights law took in record-breaking amounts of dark money, according to new...
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President Donald Trump has turned an unlikely issue into one of his most personal legislative priorities — and he is spending real political capital to make it happen, according to a report Friday.The 79-year-old has been making direct phone calls to Republican lawmakers, lobbying them to support the so-called Sunshine Protection Act, which would...
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CBS News head Bari Weiss has created a powerful new enemy within the network after her controversial decision to revamp the popular "60 Minutes” newsmagazine with a mass firing that blew up into front-page news.According to media watchdog Status, the conflict has evolved from a news division firefight into a corporate-wide crisis, with CBS...
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The White House is banking on President Donald Trump's 80th birthday bash — featuring an Ultimate Fighting Championship battle royale on the White House lawn — to help win back a voter bloc that helped propel him to a second term in office.Trump and UFC President Dana White are putting the finishing touches on an unprecedented fight card...
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