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A former Republican operative warned that Trump not only lost the Iran war but set in motion a larger conflict.Steve Schmidt argued in an episode of The Warning podcast that Trump lost the war with Iran because he failed to achieve any of his aims. However, Schmidt added that the consequence will be more conflicts breaking out. "We should...
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The internet was stunned Thursday when a Trump administration official declared that World Cup visitors could have the "extraordinary" experience of sitting in a car and eating fast food while talking on the phone.NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker made the stunning statement about people enjoying the "real America" during a Fox News interview, The...
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Former special counsel Jack Smith outlined his fears and beliefs about the direction of the country in a far-reaching interview with MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace, exclusively aired Thursday on "Deadline: White House."Smith, who prosecuted the two federal cases against President Donald Trump, told Wallace that it is important this 4th of July "to...
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A stage panel plunged toward dancers rehearsing for President Donald Trump's Freedom 250 July 4th celebration on the National Mall, narrowly missing them.Video of the incident, posted to X at 3:18 PM Thursday by independent journalist Aaron Parnas, showed the panel falling from the arched stage structure as dozens of dancers performed below."The...
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President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair, organized to celebrate America's 250th birthday, drew comparisons to the failed Fyre Festival due to poor attendance. During her conversation with "CNN News Central," Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Tia Mitchell shared her observations of Trump's festival. "I went out there this week to...
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A menswear expert gave a full breakdown on men's suit styles and commented on a Trump administration official's fashion, offering some tailoring advice.Derek Guy, writer and editor at Put This On, described his thoughts on why White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller's suit did not fit him correctly after the Trump official was seen...
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Newly obtained video reviewed by The Bulwark on Thursday showed a dramatic scene at a home in Venice, Florida, last month, where the niece and nephew of President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn squared up to brawl with Liz Crokin, a far-right conspiracy theorist reporter who — much like Flynn himself — has...
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President Donald Trump's Justice Department has become so dysfunctional that even Senate Republicans are fed up with the situation, MS NOW justice correspondent Ken Dilanian told anchor Katy Tur on Thursday.This comes as Trump's federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., announced, to great fanfare, charges against David Hearn, an Olympian the...
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Jeanine Pirro is taking heat for indicting a former Olympic canoeist on a felony charge for allegedly ripping pool sealant with his bare hands.David Carter Hearn, 67, of Bethesda, Md., a three-time U.S. Olympian, was indicted Thursday on a felony destruction of property charge that carries up to 10 years in prison, according to the New York Times....
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The Justice Department, or DOJ, inadvertently released former special counsel Jack Smith's sealed Volume II report to lawyers defending Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, a former Fort Pierce federal prosecutor charged with stealing the document. Volume II contains Smith's evidence regarding President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified...
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A prominent economist on Thursday warned that President Donald Trump's economy has raised some concerns.Justin Wolfers, an economics and public policy professor at the University of Michigan, responded to a new report from the Department of Labor, which indicated the United States has added fewer jobs in June — just 57,000 jobs that month."Each...
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U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro snapped at a reporter asking about Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol during a press conference Thursday announcing a federal indictment against a three-time Olympic athlete who was arrested last month after allegedly touching the detached paint of the $14 million renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. David Hearn, who...
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President Donald Trump's Justice Department is getting involved with a spat in Alaska over two candidates with the same name.The Alaska U.S. Senate race features Dan S. Sullivan, the Republican incumbent, trying to fend off a well-funded and strong challenge from former Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola. The wrinkle is that one Dan J. Sullivan,...
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report Today, with economic reporters and observers noting its lackluster results. "A disappointing jobs report," wrote Navy Federal Credit Union chief economist Heather Long on X. According to the survey, both nonfarm payroll employment and unemployment rates barely changed. But the...
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Conservative commentator John Podhoretz called a pastor "actively evil" for expressing concerns about Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's interracial family while the future of birthright citizenship was still uncertain.Right-wing pastor Joel Webbon posted the concerns on June 29 on X alongside a photo of Barrett's multiracial family, which...
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A leading political scientist revealed a chilling prediction Thursday suggesting that the Trump Department of Justice was close to reaching a deal with captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.Norman Ornstein, emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and contributing editor for The Atlantic, said that the deal was inching...
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The latest economic figures for President Donald Trump's economy raised all sorts of red flags for one analyst on Thursday. The Department of Labor reported that just 57,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy over the last three months, which is far below the 129,000 jobs that were cited in the last report. The unemployment rate also dropped to...
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New details were emerging Thursday about the former three-time Olympic athlete who was facing felony charges after he was arrested last month after allegedly touching the detached paint of the $14 million renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro was expected to hold a press conference about David Hearn, who was...
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for urging residents to conserve energy during a dangerous East Coast heat wave, calling the request absurd. Mamdani addressed the extreme temperatures on X, "New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool." "Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off...
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An attendee at President Donald Trump's state fair event was forced to seek refuge from extreme heat by dunking herself in a baptismal pool.The entire Washington, D.C., metropolitan region is under extreme heat warning through the July 4 weekend with heat index values expected to be up to 112 degrees, and one MAGA fan told WTTG-TV that she took...
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European astronomers on Wednesday urged the US Federal Communications Commission to block a plan led by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to launch a total of 1.7 million satellites into the Earth's orbit, warning that the use of so many extremely bright satellites—partially to support artificial intelligence data centers—would have "devastating...
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A high-ranking Trump administration attorney received a swift schooling Thursday when he took to social media to whine about a recent court ruling regarding ICE agents' ability to go masked. Rather than take a victory lap, James Percival, Seventh General Counsel for Homeland Security, lashed out at Philadelphia Democrats who challenged his...
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An offhand comment from Donald Trump to Vice President JD Vance may not have been meant for public consumption, according to political analyst Heather Digby Parton.In an unguarded moment this week, Vance disclosed that Trump told envoys tasked with negotiating a peace deal with Iran to "use the [memorandum of understanding] to refill the world's...
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Republicans yelped about socialism after Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged New Yorkers to keep their thermostats set at 78 degrees to ease strain on the city's power grid during a brutal heat wave.The city is expecting numerous days of extreme temperatures through the holiday weekend, and Mamdani suggested that residents conserve power where possible to...
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's post about President Donald Trump's new Air Force One backfired this week when critics zeroed in on its shelf of fake books.In a post on X, Leavitt shared a beaming photo of herself seated aboard the plane, a bookshelf looming behind her. The shelf surrounds a screen displaying the presidential seal....
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Former CIA Director John Brennan sued President Donald Trump's Department of Justice, or the DOJ, shocking one media correspondent. The lawsuit stemmed from the DOJ's investigation into Brennan for allegedly making false statements before Congress and for grand conspiracy. In a 46-page lawsuit filing, Brennan included language that caught the...
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MAGA loyalists were melting down Thursday after President Donald Trump's Social Security Administration announced a new design for babies born this year.The limited edition "Freedom 250" logo-themed cards will be issued for babies born between now and the end of the year, The Washington Post reported."Freedom 250 is the public-private initiative...
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A Republican congresswoman faced derision Thursday for urging Americans she identified as "communists" to move to Europe and suffer through a record-breaking heat wave.Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) cried out in alarm on Newsmax over a string of Democratic primary election wins this week by candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America....
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Le podcast Playbook Paris se délocalise au parc Jourdan des Rencontres économiques d'Aix-en-Provence, où se bousculent les politiques et la plupart des candidats à la présidentielle — à l'exception notable des responsables du RN et de LFI. Malgré les sondages (et les échanges qui se multiplient entre les lepénistes et le patronat), ils...
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Republican Party lawmakers, fed up with taking the blame for President Donald Trump's failures, are launching pre-emptive strikes ahead of the upcoming midterm election, according to a new report.In interviews with NBC News, GOP senators and operatives unloaded on the president, saying he's already setting the stage to blame Republicans if the...
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Fox News was subjected to ridicule Thursday by critics who say the network inadvertently embarrassed President Donald Trump with its coverage of the virtually empty Great American State Fair. The Trump-friendly network provided real-time footage of the near-empty National Mall event, plagued by sweltering heat, severe storms, power outages,...
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First Lady Melania Trump's close adviser Marc Beckman was ripped online Thursday after praising her work during a live broadcast.Beckman, a longtime loyal aide to the first lady, spoke with Real America's Voice on Rumble about how her self-titled film and book "Melania" has fueled her energy to focus on children."This is the most active, the most...
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The Justice Department accidentally released former special counsel Jack Smith's sealed report on President Donald Trump to lawyers for the former prosecutor accused of stealing it.Volume II includes Jack Smith's evidence in his case to prove Trump mishandled classified documents after leaving office — the report Trump has fought to keep secret....
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A septuagenarian lawmaker says he's too sick to vote in Congress unless fellow Republicans really need him, according to a new report.Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) says he is not physically well enough to make it to the Capitol, a source inside his office told Punchbowl News. The 73-year-old lawmaker was diagnosed with a terminal illness and has not voted...
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Erstmals hat im Kanzleramt die neue KI-Taskforce der Bundesregierung getagt. Unter Federführung von Digitalminister Karsten Wildberger soll das Gremium endlich den Kompetenz-Wirrwarr der Ressorts beenden und alle Projekte koordinieren. Joana Lehner und Larissa Kögl ordnen die ambitionierten Pläne ein. Ein zentrales Thema der Taskforce ist der...
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A federal appeals court on Thursday dealt President Donald Trump a fresh blow in his crusade against diversity, equity and inclusion. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal court order blocking the Trump administration from firing dozens of CIA staffers tasked with working on DEI projects, court records show."Prior failure to follow...
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An FBI supervisor scrambled to retract her praise for a departing Chicago agent after the bureau branded him disloyal to President Donald Trump, a move a former agent warned could cost her career.FBI Detroit Special Agent in Charge Jennifer Runyan accidentally forwarded the resignation email of Chicago Special Agent in Charge Douglas DePodesta to...
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Saddled by infighting, Donald Trump's demands and a GOP House speaker who can't get his caucus to agree on anything, Senate Republicans are looking at a long summer devoid of any legislation that could bolster their standing with voters in November.House leaders have lost control of their chamber with just eight legislative days left before a...
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche took the microphone to deliver a speech to National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. on Thursday — but struggled to make himself heard over a constant stream of shouting and boos from protesters.Blanche was there to give a speech to thank the guardsmen for their duties patrolling D.C. and working on President...
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White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller was booed and disrupted by protesters while speaking to National Guard members in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.Miller was speaking with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Nordhaus at Meridian Hill Park, where they were hosting a...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was furious as demonstrators overpowered Trump administration officials speaking to a crowd of National Guard members on Thursday.Hegseth, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and National Guard Bureau Chief Gen. Steven Nordhaus were speaking to the group of about 200...
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There was more bad news for Donald Trump on Thursday morning as the new jobs report revealed dismal growth, leading MS NOW's Stephanie Ruhle to raise a new red flag for the president's embattled administration.Appearing on "Morning Joe," Ruhle, a former Wall Street executive, noted that only 57,000 new jobs were created — a far cry from the...
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Kevin Warsh has taken over as Federal Reserve chair with a strategy few of his predecessors would recognize – saying almost nothing about where interest rates are headed.But that silence has instead opened the door for his colleagues to fill the void, and their message is increasingly hawkish, reported Politico.In the past week alone, nearly a...
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tried to mock New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for urging the public to conserve energy amid a dangerous heat wave cooking the East Coast — but there was one glaring thing he overlooked."New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool," wrote Mamdani on X. "Set your AC to 78 degrees,...
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The Fox Business team was greeted with bad news on Thursday as job numbers came in shockingly low."We came in underneath expectations," said Cheryl Casone. "We came in at 50,000 nonfarm jobs. The Street was looking for 110,000. The unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent, down from 4.3 percent, which it had been holding steady at for about three...
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A new polling analysis suggests Democrats' uphill battle to flip the four seats needed for Senate control may be more winnable than previously thought — thanks largely to a dramatic drop in President Donald Trump's popularity in the states that matter most.CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten examined six pivotal Senate battlegrounds — Alaska,...
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If President Donald Trump was hoping for a good jobs report to boost his party's spirits, he didn't get it.As the latest survey results came in, economic reporters and other observers were quick to note that, while not every figure in the report was bad, it was well below what Wall Street had been hoping for."A disappointing jobs report," wrote...
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House Democrats are alleging "massive Trump fraud" in a new probe that accuses the White House of staging a "hostile takeover" of America's 250th birthday celebration, according to one journalist.In a Thursday broadcast, investigative journalist Scott MacFarlane interviewed House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA),...
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President Donald Trump and his family have made unfathomable profits off their cryptocurrency ventures, Tim O'Brien wrote for Bloomberg Opinion on Thursday — and it is a new level of brazenness from a president who once made his real feelings about crypto tokens very clear."Trump is 80, and he has been working for the better part of 60 years,"...
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One looming threat to President Donald Trump that has House Republicans scrambling, a political analyst said Thursday morning.Commentator Molly Jong-Fast took to BlueSky to share a Semafor report she argued showcases one of Trump's top concerns should Republicans lose the House in the midterm elections. "Trump,” Jong-Fast wrote, is "really really...
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A reporter pointed out a dismal detail that serves as a leading indicator of just how poorly attended President Donald Trump's state fair has been.The Great American State Fair leading up to the July 4 celebration of the nation's 250th birthday has prompted grim fascination and drawn comparisons to the disastrous Fyre Festival, and Atlanta...
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A year after Republicans quietly rebranded their signature tax cut legislation, President Donald Trump's own pollster is publicly disputing his role in the decision.According to two sources who attended a White House strategy meeting last fall, Tony Fabrizio, Trump's longtime pollster, told the room that while the president loved the name "One Big...
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With the country engrossed by the unexpected success of the US men's team's performance in the 2026 World Cup, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin refused to take the high road when the team from Iran was eliminated.In a column for MS NOW, political analyst Zeeshan Aleem called out the former Oklahoma plumber-turned-US...
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Director Kash Patel's FBI has ordered every field office to immediately send analysts to support its investigation into the 2020 election in Georgia, according to a new report.MS NOW obtained an unclassified memo showing Patel is mobilizing 260 intelligence analysts — from every field office in the country — as part of what the bureau calls a...
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Blockbuster reports that Donald Trump is cashing in to the tune of billions during his second term have trickled down to some of his MAGA supporters, and they had a few unpleasant things to say about it to MS NOW's Alex Tabet.On "Morning Joe," co-hosts Jonathan Lemire and Willie Geist shared a clip of Tabet talking to Florida GOP voters, all of...
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A married Iowa Republican campaigning for state lieutenant governor on a "traditional family values” platform has denied setting up a 2016 account linked to his email address on Adult Friend Finder, a hookup service for people seeking casual relationships.Derek Wulf was last month named running mate to Iowa GOP gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn....
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President Donald Trump brought anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. into his coalition in 2024, creating the so-called "Make America Healthy Again" movement by wooing a broad swathe of health activists and medicine deniers to join his cause. But the Supreme Court he helped appoint just dealt a massive blow to that movement, Dr....
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What's the best time for the leader of the free world to post an AI-generated video of himself as a fake doctor who cures real celebrities Robert DeNiro and Julia Roberts of a fake disease?Just before midnight, apparently.President Donald Trump raised eyebrows early Thursday morning with a new TruthSocial post, published at 11:54 p.m., that...
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Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist turned MAGA power broker, is delivering a stark warning to Republican leadership.In a wide-ranging interview with Politico, Bannon argued that recent democratic-socialist primary wins — including Melat Kiros's upset of a longtime Colorado incumbent, following Zohran Mamdani's momentum in New...
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Longtime Republican strategist Karl Rove took square aim at Vice President JD Vance in a blistering op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, tearing apart his oft-stated idea that there is a distinct class of "heritage Americans" who are more American than other Americans."America wasn't built by the rich and powerful but in large part by discards,...
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One of the centerpieces of President Donald Trump's "Great American State Fair" to kick off the 250th anniversary celebrations is a scale replica of his planned "victory arch" project — but almost immediately after it went up, people started to notice it was coming apart.Now, a viral video making rounds on social media shows the damage is even...
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The numbers don't lie—and they're devastating for CBS News and embattled division head Bari Weiss.According to a report from media watchdog Status, despite CBS News touting a modest 1 percent year-over-year gain for Tony Dokoupil's "CBS Evening News" in the second quarter, a closer examination reveals a "grim picture" under Weiss. The broadcast...
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President Donald Trump's push for his top congressional priority is running into resistance not from Democrats, but from within his own party's rural wing.The 80-year-old president wants an expanded SAVE America Act to include sweeping mail-voting restrictions alongside provisions targeting transgender athletes and gender-affirming care for minors,...
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Somewhere inside the White House right now, there's a federal intelligence report sitting in a drawer, and Trump's lickspittles who put it there are betting you won't see it before you vote in November.It's an assessment of the security of America's voting machines, produced by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Reuters...
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Andy Burnham could be just days away from entering Downing Street - but who are the winners and losers from the arrival of a new prime minister? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy examine how Britain’s political landscape could be reshaped and what it means for the main opposition parties: The duo breaks down the biggest […]
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A fiery debate broke out between a CNN anchor and a MAGA-defending correspondent who warned about "Chinese babies." CNN anchor Abby Phillip hosted a panel discussion about calls from MAGA to stop immigrants from having children in the United States. The MAGA line comes after the Supreme Court blocked Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship.She...
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