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Political campaigns are struggling to find ways to reach the country's "fastest-growing religious groups" — and it's a costly effort, according to an Axios report on Monday.Dubbed the "nones," this group has captured the attention of political strategists because they are among one of the largest key voting blocs and people who are unaffiliated...
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The United States confirmed it had targeted military facilities in Iran on Monday in "self defense," CNN reported.Military officials have confirmed they targeted a series of Iranian facilities in Bandar Abbas responsible for attacking U.S. war ships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to CNN. Explosions could be heard near the base and in other...
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President Donald Trump's latest White House makeover touches have taken a new turn as it becomes a "construction zone eyesore," The Daily Beast reported. Images on Monday revealed two cranes building a metal arch for lighting over the UFC Freedom 250 stage, just near the White House's Executive Residence. As the ballroom construction has been...
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Former National Security Advisor John Bolton warned on Monday that Iran can sense how "desperate" President Donald Trump is to secure a deal that its leaders are "playing him."Bolton told CNN anchor Pamela Brown that as negotiations drag on, Tehran has sensed Trump's weaknesses — and that the president might not fully understand Iran's level of...
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Drew Carey, host of "The Price Is Right," fired off his criticism of MAGA star and former reality TV personality Spencer Pratt, The Daily Beast reported on Monday.Carey made his opinion known of the Los Angeles mayoral candidate in a post on Threads. "Anyone who votes for, or endorses Spencer Prattfall for Mayor of LA needs to get their head out of...
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Golf legend Tiger Woods broke his silence for the first time on Monday in a reflective post on Memorial Day honoring his late father, Earl Woods.In a patriotic message, Woods shared his thoughts and gratitude for service members."My father was a Special Forces operator with two tours in Vietnam and 20 years of service. To all those like my father,...
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World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Monday that the swiftly spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda "will get worse before it gets better,” as a deadly delay in detecting infections has responders to the epidemic "playing catch-up.”"The outbreak is spreading rapidly,”...
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An analyst on Monday said that Republicans could be up against a bigger fight to hold onto GOP votes in Texas in the run-off against Trump-challenger Ken Paxton and longtime Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).Scott MacFarlane, chief Washington correspondent and anchor for MeidasTouch, told CNN anchor Boris Sanchez that Cornyn has been a longtime Republican...
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Vice President JD Vance has been put in a tough position and has been considering whether he wants to run for president in 2028 or give up on the move, according to a new report from The Daily Mail published on Monday.With National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard announcing her exit from the Trump administration last week, Vance could be in a...
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Veteran journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodríguez claimed Saturday that alleged direct energy weapon attacks have left her "permanently injured." "They attack you at your most vulnerable and trusting, in your home, in bed, and do not kill right away. They plant pain and illness that can take years, months, weeks, days to kill, and do it in a manner...
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The threat of a tank explosion in Orange County, California, was reportedly over but the situation was still not under control, according to CNN on Monday.At least 50,000 residents have been displaced as Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump declared the chemical leak a national state of emergency, California state Sen. Tony Strickland (R)...
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President Donald Trump is scheduled for a medical and dental checkup Tuesday at Walter Reed Medical Center, his third hospital visit in 13 months. The visit follows Trump's April 2025 annual physical and October follow-up appointment. Public concern about his health is mounting, as Trump appears at events with growing bruises and red marks on his...
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) signaled he could be considering a political comeback just days after losing his primary election to a President Donald Trump-backed challenger, according to reports on Monday.Massie has been an outspoken critic of Trump and announced in a post on X that he filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for the...
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A Justice Department court filing defending Donald Trump's controversial White House ballroom project reads less like a legal document and more like a Trump Truth Social post — complete with random capitalization, invented words, and language straight from the president's social media feed, according to an ex-CBS News reporter who reviewed the...
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Donald Trump was caught on video appearing to close his eyes during a Memorial Day ceremony honoring fallen soldiers Monday, setting off a fresh round of mockery online — and a spirited defense from his supporters, as well.The clip, shared by political video account Acyn and amplified by PatriotTakes, which tracks right-wing extremism, showed...
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) delivered a scathing assessment of Donald Trump's Iran ceasefire Sunday, welcoming the end of the war while warning that the deal represents a humiliating capitulation to Tehran that leaves the United States weaker than when the conflict began."If this deal with Iran is real, I will welcome it because every day this insane...
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By Jamie Rowen, Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst.Memorial Day is an apt time to reflect on the long-term consequences of war. Among them are substance use, mental health problems, homelessness and jail time for those who served in the military.About 8% of all Americans in prisons or jails are veterans,...
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Foreign policy analyst Trita Parsi questioned whether President Donald Trump authored his Saturday Truth Social post announcing a negotiated Iran war settlement.During his appearance in the "Breaking Points" show, Parsi highlighted the lack of characteristic misspellings, grammatical errors, and personal attacks — all typical of Trump's posts. He...
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Donald Trump has been saying nice things about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani — and Republicans are furious about it.According to a New York Times report on GOP fears ahead of the midterms, Trump has repeatedly praised Mamdani warmly, actively undercutting his own party's efforts to use the democratic socialist mayor as a political boogeyman...
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Reports of Donald Trump's scheduled visit to Walter Reed Medical Center sent social media into a frenzy on Monday, with reactions ranging from alarm to dismissal — and one popular influencer asking the question many were thinking but few were saying out loud."Is this the day?" wrote a liberal social media influencer and self-identified U.S. Air...
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Despite publicly appearing defiant about Iran peace negotiations, President Donald Trump is allegedly backing away from a deal with Iran under extreme internal pressure from Israel and its domestic allies, according to Israeli-American academic Shaiel Ben-Ephraim. Ben-Ephraim cited sources indicating Trump is reconsidering the agreement, describing...
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The antiwar group CodePink it has yet to be served with any subpoenas after it was reported over the weekend that the Trump administration has opened an investigation into a recent humanitarian trip it helped organize to Cuba, but vehemently denied wrongdoing and said any government probe, if there is one, would only show that "this administration...
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Donald Trump on Monday shared a post on Truth Social blaming former President Barack Obama for the United States' ongoing war with Iran, amplifying a meme that depicted Obama next to a pallet of cash with the caption: "Don't forget the one who funded Iran and caused this war to happen. OBAMA!"The image is a reference to a $400 million cash payment...
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President Donald Trump issued an ultimatum Monday via Truth Social to nearly a dozen Muslim-majority nations, threatening exclusion from his Iran deal if they refuse to simultaneously sign the Abraham Accords — normalizing relations with Israel. Named countries include Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain. Said...
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GOLDENDALE, Wash. – High up on the Washington side of the Columbia River near the John Day hydroelectric dam, members of the Yakama Nation gathered to protest a clean energy storage project slated to be built on a sacred tribal site.Supporters of the Goldendale pumped-hydro energy storage project have said it will help meet growing regional...
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Donald Trump may have handed Democrats one of their most potent weapons in the fight for Senate control — and he did it back in January, almost without anyone noticing.According to a New York Times report on Republican fears ahead of the midterms, Trump's January attack on Sen. Susan Collins of Maine could be deployed by Democrats this fall to...
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Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Walter Reed Medical Center on Tuesday for a medical and dental checkup — his third hospital visit in 13 months — as former White House physicians publicly question the administration's transparency about the 79-year-old president's health, according to a report by the Daily Mail.Trump previously visited Walter...
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A congressional panel has voted to advance a spending bill that funds NASA, rejecting the White House's proposal to cut the agency nearly in half but still imposing a significant reduction on the science programs that underpin Colorado's aerospace economy and university research base.President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2027 NASA request would have...
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Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of murdering her two-year-old daughter Caylee in one of the most polarizing criminal trials in American history, has quietly re-emerged in public life — this time as an LGBTQ advocate, researcher, and activist with a growing Substack following.Anthony's Substack, titled "Beyond Case," describes her as a...
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Megyn Kelly's bombshell claims about Donald Trump's marriage history and the resurfaced allegation from his first wife landed like a grenade across social media over the holiday weekend, drawing furious responses from Trump loyalists, conservative critics, and longtime Kelly skeptics alike.Kelly made the claims on Friday's episode of the Hodgetwins...
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A new Gallup poll showing economic confidence at its lowest point in nearly four years is sending alarm bells through Republican ranks ahead of the midterms, according to MS NOW's Ali Vitali — and the numbers are bad enough that even the party's most loyal voters are starting to ask questions.Just 16 percent of Americans now rate the economy as...
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Shaun Byrnes did two tours in Vietnam. He had hoped to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery when his time came. Now he's not so sure — and Donald Trump is the reason why.Byrnes, 83, is one of several Vietnam veterans who have filed suit to stop construction of a 250-foot triumphal arch that Trump wants to build between Arlington National...
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Donald Trump issued a sweeping ultimatum to nearly a dozen Muslim-majority nations Monday morning, threatening to cut them out of his Iran deal entirely if they refuse to simultaneously sign the Abraham Accords — and he did it in a Truth Social post addressed directly to their heads of state."If they don't, they should not be part of this Deal in...
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A veteran foreign policy expert delivered a cutting verdict on Donald Trump's Iran diplomacy Monday, arguing that the president's relentless attacks on Barack Obama's nuclear deal are actually an admission that his own deal looks remarkably similar."He doth protest too much," said Richard Haass, the veteran diplomat and foreign policy analyst,...
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Megyn Kelly used a conservative podcast appearance to unload a series of damaging personal accusations against Donald Trump, claiming he has cheated on every wife he has ever had — and resurfacing a rape allegation made by his first wife, Ivana Trump, that was later retracted."Trump has cheated on every wife he's had," Kelly said on Friday's...
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Friends,Robbie was the kindest person I ever knew.I met him in our dormitory the day we entered college in 1964. He saw me struggling to carry my big luggage crates up the two flights of stairs to my dorm room and, without saying a word, grabbed one and hauled it to the second floor."Thank you!” I stammered when we reached the landing."Don't...
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Donald Trump launched a sprawling early-morning attack on Republican critics of his Iran deal Sunday, singling out three GOP lawmakers by name and calling them losers, fools, and sleazebags in a 6am Truth Social post that underscored the growing tension between the president and members of his own party.Trump took aim at Sen. Thom Tillis of North...
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Donald Trump marked Memorial Day with a Truth Social post that managed to honor fallen soldiers and attack Democrats in the same breath."Happy Memorial Day to all, including the Dumocrats, who disrespect our Military and all of the tremendous success that it has had over the last year," Trump wrote at 6am on the holiday. Memorial Day is...
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We know the Trump Department of Justice has threatened individuals it considers political opponents. Echoing authoritarian regimes worldwide, they've now indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). In response, major Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs), including Vanguard, Fidelity, and Schwab, have prevented clients from donating to SPLC, cutting the...
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Er war jahrzehntelang das Gesicht großer Fußballturniere im deutschen Fernsehen, aber heute sorgt Waldemar Hartmann vor allem mit politischen Kommentaren für Aufmerksamkeit. Im Gespräch mit Gordon Repinski geht es um die tiefe Enttäuschung eines langjährigen CSU-Wählers über den Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz und die Zukunft der Union....
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Breck Worsham, a prominent right-wing influencer and independent journalist who has since turned on President Donald Trump, warned Sunday night that the commander-in-chief had become a "direct threat” to the United States and called for his immediate removal."At this point Trump is no longer just a global novelty. He's no longer simply an...
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Republican Texas state Rep. Jeff Leach, who's "proudly endorsed by President Donald Trump,” bucked the president Sunday night over his endorsement of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his race for U.S. Senate, and suggested that voters support Paxton's GOP opponent instead.Leach's reasoning for breaking with the president, he explained in a...
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Outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who last week lost his re-election bid after serving seven terms, vowed on Sunday that during his remaining seven months in office, he would publicly identify individuals linked to Jeffrey Epstein whose names, critics have said, had been unlawfully redacted in Justice Department files."I've got seven more months...
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President Donald Trump demanded on Saturday that Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) not be allowed back on the Fox News, but on Sunday, not only was Khanna invited back on the right-wing network, but the California Democrat expressed hope that the president may be watching and extend him an invitation to the White House.Trump's demand to Fox News was made on...
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A Sunday report in The New York Times revealed how the Trump administration is using a key government agency to shut down any efforts to regulate online betting markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket.According to the Times, the administration has stacked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) with industry insiders who have systematically...
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Is the United States headed for a second Civil War? According to a survey of likely midterm voters published by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, 57% of Americans believe it is. Sixty-nine percent say democracy is under serious threat; and an equal percentage of non-white voters say they fear rising white supremacy.While...
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Veteran journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, who last week revealed she was "fleeing the country" after claiming to have been targeted by "direct energy weapon attacks" linked to her reporting on Jeffrey Epstein, said Saturday that the alleged attacks have since left her "permanently injured.""We should all understand this is real. These are the most...
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President Donald Trump revealed on Saturday that he is mulling a deal that would end his illegal war with Iran, and some hawks within the Republican Party are expressing alarm.According to a Sunday report in The New York Times, many details of the agreement to end the war remain murky, with the fate of Iran's enriched uranium up in the air. US and...
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The 2026 Fifa World Cup is set to take place next month across 11 cities in the United States, but comments from the Trump administration have sparked fears among human rights groups that soccer fans – particularly non-English speakers or those with accents – may be at "risk.”"We wanted to warn visitors and tourists of the risks of coming to...
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With the midterm elections fast approaching in November, outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) issued a bleak prediction for his party's chances at the ballot box, and laid most of the blame on the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers he argued were overly loyal to the president.Appearing on NBC News' "Meet the Press,” Massie was asked by...
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Conservative commentator Dave Rubin, who for months has been a top booster of President Donald Trump's illegal war with Iran, was inundated with mockery on Sunday after a viral video exposed months' worth of his failed predictions about the conflict.The video, which was posted on social media Saturday, begins with Rubin telling viewers to not...
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On Saturday, President Donald Trump announced via social media that a negotiated settlement with Iran to end the war had "been largely negotiated," but on Sunday, a foreign policy expert raised doubts about whether the president himself authored the post, and what that may reveal about the ongoing negotiations."First of all, there's no...
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President Donald Trump has remained defiant amid a wave of criticism from right-wing figures urging him to resume hostilities with Iran and walk away from peace negotiations, but according to Israeli-American academic and podcast host Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, that pressure may be gaining traction."I am currently talking to two sources I really respect....
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As the Trump administration reportedly nears a deal to end the U.S. war against Iran, a wave of criticism from right-wing figures has emerged, and on Sunday, President Donald Trump lashed out at those critics as "losers” who knew "nothing” about the ongoing negotiations."If I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one, not like the...
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An analyst says a rock legend handed us a roadmap to fighting Donald Trump.Bruce Springsteen's current tour isn't just a concert — it's a masterclass in resistance, and other celebrities should be taking notes, according to a labor journalist who attended one of the Boss's recent shows.Writing in the Guardian, Steven Greenhouse argues that...
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Donald Trump announced a potential deal with Iran Sunday, citing successful negotiations with Middle Eastern nations, and the reaction from hawks, analysts, and even some Trump allies was immediate and withering.Trump posted on Truth Social that he would work out a better deal than Obama had done, but was vague on the details. For many onlookers,...
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A prominent MAGA-aligned physician publicly exposed what she described as a furious texting campaign by far-right activist Laura Loomer on Sunday — triggering a spectacular public meltdown that played out in real time on social media.Dr. Mary Talley Bowden posted screenshots of text messages from Loomer, who had challenged her over a post...
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Rep. Ro Khanna raised a suggestion over the weekend that Donald Trump might be "intentionally sabotaging" JD Vance.Khanna appeared on NBC News, where he pointed out that Vance is being tasked with defending things he has spoken out about for years. He was asked about Vance's recent decision to defend the purported IRS Jan. 6 "slush fund."Laughing,...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a war powers resolution from the floor after Democrats secured enough Republican support to pass it, according to Rep. Greg Meeks — a stunning allegation that Johnson personally intervened to prevent Congress from reining in Donald Trump's military campaign against Iran."We had the votes to stop this war," Meeks...
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Martin Sheen is trading his fictional Oval Office for the campaign trail — and he's doing it in the same state where President Josiah Bartlet once governed.The actor, best known for playing the beloved Democratic president on NBC's "The West Wing," is throwing his support behind Chris Pappas in New Hampshire's Senate race, framing the contest as...
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When Rep. Ro Khanna began pushing to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, his own party thought he was wasting everyone's time."The establishment class thought I was crazy," Khanna told Axios. "They said nobody would care. Nobody would vote based on it."They were wrong. With midterm elections approaching, Democrats across the country are pouring...
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