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"Prime with human beings": ICE director looks to Amazon as model for mass deportations

ICE Director Todd Lyons said he hoped to get his misery machine running as smoothly as the online retail giant

yesterday 20

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"Getting yippy": Trump says he reversed course on tariffs because people were "afraid"

The president says he reversed course on tariffs because people were getting scared

yesterday 10

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Liberated no more? Markets soar as Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs

Liberated no more? Markets soar as Trump announces 90-day pause on tariffs

The Trump administration praised the president's gambit, even though it's unclear what the U.S. got out of it

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"Constitution requires no less": Judge orders White House to reinstate Associated Press' access

The news organization was barred from the White House press pool over its usage of "Gulf of Mexico"

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"They're kissing my ass": Trump says tariffs are going great, promises duty on pharmaceuticals

Trump has a rosy take on the early days of his "war on the world"

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"We should be better than this": SCOTUS allows Trump to continue deportations on technicality

The Supreme Court sided with President Donald Trump on Monday night, lifting a judge's order barring the Trump admin from deporting Venezuelan...

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"Boys will be boys": White House responds to rift in Trump admin after Musk calls Navarro "moron"

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt brushed off concerns about a growing schism in the Trump admin over tariffs

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"Take the people and move them": Trump suggests US control of Gaza's "oceanfront property" again

The developer-turned-president called the Gaza Strip an "incredible piece of important real estate"

tuesday 4

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Pumped, dumped and chumped: "Fake news" on tariffs causes stock market whiplash

Pumped, dumped and chumped:

A single post from a verified account on X caused the market to surge and then fall within minutes

tuesday 10

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"Own this": Walz tells CNN he doesn't appreciate Harris' "I told you so"

In a rare public split from his former running mate, Walz criticized Harris for her post-election comments

07.04.2025 10

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"Was this the plan?": Trump admin officials lambasted over tariff chaos, market crash

On the Sunday shows, hosts took Trump advisers to task over the president's tariff plans

06.04.2025 4

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"Make America Great Depression Again": "Saturday Night Live" mocks Trump tariffs

James Austin Johnson's Trump envisioned an America where everyone would be "eating the cats"

06.04.2025 4

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"Trade war with penguins": Trump places 10% tariff on uninhabited Antarctic islands

Planned tariffs shared by the White House included a 10% duty on imports from the barren Heard and McDonald Islands

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"One-man wrecking ball": Trump hints to White House insiders that Musk might be on the way out

A new report from Politico claims Trump is telling insiders that Musk won't be around the White House for long

03.04.2025 30

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"American industry reborn": Trump announces minimum 10% tariffs on all imports, 25% tariff on autos

The president's long-promised "liberation day" brought a raft of steep duties that shocked the market

03.04.2025 20

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Randy Fine, a swamp creature so vile even DeSantis hates him, wins special election in Florida

Randy Fine, a swamp creature so vile even DeSantis hates him, wins special election in Florida

Fine has long been known in his home state for petty feuds, outrageous attacks and MAGA views

02.04.2025 7

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Wallen reportedly wasn't game for "Saturday Night Live" sketch

Wallen reportedly wasn't game for

The country singer, who quickly walked off stage at the end of the show, turned down a sketch with Bowen Yang

02.04.2025 3

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"He recognizes the limitations": Johnson thinks Trump third-term talk is hot air

The Speaker of the House asked reporters to "read the Constitution" when questioned about Trump 2028

02.04.2025 8

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"I'd love that": Trump welcomes a showdown with Obama to take third-term

The president admitted he "hasn't looked into" a possible third term but would welcome a campaign against Obama

01.04.2025 3

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"Cleaning up his messes": Alleged mother of Musk's child sells Tesla over lack of support

Influencer Ashley St. Clair said she was selling her Tesla to make up for cuts that Musk made to her child support

01.04.2025 20

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"My fault": Ye wears KKK robes to interview, says he "didn't want" children with Kim Kardashian

The rapper has spent the last several years pulling ever more provocative stunts in troubling interviews

01.04.2025 20

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"I like working": Trump floats idea of third term, says he's "not joking"

The president said he was considering "methods" that would allow him to serve an unconstitutional third term

30.03.2025 5

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"Get me to God's country": Wallen storms off "Saturday Night Live"

The "I'm The Problem" singer exited "SNL" before the credits rolled

30.03.2025 10

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"Rubio in the house!": Signalgate takes over high schoolers' group chat on "Saturday Night Live"

JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth leaked state secrets to teens in the "SNL" cold open

30.03.2025 10

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"This is a direct attack": Canadian PM mulls retaliation over Trump's 25% auto tariffs

Mark Carney promised to "defend workers" in the face of steep tariffs on automobiles and parts made in Canada

27.03.2025 8

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"Mainstream media propagandists": MAGA movement freaks out as Signalgate texts are released

Karoline Leavitt, Pete Hegseth and other MAGA true-believers are unraveling as more details emerge in the scandal

27.03.2025 4

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"I don't know everything": Chappell Roan says people expect her to be "educated" because she's gay

The outspoken singer expressed fatigue over the expectation that she be "politically educated" on all subjects

27.03.2025 4

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"There was no problem": Trump says he's "very comfortable" with Yemen leaks

The president said that "no classified information" was shared in a compromised group chat between admin officials

26.03.2025 10

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"Making up lies": Waltz response reveals Trump admin strategy on Yemen leaks

Waltz's combative answer showed how Trump figures plan to ride out this scandal: denying it ever happened

26.03.2025 6

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"Maybe in the coming days": Atlantic editor Goldberg weighs sharing Yemen war plan texts

Jeffrey Goldberg told the Bulwark he was working out a plan to vet and share the material

26.03.2025 6

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"Nobody was texting war plans": Hegseth denies Yemen leaks, calls Atlantic editor "garbage-peddler'

The defense secretary called the head honcho of The Atlantic a "highly discredited so-called journalist"

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"Even the Oscar can't protect you": "No Other Land" director reportedly attacked by Israeli settlers

Hamdan Ballal was reportedly beaten by Israeli settlers in an attack in Masafer Yatta on Monday

25.03.2025 20

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"Incompetence is staggering": Trump admin accidentally leaked Yemen war plans to Atlantic editor

Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a group chat where Pete Hegseth, JD Vance and others discussed attacks on Houthis

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"The White House isn't a stadium": Shock as Trump admin seeks corporate sponsors for Easter event

For the first time ever, the Easter egg roll will allow corporate sponsors to fly their brand at the White House

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"We're not being honest": Sen. Curtis says GOP is deceiving voters about Social Security cuts

The Republican senator from Utah accused the GOP of trying to have it both ways on meddling with Social Security

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"There was no leverage": Schumer says voting to avoid shutdown sidestepped harm from "evil people"

The minority leader talked about hard choices and brushed off calls to step aside during a stop by "Meet the Press"

23.03.2025 20

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Trump officials believe law used to speed up deportations will also allow warrantless searches

Trump officials believe law used to speed up deportations will also allow warrantless searches

Trump administration lawyers believe agents should be able to enter homes without a warrant under Alien Enemies Act

21.03.2025 10

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"Fat, dumb, foolish country": Trump says US has been "pillaged" via trade deals

The president said that the United States was rooked by its trading partners and promised a tariff-based turnaround

20.03.2025 20

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"Partisan activists from the bench": White House attacks federal judges, promises more deportations

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said judges were "undermining the will of the American public"

20.03.2025 10

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"Progress may be delayed": Powell blames stubborn inflation on Trump tariffs

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell laid the blame for lingering inflation at Trump's feet

20.03.2025 6

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"Violated the Constitution in multiple ways": Judge says DOGE's USAID dismantling was likely illegal

US District Court Judge Theodore Chuang ordered that Musk and DOGE partially restore the agency

19.03.2025 10

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"I'm doing ok now": Tracy Morgan offers health update after vomiting courtside at Knicks game

The comedian said the startling incident was the result of "food poisoning" in an Instagram post from the hospital

19.03.2025 5

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"No relation to fact": Judge blocks Trump transgender military ban, says order is "soaked in animus"

A federal judge indefinitely blocked Trump's executive order, calling it a blatant violation of the Fifth Amendment

19.03.2025 10

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"Impeachment is not appropriate": Chief Justice Roberts slaps down MAGA attacks on federal judge

Roberts' statement came mere hours after Trump called for a federal judge to be impeached

19.03.2025 20

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"Don't believe it for one second": Texas arrests midwife, accuses her of providing illegal abortions

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the state's first arrest of an accused abortion provider under a 2021 law

18.03.2025 20

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"Not enforceable": Trump DOJ, administration officials flout judge's order on deportations

Trump admin officials mocked a judge's order to stop deportations while the DOJ argued the order was moot

18.03.2025 10

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"Void and vacant": Trump says Biden pardons are nullified

Donald Trump said that the former president's pardons of representatives who investigated Jan. 6 were nullified

18.03.2025 20

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"Too late": White House mocks judge after Trump admin ignores order against deportations

Comms Director Steven Chueng shared a post after the admin flaunted a judge's order to halt deportations

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"Necessary": Musk calls for judge who blocked Trump deportations to be impeached

The billionaire shared a post from a Republican congressman seeking to impeach the Obama appointee

16.03.2025 3

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"There are no guarantees": Trump acolytes run defense on potential recession

Economic uncertainty is on the horizon. Trump's die-hard supporters fanned out to ask if that's such a bad thing

16.03.2025 5

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