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“I’m coming home, baby!”: Diddy celebrates, prays in courtroom following verdict

The music mogul was elated to avoid a potential life sentence [UPDATED]

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“Worked very hard to bring peace”: Trump says Israel has agreed to Gaza ceasefire conditions

The president announced the early stages of a Gaza ceasefire on Truth Social

02.07.2025 10

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“I mean, people die”: Homan waves off death of 75-year-old in ICE custody

The border czar couldn't be bothered to show sympathy over the death of an elderly man in ICE custody

02.07.2025 20

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“Singling out the feds”: Trump admin accuses LA of “discriminating” against ICE agents in lawsuit

The lawsuit filed on Monday accuses Los Angeles of "discriminating against the federal government"

01.07.2025 20

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“We know we’re on the right side of history”: Kneecap play Glastonbury despite BBC blackout

You'd never hear this much chatter about the Rubberbandits

30.06.2025 20

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“Not getting any money”: Trump says he’ll pull NYC’s federal funding if Mamdani wins mayorship

Trump threatened the city's federal funding on the same day that Mamdani said billionaires should not exist

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Former Tampa Bay Rays star Wander Franco found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor

The former standout player was handed a two-year suspended sentence

27.06.2025 7

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“An interesting situation”: Cuomo considers independent run against Mamdani in NYC mayoral race

After conceding the Democratic primary to socialist Zohran Mamdani, the former governor is weighing options

26.06.2025 9

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"The 12 Day War": Trump says Israel, Iran have reached tentative ceasefire agreement

The president shared the news of a possible ceasefire on Truth Social

24.06.2025 20

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"Inexcusable": SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport migrants to countries that are not their home

The Supreme Court paused a court order requiring the Trump admin to provide due process to deportees

24.06.2025 10

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"They would use it if they could": Trump justifies attacks on Iran with nuclear hypotheticals

The explanation came during a broadside of GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, whom Trump called "pathetic" and "simple-minded"

22.06.2025 3

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"Back then we had dumb presidents": Vance explains key difference in current Middle East war

The vice president said that his chosen Middle East entanglement would not be a "long, drawn-out thing"

22.06.2025 3

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"Some f**king guy from f**king Podunk": Depp trashes reality TV stars, influencers

The former A-lister said that there's been a loss of "moral, ethical standards" in modern-day entertainment

22.06.2025 3

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"Bold and brilliant": Hegseth praises Iran attack as GOP splits on Trump's war

The defense secretary heaped praise on the president in a Sunday morning news conference

22.06.2025 10

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"You will find a husband": Charlie Kirk tells 14-year-old girl to get an "MRS degree"

A teen asked Kirk for his advice on going to college. He told the girl to get married

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Standing on family business: Pope Leo XIV is related to Justin Bieber, Madonna

It's not clocking to us that the Pope is related to the "Sorry" singer

18.06.2025 3

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"He's a mess": Trump mocks Walz after shooting of Minnesota Democrats

The Minnesota governor said he wished Trump would "be a president for all Americans"

18.06.2025 5

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"His life is in jeopardy": R. Kelly hospitalized for overdose, attorney alleges murder-for-hire plot

A lawyer for the disgraced R&B star say he was given medication in an amount that "exceeded" a safe dose"

18.06.2025 6

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"Evacuate Tehran!": Trump sends frightening warning to Iran on Truth Social

Trump painted Israel's strikes on Iran as inevitable in a new post to social media

17.06.2025 10

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"Was US intel wrong?": Fox News' Baier doesn't buy Netanyahu's justification for attacking Iran

The Fox News anchor repeatedly pushed back on the Israeli prime minister's claims about Iran

16.06.2025 4

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"Regime change": Cruz, Graham call for US involvement in Iran-Israel conflict

The 2000s are really back.

15.06.2025 10

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"Going at it hot and heavy": Trump shares view of Israel-Iran conflict, promises "peace soon"

Trump said he would "never get credit" for his statecraft and promised to "make the Middle East great again"

15.06.2025 10

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Israel launches "preemptive strike" against Iran

The attack came as the United States and Iran are attempting to work out a new nuclear deal

13.06.2025 6

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"Protests fall far short of rebellion": Judge blocks Trump from deploying National Guard in L.A.

Judge Charles Breyer said that "the founders" intended control of the National Guard to stay with the states

13.06.2025 10

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"Who is funding these protestors?": Gabbard, Trump spread conspiracy theory about paid demonstrators

The director of national intelligence pushed the idea that Los Angeles demonstrators were paid to protest

12.06.2025 20

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"My life is on the line”: Weinstein convicted on sex crimes charge in retrial

The jury in Weinstein's retrial found the former Hollywood producer guilty on one count and cleared him of another

12.06.2025 8

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"His cherished music will live forever": Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson dies at 82

Wilson saw the sublime in teeny-bopper surf songs and his studio wizardry changed popular music forever.

12.06.2025 10

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"We remain committed to trusted journalism": ABC axes Terry Moran following Trump, Miller criticism

The veteran journalist called the White House duo "world-class haters" over the weekend

11.06.2025 10

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"His influence remains undeniable": Sly Stone dies at 82

The legendary funk frontman released a string of hit singles and some of the most influential music of all time

10.06.2025 10

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"World-class hater": ABC's Moran suspended for saying Stephen Miller is full of "bile"

The network's senior national correspondent was put on leave for calling Miller a "world-class hater"

09.06.2025 30

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"Purposefully inflammatory": Newsom criticizes Trump deploying National Guard amid LA ICE protests

The governor of California said that Trump was trying to "create a spectacle" in the nation's second-largest city

08.06.2025 20

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"Wouldn't describe it as a fistfight": White House speaks on Musk, Bessent scrap

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the reported brawl was just a "disagreement"

08.06.2025 8

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"Devastating": Mahmoud Khalil describes missing the birth of his son in new legal filings

The activist addressed the charges against him and spoke about his detention in a raft of legal filings

06.06.2025 5

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"Trump is in the Epstein files": Musk drops "big bomb" on president as war of words continues

Musk turned MAGA's obsession with a supposed cabal of powerful pedophiles on the president

06.06.2025 20

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"Elon's telling the truth!": Dem Rep. says GOP bill will balloon debt and "get rid of Elmo"

Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz said Republicans will have precious little to show for their focus on cost-cutting

05.06.2025 10

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What hurricane season? FEMA chief flusters staffers by appearing not to know about peak storm period

David Richardson left staff shaking their heads when he appeared unaware that hurricane season had started

03.06.2025 7

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"He was always on top of it": Clinton pushes back against reports of Biden decline

The former president said he saw no reason to be concerned about Biden's mental state

02.06.2025 7

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"Stick to spaceships": Musk interview grows tense during grilling on Trump admin policies

The former head of DOGE didn't want to reflect on his time in the Trump administration

01.06.2025 20

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"Soulless, mindless entities": Trump shares QAnon conspiracy theory suggesting Biden is a clone

The president shared a post late Saturday night suggesting Biden had been "executed" and replaced

01.06.2025 50

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"Well-deserving Americans": Trump pardons convicted reality TV fraudsters Todd, Julie Chrisley

The pardons were part of a wave of acts of clemency that included commuting the sentence of Larry Hoover

29.05.2025 10

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"Liberation Day" is cancelled: Trump's global tariffs ruled illegal

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that Trump did not have the authority to set unilateral tariffs

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"You call that chickening out?": Trump bristles at Wall Street's TACO talk over tariffs

The acronym, common among traders, means "Trump Always Chickens Out"

29.05.2025 9

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"The swamp has won": DeSantis throws in lot with DOGE as Musk influence wanes

The Florida governor has spent years vacillating between bashing Donald Trump and kissing the ring

28.05.2025 20

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"Emperor has no clothes!": Paul's problems with Trump's "Beautiful" bill may spell trouble in Senate

The senator from Kentucky says Trump's cost-cutting bill will actually supercharge the deficit

25.05.2025 10

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"We want those names and countries": Trump rages over Harvard's international student population

The Trump administration attempted to bar Harvard from enrolling international students earlier this week

25.05.2025 30

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You snooze, you win: Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" almost failed thanks to congressman's catnap

The tax cut and spending bill passed by the thinnest possible margin after one GOPer missed the vote to saw logs

23.05.2025 7

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"Restore the DOE": Federal judge blocks Trump's attempt to dismantle Department of Education

The ruling ordered the Trump admin to reinstate hundreds of workers targeted in a mass layoff

23.05.2025 10

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"Need to be defeated": GOP Rep. Fine says Gaza should be "nuked" in response to DC shooting

The Florida congressman has been a reliable source of bloodlust since Oct. 7

23.05.2025 30

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Bro-country has curdled

Morgan Wallen and his imitators are here for a long time, not a good time

22.05.2025 3

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"Don't have a plane to give you": Trump pushes "white genocide" claims in chaotic Ramaphosa meeting

Trump screened a video for the South African president, claiming that white farmers in the country were imperiled

22.05.2025 4

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