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"Tough place to get out of": Trump announces plans to hold detained immigrants at Guantanamo Bay

The president announced the detention facility in Cuba while signing the Laken Riley Act

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"Corrupted to the core": Menendez pleads for help from Trump after sentencing

The former New Jersey senator was sentenced on Wednesday to 11 years in prison on corruption charges

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Meta settles with Trump for $25 million

The bulk of the money will go toward Trump's presidential library.

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Trump OPM hires include recent high school grad who interned at Musk's Neuralink

The government personnel agency is rife with Musk lackeys, according to a report from Wired

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"A mistake": Graham breaks with Trump on Jan. 6 pardons

The senator said Trump pardoning people who "beat up cops" implied that it is an "an OK thing to do"

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"Just the beginning": Trump announces tariffs after Colombia turns away deportees

The president shared his retaliatory measures in a Sunday post to Truth Social.

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"I'm in my king era": Trump crashes "Hamilton," teases Lin-Manuel Miranda on "SNL"

Trump interrupted the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence in the cold open

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"Clean out that whole thing": Trump wants to relocate Gazans to Egypt, Jordan

The president said that Palestinians could "live in peace for a change" if they were resettled elsewhere

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"What promises did you keep?": Stephen A. Smith shares brutal analysis of Dems loss on "Real Time"

Smith said that Democrats' lack of results is the reason they were molly-whopped in November

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"This isn’t a casino!": Maher loses it on Trump after he threatens to withhold LA wildfire aid

The "Real Time" host and Los Angeles resident tore into Donald Trump over his threats to withhold wildfire aid

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"Winning is what matters, right?": Hegseth confirmed as defense secretary by single vote

Vice President JD Vance cast a tie-breaking vote to push through the former Fox News host

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"Horrendous": Trump call with Denmark PM over Greenland deal left Danes in "crisis mode"

Donald Trump spoke with the prime minister of Denmark about potentially acquiring Greenland. It did not go well

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"I admired the bravery": Lorne Michaels has come around on Sinead O'Connor's "SNL" pope photo stunt

In a new doc on the musical history of "Saturday Night Live," the showrunner softened his stance on the singer

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"They don't have the money": Musk pokes holes in Trump's AI investment plans

The Tesla CEO and Trump confidant countered the president's messaging on new investments in artificial intelligence

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"I don't need to apologize": Bishop who angered Trump with sermon speaks out

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asked the president to have "have mercy" in a short sermon on Tuesday

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"He didn't give himself a pardon": Trump seems to hint at Biden prosecution on Fox News

The president said Biden pardoned everyone but himself, adding that "it all had to do with him."

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"Go f**k yourself": Former D.C. cop blasts pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Stewart Rhodes on CNN

Michael Fanone was beaten unconscious and tased by Capitol rioters on Jan. 6

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"Too big to fit outside": "Saturday Night Live" roasts Trump's decision to move inauguration indoors

The faux-MSNBC panel also mocked the pace of news under Donald Trump with increasingly ridiculous cut-ins

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"Strong stand for the First Amendment": TikTok announces U.S. return after Trump promise to stay ban

The president-elect said he would issue an executive order to stay a ban on the app that took effect Sunday

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"The guns in Gaza have gone silent": Biden lauds ceasefire, defends pro-Israel stance

The outgoing president still feels that the choices he made during the 15-month-long war were correct

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"Work with us": TikTok goes dark with a message for incoming President Trump

TikTok shut down its U.S. operations on Saturday night, hours before a ban of the app was set to take effect

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"The presidency is no place for petty people": Chappelle reaches out to Trump in "SNL" monologue

Chappelle's discursive stand-up routine asked for decency between bits on wildfires, Diddy and Springfield

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Trump is planning to begin mass deportations on his first full day in office: report

Trump is planning to begin mass deportations on his first full day in office: report

Trump's team is reportedly working with immigration authorities to launch a massive raid in Chicago on Tuesday

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TikTok seeks "clarity" from Biden administration as Sunday shutdown looms

TikTok seeks

The social media app said it would abide by a law requiring it to cease operations in the United States on Jan. 19

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"Shabbat Shalom": Israel's government approves ceasefire deal

Early on Saturday morning, the 33-member cabinet approved a three-phase deal to end the war in Gaza

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"Bobby’s f**king smart, dude": Anti-vax QB Rodgers gives glowing endorsement of RFK Jr.

The New York Jets QB said RFK could "mop the floor with any of these senators."

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"We're being weak": CNN staff react to rumblings that network plans to "sideline" Acosta under Trump

Several outlets have shared reports that CNN is considering moving Acosta out of his daytime slot to appease Trump

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"Does he fear small crowds?": Trump moves inauguration indoors due to "arctic blast" forecast

Trump worried about "severe record lows" while announcing his inauguration would be held inside the Capitol

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"We don't want to be Americans": Greenland PM Egede rejects Trump expansion plans on Fox News

Mute Egede promised continued goodwill but said his country has no interest in becoming part of the United States

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Trump nominates Voight, Stallone, Gibson as ambassadors to Hollywood

Trump nominates Voight, Stallone, Gibson as ambassadors to Hollywood

Will the last Californian ally Trump calls to serve in a made-up position please turn out the lights? 

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"The light of the Brewers": Broadcaster Bob Uecker dies at 90

The former baseball player called games for the Milwaukee Brewers for more than 50 years

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"This whole episode was unfortunate": Giuliani keeps houses in settlement with Ga. election workers

The former mayor of New York shared that he has settled with two election workers he defamed

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"Threatens our entire democracy”: Biden takes aim at tech oligarchs like Musk in farewell address

Biden warned of the "dangerous concentration of power" among the wealthy in a speech that also took shots at Trump

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Certified Lawsuit Boy: Drake sues his own label for promoting Lamar diss

Certified Lawsuit Boy: Drake sues his own label for promoting Lamar diss

The lawsuit says that UMG "sought to turn Drake into a pariah," a claim the label called "illogical"

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"Is it like old Playboy?": Justice Alito asks if anyone visits Pornhub for the articles

The Supreme Court justice wondered if the porn site was like "old Playboy" during oral arguments

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Trump Cabinet pick Gabbard unclear on what head of US intelligence does: report

Trump Cabinet pick Gabbard unclear on what head of US intelligence does: report

A new report from the Wall Street Journal claims Gabbard was unable to answer questions about the position

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"Is that a joke?": Biden bristles at Trump receiving credit for Israel-Hamas ceasefire

Experts have credited the president-elect with pressuring Israel into a ceasefire deal

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"There will be strings attached": GOP Sen. says Los Angeles wildfire aid won't be "blank check"

Wyoming Senator John Barrasso said he expects "hearings" to determine what California needs to do to receive aid

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"We have troops in Greenland": Vance nods at using military to get Trump's expansionist deal done

The vice president-elect hinted the U.S. might flex its military might to get a deal done with the small nation

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"A truly evil guy": Bannon bashes Musk as MAGA infighting continues

The former Trump adviser said he would have Musk "run out of here by Inauguration Day"

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"Deranged Jack accomplished nothing": Trump gloats on social media after special counsel resigns

The president-elect said the "stench" of the man charged with investigating him was "gone" from the DOJ

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"Remember that day he had his ear pierced?": Maher mocks Trump assassination attempt in new special

Maher laid into conspiracy theorists and the late would-be assassin in a bit from his new stand-up special

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"Is it on purpose?": Gibson peddles wildfire conspiracies on Fox News after home burns

The actor was recording an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" as his California home burned

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"I didn't do anything wrong": Biden says he has "no contemplation" of pardoning himself

Biden seemed bewildered by a reporter's ask on Friday

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Biden extends deportation protections before Trump hand-off

Biden extends deportation protections before Trump hand-off

The outgoing president extended the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants to the U.S.

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"This takes real chutzpah": Giuliani found in contempt of court for second time this week

The former New York mayor was found in contempt for continuing to defame two Georgia election workers

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"Political witch hunt": Trump maintains innocence in defiant statement at sentencing hearing

The president-elect held that his conviction was a form of "lawfare" in a statement ahead of his sentencing

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"We did not discuss that": Trump spoke to Alito before asking SCOTUS to intervene in hush money case

Justice Alito admits he spoke to Trump before the filing, but denies they discussed Supreme Court business

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"It sounds pretty, no?": Sheinbaum pokes at Trump Gulf of Mexico plans with map of "Mexican America"

The Mexican president touted a new, old name for North America in a press conference on Wednesday

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"A peek at the test": New book claims Trump was fed questions from Fox News town hall

A new inside look at the Trump campaign claims the president-elect was given advance notice of town hall questions

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