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Vance says senators are “full of s**t” after RFK Jr. hearing

The vice president lashed out at lawmakers who criticized RFK Jr.'s public health leadership

05.09.2025 6

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Bari Weiss close to taking top role at CBS News: report

A deal to purchase Weiss' outlet might put her in a top slot in American media

05.09.2025 6

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Trump team offered Eric Adams job to help Andrew Cuomo stop Zohran Mamdani: report

Adams reportedly met with members of Trump’s team during a trip to Florida this week

04.09.2025 2

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Florida plans to ban all vaccine mandates

Democratic lawmakers said that it was a "great day for polio" in the nation's third most populous state

04.09.2025 3

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“Some recognition that we’re in trouble”: GOP scrambles to rebrand Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”

The rebranding effort comes as GOP lawmakers trying to sell the legislation face angry town halls

04.09.2025 4

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House Dems move to censure Rep. Mills after alleged assault

The resolution cites alleged assault and raises questions about Mills’s military record

04.09.2025 5

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“Dangerous precedent”: Top Democrat says extremist Laura Loomer canceled his spy agency briefing

Senator blasts Trump administration for caving to activist who claimed credit for canceled visit

03.09.2025 1

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Barrett defends Dobbs decision in new book: “Right to abortion” not “fundamental to liberty”

CNN reports the justice argues Roe short-circuited debate

03.09.2025 10

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Judge rules Trump’s Los Angeles troop deployment illegal

A federal judge ruled that the president was trying to create an illegal "national police force"

03.09.2025 3

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“Alligator Alcatraz” closure could cost Florida taxpayers $218M

The Everglades detention center has faced legal challenges over environmental damage and detainee conditions.

30.08.2025 5

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Trump revokes Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection: “This puts the former VP in danger”

The move comes just ahead of Harris' national book tour

29.08.2025 10

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“Clear violation of the law”: Trump’s “pocket rescission” sets up likely government shutdown

Trump's bid to claw back $4.9 billion in aid allocated by Congress tees up big legal challenge

29.08.2025 10

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Tulsi Gabbard blindsided CIA with post-Putin meeting purge: report

Gabbard also outed a CIA agent who had been working undercover, according to reports

29.08.2025 10

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Minneapolis mayor condemns Republicans blaming trans issues for Annunciation School shooting

Those using the shooting to villainize trans people have "lost their sense of common humanity," says Jacob Frey

28.08.2025 3

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“Take your head out of Trump’s a**”: Constituents plead with Alford at town hall

Constituents criticized the Missouri congressman's unwavering support of Donald Trump's agenda

27.08.2025 3

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Trump says “most people” would “rather have a dictator” in the Oval Office

The president maintained that he was "not a dictator" while arguing he had "the right to do anything" he wants

27.08.2025 3

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Fed governor says Trump can’t fire her without a fight: “He has no authority”

Lisa Cook "should tear" Trump's letter, legal expert says. “It’s worthless”

26.08.2025 2

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Trump administration to vet all 55 million visa holders — and keep tabs on their social media

Officials warn visas could be revoked for overstays, criminal activity, or social media posts

23.08.2025 2

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36 years after murder, Erik Menendez denied parole

The panel rejected Menendez’s request for parole, citing the severity of the 1989 murders

23.08.2025 2

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Ron DeSantis scoffs at judge’s order shutting down “Alligator Alcatraz”

“The deportations will continue until morale improves," the Florida governor's office said

22.08.2025 2

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FBI raids Trump critic John Bolton’s house

Bolton served as Trump's national security adviser before turning into one of his staunchest critics

22.08.2025 3

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Health workers say RFK Jr. has endangered their lives

More than 750 federal health employees are urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to stop spreading falsehoods

21.08.2025 10

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Texas Rep. Collier sleeps on House floor to resist GOP redistricting push

State Rep. Nicole Collier spent the night on the House floor in protest of Republican demands

20.08.2025 6

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Fox News host riled by Gavin Newsom’s Trump-style tweets

Dana Perino said Newsom was making a "fool" of himself by emulating Trump's posting style

19.08.2025 4

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DC sues over Pam Bondi’s “hostile takeover” of the police

The district's attorney general called the attempt to remove the police chief “an affront to the dignity”

15.08.2025 3

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Meta let its AI chatbot creep on young children

Internal documents reviewed by Reuters show Meta’s AI guidelines permitted sexual conversations with miniors

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“Liar!”: Republican heckled at first town hall in 8 years

Rep. Doug LaMalfa was repeatedly heckled by constituents while holding his first town halls in nearly a decade

12.08.2025 4

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Economists stunned at Trump’s “completely unqualified” BLS pick: “Disastrously terrible”

“This record would be insufficient to earn a job as a junior staffer at BLS,” says economist Justin Wolfers

12.08.2025 4

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Secret Trump order authorizes military strikes on drug cartels: report

Order raises possibility of "direct military operations at sea and on foreign soil against cartels,” NYT reports

09.08.2025 8

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Democrats accuse GOP of “weaponizing” FBI against Texas lawmakers

Sen. John Cornyn claimed the FBI will help find Democrats who fled Texas, but it's not clear what that might entail

07.08.2025 3

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Clyburn blasts GOP proposal to oust him from Congress

The South Carolina lawmaker said the GOP is inviting trouble by trying to eliminate Democratic congressional seats

07.08.2025 2

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GOP lawmaker accused of backing “fascist machine” at raucous town hall

A Nebraska crowd grilled Rep. Mike Flood over his support from Medicaid cuts and mass deportations

05.08.2025 4

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Legal expert dismisses Pam Bondi’s Obama grand jury: “I’m not seeing anything”

CNN legal expert Elie Honig says there's no there there in the AG's new grand jury probe

05.08.2025 20

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Ghislaine Maxwell moved to minimum-security Texas prison camp

Epstein associate’s transfer comes after DOJ interview and amid Trump’s comments that he can pardon her

02.08.2025 20

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“Gaza is no longer livable”: Trump envoy tours aid sites amid famine

Aid groups warn of “token gestures” in addressing Gaza’s deepening hunger crisis.

01.08.2025 7

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Smithsonian erases Trump’s impeachments from history museum exhibit

Critics call the removal political and an attempt to rewrite history

01.08.2025 3

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Most Senate Democrats vote to limit arms sales to Israel

A majority of Senate Democrats voted in favor of blocking specific arms sales to Israel, citing famine concerns

31.07.2025 2

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Trump says he’s “allowed” to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell

The president told reporters that he had not thought about issuing a pardon but volunteered that he could do so

25.07.2025 5

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“South Park” skewers Trump, Paramount in season premiere

The Season 27 premiere mocks Trump’s lawsuits, the Epstein files and his manhood

24.07.2025 3

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Epstein saga: Ex-Trump lawyer to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell

Todd Blanche, now serving as deputy attorney general, represented President Trump in several criminal proceedings

22.07.2025 4

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Critics suggest Colbert firing was politically motivated

"The Late Show" staff and others believe Colbert was ousted over his repeated criticism of President Donald Trump

18.07.2025 3

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Trump’s call to release Epstein transcripts panned as “desperate move”

Trump called for the release of grand jury transcripts knowing they would reveal little that is new, critics charge

18.07.2025 3

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Sen. Wyden presses DOJ to release Epstein bank reports to Congress

The Oregon Democrat says banks flagged over $1.5 billion in suspicious Epstein transactions

17.07.2025 7

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Senate Republicans defund public media

All but two Senate Republicans voted to strip previously approved funding from PBS and NPR

17.07.2025 3

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Jon Stewart: MAGA in “open revolt” over Epstein files

The Daily Show host had some fun with the right-wing rupture over Jeffrey Epstein

15.07.2025 2

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House Republicans block release of Jeffrey Epstein files

Just one Republican voted to release the files, calling the Trump administration's reversal "strange"

15.07.2025 3

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“Pathetic”: Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

Critics slammed the scene as "a**-kissing and a PR stunt" that shows "how to play Trump"

09.07.2025 20

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Trump’s “resilient” economy hides cracks in job market

The U.S. added 147,000 jobs and unemployment fell to 4.1%

04.07.2025 20

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“It’s a killing field”: Israeli soldiers describe firing on civilians at US-backed Gaza aid sites

Israeli troops say commanders ordered them to use live fire on unarmed Palestinians, per a Haaretz investigation

28.06.2025 30

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“No right is safe”: Liberal justices issue dire warnings after birthright citizenship decision

The Supreme Court's three liberal justices warned that the decision could undermine the rights of all Americans

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