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Trump’s Truth Social Posts Upended Iran War Negotiations — Report

Trump’s Truth Social Posts Upended Iran War Negotiations — Report

The arrival of the USS Bush is the first time three US carriers have been in the Middle East since the Iraq War.

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Critics Slam FCC Move to Update Ratings System to Include Trans Content Warnings

Critics Slam FCC Move to Update Ratings System to Include Trans Content Warnings

“This is a solution in search of a problem,” the lone Democratic member of the FCC said.

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Trump Envoy Says Italy Should Replace Iran in World Cup

Trump Envoy Says Italy Should Replace Iran in World Cup

Iran qualified for the World Cup, and intends to send its players to the tournament this summer.

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Hundreds Protest Against Citizens Bank Over Ties to ICE Prison Partners

Hundreds Protest Against Citizens Bank Over Ties to ICE Prison Partners

The bank is the only major institution to keep ties with ICE since 2019, the De-ICE Citizens Bank movement has noted.

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Trump Shares Racist Podcast Transcript Full of Attacks on Nonwhite Immigrants

Trump Shares Racist Podcast Transcript Full of Attacks on Nonwhite Immigrants

Recent polling shows that half of American voters view Trump as a racist.

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Pentagon Assessment Contradicts Trump’s Claims on Iran as Public Opposes War

Pentagon Assessment Contradicts Trump’s Claims on Iran as Public Opposes War

Seven in 10 Americans want the war in Iran to end “as quickly as possible,” a new poll shows.

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Democrats Demand Answers From Patel Over Drinking Allegations, Security Risks

Democrats Demand Answers From Patel Over Drinking Allegations, Security Risks

The lawmakers cited an Atlantic article, as well as Patel chugging beers at the Olympics, to justify their demands.

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Pennsylvania Court Rules State Law Banning Funds for Abortion Is Unconstitutional

Pennsylvania Court Rules State Law Banning Funds for Abortion Is Unconstitutional

The law essentially banned abortions for people with lower incomes who rely on state help for medical services.

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RFK Jr. Won’t Commit to Following New CDC Nominee’s Vaccine Guidance

RFK Jr. Won’t Commit to Following New CDC Nominee’s Vaccine Guidance

Erica Schwartz, a former US deputy surgeon general, is supportive of vaccines.

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AOC Renews Call to Oust Trump After Report on His Exclusion From Situation Room

AOC Renews Call to Oust Trump After Report on His Exclusion From Situation Room

“In some ways, you kind of want this guy on a golf course more,” Ocasio-Cortez lamented.

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Labor Sec. Chavez-DeRemer Resigns Amid Accusations of Impropriety

Labor Sec. Chavez-DeRemer Resigns Amid Accusations of Impropriety

Chavez-DeRemer's husband and father have allegedly harassed young staffers at the Labor Department.

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WI GOP Gov Candidate Mocks Dem Over Her Factual Observations on Climate Crisis

WI GOP Gov Candidate Mocks Dem Over Her Factual Observations on Climate Crisis

Hailstorms cause millions of dollars in property damage yearly in Wisconsin, mostly to the state's farmland.

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RFK Jr. Refuses to Acknowledge He Called for “Re-Parenting” Black Kids in 2024

RFK Jr. Refuses to Acknowledge He Called for “Re-Parenting” Black Kids in 2024

Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell responded to Kennedy's denial by saying, “I am absolutely not making this up.”

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OMB Head Russ Vought Refuses to Provide Financial Estimates on Iran War Costs

OMB Head Russ Vought Refuses to Provide Financial Estimates on Iran War Costs

One policy expert estimates that costs will likely exceed $1 trillion by the end of the war.

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Defense Secretary Uses Bible Story to Bash “Trump-Hating” Press

Defense Secretary Uses Bible Story to Bash “Trump-Hating” Press

Earlier this week, Hegseth took part in a religious event where he read a fake Bible passage from “Pulp Fiction.”

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Trump Admin Cuts $11 Million in Grant Funds to Catholic Org Amid Feud With Pope

Trump Admin Cuts $11 Million in Grant Funds to Catholic Org Amid Feud With Pope

The funds went to an organization that provides shelter and other resources to unaccompanied migrant children.

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Todd Blanche Says Americans “Should Be Happy” With Trump’s Weaponization of DOJ

Todd Blanche Says Americans “Should Be Happy” With Trump’s Weaponization of DOJ

Directing the DOJ is "what being the commander in chief is about,” said interim Attorney General Todd Blanche.

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Dems Submit Articles of Impeachment Against Pete Hegseth

Dems Submit Articles of Impeachment Against Pete Hegseth

The articles of impeachment cite the “unauthorized war against Iran” and many other grievances.

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Raskin Proposes New Health Panel for POTUS Fitness Under 25th Amendment

Raskin Proposes New Health Panel for POTUS Fitness Under 25th Amendment

The bill would make it easier to remove US presidents from office for reasons related to physical or mental health.

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Trump’s War on Iran Risks Plunging World Into Global Recession, IMF Says

“The global outlook has abruptly darkened following the outbreak of war in the Middle East,” the IMF report stated.

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Pride Flag Returns to Stonewall After Lawsuit Leads to Trump Admin Reversal

“The Pride flag belongs at Stonewall,” a lawyer for LGBTQ groups suing the administration said.

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Trump Admin Report: Pre-Iran War Gas Prices Won’t Return Until After 2027

Nearly 7 in 10 Americans describe rising gas costs as “extremely” or “very” concerning, a new poll found.

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Judge Strikes Down Updated Policy Restricting Journalists’ Access to Pentagon

The policy sought to revoke journalists’ access to the inside of the Pentagon building.

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Melania Trump’s Speech Denying Epstein Links Renews Attention to the Scandal

It was unclear whether the president had prior knowledge of Melania Trump's plans to speak on the subject.

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CDC Head Blocks Release of Findings Showing Strong COVID Vax Effectiveness

The report detailed how adults receiving COVID-19 vaccines saw hospitalization rates drop by 55 percent.

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Republicans Block Democrats’ Pro Forma Session Effort to End Trump’s War in Iran

“The threats of total annihilation” by Trump against Iran “were beyond the pale,” Rep. Glenn Ivey of Maryland said.

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Ceasefire Confusion Grows as Trump Threatens Renewed Start to Iran War

Karoline Leavitt denied Strait of Hormuz closure reports, but demanded it be “immediately” reopened in the same presser.

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Polling Data Spells Potential Disaster for Republicans in the Midterms

Much of the poor polling for Trump is due in large part to the joint U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.

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Bondi House Testimony Likely Delayed as DOJ Claims Subpoena No Longer Applies

“Our bipartisan subpoena is to Pam Bondi, whether she is the Attorney General or not,” Rep. Robert Garcia said.

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Trump Baselessly Suggests That Iran, US Will Jointly Manage Strait of Hormuz

The 10-point plan offered by Iran does not mention the involvement of the U.S. within the waterway.

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Trump Calls Factual CNN Report on Iran Ceasefire Statement “Fake News”

Trump said he was ordering CNN “to immediately withdraw” its reporting.

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GOP Lawmakers Defend, Spin Trump’s Genocidal Truth Social Screed Against Iran

“The president has to follow through with his threats,” one GOP lawmaker said, describing Iran as “a cancer.”

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Dems Call for 25th Amendment Remedy to Remove Trump — Is It Plausible?

A new poll shows two-thirds of Americans dislike Trump's promise to destroy the “whole civilization” of Iran.

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Trump Threatens Journalists With Jail Over Reporting on Airman Rescue

“The person that did the story will go to jail if he doesn't say” who leaked information to them, Trump warned.

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Minnesota Sues Trump Admin for Withheld Evidence in Good, Pretti Killings

Federal agents “denied Minnesota investigators access to key information” in the DHS shootings, the lawsuit says.

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Raskin: DOJ Records Suggest Trump Leveraged Classified Docs for Financial Gain

The newly unearthed memo shows Trump took documents pertaining to his business interests, Rep. Jamie Raskin said.

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Pentagon Revises Restrictions on Journalists — By Essentially Kicking Them Out

Under the new policy, journalists can only enter the Pentagon building if they are escorted by a department official.

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GOP Senator: Postwar Plan for Iran Is “Hope for the Best and See What Happens”

Sen. Rick Scott, a Republican from Florida, serves on three committees that receive briefings on foreign policy and war.

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Trump Votes by Mail in Florida Special Election, Despite Calling It “Cheating”

“Mail voting is a safe, secure, and reliable method” to cast ballots, the Bipartisan Policy Center states.

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Twin Cities Win JFK Library Award for Resisting ICE Crackdown

Numerous recipients of the award over the past several years have received the honor for their resistance against Trump.

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Trump Pushes False Narrative in Ordering ICE Agents to “Help” TSA at US Airports

Some GOP lawmakers have admitted that the decision to deploy ICE agents to airports is politically motivated.

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Trump Delays Threat to “Obliterate” Iran’s Energy Sites

Trump vowed on Monday to postpone all strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days.

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States Sue to Block EPA From Slashing Rule That Allows Greenhouse Gas Regulation

The rule, established in 2009, provides the legal justification needed to enforce the EPA's greenhouse gas regulations.

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Critics Blast Decision to Mint Trump Coin for US 250th Anniversary Celebration

The US Mint is generally prohibited from producing coins featuring living public figures or presidents.

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Georgia Woman Charged With Murder After Attempted Abortion

“It’s mind-blowing that she got charged with that over something like this,” a friend of the woman said.

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New Poll Shows 6 in 10 Americans Want End to Iran War ASAP

A majority of Americans, 56 percent, oppose the Iran War, the new polling found.

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Iran War Likely Destabilized Gas Prices Through at Least 2027, Fed Report Says

The average cost of a gallon of gas in the US has gone up by 32 percent since the week before the Iran war began.

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The FBI Is Investigating Joe Kent, Former Trump Official Who Resigned Over Iran

The inquiry into Joe Kent raises more questions about the weaponization of the DOJ against Trump’s opponents.

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CBS Streaming News Workers Launch 24-Hour Walkout for Better Contract

Workers “are fighting to protect their livelihoods during a period of uncertainty in broadcast news," the union said.

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Judge Blocks Arkansas Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Every Classroom

“Arkansas lawmakers cannot sidestep the First Amendment,” an ACLU spokesperson said.

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