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What will the FBI learn in their UFC fighter seminar?

As the FBI investigates two potential terror attacks on US soil, the bureau’s director Kash Patel has been racking his brain for better ways to...

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Is Trump turning GOP succession into The Apprentice?

Is Trump turning GOP succession into The Apprentice?

At a private dinner with two dozen donors, President Trump surveyed the room and asked which candidate they would choose to follow him in leading...

11.03.2026 10

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The short attention-span war

It’s day seven of “Operation Epic Fury” – and the White House is posting through it. The war in Iran that Team Trump wants to show us is...

06.03.2026 10

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President Trump’s game of telephone

How are you “monitoring the situation,” four days into the joint US-Israeli offensive against Iran? Our Commander-in-Chief has adopted an...

04.03.2026 8

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Why does Trump love Zohran so much?

Mayor Zohran Mamdani met Trump in the Oval Office yesterday to pitch a huge New York City housing initiative – and secure the release of a Columbia...

28.02.2026 10

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Lauren Boebert’s sneaky texts derail Hillary’s Epstein deposition

Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill austerely complied with a House Oversight Committee subpoena in order to explain their ties to disgraced...

27.02.2026 8

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Donald Trump is the original Kick streamer

President Trump will deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term tonight – and the White House social media team want to whet...

25.02.2026 10

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James Fishback’s OnlyFans parley

Underdog candidate for Florida governor James Fishback went face-to-camera to pitch his 50 percent income tax for OnlyFans creators last month. It...

21.02.2026 10

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Obama late on the late Jesse Jackson

So farewell then, Reverend Jesse Jackson. The civil-rights hero and two-time Democratic presidential candidate died this morning, aged 84. Given his...

18.02.2026 10

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Libbing out with Alan Dershowitz at the ‘Sammies’

Usually, the panel section of a black-tie awards dinner is the least lively part of the evening. Honorees praise and agree with each other,...

15.02.2026 10

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Has Donald Trump succumbed to Trump Derangement Syndrome? 

16.12.2025 8

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