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Howard Lutnick Suddenly Changes Entire Story About His Epstein Ties

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee claimed Wednesday that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick lied several times during his testimony about his...

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Kristi Noem Stooge Flops Out of Congressional Race

The 29-year-old woman Kristi Noem handpicked to oversee ICE’s billion-dollar budget just lost her nomination bid in an Ohio congressional primary.

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Edith Olmsted

Trump Insists Ballroom’s Skyrocketing Cost Is No Big Deal

President Donald Trump dismissed claims Wednesday that the White House ballroom has suffered cost overrun after its price tag skyrocketed from $400...

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Edith Olmsted

JD Vance Fumbles Speech in Front of Utterly Silent Room

Vice President JD Vance just reminded everyone what a charisma-less vacuum he is.

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FBI Launches Probe Into Reporter Who Covered Kash Patel’s Drinking

The FBI has launched a criminal leak investigation into the Atlantic reporter who reported on Kash Patel’s excessive drinking and unexplained...

yesterday 9

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Edith Olmsted

DOJ Walks Back One of Todd Blanche’s Main Accusations Against SPLC

Donald Trump’s Department of Justice was forced Tuesday to clean up acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s outrageous lie about the Southern...

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GOP Governor Tossed Thousands of Cast Votes In Order to Help Trump

Louisiana’s secretary of state has already received tens of thousands of absentee ballots for the state’s primary elections, but now won’t count...

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Republicans Find a Way to Give ICE Even More Money—and Less Oversight

Senate Republicans are looking to funnel nearly $70 billion with absolutely no strings attached to Donald Trump’s lawless immigration enforcement...

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Trump Targets Smith College as His Anti-Trans Agenda Ramps Up

President Donald Trump’s Department of Education is targeting Smith College for accepting transgender women.

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Second GOP Governor Rejects Trump’s Blatant Plan to Rig Midterms

Another Republican governor is refusing to bend to Donald Trump’s demand to rig their state’s elections in his favor.

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Hakeem Jeffries Brings New York Into Trump’s Gerrymandering Fight

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has tapped a top New York Democrat to lead redistricting efforts in the state after the Supreme Court handed the...

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Edith Olmsted

Trump Derails White House Event to Spiral Over State of His Health

President Donald Trump derailed his own speech Monday to insist how mentally healthy he is, following new poll data showing that a record high of...

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Trump’s Boat Strikes Accomplished Nothing, Damning Report Shows

Donald Trump is lying about the U.S. military’s escalating extrajudicial strikes on vessels in the Caribbean, according to a sweeping report from...

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Trump’s Idiot A.G. Just Handed James Comey a Massive Boost

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche admitted Sunday that “86 47” isn’t a serious threat against President Donald Trump.

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Just Four People Show Up to Pro-Redistricting Rally in Red State

President Donald Trump’s plot to push out Republican Indiana state senators who killed his redistricting scheme may demonstrate just how much power...

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Alabama Rushes to Eliminate Its Only Two Democrats in Congress

Alabama is pushing ahead with a racist redistricting scheme after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.

01.05.2026 5

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Trump Claims It’s “Unconstitutional” for Congress to Keep Him in Check

President Donald Trump claimed Friday it’s unconstitutional to seek congressional approval for war.

01.05.2026 4

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Iran Has Damaged Mindblowing Number of U.S. Military Bases

The majority of the United States’ military positions in the Middle East have been damaged by Iranian strikes, according to a CNN investigation...

01.05.2026 6

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Trump’s War Is More Unpopular Than Iraq and Vietnam, New Poll Shows

It’s official: Donald Trump’s war in Iran is less popular than some of the least popular wars of all time.

01.05.2026 5

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Edith Olmsted

Not Even Republicans Buy Pete Hegseth’s Claim on Legality of Iran War

Some Republican lawmakers aren’t buying Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s excuse to skirt congressional authorization for Donald Trump’s war in Iran.

01.05.2026 4

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Ex-Mafia Prosecutor Wrecks Trump’s Biggest Claim in Comey Indictment

President Donald Trump’s outrageous claim that former FBI Director James Comey tried to put a mob-style hit out on him with a photograph of...

30.04.2026 4

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Trump Has a Plan to Force Iran to Make a Deal—and It’s a Bombshell

President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz, as the U.S. military prepares to launch another wave of attacks.

29.04.2026 5

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Pentagon Reveals Total Cost of Iran War—and It Will Blow Your Mind

Assistant Secretary of Defense Jules Hurst finally revealed the Pentagon’s estimated price tag for the U.S. military onslaught in Iran—and it’s...

29.04.2026 5

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Even Fox News Analyst Thinks Trump’s Comey Indictment Is “Absurd”

Nobody is buying the Department of Justice’s latest attempt to get revenge on former FBI Director James Comey—not even the president’s...

29.04.2026 5

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New Poll Shows Massive Fracture in Trump’s MAGA Base

The number of President Donald Trump’s most enthusiastic supporters is dwindling, according to a recent poll.

29.04.2026 4

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Supreme Court Deals Massive Blow to Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court just threw out Louisiana’s redrawn congressional map in a huge blow to the Voting Rights Act, an essential pillar of the civil...

29.04.2026 5

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Trump Sends FCC After Disney as New War on Jimmy Kimmel Escalates

In the latest escalation of President Donald Trump’s beef with late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, the Federal Communications Commission is motioning...

28.04.2026 7

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Trump Indicts James Comey for a Second Time

The Department of Justice just indicted former FBI Director James Comey again. This time, it’s over an Instagram post. No, seriously. Almost a year...

28.04.2026 8

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Kids Are Wetting Themselves in Court as Trump Ramps Up Deportations

The Trump administration is moving to radically expedite the removal of immigrant children, impeding the work of immigration advocates, CNN reported...

28.04.2026 10

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James Comey’s Daughter Gets Huge Win in Lawsuit Against Trump

A federal judge has rejected the Department of Justice’s attempt to dismiss former U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey’s lawsuit challenging her wrongful...

28.04.2026 6

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Lindsey Graham Freaks Out Over Brutal Fact-Check on Trump’s Ballroom

Senator Lindsey Graham spiraled after he was faced with a simple question about his clueless campaigning for a new White House ballroom.

28.04.2026 4

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What Are the Charges Against Alleged Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter?

Cole Tomas Allen, the suspected gunman who opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, has been charged with attempting to...

27.04.2026 10

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DOJ Cuts a Second Deal With Trump Ally Michael Flynn

The Department of Justice has reached a second agreement to fork over taxpayer dollars to President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser...

27.04.2026 9

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Trump Backs Insane Name Change to Make ICE More Popular

President Donald Trump enthusiastically endorsed the idea of changing “ICE” agents into “NICE” agents, in another lame effort to own the libs...

27.04.2026 10

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How Did Shooter Get So Close to White House Correspondents’ Dinner?

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner devolved into a chaotic scene Saturday after a gunman rushed past security. Afterward, multiple present and...

27.04.2026 10

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The Main Thing Trump Wants You to Know About WHCD Shooting

President Donald Trump really doesn’t want you to think he fell down.

27.04.2026 9

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Karoline Leavitt Gives Up Game on Trump’s Fed Chair Investigation

It sure seems that the Trump administration is trying to pull a fast one on Senator Thom Tillis.

24.04.2026 8

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Trump DOJ Announces It’s Bringing Back Firing Squads

The Department of Justice announced Friday that it will resurrect federal firing squads as part of an effort to implement Donald Trump’s day-one...

24.04.2026 10

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Kash Patel’s Atlantic Lawsuit Is Already Biting Him in the Butt

It looks like Kash Patel’s major meltdown over The Atlantic’s humiliating report on his excessive drinking and unexplained absences has only made...

24.04.2026 6

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Democrats Urge USPS to Defy Trump Order Undermining Voting Rights

Lead Democrats on the House Oversight and Administration Committees are urging the U.S. Postal Service to refuse President Donald Trump’s executive...

24.04.2026 8

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You Won’t Believe Who Trump Blames for Spirit Airlines Falling Apart

President Donald Trump claimed that former President Barack Obama blocked a merger with a defunct airline that hasn’t existed since the 1980s.

24.04.2026 10

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Trump Hasn’t Destroyed Nearly as Much of Iran’s Military as He Claims

President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed to have obliterated Iran’s navy and air force—but it seems that Iran has maintained far more...

22.04.2026 3

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Top Republican Suddenly Wants Nothing to Do With Redistricting Fight

National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Richard Hudson wouldn’t back up President Donald Trump’s gerrymandering scheme Wednesday...

22.04.2026 7

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Trump Freaks Out at Supreme Court Right Before Latest Rulings Released

President Donald Trump is once again attacking members of the Supreme Court.

22.04.2026 3

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Kash Patel Gets Hit With Humiliating Fact-Check About His Own Lawsuit

FBI Director Kash Patel appeared to lie to reporters Tuesday about having a major meltdown over IT problems—contradicting his own $250 million...

22.04.2026 3

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Trump Claims He Would Have Won Vietnam War—Which He Dodged

President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday it would’ve taken him just five months to end a war he refused to fight in.

21.04.2026 5

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Trump Threatens to Start Bombing Iran Before Peace Talks Even Resume

President Donald Trump doesn’t sound particularly optimistic ahead of peace talks with Iran.

21.04.2026 3

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Louisiana’s Gun Laws Enabled Man Who Shot His Family Dead to Get a Gun

The man who just committed the deadliest mass shooting in the U.S. in the past two years had a previous weapons conviction—so how did he get his...

20.04.2026 5

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White House Is in Full Panic Mode as Trump Doubles Down on Iran War

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles summoned dozens of Republican political consultants from across the country for a meeting Monday at the Waldorf...

20.04.2026 8

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Trump Secretly Created “Denaturalization” Team at Citizenship Agency

Donald Trump’s administration has quietly transformed the agency overseeing legal immigration into yet another arm of the president’s mass...

20.04.2026 6

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