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Trump’s Terrible July Jobs Numbers Only Hurt Women

Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center analysis of the Bureau of...

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Trump Launches New Attack on Fed Governor Despite Supreme Court Ruling

President Donald Trump is reviving his campaign to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

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Interior Dept. Officials Are “Terrified” of Leaving Written Record

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro isn’t the only one fed up with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

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Trump Dealt Biggest Blow Yet as Judges Rule His Ballroom Is Illegal

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump must halt aboveground construction on his White House ballroom.

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Todd Blanche’s Nomination on Thin Ice Thanks to Lisa Murkowski

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski announced Friday that she would not support acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to permanently take on...

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Trump-Linked Law Firm Chosen to Represent Immigrant Children in Court

Donald Trump’s administration is awarding a $150 million contract to give legal representation to immigrant children to a small Texas law firm with...

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Trump’s New CDC Director Promised Dystopian New Abortion Policy

President Donald Trump’s new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention thinks the government should know if you’ve had an abortion.

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Trump Moves to Gut Education and Meals for Low-Income Kids

The Trump administration is plotting a sweeping overhaul of Head Start that could threaten childcare for more than half a million children across the...

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Trump Freaks Over Report He Lost It With Pete Hegseth Over Missiles

President Donald Trump is crashing out about a report that he confronted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the U.S. military’s depleted munitions...

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Leaked Texts Expose Max Miller’s Habit of Holding Child’s Toy Hostage

Ohio Representative Max Miller has denied holding a little blue bunny hostage—but a series of messages shows the alleged abuser has a pattern of...

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After Melania Doc Flopped, Amazon Decides She Needs a Whole Series

First lady Melania Trump’s wildly expensive (and deeply boring) box office bomb is getting a sequel.

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Max Miller Defends Releasing Nude Photo of His Toddler

Ohio Representative Max Miller crashed and burned while attempting to downplay releasing a nude image of his young daughter as part of his crusade to...

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Pirro Rushes to Prove to Trump She Didn’t Mess Up Reflecting Pool Case

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro hauled a crate of evidence to the White House Monday evening in a bid to convince President Donald Trump that vandals...

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Trump Abruptly Changes Course on Renovation, Undoing Weeks of Work

President Donald Trump has ordered contractors to redo weeks of work on a new helipad for the White House, after already demanding workers speed up...

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Trump’s Reflecting Pool Lawsuits All Quietly End in Total Failure

It’s been only a few days since federal prosecutors moved to dismiss criminal charges against former Olympian David Hearn, and the Department of...

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Trump Secretary Filmed a Reality TV Show. It Still Hasn’t Aired.

What ever happened to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s reality television show sponsored by the companies he regulates?

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Trump Personally Calls Rep. Accused of Abuse to Warn About Midterms

President Donald Trump reached out to Ohio Representative Max Miller, who is facing allegations that he assaulted his ex-wife and child, to warn him...

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Trump Makes Bonkers Claim About Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump claimed Monday he was in talks to open the Strait of Hormuz “literally by tomorrow”—while Iran has denied speaking to the...

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ICE Is Building a Massive DNA Database

The Department of Homeland Security has drastically ramped up efforts to add DNA from nearly one million immigrants to a massive criminal database....

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Trump Trashes People Who Pay Him Thousands of Dollars to Play Golf

President Donald Trump has his eye on the ball—a golf ball, that is.

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Kentucky Governor Issues Clear Warning to Mitch McConnell—and Trump

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear is backing off threats to replace Senator Mitch McConnell, noting that the Republican’s extended absence would hurt...

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DOJ Blasted for “Horrific” Handling of Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case

The Department of Justice’s move to dismiss its criminal case against Olympian David Hearn exposed just how bad things have gotten inside the Trump...

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Trump Says Cyberattack on Minnesota Is Their Fault, Not Iran’s

President Donald Trump baselessly claimed Friday that Minnesota had committed a cyberattack against itself.

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Walz Accuses Trump of Hiding Full Scope of Cyberattack Linked to Iran

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says President Donald Trump is lying about who committed the cyberattack on his state—and purposefully hiding how many...

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GOP Senator Still Unsure About Rep. Accused of Abusing His Daughter

Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno isn’t willing to take a stand on the political future of the guy who allegedly held a gun to his daughter’s head.

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Trump Throws Tantrum Over Republican Senator’s Todd Blanche Revolt

President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at Texas Senator John Cornyn for holding up acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation.

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Trump Punishes Kennedy Center After Tour Guide Said He Ruined It

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has stopped offering free tours, after a tour guide claimed President Donald Trump had killed the...

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MAGA Candidate Ends Event When Asked About White Nationalist Relative

MAGA Senate candidate Mike Collins fled his own press conference Thursday when faced with a question about his son-in-law’s social media posts...

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Trump Suffers Back-to-Back Losses in Less Than Four Hours Over ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s mass immigration detention policy was struck down twice in a single day on Thursday, in a brutal loss for...

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Elon Musk Comes Running Back to Help Trump With Midterms

Elon Musk is planning to revive his shady America PAC to help out President Donald Trump’s party in the midterm elections.

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FIFA Hit With Brutal Boycott Over Plans to Sell Pieces of World Cup

The Union of European Football Associations, or UEFA, is pulling out of future World Cups over FIFA’s plan to sell shares to the highest bidder,...

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Trump Flounders Over Republican Revolt Against Todd Blanche

The White House wasn’t ready for the revolt against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation.

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Epstein Survivors Launch Last-Ditch Attempt to Stop Todd Blanche

A group of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse are going door-to-door on Capitol Hill to deliver the government’s files to members of the Senate...

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Kash Patel Loses Lawsuit Against Man Who Called Him “Googly-Eyed” Chud

A federal judge Tuesday tossed FBI Director Kash Patel’s $10 million lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.”

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Top DHS Official Quits in Protest Over Trump’s “War on Immigrants”

A longtime Department of Homeland Security official has resigned, citing the Trump administration’s “brazen corruption” and the “war on immigrants.”

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Trump Is About to Send Seniors’ Drug Costs Surging

The Trump administration is planning to scrap Medicare subsidies, which could leave seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next...

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FIFA President Prepares to Sell Trump Allies a Piece of the World Cup

FIFA President Gianni Infantino is reportedly plotting to transform the World Cup into a money-making scheme—so, is it any surprise he turned to...

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Kash Patel Spirals After The Atlantic Bashes His Defamation Lawsuit

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is crashing out on social media over the latest development in Kash Patel’s $250 million defamation lawsuit...

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Trump Allies Freak Out About His Meeting With Netanyahu

Donald Trump’s allies are concerned that the president is about to get dragged into more fighting by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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You Won’t Believe How Big Trump’s Pandemic Preparedness Team Is

Donald Trump’s administration only has one person working in its office of pandemic preparedness, and—you guessed it—she’s a vaccine skeptic.

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Senate Leader Is Having None of Trump’s SAVE Act Pressure

Senate Majority Leader John Thune just dumped cold water all over President Donald Trump’s latest demands to pass his SAVE America Act.

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Trump Admin Overhauls Asylum Process to Fast-Track Deportations

President Donald Trump’s administration has found a new way to gut due process and fast-track deportation for asylum applicants.

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Trump Official Crashes Out When Asked About Depleted U.S. Munitions

Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, blamed the Biden administration Sunday for depleting the country’s weapons stockpile—but...

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Trump Makes Embarrassing Slip in Wild Rant About SAVE Act

President Donald Trump’s crusade to pass the SAVE Act just took a weird turn.

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Navy Official Suspended After Calling Trump a “Narcissist” on Camera

A senior Pentagon official has been suspended after he was secretly filmed calling President Donald Trump a “textbook narcissist” and criticizing...

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Ken Paxton Runs Away When Asked About His Alleged Voting Fraud

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is literally running away from accusations of voter fraud.

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DOD Changes Number of Iran War Casualties to Make Trump Look Better

The Department of Defense has changed the official number of U.S. military service members killed in the war with Iran from 18 to 14—and couldn’t...

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Trump Is Already Fighting With His New Homeland Security Secretary

It’s only been four months, but it looks like Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is already on the White House’s bad side.

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Trump Caves and Withdraws Subpoenas for New York Times Journalists

Donald Trump’s administration withdrew its subpoenas Thursday for three New York Times journalists who reported on Air Force One’s security issues.

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Trump Accidentally Damages Monument in Renovation Rampage

It looks like President Donald Trump’s sweeping construction projects have damaged yet another national monument.

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