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ICE Tracks Down Woman to Force Her to Delete Instagram Post

Two ICE agents harassed a poll worker on Election Day, demanding she remove social media posts they claimed threatened federal agents, according to...

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KBJ Rips Supreme Court for Protecting Guns Over “Any Principle of Law”

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson just accused the Supreme Court of caring more about guns than the actual law.

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Trump’s “Great American State Fair” Gets Off to a Very Rocky Start

President Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair was off to a rocky start.

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Trump Freaks Out After Democratic Socialists Dominate NY Election

President Donald Trump had a meltdown Tuesday after a slate of Democratic Socialist candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani won...

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White House Flips Out Over Report Trump May Be on Weight Loss Drug

A White House spokesperson flipped out Tuesday after he was quoted failing to deny a report suggesting President Donald Trump may have been given...

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Trump Launches AI Surveillance of Reflecting Pool as Disaster Grows

Federal law enforcement agents were spotted installing AI-powered surveillance towers at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the latest escalation...

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Trump Now Lying About “Record” Amount of Oil Passing Through Strait

President Donald Trump blatantly lied about how much oil is actually traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, amid growing backlash to his peace deal.

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Trump’s New Intel Chief Launches Firing Purge as He Takes Over

President Donald Trump’s acting Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte, has wasted no time purging staff members from his new office.

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Trump Spirals as Iran Exposes His Lies About the Deal

Donald Trump began his Tuesday morning by melting down over the status of his agreement with Iran.

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Trump Moves to Make It a Whole Lot More Expensive to Become a Citizen

The Department of Homeland Security has proposed a massive increase in citizenship application fees, as the Trump administration continues to upend...

22.06.2026 3

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Judge Blocks Trump’s “Voter Database” of Americans and Their SSNs

A federal judge has blocked the Department of Homeland Security from continuing to “haphazardly” create a database of millions of Americans it...

22.06.2026 5

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Trump Hands Iran Unbelievable Sanctions Win in Exchange for Promises

Trump’s Treasury Department says that Iran can now sell oil, stripping decades of U.S. sanctions policy in one fell swoop—and it’s not clear...

22.06.2026 7

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Vance Claims Nuclear Victory in Iran Deal—But There’s One Big Problem

Vice President JD Vance announced Monday that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors would be allowed back into Iran in a “major milestone...

22.06.2026 7

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Trump Calls New York Times Treasonous, Threatens to Expand His Lawsuit

President Donald Trump furiously accused The New York Times of supposedly “treasonous” reporting about his disastrous peace deal with Iran.

22.06.2026 5

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Trump Defends $300 Billion Iran Payout by Shouting About Stocks

President Donald Trump won’t stop ranting about the stock market amid backlash to his disastrous peace deal with Iran.

18.06.2026 3

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JD Vance Goes Full Woke When Asked About His Hypocritical New Book

Vice President JD Vance’s weird attempt to be woke just made it clear how little he thinks of working class people.

18.06.2026 3

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JD Vance Is the Fall Guy for Trump’s Terrible Iran Deal

It seems that Vice President JD Vance has been chosen to carry the can for Donald Trump’s nascent peace deal with Iran. What could go wrong?

18.06.2026 5

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GOP Senator Says Iran Should Have Ballistic Missiles

Kansas Senator Roger Marshall previously told Americans that freedom was more important than their pocketbooks. Now, he’s folding on the central...

18.06.2026 5

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Trump Says There Will Be No Consequences for Strike on Iran School

President Donald Trump refused to mete out consequences for the horrific U.S. missile strike in Iran that killed more than 175 people, most of them...

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Everyone Hates JD Vance’s New Book

The reviews are rolling in, and it’s clear that Vice President JD Vance’s new book Communion is not the next Hillbilly Elegy—not even close.

17.06.2026 3

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Trump Team Gets Into Spat Over Iran Deal Signing

Hold up—did the United States actually sign a peace deal with Iran?

17.06.2026 6

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Woman Told FBI Trump Tried to Recruit Her From His Tower

A woman claimed she was approached by two “recruiters” who were scouting young women at Donald Trump’s Manhattan skyscraper to have sex with...

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Trump Calls Obama a “Son of a B*tch” After Disastrous Iran Deal Leaked

Donald Trump lashed out at former President Barack Obama as everyone turned on his peace deal with Iran.

17.06.2026 1

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JD Vance Gets Humiliating Fact-Check to His Face on The View

If JD Vance was hoping for a light interview to highlight the release of his new book, he had another think coming: The hosts of The View did not pull...

16.06.2026 6

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Trump’s Family Crypto Firm Is About to Get a Massive Boost

The Trump sons’ crypto scam is about to make their family even more money.

16.06.2026 5

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Senate GOP Moves to Blow Taxpayers Dollars on Pointless DOD Move

The Senate is moving to officially green-light Donald Trump’s expensive rebrand for the Department of Defense.

16.06.2026 4

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JD Vance Admits Iran Deal Doesn’t Accomplish Trump’s Biggest Goal

Vice President JD Vance admitted that Iran has not actually agreed to stop enriching uranium—one of President Donald Trump’s biggest demands.

16.06.2026 3

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Lindsey Graham Is as Confused About Trump’s Iran Deal as Rest of Us

Republican senators are being kept in the dark about the exact terms of Donald Trump’s deal with Iran—and they’re not happy.

16.06.2026 4

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Netanyahu Furiously Scrambles to Meet With Trump Over Iran Deal

President Donald Trump says he’s made a solid peace deal with Iran—but isn’t there someone he forgot to ask?

15.06.2026 4

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Gavin Newsom Reveals Trump’s DOJ Is Investigating Him and His Wife

California Governor Gavin Newsom accused President Donald Trump Monday of having his family investigated by the Department of Justice.

15.06.2026 6

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Trump Announces He Will DJ His Own Rally After Musicians Drop Out

President Donald Trump has replaced several days of concerts to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with one boring MAGA rally—and this time,...

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Pete Hegseth Insists Trump Iran Deal Is Totally Different From Obama’s

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth crumbled when he tried to explain the difference between Donald Trump’s new deal with Iran and Barack Obama’s Joint...

15.06.2026 8

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Trump Stopped Air Traffic Rather Than Tone Down His Birthday UFC Bash

President Donald Trump’s giant birthday party at the White House appears to have grounded flights at a local airport in Washington, D.C.

15.06.2026 10

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America’s Biggest Energy Hub Is About to Run Out of Oil

Massive crude oil tanks in Cushing, Oklahoma—the main hub of America’s energy market—are reportedly growing dangerously depleted as President...

12.06.2026 5

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Judge Sounds Trump Slush Fund’s Official Death Knell

A federal judge blocked Donald Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” on Friday—demanding the Trump administration release signed proof that the...

12.06.2026 7

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Trump Insists Iran Is Lying After He Blindsided World With Peace Deal

President Donald Trump had a meltdown Friday, claiming that Iranian state media was making up terms for a peace deal the president had promised to...

12.06.2026 9

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Trump Has a Plan to Wipe Out the Biggest Record of His First Term

President Donald Trump and his allies are plotting to push Congress to void his past two impeachments from the record—even though it’s not...

12.06.2026 8

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Trump Scrambles to Defend His Claim About Loving Inflation

President Donald Trump’s attempt to explain his sudden “love” for high inflation just made things so much worse.

11.06.2026 3

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Democrat Dumps Cold Water on Trump’s Secret Iran Oil Mission

President Donald Trump’s bizarre claim to have secretly moved more than 100 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz just got shut down...

11.06.2026 4

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“I Love the Inflation”: Trump Says Surging Inflation Is a Great Thing

President Donald Trump said he loves inflation.

10.06.2026 3

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Trump Blabs to Everyone About Supposed Secret Mission for Iran’s Oil

President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that 100 million barrels of oil had been transported through the Strait of Hormuz—much to the energy...

10.06.2026 2

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Key DOJ Staffer Wanted to Apply to Trump’s Slush Fund

A top staffer at the Department of Justice asked to recuse himself from work related to Donald Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” so he could...

10.06.2026 4

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Trump Brags About Growing Trade Deficit. Who Wants to Tell Him?

President Donald Trump posted a humiliating economic statistic Tuesday that revealed his kindergarten-level understanding of economics.

10.06.2026 3

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Federal Watchdog Warns Trump’s Biggest Megaprison Is Rife With Abuse

A sweeping report released Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office found that the government spent millions of dollars more than necessary on...

09.06.2026 7

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Trump Sticks With Disastrous New Intel Chief as Democrats Lead Revolt

House Speaker Mike Johnson failed Tuesday to convince President Donald Trump to sacrifice his crooked crony in order to save FISA.

09.06.2026 6

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JD Vance Escalates Revenge on Minnesota With Criminal Referrals

Vice President JD Vance has referred Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Department of Justice for a criminal...

09.06.2026 7

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Trump Has Audacity to Fall Asleep in Knicks Game After Ruining Vibes

President Donald Trump shut down Midtown Manhattan Monday so he could take a nap at the NBA Finals.

09.06.2026 7

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Trump Said He Got “Mostly Cheers” at Knicks Game. Here’s the Truth.

Speaking to reporters after attending game three of the NBA Playoffs, Trump claimed that he’d received a warm reception from the crowd at Madison...

09.06.2026 6

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Federal Judge Overturns Trump’s Effort to Make Money Off Immigration

A federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s exorbitant $100,000 H-1B visa fee.

08.06.2026 7

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Trump Finds Fresh Target in Tantrum Over Senate Republicans

President Donald Trump has once again turned his ire onto the Senate parliamentarian, amid his ongoing feud with members of his own party.

08.06.2026 9

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