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Hundreds of Todd Blanche’s Ex-Colleagues Say He’d Be a Terrible A.G.

Hundreds of federal prosecutors are begging the Senate not to confirm Todd Blanche, arguing that the acting attorney general has increasingly placed...

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Trump Golf Club Freaks Out Over Report of Massive Fly Infestation

Recent health code violations at Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C. were apparently “politically motivated,” according to the club.

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Trump Intel Pick Ties Himself in Knots to Avoid Saying Who Won in 2020

Six years later, Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election conspiracy is still going strong.

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Trump Threw Missing GOP Representative Under the Bus While He Was Out

Representative Thomas Kean Jr.’s grand return to Capitol Hill has come fully loaded with a no-win dilemma.

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Trump Gives Away the Game on Why He Wants Todd Blanche as A.G.

Donald Trump has resorted to begging the Senate to confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to officially run the Justice Department.

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Wild New Details Emerge on ICE Agent Involved in Fatal Maine Shooting

The ICE agent who shot and killed a 26-year-old Colombian immigrant in Biddeford, Maine, Monday morning had been with the agency for just a few short...

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MAGA Senator Spurs Conspiracy About Mitch McConnell’s Proof of Life

Even Republican lawmakers are beginning to doubt Senator Mitch McConnell’s recent health update.

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E. Jean Carroll Finally Gets Her First Payment From Trump

Donald Trump has finally paid E. Jean Caroll.

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How Trump Commemorated Lindsey Graham in First Speech Since Death

Donald Trump’s first speech after Lindsey Graham’s passing didn’t include one word about the prominent South Carolina Republican’s shocking...

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South Carolina Governor Picks Lindsey Graham’s Sister to Finish Term

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham Nordone Monday to finish out the Senate term of her belated brother, Senator Lindsey...

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MAGA Is Pissed at Mitch McConnell’s Photographic Proof of Life

Far-right conspiracy theorists still aren’t convinced that Mitch McConnell is alive.

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Federal Judge Nullifies Trump’s Entire January 6 Slush Fund

A federal judge just nixed the settlement underlying Donald Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion slush fund.

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FBI Forced to Reveal New Details on How It Redacted Epstein Files

Last spring, it was rumored that agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigations were trained to redact portions of the Epstein files before the...

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JD Vance Brags About Cushy New Life as Americans Struggle With Costs

American wages have stagnated, while the cost of living—affected by rising inflation and the unending Iran war—continues to climb. Yet the vice...

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Pete Hegseth Is Pissed There Are Still “Beardos” in the Military

Nine months after delivering his widely mocked “beardo” speech, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is still fuming about the military’s (according...

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Trump Guts Entire Election Commission Months Before Midterms

Donald Trump has completely neutered the Election Assistance Commission.

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Trump Gives His Own Party the Middle Finger on Housing Bill

Donald Trump is pitching a fit over a potential bipartisan legislative win in a futile attempt to advance the SAVE America Act.

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Trump Tried to Rope Vatican Into Helping Him Hunt Down Leaks

Trump officials are on the hunt for the person who leaked details about a hostile meeting between the Pentagon and the Vatican earlier this year.

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Not Even Newsmax Is Buying Mitch McConnell’s Cover Story

Senator Mitch McConnell was inexplicably admitted to the hospital nearly a month ago, a stretch of time that has even the far-right media machine...

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Trump Suffers Third E. Jean Carroll Loss in 24 Hours

Donald Trump is absolutely, finally, paying E. Jean Carroll.

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Trump Team Gets Ready to “Slap” Iran Around as Ceasefire Crumbles

The Trump administration is not looking to wind down the violence in the Iran war anytime soon.

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Trump Struggles to Form a Single Coherent Thought About Graham Platner

Graham Platner’s exit strategy has apparently instilled a “#MeToo” mentality in the president. Or has it?

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Olivia Rodrigo Gets Revenge for Trump’s “Barbaric” Use of Her Song

It was a bad idea, right?

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Trump Has Blown More Than $100 Billion on Iran War

The U.S. president has indicated that he’s done negotiating with Tehran, that the ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. is over, and that the public...

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Trump Lies About Supreme Court to Avoid Paying E. Jean Carroll

Donald Trump’s latest attempt to weasel his way out of paying E. Jean Carroll involved a bold-faced lie to a federal judge.

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Trump’s Pathetic State Fair Reduced to Livestreaming an Empty Field

The Great American State Fair seemed to attract dozens of attendees ahead of America’s 250-year Fourth of July celebration. Now, it’s attracting...

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Trump Announces Iran Deal Is Over After Launching New Strikes

The Iran deal is dead, according to the U.S. president.

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Mitch McConnell Allies Scramble to Insist He’s Still Alive

Republicans are rushing to Mitch McConnell’s defense as rumors swirl that the former Senate majority leader might be dead.

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Graham Platner’s Volunteers Are Ready to Replace Him

Even Graham Platner’s volunteers are reportedly closing the chapter on the politically troubled Maine Democratic Senate candidate.

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What’s Going On With the Probe Into ICE’s Killing of Renee Good?

It’s been six months since a federal agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, yet virtually nothing has come of the federal...

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Kevin McCarthy Gets Brutally Roasted for Idiotic Graham Platner Take

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tried to take a swing at Democrats over Graham Platner’s latest controversy, only to whiff so hard that he ended...

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MAGA Demands Proof Mitch McConnell Is Alive as His Office Stonewalls

MAGA world is not satisfied with the excuses from Senator Mitch McConnell’s office over his sudden disappearance, and are now demanding proof that...

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NATO Chief Warns They Can’t Count on Trump’s U.S. Anymore

Western alliances are turning away from America.

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“Cute”: GOP Senator Shuts Down Mike Johnson’s Plan to Pass SAVE Act

The president can bellyache all he wants about advancing the SAVE America Act, but it once again appears to be completely and utterly dead in the...

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Uh, What? Trump Rants About TikTok After Being Asked About SpaceX

Donald Trump announced Monday that a slew of tech companies are expected to contribute to his eponymously named childhood investment accounts. But...

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Key Hush-Money Trial Witness Suddenly Best Buds With Trump Again

All’s fair in love and Trumpworld.

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Trump’s Reflecting Pool Reno Is So Bad, They Have to Drain It Again

The Trump administration seems to be living in an alternate reality when it comes to the president’s vanity projects.

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Representative Has Gone Missing From Work

Yet another Republican lawmaker is missing in action.

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Trump’s July 4 Event Is Coming Apart at the Seams—Literally

The sky is actually falling at the Great American State Fair.

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Trump Wanted to Make Grossest Change Ever to White House Bathroom

Donald Trump has made enormous changes to the White House during his time in office: He’s paved over the Rose Garden, stripped the palms from the...

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How Much Does Trump’s Insane July 4 Fireworks Show Cost?

The White House is trying to break a fireworks record on Saturday—but doing so will likely cost taxpayers a pretty penny.

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Trump Posts Bizarre AI Video of Him Curing Celebrities Who Hate Him

The president’s worldview is getting increasingly bizarre.

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Trump Ditches Key Trade Deal He Helped Implement in the First Place

The White House will not renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, effectively ending the country’s trilateral economic pact with its closest...

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Trump Tries to Ignore Supreme Court on E. Jean Carroll

Donald Trump is still trying to stiff E. Jean Carroll, according to the columnist’s attorney.

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Trump Tells Loyalist Intel Chief to “Declassify Whatever You Want”

Bill Pulte became the acting director of national intelligence less than two weeks ago, but he has already become the president’s battering ram.

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Trump Turns Reflecting Pool Into a Literal Toxic Cesspool

The multi-million dollar renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was done with highly toxic materials.

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Stephen Miller Reduced to Babbling Over Birthright Citizenship Ruling

MAGA world is practically apoplectic over the Supreme Court’s birthright ruling.

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Mike Johnson Accidentally Tanks Defense Budget Bill Over SAVE Act

A procedural vote on the National Defense Authorization Act failed to pass the House Tuesday, in no small part because the SAVE America Act was...

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Trump Threatens to Break the Law Over Birthright Citizenship

Donald Trump claims to have a trick up his sleeve to upend birthright citizenship—though his plan to do so would most likely run afoul of the law.

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Kavanaugh Gives Republicans Road Map to End Birthright Citizenship

The Supreme Court may have upended the White House’s attempt to rewrite the Fourteenth Amendment, but at least one justice pointed Republican...

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