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Iran Abruptly Shuts Down Peace Talks Due to Trump’s Demands

Iran is no longer entertaining a potential peace deal with U.S. negotiators.

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Resurrects Dumbest Idea—and Wants to Cut Health Care to Fund It

The Trump administration is asking Congress for $152 million to transform Alcatraz into a “state-of-the-art secure prison facility,” as part of...

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New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s Top Aide Freaks Out About What He’s Being Told on Iran War

The White House’s “Ice Maiden” has been unnerved by the lack of information reaching the president regarding the reality of the Iran war.

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Prepares to Fire More Cabinet Members After Pam Bondi

A massive overhaul is in the cards among the higher echelons of the Trump administration.

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Pam Bondi’s Replacement Reveals He’s Worse on Epstein Than She Was

The man tapped to fill Pam Bondi’s shoes isn’t any better at handling the Epstein files than she was.

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New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s Ballroom Plans Get Approved—but He Can’t Do Anything About It

The National Capital Planning Commission, or NCPC, issued final approval for Donald Trump’s White House ballroom Thursday, a key goalpost for the...

02.04.2026 3

New Republic

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Pam Bondi’s Firing May Not Have Had Anything to Do With Epstein

Pam Bondi is out of the Trump administration—and some insiders believe the underlying reason is due to an odd connection to California...

02.04.2026 4

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The Question That Torpedoed Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Case

A combative line of questioning from Justice Amy Coney Barrett could have been the death knell for Donald Trump’s scheme to undo birthright...

02.04.2026 4

New Republic

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Trump Wildly Insists He Doesn’t Need to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Now that the situation in Iran is thoroughly complex—enough that it could take months or even years to solve, according to some analysts—Donald...

02.04.2026 3

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Trump Eyes Two High-Profile Firings as His Struggles Mount

Two more members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet could soon be on their way out.

02.04.2026 8

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CDC Forced to Pause Rabies Testing Thanks to RFK Jr.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday that it had suspended diagnostic testing for a slew of viruses, including for...

01.04.2026 5

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

“He’s Gone”: Alex Jones Says Trump Is Done For

Some of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters now believe he has no political future.

01.04.2026 6

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Iran Dumps Cold Water on Trump’s Claims of Ceasefire Talks

Donald Trump’s plan for Iran is changing by the minute.

01.04.2026 4

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Trump Reveals His Bonkers Library Is Just Another Way to Make Money

Donald Trump’s presidential library will probably have very little to do with books and reading.

01.04.2026 10

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Pete Hegseth Un-Suspends “Patriots” Involved in Weird Kid Rock Flyover

There will be zero consequences for the Army pilots that decided to fly their helicopters around Kid Rock’s house during a No Kings protest on...

01.04.2026 10

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Bondi Dropped Thousands of Criminal Probes to Investigate Immigrants

The Justice Department dropped thousands of criminal cases last year in an attempt to reorient its efforts—almost singularly—toward winning...

31.03.2026 5

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Army Suspends Crew in Weird Helicopter Flyover at No Kings Protest

The Army has suspended the aircrew that flew over Kid Rock’s house during a No Kings protest on Saturday.

31.03.2026 6

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

ICE Arrested Hundreds in Blue States. Here’s How Many Were Criminals.

Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail that he would sic his deportation agenda on the “worst of the worst,” but that has not been the case.

31.03.2026 6

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Pro-Trump Network Flooded With Messages From Voters Pissed Over Iran

Trump voters across America are walking back their support for the president.

31.03.2026 6

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Trump Is Already Over the War He Started

The White House has practically given up its initial aims for attacking Iran.

31.03.2026 9

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White House Open to Kicking 300,000 People Off Health Care to Fund War

Killing people abroad is apparently more important to Republicans than keeping Americans healthy.

30.03.2026 5

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Another Country Is Helping Iran Target the U.S. Military

More than one major U.S. adversary is assisting Iran.

30.03.2026 5

New Republic

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Trump Spirals Over Israeli Attack on Gas Field, as Iran War Escalates

Donald Trump disavowed Israel’s air strikes against Iran’s South Pars gas field, claiming that the U.S. “knew nothing” about the attack.

19.03.2026 8

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Ex-Trump Official Tells Tucker Carlson Why He Quit Over Iran War

Iran has not gotten anywhere close to developing nuclear weapons over the last year, according to ex-counterterrorism director Joe Kent.

19.03.2026 10

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

John Fetterman Breaks Ranks to Approve Trump’s Extreme DHS Pick

Senator Markwayne Mullin has secured the votes he needed to advance to a final floor vote in the upper chamber, all thanks to Pennsylvania Senator...

19.03.2026 8

New Republic

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Kash Patel Brags That the FBI Is Buying Your Location Data

The leader of the FBI admitted Wednesday to unconstitutionally buying location data monitoring the general public.

18.03.2026 10

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Democrats Take Aim at Kristi Noem’s Alleged Lover in New Probe

Ex-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s love life is getting placed under the microscope.

18.03.2026 10

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Rand Paul Demands to Know Why Trump’s DHS Pick Called Him a “Snake”

Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin had a history of bad blood to answer for during his nomination hearing to run the Department of Homeland Security,...

18.03.2026 8

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RFK Jr.’s House Was a “Toxic,” “F*cked Up” Mess When He Sold It

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sold a “fucked up” house to Chelsea Handler, the comedian said on her Dear Chelsea podcast.

18.03.2026 5

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Why Official’s Resignation Letter Over Iran Sent Trump Team Spiraling

The White House was completely blindsided by ex-National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent’s political resignation.

18.03.2026 6

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Judge Kicks Out Prosecutor Until He Gets Answers on Alina Habba

A federal judge ejected a top prosecutor from the New Jersey U.S. attorney’s office out of his courtroom Tuesday, accusing the government of...

17.03.2026 10

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“Crazed Egomaniac”: Trump Team Turns on Official Who Quit Over Iran

Within hours, the Trump administration has already turned on the top U.S. counterterrorism official who resigned from his post over the war with Iran.

17.03.2026 20

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Trump Says He’s “Not Afraid” of Iran War Ending Up Like Vietnam

Donald Trump is openly entertaining the possibility of putting boots on the ground in Iran.

17.03.2026 9

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Quietly Tries to Free FBI Informant Who Lied About Bidens

He worked with Russia and Republicans to build a web of lies that could incriminate President Joe Biden. Now he’s being rewarded.

17.03.2026 10

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Allies Freak Out as Iran War Spirals Out of Control

The president’s allies once believed that Donald Trump had the ability to end the Iran war whenever he saw fit. That is no longer the case.

17.03.2026 10

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Elon Musk Sued Over Grok Creating Fake Porn of Teenagers

A trio of Oklahoma teenagers are suing Elon Musk’s xAI, accusing the company’s artificial intelligence program of stealing images of them off the...

16.03.2026 6

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Rushes to Rein in RFK Jr. on Vaccines Ahead of Midterms

The White House has taken the reins at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services.

16.03.2026 6

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Treasury Sec. Invents Random Timeline for Iran War Ending

The treasury secretary has pitched his own timeline for the Iran war.

16.03.2026 8

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Trump Freaks Out at Courts That Keep Ruling Against Him

Despite appointing hundreds of judges, Donald Trump suddenly feels that the nation’s judiciary is out to get him.

16.03.2026 7

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Trump Literally Begs Countries to Help Him Out in Iran

Just two weeks into the war that he started, Donald Trump has resorted to begging other countries for assistance in securing the Strait of Hormuz.

16.03.2026 8

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Judge Smacks Down Trump’s Investigation Into Jerome Powell

A federal judge has quashed the Justice Department’s subpoenas directed at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

13.03.2026 10

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Hegseth Quietly Admits U.S. Might Be Behind Iran Girls’ School Strike

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged Friday that the U.S. military had opened a comprehensive investigation into the attack on an Iranian...

13.03.2026 10

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Trump Says Iran War Will Be Over “When I Feel It in My Bones”

Two weeks after he directed American forces to bomb Iran, Donald Trump has revealed he has no notion of when the war will end.

13.03.2026 10

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Seems to Be Selling National Security Briefing Details to Fans

The president is leveraging his position as commander in chief for another moneymaking scheme.

13.03.2026 7

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Hegseth Bars Reporter Who Revealed Aides’ Reaction to Dead Troops Quip

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon is once again cracking down on the journalists who cover it.

13.03.2026 10

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Team Freaks Out Over CBS’s Newest Hire

The White House is weighing in on the internal affairs of private business—again.

12.03.2026 10

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Here’s Which DOGE Goon Allegedly Took Social Security Data

The man accused of stealing sensitive social security data didn’t just potentially commit a massive security breach that could affect millions of...

12.03.2026 10

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Posts Most Unhinged Video Yet Showing Iran War as a Game

The White House is taking the current Middle East conflict very seriously.

12.03.2026 10

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Iran Destroys U.S. Missile Defenses as Trump Insists Everything’s Fine

Iran has systematically destroyed U.S. missile defense systems across the Middle East over the last 13 days, opting to surgically dismantle the eyes...

12.03.2026 10

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Trump Says He Totally Knows Where All Iran Sleeper Cells Are in U.S.

Having Iranian sleeper cells floating around the country is apparently no big deal to the president.

12.03.2026 10

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