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Trump Tells Republicans to Defend His Slush Fund by Lying

Ahead of a meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the White House sent a document to GOP senators on Thursday explaining why President...

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Feds Forced to Drop Case Against “Broadview Six” Anti-ICE Protesters

The charges against the remaining “Broadview Six” protesters were dropped Thursday, in a win for anyone who has protested ICE activity under the...

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“Stupid on Stilts”: Republican Senator Rips Trump’s Slush Fund

Thom Tillis, who has represented North Carolina in the Senate for more than a decade, is retiring at the end of the year, and in recent months the...

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Turns Out a Massive Bribe Was Behind the FDA’s Vaping Decision

Donald Trump just wants to let the kids vape.

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Democrats Move to Force Republicans on the Record on Trump Slush Fund

Democrats are moving quickly to force congressional votes on President Donald Trump’s ridiculously corrupt slush fund.

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Republicans Forced to Abandon Latest Tactic to Fund Trump Ballroom

President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom, which would boast lavish golden interiors and is totally needed for, uh, security reasons, is beginning...

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Democrats Move to Subpoena Top Officials Behind Trump Slush Fund

Democrats are doing what they can to stop President Donald Trump’s weaponization of the Justice Department and his self-serving use of taxpayer money.

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Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund Finds Its First Shady Applicant

Donald Trump’s allies are racing to get a piece of his $1.8 billion slush fund.

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Trump Gets DOJ to Ban IRS From Ever Investigating Him Again

One of the first of Donald Trump’s many presidential scandals was in 2016, when he refused to release his tax returns as previous presidents and...

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Greenland Gives Trump Envoy the Literal Middle Finger

Call it a Nordic hello.

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DHS Sec. Tells Religious Groups They’re on Their Own After Shooting

In an interview on Fox News, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin blamed Democrats’ refusal to fund ICE for the mass shooting at the Islamic...

19.05.2026 5

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Trump Brags About How Skinny He Is in Unhinged Ballroom Tour

In a brilliant metaphor for the state of our country, billionaire and septuagenarian President Donald J. Trump stood next to a massive hole in the...

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Trump’s Ballroom Quest Gets Even More Unhinged

The Senate parliamentarian is a nonpartisan referee for the legislative branch that has quietly existed for almost a century. So of course Donald...

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Trump Is Bringing Back His Strait of Hormuz Plan After Just 48 Hours

America’s latest terribly named and extremely risky military operation is back, baby.

07.05.2026 7

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WTF Happened With Trump’s Meeting With Brazilian President?

Donald Trump was scheduled to meet Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva—usually referred to as Lula—at 11:15 a.m. Thursday in front of...

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ICE Abducts Disney Cruise Staff Right Off of Ship in Horrific Raid

Disney likes to say it makes dreams come true, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement is making life a nightmare for its workers.

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The 9 Democratic Primaries to Watch Closely This Year

As a New Republic reader, you’re well aware that 2026 is a midterm year. But unless you’re a political junkie—or a voter in a handful of...

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Epstein May Have Left a Suicide Note—and DOJ Didn’t Mention It

Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death—ruled a suicide by a New York City coroner—has been pored over by conspiracy theorists. The financier was arrested...

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Republicans Desperately Try to Ignore Damning Inflation Report

As inflation hit 3.5 percent in March—its highest rate in three years—congressional Republicans are urging Americans to cover their eyes and ears.

30.04.2026 8

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Hegseth Accuses Troops of Lying as He’s Faced With Facts on Iran War

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is continuing to lie about an Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. service members in early March, and now he’s...

29.04.2026 5

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Trump Admits He’s Not Sure James Comey Was Trying to Kill Him

President Donald Trump’s indictments against his perceived political enemies are getting so flimsy, even he’s not sure he believes in them.

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Hegseth Struggles to Explain the “Imminent Threat” Posed by Iran

Defense Secretary Pete Hegeth went before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday to defend the mammoth $1.5 trillion budget request...

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“I Dissent”: Kagan Rips Supreme Court for Destroying Racial Equality

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to render the Voting Rights Act obsolete.

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Republicans Privately Panicking About Trump’s Revenge Crusade

Republicans are realizing most Americans don’t like President Trump using the Justice Department to persecute those he believes have personally...

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DOJ Identifies Hundreds of Americans to Strip of Citizenship

The Trump administration is reupping its efforts to denaturalize U.S. citizens it sees as unworthy.

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Trump DOJ Under Investigation for How It Handled Epstein Files

The Department of Justice is auditing itself over the chaotic rollout of the Jeffrey Epstein files, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.

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Trump Says He’s Still on Schedule in Iran Because He Took “a Break”

Donald Trump would get around to ending the bloody conflict in Iran, but come on—we all deserve a break once in a while!

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Trump to Stage a Meltdown at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

Donald Trump and the media have what could be most nicely put as a contentious relationship, as the president frequently fumes over journalists who...

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Susie Wiles Demands Trump Advisers Actually Focus on Midterms

Back in February, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was desperately trying to get Cabinet officials to lock in.

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Florida Criminally Investigating ChatGPT Over Role in School Shooting

Florida became the first state to criminally investigate an AI model on Tuesday, and Attorney General James Uthmeier’s charges could lead to big...

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Ex-Bondi Aide Says MAGA Too Incompetent to Carry Out Trump’s Revenge

Do Donald Trump’s legal prosecutors know what they’re doing? According to the chief of staff for the former top MAGA prosecutor in the country:...

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Fed Chair Nominee Caught in Massive Lie on What Trump Told Him

Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego should be commended for some excellent fact-checking of Trump crony Kevin Warsh on Tuesday.

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Trump to Recite Eyebrow-Raising Scripture at Bible Reading Event

President Trump is not exactly known for his piousness, but one Bible verse seems to have struck his fancy—probably because it was used by...

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Karoline Leavitt Lashes Out Over Question on Trump’s Morality

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt threw one of her patented tantrums Wednesday in her first appearance since Donald Trump’s deranged...

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RFK Jr. Using Your Taxpayer Money to Become a Podcast Bro

As bombs rain down on innocents in the Middle East, gas prices skyrocket, and data centers displace poor communities across the land, at least...

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Democrats Sweep Elections in Crucial Swing State

Up north, Wisconsin Democrats increased their state Supreme Court majority to 5–2 and won a mayoral race in the typically Republican city of Waukesha.

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Iran Brutally Mocks Trump After He Caves on Ceasefire Deal

Official Iranian accounts are taking a victory lap in the wake of Donald Trump’s ceasefire deal.

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Pete Hegseth Insists Starting a War Didn’t Put Troops in Harm’s Way

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth took questions from the press Wednesday after a two-week ceasefire was agreed in the Iran war, and he was about as...

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Trump’s New Attorney General Refuses to Investigate Ally’s Fraud

It looks as if Donald Trump’s new attorney general is ready to pick up right where Pam Bondi left off: declining to investigate fraud committed by...

07.04.2026 10

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Trump Left JD Vance Out of Key Iran Meeting—but Invited Jared Kushner

As President Donald Trump drags the U.S. deeper into a war with Iran that has caused horrific civilian casualties and decimated the global oil market,...

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ICE Finally Releases Soldier’s Wife After Raiding Military Base

Annie Ramos, the 22-year-old wife of Army soldier Matthew Blank, was released from ICE custody on Tuesday. Ramos had been detained for five days after...

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Ex-Trump Allies Join Dems to Demand Trump Removal via 25th Amendment

As President Donald Trump terrifies everyone around the world into thinking human civilization may end at 8 p.m. Tuesday, a growing number of...

07.04.2026 10

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Trump Freaks Out After Tucker Carlson Implies He’s the Antichrist

Once a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson has fully turned against him over the war in...

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Trump Celebrates His Fraud Crackdown in Blue States as Arrests Begin

Donald Trump’s so-called fraud crackdown will soon be coming to a (Democrat-led) state near you.

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Nearly Two Dozen Democratic States Hit Trump With Elections Lawsuit

Officials from 23 different states (and the District of Columbia) are taking Donald Trump to court over a brazenly unconstitutional executive order...

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Trump Suggests Decimating NIH to Give Military Even More Money

The Trump administration officially sent Congress its 2027 budget proposal on Friday, and while the largest story that emerged from the mammoth...

03.04.2026 10

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Brutal Jobs Report Revision Reveals Just How Bad Trump’s Economy Is

For what was meant to be the Golden Age of America, it’s sure looking like a recession could be on the cards.

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Is This Democratic Senate Candidate a GOP Plant to “Trick Voters”?

Nebraska’s Senate primary has been thrown into chaos, all because of a 79-year-old pastor who is either an extremely bizarre Democrat or a...

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Israel Releases Photoshopped Picture to Justify Killing Journalist

After Israel’s military killed three journalists in a strike on Lebanon Saturday, they took to social media to gloat about the death of one in...

30.03.2026 10

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New Details on 13-Year-Old Trump Accuser Revealed in Massive Report

A woman who alleged that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her when she was just 13 years old has had new details about her story verified, following...

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