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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Just Got Two Big SCOTUS Wins

The Supreme Court has delivered President Trump two significant victories in his mass deportation campaign.

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Democratic Socialists Are Winning Over Black Voters

In the past, conventional wisdom would have us believe that any victory by the Democratic Socialists of America was due to their overwhelmingly white,...

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Soldiers Accuse Pentagon of Downplaying Iran War Injuries

Soldiers wounded in the deadliest attack of the war on Iran have accused the Pentagon of minimizing their injuries, according to CBS News.

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New Study Reveals How Much Young People Have to Struggle to Buy Homes

The national median price for a house is now three times higher than the median household income for Americans under 40—an obvious explanation for...

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Stephen Miller Sends Blatant Dog Whistle After NY Democratic Primary

White House advisor Stephen Miller spent his Wednesday posting racist, anti-immigrant dog whistles on X as he coped with the election sweep for Mayor...

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Trump Cancels Signing of Biggest Housing Affordability Bill in Decades

President Trump has cancelled the signing of the largest housing affordability bill in decades unless Congress passes his voter-suppressing SAVE Act.

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Court Says Trump Can Still Fast-Track Deportations

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that President Trump can resume fast-tracking deportations in a 2-1 ruling. While a lower court struck the...

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Trump Is Giving White South African Refugees a Gift Bag for Racists

The Trump administration wants to give white South African “refugees” an arrival gift bag with an American flag, an Android tablet, the...

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DHS Changes the Rules for Iran’s World Cup Team Yet Again

The Department of Homeland Security is finally allowing the Iranian World Cup soccer team to travel to match locations a day early—something that...

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Watch: Trump Spreads Six Lies About His Iran Deal in 15 Seconds

President Trump claimed Tuesday that Iran had “no missile capability”—one of six bold-faced lies that directly contradicts what he said last week.

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Trump Frantically Begs Illinois Governor to Call Him

President Trump is practically begging Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to allow a federal takeover of Chicago.

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Trump’s DOJ Backs Off After Trying to Drag Reporters to Court

The Trump Justice Department planned to subpoena journalists at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, attempting to force them to testify...

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Judge Quashes Trump’s Revenge on Minnesota’s Democratic Leaders

A federal judge has killed the Trump administration’s attempt to subpoena Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and other state...

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Democratic States Want No Part of Trump’s “Great American State Fair”

More states are pulling out of President Trump’s “Great American State Fair,” citing financial constraints.

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Trump Threatens to Defund States That Don’t Make His Election Changes

The Trump administration is holding millions of dollars of Homeland Security funds hostage unless states agree to stop using electronic ballots and...

22.06.2026 6

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D.C. Hit With Prank Projections Ahead of Trump’s July 4 Celebrations

Multiple images mocking President Trump and his cabinet have been projected onto walls and sidewalks in Washington, D.C., as the nation’s capital...

22.06.2026 7

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JD Vance Spreads 3 Big Lies About Iran’s Nuclear Program Under Deal

Vice President JD Vance told three massive lies while defending the recently signed memorandum of understanding with Iran, which includes what many...

18.06.2026 3

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Netanyahu Tries to Blow Up Iran Deal With Bombs and Right-Wing Media

Israel is desperately trying to sabotage the recently signed memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran, continuing its bombings of Lebanon...

18.06.2026 3

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Israel Can’t Believe Trump’s Total “Capitulation” in Iran Deal

Israel is reportedly in a state of shock over President Trump’s recently signed memorandum of understanding with Iran, which allows Iran to retain...

18.06.2026 6

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Trump Seriously Compares Himself to Hitler for Some Reason

President Trump shared a letter favorably comparing him to Adolf Hitler, Atilla the Hun, and other murderous leaders, just hours after signing his...

18.06.2026 4

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Trump Admits He Caved on One of His Biggest Demands in Iran War

President Trump has given up his efforts to destroy Iran’s ballistic missile stockpile, reneging on one of his central aims in “Operation Epic Fury.”

17.06.2026 3

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MAGA Erupts in Fury as Full Text of Trump’s Iran Deal Is Revealed

The right is seething over the details of President Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran, seeing the decision as a massive capitulation to...

17.06.2026 4

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Trump Tries Demented New Argument in Court for White House Ballroom

The Trump administration is now arguing that an alleged thwarted drone attack on the White House UFC event on Sunday was an “assassination plot,”...

17.06.2026 3

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Trump Goes on Weird Rant About How He’s in Love With Egyptian Leader

President Trump appears to be completely smitten with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, professing his love for the authoritarian leader at the...

17.06.2026 4

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Trump Threatens to Drop Bombs on Iran’s Head Amid Outrage Over Deal

President Trump is threatening to “drop bombs on their head” if Iran doesn’t abide by the guidelines established in their memorandum of...

17.06.2026 4

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A Facebook Post Is Enough for the DOJ to Say You’re “Antifa”

The Justice Department is indicting 15 Minnesotans on charges of conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer, using vague Facebook posts and...

16.06.2026 8

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Even Kash Patel Seems to Have His Own Secret Personal Slush Fund

FBI Director Kash Patel may be using the FBI as a “personal slush fund” to give “tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars” to his cronies,...

16.06.2026 9

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Even Trump’s Cabinet Hates the Iran Deal

CIA Director John Ratcliffe and others within the Trump administration don’t think Iran is being serious about its promise not to develop or attain...

16.06.2026 4

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You’re Paying for President Trump’s Ballroom

Half the cost of President Trump’s $600 million ballroom will be placed on the shoulders of U.S. taxpayers like you. This development, based on...

16.06.2026 4

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Israel Threatens to Blow Up Trump’s Peace Deal With Iran

Israel is refusing to remove its IDF troops from Lebanon, even after the U.S. and Iran announced a memorandum of understanding that hinges on the...

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How Trump Reacted to Michelle Obama Slur at White House UFC Fight

President Trump was seen smiling after a UFC fighter used his post-victory interview to shout that former first lady Michelle Obama was a man—a...

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RIP Trump Kennedy Center: 2025–2026

The “Trump Kennedy Center” appears to be no more.

12.06.2026 9

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Trump Was This Close to Putting Boots on the Ground in Iran

The Trump administration came incredibly close to putting boots on the ground in Iran to seize enriched uranium, according to reporting from CNN.

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Trump Voters Are Finally Starting to Turn on Him

Two working-class, three-time Trump voters shared feelings of betrayal and disappointment in their president’s second tenure on Friday’s Morning Joe.

12.06.2026 8

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Trump Threatens to Take Over D.C. If Socialist Becomes Mayor

President Trump threatened Washington, D.C. mayoral front-runner and Democratic Socialist Janeese Lewis George with a federal takeover if she were to...

12.06.2026 10

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Trump Gets Birthday Surprise With “8647” Message on National Mall

Someone has traced “8647”—the anti-Trump expression that got former FBI Director James Comey indicted—into the grass on the National Mall in...

11.06.2026 6

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Rubio Signs New Deal With UFC Ensuring Trump Gets Even Richer

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and UFC CEO Dana White signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday cementing a public-private partnership between the...

11.06.2026 4

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Pentagon on Lockdown as Hazmat Team Rushes In

The Pentagon has had multiple floors locked down and evacuated after reports of an “air quality issue necessitating precautionary measures,”...

11.06.2026 8

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CBS Hit With Fresh Scandal Over Ousted 60 Minutes Correspondent

60 Minutes correspondent Cecelia Vega was fired while she was in the midst of a feature on U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian...

11.06.2026 5

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States Begin Ditching Trump’s “Great American State Fair”

President Trump’s Freedom 250 birthday extravaganza is looking so bleak that even entire states are pulling out.

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Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Arrested Again for “Terroristic Threats”

Racist right-wing activist and pardoned January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang was arrested in Dallas on Tuesday night for making “terroristic...

10.06.2026 5

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Justice Department Indicts Eight Pro-Palestinian Activists

The FBI arrested eight “college-aged adults” connected to pro-Palestinian advocacy on the University of Michigan’s campus, on Wednesday morning.

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Trump Says He’ll Bomb Iran Again After Reported Attack on Water Tanks

President Trump on Wednesday threatened to bomb Iran again after the United States reportedly hit two water facilities in the country that served...

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Trump Team Thinks JD Vance Is Conspiracy Theorist After Epstein Saga

Other members of President Trump’s Cabinet began to consider Vice President JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” as he pushed for the release of the...

10.06.2026 4

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Inflation Hits New High as Trump’s War With Iran Escalates

The U.S. annual inflation rate is the highest it’s been in three years—a clear consequence of President Trump’s widely unpopular very expensive...

10.06.2026 5

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Trump Flew to Knicks Game Amid Search for Missing American Pilots

President Trump went to the New York Knicks game while two U.S. soldiers were missing after Iran shot down their helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz.

09.06.2026 9

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Republican Senator Attacks GOP for Becoming “Circular Firing Squad”

Outgoing Senator Thom Tillis wrote a 15-paragraph letter excoriating his Republican colleagues for bending over backwards to the most troubling parts...

09.06.2026 9

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JD Vance Isn’t Handling Republicans’ Defeat in Los Angeles Very Well

Vice President JD Vance is echoing his president’s false claims of election fraud in the Los Angeles mayoral race.

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Trump Attorney Begs for Evidence of Election Fraud in California

First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli—who oversees 500 attorneys—went on The Glenn Beck Program on...

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Republicans Blame End of Crucial Program DOGE Cut on Biden

Republicans are trying their best to push the blame for the resurgence of the flesh-eating New World screwworm on former President Joe Biden—even...

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