Late night talk show hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert, often critics of President Trump, praised the president over the recent Gaza peace deal this week. “There is some good news out there, because today, thanks to Trump’s newly brokered ceasefire in Gaza, all living Israeli hostages and almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have been released,”…
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Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele agreed with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) assessment of the GOP as full of “weak” men intimidated by the party’s strong women. “She ain’t wrong,” the MSNBC regular wrote in a post Tuesday on the social platform X, responding to Greene’s remarks. “When I began in GOP politics…
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GOP Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio) is demanding that former special counsel Jack Smith testify before the House Judiciary Committee, blasting him in a Tuesday letter for allegedly weaponizing federal law enforcement. “As the Committee continues its oversight, your testimony is necessary to understand the full extent to which the Biden-Harris Justice Department weaponized federal law…
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(NEXSTAR) — Tuesday marks the 14th day since the federal government shutdown for the 21st time in the last five decades, and there appears to be no end in sight. The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday evening on the House-passed continuing resolution to fund the government, The Hill reports. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has…
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Stephen A. Smith fiercely defended himself on Monday against “shameful” calls to for him to be canceled over his criticism of Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s (D-Texas) approach to politics. In a “special edition” of SiriusXM’s “Straight Shooter with Stephen A.,” the media commentator addressed his online critics who accused him of “disrespecting” a “powerful Black woman”…
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President Trump said Tuesday he expected Hamas to decommission its weapons as stipulated in the negotiated peace agreement, or the U.S. would step in. “They’re going to disarm, because they said they were going to disarm,” Trump said. “And if they don’t disarm, we will disarm them.” Trump later clarified he did not communicate directly…
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President Trump ripped ABC News after a contentious interview with Vice President Vance over the weekend. “This Week” host George Stephanopoulos abruptly ended an interview with Vance on Sunday after the vice president did not directly answer a question about bribery allegations against border czar Tom Homan. While talking with reporters during a meeting with…
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President Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. military killed six alleged “narcoterrorists” in a “kinetic” strike off the coast of Venezuela. The president said the boat was affiliated with a designated terrorist organization and was struck Tuesday morning in the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) area of responsibility. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics,…
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Former CNN reporter and longtime Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr blasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the department’s new policy restricting access to the building for journalists, predicting it will lead to more pointed coverage of the Trump administration’s defense policy. “Pete Hegseth genuinely seems to believe that confiscating Pentagon access passes for journalists who don’t sign up…
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When Barack Obama speaks, people listen — not just because he’s a former president, but because he knows what leadership rooted in empathy sounds like. On Marc Maron’s W-T-F podcast, Obama didn’t mince words about Donald Trump’s latest move to deploy military forces into American cities. He warned that America’s democracy is being “weakened…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is scheduled to hold a press conference at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, his first of the week as the shutdown clock strikes two weeks. Jeffries and his Democratic caucus have remained united behind demands for Republicans to agree to extensions to ObamaCare tax credits as a condition for reopening the…
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The Labor Department warned that the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts could cause an uptick in food prices amid a decrease in labor and an increase in demand for fresh produce. The department wrote in an interim rule released on the Federal Register earlier this month that the decline in immigrant labor will “exacerbate [an]…
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Give Donald Trump a Nobel Peace Prize! Seriously, there’s a good argument to be made that the president deserves it. Thanks to Trump, there is finally peace in Gaza, and all remaining living Israeli hostages have been returned. Trump achieved what President Biden could not: He persuaded the Israeli government, which under Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Raising income taxes for wealthy Americans is the most popular way of reducing the federal debt, according to the latest Gallup poll. The survey, conducted in September, asks Americans whether they support a range of methods aimed at reducing the federal debt, which has ballooned in recent years to more than $37 trillion. Only two…
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Ezra Levin, the executive co-director of the organization behind “No Kings Day,” called Indivisible, said Monday that people shouldn’t worry about taking to the streets for the upcoming “No Kings Day” on Saturday. “Let me tell you: It’s gonna be fun,” he told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on “The Rachel Maddow Show.” “It’s gonna be powerful,…
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(NEXSTAR) — As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, and for the penny, the end may be coming sooner than expected. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump called on the Treasury Department to stop minting new one-cent coins, calling them “wasteful.” A few months later, the Treasury confirmed it would…
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) dared Democrats on Tuesday to challenge President Trump’s administration move to repurpose previously appropriated funds to pay service members during the government shutdown. “If the Democrats want to go to court and challenge troops being paid, bring it. OK,” Johnson said during a press conference at the Capitol. The Speaker…
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Former Massachusetts Gov. and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (R) said he’s heartbroken after his sister-in-law was found dead in a parking garage in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Friday. “Our family is heartbroken by the loss of Carrie, who brought warmth and love to all our lives,” Romney said in a statement obtained by People magazine.…
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New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) vowed Monday to fight the federal bank fraud charges filed against her by a Trump-appointed prosecutor, arguing they are politically motivated. “I stand on sold rock and I will not bow, I will not break, I will not bend,” James said at a rally for New York City…
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Tuesday that he will work with Israel’s Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana to rally support from leaders of parliaments around the world to jointly nominate President Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in securing a Gaza ceasefire deal and release of Israeli hostages. “This is a historic moment.…
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., said it’s laying off 550 employees Tuesday as “part of a reorganization that began in July and not related to the current government shutdown.” “In order to best position JPL going forward, we are taking steps to restructure and establish an appropriate size to ensure future success,”…
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Former President Obama appeared in a new ad for California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) redistricting effort on Tuesday, warning that Republicans want to steal congressional seats to “rig” next year’s midterm elections. “California, the whole nation is counting on you,” Obama says in the 30-second spot. “Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the…
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President Trump said early Tuesday morning he was inspired to advocate for a pardon on behalf of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Israeli legislators cheered in support of the leader following the successful release of hostages held by Hamas. “I told [Netanyahu] I didn’t want to bring up the pardon, but it was just…
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The Russian military targeted Ukraine’s second-largest city with glide bombs and drones in an overnight assault, days ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meeting with President Trump at the White House. Russia struck a hospital in Kharkiv, located in the country’s northeast region, and injuring 57 people, Zelensky said Tuesday morning. “An utterly terrorist, cynical…
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Former Vice President Harris praised President Trump and his administration for their role in Israel and Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire and peace deal. “Through diplomacy and persistence, today is an important first step toward a more hopeful future,” Harris said in a statement posted to the social platform X. “ I commend the leaders…
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