Live updates: CDC chaos as director resists firing; Vaccine battles as others resign
Leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is in limbo after the Trump administration moved to oust its leader, Susan Monarez, a decision likely to shake up vaccine policy. The White House defended the firing late Wednesday, after Monarez refused to step down, claiming her policies were not aligned with President Trump’s…
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We should all rage against the dying of the Fed
Between the Jeffrey Epstein files, unleashing the National Guard in Washington D.C., masked ICE agents snatching law-abiding citizens off the streets, the U.S. government’s new stake in privately-owned Intel, the crisis in Gaza, capitulation to Vladimir Putin and DOGE cuts, my cup of President Trump outrages runneth over. But now, he has crossed the economic Rubicon. Trump’s attempted firing of fed governor Lisa Cook is a…
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White House says CDC director fired after she refuses to resign
The White House said Wednesday that Susan Monarez has been fired from her post as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after she refused to step down from the position. “As her attorney’s statement makes abundantly clear, Susan Monarez is not aligned with the President’s agenda of Making America Healthy Again,”…
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Jesse Watters Tells Trump To Back Off Over 1 Boast: ‘I’m Not Giving Trump Credit For This’
The Fox News anchor scolded the president for taking credit where he believed it wasn’t due.
Gavin Newsom Reveals Trump Team’s Trolling Gifts To Him And The Dark Message Behind Them
The revelation drew laughter from a summit audience but prompted the California governor to warn: “This is serious, guys. This is serious.”
Barack Obama Breaks From Annual Tradition ‘With Everything Going On Right Now’
The former president took a time-out.
Trump Has A Wild 2 A.M. Freakout Over ‘Very Disrespectful’ Governor
The president launched a new attack on Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in the middle of the night.
Fox News Hosts’ Thirsting Over Melania Trump Takes A Very Weird Turn
“What’s my point? What’s your point?” Jesse Watters zinged colleague Brian Kilmeade.
Pranksters Troll Trump Supporters By Exposing MAGA Hypocrisy Right To Their Faces
The Good Liars took a closer look at how Trump supporters have used the flag.
What we know about Minneapolis Catholic school shooting
A shooter took the life of at least two students and injured 17 other people in an attack Wednesday on a morning Mass at a Catholic school in southern Minneapolis, according to police. Police identified the suspect as 23-year-old Robin Westman, from suburban Minneapolis. Police said the shooter barricaded the church door during the shooting,…
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Trump: Soros, son should be charged under racketeering law
President Trump on Wednesday said that billionaire George Soros and his son should be charged under racketeering law for allegedly “supporting violent Protests, and much more.” “George Soros, and his wonderful Radical Left son, should be charged with RICO because of their support of Violent Protests, and much more, all throughout the United States of…
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Trump administration plans new four-year time limits for foreign students in US
The Trump administration is planning a new four-year time limit for foreign students in the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Wednesday. According to the release, a proposed rule was unveiled by the administration on Wednesday “that, if finalized, would limit the length of time certain visa holders – including foreign students–…
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Newsom: ‘I don’t think Donald Trump wants another election’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday said he doesn’t think President Trump doesn’t want another election in 2028 as he urged Americans to “wake up” to threats he said are posed by the administration. “I don’t think Donald Trump wants another election,” Newsom said at Politico’s “The California Agenda” summit in Sacramento. “I have…
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Top Florida Official Says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Will Likely Be Empty Within Days
The controversial detention facility has been the subject of multiple lawsuits and allegations of inhumane conditions.
National Guard in DC now picking up trash, working on ‘beautification’
Some members of the National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., are picking up trash and working on the “beautification” of the nation’s capital as part of President Trump’s federalization of the city’s law enforcement to crack down on crime. Over the weekend, the D.C. National Guard shared a video of troops hauling garbage bags and…
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Trump Hilariously Trashed For Making National Guard Come To DC And Pick Up Garbage
“He did say they’d clean up the streets…” one X user joked.
Karen Bass: Trump attacks ‘nonsense’
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass went after President Trump on Tuesday for what she called attacks that are “nonsense.” During a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump criticized California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Bass’s handling of the wildfires that hit parts of Los Angeles earlier this year. “I think they’re incompetent, OK, to be honest with…
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10-year-old describes friend saving him in Minnesota school shooting
A 10-year-old boy described how his friend saved him amid a Wednesday morning shooting at a church in Minneapolis, where two children and 17 others were killed. “The first one, I was like, what is that? I thought it was just something, then I heard it again. I just ran under the pew, and then…
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MSNBC Host Mocks Cabinet Members Groveling Before Trump In Marathon Meeting
One Trump official thanked him for “saving college football” before saying she believes the U.S. is going through a “revolution” under his administration.
Air Force to provide funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt
The U.S. Air Force will provide Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt with military funeral honors, reversing a Biden-era decision that denied her family’s request, according to a legal group that has represented her family. Judicial Watch, the conservative legal group, on Wednesday made public a letter from Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier,…
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California Supreme Court rejects latest GOP effort to halt redistricting plan
The California Supreme Court rejected a petition Wednesday filed by state Republican legislators seeking to keep Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) plan to redistrict California’s congressional map off a special election ballot this fall. A brief update in the docket announced the petition for a writ of mandate and a request for stay were denied just…
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Influential MAGA figure Michael Anton to leave State Department
Michael Anton, a senior State Department official and fixture of the MAGA movement, is leaving the department in the fall. “The Secretary is grateful for Michael’s willingness to be away from his family to serve his country,” a State Department spokesperson told The Hill on Wednesday. “Any insinuation of friction between Anton and other key…
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Abbott signs ‘Make Texas Healthy Again’ laws alongside RFK Jr.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in Austin Wednesday to promote new “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) state laws. The new MAHA laws prohibit the use of federal food assistance to purchase sodas and candy; ban certain additives in free and reduced-priced school meals; and create…
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Suspected Minnesota shooter’s rifle magazine had ‘Kill Donald Trump’ inscription
The suspected shooter who killed two children at a Minnesota church Wednesday wrote incendiary messages on gun magazines, including one that read “Kill Donald Trump.” The images appeared in a manifesto posted online around the same time as the shooting Wednesday morning. The manifesto included a lengthy written note from the suspected shooter as well.…
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A GOP Rep’s Brutal Public Takedown Went Viral — And Experts In Politics Have Thoughts
People are reacting strongly to a video of a constituent dressing down a Republican politician at a town hall — and experts share several key takeaways from the moment.