President Trump is set to visit Washington, D.C.’s Museum of the Bible on Monday morning. Trump will also give remarks while at the museum amid a meeting of his Religious Liberty Commission. The administration signaled Trump’s visit is intended to underscore its defense of religious liberty. “The previous administration abused the federal government’s power to…
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Critics slammed the president for attacking NBC’s Yamiche Alcindor when she asked about his threat to use the military in Chicago.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) on Sunday called the Trump administration’s “Patriot 2.0” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) action in her state “political theater” and a “power grab.” “Look, I’ll say this, I’m a former prosecutor. I’m a former attorney general. I’ve said many, many times, including to the Trump administration, that I support, as…
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Multiple broadcasters captured the jeers despite the USTA’s reported efforts to silence them.
An award ceremony for “Saving Private Ryan” star Tom Hanks has been canceled by the West Point Association of Graduates, an alumni association for the the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., according to The Washington Post. The Post reported Saturday that the award ceremony was canceled by the West Point Association of Graduates…
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took a swing at Vice President Vance on Saturday over comments Vance made about a strike on an alleged drug boat. “Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military,” Vance said in a Saturday morning post on the social platform X, referencing…
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Democrats in Indiana, Ohio and Missouri face few good options to counter the GOP in its efforts to push forward with redistricting. In Texas, Democrats temporarily blocked efforts to pass a GOP-friendly House map by leaving the state to deny Republicans the minimum number of lawmakers needed to conduct business. But Democrats in the three…
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President Trump attended the U.S. Open men’s singles final on Sunday between Italy’s Jannik Sinner and Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, but wasn’t the only notable figure to attend the match. A number of celebrities are also in attendance at the final in New York City, including some who are big-name critics of Trump. Some of the…
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President Trump said Sunday he’s ready to move forward with the second phase of sanctions against Russia amid stalled peace talks to end the war with Ukraine. “Yeah, I am,” Trump told a reporter, who asked whether he’s ready to move forward with Phase 2 of the sanctions. Trump has bristled at the suggestion he has not…
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Most Americans oppose President Trump deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and other cities, according to a new poll. In the CBS/YouGov poll, 57 percent of respondents said they are against “Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard to” the nation’s capital, while 43 percent backed the decision. The same poll found 58…
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President Trump on Sunday said he’s “not going to war” with Chicago despite his recent social media post that depicted the city in an apocalypse and hinted at impending war. Asked whether he was “threatening to go to war with Chicago,” Trump told reporters, “We’re not going to war. We’re going to clean up our…
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party, on Sunday ruled out running for president in the 2028 election. Moore — who has emerged as a formidable opponent of the president in recent weeks — was asked in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” whether he plans on…
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Trump border czar Tom Homan said Chicago and other “sanctuary cities” should expect to see immigration enforcement action in the coming week. “Absolutely,” Homan said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, when asked directly about enforcement action in Chicago this week. “You can expect action in most sanctuary cities across the country,” he…
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They are now painting the border wall black. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem recently announced that, at President Trump’s request, the steel fence along our southern border will be coated in dark paint so it heats under the sun and becomes harder to climb. But isn’t that like decorating the house before you’ve built…
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Russia on Sunday launched its largest air strike on Ukraine since the beginning of the war, setting fire to a government building in Kyiv and killing at least two people. Russia launched 810 Shahed-type strike Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones; 9 Iskander-K cruise missiles; and 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, according to the Ukrainian Defense…
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Senate Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated after a series of President Trump’s nominees tapped to key posts have been ousted or have left after only a short stint in office, leaving lawmakers scratching their heads after they poured considerable time and effort into their confirmations. At least five such people have departed for various reasons,…
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A Trump administration plan to remove thousands of agriculture employees from Washington, D.C., is raising concerns among economists, who fear that such a move could erode expertise in a workforce reluctant to relocate. The plan — a cost-saving strategy that would consolidate U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) operations and bring workers closer to their customers — would…
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Democrats admonished President Trump on Saturday after he made a joke about deportations in a post on his Truth Social platform. “‘I love the smell of deportations in the morning…’ Chicago is about to find out why we call it the Department of War,” the president wrote with a meme of himself next to the…
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Saturday slammed President Trump after reports of a White House takeover of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum were published by numerous outlets. “The @Sept11Memorial belongs to the families, survivors, and first responders who’ve carried its legacy for more than two decades,” Hochul wrote in a statement on X, with…
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The United States Tennis Association (USTA), host of the US Open, asked broadcasters not to air “distractions” that may arise from President Trump’s attendance at the Sunday opening ceremony for the men’s singles final match, multiple outlets report. “With respect to Broadcast Coverage, the President will be shown on the World Feed and the Ashe…
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The president hosted members of Congress to show off the newly renovated Rose Garden.
Comedian Bill Maher on Friday echoed calls for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign. “It’s just – he’s got to go,” Maher told viewers during the Friday episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Maher described Kennedy as “nutty” after a series of removals of top advisers and Centers for…
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Congress is racing to avert a government shutdown as a Sept. 30 deadline looms, with Democrats threatening to withhold necessary votes to keep the nation funded. This pushback from Democrats, paired with divisions within the Republican conference, threaten to derail funding negotiations. Several lawmakers, including Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), who serves on the House Appropriations…
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The comedian noted a stark contrast between the president’s actions and the image he’s trying to project.
The Federal Trade Commission’s lone Democrat said the GOP majority was “choosing the side of controlling bosses over American workers.”