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On Tuesday, Mike Waltz, President Trump’s former national security adviser, faced a grilling in the Senate as he seeks his next job: U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.   In his confirmation hearing, Waltz spun himself as a tough advocate for American interests. Yet he kept bumping up against the same dilemma: in spite of the…
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President Trump on Friday asked why the Democrats — when they controlled the Senate and White House — did not release the files linked to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, which have dominated the headlines in recent days. “If there was a ‘smoking gun’ on Epstein, why didn’t the Dems, who controlled the ‘files’ for four…
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President Trump said Friday morning that he was thrilled by the news that CBS is canceling the decade-running “Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” “I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired,” the president wrote in a post on Truth Social. “His talent was even less than his ratings.” The president also took aim at ABC’s “Late…
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At the direction of President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi is expected to ask a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury testimony in the case of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trying to quiet the unrelenting calls for more transparency in the case, Trump on Thursday night asked for the release,…
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Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) blasted CBS for announcing it will cancel comedian and host Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show,” pressing for more transparency on the decision. The move comes shortly after Colbert publicly took CBS’s parent company Paramount Global to task for settling a $16 million lawsuit with President Trump. “CBS canceled…
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said Thursday that he thought the Trump administration would have to turn over all the “Epstein files” due to what he characterized as significant bipartisan support for their release. “We need total disclosure of the complete file, redacting only the names and the identities of the minor victims,” the Maryland Democrat…
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Out of all the things President Trump has done, I would never have imagined it would be the late Jeffrey Epstein that finally dented his political armor and turned his conspiracy-minded base against him.  I confess I feel a little cheap writing about this. So I have to remind myself that this is really the…
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The personal health information of 79 million people will soon be in the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, who will use the data trove to find undocumented migrants in the U.S. amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown. ICE plans to use the nation’s Medicaid database to “receive identity and location information on aliens…
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The California senator had a blunt two-word remark for the president. Then he followed up with a demand.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) early Friday blasted her Republican and Democratic colleagues after all six of her amendments to the House’s defense appropriations bill failed. The lower chamber advanced the legislation, which allocates around $832 billion in funding for Department of Defense (DOD) programs for fiscal 2026 in a vote overnight. Greene’s amendment to…
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In a letter Thursday, the Federal Reserve chief rejected criticism the White House has leveled at him over the cost of renovation projects.

On the menu: Epstein scandal not going quietly; Cornyn gets a boost; Hogg-tied; Ernst headed for the exits?; “TacticalGramma” There’s something familiar about the way a lot of Democrats are talking these days about their party’s nominee for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani.  A standard line from Democrats skeptical of socialistic policies and anxious…
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While the media focus obsessively on the future of Fed Chairman Jay Powell, they all but ignore a major breakthrough engineered by the Trump administration that will ultimately reset our relations with China and free the U.S. from Beijing’s blackmail. The Biden presidency was pockmarked by sporadic kowtowing to China, as when he allowed a…
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House Republicans greenlighted the first series of funding cuts recommended by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with the $9 billion batch of rescissions heading to President Trump’s desk for signing.  The lower chamber approved the cuts, which claw back the federal funding for both public broadcasting and foreign aid, in a 216-213 late Thursday…
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has suggested that a Florida migrant detention tent camp known as “Alligator Alcatraz” could be used as a blueprint for other states as the federal agency seeks to add locations to hold undocumented migrants facing deportation. Noem said in an announcement about where similar facilities could be…
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While America fixates on wars in Israel and Ukraine, protests over deportations and fights over tariffs, a quieter crisis is destroying our children from within.  Nearly one-third of U.S. children show signs of addictive behavior tied to mobile phones and social media by age 11. Those with the highest levels of compulsive use are more than…
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It’s “the perfect window into the MAGA mindset,” said the “Late Night” host.

The propaganda-style video was slammed on social media as “downright embarrassing” and “really gross.”

The California governor flipped the president’s own words right back at him.

The rapper/country singer is looking forward to this upcoming White House event.

The Good Liars’ stunt comes as MAGA backlash to President Donald Trump over the Epstein files grows.

Kimmel didn’t hold back after the network announced its surprise decision on the longtime host.

Harry Enten said the figures “surprised” him as the president navigates GOP criticism on his administration’s handling of the Epstein files.

The “Late Show” host called attention to some issues the president doesn’t like to talk about.

Jordan Klepper took down the president’s surprise comments about his predecessor.