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The president milked laughter from an Oval Office audience with the line.

The Texas senator, in the heat of his 2016 presidential campaign, put Trump on blast over his ability to “keep this country safe.”

The “Late Show” host also had a blunt question for the president.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins claimed it was the result of “over a thousand simulations.”

President Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is slowing down a peace deal for the war in Ukraine, according to Reuters. “I think he’s ready to make a deal,” Trump said during a Reuters interview, talking about Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I think Ukraine is less ready to make a deal.” When Reuters pressed the…

Social media users tossed a “real question” to the president following his cognitive comments in the Oval Office.

France is set to conduct military drills in Greenland in the wake of tensions between the U.S. and Denmark over the territory. “At the request of Denmark, I have decided that France will participate in the joint exercises organized by Denmark in Greenland, Operation Arctic Endurance. The first French military elements are already on their…

The network’s data chief said this voting bloc has shifted “very much away” from the president since his return to office.

Maligned as “wine moms,” Minnesota mothers speaking out on TikTok say they’ve seen ICE at school drop-offs and grocery stores.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Wednesday he believes in a “correlation between” President Trump’s approval rating falling and “his increasing authoritarian behavior.” “I do think there’s a correlation between the two things that you’re opening this hour talking about: his declining approval, the unpopularity of his policies and his increasing authoritarian behavior,” Murphy told MS…

Several GOP senators backed down from limiting the president’s war powers after he threatened them with electoral consequences.

Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) has been contacted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) over his appearance in a video with five other Democratic lawmakers released last fall. The video, in which lawmakers told members of the military they can refuse illegal orders, followed President Trump’s decision to carry out deadly boat strikes in the Caribbean….

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the U.S. was sending the “first humanitarian shipment” to Cuba to help residents recovering from Hurricane Melissa. “We are working with the Catholic Church and partners to ensure aid reaches the Cuban people directly – not the illegitimate regime,” Rubio wrote on the social platform X. “The…

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee praised Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell amid the investigation into his handling of the central bank’s renovation. “I consider Chair Powell to be a first-ballot hall of fame Fed chair,” Goolsbee told NPR in an interview published Wednesday. “And if we’re going to get into a circumstance where…

Five years later, debates over conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — and attempts to shift blame away from former President Trump — are more than alive and well in Congress: They’re being institutionalized in a Republican-run House panel. The Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6…

The California governor did not hold back after Trump was seen dropping an F-bomb at a Michigan autoworker.

President Trump’s administration’s move to formally change the name of the Department of Defense (DOD) to the Department of War could cost as much as $125 million, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The CBO said on Wednesday that a “modest implementation” of the name change, if it occurred within…

The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal said President Trump “ought to worry more about inflation” amid concerns about affordability. “The consumer-price index came in somewhat hotter than expected with an increase of 0.3% in December and 2.7% over the past 12 months. Overall inflation isn’t rising, but it also isn’t coming down,” the…

More than half of U.S. adults say President Trump has “gone too far” with military intervention abroad, according to a new poll. A survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs found that 56 percent of people say the president has “gone too far” with military operations abroad. Thirty-five percent say his intervention has…

The MS NOW host also chronicled an exodus of Justice Department staffers after Trump claimed Good “ran over” the ICE agent that killed her.

The president on Tuesday consulted with his national security team about next steps after telling reporters he believed the killing in Iran was “significant.”

Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) likened Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations to the “1930s in Germany” a week after a woman was fatally shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis. “Do you think Congress should shut down the government over ICE and [Department of Homeland Security (DHS)] funding to make a statement?” MS NOW’s Ana…

A contingent of Minneapolis officials slammed the continued presence of federal immigration enforcement in the city Wednesday, a week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer fatally shot Renee Good. During a press conference at the Minneapolis City Hall Rotunda, multiple officials referred to ICE officers remaining in the city as an “occupation,” with…

Roughly half of the respondents in a new survey said they believe U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations are making cities “less safe” amid President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. The CNN poll, released Wednesday, found that 51 percent believe the presence of ICE officers in cities across the U.S. has made people “less safe.”…

The worker, TJ Sabula, said he was suspended from his job after calling Trump a “pedophile protector” during the president’s factory tour.