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The House is set to vote Wednesday on a narrow, GOP-crafted health care bill, having shut down any chance of an amendment that includes an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies. A contentious Rules Committee meeting ended Tuesday night with an ObamaCare effort by moderate Republicans being ruled out of order. The impending lapse of…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio slammed Vanity Fair for publishing a bombshell profile on White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in which she delivered candid assessments of President Trump’s Cabinet and his policies. In a statement on the social platform X, Rubio joined the chorus of White House officials standing by Wiles while accusing…

The president has said he has the right to pardon the world’s most notorious living child sex trafficker and has repeatedly refused to rule it out.

Governor Kathy Hochul maintains a 19-point lead over her Republican challengers in a hypothetical 2026 election matchup, according to a Siena College poll, while New Yorkers expressed optimism about the state’s direction and supported proposals to tax the wealthy to fund social services.

The outgoing lawmaker predicted serious trouble for her party.

Laura Benanti’s bogus FLOTUS addressed THAT “gives a f**k about Christmas” tape on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”

The president “loves taking credit” for this one thing, said the late-night host.

But the president insisted: “I build good.”

The White House also shared a Christmas-themed meme of the president set to a 50 Cent song.

The “Late Show” host took matters into his own hands after Susie Wiles questioned why anyone would blame the president for his retributive ways.

Editor-in-chief Katie Sanders said the fact-checking website is showing why lies “have consequences on real people.”

The president’s inner circle reportedly filed into the room “like nervous schoolchildren” for the photoshoot.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that “the dam is breaking” on President Trump’s influence over the Republican Party. “I think the dam is breaking. Many Republicans may not have called him out, but last week, 13 Republicans voted with Democrats to overturn one of President Trump’s executive orders, which enabled him to fire…

“It’s really significant when someone like Donald Trump does this,” one psychologist explained. “It sends a signal that it’s acceptable to do this.”

The moves comes after U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, an unusual move that followed a buildup of military forces in the region.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins sent a letter on Tuesday to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) requiring him to conduct recertifications for Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in four counties. “As part of the recertification process, ensure SNAP households in Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington, and Wright counties meet all eligibility requirements for SNAP, including by accounting…

President Trump will participate in a Hanukkah celebration at the White House Tuesday evening. The event comes as Jewish groups in the U.S. have urged their counterparts to increase security precautions after an attack during a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, over the weekend. It was also recently revealed that a history-making menorah —…

WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley said the president’s comments were the “last straw” for him.

The CNN host got honest about his coverage of Trump.

A British lawmaker on Tuesday urged the BBC to “stick by their guns” in its new legal fight with President Trump, who sued the media company and claimed it edited a speech he gave to supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, before the U.S. Capitol attack. “I think it’s right that the BBC stands firm on…

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the massive media conglomerate that owns HBO, CNN and a number of other top brands in news and entertainment, is preparing to advise its top shareholders to reject a bid from Paramount to buy the company and back a planned deal with Netflix instead. The decision, which was reported by multiple…

An attorney for the union said Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and his crew rolled up on a picket line and asked to see identification.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Tuesday’s classified briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirms the Trump administration has no legal or national security justification for the strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.  A member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Murphy said in a…

WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley said Tuesday he is cutting ties with the professional wrestling organization, citing its close relationship with the Trump administration. Foley, who’s long been critical of President Trump, said the president’s comments on the death of acclaimed actor-director Rob Reiner were the “final straw” compelling the wrestler to inform WWE…

President Trump is facing backlash from both ends of the political spectrum for his response to the killings of director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, with some critics arguing the president’s words were particularly troublesome in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination. While Trump’s comments are unlikely to harm him…