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The government shutdown shows no signs of stopping. But eventually, Democrats are going to cave and agree to end the shutdown, because they have a much lower threshold for national pain than the Trump White House does. Apart from the president’s willingness to target blue states and “Democrat agencies,” whatever those are, the wheels will…
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) advised President Trump against a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, a former associate of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. “Would you want to see Ghislaine Maxwell pardoned? Or would you want the opposite?” media personality Piers Morgan asked on an episode of his show “Piers Morgan Uncensored” posted Wednesday. “I would…
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Pope Leo XIV made an urgent plea Thursday for the public to protect the emblems of journalism amid widespread attacks on the media and free speech. “Doing the work of a journalist can never be considered a crime, but it is a right that must be protected,” the pontiff said in an address to the…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday defended his opposition to a one-year extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, a proposal backed by a handful of moderate Republicans as part of an effort to reopen the government. In an interview on “CNN News Central,” the Democratic leader noted the short-term proposal “doesn’t even…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called fellow New York Rep. Mike Lawler (R) a “malignant clown” in the wake of a confrontation in a House hallway. “So, we conclude this press conference, and I hear that Mike Lawler, who’s a complete and total fraud, is waiting outside to step to me, apparently,…
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Republican pundit Karl Rove knocked California Democrat and candidate for governor Katie Porter for an interview during which she was combative with a journalist and refused to answer questions about her candidacy for the state’s highest office. “It says something about it that look, she’s an unpleasant person, we’ve known that from the day that…
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin on Wednesday defended an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who shot a pastor with a pepper ball from a rooftop, after a video of the incident went viral this week. Videos of the Sept. 19 incident, which circulated widely Wednesday on social media, showed the…
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As the government shutdown continues in Washington, D.C., the country’s more than 33 million small businesses could soon start feeling the effects. When the government shuts down, the Small Business Administration stops processing new loans and approving routine small-business loans. “The Small Business Administration is one such organization with federal employees that comes grinding to…
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Trevor Noah says one of the “first things you lose” in authoritarianism is comedy and that fellow comics are “s‑‑‑ting themselves” under President Trump. “When I was growing up until I was 6 years old, maybe even like closer to 10, free speech wasn’t a thing,” Noah, who was born in South Africa, said during…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is adding pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to call lawmakers back to Washington after he canceled this week’s votes amid the government shutdown.  “I think he should really bring the House back in session for many reasons,” Greene told CNN in an interview Wednesday, while criticizing Johnson for stalling…
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President Trump is hosting a Cabinet meeting Thursday morning at the White House, a day after the president announced that the “first phase” of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is set to begin. Trump, in a phone call with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, said he believes the remaining hostages in Gaza will be…
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Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) the “lone voice of reason” in the GOP after she bucked her party by demanding the release of the Epstein files and by opposing the expiration of health care subsidies. “For the last few years, Republicans were the ones screaming for these Epstein files —…
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New Jersey’s GOP nominee for governor, Jack Ciattarelli, broke with the Trump administration Wednesday on two topics during the final gubernatorial debate before Election Day.  Ciattarelli said he disagrees with the president’s decision to support the completion of an almost-finished offshore wind farm project in the area surrounding the Garden State and criticized the leader’s…
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Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid said Thursday he will offer Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a security net to retain power if far-right members exit the governing coalition over opposition to President Trump’s ceasefire deal with Hamas. “I have offered him a security net, he’s got a security net,” said Lapid, chair of the Yesh…
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President Trump says he expects the remaining hostages to be released from Gaza on Monday as part of the first phrase of Trump’s 20-point peace plan. “The big thing is hostages are going to be released. It’s probably, our time, would be probably Monday, and you know, it’s… a terrible situation there,” the president said…
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Israel and Hamas are expected on Thursday to sign a deal brokered by President Trump, who lauded the first phase of peace coming to the Middle East and the team that made it happen. “The world has come together around this deal,” Trump told Sean Hannity on Fox News on Wednesday night. There and on…
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Most Americans support bringing U.S. servicemembers home from Iraq and Syria, saying that the military should generally have less involvement in the Middle East, according to a new survey shared first with The Hill.  The Thursday poll, from Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) and YouGov, found that 62 percent of U.S. adults at least somewhat…
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People often look up to the president — and in this case, that’s clearly a problem.

The president was suspected of making the goof and now it’s been confirmed.

An executive for reigning World Cup champion Argentina confirmed it was due to the situation in Chicago, where Trump has deployed National Guard troops.

The president also slammed MSNBC repeatedly during a White House roundtable.

The California governor mocked the president for what appeared to be a “still image.”

The late-night host mocked the top Trump official with his theory.

The moment was mocked as the perfect source material for “Saturday Night Live.”

“President Non Compos Mentis has no idea what the writ of habeas corpus is,” conservative attorney George Conway mocked Donald Trump.