(NEXSTAR) – The Jacqueline Kennedy Garden appears to be the latest victim of President Trump’s plans for a White House ballroom where the East Wing once was. Satellite images published by Ars Technica (as well as aerial images from a commercial flight out of DC) appeared to show the Kennedy Garden completely torn up as…
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Bryce Mitchell, who once called Hitler a “good guy,” made a wild claim of biblical proportions about the president.
It’s official: Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry are a couple. The two were photographed in Paris holding hands on Saturday. Perry, celebrating her 41st birthday, attended a cabaret show with Trudeau at the Crazy Horse Paris, according to TMZ. Perry is continuing her “Lifetimes” tour this week in Budapest, Hungary; Kraków, Poland; Prague, Czech Republic,…
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Trump suggested a test involving identifying “a tiger, an elephant, a giraffe” is a measure of intelligence.
Just in time for Halloween, the president is spooking us all with talk of an unconstitutional third term.
The president tried to have it both ways when discussing his plans for 2028 elections.
Millions of people across the country could see their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) assistance dry up during the government shutdown amid a fight between the Trump administration and Democrats. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released guidance Friday saying it won’t use the SNAP contingency funding, which Congress has allocated for emergency scenarios, if the…
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Former President Biden said the country is in the midst of “dark days” under President Trump. “Friends, I can’t sugarcoat any of this. These are dark days,” Biden said Sunday in Boston after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, according to a video from the institute. Biden served alongside the…
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Earlier this month, Donald Trump confirmed that he authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations in the country.
Millions of Americans came together on Oct. 18 to declare “No Kings.” What could be more patriotically American? Our country was born by rejecting the rule of an unaccountable, tyrannical king. The principle that no person is above the law sets us apart from dictators and monarchies. So does the First Amendment to our Constitution,…
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The largest union representing federal workers is calling for an end to the government shutdown, as it hits Day 27. In a Monday release, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National President Everett Kelley said “it’s time” for Congress to immediately pass a clean continuing resolution (CR) to reopen the government. “No half measures, and…
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Ken Burns says his latest epic documentary shows America has been deeply divided since its earliest days, but that the story of the revolution, and the war itself, could “put the ‘us’ back in the U.S.” “We were divided, really divided back then,” Burns told ITK of the time leading up to the Revolutionary War…
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) directed their ire at President Trump on Sunday evening as they rallied in support of their progressive ally in New York City, Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani. The high-profile figures addressed a large crowd of Mamdani supporters at a rally in Queens, where they both directly…
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Rand Paul breaks with Trump, a break in the Louvre museum heist, and a New York Jet gone too soon, just some of the stories HuffPost is following today.
No one likes to be told that what they are doing is wrong or unpopular. This is especially true of politicians in a democracy. Yet without the freedom to criticize and point out flaws in government policy, democracy turns into a hollow shell. That means that political leaders must cultivate a “civic sensibility” in which…
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President Trump touched down in Japan on Monday, as he treks across Asia for a series of high-stakes meetings. He paid a short visit to the nation’s emperor before retiring for the night. En route from Malaysia, Trump predicted a “successful transaction” during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, while also telling…
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The newspaper’s editorial gushing over the president’s demolition and rebuilding project contained a weird passage.
Argentinian President Javier Milei’s party secured more than 40 percent of the vote in legislative elections on Sunday, delivering a major victory to President Trump, who staked U.S. financial support on the success of the libertarian Latin American ally. “I love that question because that was a big win in Argentina,” Trump told reporters on…
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After 7 million people took to the streets to protest his presidency, President Trump assured the country that he doesn’t consider himself a king. However, he certainly lives like one, and the middle-class Americans who helped elect him are paying for it, literally or metaphorically. The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility tallied several of…
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Fox News’ Jesse Watters laughed at the offensive moment.
“I’d be apopleptic,” confessed James Lankford.
Trump went in for a “routine yearly checkup” earlier this month just six months after his annual physical.
The newspaper’s conservative editorial board declared the president was “wrong” on two counts and “shouldn’t get away” with it.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom pointed out that millions of Americans could lose access to critical food benefits.
The CNN anchor’s fact-check left the president’s claims in the shopping cart.