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For decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goal has been to undermine democratic nations, particularly those in NATO, and weaken their ability to thwart his imperialist ambitions. Under President Trump, he could not have been more effective.  The most powerful leader in the world today is not the president of the United States, as has been true…
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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and seven other Senate Democrats pressed U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday about divesting his stake in World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture launched by the Trump and Witkoff families last year.  Witkoff, who has helped negotiate deals for President Trump around the world, still had a stake in the company…
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Preservationists fear for how Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom will sit alongside the White House itself, which is about 55,000 square feet.

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The long winding road back to democratic power started Saturday on Main Street and will finish on Pennsylvania Avenue. Agents of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement have brutally ruled the streets since the start of President Trump’s second term. But on “No Kings Day,” millions of proud and patriotic Americans took their turn on broad avenues…
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A preservation group is pushing for a pause in the demolition of the East Wing of the White House for a $200 million ballroom proposed by President Trump. “We respectfully urge the Administration and the National Park Service to pause demolition until plans for the proposed ballroom go through the legally required public review processes,”…
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The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment, and the Saudi Embassy declined to comment.

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) took to the Senate floor Tuesday evening in protest of President Trump’s policies and has been speaking for more than 17 hours — with a handful of other Democrats sprinkled in. The lengthy speech comes as the government shutdown stretched into its 22nd day, marking the second-longest lapse in funding in…
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said Wednesday he thinks Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) would engage in “sincere” talks about extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits once the government reopens. Fetterman — who came out on Tuesday in favor of the GOP “nuking” the Senate filibuster to pass a bill to reopen…
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Russian forces launched drone and missile attacks into Ukraine overnight Wednesday, killing six people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.  Zelensky said on social platform X that 10 regions across Ukraine were targeted, with energy infrastructure facilities and residential buildings hit. Among the six killed, two were children, he noted. “Another night proving that Russia does…
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HuffPost reporter S.V. Dáte, who has feuded with the White House press office in recent days, is defending his reporting on President Trump in response to attacks from the president’s allies over his objectivity. “The views I have about Donald Trump now are those that have come from my reporting and from my watching him…
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“We’ve got an authoritarian president bent on being able to use military against the people of the United States,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said.

Donald’s latest grift, Speaker sued and Travis Kelce’s new adventure, just some of the stories HuffPost is following today.

The former White House press secretary revisited the election in her new book, “Independent.”

A former senior adviser to President Trump during his 2016 White House bid on Tuesday questioned Trump’s push to receive a $230 million settlement from the Department of Justice (DOJ).  The president’s lawyers have reportedly demanded compensation for past investigations into his handling of classified documents resulting in a 2022 search of his Mar-a-Lago property…
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As I watched a gray Volvo excavator tear down part of the historic White House East Wing on Monday afternoon, I thought about how perfectly that act of needless, wasteful, self-aggrandizing destruction summed up President Trump’s first 10 months in office.   The East Wing has to go in order to make room for a sprawling,…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and members of the Democrats’ House Steering & Policy Committee are holding a hearing Wednesday morning to look into the impacts of the ongoing government shutdown, now on Day 22. The lapse in funding has sparked another round of federal layoffs, led to an increase in flight delays and…
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(NewsNation) — Retail giant Walmart, America’s largest private employer, is hitting pause on hiring employees who require H-1B visas, a spokesperson confirmed to multiple news outlets. The H-1B program allows employers to hire highly skilled non-U.S. citizens, who often fill positions in tech, finance and engineering fields. In September, President Trump signed an executive order requiring a…
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Trump on Tuesday rebuffed a request by top Democratic lawmakers to meet until the three-week-old U.S. government shutdown ends.

Back in 2017, commenting on the Hillary Clinton documents scandal, John Bolton said, “If I had done at the State Department what Hillary Clinton did, I’d be wearing an orange jumpsuit now.” Now Bolton, who previously served as President Trump’s national security adviser but has since become a prominent critic, has been indicted by a…
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Republican Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.) on Tuesday dismissed critics of President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing’s façade to build a new White House ballroom, arguing that liberal reformers have torn down historic statues around the country. Accusing Trump’s critics of hypocrisy, Hawley exclaimed, “Give me a break,” when asked by Laura Ingraham on Fox News’s…
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The Senate on Wednesday is slated to vote on the House-passed funding bill to reopen the federal government for the 12th time. But first, Sen. Jeff Merkley will need to wrap up, as he has been holding the floor since 6:21 p.m. EDT Tuesday. The vote is likely to fail — again. And Republican leaders…
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Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley (Ore.), a prominent Senate progressive, held the Senate floor overnight and into early Wednesday morning, speaking for more than 13 consecutive hours to protest President Trump and his first nine months back in the Oval Office. Merkley began speaking shortly before 6:30 pm Tuesday evening and he was still speaking as…
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ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – A plane that was carrying Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had to make an abrupt landing at St. Louis’ Lambert International Airport on Tuesday evening. Albanese was returning to Australia following his trip to the United States and meeting with President Donald Trump. Officials say a crew member suffered a medical…
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A man was taken into custody late Tuesday after driving his car into a portion of the White House security gate, a Secret Service official said Wednesday. At approximately 10:37 p.m., an individual rammed his vehicle into the Secret Service vehicle gate on 17th and E streets NW in Washington, outside the White House, the…
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