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One baffling line from Trump’s Health and Human Services secretary managed to confuse logic, language and everyone listening.

The president once again struggled with math when he spoke about drug prices.

Legal experts say U.S. strikes against alleged members of Latin American drug cartels are pushing the bounds of international law.

They are “the only one they aren’t quite sure what to do with,” said “The Daily Show” host.

Donald Trump and Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto were caught on a hot mic talking about the Trump scion during the Gaza peace summit.

The late night host had a message about the president’s “high standards.”

Adelita Grijalva still hasn’t been sworn in more than three weeks after winning her election.

The Trump White House press secretary’s remark was condemned as “grossly dark’ and ‘f**cking dangerous.”

The two traded barbs as the election looms in November.

President Trump on Thursday yet again criticized the “blue slip” practice, which allows home-state senators to veto district court judge and U.S. attorney nominees. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social platform, said he has eight “Highly Respected” U.S. attorney nominees that “will not be confirmed for their positions in various Highly Consequential States…
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Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani and independent candidate Andrew Cuomo lobbed attacks at each other during the first of two general election debates in the New York City mayoral race on Thursday, as Cuomo seeks to chip away at his opponent’s comfortable lead.  It was the first time the candidates were back on the debate stage…
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Former national security adviser John Bolton, who was indicted Thursday, said he is “the latest target” in what he alleges are President Trump’s efforts to weaponize the Justice Department (DOJ).  Bolton, who served as the national security adviser during Trump’s first term before becoming a sharp critic of the president, was indicted by a federal…
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The governor of Illinois worried about the president’s “diminished capacity” and how it might make it all too easy for insiders to co-opt his power.

Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley (Calif.) said Thursday that members of Congress are exerting too much energy dishing out blame for the ongoing government shutdown instead of ending it.  “All of the energy is going towards assigning blame to one side or the other when it should be going toward trying to reach a solution that…
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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) and former state Del. Jay Jones (D) came face-to-face on Thursday at a highly anticipated attorney general’s debate in Richmond amid a stunning scandal that has put renewed interest on the downballot race. Unlike past state attorney general races, this year’s contest has garnered national attention following leaked violent…
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Doug Krugman couldn’t swear to “follow a commander in chief who seemed so willing to disregard the Constitution,” he wrote in a Washington Post op-ed.

Virginia Democratic attorney general nominee Jay Jones defended himself over unearthed violent texts and a past reckless driving conviction on stage at Thursday’s highly anticipated attorney general debate in Richmond.  “Let me be very clear: I am ashamed, I am embarrassed, and I am sorry. I am sorry to Speaker Gilbert, I am sorry to…
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Asked who chose Budapest given that history, top White House aides told HuffPost: “Your mom.”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented a new $1,000 immigration fee Thursday for migrants paroled in the United States. The goal of the fee is to “institute accountability and prevent rampant fraud of the parole system,” according to a statement from the department’s public affairs office. The fee would also improve oversight of the…
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the Trump administration Thursday over its decision to raise the fee for H-1B work visa applications to $100,000, arguing that President Trump exceeded his authority in altering the visa program.  The Chamber argues that Congress “struck an intricate, thoughtful balance” in determining fees for the visa program focused on…
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Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro failed to secure a felony indictment against the woman three times, then lost a jury trial on a misdemeanor charge. Ouch.

Three labor unions sued the Trump administration on Thursday in connection with a program that searched social media posts of visa holders, arguing that it violates the First Amendment. The unions — the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; Communication Workers of America; and American Federation of Teachers — called…
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Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey, who is overseeing the U.S. military’s strikes against boats in the Caribbean that the Trump administration argues are smuggling drugs into the country, will retire at the end of the year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday.  Holsey, a four-star admiral who is the commander of U.S. Southern Command (Southcom),…
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Most Americans pinned the blame on the government shutdown on all parties involved — Republicans, Democrats and President Trump — according to a poll released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Roughly three-quarters of Americans surveyed said Republicans, Democrats and Trump deserve “a moderate amount” of blame over the shutdown, with…
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