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The Navy has restored Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) to the retired rank of rear admiral after he received a demotion in 2022 for unethical behavior. “After finding good cause to reopen your retired grade determination, and upon review of all applicable reports and references, it is my pleasure to inform you, effective immediately, you are…
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The city’s attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the hundreds of troops are essentially an “involuntary military occupation.”

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on Wednesday warned that the United States is heading towards a “credibility crisis” due to President Trump’s moves to influence the Federal Reserve. “We’re on the foothills of a credibility crisis,” Summers said during a Wednesday appearance on Bloomberg Television’s “Wall Street Week” with David Westin. “We are in completely…
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A dozen federal judges across the political spectrum have spoken out against the Supreme Court’s handling of cases involving President Trump amid intense public scrutiny of lower court rulings. The 12 judges spoke to NBC News on condition that they not be identified out of fear of retaliation, so it’s unclear who they are or…
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President Trump’s deployment of Washington National Guard troops to patrol the nation’s capital has been extended through December to ensure that service members receive the full scope of benefits for the mission, according to multiple news outlets.  The soldiers were placed in the district to aid in Trump’s federal takeover of local law enforcement, but…
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The president might want to look elsewhere for gratitude, it seems.

Far-right activist Laura Loomer slammed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for supporting an effort to force the Justice Department to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling her a “traitor” to President Trump and his MAGA base. Greene joined a press conference outside the Capitol with Epstein’s accusers Wednesday as they offered…
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Stephen Miran, President Trump’s pick for an opening on the Federal Reserve board, is expected to tell senators that “independence” is crucial to the central bank’s mission during his confirmation hearing Thursday. “In my view, the most important job of the central bank is to prevent depressionsand hyperinflations,” Miran wrote in his prepared remarks submitted…
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Stephen Miran, President Trump’s pick to join the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, will testify Thursday morning before the Senate Banking Committee. The confirmation hearing for Miran, who currently serves as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), comes as Trump has moved to gain control of the traditionally independent central bank.…
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Health and Human (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to face tough questions on Capitol Hill Thursday as he testifies on President Trump’s health agenda, a week after chaos brewed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following a personnel overhaul. Kennedy shook up the agency last week after pushing out…
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Layoffs surged nearly 40 percent last month, with employers eliminating 85,979 positions — the largest August hit since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to research released Thursday. The analysis from the Challenger, Gray & Christmas consulting firm noted the cuts, which have hit the pharmaceutical, financial and retail industries especially hard,…
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Private employers added just 54,000 jobs in August, indicating a slowdown in the hiring market, according to ADP data released Thursday morning.  ADP’s jobs figure is lower than the forecast made by The Wall Street Journal, which predicted 75,000 positions added last month.  “The year started with strong job growth, but that momentum has been…
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before the Senate on Thursday morning on the Trump administration’s health agenda. Kennedy is expected to face questioning over the recent shakeup of leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after he moved to fire former CDC director Susan Monarez…
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Democrats should just rename themselves the “Not Trump” Party and be done with it. It would be far more honest branding. After all, for the last nine years, the Democratic Party has been a squabbling mass of interest groups united only by their hatred of President Trump.   That’s no recipe for long-term success —…
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Lisa Phillips, an accuser of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, said it was “shocking and upsetting” for her to hear President Trump call their Capitol Hill push for transparency a “hoax” perpetrated by Democrats. “For me, personally, it was shocking and upsetting. I just — I couldn’t believe that he said that,” Phillips…
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) repudiated his Republican colleagues on Wednesday for opposing his effort to force the Justice Department (DOJ) to publicly release information on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In remarks to CNN’s Manu Raju, the leader of the GOP rebellion warned his colleagues that they’re making a political mistake. “I care…
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“I think we’re going to get it all straightened out,” the president said.

The president said he’ll “just have to blame” it “if something happens that’s really bad.”

“Trolololololol,” the White House communications director Steven Cheung responded to a post about the move.

Democratic leaders in Illinois and Maryland are under growing pressure to move forward with redistricting as they eye potential White House bids in 2028 and Republicans in other states move forward with rewriting their own congressional lines. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) has said all options are on the table for redistricting in his state,…
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Democrats are taking a much tougher stance on the looming deadline to keep the government open than they did earlier this year, warning there will be a shutdown if Republicans attempt to jam them with another partisan stopgap funding measure from the House. Spurred on by disgruntled progressives who want to see them fight, Democrats…
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Michael Osterholm explained why he “wouldn’t want my kids going to Florida in the years ahead, to go to Walt Disney World or any place like that.”

The “Late Show” host ripped the president for attacking the city of Chicago.

The late night host’s crack got an unexpected reaction from his live audience.

Donald Trump’s son addressed the rumors that have swirled in recent days.