Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), while maintaining past criticisms voiced about President Trump, has praised the commander in chief’s political prowess. “It is clear that this shutdown has got to end as soon as possible,” Sanders said on CNN’s “The Source with Kaitlan Collins” on Monday. “But what‘s also clear is that Trump now understands that…
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Democratic Govs. JB Pritzker (Ill.) and Gavin Newsom (Calif.) are threatening to leave the National Governors Association unless the group agrees to condemn President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to their respective states. “This is precisely the federal and interstate overreach we warned against — gubernatorial authority being trampled, state sovereignty being ignored, and…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) criticized President Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy over the shortage of air traffic controllers at Hollywood Burbank Airport on Monday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a publicly available advisory Monday that Hollywood Burbank Airport, located near Los Angeles, experienced delays due to a shortage of air traffic…
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Except Donald Trump himself signed the current law requiring federal employees to get back pay.
A former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official who wrote under the pseudonym “Anonymous” claimed that the Trump administration’s deployment of troops to U.S. cities is a “false flag” operation meant to provide a rationale for ”harsh crackdowns.” “I co-wrote Trump’s first anti-terrorism plan in 2017-18. He’s not trying to stop ‘left-wing’ terrorism. He is staging…
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President Trump welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to the Oval Office on Tuesday to discuss trade, just two months after the president imposed a 35 percent tariff rate on the U.S.’s northern neighbor. Despite weeks of negotiations between the trading partners, Trump cited a “flood” of fentanyl coming from Canada and Carney’s efforts to recognize…
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Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, clapped back at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Monday after she joked about his height and called him a “clown.” “Well, we knew that her brain didn’t work,” Miller told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham on her show “The Ingraham Angle.” “Now we know that her eyes…
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MAGA stands for “Make America Great Again.” Even if you’re not a Trumper, you must admit — it’s one of the most successful marketing strategies of all time. It got Donald Trump, a man with no previous government experience, elected president of the United States not once, but twice. And he won the second time…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Monday he thinks some Republicans are starting to talk about “breaking away” from President Trump. In an interview on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Pritzker called on the public to elect members in 2026 “who actually will follow the law and follow the Constitution in the United States Congress,”…
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Chicago’s police chief said Monday that more than two dozen officers were impacted by tear gas deployed by federal law enforcement when responding to a shooting over the weekend. Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said 27 officers were “affected” by chemical agents deployed by federal agents during a clash with protesters on Saturday. “When our…
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More than a dozen candidates will be on the ballot Tuesday in Tennessee’s special primary elections to replace former Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), months after the GOP lawmaker stepped down. Green represented voters in the Republican-leaning 7th Congressional District — a region that borders Kentucky and Alabama. He first won the district in 2018 and,…
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The FBI analyzed the phone records of nine Republican members of Congress in 2023 during its investigation into President Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to a unclassified document released Monday by Senate Judiciary Committee. The document, dated Sept. 27, 2023, says that an FBI special agent — whose…
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A weird interview with the president really riled the anchor.
The Treasury Department defended its plans to honor President Trump with a $1 coin as the country prepares to commemorate its 250th anniversary, arguing the occasion allows the administration to circumvent a law that only allows individuals to appear posthumously on printed currency. A Monday post from the Treasury Department said it is authorized to…
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A draft memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is raising the possibility that furloughed federal workers may not be entitled to backpay from their time off during the government shutdown. An administration confirmed to The Hill that the memo, which was first reported by Axios, hinges on an aggressive interpretation of the…
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When Donald Trump first ran for president, he asked Black voters a simple question: “What do you have to lose by trying something new like Trump?” Many on the left clutched their pearls at the provocative premise, especially considering the words that followed: “You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent…
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President Trump is back on TikTok, just weeks after he signed an executive order to keep the popular video sharing app in the U.S. after months of uncertainty. The president posted a video on the platform Monday for the first time since election day. Trump often used TikTok during his 2024 presidential campaign. “To all…
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President Trump on Monday knocked the NFL for choosing Bad Bunny, a known critic of his administration, to perform at the Super Bowl. Trump complained about the league’s new kickoff rule, too, in a phone interview with Newsmax. “I don’t know who he is. I don’t know why they’re doing it. It’s like crazy. And…
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Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning on oversight of the Justice Department. Bondi is expected to face intense questioning as the Trump administration continues its crime crackdown and threatens to deploy National Guard troops to several Democratic-run cities. The Trump administration’s targeting of former FBI…
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Multiple airports reported a shortage of air traffic controllers Monday, as the government shutdown nears one week. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in publicly available advisories, said Hollywood Burbank Airport, Denver International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey experienced delays on Monday due to the shortages. Hollywood Burbank Airport, near Los Angeles,…
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Former television host Bill Nye “The Science Guy” visited Capitol Hill on Monday to advocate against President Trump’s budget for NASA. He’s the CEO of the Planetary Society, a non-profit space organization. President Trump’s budget proposal for NASA would cut the agency’s funding by 24 percent from fiscal year 2025 to fiscal year 2026. In…
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The Hill on Tuesday morning convenes some of the top voices in health care, government and the private sector to look at how health policy has shifted in 2025. The Health Next Summit will pair health care experts and lawmakers with journalists from The Hill to share the latest on the government shutdown — driven…
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Donald Trump’s administration is targeting suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean as it bulks up the United States’ military presence in the region.
Jesse Watters’ Fox News guest issued a widely dissed brag about the administration.
“I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but…” said the former Cabinet member.