The lack of a new budget has not slowed his ability to terrorize Chicago, attack boats in the Caribbean, threaten military deployments domestically — even build his ballroom.
According to the Treasury, the back side of the coin would show Trump pumping his fist in front of an American flag.
Award-winning Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara has been deported to El Salvador in what press freedom advocates alleged was done “in retaliation for his reporting.” A leader with the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a nonprofit organization that defends worldwide press freedom, said Guevara’s deportation from the U.S. Friday morning was the first time the organization…
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Leavitt told Bianca Gracia she loves her energy after being surprised by her bold ask.
Nearly three-quarters of Americans surveyed say economic conditions are poor or fair, according to a poll from the Pew Research Center. The number of respondents who said they feel this way, at 76 percent, is a few points higher than what the center found in January 2024. At that time, 72 percent held the view…
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President Trump welcomed Hamas’s response Friday to his proposal for ending the war in the Gaza Strip, turning pressure on Israel to accept a ceasefire. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said he believes Hamas is ready “for a lasting PEACE” before calling on Israel to end its bombing of the enclave. “Israel must…
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The release of musician Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album “The Life of a Showgirl” has already sparked discussion and debate online as fans rush to figure out hidden meanings in her lyrics. The album’s 10th song, “CANCELLED!,” has particularly caught fans’ attention. Even before the album’s release, fans wondered about the song’s title and who…
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Hamas said Friday it could accept parts of a Trump administration peace deal to end the war in Gaza, including the release of Israeli hostages living and dead, according to The Associated Press. This is the first public response since President Trump laid out a Sunday deadline that promised “HELL” if Hamas rejected the deal. …
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Corey Lewandowski, a senior adviser at the Department of Homeland Security and ally to President Trump, hinted Thursday he might run for governor in New Hampshire. “Everyone says being a governor is the best job in politics,” Lewandowski wrote on the social platform X. “I agree.” Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager in 2016 and campaign adviser…
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And the government shutdown is making it worse.
Trump appears keen to deliver on pledges to end the war and return dozens of hostages ahead of the second anniversary of the attack on Tuesday.
The president decided the best way to deal with a government shutdown was to (checks notes) troll Democrats with a Blue Öyster Cult song parody.
White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on Thursday said GOP lawmakers are “quietly frustrated” by President Trump’s references to the conservative policy initiative known as Project 2025 during the government shutdown. In recent days, the president has touted a meeting with White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, who co-authored the Heritage…
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The White House on Friday defended the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of a second generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone, but said it shouldn’t be interpreted as an endorsement of the drug. The decision, made quietly before the government shutdown, means there are now three companies in the U.S. making mifepristone. It…
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The Treasury Department shared draft images Friday of a commemorative $1 coin bearing the image of President Trump to be circulated to mark 250 years since the country’s founding. U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach shared images of the draft coin on his social platform X account. One side of the coin features a profile of Trump’s…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) blasted Senate Republicans for “playing games” instead of using the “nuclear option” to reopen the government, three days after funding lapsed. “If Republican Senators wanted to pass the CR [continuing resolution] and reopen the government they could, by using the nuclear option to override the 60 vote rule and pass…
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President Trump has directed aides to review aid for Portland, Ore., that could be cut amid immigration protests in the city, the White House said Friday. “He has directed his team here at the White House to begin reviewing aid that can be potentially be cut in Portland. We will not fund states that allow…
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday there was “no tangible plan” to deploy Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents to the Super Bowl in February after the NFL announced Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny would be the halftime performer. “As far as ICE being at the Super Bowl, as far as I’m aware…
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The Venezuelan government on Thursday denounced the “illegal incursion” of five American fighter jets into the country’s coastal airspace, alleging “a pattern of harassment” by the U.S. government. The news came a day before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. military killed four “narco-terrorists” off the coast of Venezuela in the latest in a…
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“I never imagined that I would be fired from almost 30 years of government service for this,” the director said.
Those strikes followed a buildup of U.S. maritime forces in the Caribbean unlike any seen in recent times.
President Trump said Friday he had reversed cuts his administration attempted to make to Homeland Security and counterterrorism funding for New York City and the state. “I am pleased to advise that I reversed the cuts made to Homeland Security and Counterterrorism for New York City and State. It was my Honor to do so,”…
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A new survey has found that a majority of Republicans and Make America Great Again (MAGA) supporters back the extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits at the center of the government shutdown fight. The poll, released Friday and conducted by the nonpartisan health policy research organization KFF, indicated that 59 percent of…
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Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is raising concerns over the lack of details given about President Trump’s “most favored nation” (MFN) pricing deal he announced with Pfizer this week, calling on the company’s CEO to explain how it plans to execute the agreement. In a letter to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, provided to The Hill, Gallego…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Friday afternoon as Republicans seek to blame Democrats and their health care demands for the government shutdown, now in its third day. Jeffries suggested Thursday that public pressure could force Republicans and President Trump back to the negotiating table, though Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) dismissed…
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