Kilmar Abrego Garcia is guilty of something, even if the government isn’t quite sure what it is. At the June 6 press conference announcing his return to the U.S. from El Salvador and his indictment, Attorney General Pam Bondi promised a “major update in an important case.” She went on to list a series of…
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President Trump’s newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act will, by most conventional estimates, add trillions to America’s national debt to pay for permanent tax cuts. Republicans insist the bill will unleash economic activity that offsets any lost tax revenue, but few economists agree. The consequences could be severe for future generations. A growing debt…
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House Democrats are calling for an immediate hearing on disaster preparations, including Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) resources, after catastrophic flooding in Texas killed more than 100 people over the weekend. “The flooding … raises serious concerns about FEMA’s readiness and highlights the damaging role that the Trump administration has played in weakening the Federal…
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Democrats Reps. Greg Stanton (Ariz.) and Gabe Amo (R.I.) slammed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday over the administration’s response to fatal flooding in Texas amid its efforts to cut disaster response, climate and weather agencies. “They need to justify it. And I guarantee you here, they will not be able to…
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for invoking a football analogy in response to a question about blame for the triple-digit death toll resulting from the catastrophic flooding in the state over the July Fourth weekend. “For the governor to treat this as if it were a football game, this is…
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Former Vice President Mike Pence defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday, amid mounting criticism of the Pentagon leader’s management style, leaked Signal chats and his reported decision to pause military aid to Ukraine without President Trump’s approval. “I don’t think it’s fair,” Pence told CNN’s Kate Bolduan in an interview Thursday after Sen. Thom…
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A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship for a class of every child it affects. U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, agreed to allow the plaintiffs to proceed as a class that includes any babies whose citizenship status would be at risk…
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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Wednesday for wearing masks as they carry out the Trump administration’s escalating crackdown on illegal immigration. “These ICE agents would do themselves a lot of favor and have more credibility if they did not wear masks and they identified themselves more, because if they…
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned on Wednesday that his government is prepared to retaliate after President Trump announced plans to impose 50 percent tariffs on goods imported from his country. In a statement posted to the social platform X, the Brazilian leader pushed back on “inaccurate” claims of a U.S. trade deficit…
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The North Carolina senator has announced he won’t be seeking reelection in 2026.
Russia launched another major drone and missile strike on Kyiv overnight, Ukrainian officials confirmed Thursday morning, as President Trump ramps up criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin over the continued onslaught. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on social platform X that Russia’s latest attack, using 18 missiles and nearly 400 aerial drone…
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On July 4, President Trump signed into law his “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a sprawling piece of legislation with a staggering price tag. It will add a projected $3 trillion to $4 trillion to the national debt. Having just celebrated our independence, it is worth reflecting on what truly threatens America’s future — and…
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A watchdog group launched a records lawsuit Thursday to obtain communications involving Emil Bove, a senior Justice Department (DOJ) leader at the center of a recent whistleblower complaint. American Oversight seeks to enforce seven Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests it made in February and March, filing the new lawsuit in the lead-up to Bove’s confirmation…
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Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) sparred with CNN commentator Scott Jennings over comments he made Wednesday on Medicaid and steep cuts to the program included in President Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill. As Torres blasted House Republicans for supporting cuts to Medicaid with the legislation signed into law on July 4, Jennings said “according to the [Congressional…
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Former CIA director John Brennan on Wednesday commented on reported scrutiny he has faced from the Justice Department (DOJ), saying he’s “had no contact” with federal officials. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the DOJ saud that former FBI director James Comey and Brennan were facing a “criminal investigation.” “I don’t know whether or not…
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) doubled down on his call for the Trump administration to release more material on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, pointing to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s claims that President Trump is implicated in the alleged files. “Elon Musk said that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files, and that’s the real reason they…
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Congress is closing in on endorsing a sanctions bill against Russia, which pummeled Ukraine overnight Thursday. Amid that, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Malaysia on the sidelines of an Asian nation summit. Rubio indicated the Washington and Moscow are looking at a “new and a different approach”…
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) accused President Trump of being “racist and wrong” on Wednesday after Trump complimented Liberian President Joseph Boakai for speaking English, which is the primary language in his country. “Trump never misses an opportunity to be racist and wrong, and every day he finds a new way to be embarrassing,” Crockett wrote…
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Immigration officials relied in part on a shadowy online blacklist to single out pro-Palestinian campus activists for investigation, a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official testified Wednesday. Peter Hatch, assistant director of intelligence for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), said that he was given a list of names for his team to investigate in March, and…
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National Forest Service (NFS) Chief Tom Schultz on Thursday will testify before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee about the agency’s fiscal 2026 budget request. The request, unveiled in May, includes steep cuts to the NFS workforce while prioritizing “forest management, including timber sales, hazardous fuels removal, mineral extraction, grazing, and wildlife habitat management.”…
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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said Wednesday he believes a so-called “client list” associated with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein once existed but was “destroyed” by the Biden administration. “I think the files existed at one time,” Burchett said in an interview on NewsNation’s “On Balance” with host Leland Vittert. “I think they were destroyed in the…
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The Puerto Rican star flipped the script on the president in “NUEVAYoL.”
Trump’s tax and spending bill does not eliminate taxes on Social Security, overtime and tip income, but merely provides temporary tax deductions
Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly said he discussed the Jeffrey Epstein case in March with President Trump, who told him that there are “a lot of names associated” with the disgraced financier for innocuous reasons. “I talked to President Trump, man to man, eye to eye, on St Patrick’s Day about this… And he…
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Andrew Bailey took issue with how the AI platforms ranked the president on “a straightforward historical question.”