Former President Obama criticized President Trump’s claims linking the use of Tylenol to autism as “violence against the truth,” warning it could harm pregnant women and families with children who are autistic. “We have the spectacle of my successor in the Oval Office making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously…
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Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) announced Thursday she would introduce articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. due to “health care chaos” under his watch. On social platform X, Stevens wrote, “Health care chaos. Reckless cuts. Rising costs. Michiganders and families across the country are paying the price for RFK…
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appeared to delete a video featuring internet personality Theo Von from its social media page after the podcast host objected to being included in the post without his consent. In the video, posted Tuesday, Von was seen looking into the camera and saying, “I heard you got deported, dude.…
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he’s “very concerned” about controversial claims made by President Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that Tylenol, a common over-the-counter pain medication, is linked to “very increased risk of autism,” despite the lack of clear scientific evidence showing a causal relationship. “I’m…
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Jimmy Kimmel used his second monologue back from his suspension to bash “bully” Donald Trump.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is hammering President Trump’s budget director for promising mass firings if the government shuts down. Jeffries said the threat from Russell Vought, the head of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), won’t cow Democrats into supporting a GOP spending bill they deem a danger to public health. He…
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Democrats are probing the actions of three law firms that signed deals with President Trump, asking why they are doing pro bono work for the Commerce Department. Paul Weiss, Kirkland and Ellis, and Skadden Arps were among those that signed deals with the White House to do millions in pro bono work for causes favored…
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Trump Derangement Syndrome is real. Liberal media bias is real. And despite what his critics scream on social media, Donald Trump is not Hitler, and he’s not a Nazi. But let’s also acknowledge something else that’s true: Donald Trump believes in free speech — for himself. Not for you. Not for me. And certainly not…
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CNN political commentator Van Jones on Wednesday said Democrats are not fans of former FBI Director James Comey but suggested that pursuing charges against him could backfire on the Trump administration. In an interview on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront,” the former Obama administration adviser compared the situation to the short-lived suspension of late night TV…
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Vice President Vance argued Wednesday that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr was not serious when he suggested last week that comedian Jimmy Kimmel be taken off the air over comments the host made about the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. “What people will say is, ‘Well, you know, didn’t the FCC commissioner put…
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Comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late night on Tuesday earned him his largest television audience in more than a decade, ABC announced on Wednesday. “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” this week netted more than 6 million viewers on linear broadcast, according to Nielsen Media Research data, despite the show being preempted in what the network said was…
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President Trump added a consequence to the increasingly likely government shutdown next week, as the White House budget office directed federal agencies to plan for mass layoffs, rather than traditional workforce furloughs, if Democrats don’t agree to a short-term stopgap funding measure. A memo from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reviewed by The…
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Federal and local authorities are still working to determine a motive after a gunman opened fire on an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas on Wednesday. One detainee was killed and two others were critically injured in the incident. The suspected shooter, identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.…
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Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) says a new memo from the White House budget office warning that mass firings could be on the table if there’s a government shutdown is “an attempt at intimidation.” Schumer, who was scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House Thursday to discuss a funding deal before Trump…
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The target on American media has reached authoritarian levels this year.
Recent statements stigmatize people who are autistic, they say.
Pete Souza countered Republican fury over the United Nations snafu.
Congressional lawmakers and their aides are bracing for a shutdown that appears inevitable after President Trump canceled a meeting planned for Thursday with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.). Senate Democrats have said they cannot vote for any House-passed government funding bill if GOP leaders refuse to sit…
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“Maybe I’m being too optimistic, but I’ve seen a lot,” said the former Cabinet member.
The Daily Mirror pulled no punches with its front page review of the president’s speech to the United Nations.
The “Late Show” host mocked the president’s latest awkward moment.
The president’s prank went awry on social media.
The late night host reveals a deeply personal reason for his dislike of the president.
The Trump scion parroted his father’s boast, which has been dubbed “misleading” by fact-checkers.