State lawmakers have taken up President Trump’s aggressive push to expand the use of the death penalty, setting up legislative and legal battles that could make a wider range of crimes subject to capital punishment. In September alone, 15 states sought the federal government’s support in their quest to increase the death penalty’s scope outside…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) insists she hasn’t changed, but the conservative firebrand’s deepening splits with her party on everything from Jeffrey Epstein to health care subsidies are puzzling and exasperating her fellow Republicans. Greene forged her political identity in Congress as a fierce Trump loyalist, defending the president and Jan. 6, 2021, protestors, and…
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The Oscar winner also slammed Donald Trump as a “would-be king who wants to take” democracy away.
Trump called for a new era of harmony in the Middle East during a global summit on Gaza’s future, trying to advance broader peace in the region after visiting Israel to celebrate a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Hamas.
The “emergency” nude protest ride was a “quintessentially Portland way to protest” the policies of the Trump administration, said one rider.
Kristi Noem’s Department of Homeland Security also addressed the mockery of its boss.
The president attempted to rewrite the history of a scandal in which he was not even involved.
Israel and Hamas were locked in tense, albeit indirect, negotiations over the list of Palestinian prisoners to be freed.
Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked the president about his afterlife prospects.
The layoffs still impact 600 now-former CDC staff members.
Israel and Hamas moved ahead on a key first step of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement by freeing hostages and prisoners, raising hopes that the U.S.-brokered deal might lead to a permanent end to the two-year war that ravaged the Palestinian territory.
Vice President J.D. Vance’s comments come as the president himself previously floated this possibility.
President Trump said Sunday that he may send Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine if Russia doesn’t settle its ongoing war with the country. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, the president said he may speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin before sending Ukraine the missiles, which can strike targets from over 1,000 miles away. “I…
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Trump demanded authorities “look into” the senator after former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James were indicted.
Former Vice President Harris said she’s unsure whether Americans can trust the Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Trump. “I don’t know if we can trust what’s coming out of the Department of Justice right now,” Harris told MSNBC on Sunday. “And that pains me to say that as someone who spent the majority of…
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Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Sunday argued the government shutdown is being caused by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) “being petrified of their left flank.” “This shutdown is a direct result of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries being petrified of their left flank and wanting to show…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) encouraged more Republicans to speak out against federal troop deployments across state lines, pointing to recent criticism from Oklahoma’s GOP governor as “good news.” “We’ve got to all stand together because there [are] truly unconstitutional actions that are coming out of this administration, coming at the states and the people…
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said Sunday that the government shutdown has been “very isolating.” Fetterman is one of three members of the Senate Democratic Conference to vote for a Republican-backed proposal to fund the government through Nov. 21, along with Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.) and Angus King (Maine), an independent who caucuses with Democrats.…
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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said on Sunday that a hypothetical commitment from Republicans to hold a vote by the end of the year on extending health care subsidies would not be sufficient to secure Democratic support for the GOP proposal to reopen the government. Kelly, in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” called…
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The GOP rep called the “pushback” ICE has been getting “interesting.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the government shutdown will not change his opposition to extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, which Democrats have made their central demand in the ongoing funding standoff. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Graham criticized Democrats’ approach and said he wouldn’t support extending the subsidies unless there was…
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Trump falsely claimed yet again the insurrection was former President Joe Biden’s fault despite the fact that Biden wasn’t even sworn into office yet.
Vice President Vance said on Sunday that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) should “suffer some consequences” after President Trump called for the outspoken governor to be jailed for failing to protect federal immigration enforcement. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos noted Trump’s call for Pritzker to be jailed and repeatedly…
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(NEXSTAR) — Monday is creeping ever-closer, but regardless of whether or not this is a long weekend for you, there’s one less task you’ll have to perform on October 13: checking your mailbox. Monday, Columbus Day, is one of several holidays observed by federal offices and banks. That includes the U.S. Postal Service, which will…
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Former Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday supported President Trump getting credit for the deal between Israel and Hamas. “Do you think he deserves credit here?” CNN’s Dana Bash asked Sullivan on “State of the Union.” “Of course he does. And I give credit to President Trump, I give credit to [Steve] Witkoff…
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