President Donald Trump‘s assault of theSmithsonianInstitution and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives continued on Friday. The president announced on Truth Social that he was firing Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, and accused her of being “a highly partisan person.” “Upon the request and recommendation …
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The Trump administration has plans to turn the idea of “remigration” — a term associated with the far-right in Europe and the forced removal of all immigrants back to their native countries — into an official federal office that will be dedicated to escalating deportations across the United States. In …
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Elon Musk’s use of ketamine was so intense during the 2024 campaign that he complained it was negatively affecting his bladder function, according to a New York Times report detailing the billionaire’s drug use as he joined President Donald Trump’s circle last year. The Times paints a picture of a …
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Donald Trump was blocked by a federal court on Wednesday from imposing a sprawling set of import taxes on nearly every country. The ruling was in response to two separate lawsuits by businesses and state officials who accused the president of overstepping his authority to issue those tariffs, leaving them …
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Elon Musk’s time in the Trump administration was short, but by no means merciful. As the 130 days of Musk’s “special employee” status in the White House expire, the world’s richest man is leaving the government with shattered public approval, furious investors, and a to-go bag of grift and corruption …
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President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have released the first report authored by the so-called Make America Healthy Again Commission — and it’s riddled with citation errors and even outright fake research. The “MAHA Report: Make Our Children Healthy Again,” which was released …
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White House officials claimed to be the victims of a judicial coup amid a battle between federal courts to determine the legality of President Donald Trump‘s attempts to unilaterally impose potentially economically ruinous tariffs on the bulk of U.S. imports. On Wednesday, the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of …
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President Donald Trump received the “nastiest question” today — according to him at least — when a reporter asked him for his response to the so-called “TACO” (Trump Always Chickens Out) trades being made on Wall Street as a result of the president’s tariff flip-flopping. The term was coined by …
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Health influencers flocked to the White House last week for a press event celebrating the release of a report by Donald Trump‘s “Make America Healthy Again”or “MAHA” commission, chaired by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The 72-page document, titled “The MAHA Report: Make Our Children Healthy Again,” asserts that …
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Republican Rep. Mike Flood appeared before his constituents today in Nebraska for a town hall that turned ugly as he tried to defend President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” the reconciliation package the House of Representatives passed last week, and which is expected to force millions of Americans off their …
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