In an apparent push for media to adopt the new White House administration’s ideals and polices, President Donald Trump has continued to block the Associated Press from the Oval Office. AP said that the president blocked their reporters from an event on Tuesday after the news agency refused to change …
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who ran a failed 2024 presidential campaign built on crank beliefs about medical science before dropping out and endorsing Donald Trump, was confirmed today by Senate Republicans as the president’s secretary of Health and Human Services. The position will allow him to inflict untold damage on …
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk have spent the past three weeks systematically dismantling the federal government. They’ve done so under the guise of cutting waste and rooting out fraud, but the exercise has played out more like a mind-blowingly reckless publicity stunt rather than anything concerned with actually making the …
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In an Oval Office press conference today, President Trump touted the supposed cost-cutting efforts of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by his oligarch megadonor Elon Musk. He also ominously warned that specific judges who rule against efforts by DOGE to gut federal agencies and freeze their funds …
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Tulsi Gabbard — the one-time Democratic representative turned Fox News pundit and Trump loyalist — is the latest of the president’s Cabinet picks to clear the confirmation process despite a lack of qualifications and uniquely troubling views. Gabbard will serve as his Director of National Intelligence, a position in which …
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As Elon Musk‘s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues its punitive onslaught against government agencies in what he claims is an effort to reduce wasteful spending, his own companies continue to enjoy lucrative federal contracts. Tesla and SpaceX have been awarded some $230 million worth in contracts so far …
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The Super Bowl halftime show has changed a lot since the late 1960s, when college marching bands took to the field for mid-game entertainment. But in recent years, one element of the show has been remarkably consistent: right-wing chuds protesting that the Black superstars performing are dull, untalented, or somehow …
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Donald Trump‘s plan to forcibly displace Gazans so the United States can “own” the Gaza strip amounts to “ethnic cleansing” and is against international law, a United Nations expert said. The president on Tuesday announced, in a press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “The U.S. will take over …
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The early rise in value of Donald Trump’s memecoin, $TRUMP, helped some investors to earn significant profit while its crash caused more than 810,000 crypto wallets to lose $2 billion combined, according to an analysis reviewed by The New York Times. Meanwhile, Trump and his family have brought in approximately …
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J.D. Vance has signaled the Trump administration may try to ignore judicial orders, which could trigger a constitutional crisis. The vice president wrote today on X, “If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command …
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