This morning, the White House posted a livestream on X of the grand opening ceremony of his newest golf club, Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland — the latest in a long line of recent examples of Donald Trump using his public office for personal profit, with U.S. taxpayers …
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In 2021, Republican Texas state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione introduced the Human Life Protection Act, a trigger ban that turned Texas into one of the strictest anti-abortion states in the nation after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade the following summer. The legislation almost totally stripped women in Texas of …
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This story is published in partnership withThe Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence. Subscribe to itsnewsletters. For as long as there has been a gun-rights movement, the movement’s leaders, industry representatives, and academic supporters have argued that carrying firearms made Americans more secure. Studies conducted over the past 14 …
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Donald Trump doesn’t appear to be ruling out the possibility of pardoning convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, telling reporters on Monday that he is “allowed to give her a pardon,” but that he is yet to be asked to do so. “Well, I’m allowed to give her a pardon,” Trump …
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A civilian ship carrying aid to Palestinians in Gaza was intercepted by the Israeli military in international waters on Saturday, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirmed. The Handala flotilla was carrying baby formula, diapers, food, and medicine. The passengers were detained and the cargo was seized. The coalition said the boat …
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How much will it cost to renovate the Boeing 747-8 gifted by Qatar into the next Air Force One? That’s classified information. But a recent $934 million transfer of funds to a Pentagon budget may hold a clue. The New York Times reported that this “transfer” to an unnamed classified …
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin tried to blame former President Barack Obama for Jeffrey Epstein‘s 2008 plea deal, despite Obama not being president at the time. Mullin made the comments while being interviewed by Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. First, Tapper and Mullin debated over whether the …
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Donald Trump‘s “One Big Beautiful Bill” doesn’t look so beautiful to American voters. According to a new Wall Street Journal poll, more than half of respondents oppose the president’s landmark legislation. Considering the bill gives huge tax breaks to the rich, kicks up to 15 million people off Medicaid and …
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Donald Trump‘s bizarre combination of speech mannerisms, physical quirks, and garish physical appearance has over the past decade of his political career often functioned as teflon. The president’s absurdist, abhorrent political persona is endlessly mockable — as Saturday Night Live or any late-night host can attest — but it’s also …
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Donald Trump turned a press availability in Scotland that was supposed to be focused on a trade deal with the European Union into a long list of his personal grudges against windmills, the Jeffrey Epstein case, Democrats, and Gaza. Appearing alongside E.U. President Ursula von der Leyen, Trump said the …
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