Since the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has been busy triggering constitutional crises, setting due process and other basic rights on fire, rocking the U.S. economy with a trade war based on horrifically bad math, wielding the Justice Department and other agencies to target his political enemies, …
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The United States surgeon general is tasked with representing the nation’s medical community and informing the general public on potential risks to their health. Warning labels on tobacco products, alcohol, and potentially even social media all originate from the surgeon general’s office. Surgeon generals often first serve as high-ranking doctors …
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FBI Director Kash Patel left senators dumbfounded during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing today, practically scoffing at the idea that he has to deliver a budget request in a timely manner, while throwing up his hands about any responsibility the FBI might have in holding Donald Trump’s administration to account …
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Catholics have a new pope, and for the first time in the church’s history, it’s an American. It took the College of Cardinals only two days to elect U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost as the successor to Pope Francis. Prevost — who has taken the name Leo XIV — was by …
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The Pentagon has been ordered to begin kicking out openly identifying transgender service members by U.S. Defense Secretary PeteHegseth, who issued the internal instructions in a memo on Thursday. Other service members will be given 30 days to self-identify. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump‘s administration to …
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President Donald Trump’s administration is working to ramp up its pointless cruelty toward immigrants, and has apparently been plotting to have the military send Asian immigrants to Libya imminently, according to immigration lawyers. The plan to deport immigrants to Libya, a war-torn country known for widespread mistreatment of migrants, would …
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The cameras rolled on Tuesday as PresidentDonald Trump held his first 2026 World Cup task force meeting in a public spectacle that included several Cabinet members, as well as FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Millions of foreigners from around the world are expected to visit the United States for soccer’s most …
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President Donald Trump’s meme coin is already a thing that shouldn’t exist, much less as a vehicle for foreign entities to funnel money to the sitting president, yet here we are. According to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg, over half of the top holders of $TRUMP — a personal cryptocurrency …
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C ory Booker had been railing against Donald Trump’s agenda from the floor of the Senate for three hours when his feet started to go numb. On the lectern he had his cellphone out (against Senate rules), with his family group chat pulled up. Every now and then it pinged …
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s tariff regime could lead to increased inflation and unemployment, as well as a slowdown in the U.S. economy as a whole. “If the large increases in tariffs that have been announced are sustained, they are likely to generate …
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