After denouncing a bipartisan deal that would impose new U.S. border restrictions, Donald Trump called America “pathetic” when claiming police and border patrol were not “allowed to do their work.” Last month, Rolling Stone reported that Trump wanted to kill the Biden-endorsed immigration reform package andprivately grumbled to his advisers …
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Donald Trump’s bid for presidential immunity in his federal election interference case has been summarily rejected by D.C.’s Federal Court of Appeals — and the issue could be headed to the Supreme Court. In a ruling issued Tuesday, the three-judge panel, which heard oral arguments in the case last month, …
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The big bipartisan border reform deal is all but dead, thanks to MAGA Republicans obeying Donald Trump‘s wishes to kill it. The legislation delivered many of the immigration measures conservatives have long wanted, but the former president and his allies in Congress worry progress on the issue would make Joe …
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House Republicans announced a resolution Monday to “authoritatively express” that Donald Trump “did not engage in insurrection or rebellion.” The stunt comes days before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments Thursday in an appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling that the former president “engaged in an insurrection” on Jan. …
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Last year, for the first time ever, a majority of Americans eligible for Medicare were on privatized Medicare Advantage plans. If Republicans win the presidential race this year, the push to fully privatize Medicare, the government health insurance program for seniors and people with disabilities, will only intensify. Conservative operatives …
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The Senate has finally released its long-discussed, much-debated, bipartisan border package. Despite their demands for many of the increased security measures the bill would provide, House Republicans are setting aside their self-proclaimed commitment to border reform in favor of blocking a potential PR victory for the Biden administration. Only hours …
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Donald Trump is furiously attempting to sink a bipartisan border and immigration package that the Senate unveiled on Sunday —so much so that he’s outright lying about having endorsed the bill’s author, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.). During an interview on Monday with right-wing radio host Dan Bongino, the former president …
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Republican governors have made a show of deploying National Guard troops to the southern border to block the Biden administration from removing razor wire that Texas has laid out to repel and harm migrants — in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling. On Sunday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) …
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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley showed up on Saturday Night Live‘s cold open to ask Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) about his refusal to get on the debate stage with his lone remaining GOP primary challenger. “My question is: Why won’t you debate Nikki Haley?” she asked during a faux …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update took aim at the latest right-wing conspiracy theory, along with former President Donald Trump‘s hefty legal bills. “As you may have seen on your aunt’s Facebook, many MAGA personalities are claiming that the Super Bowl is being rigged so Kansas City wins and Taylor Swift …
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