Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this morning, a blow to President Donald Trump, who has been heavily campaigning to receive the honor. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said Machado was given the prize for “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of …
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Jackie and her kids had been missing for four days. When Mimi Lettunich, a family friend with powerful social connections in Portland, Oregon, learned of their disappearance, she spared no effort to locate the immigrant mother and her four U.S. citizen children. It would take another eight days — and …
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As the federal government shutdown stretches into its second week, President Donald Trump is targeting nearly $30 billion in cuts to federal funding almost exclusively to Democratic states and cities. The impact of the cuts to public transit, energy projects, and fundamental civil rights programs could carry far-reaching harms across …
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Rosie O’Donnell said that she has applied for Irish citizenship amid ongoing attacks from her longtime foe, President Donald Trump. O’Donnell moved to Ireland after Trump’s re-election last year, calling it a “self-imposed” political exile in a new interview with the Australian Daily Telegraph. She added, “I am applying and …
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President Donald Trump claims he hasn’t heard music by one of the biggest American artists in the world. While calling into Newsmax’s Greg Kelly Reports on Tuesday, the president was asked about Bad Bunny headlining the Super Bowl Halftime Show. “This guy does not seem like a unifying entertainer, and …
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Jimmy Kimmel is officially more popular than Donald Trump. Or, at least, he is according to a new YouGov poll. “I am more popular than the president of the United States,” Kimmel announced proudly during the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! “You remember the guy who keeps saying I …
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On Sunday, President Donald Trump ordered 300 California National Guard troops to Portland, which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called “authoritarian conduct” and he added: “We are taking this fight back to court.” In an interview with Ali Velshi on MSNBC on Sunday, director Rob Reiner cited Trump’s National Guard moves …
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Manosphere podcasters didn’t win Donald Trump the presidency in the 2024 election cycle, but they went a long way to solidifying the president’s support among large swaths of the young men who follow them. Now — nine months into the implementation of the president’s agenda — the same ultra-popular podcasters …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Season 51 premiere kicked off with Donald Trump and his Federal Communications Commission attack dog warning cast members not to go too far with their jokes — or face the consequences. Trump (James Austin Johnson) began by interrupting Secretary of Defense and former Fox News host Pete …
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House Speaker Mike Johnson continued to blame Democrats for the government shutdown, using misleading Republican talking points that insist that Democratic leadership is pushing to fund health care for undocumented immigrants. Johnson said today on CBS’ Face the Nation that Democrats “want to spend $1.5 trillion, and they want to …
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