The right-wing media ecosystem has been clamoring for information on Jeffrey Epstein for years. It was briefly up in arms when Donald Trump’s Justice Department announced in July that it would not be releasing more material on the case, before largely tabling the issue and rallying behind the president — …
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Few people can claim the kind of virtually universal appeal enjoyed by Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks. (The sitting president certainly can’t.) Following a West Point Academy alumni group’s cancellation of an award ceremony honoring Hanks — a longtime advocate for veterans — Trump celebrated the snub, decrying the actor as …
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President Donald Trump seemed to complain today that crime had not been totally eradicated in Washington, D.C., because local statistics continued to include domestic disturbances and incidents of domestic violence. During an extended speech at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., Trump claimed that his deployment of federal …
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Donald Trump sued The Wall Street Journal in July over a story about a lewd birthday note the paper reported he sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s. The president insisted the note did not exist, calling it a “fake thing.” Well, the note does exist, …
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A chorus of boos and sparse clapping greeted Donald Trump when the president arrived today at the US Open men’s final at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City. Later, the boos continued and could be heard on the national telecast during the national anthem. The crowd booed again when …
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Donald Trump is apparently trying to take credit for infrastructure projects funded by a bill former president Joe Biden signed into law — legislation that Trump vehemently opposed at the time as “a loser for the U.S.A.” Now, The New York Times reported, the Trump administration is taking down blue …
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The alumni association at West Point’s U.S. military Academy canceled a ceremony honoring Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks, who is also a staunch advocate for veterans and supported Joe Biden during his presidential campaign against Donald Trump. “This decision allows the Academy to continue its focus on its core mission of …
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Former President Joe Biden underwent surgery to remove skin cancer lesions, a spokesperson for Biden said Thursday. The health update from Biden’s office arrived after the television show Inside Edition aired footage of the former president greeting supporters outside a church in Delaware with what appeared to be a large …
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Donald Trump’s disastrous governance has successfully tanked America’s labor market. The federal government released another weak jobs report Friday, after the previous poor jobs report resulted in Trump lashing out and firing the Commissioner of Labor Statistics. At the time, Trump baselessly claimed that the “Jobs Numbers were RIGGED in …
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Donald Trump’s administration said Thursday that it might try to send Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador again if he successfully opens an asylum case, which experts say seems promising. Having already been illegally sent by the Trump administration to a Salvadoran prison where he said he was tortured, and …
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