President Donald Trump and the man who appears to be running the country with him sat down for a co-interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News on Tuesday night where — like gum stuck in a toupee — Elon Musk spent much of the airtime repeating talking points and proving …
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Eric Adams and his lawyers insist there was no deal. In no universe, they’ve said repeatedly, did the Justice Department agree to drop the bribery case against the mayor of New York City in return for his cooperation on the Trump administration’s deportation agenda. But on Feb 3., in a …
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Multiple aid agencies have effectively ceased operations preventing the global spread of HIV and treating patients with AIDS in the wake of funding cuts by the Trump administration. That’s the result of Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) appearing to take special aim at programs that …
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On Tuesday afternoon, the president signed an executive order asserting that the “President and the Attorney General will interpret the law for the executive branch,” while granting the president and the executive branch oversight over independent agencies. In a press conference shortly after the order was signed, White House Staff …
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Donald Trump accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of being a “dictator” on Wednesday in a rage-fueled social media post amid his administration’s push to end Russia’s war against the nation. “Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, …
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A veteran Social Security Administration official resigned after a dispute with Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) attempts to access the personal data of Social Security recipients. Acting Social Security Commissioner Michelle King stepped down from her post this weekend after refusing to provide representatives from …
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk fired hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration workers Friday night, amid a startling series of plane crashes and other air-related incidents in recent weeks. A few days later, the Trump administration is telling Americans not to worry, because they didn’t fire anyone too important. Musk posted …
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The Trump administration is looking to overturn a Biden-era rule limiting major banks’ ability to penalize customers with overdraft fees, a reversal that has major banking associations salivating at the mouth. Last week, House Financial Service Committee Chair French Hill (R-Ark.) and Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced …
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Saturday Night Live celebrated its 50th anniversary over the weekend, and while it’s more or less impossible to mount a three-and-a-half-hour variety show that pleases everyone, a single joke in this marathon running time has deeply upset thin-skinned Trump voters. Back in 2016, before Donald Trump was first elected president, …
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Last week, 14 state attorneys general filed an audacious lawsuit seeking to have Elon Musk’s activities with the so-called Department of Government Efficiency declared unconstitutional and reverse them as null and void, because, they assert, the billionaire should have been confirmed by the Senate, and because DOGE is acting far …
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