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Kelly defiant after Pentagon escalates video investigation

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., on Tuesday said the Pentagon’s newly announced escalation of an investigation into him was part of an effort to deter service members and government employees from speaking out against President Donald Trump.

A Defense Department official confirmed on Tuesday that the Pentagon was escalating a ...Read more

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom trolls Trump with website tracking president's 'criminal cronies'

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a new state-run website Tuesday that tracks what his office calls the "criminal cronies" around President Trump — just the latest trolling tactic by the California governor that directly mirrors Trump's own use of public resources for political score settling.

Newsom pegged the website's ...Read more

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Trump plans prime-time address Wednesday but gives no hints on topic

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President Donald Trump said he will deliver a prime-time speech from the White House on Wednesday night but gave no details on what the topic will be.

“My fellow Americans: I will be giving an address to the nation tomorrow night,” Trump wrote on his social media site. “I look forward to ‘seeing’ you then.”

The 9 p.m. speech will ...Read more

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Top aide Susie Wiles: Trump has 'alcoholic's personality,' obsessed with revenge

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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said that President Donald Trump has “an alcoholic’s personality” and is obsessed with retaliating against critics even if it undermines his own policies, according to a bombshell magazine story published on Tuesday.

Wiles, considered a trusted and loyal Trump insider, also trashed Vice President JD ...Read more

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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Brian Glenn are getting married

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NEW YORK — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is engaged to Right Side Broadcasting Network personality Brian Glenn.

The pair announced their impending nuptials on social media with a photo showing the two enjoying dinner at a restaurant where the right-wing lawmaker showed off her new ring.

“She said ‘yes,'” Glenn captioned the ...Read more

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Texas Rep. Veasey ends county judge bid

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WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Mark Veasey of Texas is withdrawing from the race for Tarrant County judge, saying on Monday that he wants to be available for his final year in the House rather than running for another office next year.

Veasey, a seventh-term congressman whose Fort Worth-based district was significantly reconfigured in the state...Read more

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom trolls Trump with website tracking president's 'criminal cronies'

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a new state-run website Tuesday that tracks what his office calls the "criminal cronies" around President Donald Trump — just the latest trolling tactic by the California governor that directly mirrors Trump's own use of public resources for political score settling.

Newsom pegged the website'...Read more

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Democrats close year emboldened by 2025 electoral successes

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WASHINGTON — Republicans began 2025 on a triumphant note, with full control of Congress and Donald Trump moving into the White House.

They’re closing the year with Trump’s job approval ratings sliding, a redistricting push that hasn’t delivered as expected and Democrats riding high from the off-year election results.

Both parties are ...Read more

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Top aide Susie Wiles: Trump has 'alcoholic's personality,' obsessed with revenge

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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said that President Donald Trump has “an alcoholic’s personality” and is obsessed with retaliating against critics even if it undermines his own policies, according to a bombshell magazine story published on Tuesday.

Wiles, considered a trusted and loyal Trump insider, also trashed Vice President JD ...Read more

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Anita Chabria: Trump's callous political attack on Rob Reiner shows a shameful moral failure

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Hours after Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found dead in their home in what is shaping up to be a heartbreaking family tragedy, our president blamed Reiner for his own death.

“A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away...Read more

Thaksin-backed party picks another family member as Thai PM candidate

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A political party backed by billionaire politician Thaksin Shinawatra, whose family has dominated Thai politics this century, has nominated another member of the dynasty as its top prime ministerial candidate in the election scheduled for early next year.

Yodchanan Wongsawat, Thaksin’s nephew and son of former leader Somchai Wongsawat, headed...Read more

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Trump sues BBC for $10 billion over documentary edit

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President Donald Trump sued the BBC for at least $10 billion over a misleading edit in a documentary last year that gave the impression he’d made a direct call for violence in a speech leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.

The lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corp. was filed Monday in federal ...Read more

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One year in, what do these newcomers think of Congress?

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WASHINGTON — Starting a new job is hard, no matter where you work. But when your workplace is the House of Representatives, the adjustment period can be a little rocky — especially lately.

For the freshman class of the 119th Congress, it’s been a year like no other.

Republicans began with the narrowest House majority in almost a century,...Read more

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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Brian Glenn are getting married

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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is engaged to Right Side Broadcasting Network personality Brian Glenn.

The pair announced their impending nuptials on social media with a photo showing the two enjoying dinner at a restaurant where the right-wing lawmaker showed off her new ring.

“She said ‘yes,'” Glenn captioned the photo on X.

�...Read more

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President Trump signs executive order classifying fentanyl as 'weapon of mass destruction'

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President Trump signed an executive order Monday that classifies fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.

The order comes after several months of controversial strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats and “narco-terrorists” from Venezuela in the Caribbean, which some critics have said could be illegal.

“No bomb does what this is doing,”...Read more

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Trump sues BBC for $5 billion over 2024 documentary edit

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President Donald Trump sued the BBC for $5 billion over a misleading edit in a documentary last year that gave the impression he’d made a direct call for violence in a speech leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.

The defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corp. was filed Monday in federal ...Read more

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Calif. Rep. Eric Swalwell absent from Congress since entering governor's race

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In late October, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., posted a video of himself on Facebook criticizing anonymous masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for swarming a woman in a Wal-Mart parking lot, peppering her with questions about where she was born.

“These masked bandits, and that’s what they are, they’re running around like ...Read more

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House clears whole milk for school menus

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​Whole milk is poised to return to the menu for schools participating in the National School Lunch Program for the first time in over a decade.

The House cleared a bill Monday for the president’s desk that would put whole milk back into K-12 schools. The chamber passed the measure by voice vote less than a month after the Senate passed it ...Read more

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Michigan's Bill Huizenga will run for reelection to Congress, ending months of uncertainty

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Michigan U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga said Monday he intends to run for another term in Congress, ending months of speculation about whether he'd join his colleagues headed for the exit next year.

The Michigan Republican made the announcement during a "Breakfast With Bill" event on the campus of Hope College in Holland on Monday, he said.

"There’...Read more

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Republican Rep. Massie slams Trump's response to Hollywood director Rob Reiner's killing

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In a viral social media post, Rep. Thomas Massie criticized President Donald Trump’s response to the killing of famed director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, over the weekend.

Massie called Trump’s words, which, without evidence, suggested that the Reiners were killed in their Los Angeles home because of their opposition to the president...Read more

 

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