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Rock legend vows to yank music off Amazon over Jeff Bezos' support of Trump
Rock legend Neil Young took a swipe at Amazon this week over its support of President Donald Trump's administration and vowed to yank his music off the e-commerce website.Young wrote on his website that the "time is here.""FORGET AMAZON. Soon my music will not be there. It is easy to buy local. Supp...
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Trump's bid to ship out wrongly deported migrant 'fizzles' out again
The Trump administration's latest move to re-deport Salvadoran immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia has failed once again.According to Politico, U.S. officials have tried to remove him to Africa, but so far have found no country willing to take him: "A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official t...
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White House says Trump's heart tested 14 years younger than his 'chronological age'
President Donald Trump's newly released physical results from the White House sing the praises of his health and physical fitness, and claim that he, in fact, has the heart of a man in his mid-60s, rather than late 70s."President Donald J. Trump successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluatio...
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'What a disgrace': Trump roasted for getting COVID jab while admin fans anti-vax flames
President Donald Trump's physical results were released on Friday night, with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt boasting that he is in excellent health and his heart is functionally 14 years younger than his biological age.But the report also said Trump received a COVID booster vaccine — ...
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Union tells CBS News staff to snub new Trump-backed editor in chief: report
The union representing many employees at CBS News told the workers to ignore an email from new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss, warning any reply could lead to their ouster.Weiss, a conservative, was appointed editor-in-chief of CBS News earlier this month following Paramount’s $150 million purchase of T...
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'Betrayed!' Erin Burnett floored watching MAGA's new revolt against Trump
CNN anchor Erin Burnett was floored Friday night watching MAGA revolt against President Donald Trump, who earned "fierce backlash" after his administration announced the United States approved Qatar's construction of an Air Force facility in Idaho. Qatar can host F-15 fighter jets under the deal and...
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DHS's excuse for TV producer's dogpiling dismantled by legal analyst
Border Patrol agents in Chicago triggered outrage on Friday after they wrestled WGN News video producer Debbie Brockman to the ground and arrested her, for what appeared to be no reason other than filming federal agents carrying out another arrest.The video, which has made the rounds on social media...
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'Shows poor judgment': Hegseth forced top Pentagon aide to back his wife having a key role
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly forced a top Pentagon aide to support Hegseth's wife having a key role in closed-door meetings — an unusual move, and one the aide eventually admitted he didn't back.Following Hegseth's request to remove Courtney Kube, an NBC News reporter who covers the Pen...
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Trump admin reveals number of federal workers hit by Trump's new mass purge
Thousands of federal workers were hit by layoffs on Friday as the government shutdown entered its 10th day, according to newly released court filings.More than 4,100 positions will be axed, the government told a court Friday night, according to The Washington Post. The number comes after White House...
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Another Republican senator trashes Trump admin's mass layoffs
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) added her name to Republicans who aren't happy with the move from President Donald Trump's administration to issue mass layoffs to huge swaths of federal workers. On Friday, Office of Management and Budget Russ Vought announced via social media that "RIFs," or reduction in...
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'Deluded nonsense': Trump stokes fury by repeating 'astonishing' claim about American city
President Donald Trump triggered an online political firestorm Friday afternoon with his remarkable claim that every time he sees Portland, Oregon, it's "burning down."Trump addressed reporters from the Oval Office with some Cabinet members at his side, including Robert F. Kennedy, the secretary of ...
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Governor announces she's running for Senate — then deletes the announcement
Maine Gov. Janet Mills' Democratic campaign for Senate appeared to get off to a rocky start Friday afternoon.A video dropped on X of Mills' campaign announcement, proclaiming she would be a vote for a Democratic majority, harshly criticizing Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, and asking people...
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'Really consequential': Critics rage over Trump's massive new tariff as markets plummet
Critics raged Friday after President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on China as the stock market sank, calling the move "really, really consequential."Trump unleashed multiple rants on Truth Social Friday, saying he was planning repercussions after China added new retaliatory port fees for U....
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Revealed: Why GOP governor hopeful is hosting MAGA rally without Trump
New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli might occasionally mention President Donald Trump, but he certainly doesn't have the president doing one of his signature campaign rallies to aid in the campaign.Ciattarelli might be having a MAGA rally, but the most significant MAGA influencer won...
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'Moral disgrace!' Trump rages about China's trade practices as markets fear new tariffs
President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account on Friday evening to vent fury over China's trade practices — and announce a retaliatory tariff that markets have feared.This follows a previous rant earlier in the day on the same topic, as China condemns retaliatory port fees for U.S. ships."...
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'Spooked markets': Trump's social media post sends stocks tumbling
The stock markets fell on Friday after President Donald Trump "spooked markets" when he took to Truth Social to threaten more tariffs, according to a report.The New York Times reported that the S&P; 500 fell 2.7%, which is the worst in the past six months. The same thing happened with the Nasdaq Com...
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GOP pollster warns of 'hell to pay' if these 2 groups hit by shutdown
Longtime GOP strategist Frank Luntz had a harsh warning for Capitol Hill on CNN Friday afternoon as the government shutdown drags on into its second week: don't let the two most electorally important groups become a casualty of the standoff, or they will blitz the ballot box with a vengeance.There c...
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Federal officers warned they may face jail time after new arrests
A WGN video producer was handcuffed and taken into custody by federal agents on Friday morning while documenting the arrest of a Latino man, and one legal analyst warned the move defied a court order. Debbie Brockman was shown face down on the pavement with her pants pulled down. Chicago local Josh ...
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'It's gone': Sheriff 'devastated' as 19 missing in blast at explosives facility
A Tennessee sheriff who was asked to describe the scene of the blast at a remote explosives facility on Friday said, "It's gone" as 19 people remain missing."There's nothing to describe. It's gone. It's the most devastating scene I've seen in my career," Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis said. Au...
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'Sneakily crucial': Expert says obscure Supreme Court case will have massive repercussions
The Supreme Court is hearing a number of high-profile cases this term, including one critical to the future of congressional representation. But they're also taking on a much lesser-known case, about postal service misconduct, that should not fall off anyone's radar, legal analyst Elie Mystal wrote ...
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Trump admin to lay off 'thousands' of federal workers on day 10 of government shutdown
MSNBC and CNBC reported Friday afternoon that President Donald Trump intends to usher in "lay-offs" for "thousands" of federal workers. The government has been shut down for the past ten days as officials in Washington debate a funding measure. Trump had made the threat previously, but now has repor...
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'I'm not worried about that!' Pam Bondi snaps at reporter who asked about Trump's rhetoric
Attorney General Pam Bondi snapped at a reporter Friday after being asked if she would encourage President Donald Trump to tone down his inflammatory rhetoric amid recent incidents of political violence.Speaking at a press conference in Florida, Bondi announced that the Justice Department had foiled...
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'Cannot support': Top university president first to reject Trump's big request
A college president is slamming President Donald Trump's political agenda, saying the top university "cannot support" it in exchange for federal funding.Massachusetts Institute of Technology is reportedly the first to reject and condemn Trump's dubious deal to nine universities, WSOC-TV reports Frid...
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