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In 2026, Americans will get free admission to national parks on President Donald Trump's birthday but no longer on Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, prominent African American holidays.

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National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump's birthday
NPS changed its free admission days in 2026, removing MLK Day and Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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FBI Director Kash Patel has — on more than one occasion — ordered that the security detail protecting his girlfriend escort one of her allegedly inebriated friends home after a night of partying in Nashville, according to three people with knowledge of the incidents.

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Kash Patel ordered FBI detail to give girlfriend’s pal a lift home: sources
FBI agents have grown increasingly concerned by Patel’s use of the bureau’s strapped resource.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine. Prosecutors said Mr. Hernández was key to a scheme that lasted more than 20 years and brought more than 500 tons of cocaine into the United States.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after finding the prosecutor who brought the cases, former Trump attorney Lindsey Halligan, was not lawfully appointed

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Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed
Lindsey Halligan was appointed after President Donald Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute the former FBI director and New York attorney general.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.

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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious
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November 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Donald Trump Tells Female Reporter ‘Quiet, Piggy’ When Asked About Epstein Files

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Donald Trump tells reporter "quiet, piggy" when asked about Epstein files
The president made the comment during a gaggle with the press aboard Air Force One on Friday.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Donald Trump ‘Blowing Bubba’ Message in Epstein Emails Under Scrutiny

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Donald Trump ‘blowing Bubba’ message in Epstein emails under scrutiny
Mark Epstein asked Jeffrey Epstein in an email to ask Steve Bannon if Vladimir Putin has "the photos of Trump blowing Bubba."
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November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Epstein offered reporter photos of 'donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen'

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Epstein offered reporter photos of 'donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen': Email
Among the more than 20,000 Epstein documents released by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday are several email exchanges Jeffrey Epstein.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Meta projected that 10% of its overall sales in 2024, or about $16 billion, came from running online ads for scams and banned goods. That included ads for "fraudulent e-commerce and investment schemes, illegal online casinos and the sale of banned medical products”

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Meta reportedly projected 10% of 2024 sales came from scam, fraud ads
Meta projected that about $16 billion in 2024 revenue came from running ads for scams and banned goods, according to a Thursday report from Reuters.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Trump’s ‘election integrity’ chief claimed president has future powers to declare voting emergency in effort to radically reshape elections before 2026

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Trump’s ‘election integrity’ chief claimed he could declare voting emergency
Heather Honey’s statements follow president’s aggressive effort to radically reshape elections before 2026
www.independent.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Trump says he does not know who Changpeng Zhao is, despite pardoning the cryptocurrency multi-billionaire last month. His companies have partnered with firms linked to Trump on new digital-currency projects.

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'I don't know who he is,' says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon
The president pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder of the world's largest crypto exchange, in October.
www.bbc.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts is standing by Tucker Carlson after the conservative podcaster’s friendly interview with Holocaust-denier Nick Fuentes drew condemnation from within a GOP grappling with a series of antisemitic incidents.

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Heritage president backs Tucker Carlson after interview with Holocaust-denier Nick Fuentes
Kevin Roberts denounced the “venomous coalition” that has criticized the former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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A California mother, of 8 citizen children, who accused an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contractor of sexual harassment was reportedly deported to Mexico last week, despite a court granting her an emergency reprieve

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Woman deported after reporting sexual harassment by ICE contractor
A spokesperson for the contractor told Newsweek that it "takes all allegations of sexual abuse and harassment with the utmost seriousness."
www.newsweek.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Monday vowed to explore “every option” to redraw the state’s congressional maps in responses to Texas’ mid-cycle racial redistricting push.

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August 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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The drawing, depicting a woman’s breasts and a “Donald” signature in the place of pubic hair, surrounded several lines of typewritten text, It concluded with the line: “Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret.”

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Wall Street Journal: Birthday letter to Epstein bore Trump’s signature, drawing of naked woman | CNN Politics
A collection of letters gifted to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003 included a note bearing Donald Trump’s name and an outline of a naked woman, according to a Wall Street Journal report p...
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July 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Gutfeld: “We need to learn from the blacks. The way they were able to remove the power from the n-word word by using it. So from now on it’s: What up, my Nazi? Hey, what up, my Nazi? Hey, what's hanging, my Nazi?”

Kennedy: “Nazi, please!”

Gutfeld: “Thank God you did a hard ‘i’ there.”
July 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Video taken the night before authorities say Jeffrey Epstein killed himself, was likely "assembled from at least two source clips" and "modified" prior to its release, according to an investigation by WIRED and video forensics experts

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Jeffrey Epstein "raw" video from prison likely modified—Analysts
The FBI and Department of Justice said this week the convicted sex offender had "no incriminating client list."
www.newsweek.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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While investigators have not identified his motive, the act came on the 24th anniversary of the burning of an Aryan Nation compound that was seized as part of a federal settlement reached against the white supremacist sect's founder, Richard Butler.

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Sniper Opened Fire on Idaho Firefighters Near Former Aryan Nations Compound
Two firefighters were executed, and a third is clinging to life, after reputed sniper 20-year-old Wess Roley, started a blaze to lure first responders into a wooded area of Idaho Sunday and unleashed ...
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July 1, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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The changes made to President Donald Trump’s big tax bill in the Senate would pile trillions onto the nation’s debt load while resulting in even steeper losses in health care coverage

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Republican Senate tax bill would add $3.3 trillion to the US debt load, CBO says
The changes made to President Donald Trump’s big tax bill in the Senate would pile trillions onto the nation’s debt load while resulting in even steeper losses in health care coverage, the nonpartisan...
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June 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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As the new Health and Human Services secretary makes unprecedented moves to undermine the current U.S. policy on vaccines, Colorado is leading the way in maintaining immunization recommendations, writing some protections into law.

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Colorado's new law protects vaccine recommendations from RFK Jr.’s CDC overhaul
State leads the way in allowing the health department to rely on a high-profile physicians group’s recommendations, not just the CDC, but no guidance has been changed.
www.cpr.org
June 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Unconfirmed reports that voting machines were quietly altered by Pro v & V before November's election have raised questions about whether they affected the outcome.

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Company behind changes to 2024 election voting machines speaks out
Jack Cobb, the director of Pro V&V, told Newsweek via email that the changes were not "of any significance."
www.newsweek.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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TRUMP’S MILITARY BIRTHDAY PARADE WAS A GROSS FAILURE
The president’s military parade, which reportedly cost up to $45 million, was short on attendees, long on political speeches

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Trump's Military Birthday Parade Was a Gross Failure
Trump got the expensive military parade he wanted on his birthday, courtesy of Lockheed Martin, Palantir, and American taxpayers.
www.rollingstone.com
June 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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The nation's highest-paid workers would be the biggest winners from a massive Republican tax and spending bill.

Middle-income families would see smaller gains while those at the bottom of the income ladder would be worse off.

www.npr.org/2025/06/12/n...
The GOP's massive bill would benefit the rich the most -- while hitting the poor
The top 10% of earners in the U.S. would see the biggest gains under the GOP tax and spending package, according to congressional forecasters, but those at the bottom of the income ladder would be wor...
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June 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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“The sentiment across the board right now is that deploying military force against our own communities isn’t the kind of national security we signed up for,”

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Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Trump’s big bill in Congress would unleash trillions in tax cuts and slash spending, but also spike deficits by $2.4 trillion over the decade and leave some 10.9 million more people without health insurance

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Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says
President Donald Trump’s big bill is likely to unleash trillions in tax cuts and slash spending, but also spike deficits by $2.4 trillion over the decade and leave some 10.9 million more people withou...
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June 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM