12 h. ago Why Democrats are calling latest Republican shutdown measure the ‘let the President decide who he feels like paying act’

One Republican senator suggests Republicans change the filibuster to reopen the government

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17 h. ago ‘Well, bless her heart’: Mike Johnson confronted with MTG’s statements bashing him over healthcare

Greene, a MAGA ally, has joined Democrats in calling for more affordable healthcare in the country

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25 h. ago Amid fundraising woes and rumors of a Democrat mutiny against him, John Fetterman slams Kamala Harris for calling Trump a ‘fascist’

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman accuses his party of doubling down on a losing strategy by using extreme rhetoric to attack the president

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44 h. ago Karoline Leavitt blames Democrats being ‘jealous’ for outrage over White House demolition for Trump’s ballroom

‘He’s the builder-in-chief,’ the White House Press Secretary said of the president while defending his new ballroom project

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3 d. ago Karoline Leavitt shares wild text exchange with reporter that ended in ‘your mom’ response

Leavitt has brushed off reporters or their questions when defending the administration

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6 d. ago White House’s Karoline Leavitt and Stephen Cheung say ‘Your mom’ when asked who suggested Hungary for Putin

Trump said he will meet with the Kremlin leader in Budapest to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine

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7 d. ago Karoline Leavitt calls Democratic base ‘Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals’

White House Press Secretary also insisted that Democrats were ‘antisemites’

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7 d. ago He ‘freed Palestine, literally’: Karoline Leavitt rips protesters who hacked into airport systems to mock Trump

Leavitt asks why pro-Palestine demonstrators aren’t praising Trump as ceasefire teeters on the edge

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8 d. ago Boston mayor Michelle Wu dismisses Trump threat to remove World Cup games from city

Trump claimed Fifa president could ‘easily’ move gamesWu says Trump comments are ‘targeting Boston values’The mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, implied the city was ready for a face-off with the US president Donald Trump over his claim he could order Fifa to remove World Cup games from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, 22 miles south-west of the city.Wu appeared on local podcast “Java with Jimmy” on Wednesday to respond to Tuesday’s criticism from the White House, which labeled the Democrat as “radical left”. Trump threatened he would make a call to the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, if Boston did not “clean up its act”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Lib Dems call for national security services to ‘assess threat’ Elon Musk poses to British democracy

The Liberal Democrats have called for national security services to “assess the threat” that Elon Musk poses to British democracy, after Tommy Robinson claimed that the billionaire was paying his legal costs.

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9 d. ago Trump again makes a weird statement about Karoline Leavitt’s lips: ‘They move like a machine gun, right’

Trump abruptly switched gears from foreign policy to comment on his press secretary’s physical appearance

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1 week ago Democrats are captive to outdated etiquette. It’s endangering democracy | Ryan W Powers

The establishment left’s attachment to rigid rules leaves the party out of touch and failing to meet the momentIn early August, dozens of Democratic lawmakers fled Texas for Illinois, denying Republicans the quorum needed to pass new congressional maps projected to give the party as many as five additional seats. Their absence paralyzed the state legislature, turning a walkout into political resistance and drawing national attention.As the standoff dragged on, Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, offered an unorthodox countermove: a proposal to suspend his state’s independent redistricting commission and draw maps designed to hand Democrats a comparable advantage. He unveiled the plan with spectacle, mimicking Donald Trump’s signature style through all-caps declarations, a mocking nickname for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt (“KaroLYIN”) and AI-generated celebrity endorsements.Ryan W Powers is a legal analyst who writes a weekly newsletter on democracy, dissent and the ...

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1 week ago ‘Page one of the authoritarian playbook’: how Trump and allies are exploiting Kirk’s killing

The president and his Maga allies have used the rightwing influencer’s killing to justify attacks on critics, experts sayDonald Trump and Maga allies have capitalized on the killing of rightwing influencer Charlie Kirk to expand attacks on liberal groups, donors, Democrats, and others by tarring many critics as the “enemy within” and “radical left” in a move that legal scholars and historians call authoritarian and anti-democratic.Kirk’s killing by a lone gunman spurred Trump and top allies to quickly launch conspiratorial charges against a bevy of political foes and an investigation of billionaire liberal donor George Soros. They also threatened legal action against TV network ABC after their late-night star Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension over clumsy comments about Kirk ended. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump completes ‘semiannual’ physical before traveling to Middle East

White House had described doctor visit as ‘routine yearly checkup’ although president had annual physical in AprilUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump – the oldest person ever to be elected US president – had what he has described as a “semiannual physical” at the Walter Reed national military medical center on Friday.The visit, which the White House announced earlier this week, comes as Trump is preparing to travel to the Middle East on the heels of a ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas war. The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, described it as a “routine yearly checkup”, although the president had his annual physical in April. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago John Fetterman among first senators to congratulate Trump on Gaza peace deal

Pennsylvania Democrat, often accused of ‘rightward shift’ in making concessions to Donald Trump’s base, cheers president’s Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement

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2 w. ago Donald Trump health update as White House confirms President's hospital visit

In a statement, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed the President is set to visit Walter Reed Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland

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2 w. ago Trump calls Democrats ‘insurrectionists’ during meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Carney

Donald Trump accused Democrats of being “insurrectionists” during a meeting with Mark Carney.

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2 w. ago White House calls court ruling blocking Portland national guard deployment ‘untethered from reality’ – live

Karoline Leavitt criticizes Trump-appointed judge’s decision; Trump deploying military to Chicago on ‘flimsy pretext’, Illinois lawsuit alleges Illinois sues Trump seeking to block deployment of national guardThe supreme court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s challenge of her criminal conviction for recruiting and grooming minors, who were sexually abused by her former boyfriend and companion Jeffrey Epstein – the disgraced financier who died in a New York prison in 2019.Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year-sentence for her crimes. She was recently moved to a minimum-security prison in Texas. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago AP reader question: Is it legal to fire furloughed federal workers during a shutdown?

Here’s a question submitted by an Associated Press reader: Is it legal to fire furloughed federal workers during a shutdown

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2 w. ago Trump threatens Portland with funding cuts and a DOJ investigation after police arrest a MAGA influencer

Karoline Leavitt vows Trump will ‘end the radical left's Reign of Terror’ in the Rose City

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