5 h. ago Karoline Leavitt dismisses MAGA dissent on Iran while praising Trump for ‘steps towards peace’

Karoline Leavitt has responded to Republican criticism following Donald Trump’s strikes in Iran, claiming that the president is taking steps to "successfully implement peace in the Middle East.”

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49 h. ago Benjamin Netanyahu reacts to Trump’s US military strikes on Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised US President Donald Trump's decision to attack three nuclear sites in Iran.

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50 h. ago Trump news at a glance: President praises attacks on Iran as lawmakers divided on US involvement

Trump calls attacks on Iranian nuclear sites a success, but some US lawmakers immediately called the attack unconstitutional. Key US politics stories from Saturday 21 JuneWashington was in a flurry late on Saturday as Donald Trump announced that the US had completed strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to destroy the country’s nuclear program.American politicians reacted to the news of the US bombing of nuclear targets in Iran with a mix of cheering support and instant condemnation, reflecting deep divisions in the country, as Washington grapples with yet another military intervention overseas. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago New ‘dictator approved’ sculpture of smashed Statue of Liberty arrives in DC

The sculpture boasts quotes from other dictators praising Trump

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8 d. ago Caitlyn Jenner flees Israel amid Iran missile attacks and praises President Trump: 'Bye bye terrorists'

The Olympic gold medalist, 75, departed the area, after sharing snippets of her trip via social media, according to the Times of Israel.

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1 week ago AP PHOTOS: Mexican flags at LA protests spark debate over symbolism

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1 week ago Karoline Leavitt gets fiery as she’s pressed on Trump’s military response to Los Angeles protests

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt got into a heated back and forth with reporters on Wednesday as she held her first briefing since President Donald Trump’ federalized the National Guard in California and sent active-duty Marines to join them in cracking down on protests and unrest over immigration roundups in Los Angeles.

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1 week ago Jon Voight calls Newsom a ‘lying dog’ over LA protests while heaping praise on Trump

‘He is the greatest president since Abraham Lincoln!’ the 86-year-old Hollywood actor said Tuesday

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2 w. ago Trump praises response to LA protests after deploying 4,000 National Guard troops

Donald Trump has lauded his administration’s response to growing anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.

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2 w. ago Elon Musk’s father Errol praises Vladimir Putin as ‘pleasant man’ at Moscow conference

Event organised by Russian ultranationalist organisation also featured former MP George Galloway and American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

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2 w. ago White House press secretary Leavitt plays down Musk ‘fistfight’ reports: ‘It was definitely a disagreement’

‘There have definitely been healthy disagreements amongst the cabinet and Elon Musk,’ Karoline Leavitt said Sunday

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2 w. ago Trump praises ‘great job’ by national guard in calming LA protests, as mayor says troops are not in the city – US politics live

Mayor Karen Bass disputes president’s claim as she thanks local law enforcement for dealing with unrest following immigration crackdownPresident Trump appears to have used federal law to order the national guard to go to Los Angeles, rather than the 18th century Insurrection Act.The national guard is a hybrid entity that serves both state and federal interests. Often, it operates under state command and control, using state funding. Sometimes national guard troops will be assigned by their state to serve federal missions, remaining under state command but using federal funding.Great job by the National Guard in Los Angeles after two days of violence, clashes and unrest. We have an incompetent Governor (Newscum) and Mayor (Bass) who were, as usual (just look at how they handled the fires, and now their VERY SLOW PERMITTING disaster. Federal permitting is complete!), unable to to handle the task.These Radical Left protests, by instigators and often paid troublemakers, will NOT BE TOLE...

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2 w. ago Karoline Leavitt escalates war against 'fake news' BBC after dramatic back

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has railed against the BBC for its recent coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.

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2 w. ago 'Bromance' is over as Elon Musk launches another scathing attack on Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

Despite Trump's praises in the Oval Office last week, Elon Musk has continued his tirade against the "big, beautiful bill" of tax breaks and spending cuts, saying no one "should be able to stomach it"

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2 w. ago Karoline Levitt ditches religious necklace after Jon Stewart’s brutal joke: ‘Some sort of weird Pinocchio cross’

‘By the way, I think that the more she lies, the bigger her cross gets,’ Daily Show host says of White House spokeswoman

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2 w. ago Trump is ‘furious’ that Elon Musk has turned on his beloved ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ Fox & Friends reveals

While Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade said the president was privately seething over Elon Musk’s attacks on the bill, he praised Trump for keeping his “powder dry” and not returning fire

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2 w. ago UK defence secretary confirms plans for drone deliveries as Ukraine military aid meeting opens – Europe live

John Healey says Europe needs to continue supporting Ukraine ‘for our security today, tomorrow and for future generations’Opening, Nato’s Rutte reiterates the aim of achieving a “durable and lasting peace” in Ukraine as he praises president Trump’s “effort to get there."“Let’s pray that we will get there as soon as possible, but in the meantime, [it’s about] making sure that you have what you need to stay in the fight and to make sure that whenever it ends, Putin will know that he should never, ever again, try to attack Ukraine so again,” he said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump keeps being overruled by judges. And his temper tantrums won’t stop that | Steven Greenhouse

A word of advice to Trump: dozens of judges keep ruling against you because you’ve flouted the law more than any previous presidentIt’s hard to keep track of all the temper tantrums that Donald Trump has had because he’s so ticked off that one judge after another has ruled against his flood of illegal actions. In seeking to put their fingers in the dike to stop the US president’s lawlessness, federal judges have issued a startling high number of rulings, more than 185, to block or temporarily pause moves by the Trump administration.Livid about all this, White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has railed against “judicial activism”, while Trump adviser Stephen Miller carps about a “judicial coup”. As for Trump, the grievance-is-me president has gone into full conniption-mode, moaning about anti-Trump rulings and denouncing “USA-hating judges”. On Truth Social, he said: “How is it possible for [judges] to have potentially done such damage to the United States of America? Is it ...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's White House blasts BBC for 'misreporting' over Gaza coverage

US President Donald Trump's White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the BBC of accepting Hamas's account of Israeli security forces shooting dead Palestinians

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2 w. ago Karoline Leavitt ditches cross necklace after Jon Stewart's scathing joke

Karoline Leavitt was spotted without her cross necklace during her latest White House press briefing, after Jon Stewart brutally joked about the accessory

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