84 m. ago ‘I do have a Nazi streak’: Trump nominee accused of sending vile texts as he goes to Senate for Special Counsel role

One of the Republicans in the group chat said that Paul Ingrassia belonged in the Nazi paramilitary group known as the Ubergruppenführer

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96 m. ago Social media's 'dark theories' over weird stain spotted on Melania Trump's birthday card to Donald

A stain on the card Melania Trump sent to her husband Donald Trump on his 71st birthday sparked a flurry of theories online - and it's not the first time people have speculated about her marriage

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97 m. ago While they smear ‘No Kings’ rallies, Trump and his GOP can’t escape their own ‘Nazi’ problem

Paul Ingrassia’s withdrawal over his alleged ‘Nazi’ admission is a sign that the ability of Trump and the GOP to dictate a narrative in Washington is weakening once again, writes John Bowden

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1 hour ago Trump administration claims it will blow past deportation records with 500,000 already removed from US

The government says that its efforts have caused more than 2 million people to leave the country through deportations and voluntary self-removals

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2 h. ago I watched Donald Trump's 'Meet Darth Vader' Rose Garden speech and 5 moments were utterly bonkers

Donald Trump hosted a lunch at the newly-renovated White House Rose Garden, which he controversially paved over to build a patio for such events over the summer, receiving fierce bipartisan backlash.

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2 h. ago What to know about efforts to block National Guard deployments in Chicago, Portland, other US cities

President Donald Trump’s attempts to deploy the military in Democratic-led cities _ over the objections of mayors and governors _ has brought a head-spinning array of court challenges and overlapping rulings

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2 h. ago Trump nominee to lead whistleblower office drops out after racist texts surface

Report on Paul Ingrassia featured messages where he allegedly described himself as having a ‘Nazi streak’US politics live – latest updatesPaul Ingrassia, Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee federal whistleblower protections, has dropped out after racist text messages he sent surfaced this week.Ingrassia, currently a White House liaison at the Department of Homeland Security, was the subject of a report on Monday published in Politico. The report featured text messages where he allegedly described himself as having “a Nazi streak” and suggested Martin Luther King Jr Day should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Arizona sues to force House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in new rep

Mike Johnson has refused to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who holds the final signature required to trigger a vote to release the Epstein files

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3 h. ago Trump administration’s strikes against Venezuela amount to ‘extrajudicial executions’, UN experts say

President Donald Trump has ordered attacks on at least seven suspected drug vessels in the Caribbean in recent months

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3 h. ago Trump says he’d be glad to talk to Schumer and Democrats — but only after they agree to key shutdown demand

‘He owns this shutdown,’ one Democrat says.

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3 h. ago Inside Ellen DeGeneres' £20million England home after fleeing Donald Trump's US

Ellen DeGeneres, whose career in broadcasting in the US spanned more than 40 years, left the country with wife Ellen Portia de Rossi - and they have no plans on returning

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4 h. ago ‘It’s pathetic’: Trump’s ICE recruitment drive is stalling as new hires can’t pass basic fitness test, report says

Critics have warned that lowered hiring standards and slashed training times will lead to an explosion of abuses by immigration officers

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4 h. ago Humphreys and Connolly make pitch to voters in final presidential TV debate

Voters go to the polls on Friday to elect the next president of Ireland.

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4 h. ago Arizona sues Mike Johnson over refusal to swear in Democrat who could sway Epstein vote

Attorney general Kris Mayes files suit over House speaker’s delay in letting Adelita Grijalva start her jobArizona’s attorney general is suing the House speaker, Mike Johnson, over his refusal to swear in Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat who won a congressional special election in September.Grijalva was elected on 23 September in the southern Arizona district that her father, Raúl Grijalva, held until his death earlier this year. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago The View hosts slam ‘nasty’ new White House ballroom as Whoopi Goldberg issues message for Trump

‘The View’ co-host Joy Behar called the president a ‘one man wrecking ball’

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5 h. ago San Francisco leaders push back against Trump's National Guard threat

President Trump keeps threatening to send National Guard troops to San Francisco, calling it crime-ridden and claiming residents want federal help

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5 h. ago Cost of Halloween costumes and candy spooking shoppers this year as Trump’s tariffs could spike prices

Nearly 90 percent of Halloween merchandise includes at least one imported component, according to the Halloween and Costume Association

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5 h. ago ‘Why are you gay?’: Musk appears to cross a line in SpaceX tantrum at Trump Transportation secretary

The SpaceX boss posted a series of posts on X in response to remarks made by Sean Duffy about the timeline for getting humans back to the moon

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5 h. ago Judge says DHS social media posts in Rep. McIver prosecution are 'prejudicial' and should be removed

A federal judge overseeing the Trump administration’s prosecution of U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver on charges she assaulted and impeded immigration officers outside a New Jersey detention center told the government to remove social media posts he called “prejudicial” to the congresswoman

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5 h. ago Speaker Mike Johnson says he won’t block House vote to release Epstein files

Johnson’s House has been in recess since shutdown, delaying petition to force vote on making documents publicUS politics live – latest updatesThe Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, on Tuesday said he would not prevent a vote on legislation to make the Jeffrey Epstein files public, even as the chamber remained out of session for a fourth straight week.Johnson has kept the House of Representatives in recess ever since the shutdown began at the start of the month, after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on extending government funding beyond the end of September. Continue reading...

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