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A Washington Post columnist rebuked Republicans on Thursday night over their budget plans, which she said sounded like i...
14/02/2025

A Washington Post columnist rebuked Republicans on Thursday night over their budget plans, which she said sounded like it was hatched by cold-hearted miser Ebenezer Scrooge.

Trump White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is reportedly not happy with the way X owner Elon Musk has run roughshod ov...
14/02/2025

Trump White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is reportedly not happy with the way X owner Elon Musk has run roughshod over federal agencies without keeping her informed of what he's really been doing.

The chaos and drama that unfolded on Thursday at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York as a r...
14/02/2025

The chaos and drama that unfolded on Thursday at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York as a result of the Trump Justice Department's order to dismiss the charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams may have just thrown a monkey wrench in the whole plan to do it, Lawfare...

A 25-year-old Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy for plotting to murder a teenage girl whom he m...
14/02/2025

A 25-year-old Arkansas man has pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy for plotting to murder a teenage girl whom he met online and subjected to escalating demands for s*xually explicit images, which progressed to threats of r**e and cutting.

A Republican senator is proposing legislation in direct defiance of President Donald Trump. bit.ly/3CMUrl5
14/02/2025

A Republican senator is proposing legislation in direct defiance of President Donald Trump. bit.ly/3CMUrl5

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) thinks that former Fox News host Pete Hegseth will make a "great" defense secretary so long as ...
14/02/2025

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) thinks that former Fox News host Pete Hegseth will make a "great" defense secretary so long as he cuts down on what he describes as "rookie mistakes.

OPINION: The 2024 election that might end up finishing off the United States of America for good was fueled at its ugly ...
14/02/2025

OPINION: The 2024 election that might end up finishing off the United States of America for good was fueled at its ugly core by racism, and dangerous, centuries-old white grievance.

Pentagon officials are stunned after President Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth invited a notorious far-...
14/02/2025

Pentagon officials are stunned after President Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth invited a notorious far-right activist to accompany him on a trip, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

A former prosecutor and Justice Department official was floored Thursday afternoon by what he called a "cascading scanda...
14/02/2025

A former prosecutor and Justice Department official was floored Thursday afternoon by what he called a "cascading scandal" unfolding in President Donald Trump's Justice Department — and one that won't be disappearing any time soon.

President Donald Trump's move to retaliate against The Associated Press for not using the preferred language of the admi...
14/02/2025

President Donald Trump's move to retaliate against The Associated Press for not using the preferred language of the administration is even making a key right-wing Fox News contributor uncomfortable.

The Republican-led House Budget Committee has advanced a "fiscal framework" that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, NB...
14/02/2025

The Republican-led House Budget Committee has advanced a "fiscal framework" that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, NBC News and Politico reported late Thursday.

President Donald Trump's blanket freeze on foreign aid programs has reportedly been halted by a federal judge who slamme...
14/02/2025

President Donald Trump's blanket freeze on foreign aid programs has reportedly been halted by a federal judge who slammed the administration's failure to adequately weigh the devastation its effects could have on hundreds of businesses and nonprofits across the country.

Elon Musk seems to have Democrats right where he wants them: Warring with each other.
14/02/2025

Elon Musk seems to have Democrats right where he wants them: Warring with each other.

OPINION: The Justice Department has asked a judge to stop or amend another judge's order, issued Saturday, that blocks E...
14/02/2025

OPINION: The Justice Department has asked a judge to stop or amend another judge's order, issued Saturday, that blocks Elon Musk from accessing the Treasury Department's payment systems.

The editor of the conservative National Review went after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's mystifying last 48 hours wher...
14/02/2025

The editor of the conservative National Review went after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's mystifying last 48 hours where he delivered a major Ukraine speech and policy announcement – only to walk it back a day later.

Veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher swatted down billionaire Elon Musk as highly immature on live TV Thursday.
14/02/2025

Veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher swatted down billionaire Elon Musk as highly immature on live TV Thursday.

House Republicans have made slashing hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, the federal-state partnership of pub...
14/02/2025

House Republicans have made slashing hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, the federal-state partnership of public health insurance for lower-income people, a core part of their plan to pay for new tax cuts for the rich — but making such cuts could be much harder than they anticipate, healt...

As congressional Democrats struggle to counter President Donald Trump's disruption to the federal government, Slate writ...
14/02/2025

As congressional Democrats struggle to counter President Donald Trump's disruption to the federal government, Slate writer Jim Newell suggested that threatening a government shutdown might work to their advantage.

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