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WTF Was Trump’s New Press Secretary Doing in China?It’s not clear if new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia ever actually worked as an attorney—but it is becoming increasingly clear that she was connected to the Chinese government in the past. Speaking alongside Donald Trump Tuesday, Zacharia informed reporters inquiring about her self-purported legal qualifications that she passed the bar exam…

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12 Senators—Half of Them Republican—Tell Trump to End Russia Deal NowSix GOP senators joined together with their Democratic opponents on Tuesday to rebuke President Trump’s recently announced diesel deal with Russia. Senators Mitch McConnell, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, Alan Armstrong, Lisa Murkowski, and John Cornyn signed a letter along with six Democratic senators in opposition to the deal, which waives sanctions on…

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Trump Tries to Get Out of Deposition as His BBC Lawsuit BackfiresPresident Trump is trying to get out of testifying in a lawsuit that he initiated. As part of his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC, Trump was scheduled to sit for a deposition with the U.K. broadcaster’s lawyers on Friday. However, according to a court filing Tuesday, the president’s attorneys canceled the session, saying he would be…

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White House Ballroom Donor Keeps Getting Big Breaks Thanks to TrumpLast year, Russian American investor Konstantin A. Sokolov donated an undisclosed sum to President Trump’s $300 million White House ballroom project. He also gave $12 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC and hundreds of thousands to the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Senate campaigns of Susan Collins and Pete Ricketts. Since all those…

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Trump Official Tries to Kill Report on Perfectly Timed Oil TradesThe Trump administration ordered federal financial regulators to retract a report flagging suspicious oil trades. Only 15 minutes before President Trump decided not to strike Iranian power plants on March 23 , a few traders sank billions of dollars into predicting that the S&P 500 would go up and oil prices would fall, making a hefty profit, Bloomberg…

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Pentagon Archbishop Urges Soldiers Not to Participate in ExecutionA military archbishop is urging enlisted Catholics to recuse themselves from the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio issued his own orders to America’s military members Monday, imploring them not to participate in Hasan’s death, either by being in the firing squad or by watching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s…

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Federal Judge Hands Trump Massive Loss Over Latest Vanity ProjectA federal judge has once again blocked President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of a public golf course in Washington. District Judge Ana Reyes issued a temporary two-week injunction Tuesday barring the National Parks Service from cutting down any more trees on the East Potomac Golf Links. The tree clearing is part of a plan to transform the public golf…

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Bombshell Report Shows How FIFA Is Buying Off TrumpFIFA, soccer’s international governing body, is paying a ton of money to rent space in Trump Tower that it isn’t using. The New York Times reports that FIFA last year signed a $4 million seven-year lease for a seventeenth-floor suite in the New York building, but it isn’t getting much use, raising concerns that it is essentially a bribe to President…

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Supreme Court Sides With Trump and Agrees to Hear DOGE CaseThe Trump administration wants to block discovery documents detailing the Department of Government Efficiency’s mass firings and contract cancellations—led by billionaire Elon Musk—from a watchdog group. The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced it will allow it to explain why. Last year, the D.C. District Court sided with the Citizens for Responsibility…

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Right-Wing Network Panics as Rallygoer Suddenly Starts Bashing TrumpReal America’s Voice proved this week that it can’t handle even one voice critical of the president. RAV reporter Bobby McNeily interviewed an attendee at a Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday—but suddenly cut the conversation short when the man began roasting the president’s second-term track record. The man—who was identified solely as…

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Can This Florida Dem Pull Off One More Big Surprise?You’re reading The TNR Blue Book. Get daily scoops, strategy, and developments inside the liberal ideas factory delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for free . Inside Washington Angie Nixon has defied expectations before. In the Democratic primary for Florida’s Senate race in August, her opponent Alex Vindman campaigned as though he was already running…

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Trump Humiliated With Half-Empty Rally in Middle of Rust BeltPresident Trump played to an embarrassingly sparse crowd in Youngstown, Ohio, Monday night. Parts of the Covelli Center were tarped off , and other sections had rows of empty seats as Trump made his way to the stage. The Trump supporters who did show up were treated to the president’s appreciation for Senator Jon Husted’s rear end and his mockery of a…

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Trump’s New Press Secretary Holds Train-Wreck Debut BriefingWhite House press secretary Katie Zacharia’s debut was so poor it made Karoline Leavitt look like Cicero. The newly appointed press secretary spoke slowly and awkwardly during her debut press conference Tuesday, as if she had never seen or uttered the words in front of her prior to taking the podium. Her cadence was clunky, closer to that of a fourth…

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Did Trump’s New Press Secretary Lie About Being a Lawyer?The incoming White House press secretary has made a name for herself as an on-air legal expert, claiming she’s an attorney. But is she? Katie Zacharia is not actually licensed to practice law anywhere in the country, according to a report published Tuesday by Popular Info ’s Judd Legum. The 42-year-old obtained her J.D. from Pepperdine Caruso Law in…

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Ken Paxton Caught Partying With U.S. Fugitives in DubaiTexas Attorney General and Senate candidate Ken Paxton spent New Year’s Eve 2024 partying in Dubai with his mistress and two U.S. fugitives indicted on health care fraud charges. In a video obtained by The Wall Street Journal , Paxton can be seen surveying the fireworks over the Dubai skyline next to his girlfriend Tracy Duhon. Indicted fugitives Sameer…

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Kimberly Guilfoyle Resigns After Trump’s Fury Over Her CorruptionKimberly Guilfoyle has officially resigned as U.S. ambassador to Greece. She made the announcement Tuesday in a statement on Twitter, thanking Donald Trump for the opportunity and listing what she accomplished during her short tenure. She also took aim at the reports of corruption that led to her downfall. “I also want to address the recent allegations…

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Trump Jokes Around as Rallygoer Punches Protester in the FacePresident Donald Trump mocked a protester as they were being physically attacked by his rallygoers. At a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Monday, Trump’s address was interrupted by a fight in the stands. A video of the incident showed a bald man in a T-shirt punching a woman in the face, pulling her hair, and hitting her repeatedly. “Paid protester,” the…

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“I Looked at His Ass”: Trump Thirsts Over MAGA Senate CandidateOn the campaign trail in Ohio, President Donald Trump decided that complimenting Senator Jon Husted’s posterior was a winning strategy. “I don’t do this with men very often. I started examining his body. And I looked and I watched up and down. I watched his ass and I looked at the whole. And then I looked at his hands. Look at his hands, he’s got these,…

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MAGA Voters Turn on Trump in Focus Group Bombshell: “Nothing but Lies”Sarah Longwell of The Bulwark recently held a focus group with people who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 that took an extraordinary turn. After being shown Trump’s vile taxpayer-funded ad , in which he rages about expelling “globalists” and “Marxists” and the “fake news media,” they were revolted. They called Trump “despicable” and “power hungry” and a…

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Why Did DOGE Exist? Now We Know.One of the nagging questions about the DOGE fiasco is why . Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was established to cut $2 trillion from the $7 trillion federal budget. But in fiscal year 2026, which ended two weeks ago, the federal budget was $7.4 trillion, a 6 percent increase . The budget deficit, whose size was the reason to cut government…

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