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Chaos engulfs Education Dept over Trump’s ‘cartoon’ student loans plan: reportThe Trump administration’s rush to spin off the Education Department’s student loan office has thrown the agency into chaos, with one official involved in the planning dismissing the effort as “basically just a cartoon,” The Washington Sun reported Thursday. Current and former officials told The Sun the department is taking a chaotic approach that is…

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'Sort of a pyramid scheme': Trump's new hire sheepishly explains decade-long gap in resumeWhite House press secretary Katie Zacharia spent part of a decade-long gap in her résumé selling nutrition shakes for a fitness company that claims to have no record of her. The newly installed press secretary's LinkedIn shows a gap in employment between 2013 and late 2023, but WIRED reported that a deleted version of her profile, found in a leak…

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Trump admits to 'very severe problems' before scrambling for correction: 'I set myself up'President Donald Trump turned remarks about drug addiction into a bizarre admission about his own personal problems Thursday before realizing he might have fueled the media with something to talk about. Speaking at a Rose Garden event honoring first responders, Trump was discussing the dangers of drug and alcohol addiction when he abruptly shifted the…

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Trump deploys 'nuclear option' to shield himself amid 'missing' Kennedy Center fundsPresident Donald Trump invoked executive privilege to shield his Kennedy Center records as the White House examines claims that a multimillion-dollar donation went missing. White House deputy counsel Joshua Hoyt formally asserted the privilege in a declaration filed Wednesday in a federal lawsuit brought by Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) over the crusade to…

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Critics blown away by 'levels of internal chaos' at White House as Trump ponders shake-upA report that Donald Trump is shopping around for a new White House chief of staff just before the midterm election is baffling and amusing some of his critics. On Thursday morning, Politico Playbook reported that current Chief of Staff Susie Wiles may be on her way out the door with the president calling allies and floating the names of replacements,…

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MAGA Senate nominee rocked on live TV as fed-up moderator torches him on election 'lies'A Colorado debate moderator repeatedly pressed Republican Senate nominee Mark Baisley over his past embrace of 2020 election conspiracy theories, at one point asking how voters could trust him to tell the truth about anything. 9NEWS anchor Kyle Clark confronted Baisley, a state senator challenging Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper, during Wednesday’s…

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Trump said to 'make Pete Hegseth look weak' with new retreat: 'Tactical error'President Donald Trump scrapped Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, and critics pounced on his reversal. In a Truth Social post that didn’t mention Hegseth, Trump said Hasan “will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed," and while…

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Why the GOP's voter fraud messaging may backfireWhy the GOP’s voter fraud messaging may backfire A sticker on a lamppost warns of voter fraud on Nov. 7, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Christopher Miller , University of Richmond With Election Day 2026 just weeks away and control of Congress hanging in the balance, the results will almost certainly hinge on voter turnout, just as…

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'Lawyer up': MAGA operative insists he 'never lied' after posing as Talarico's cousinA MAGA operative who posed as the cousin of Senate nominee James Talarico (D-TX) in a call that fueled a false psychiatric hospital rumor insists he “never lied.”Rhein Amacher, who says he worked on President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, posted what he called a “final statement” on X early Thursday...

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DOJ insiders spot fatal flaw in Trump White House’s revenge probe over public snub: reportThe White House helped steer a Justice Department probe into major TV networks, but some inside the department doubt it will survive. The White House was a driving force behind the DOJ's antitrust investigation into the networks' brief suspension of pooled presidential coverage, three people familiar with the matter told Semafor on Wednesday. Some inside…

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MAGA's grip slipping among faithful as Dem pastors are ‘driving people crazy’: expertThe right's long-held claim to Christianity in American politics is coming apart, and one faith leader says he's enjoying every minute of it. Pastor Paul Brandeis Raushenbush told columnist Jennifer Rubin and lawyer Norman Eisen on Wednesday's episode of "Coffee with Contrarians" that Democratic candidates who openly talk about their Christian faith,…

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Legendary comedian claims MAGA's 'obsession' made her life hell: 'You'd be amazed'Comedian Kathy Griffin says MAGA supporters are still fixated on her almost ten years after a controversial photo of her with a Trump mask, and that the midterms are reviving the hostility, in conversation with The Daily Beast’s “Obsessed: The Podcast.” Griffin, 65, who is touring with her stand-up show “New Face, New Tour,” says the attention never…

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