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'Devastating': Glee erupts as Susan Collins' 'road salt' boast blows up in her faceSen. Susan Collins (R-ME) bragged about a road salt win at a Maine Senate debate , and her challenger's comeback had observers cheering. On Tuesday, Collins faced Democratic challenger Troy Jackson in a debate weeks before the midterms. Asked what she would do about President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada , Collins pointed to a specific victory. "I…
Trump 'out of control' as rampage 'coming back to haunt him': biographerPresident Donald Trump's longtime biographer says the president is now "out of control" as the reckless moves in his second term backfire. Michael Wolff, who has written four books on Trump, made the remarks in a Tuesday episode of The Daily Beast's "Inside Trump's Head" podcast after he and co-host Joanna Coles played a clip of Trump at a Nebraska rally…
Scott Bessent doomed to repeat 'futile' gamble he got rich betting against: analystTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent is repeating the same doomed bond-market play he once got rich betting against, according to an economic analyst. Catherine Rampell, economics editor at The Bulwark, made the case on an episode of her podcast "Receipts" on Tuesday as she and journalist Sam Stein picked apart Bessent's recent interview with Axios, in which…
Trump stalling Jack Smith report hearing by hiding behind midterm schedule: ex-prosecutorPresident Donald Trump is using his midterm schedule to stall a hearing on Jack Smith's classified documents report, a former U.S. attorney says. Joyce Vance, who served as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, laid out the maneuver Tuesday in an article for her Substack newsletter Civil Discourse, arguing the president's latest bid for a…
Todd Blanche's new word for Trump accuser's FBI notes raises red flags for expertAttorney General Todd Blanche's new word for handwritten notes on an accuser of President Donald Trump in the Epstein files is raising red flags. Lawyer and journalist Katie Phang , a former prosecutor suing Blanche for the unredacted Epstein files, picked apart the Justice Department's latest court filing in a video posted Tuesday on her YouTube…
Florida man arrested after dressing up as ICE agent at polls to 'see people's reactions'A Miami-area man was arrested after allegedly turning up at a polling place in a full Immigration and Customs Enforcement getup, rattling voters for the sake of what he called curiosity, The New Republic reported . Danilo Alves Silva, 46, was taken into custody Sunday at Miami-Dade College's Kendall Campus, where Brazilian expats were voting in their…
Outrage after Susan Collins tries to 'feel' her way out of Kavanaugh question: 'Pathetic'Onlookers were outraged Tuesday after Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) gave an underwhelming answer to a key question during the state's Senate debate. Collins faced off in a debate with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson, where Collins was asked to defend her record supporting Trump's policies. At one time, the moderator asked Collins point-blank if Supreme…
Trump's 'massive' deal to cut gas prices unravels in its own fine print: economistPresident Donald Trump's boast that allies agreed to a "massive" fuel release falls apart on close inspection, according to an economist. Justin Wolfers, an economist at the University of Michigan, argued in an article for his Platypus Economics newsletter on Tuesday that the 100 million barrels of oil and fuel the Group of Seven pledged last week are…
CNN smacks Susan Collins with brutal flashback ahead of debate: 'Life comes at you fast'CNN hit Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) with a brutal reminder of her past vote for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh just hours before she was set to face her Democratic opponent in their first debate. “Life comes at you fast,” CNN’s Kasie Hunt said Tuesday after airing a 2018 interview in which Dana Bash pressed Collins about Kavanaugh and Roe V. Wade.…
Trump hit with 'most embarrassing hack' of the year: 'We have no team to handle this'A phone company launched by President Donald Trump's sons was hacked, and the hackers say they released customer data because the company told them it had "no team to handle this." A new criminal group called BYOD posted the records of 3,615 Trump Mobile customers on its dark web leak site last week, Straight Arrow News reported Monday. The files include…
Republican's top aide exposed in group chat with Nazi memes and racist rhetoric: reportA top aide to a vulnerable Pennsylvania Republican was in a college group chat that traded racist and antisemitic memes, a report says. Arnaud Armstrong, who serves as communications director for Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA), was a member of a GroupMe chat while at the University of Pittsburgh where members swapped Nazi memes, jokes about the Holocaust and…
Trump suffers another legal blow as judge freezes $36 billion 'punitive' fine machineA federal judge has put the brakes on the Trump administration's revived program of massive civil fines against immigrants, ruling that the Department of Homeland Security likely broke the law by slapping people with enormous penalties without checking whether they actually did anything to deserve them. U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr., an…
Trump confused by executive order he signed at rally: 'Does anyone want to explain it?'President Donald Trump announced a new initiative to "reduce costs" as part of his rally in Nebraska on Monday, an announcement that the president was seemingly confused by. Trump announced that his administration was expanding access to so-called red-dye diesel , which gets its name from the ink used to denote whether the diesel has paid highway taxes…
Legal expert spots ‘grievous mistake’ that could undermine major investigationElie Honig, a CNN legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, is calling out New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to put Attorney General Letitia James in charge of a Cornell University sexual assault investigation , warning that her public comments could undermine confidence in the high-profile case. Writing for "Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara," Honig…
Judge unearths elaborate ICE agent hoax: 'Some things simply strain the imagination'U.S. District Judge Gary R. Brown found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents gave similar false testimony and falsified official records to conceal the illegal arrest of a Bronx man through deceptive actions that he said "strain the imagination." Brown made the findings in a ruling Monday that provisionally granted Angel Jesus Almonte's…
Trump just let slip a casual admission that high gas prices are 'all his fault': analystsPresident Donald Trump's critics sounded off on Monday after the president tried to shift blame for high gas prices onto a U.S. ally. Trump has repeatedly tried to blame Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries for the surge in gas prices , especially diesel fuel. He attempted to cast blame on Ukraine again in a Truth Social post on Monday, suggesting…