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The Reflecting Pool Mess Is Right Out of Trump’s Destructive Playbook

President Donald Trump is blaming “Vandalism” by “Radical Left Lunatics” for some of the struggles of his beloved Lincoln Memorial Reflecting...

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Trump Takes Two Steps Back in Ending His Iran War

On Saturday, Iran’s military announced it had closed shipping along the Strait of Hormuz, saying the US violated its deal to end the war by allowing...

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Republicans Question the US-Iran Deal. But Many Are Only Blaming JD Vance.

Many Republicans across the right are bashing interim deal between the US-Iran as an unnecessary surrender. “This is the worst foreign policy...

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The Iran War Isn’t Ending Any Time Soon

Despite yet another round of Trumpian pomp and circumstance around the president’s supposed deal to end the war in Iran, the agreement between the...

17.06.2026 2

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Trump Blocks Foreigners From Using Anthropic’s Latest AI Tech

On Friday night, the AI giant Anthropic said that the US government had ordered it to suspend foreign nationals, including employees, from all use of...

13.06.2026 8

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With Kennedy Center Setback, Trump Is Losing His War on “Woke” National Placards

On Saturday morning, Kennedy Center officials confirmed that they had removed all signs with President Trump’s name from the building after a...

13.06.2026 8

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Sportswashed: FIFA’s Long Love Affair With Authoritarians

The last major tournament staged by FIFA, the body behind the World Cup, was last summer’s Club World Cup—an international tournament where Donald...

11.06.2026 9

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FIFA Peace Prize Recipient Vows to Hit Iran ‘VERY HARD’ on First Night of World Cup

On Thursday, President Donald Trump said that the US would strike Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT,” in a bid to “assume total control of their Oil and...

11.06.2026 9

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The World Cup’s First Score: Union 1, Owners 0

In a 99-1 vote Wednesday night, food and beverage workers staffing Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium for the FIFA Men’s World Cup ratified an agreement...

10.06.2026 10

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Elon Musk’s Reward for Calling for a Race War? Becoming a Trillionaire.

British Labour Party leadership accused Elon Musk of inciting violence on social media ahead of massive ongoing white supremacist, anti-immigration...

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Dr. Oz: You Can’t Be Racist Anymore, Because That’s Racist

Apparently “because of woke,” disparaging a whole community of people based on their nationality and using that sentiment to justify extensive...

09.06.2026 9

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US Denies Entry to Africa’s Referee of the Year Ahead of World Cup

A World Cup referee from Somalia confirmed on Tuesday that US border patrol officials denied him entry into the country. “I am very, very...

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Hegseth Warns Europe to Defend Itself Against a Second D-Day

In a perplexing speech Saturday commemorating the World War II D-Day landings in Normandy, France, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called for...

06.06.2026 9

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US Accepts Only White Refugees For Sixth Consecutive Month

Every single one of the 599 refugees the US admitted last month was a white South African, according to data the State Department’s Bureau of...

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ICE at the World Cup Is a Threat to Us All

We’re less than a week away from the first match of the FIFA Men’s World Cup, with tensions mounting over the United States’ role as one of the...

05.06.2026 8

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Florida’s OpenAI Lawsuit Shows the GOP Splintering Over AI

OpenAI and its chatbot ChatGPT’s “success has not been earned; the rise of OpenAI is attributable to a web of deceit and the exploitation of users...

05.06.2026 8

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“The Waste Is Heartbreaking”: Fired Scott Pelley Accuses CBS of Courting Trump in Scathing Letter

“The principles I hold dear are gone,” 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley said after getting fired Tuesday night for criticizing Bari Weiss’...

03.06.2026 9

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“We Are Being Made to Look Like Fools”: How Trump Is Weaponizing World Cup Visas

The FIFA Men’s World Cup starts next week—and some players still don’t know whether they’ll be able to travel to their matches. On Wednesday,...

03.06.2026 9

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Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Doesn’t Seem to Get That People Are Struggling

On Fox News Sunday morning, President Donald Trump’s lead economic policy adviser, Kevin Hassett, dismissed Americans’ struggles to cover the...

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Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Doesn’t Seem to Get That People Are Struggling

On Fox News Sunday morning, President Donald Trump’s lead economic policy adviser, Kevin Hassett, dismissed Americans’ struggles to cover the...

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New Jersey Officials Impose Curfew to Stifle Anti-ICE Protests at Delaney Hall

At midnight on Sunday, New Jersey officials chose to help federal agents suppress the ongoing rallies at a New Jersey ICE detention center rather than...

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Appeals Court Revives Texas Immigration Law Allowing Arrests on Suspicion

Civil rights groups warn the immigration law could lead to racial profiling and family separations.

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Andy Kim: Nothing’s Improved Since Minnesota—Except Private Prison Profits

“I certainly didn’t see anything at Delaney Hall that gives me a sense that things have changed since Minnesota,” Andy Kim told me. The New...

28.05.2026 9

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Is Pope Leo Joining the Anti-AI Resistance?

Having spoken out for the welfare of immigrants and against the war in Iran—and drawn the ire of some American conservatives in the process—Pope...

24.05.2026 10

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Trump Has Finally Found a Small Enough Enemy

On Wednesday, the Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging 94-year-old former Cuban head of state Raúl Castro with murder and conspiracy to...

21.05.2026 8

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Who Is Eligible For Trump’s Slush Fund Money? Blanche Won’t Say.

Trump now has a slush fund to reward his devotees, but who gets a share of it is unclear. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.): “Will individuals who...

19.05.2026 10

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Minnesota Is Doing What the Federal Government Won’t: Holding ICE Accountable

An ICE officer who allegedly shot a Minneapolis man when the Trump administration sent thousands of officers to Minnesota and lied about the series of...

18.05.2026 10

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Trump Just Gave Himself a $1.8 Billion Slush Fund to Reward His Friends

President Donald Trump dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service on Monday in exchange for a settlement deal to launch a...

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Sen. Bill Cassidy’s Losing Legacy: He Gave America RFK Jr.

Sen. Bill Cassidy may remember coming in third place, but the American people will be left with his legacy of playing a role in degrading the...

17.05.2026 10

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GOP Push for $1 Billion to Fund Trump’s Ballroom Hits Roadblock

A GOP bill aiming to use $1 billion of taxpayer money to finance required security for President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom was denied in a...

17.05.2026 10

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Sam Altman Is Taking a Lot of Punches on the Witness Stand

Can you trust Sam Altman? That was one of the central themes at the high-profile trial between the OpenAI CEO and Elon Musk in California this week,...

14.05.2026 10

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Should Trump Get $10 Billion in Apology Money? Mike Johnson Hasn’t Thought About It.

Apparently House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t believe that Congress needs any oversight of President Trump’s actions. During a Tuesday press...

13.05.2026 10

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Marty Makary Wasn’t Anti-Abortion or Pro-Vape Enough for Trump

President Donald Trump’s Food and Drug Administration commissioner Marty Makary resigned on Tuesday following political battles over health policy...

12.05.2026 10

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Trump Broke His Own Record—For Economic Disapproval

A new CNN poll on Tuesday found that 70 percent of Americans disapprove of how President Donald Trump is handling the economy. Notably, Trump never...

12.05.2026 10

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Trump’s Energy Secretary: “I Can’t Predict the Price of Energy”

President Donald Trump’s energy secretary shrugged when asked on Sunday whether gas prices could rise to $5 per gallon and offered no clear plan to...

10.05.2026 10

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HHS Celebrates Mother’s Day With Pro-Life Pregnancy Advice

On Mother’s Day, the US Department of Health and Human Services launched a website that promotes pro-life pregnancy centers for new and expecting...

10.05.2026 10

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This May Day, Even Organizers Are Cautious, But Hopeful

After last month’s No Kings protest, Indivisible, the group that describes itself as a pro-democracy, anti-authoritarian people-powered movement,...

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Sam Altman’s ChatGPT Couldn’t Stop Obsessing Over Goblins

OpenAI admitted it had to develop a specific instruction in the code of its latest model of ChatGPT to stop it from repeatedly referencing “goblins,...

30.04.2026 10

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The Girls Are Fighting, AI Edition

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are set to square off in court over OpenAI’s mission. In his lawsuit, Musk accuses Altman of illegally transforming OpenAI...

27.04.2026 10

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They’re Trying to Get Jimmy Kimmel Fired Again

First Lady Melania Trump kicked off the backlash against Jimmy Kimmel on Monday. Donald Trump and Karoline Leavitt soon followed. Then came the Trump...

27.04.2026 10

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A Senator Takes The Justice Department at Its Word. What Could Go Wrong?

On Sunday, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said he would confirm Donald Trump’s nominee for the new Federal Reserve chair after the Department of Justice...

26.04.2026 10

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Trump and Friends Use Dinner Shooting to Boost Ballroom

President Donald Trump and many of his supporters are using the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night to...

26.04.2026 10

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Meet Paolo Zampolli, the Man at the Center of Trump’s Biggest Scandals

Paolo Zampolli epitomizes why so many people hate the Trump administration. Zampolli serves as Donald Trump’s US special envoy for “Global...

23.04.2026 10

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The Trump Family’s Crypto Venture Is Being Sued by Its Own Billionaire Backer

The Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture World Liberty Financial is being sued by one of its billionaire investors, who claims the company froze...

22.04.2026 10

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Majority Backs Trump Impeachment—Even One in Five of His Own Voters

A majority of American adults say that the US House should vote to impeach President Trump—including one-in-five people who voted for him in 2024. A...

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Why Kevin Warsh Won’t Grade Trump’s Economy

Donald Trump’s nominee for Federal Reserve chair promised to bring a new inflation framework and regime change to the central bank on Tuesday...

21.04.2026 10

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The Real Reason Tucker Carlson Is Turning on Trump

Tucker Carlson would very much like you to forgive him for backing Donald Trump all these years. “It’s not enough to say ‘I changed my mind’...

21.04.2026 10

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Trump’s Hormuz Blockade Is a Catch-22

“If it works, it’s not great for the US. And if it doesn’t work, it’s also not great for the US.” That’s what Jeff Colgan, a political...

20.04.2026 20

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Trump’s “Petro-Imperialism” Is Pushing the US and Iran to the Brink

Petro-imperialism is back in a big way. On Monday, Iran’s military vowed to execute “necessary action” against US forces after it fired at and...

20.04.2026 10

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Trump’s Approval Rating Sinks to Lowest Point of His Second Term

President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have dropped to their lowest level since the start of his second term. According to the NBC News Decision...

19.04.2026 10

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