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U.S. Nearly Started a War Because Military Used AI to Write a Report

A wildly inaccurate U.S. military intelligence report produced with artificial intelligence almost started World War III, CNN reported Friday.

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It’s Not Just Matching Shoes. Trump Team Has Matching Rolexes Too.

Custom Rolex watches have become the ultimate symbol of status for President Donald Trump’s White House staff, Vanity Fair reported Friday.

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USPS Deals Trump’s Efforts to End Mail-in Voting Another Huge Loss

The U.S. Postal Service has stopped work on a system to process statewide lists of registered voters after the Supreme Court blocked President Donald...

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Trump, 80, Is Shocked by What’s in His Own Executive Order

President Donald Trump admitted that he had no clue what was in his own executive order.

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Donors to Transportation Secretary’s Son-in-Law See Huge Boosts

Republican donors with no ties to Wisconsin are pouring their money into a random House candidate there—who happens to be Transportation Secretary...

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Trump Quietly Dumps Longtime Election Observer Group

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE, which has sent observers to monitor every U.S. federal election for the past two...

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Judge Ties Trump’s Hands on Changes to Kennedy Center

A federal judge ordered the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to give at least 30 days’ notice before beginning any construction on the...

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FBI Panics Women Are Pretending to Be Tradwives to Catfish and Dox ICE

The FBI believes women pretending to be “tradwives” are targeting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in order to dox them, The Guardian...

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Mike Johnson Accidentally Wrecks Trump’s Claim About Strait of Hormuz

House Speaker Mike Johnson just shattered President Donald Trump’s lies about reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

17.09.2026 3

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Photographer Exposes Trump’s Kennedy Center Plan—And It’s a Bombshell

President Donald Trump already has plans to demolish the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

17.09.2026 2

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Chuck Grassley Tells Dem. to “Shut Up” About Kash Patel’s Incompetence

Senator Chuck Grassley had an explosive outburst at Senator Cory Booker Tuesday, after the Democratic lawmaker grilled FBI Director Kash Patel over...

15.09.2026 6

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Photographer Exposes Kash Patel’s Talking Points—and They’re a Doozy

FBI Director Kash Patel needed a cheat sheet of attacks in order to dodge tough questions from Senator Dick Durbin Tuesday.

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ICE Quietly Begins Firing Purge After Ignoring Everyone’s Red Flags

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun quietly firing new officers hired during the agency’s push to recruit thousands of “Homeland...

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Trump Spirals as Supreme Court Strikes Down Limits on Mail-In Voting

President Donald Trump majorly crashed out Tuesday after the Supreme Court killed his efforts to restrict mail-in voting ahead of the midterm...

15.09.2026 6

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MAGA Senator Secretly Begged Trump for a Break From Signature Policy

Alabama Senator Katie Britt praised President Donald Trump’s tariffs in public, but behind closed doors, the Republican lawmaker begged for relief,...

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ICE Locked People in Outdoor Cages the Size of Phone Booths

Staff at Alligator Alcatraz called them “calming areas.” They were really cages.

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Trump Jr.’s Wife Says Putin Ally Didn’t Pay for Wedding—Just the Party

Donald Trump Jr.’s new wife defended her husband’s “dear friend” Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s...

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Are Trump and His Sons About to Dump All of Their Crypto?

President Donald Trump and his three sons are poised to receive a massive payout from their shady crypto scheme, The Washington Sun (formerly NOTUS)...

14.09.2026 1

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Trump and JD Vance Completely Shut Down Calls for AI Guardrails

Industry leaders in artificial intelligence are sounding the alarm over the catastrophic risks of unchecked progress—but President Donald Trump and...

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The Terrifying Person Who Bankrolled Trump Jr.’s Wedding

Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish destination wedding was bankrolled by a member of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, ProPublica reported...

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9/11 Workers Are Hiding From Trump’s ICE Raids

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, NPR spoke with a support group for undocumented workers who served on cleanup crews following the...

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Republicans’ 9/11 Smear About AOC and Mamdani Instantly Collapses

Sorry to break it to you, but New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez weren’t actually cracking up at the...

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Shouts of “He Should Be Shot” Heard as Ted Cruz Lists Democrats

Texas Senator Ted Cruz brushed off a convention attendee shouting to kill Democratic politicians and candidates.

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Marco Rubio Is Pissed He Can’t Fire One of His Own Staffers

Secretary of State Marco Rubio was reportedly furious after a rogue aide got himself out of trouble by calling someone high up in President Donald...

11.09.2026 5

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Trump Has Bonkers Excuse for Why He Won’t Just Give Out $5,000 Now

President Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for why he’ll never give those $5,000 handouts.

10.09.2026 5

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Key Republican Delegates Have Decided on Trump’s Successor

Republicans are reportedly leaning toward Vice President JD Vance as their pick for 2028.

10.09.2026 4

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Ban Rudy Giuliani From the 9/11 Ceremony—Not Zohran Mamdani

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says current Mayor Zohran Mamdani should skip the national 9/11 memorial service—but in light of recent...

10.09.2026 9

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Charlie Kirk’s Group “Livid” Trump Hijacked Death Anniversary

“Trump-a-palooza” is already tearing MAGA apart.

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Trump Brags About Convention Crowd Size to Half-Empty Room

“Trump-a-palooza” is off to a disastrous start.

10.09.2026 9

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Anthropic Insiders Casually Admit AI Could “Kill All Humans”

Researchers on the frontier of artificial intelligence are sounding the alarm on the likelihood that their products will cause a mass extinction...

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Ted Cruz Accidentally Insults Trump While Defending Weird 9/11 Story

Never forget? Senator Ted Cruz suggested that President Donald Trump may not be able to remember what happened on 9/11.

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Trump Wants to Make It Easier to Bribe Public Officials

The Trump administration is moving to strip a rule barring private equity officials from engaging in “pay-to-play” schemes with government officials.

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Elon Musk Spends Millions Tricking People Into Giving Up Personal Data

Elon Musk’s super PAC is stealing voters’ personal information—again.

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Trump Hosts Weird 9/11 Tribute After Backing Out of National Ceremony

President Donald Trump hosted his own early-bird 9/11 tribute after deciding to skip the official ceremony in New York City where politicians aren’t...

08.09.2026 7

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Trump Accidentally Blows Up His Biggest Claim About Iran

President Donald Trump has spent months falsely claiming that the United States has already won its war against Iran—until now.

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Trump Celebrates Labor Day With Bonkers AI Video

The White House celebrated a workerless Labor Day on Monday by posting a slew of artificial intelligence slop videos.

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Trump Reveals Why He Keeps Launching New Vanity Projects

President Donald Trump admitted that he’s just building monuments to himself.

04.09.2026 6

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Trump Team Turns Their Horrific Deportation Policy Into a Video Game

Donald Trump’s administration has made a game of the president’s deadly crackdown on immigrants.

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The Stunning Reason Fox News Fired Maria Bartiromo Exposed

Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo was fired for leaking information about her employer to the White House, Status reported Thursday.

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Trump Wants to Permanently Shut Historic Site for Protests

President Donald Trump is taking extraordinary efforts to keep protesters out of his eyeline.

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Leaked Video Shows Flock Taught Cops How to Hunt No Kings Protesters

Flock Safety, the company behind the dystopian surveillance systems popping up in U.S. cities, is training law enforcement officers to use its...

03.09.2026 6

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Trump Sics IRS on Universities That Support Non-White Students

The Trump administration has found a new way to target Black and brown students at American universities—by giving white kids all their money.

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Sailors Say USS Lincoln Was Their Worst Deployment Ever

Sailors fresh off the USS Abraham Lincoln have some serious concerns about their record-setting deployment.

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Trump Says to Vote for Ken Paxton Even Though He’s Dumb and Ugly

President Donald Trump just let everyone know how he really feels about Ken Paxton.

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The Trump Administration Is One Big Reality TV Show Now

The Trump administration is dipping its toe back in reality television.

02.09.2026 10

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How Will Hakeem Jeffries Deal With Moderate House Turncoats?

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was sent scrambling to get his party members in line on Tuesday after two Democrats voted to advance the...

02.09.2026 9

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Pete Hegseth Cares More About Grooming Standards Than Readiness

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sacrificing military readiness for his conservative culture war—and he’s getting away with it.

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Talarico Sounds Alarm as Texas Plans to Close Dozens of Polling Sites

Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is sounding the alarm over potential voter suppression as Texas moves to shutter dozens of polling...

31.08.2026 9

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You’re Not Hallucinating: The Amount of Recalled Food Is Skyrocketing

For Americans, it’s been a real tough summer for figuring out what foods are safe to eat.

31.08.2026 9

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Hegseth Builds Secret MAGA Influencer Army—on Pentagon Payroll

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is secretly building an army of veterans turned influencers.

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