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"An affront to the First Amendment": CBS moves to dismiss Trump's "60 Minutes" suit

Attorneys for Paramount argued the suit sought "to punish" news organizations that the president dislikes

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SpaceX Starship explodes during test flight, causing ground stops at four Florida airports

The company will have to clear an FAA mishap investigation before future Starship launches, regulators said

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"Don't think I'm a criminal": Crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried maintains innocence from prison

The man behind FTX shared what its like to spend time with rapper-mogul Diddy in a Tucker Carlson interview

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"An American president is not a king": Judge reverses Trump's firing of NLRB member

The D.C. judge and Obama appointee ruled that NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox should be reinstated on the labor panel

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"Scalpel not hatchet": Trump clarifies to Cabinet that Musk can't fire employees

The president weighed in after weeks of confusion, telling Cabinet leaders that they, not Musk, held firing power

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White House prepping executive order that purports to make English the official language: report

White House prepping executive order that purports to make English the official language: report

The order from Trump would set an official language for the first time in the nation's nearly 250 years

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“Have you said ‘thank you’ once?”: Trump and Vance attack Zelenskyy at White House meeting

“Have you said ‘thank you’ once?”: Trump and Vance attack Zelenskyy at White House meeting

The vice president called the Ukrainian leader "disrespectful" and Trump suggested peace efforts were at a stand-still

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"Total liar": MAGA loyalists melt down over Trump admin's "fake release" of Jeffrey Epstein files

AG Pam Bondi suggested FBI Director Kash Patel was withholding documents after coming under fire from MAGA World

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"Does not have any authority whatsoever": Judge rules Trump admin's mass firings likely illegal

White House office lacks authority "under any statute in the history of the universe," judge says

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"Zero tolerance": DeSantis says Andrew Tate is not welcome in Florida, as MAGA celebrates release

The MAGA governor wasn't quite ready to welcome the accused sex trafficker into his state

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"Say we did a great job": Trump demands glowing reviews from Fox News after first Cabinet meeting

The president's coverage-dictating banter comes amid a chilling set of assaults on press freedom in the White House

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"They're going to expect universal healthcare": Walz says voters will demand more of Democrats

The Minnesota governor thinks Democrats can afford to offer a bolder vision when they return to power

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"We cannot allow this scourge": Trump says Mexico, Canada tariffs will go into effect next week

The president previously delayed duties on Mexican and Canadian imports by a month

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Musk decries "shortage" of air traffic controllers weeks after offering them buyouts

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The chief cost-cutter sent buyout offers to air traffic controllers in January

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Elon Musk and other right-wing donors are "pouring money" into Wisconsin's Supreme Court race

Elon Musk and other right-wing donors are

Wisconsin is a "wild west in terms of campaign spending," with the last high court race shattering spending records

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Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's anti-DEI crusade

Federal judge temporarily halts Trump's anti-DEI crusade

A Biden appointee said the orders on DEI were likely “unconstitutionally vague” and “chilling [toward] free speech"

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"Old curmudgeon": Stephen A. Smith fires back at Carville after being told to "stick to sports"

The sports broadcaster with surprising electoral appeal wrote off the octagenarian's warning to watch his mouth

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"I don't think he's important": Trump shares frank reason for Zelenskyy's absence from peace talks

Trump's comments come amid a widening rift between him and the Ukrainian leader, which may be good news for Putin

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"That's Russia's fault, Mr. President": Fox News host pushes back on Trump's Ukraine betrayal

The News Corp empire mobilized against the president's claim that Volodymr Zelenskyy is a failing "dictator"

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Bannon's "Nazi" salute spurs far-right French politician to back out out of CPAC

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A prominent French far-right figure is backing out of a highly-anticipated speech to CPAC over after former Trump aide Steve Bannon ended his own...

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"Gravedigger of American Democracy": McConnell gave us the do-nothing Congress

McConnell reshaped the Senate forever, taking the wind out of two Presidents' sails with a playbook for obstruction

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"I will not be silenced": U.S. Attorney launches inquiry into Democratic rep. over Musk criticism

Ed Martin, Trump's pick for U.S. Attorney for DC, warned Rep. Robert Garcia to leave Musk and DOGE alone

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Musk calls Mogensen the r-word after falsely claiming Biden abandoned ISS astronauts

Musk calls Mogensen the r-word after falsely claiming Biden abandoned ISS astronauts

The billionaire got into it with a Danish astronaut after they questioned his tale about astronauts stuck in space

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"Can't spell history without a T": Hundreds protest Trump's trans erasure at Stonewall

The Stonewall National Monument’s National Parks site was edited to read “LGB” on Thursday, sparking outrage

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Out with the old: Maxwell Frost, Gen Z Democrat, on why America needs a real "opposition party"

Out with the old: Maxwell Frost, Gen Z Democrat, on why America needs a real

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., told Salon that Democrats need to change how they approach being in the minority

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Issa Rae, Low Cut Connie cancel Kennedy Center shows amid Trump takeover

Issa Rae, Low Cut Connie cancel Kennedy Center shows amid Trump takeover

The president's purge at the historic D.C. arts and culture organization is scaring away A-listers

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Battle Royale or "very elegant" gaslighting? McMahon ripped by Dems in confirmation hearing

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The ex-WWE exec faced a grilling on a lawsuit alleging the organization overlooked rampant child sexual abuse

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DOJ officials resign after Trump admin demands they kill NYC Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case

DOJ officials resign after Trump admin demands they kill NYC Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case

A conservative-aligned DOJ official quit before ending the five-count corruption case against NYC mayor Eric Adams

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"He let the Republican Party go to hell": Trump blasts McConnell after vote against RFK Jr.

The president said that the GOP would be in tatters if it was left to the Kentucky senator

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"Prices could go up": Trump approves country-by-country reciprocal tariff scheme

Trump says his trading plan will lower costs over time, after a potential short-term shock

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Pink pony up: Chappell Roan fires back at exec who laughed off call for artist healthcare

The "Pink Pony Club" singer is calling an op-ed writer's bluff after he accused her of faux-activism

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"Stay the f**k out of trans kids' business": Hayes pushes back against Maher's anti-trans rhetoric

The MSNBC host stunned the HBO comedian with some confrontational advice: leave families with trans kids alone

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‘‘Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act’’: Dems float legislation to make Musk liable for DOGE's actions

New Mexico Rep. Melanie Stansbury wants the world's richest man to be "on the hook" for DOGE's legal damages

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DOGE's access to Treasury data blocked by federal judge

The temporary restraining order came after more than a dozen states filed suit over Elon Musk's vast access

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Democrats decry "authoritarian regime" after security bars them from entering Education Department

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., shared videos of Homeland Security agents blocking members of Congress from entering

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Musk staffer takes top role at Treasury Department with control over federal payment system

Tom Krause, a former executive involved in Elon Musk's DOGE, is the new financial assistant secretary at the Treasury

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"I say bring him back": JD Vance says avowed "racist" should get a second chance at DOGE

The vice president offered his support to Marko Elez, a self-described "racist" who objects to interracial marriage

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Trump FCC threatens radio station for reporting on ICE raid, expanding assault on press freedom

FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a Project 2025 contributor, told Fox News that the outlet's reporting was "concerning"

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"Dystopian and authoritarian": Project 2025 architect Russ Vought confirmed as head of OMB

Vought, who embraces a "unitary executive" theory of Trump's power, will lead the Office of Management and Budget

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"DOGE has no authority": Attorneys general plan to sue to block Musk's data access

Representatives of more than a dozen states said they hope to DOGE's "unacceptable" federal rampage

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"This is evil": USAID will reportedly be gutted by Trump administration

Federal workers groups say moves to "systematically dismantle" the organization without Congress are illegal

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Hail to the Chiefs? Trump’s history with the defending Super Bowl champions

Trump will be the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl, but he's interacted with the champs before

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Elon's army is falling apart: DOGE staffer resigns after racist posts uncovered

25-year-old Marko Elez had unprecedented access to Treasury computer systems. Then, his racist tweets re-emerged.

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Judge halts Trump admin's "Fork in the Road" federal worker buyout deadline

District Court Judge George O’Toole Jr. stayed a Thursday night deadline for federal workers to take a buyout

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"There is no common ground with fascists": Progressives rip Klobuchar's call for bipartisanship

The Minnesota senator called for compromise. Progressives called for her head

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"How much would it take to beat y'all?": ESPN's Smith considers 2028 run to save "pathetic" Dems

Make America First (Take) Again?

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"I'm not surprised by the hate": Transgender Army pilot falsely tied to plane crash speaks out

Black Hawk pilot Jo Ellis was tied to a deadly plane crash by far-right social media accounts earlier this week

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Trump's immigration plans will hurt for farm workers and consumers alike, mass deportation or not

Trump's deportation scheme is expected to expand a legal class of exploitable agriculture workers or balloon costs

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"Dangerous rollback": Trump Department of Education reverses Biden-era Title IX rules

The changes will make reporting complaints harder and eliminate protections for LGBTQ students

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"I wouldn't trust that newspaper": Author accuses Los Angeles Times of "distorting" RFK Jr. critique

Eric Reinhart said the Los Angeles Times changed his piece to make it look like he backs Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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