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DOGE Goons Are Now Secretly Running Government Websites

The Department of Government Efficiency may be dead, but its employees are still alive and kicking—and they’ve been quietly rebuilding sensitive...

29.06.2026 10

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Trump Mocks His Own Party as He Claims Landmark Housing Bill Is Boring

President Donald Trump still won’t say whether he’ll sign a bipartisan housing bill that’s coming to his desk Monday, declaring it “a big...

29.06.2026 10

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Supreme Court Tells Trump to Give It Up Already on E. Jean Carroll

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s appeal of the E. Jean Carroll verdict, in which he was found guilty of sexually...

29.06.2026 10

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Supreme Court Rules Fourth Amendment Covers Your Location Data

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Fourth Amendment protects individuals’ right to privacy when it comes to their phone location data.

29.06.2026 10

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Two Major Trump Corruption Plots Revealed in Just 24 Hours

President Donald Trump and his family continue to dominate the field when it comes to corruption, with two new scandals exposed just within the last...

29.06.2026 10

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Mike Johnson Spells Out the Democratic Socialist Platform Perfectly

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson tried to fearmonger by … just reading the Democratic Socialists of America’s agenda out loud.

26.06.2026 10

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Trump Is Clearly Rattled by What Mamdani Just Did in New York

President Donald Trump spoke at the Faith & Freedom Coalition policy conference in Washington, D.C. on Friday, but seemed hyperfixated on something...

26.06.2026 10

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Republican State Senator Charged With Felonies for Election Fraud

A South Dakota Republican state senator has been hit with two felony charges for falsifying party nomination forms, reports the South Dakota...

26.06.2026 10

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JD Vance Accidentally Admits the Truth With His Thoughts on Watergate

Watergate wasn’t even that bad, according to JD Vance.

26.06.2026 10

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Ex-Trump Adviser John Bolton Pleads Guilty in Classified Docs Case

Former White House national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he unlawfully kept and transmitted classified national...

26.06.2026 10

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DeSantis Announces the End of Trump’s Beloved “Alligator Alcatraz”

Alligator Alcatraz, the infamous Florida detention camp, will be closed, Governor Ron DeSantis said on Thursday.

25.06.2026 10

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Turns Out RFK Jr. Lied to Congress About That Trip to Samoa

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the Senate last year that a trip to Samoa in 2019 right before a deadly measles outbreak had “nothing to do with...

25.06.2026 10

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Rubio Can’t Explain Why Trump’s Other Son-in-Law Was at UAE Meeting

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Michael Boulos, sat in on official meetings in the United Arab Emirates because he’s a good friend, Secretary...

25.06.2026 10

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MAHA Erupts as Supreme Court Sides With Monsanto on Weed Killer

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the biotechnology corporation Monsanto on Thursday, saying the company did not have to include a cancer warning on...

25.06.2026 10

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Two Republicans Cave to Trump and Flip to Kill War Powers Resolution

Republican senators proved yet again that their spines are made of pudding on Wednesday, rejecting a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s...

25.06.2026 10

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Trump Responds to Housing Question With Rant About Communist Takeover

President Donald Trump is evidently still reeling from the results of last night’s congressional primaries, especially in New York, where multiple...

24.06.2026 10

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Trump and GOP Senator Get Into Shouting Match Behind Closed Doors

President Donald Trump and outgoing Republican Senator Bill Cassidy got into a shouting match over the war in Iran at a GOP lunch Wednesday.

24.06.2026 10

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Democratic Senator Demands Trump Pay for Reflecting Pool Disaster

Democratic Senator John Hickenlooper is calling for President Donald Trump to refund taxpayers out of his own pocket for the millions spent on the...

24.06.2026 10

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Trump Puts Pregnant Dem Congresswoman on Trial For ICE Oversight

U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver could face up to 17 years in prison if the Justice Department gets its way.

24.06.2026 10

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Trump Hastily Gets Kash Patel’s Girlfriend to Sing for Freedom 250

After multiple artists dropped out of President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 Independence Day celebrations, the administration has settled on a...

24.06.2026 10

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Size of “Gash” in Reflecting Pool Keeps Changing, as Told by Trump

The size of the “slit” cut into the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just keeps growing, according to President Trump in interviews...

23.06.2026 10

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Trump, 80, Wants to Run for President Again

President Donald Trump is once again floating the idea of running for an unconstitutional third term.

23.06.2026 10

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Anti-ICE Protesters Sentenced to Decades in Prison for “Terrorism”

Anti-ICE protesters in Texas were sentenced to at least 50 years in prison Tuesday on terrorism charges, The Guardian reported. The case was widely...

23.06.2026 10

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Billions More Needed for Iran War Trump Started, Pentagon Says

The Pentagon wants $80 billion from Congress, mostly to cover the cost of the U.S. war against Iran, the Associated Press reports.

23.06.2026 10

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New Book Reveals Trump’s Wild Sleep Habits

After watching President Donald Trump nod off during meetings over and over and over again, we may finally have some answer as to why.

23.06.2026 20

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Judge Smacks Down Trump’s Attempt to Get Maryland’s Voter Rolls

President Donald Trump has struck out nine times in court in his quest to obtain voter registration data from states, reports Democracy Docket.

22.06.2026 20

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Not So Fast: Iran Says It Didn’t Agree to Nuclear Inspections

Despite Vice President JD Vance’s claims, Iran’s state media says it will not allow nuclear inspectors into the country, complicating the...

22.06.2026 20

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ICE Agents Do Donuts With Their Cars to Celebrate Father’s Day Raid

On the morning of Father’s Day, seven cars of ICE agents barreled through Santa Barbara, California, and detained anywhere from nine to 11 people,...

22.06.2026 30

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Team Trump Quiet Over Explosive Tulsi Gabbard Cult Revelations

Former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard may have been taking orders on political decisions from Chris Butler, the leader of a group...

22.06.2026 10

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JD Vance Whines About Iran’s “Trash Talk” of Trump

JD Vance blamed Iran’s “trash talk” for nearly torpedoing peace talks on Sunday, after aggressive comments from President Trump caused Iran to...

22.06.2026 20

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DOJ Refusing to Release Old Epstein Emails That Could Expose Trump

The Department of Justice claims that it’s released every document that’s required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. But the agency...

19.06.2026 20

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Trump Wins Power to Replace Slavery Exhibit at President’s House

The Trump administration will be allowed to replace an exhibit on slavery at George Washington’s home in Philadelphia, a federal appeals court panel...

19.06.2026 10

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Utterly Absurd Contractor Behind Reflecting Pool Renovation Disaster

A business tied to a longtime Trump donor was given the no-bid contract to clean up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool this spring, reported The New...

19.06.2026 10

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Italy’s Meloni Slams Trump Over Made-Up Story She “Begged” for Photo

President Donald Trump has sparked a diplomatic crisis with Italy after insulting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on television.

19.06.2026 10

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Trump Declares There Are “No Limits” to His Power

Now that President Donald Trump has signed an agreement with Iran that caves on many of his initial demands, you would be forgiven for hoping he’s...

19.06.2026 10

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FCC Scrubs Its Website of Any Hint It’s an Independent Agency

18.12.2025 40

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Trump Adds Lame Insults to Presidents’ Portraits in White House

18.12.2025 100

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FCC Chair Admits He’ll Cave to Trump’s Worst Demands

18.12.2025 40

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ICE Agent Kneels on Pregnant Woman as Bystanders Hurl Snowballs at Him

17.12.2025 30

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Jack Smith Testifies That He’d Prosecute Trump All Over Again

17.12.2025 20

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All Trump Wants for Christmas is a “Triumphal Arc”

15.12.2025 50

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Climate Change Is Coming for Your Favorite Holiday Foods

15.12.2025 20

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Trump’s Support Is Declining Among MAGA Base: Poll

15.12.2025 40

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Trump Scraps Abolition Coins, Features Himself Instead

14.12.2025 20

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Trump Spread False Information About Brown Shooting. That’s a Problem

14.12.2025 20

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ICE Barbie Kristi Noem Spirals Under Intense White House Pressure

14.12.2025 40

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Trump’s DOJ Could Charge Alleged Kirk Killer With Surprising Crime

14.12.2025 60

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Trump’s Posts Spur Threats Against Lawmakers On Both Sides of Aisle

14.12.2025 30

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Trump Admin Is Secretly Giving ICE Names of All Air Travelers

13.12.2025 30

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“Total Loser”: Sleepless Trump Slams Indiana Republicans

13.12.2025 20

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