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Trump diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency following leg swelling | CNN Politics – President Donald Trump was examined for swelling in his legs and has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, the White House announced Thursday.
Former Voice of America Employee Indicted for Threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene – An indictment unsealed today in the District of Columbia charges a Maryland resident with influencing a federal official by threatening a family member, influencing a federal official by threat,…
Former Intel Chief Banned From Dog’s Graduation Ceremony – The pettiness of the administration’s retribution campaign begins to bite.
Interactive Election Map – A 2020 presidential election map based on the consensus of the most respected forecasts and polling. Click on the states to make your own forecast.
Trump administration shuts down LGBTQ youth suicide hotline – The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline's LGBTQ youth service, which has provided queer youths with specialized services since 2022, was officially terminated Thursday.
Trump's been on a win streak. The Epstein controversy could distract from it – President Trump would rather be talking about his "One Big Beautiful Bill" and other recent wins, but the controversy over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein documents is proving to be a distraction.
House Democrats send letter to Fox News demanding answers on edits to Trump’s 2024 Epstein comments | CNN Business – Top Democrats on the oversight committee say Fox presented Trump’s comments about the so-called Epstein files in a way that both misled the public and distorted his position.
Fascism For First Time Founders – Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…
Trump's Budget Chief Is About To Go Rogue On Massive Spending Cuts – Russ Vought said to expect more massive spending cuts because Trump is "not cowing to a legislative branch’s understanding of its own authorities and powers."
Mexican National Charged in Federal Criminal Complaint with Staging Fake Immigration ‘Kidnapping’ – An illegal alien from Mexico has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with orchestrating a phony kidnapping – which she blamed on federal agents or people working with federal agents – to…
The Trump regime is arresting protesters now. This was the plan all along. | Will Bunch – Federal felony charges against nine ICE protesters in Spokane, Wash., reveal how Trump's secret police are expanding their web.
New U.S. assessment finds American strikes destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites – President Donald Trump rejected a military plan for more comprehensive strikes on Iran’s nuclear program that would have lasted weeks, NBC News has also learned.
Exclusive | Trump discussing drone ‘mega deal’ with Ukraine — as US tech lags behind adversaries: ‘The people of America need this technology’ – “The people of America need this technology, and you need to have it in your arsenal,” Zelensky told The Post of Ukraine’s latest drones.