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Trump Mercilessly Mocks His Former AG Bill Barr for Endorsing Him

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Donald Trump is tearing into his former attorney general for endorsing him in the upcoming presidential election, using the opportunity to dredge up his old insults against the man he says “let a lot of great people down by not…

Trump Trial Today: David Pecker Returns and a Contempt Ruling Looms

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Curtis Means/Reuters; This might be a stressful day for Donald Trump.

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Nevada GOP Senate Hopeful Uses Campaign Cash to Cosplay as a Cowboy

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Frontline Ukrainians Fear New Aid From U.S. Will Be a Disaster

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KHARKIV, Ukraine—After months of infighting on Capitol Hill, President Joe Biden has finally been able to sign off on a huge new $61 billion military aid bill for Ukraine. Delays to the bill, which got bogged down in the Republican…

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Fox Colleagues Rib Jesse Watters for Bad Pro-Trump Metaphor

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Jesse Watters, who is still not done complaining about how Donald Trump is being treated unfairly during his New York criminal trial, compared the indicted former president to King Kong on Wednesday, only to be reminded by his colleagues…

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Giuliani and Meadows Among Trump Pals Charged in Arizona’s 2020 Election Probe

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An Arizona grand jury indicted seven attorneys and aides linked to Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign on Wednesday, including his onetime Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, and his former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani.

News Agency Hack Spawns Presidential Assassination Hoax

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Hackers broke into a Czech news service site and spread a fake story about an assassination plot against the newly elected president of Slovakia on Tuesday.

New Complaint Alleges Trump Campaign Hid Millions in Lawyer Payments

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On Wednesday morning, The Daily Beast published a report detailing how Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and four associated PACs have been using a GOP compliance firm to pay legal fees, obscuring who is the ultimate recipient of…

Trump and Pals Named Unindicted Co-Conspirators in Michigan Fake Elector Plot

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The latest fallout of Donald Trump’s election lies arrived Wednesday, with prosecutors in Michigan revealing that the former president, along with his onetime Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, and his former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, are…

Wednesday, Apr 24

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‘Stunned’ George W. Bush Crashed Car After Laura Dissed His Speech

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A young George W. Bush was apparently so rattled by his wife’s brutal honesty about a subpar speech that he accidentally crashed their car.

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Viral OnlyFans Star ‘The Girth Master’ Answers Our Big Questions

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The former president of the United States may be on trial for the first time ever, but one man dominated the internet this week—and it wasn’t Donald Trump.

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Did Trump Violate His Gag Order With This Local TV Interview?

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In a pre-taped interview with a local Philadelphia news station that aired on Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump attacked one of the key witnesses in his hush-money criminal trial—an act that would seem to be yet another…

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Wanda Sykes Rips Trump’s Courtroom Farting

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Like hundreds of thousands of other rapt viewers, comedian Wanda Sykes is getting a lot of mileage out of the Manhattan criminal trial of Donald Trump, the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president. Trump has pleaded not guilty…

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Trump Bruised by Another Brutal Haley Protest Vote in Pennsylvania Primary

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Donald Trump may well have had the Republican nomination in the bag for weeks now, but legions of GOP voters are still apparently unable to stomach the idea of casting their ballots for him.

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Everything You Need to Know About What’s Next in Trump’s Trial

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Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan will be on hiatus Wednesday as Judge Juan Merchan takes the day to work on other cases—which is probably just as well, as it gives the public a chance to digest some of the most explosive claims…

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‘The Daily Show’ Co-Hosts Blast Jesse Watters’ ‘Cruel’ Trump Trial Take

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On Tuesday, former National Enquirer chief David Pecker testified for the second day in a row as the first witness in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. While the headlines practically write themselves, it turns out that having a Pecker on…

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Trump and His Mar-a-Lago Co-Defendants Switch Tactics

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Attorneys for Donald Trump’s co-defendants switched direction in a motion Tuesday, arguing that FBI agents weren’t thorough enough in their search of the ex-president’s Mar-a-Lago estate when they retrieved top-secret documents from there…

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GOP Senator Levels Biting Criticism at MTG: ‘Total Waste of Time’

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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is no fan of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the far-right firebrand whose latest outrage is at House Speaker Mike Johnson for helping to shepherd military aid for Ukraine through the House.

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Senate Votes in Favor of TikTok Ban Unless Chinese Parent Company Divests

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The U.S. Senate voted in favor of a bill on Tuesday that will ban TikTok in the U.S. unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, divests entirely from it.

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NYC Teens Attending Trump’s Trial Laugh at His Lawyer’s Missteps: ‘Really Funny’

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A pair of students in New York City took it upon themselves to attend the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president on Tuesday, with one telling MSNBC afterwards that it was especially “funny” to see Donald Trump’s lawyer, Todd…

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Musk Plays Up ‘Sentient Humanoid’ Robots as Tesla Flounders

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If ever there was a way to distract from Tesla’s lackluster corporate results on Tuesday, it was this: CEO Elon Musk declared during the company’s earnings call that he hopes to sell “sentient humanoid” robots by the end of next year.

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Mitch McConnell Bashes Tucker Carlson for ‘Demonization’ of Ukraine

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) didn’t hesitate to fault talking head Tucker Carlson for spreading Russian propaganda that seriously hindered GOP support for Ukraine.

Tuesday, Apr 23

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Serial Liar George Santos Nixes Short-Lived Independent Run for Congress

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Disgraced ex-Republican George Santos has killed his short-lived bid for a new seat in Congress, announcing his withdrawal from the race for New York’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday.

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When Did Katy Perry Become Elon Musk’s Go-To PR Shill?

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Tabloid Boss David Pecker Dishes on Killing Trump Love Child Rumor

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Former National Enquirer boss David Pecker testified on Tuesday that he agreed to be Donald Trump’s “eyes and ears” during the then-presidential candidate’s campaign for the White House, describing in detail a “highly, highly confidential”…

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Trump Picks Another Fight With Judge as He Waits for Contempt Ruling

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Moments after a contentious hearing about whether Trump should be held in contempt for violating his narrowly worded gag order, the former president took to his favorite social media platform to trash the judge who holds his fate.

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‘Losing All Credibility’: Judge Rips Trump Team at Tense Gag Order Hearing

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A New York judge did not hold back on Tuesday as prosecutors pushed to hold Donald Trump in contempt for attacking jurors and witnesses—just seven days into his landmark hush money trial.

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Lawmaker Complains That Young Russians Value Their Lives Too Much

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A Russian lawmaker took to the stage of a forum on internet safety Tuesday and briefly lost it, complaining that the younger generation should be ashamed for valuing their lives too much.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene: Dems Want Trump Murdered in Jail

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) thinks Donald Trump’s opponents don’t just want to see him jailed for his alleged crimes, they actually want him dead.

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Trump Disses ‘Very Unfair’ Jury on Eve of Contempt Hearing

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On the eve of Tuesday’s contempt hearing in New York regarding whether Donald Trump repeatedly violated the gag order in his criminal trial, the indicted former president appeared to do so yet again, criticizing the jury as being from “a…