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'Someone was dying in my office': SNL's Trump indifferent as man collapses in White House

Donald Trump's character on Saturday Night Live stood indifferent as a man collapsed in his the Oval Office, drawing attention to a widely mocked moment.

After an introduction by characters including those portraying Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Oz, a man collapses behind them and the camera slowly pans to James Austin Johnson's Trump character. Last week, SNL's Trump mused jokingly about the president's recent MRI.

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'Fools!' Trump rages against those speaking out against his controversial policy

Donald Trump early Sunday morning raged against Democrats and Republicans alike who have spoken out against his controversial foreign trade policy.

Trump has upset those on both sides of the aisle with his habit of initiating retaliatory tariffs against allied nations based on his personal grievances. The Supreme Court is currently considering whether Trump even has the power to put his tariffs in place based on a law expanding the president's "emergency" powers.

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'So easy to do': Trump berates 'stupid party' Republican lawmakers in early-morning tirade

President Donald Trump reignited his demands early Sunday morning for Republican senators to terminate the filibuster, warning GOP lawmakers that they would become “the stupid party” should they continue to defy him.

“Republicans Should Terminate the Filibuster (THE DEMS WILL DO IT THE FIRST CHANCE THEY GET!), End the Shutdown, Pass lots of Great ‘Things,’ and Win the Midterms,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “SO EASY TO DO - Be the Smart Party, Not the Stupid Party!”

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'Are you drunk or a liar?': GOP senator buried for 'misleading' comment about work hours

U.S. senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) came under fire on Saturday for what some deemed a "misleading" social media post falsely claiming to be working over the weekend with Donald Trump, who was reportedly golfing at the time.

GOP lawmaker Mullin on Saturday took to social media to post photos of himself in the Oval Office with Trump. He claimed to be "working through the weekend" with the president, despite Trump being at another location.

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'You violate that oath': GOP senator-physician blasted for supporting Trump insurance plan

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., (R-LA), took heat over the weekend after signaling his support for a Donald Trump plan some experts say could "kill a whole lot of people."

Trump over the weekend was met with ridicule after he unleashed a major plan that he said will provide a multibillion dollar payout directly to Americans as an alternative to funding government health care subsidies that have divided lawmakers amid the ongoing government shutdown.

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'For Trump?!' Leader of law firm that struck deal with president 'heckled' at big speech

Paul Weiss chairman Brad Karp was reportedly "heckled" during his speech at a New York Bar Foundation event on Friday, just seven months after striking a controversial deal with Donald Trump's administration.

Social media critics expressed outrage in March and accused a lawyer from the powerful law firm of "capitulating" to Trump. Trump withdrew an executive order that rescinded security clearances from the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison after Trump met with Karp, and they came to an agreement, with the firm pledging $40 million worth of pro bono legal services during Trump's presidency.

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'Completely swindled': Regretful Trump voter flags evidence of president's 'betrayal'

A voter who chose Donald Trump in the 2024 election says he feels "completely swindled" by the president.

Morgen Mogus, chair of the Libertarian Party of Butler County in Pennsylvania, wrote a piece in USA Today published on Saturday called, "I voted for Trump. I feel completely swindled," in which he says, "If the 2024 presidential election were held today, I would sit it out. I am, however, extremely likely to vote in the upcoming 2026 midterm and the 2028 general elections."

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'Can of worms opened' as ex-Trump official flags 'Epstein connection you don't know about'

There is a "hidden Epstein connection you don't know about" and it's related to the shutdown, according to Donald Trump's previous white house communications chief.

Anthony Scaramucci, who previously said Trump was a grifter who "really wants to hurt people," flagged the purported connection in a video released on social media Saturday. Specifically, he seized on reports that the identity of the anonymous donor who gave $130 million to the Trump administration to pay troops amid the ongoing government shutdown was revealed to be reclusive billionaire Timothy Mellon, whose contribution, according to a report from The New York Times, would likely violate federal law.

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'Oh my god': WaPo analysis shows Trump 'was sleeping for 20 minutes during a live event'

Donald Trump caught heat for closing his eyes through a press conference, and a new Washington Post analysis reveals the president spent nearly 20 minutes sleeping or battling sleep during the event.

Trump appeared to doze off during a press conference on Thursday, drawing both mockery and shock from political analysts and other online observers. One night later, as he was trying to shake off the Oval Office scandal, he was seen "slumping" into his limo, according to video posted by Fox News and shared by the Daily Beast Saturday.

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'People can buy their own': Trump unloads all-caps rant about controversial Obamacare plan

Donald Trump on Saturday uncorked an epic all-caps rant in which he doubled down on an insurance plan some experts say will "kill a whole lot of people" if enacted.

Trump over the weekend was met with ridicule after he unleashed a major plan that he said will provide a multibillion dollar payout directly to Americans as an alternative to funding government health care subsidies that have divided lawmakers amid the ongoing government shutdown.

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Trump quietly dishes out tax breaks to rich investors while slashing food aid for millions

The Trump administration is quietly waging an all-out regulatory war on a Biden-era corporate tax that aimed to prevent large companies from dodging their tax liabilities while reporting huge profits.

The corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT) was enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, Democratic legislation that former President Joe Biden signed into law in 2022. The CAMT requires highly profitable US corporations to pay a tax of at least 15% on their so-called book profits, the figures reported to shareholders.

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'He's so unserious': Experts say Trump's new plan is 'going to kill a whole lot of people'

Donald Trump over the weekend was met with ridicule after he unleashed a major plan that he said will provide a multibillion dollar payout directly to Americans as an alternative to funding government health care subsidies that have divided lawmakers amid the ongoing government shutdown.

“I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE, and have money left over,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

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'He worse than Biden': 'Exhausted' Trump seen 'slumping into limo' amid sleep scandal

Just as Donald Trump is trying to shake off a scandal after purportedly being spotted falling asleep in the Oval Office, the president was seen in a video reportedly "exhausted" and "slumping" into his limo.

Trump appeared to doze off during a press conference on Thursday, drawing both mockery and shock from political analysts and other online observers. One night later, he was seen "slumping" into his limo, according to video posted by Fox News and shared by the Daily Beast Saturday.

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