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Trump will get bored with peace if he doesn't get Nobel Prize: ex-advisor

President Donald Trump's former national security advisor, John Bolton, warned in a new interview on Wednesday that the president will likely get bored with the multiple peace processes he's trying to juggle unless he wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Trump administration is currently trying to negotiate peace in two multi-year wars, one between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East and the other between Russia and Ukraine. Bolton said during an interview with Times Radio on Wednesday that Trump is likely to "find something else to do" unless achieving peace in at least one of these conflicts earns him a Nobel Prize.

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'Unreasonable': Vulnerable Republican blasts saving health care subsidies for millions

Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) stated during an interview on the Simon Conway Show that extending Affordable Care Act tax credits for millions of people — the core issue over which the federal government is currently shut down — is an "unreasonable demand" from Democrats.

The interview, held on Monday, was quickly picked up by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and blasted out, as Miller-Meeks is one of the most vulnerable Republican lawmakers up for re-election next year.

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Trump’s DOJ knew his scheme might void indictments of foes: ex-prosecutors

U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was not lawfully authorized to appear at the grand jury, and Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche, knew it, former federal prosecutors Joyce Vance and Preet Bharara asserted during a podcast on Wednesday.

Former FBI Director Jim Comey has submitted motions to dismiss his criminal charges in the Eastern District of Virginia on the grounds of selective and vindictive prosecution, and unlawful appointment of Halligan, currently sitting as the interim U.S. attorney.

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'Completely out of touch': Ex-Trump aide rails at Trump ignoring 'America First' pledge

"The View" railed against President Donald Trump and the new reports of a "cash grab" of American taxpayer dollars.

During Wednesday's show, the co-hosts addressed recent New York Times reporting saying Trump wants $230 million in restitution from the Justice Department over the investigations he faced during his first term and after it.

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'Profit-grabbing exploitation': Ex-ethics czar predicts 'accountability' for Trump cash-in

President Donald Trump has made over $2 billion off of his position in the White House, and former ethics czar Norm Eisen says it's clearly just the start after his demand for a $230 million payout from the Justice Department.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that Trump is seeking some form of restitution from the DOJ for the numerous investigations he faced during his first term and afterward.

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'I know who the names are': 'Hired gun' behind Epstein victim book drops stunning comments

The "hired gun" co-writer behind the Jeffrey Epstein survivor book dropped a stunning statement, saying "I know who the names are."

Writer Amy Wallace, who helped complete Virginia Giuffre’s memoir, "Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice," told News Nation Tuesday that she spent four years co-writing the book about Giuffre’s story of surviving abuse under Epstein and his convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, The Daily Beast reports.

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Trump's favorite judge's rulings undercut president's $230 million refund demand: reporter

President Donald Trump is seeking $230 million in restitution for the crimes he was charged with by the Justice Department, according to a New York Times report on Tuesday. However, that conflicts with the Florida ruling from Judge Aileen Cannon, one justice reporter said Wednesday.

MSNBC's Ken Dilanian explained that the White House has confirmed the demands, though not the specific number.

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MSNBC's Mika lets fly hostile GOP attack as she's left clearly shaken by Epstein book

A shaken and furious Mika Brzezinski pointed the finger at House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday morning over efforts to keep the Jeffrey Epstein files away from the eyes of the public after the MSNBC host read excerpts from one of Epstein’s victims’ book.

Speaking with Amy Wallace, who co-authored Virginia Giuffre’s, “Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice,” the MSNBC host quoted liberally from the book — and grew more incensed as Wallace described Epstein partner Ghislaine Maxwell’s willing and horrific participation in the sexual assaults on his teen victims.

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'We don't have loser pays': Newsmax expert laughs at Trump's $230M demand

Newsmax judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano argued that President Donald Trump's reported demand that the Justice Department pay him $230 million was a "nonstarter."

Napolitano responded to the reports after Trump confirmed on Tuesday that he was seeking a settlement from his Justice Department related to investigations into Russia's election meddling and classified documents stored at Mar-a-Lago.

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'So unusual': Expert shoots hole in Trump's 'incredibly weak' case against DOJ

Donald Trump’s fledgling attempt to get the Department of Justice to refund approximately $230 million in legal fees and damages for investigating his criminal actions doesn’t pass scrutiny and is built on shaky ground, reports MSNBC’s David Rohde.

From his perch as a regular on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” the national security expert claimed that, regardless of how Trump’s former lawyers now at the DOJ respond, the president has no case.

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'Wrong': Fact checker swats down Trump claims about the Insurrection Act

CNN's Daniel Dale thoroughly fact-checked President Donald Trump's false claims about the Insurrection Act, which he's threatened to invoke to deploy troops into cities across the country.

A collection of laws passed early in American history grant presidents broad authority to deploy active-duty and National Guard troops to states under certain conditions to perform domestic law enforcement, but Dale told "CNN News Central" that Trump has misrepresented both history and federal law as he muses about invoking the act.

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Hegseth's 'extraordinary insecurity' is behind his new info restrictions: MSNBC's Lemire

A new policy related to sharing information instituted by the Pentagon's Pete Hegseth this week is an act of self-preservation by the embattled Secretary of Defense, claims MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire.

Not content with banning journalists from the Pentagon unless the news organizations they represent sign a highly restrictive reporting policy that would amount to stenography, Hegseth is now instructing military officials they cannot speak with lawmakers without first getting clearance.

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Mike Johnson's 'own goal' is crippling the GOP's shutdown message: journalist

The Republican Party’s message to voters that the government shutdown, with no end in sight, is the fault of Democrats is being muddled by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) whose refusal to seat a newly elected Democrat is sucking up all the oxygen in the room, according to a journalist.

During an MSNBC “Morning Joe” panel discussion on the budget impasse, Politico’s Jonathan Martin claimed Johnson is handcuffing his own party’s attacks on Democrats by not swearing in Arizona’s Adelita Grijalva, who was elected to fill her late father’s seat in the House.

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