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Don Jr.'s Russian oligarch scandal rocks House Republican leader: 'Very concerned'

House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) admitted to a reporter that he's "very concerned" about Donald Trump Jr.'s Russian oligarch scandal.

Earlier this week, a ProPublica report revealed that Umar Kremlev, an ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, secretly bankrolled Don Jr.'s lavish Bahamas wedding in May. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, followed up on the bombshell report by announcing he's investigating Kremlev's involvement in the wedding.

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Trump just shattered his own illusion after shady tower deal with oligarch: expert

Former high-ranking Justice Department official Andrew Weissmann tore into the latest reports of the shady Trump Tower deal that benefits President Donald Trump's family while enriching an oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin.

The whole situation, he said on MS NOW, shatters the entire illusion that Trump has built around his agenda.

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'Nonverbal' Mitch McConnell with frozen smile and peace sign raises fresh health concerns

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sparked more concerns about his health and state of mind as he responded to reporters with a frozen smile and peace sign.

On Wednesday, McConnell left Capitol Hill after casting a decisive vote in the Senate Agriculture Committee. McConnell snoop Desiree Townsend posted a video of him leaving, and it set off alarms as he only smiled and held up two fingers as she peppered him with questions.

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Trump stunned as protester disrupts North Carolina rally: 'She's going home to mama'

A protester interrupted President Donald Trump during his campaign speech for GOP candidate Michael Whatley in North Carolina on Wednesday.

Cameras didn't show the protester, but Trump stopped his speech to ask the crowd, "What do you have, a bad guy or a good guy over there? Where is he? Show him to me. Let me see his face."

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Outrage after Trump threatens to tear down Kennedy Center over nameplate: 'Reprehensible'

President Donald Trump sparked outrage on Wednesday after he publicly threatened to tear down the Kennedy Center if courts don't allow him to affix his name to the building.

Speaking to reporters before departing to North Carolina for a rally, Trump called the building a "loser" and said he was the one capable of fixing it. He also said that the Trump administration needed to be recognized for "subsidizing" the center and fundraising for it.

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Trump lashes out at Fed chair over his 'raise against Trump'

President Donald Trump reacted to a rate hike by the Federal Reserve by framing it as a personal attack on him.

The Federal Reserve announced the rate hike on Wednesday, but Trump previously attacked former Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for not decreasing interest rates. The rate hike came under Kevin Warsh's leadership, the chairman Trump elevated to the job in May after months of attacking Powell.

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Panicked Trump staffer paralyzes House hearing with silence: 'Can see the wheels turning'

A counterterrorism official in President Donald Trump's administration stalled a House hearing with repeated silences as he struggled to say whether right-wing extremism exists in the United States.

Joel Borkert, a deputy coordinator in the State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism, was the only witness Wednesday at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on terrorism 25 years after the 9/11 attacks, according to the committee's website.

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Shock as Mitch McConnell changes vote after GOP colleague's whispers: 'So ridiculous'

An aloof Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was seen changing his vote after Republicans sitting next to him told him to do so.

McConnell returned to the Senate earlier this week, and on Wednesday, he was seen following the advice of other Republicans in the Senate Agriculture Committee during the markup of a bill known as Farm Bill 2.0. According to reporting by The Hill, the GOP-controlled committee narrowly passed the Farm Bill 2.0 with a 12-11 vote that would have been reversed if McConnell's initial vote hadn't changed.

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'Pretty telling!' Jake Tapper stunned as Republican's ad strikes a new tone

A MAGA congresswoman's new campaign ad surprised CNN anchor Jake Tapper because it touted her record of working with Democrats.

On Tuesday, Tapper took a look at the ad put out by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), who is running for Senate in a key red state amid President Donald Trump's climbing disapproval rating.

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Kasie Hunt blasts Trump with supercut of economic promises that never came true

CNN anchor Kasie Hunt rolled a brutal supercut Wednesday, tearing into President Donald Trump’s unfulfilled promises to lower prices and make life more affordable for Americans.

“The thing that the president ran on, the thing he said he was going to do, he hasn’t done,” Hunt said on “The Arena.” “Let’s flash back and watch all of the times the president claimed — promised everyone, all of you watching, everyone in America — that he was going to lower inflation.”

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Trump facing economic 'runaway train' as Federal Reserve hikes rates: analyst

President Donald Trump continues to face mounting inflation woes, explained Ed Elson of Prof G Markets on MS NOW Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve acted hours before to raise interest rates by 25 basis points — the first such hike in three years, and a reflection of a surge in energy prices.

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'Not interested': JD Vance's frantic 'sales pitch' flops as GOP midterm polls sour

Vice President JD Vance turned heads for a particular remark he made in an address to the American people released on Wednesday.

"Give us another chance, or give us another couple of years to continue to work on the amazing things that we've been doing for the past two years," said Vance.

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'Not exactly playing chess': Analyst sees Trump sinking GOP in once-safe red states

President Donald Trump's brain was fundamentally broken by losing the 2020 election, argued Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security adviser for the Obama administration, on MS NOW — and even winning 2024 didn't help him heal.

This explains Trump's erratic behavior as he posts about North Carolina, a state where Democrats appear likely to pick up a Senate seat after Trump selected a severely underperforming candidate.

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