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Data expert says Trump's 'obsession' with past failure may boost Dems: 'Not a winner'

President Donald Trump's "obsession" with his election loss five years ago in Georgia could cost Republicans a chance to win back a Senate seat in the state, according to a new analysis.

The FBI seized ballots and other records this week from an election hub in Fulton County, where Trump was indicted for attempting to overturn his 2020 loss, and chief data analyst Harry Enten said on "CNN News Central" that his ongoing election fraud claims did not resonate with most voters.

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Expert says Trump has no way to fix major problem with Georgia raid: 'Can't think of one'

President Donald Trump's administration escalated his ongoing efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss by raiding an office in the Georgia county where he was indicted for racketeering.

The 79-year-old president has insisted the election was stolen from him and has faced charges in Fulton County and the District of Columbia for his efforts to overturn that loss, but CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said the Department of Justice's investigation hasn't necessarily turned up evidence of fraud – a claim that has been repeatedly rejected by previous examinations.

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'A divide between MAGA': Immigration enforcement chaos fueling 'ongoing war' in key agency

The continued chaos of the Trump administration immigration enforcement operations has fueled a “war” within the Department of Homeland Security that is still fiercely “ongoing,” and one that journalist Michael Scherer described Friday as “a divide between institutional MAGA and disruptive MAGA.”

“For quite a while now, there've been two camps when it comes to how the deportations should proceed,” Scherer said Friday during an appearance on MS NOW. “The fight is very much still alive.”

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Melania Trump's film dismissed as a 'farce' by Hollywood insider: 'It screams payoff'

An entertainment expert dismissed the multi-billion-dollar Melania Trump documentary as a "farce" hours ahead of its release.

President Donald Trump joined the first lady Thursday evening at the rebranded Trump Kennedy Center for the Amazon MGM Studios film's premier, but journalist Segun Oduolowu told "CNN This Morning" that early indications suggest "Melania" could be a commercial and critical flop.

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Analysts blown away by Kristi Noem's 'unbelievable' Fox News interview

Political analysts were blown away on Thursday after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sat down for what seemed like a softball interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.

Noem joined Hannity at a time when President Donald Trump's immigration forces were receiving significant criticism for the way they had conducted their operations in Minneapolis. Last weekend, a swarm of immigration agents killed 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti during a protest, an event that sparked bipartisan outrage toward the Trump administration. It was the second high-profile killing in Minneapolis in January. The other one involved Renee Good, 37, a mother who was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross just a few blocks from her home.

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Ex-Insider reveals missing link that could bring down Trump's White House

There is one important difference between President Donald Trump's first and second administrations, and one former Trump insider believes it could bring down the White House.

Olivia Troye, who worked on national security issues during the first Trump administration, joined Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz on their "The Court of History" podcast to discuss what she sees as the main difference between the two Trump administrations. Troye argued that the absence of Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband, Jared Kushner, is the key difference, and one that threatens to upend the second administration.

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Trump building 'white supremacist army' inside gov that will outlast him: Ta-Nehisi Coates

Acclaimed author and essayist Ta-Nehisi Coates claimed Thursday that President Donald Trump is building a "white supremacist army" inside the U.S. government that will last long after he's gone.

Coates joined former GOP operative Tim Miller on "The Bulwark Podcast" to discuss the Trump administration and propaganda. During the discussion, the two discussed a "reality shift" with Trump's Department of Homeland Security, which has come under enormous criticism for the killings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Trump hurls border czar under the bus at 'Melania' premiere

President Donald Trump appeared to throw his border czar under the bus on the black carpet of the first lady's documentary premiere at the Kennedy Center on Thursday.

As the Trumps walked the carpet, a reporter asked Trump if he planned to start "pulling back" in Minneapolis. Trump shook his head and said, "No, not at all," and walked away.

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MAGA senator baffles with election claim: 'Dumber than a 5-pound bag of applesauce'

A MAGA Senator baffled political analysts and observers on Thursday during an interview on the right-wing TV network Newsmax.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) claimed during an interview that President Donald Trump was justified in raiding the Fulton County Election Hub and Operations Center on Wednesday because he was "cheated" during the 2020 general election. Trump has consistently claimed that he won Georgia during the 2020 election, even though a recount and multiple courts have certified that former President Joe Biden won the state.

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MAGA CNN strategist slams Trump admin's Georgia election raid as brutal midterms loom

A GOP strategist slammed President Donald Trump's latest scheme related to the 2020 election results in Georgia during a CNN interview on Thursday.

Shermichael Singleton, a GOP strategist, discussed the Trump administration's decision to raid the Fulton County Election Operations Hub on Wednesday and confiscate more than 700 boxes of materials related to the 2020 general election, including the county's voter rolls. The operation has alarmed local officials and national election rights advocates. A Fulton County commissioner described the raid as "an attack" on the right to vote.

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Top House Dem schools Fox News host: 'Your own poll' shows 'ICE has gone too far'

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries reminded Fox News host Martha MacCallum that her network's polling showed Americans believe Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had "gone too far."

During an interview on Fox News, MacCallum asked Jeffries why Democrats would risk a government shutdown over ICE policies.

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Trump DOJ nearly shut out by judges over cases that 'turn your stomach': expert

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice was nearly shut out by judges after a federal judge in Minnesota said ICE has defied 100 different court orders.

Legal expert Lisa Rubin talked about the ongoing cases with MS NOW anchor Katie Tur, who described Judge Patrick J. Schiltz's statement that "ICE is behaving as if ICE itself is the law."

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MAGA panel warns of 'mass graves' for conservatives to justify Trump's secret police

A panel of MAGA pundits on Real America's Voice warned that conservatives would face "mass graves" if President Donald Trump isn't given wide latitude to make Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers into his secret police force.

"I think part of what we're doing is we're looking at the world and seeing ways law can fix the problems we see from a conservative perspective," Will Chamberlain told host Jack Posobiec on Thursday. "We don't have an attitude towards government power that is reflexively against it because the idea is that... a small government is a means, not an end, right?"

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