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Fox News viewers flip out after analyst Trey Gowdy blames 'white males' for mass shootings

Viewers lashed out at Fox News after contributor Trey Gowdy, a former prosecutor, blamed "young white males" for mass shootings.

Gowdy made the point following a gunman's rampage at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

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'These kids were literally praying': Mayor blasts 'thoughts and prayers' after shooting

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) expressed frustration at those who responded to a school shooting with "thoughts and prayers."

Following a mass shooting at the Annunciation Church on Wednesday, Frey spoke out at a press conference.

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'That I wouldn't do': CNN host forces Trump-allied GOP lawmaker to admit president's error

CNN's John Berman put a Republican lawmaker on the spot over President Donald Trump's call to prosecute a political foe and his son.

The president raged against Democratic donor and philanthropist George Soros and his son Alexander Soros in a Wednesday morning Truth Social post, saying the pair should be charged with racketeering for allegedly funding protests against his policies, and the "CNN News Central" host challenged Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) to justify the attack.

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'Our president is so weak': Strategist says Trump just highlighted a major vulnerability

Cabinet members showered President Donald Trump with praise at their hours-long televised meeting, but a political consultant warned those displays of devotion could wind up backfiring.

The 79-year-old president on Tuesday hosted a record-breaking three-hour, 16-minute cabinet meeting where Senate-confirmed officials fell over themselves laughing at his wisecracks and insults, and they lavished him with adulation that astonished "CNN News Central" host Erica Hill and other onlookers.

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Big DOGE blunder could require everyone be assigned a new Social Security number: report

CNN's Matt Egan highlighted a stunning claim made in a whistleblower complaint filed by a high-ranking official in the Social Security Administration that could impact more than 300 million Americans.

The agency's chief data officer Chuck Borges alleges that DOGE staffers, including 19-year-old Edward "Big Balls" Coristine, uploaded a copy of all federal Social Security numbers and other highly sensitive information to an unsecured server in June, which he said posed an enormous risk to every American invested in the system.

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'Truly frightening': Expert says new Trump move 'could end very badly' for economy

As President Donald Trump continues to stand behind his decision to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, one former leader at the agency warns that the consequences of the firing, should it ultimately go through, could be catastrophic.

Trump announced on Monday that Cook would be fired “effective immediately,” alleging the Biden-appointee of mortgage fraud, claims that have yet to be litigated in court. Cook immediately rebuked Trump in declaring her intention to continue to serve out the remainder of her 14-year term.

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'Criticism reached his desk': Trump forced to back down after losing major messaging war

President Donald Trump got his "one big beautiful bill" passed into law, but he admits he lost the messaging war to Democrats.

The president told a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that the moniker was "good for getting it approved," but he conceded the law already needed a rebrand, which panelists on "CNN This Morning" agreed was a major political loss for Republicans.

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'Beta behavior': MSNBC panel recoils at Trump Cabinet sucking up to him

After watching a supercut of members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet lavishing praise on the president during the three-hour-plus televised meeting on Tuesday, the entire panel on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” made no effort to hide their disgust and embarrassment for the administration officials.

In the clip, one after another official expressed their joy working for Trump, with hedge fund millionaire Scott Bessent, now the treasury secretary, gushing, “Economic security is national security and our country has never been so secure… Your Administration has made a meaningful dent in the budget deficit. The average budget deficit during this term is 26% less than the last twelve months under Biden.”

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'Crazy for all kinds of reasons': Conservatives shred defense of Trump's tariffs

MAGA world's claim that President Donald Trump's tariffs have been good for the American economy is not based in reality, according to two conservative analysts.

During a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Trump said the U.S. has "a lot of money coming in" from tariffs, and it's coming in "in tremendous numbers." Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent credited the tariffs for the increase in government revenue and cited projections from the Congressional Budget Office that suggest the tariffs could reduce the federal deficit by $4 trillion over a decade.

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'You're not gonna do that!': GOP Rep melts down after facing criticism at town hall

Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK) held a town hall in Pryor, Oklahoma, where he attempted to defend President Donald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act," which is the president's domestic spending budget. The bill has been widely criticized because it slashed billions in funding from social benefits like Medicaid and food stamps at a time when the cost of living is increasing.

Throughout the meeting, Brecheen faced tough questions from constituents about what he's doing to lower the cost of food or address the high cost of health care.

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NYT's Maggie Haberman floored as Trump Cabinet gets 'endurance test' to 'praise him'

The Trump administration's cabinet meeting on Tuesday amounted to a display of personal affection toward the president, according to one analyst.

Maggie Haberman, a journalist at The New York Times who has written a book about President Donald Trump, joined CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Source" on Tuesday to discuss the meeting. At the meeting, cabinet secretaries heaped praise on Trump in front of the cameras, which caught Haberman's attention.

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'This is nuts!' CNN astounded watching Trump's Cabinet take 'sycophancy to new heights'

CNN anchor Erin Burnett expressed astonishment Tuesday evening, watching President Donald Trump's Cabinet members reach "new heights" for sycophancy.

Trump's cabinet held a meeting that lasted over three hours on Tuesday, which was fully open to the press. Each cabinet member contributed remarks about their departments and the administration's achievements.

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Watch: Confused GOP rep stumbles at town hall over key Trump campaign pledge

Rep. Josh Brecheen (R-OK) was confronted by a constituent who wanted to know what he had done to lower grocery prices, as President Donald Trump had repeatedly promised he would do in office — and gave a dismissive and confused response.

In particular, Brecheen seemed not to understand that the constituent asked him about reversing inflation, and rather thought she asked whether he could repeal Oklahoma's state sales tax on groceries, which was already repealed last year.

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