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James Carville predicts Trump's early departure spells doom for his 'babbling' successor

Veteran Democratic political strategist James Carville predicted that President Donald Trump would leave by April and thereby weaken Vice President JD Vance.

In a Friday episode of the Politics War Room podcast, Carville continued pushing that Trump will resign and leave the White House because he gets fed up with the job, a prediction he made earlier this year.

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Trump DOJ called out over bogus statement to Epstein judge: 'Todd, we know how to read'

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche tried to avoid swearing under oath about his redactions in the Epstein files case by slipping in a six-month-old letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) into government records overnight and then telling a judge that it was something it wasn't.

Senior U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan had ordered the Justice Department to respond by Thursday, after ruling in June that it was violating the Epstein files transparency law, which required an explanation for redactions. That explanation was never published in the Federal Register even though the law set a deadline of Dec. 19, 2025.

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Astronaut’s ‘beautiful’ facial hair mesmerizes Trump: ‘I want to get a mustache!’

President Donald Trump spoke by phone with the crew of the International Space Station on Friday from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, congratulating them on their accomplishments before fixating on the facial hair of one astronaut in particular.

Trump was in Houston to honor the four-person crew of Artemis II after their manned mission around the moon earlier this year when he phoned into the ISS crew in a video call. After hearing from two astronauts, Trump asked a third — U.S. Navy Commander Jack Hathaway — if he’d also like to speak.

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Trump tells NASA 'space' is what 'we have genetically' in puzzling speech to astronauts

President Donald Trump left NASA confused with remarks in which he said his uncle loved space and that it was something "we have genetically," at a medal ceremony for astronauts in Houston.

The president spoke Friday during a Congressional Space Medal of Honor ceremony at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, where he saluted four Artemis II astronauts, who in April became the first crew to travel beyond the Moon in more than 50 years, NASA said.

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Livid Fox News host called out on air over fabrication: ‘I’ve got the quote right here!’

Fox News’ Julie Banderas was called out on air Friday by Democratic strategist Corbin Trent after she repeatedly mischaracterized a quote from a progressive commentator.

Last week, progressive influencer and Twitch streamer Hasan Piker sparked bipartisan backlash after condemning what he called a “very dangerous mode of propaganda” that he argued was “teaching people the idea that Jews are monolithic” in their support for Israel. He also warned that such “propaganda” could risk the safety of Jewish Americans.

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MS NOW's Ruhle whacks 'bunch of loser' golf bros as 'ignorant' ad gets immediately yanked

Video of a woman being violently shoved to the ground by an angry golfer spurred words of outrage from MS NOW host Stephanie Ruhle on Friday.

The video appeared in a Callaway Golf advertisement — in which a woman is punished for reaching for a man's golf club — had the MS NOW hurling expletives on live television.

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'Out of the clown car': Scott Bessent hammered by expert for giving way to Trump 'goons'

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent got a serious beat-down Friday as an MS NOW analyst accused him of not living up to his reputation and coming off as just another “clown car” appointee of President Donald Trump's.

Catherine Rampell, a former economics journalist for the New York Times, argued Bessent and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's unexpected missteps have stunned and outraged Wall Street.

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'You look dumb': Todd Blanche buried by attorney's profane 'legal advice' on Epstein

Attorney General Todd Blanche drew a profane rebuke from the attorney suing him over the Epstein files after he appealed a judge's order to release documents.

In a video posted to Instagram on Thursday, attorney and independent journalist Katie Phang, who sued Blanche in April, tore into him for defiance in the face of a preliminary injunction issued by Senior U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in June. Blanche finally appealed the order on Aug. 24 after claiming he had complied with it.

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‘Mentally unstable’ Trump losing grip on power as major reckoning approaches: US senator

A “mentally unstable” President Donald Trump is growing “increasingly out of control” as he stares down a major reckoning in November, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) claimed on Thursday, a reckoning that could ultimately see the president finally lose his grip on power.

“He is a president who is, in my view, mentally unstable and increasingly out of control,” Sanders said in a video published Thursday evening by APT News, an international news outlet with more than 1.1 million subscribers on its YouTube channel.

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Trump 'stuck on empty' as GOP midterm chances run on fumes: data guru

President Donald Trump's approval rating has been frozen underground for four straight months, and historical trends suggest there's little reason to expect it to improve before November's midterms, according to CNN's Harry Enten.

The 80-year-old president's net approval rating has held at roughly negative-20 points since late May, moving only slightly from minus-19 to minus-21 points over that span – which Enten flagged as a warning sign for the White House and Republicans.

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'Audience, please!' Laughter erupts as GOP candidate makes 'Lake America' gaffe

Rep. Jeff Crank (R-CO) drew laughter at a debate after he claimed to be unaware of President Donald Trump's order renaming Lake Ontario.

The moment came Thursday at the Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs, during a debate hosted by KOAA News5 between the candidates in Colorado's 5th Congressional District.

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'Go away!' CNN conservative shames defeated GOP rep over 'disgraceful' bill

A conservative commentator fumed at an outgoing Republican lawmaker Friday for taking up a new effort to strip constitutional rights from naturalized citizens.

Republican lawmakers at the state and federal level are pushing proposals to bar naturalized and dual citizens from holding various offices – from governor to federal judgeships, Cabinet positions or seats in Congress – and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has specifically stated that some of her left-leaning colleagues were motivation for her joint resolution calling for a constitutional amendment on the issue.

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White House 'not a happy place' right now amid Trump's 'frustrated mood': Maggie Haberman

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman revealed the mood inside the White House amid President Donald Trump's frustration.

During a Thursday appearance on CNN, Haberman was asked about the White House environment as Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrapped up her final day. CNN anchor Laura Coates noted that the second Trump administration isn't seeing as much turnover as the first, but she expects "a lot of midterm anxiety" in the White House right now.

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