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Trump's DOJ 'weaponization' chief slams GOP senator 'under the spell' of Jan. 6 'hoax'

Ed Martin, the former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., lashed out at the Republican senator who derailed his nomination over the Jan. 6 riot.

In an interview with right-wing host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday, Martin said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) had confronted him for organizing the "Stop the Steal" protest of Jan. 6, 2021.

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House Republican claps back at MAGA senator's rebuke: 'We're not aligned'

Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) may be from the same party and the same state as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), but the two are worlds apart when it comes to how Medicaid should be represented in the House spending bill.

Hawley told CNN's Manu Raju earlier Wednesday that he would not sign on to the House bill as it stands now because he believes cutting Medicaid benefits is akin to "taxing the poor to give to the rich, and I'm totally opposed to that," Hawley said.

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'My opinions are irrelevant': Top health official doesn't think you should take his advice

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told members of Congress that Americans shouldn't listen to him when it comes to medical advice.

The secretary appeared before Congress for a hearing Wednesday to discuss President Donald Trump's budget. The line of questioning came from Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), who returned to questioning Kennedy on vaccines.

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'Out of bounds': Ex-GOP strategist flags AG over ties to facility where Dem arrested

A former Republican strategist laid into Attorney General Pam Bondi on MSNBC over the recent arrests of public officials accused of interfering or trespassing on the property of federal immigration officials, most recently the prosecution of Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, after he joined a protest at a private detention facility being used by ICE.

"Since Trump took office, ICE agents have arrested several people inside the Milwaukee county courthouse, according to the FBI affidavit," said anchor Chris Jansing. "But local leaders have pushed back against these ICE arrests at local courthouses, saying it discourages people from showing up for hearings for reporting crimes. Does this kind of blurring of the lines between the court and ICE arrests help or hurt Republicans?"

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'RFK kills people!' Chaos as cops drag protesters out of Senate health hearing

Capitol Police officers removed multiple protesters from a Senate hearing after they demonstrated against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

As the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee kicked off its Wednesday hearing, protests erupted just feet away from President Donald Trump's health secretary.

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Centrist prompts laughter when she compares Trump's Qatari plane to getting a free puppy

A centrist commentator from Andrew Yang's Forward Party prompted laughter when she compared a $400 million plane Qatar is gifting to President Donald Trump with a puppy that former President George W. Bush received.

It was reported recently that Trump would receive a luxury plane from Qatar to replace Air Force One during his presidency. The plane will then be gifted to the Trump presidential library. Boeing was working on a new Air Force One plane, but delivery has been delayed until 2027, ABC News reported.

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Trump's Middle East schmooze fest interrupted as ally hurls 'terrorists' accusation

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) leveled serious accusations against a foreign government that offered to give president Donald Trump a luxury airliner for official use.

The president has drawn bipartisan criticism for accepting a $400 million Boeing 747-8 "flying palace" from the Qatar royal family, which hosted Trump on Wednesday, and Hawley told CNN's Manu Raju that he agreed the luxury jet was problematic

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'I object!' Chaos erupts as Dem objects to 'evidence' provided by Marjorie Taylor Greene

Chaos erupted during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing after a Democrat questioned a document presented by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

While Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was testifying on Wednesday, Greene sought unanimous consent to enter a document into the record that she suggested proved a deported man named Kilmar Abrego Garcia had been a member of the MS-13 gang.

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Mike Johnson issues vague threat involving criminal indictments of his Dem colleagues

House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) threatened to expel Democratic lawmakers who confronted immigration enforcement officers at a New Jersey facility.

The Department of Homeland Security alleges that three Democratic representatives from New Jersey – Bonnie Watson Coleman, LaMonica McIver and Rob Menendez – "stormed" the Delany Hall facility where Immigration and Customs Enforcement intends to house detained migrants, and Johnson said GOP leadership was considering options to punish them.

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'Unbelievable': Dem grills Kristi Noem about 'doctored' tattoos on deported man's hand

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) grilled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about whether President Donald Trump had lied when he claimed "MS-13" gang symbols were on a deported man's hand.

During a Wednesday House Homeland Security hearing, Swalwell pointed out that Trump had displayed a photo of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's hand with "MS13" on it.

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Dem lawmaker reads RFK Jr. the riot act in 'testy' $20 billion blow-up

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ran into a buzzsaw on Wednesday morning as he was grilled by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) over billions of spending cuts proposed by Donald Trump's administration.

As MSNBC's Anna Cabrera was asking questions about Trump's secretary of health and human services appearing before a House committee today for the first time since he was sworn in, MSNBC reporter Julie Tsirkin shared video of the exchange between DeLauro and Kennedy and called it a "testy hearing to put it lightly."

"How then can you justify cutting a $20 billion from the biomedical research budget," an incensed DeLauro demanded.

"If you appropriate the money to me I'm going to spend it," he parried.

"We have appropriated, Mr. Secretary," she exclaimed.

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"I'm going to spend it," he replied.

"Then you're going to spend you're not going to cut $20 billion from the NIH," she pressed.

"The White House proposal is to do a very, very large cuts in NIH," he explained before sitting back in his chair.

"That is contrary to the money appropriated!" DeLauro lectured him.

"I remember, if Congress appropriates the money, I'm going to spend the money," he stated.

You can watch below or at the link here.

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GOP senator slams disabled Medicaid recipients on COVID 'sugar high'

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) lashed out at disabled protesters who interrupted a House hearing on Medicaid by claiming they were hired and on a "sugar high" from COVID-era spending.

Marshall made the remarks Wednesday to Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, a day after the disabled Medicaid recipients interrupted a House Energy and Commerce hearing on health care.

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New legal ruling 'not really the greatest news for the Trump administration': MSNBC host

A ruling by a federal judge on Tuesday that will allow Donald Trump's administration to use the antiquated the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants is not the win some fans of the president think it is.

That is the opinion of MSNBC host Joe Scarborough who labeled the ruling less than meets the eye.

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