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‘I can’t do math!’: Confused Fox News host struggles to calculate record gas price hike

Fox News’ Johnny Joey Jones struggled on Saturday to calculate how much the average price of gasoline had increased since President Donald Trump launched his deeply unpopular war against Iran, and ultimately conceded that he couldn’t “do math.”

Recent developments in the Middle East conflict have stoked fears that oil prices, which are already far above levels recorded before Trump launched the war, may soon skyrocket. On Feb. 27, the average cost for a gallon of regular gasoline in the United States was $2.98. On Saturday, as noted by Jones, the average cost had soared to $4.31.

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Lawmakers race to support Epstein files bill successor — but ‘time is running out’: report

A total of 106 lawmakers have backed a new effort to compel the Trump administration to release its remaining withheld files relating to Jeffrey Epstein, but with few legislative days remaining, “time is running out,” warned the anti-human-trafficking nonprofit Freedom United.

Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), the original sponsors of last year’s Epstein Files Transparency Act, filed a successor to their successful bill in July, a bill designed to force the Trump administration to release its remaining Epstein-related files. On Sept. 1, Massie filed a discharge petition that, with 218 signatures, would force a vote on the new bill.

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MAGA senator brutally booed and taunted by state fair crowd: 'Shame on you!'

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) faced a "chorus of boos" and was shouted down by a rowdy state fair crowd in his own state.

On Saturday, Marshall attended a debate against his Democratic opponent, Adam Hamilton, during the Kansas State Fair. However, the crowd kept giving him the business.

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Betrayed Texans say Trump wants to give their land to Mexico: 'Greed and corruption'

President Donald Trump's administration has turned Republican Texans against the entire political party by threatening to seize their land for a border wall, they told MS NOW in a new video report.

MS NOW host Antonia Hylton traveled to Big Bend this summer for a deep-dive investigation into how law enforcement officers, business owners and nature lovers have responded to an initiative that threatens to change their lives forever.

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Trump's only hope for fighting inflation will make him 'very angry': expert

An economist argued Saturday that President Donald Trump's only hope of lowering inflation before the midterms will likely make him very, very mad.

Professor of economics Justin Wolfers, who writes the Platypus Economics Substack, made the assessment during an appearance on CNN on Saturday. He explained that markets are already behaving like they expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

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'He was this joke': SNL star says 'insecure' Trump behaved like 'a little boy' on set

Former Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones revealed she had to comfort a frightened Donald Trump the first time she met him.

Jones made this admission while discussing Trump's second SNL appearance with the Daily Beast's "Obsessed" podcaster Matt Wilstein on Friday.

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MAGA senator stokes confusion with rambling defense of 'weird' speech: 'Your wood is wet!'

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is defending his wild speech at the GOP midterm convention, in which he pulled at his clothes and shouted.

Scott yelled that Democrats want to "rip the heart out of our chests," threw his hands around, and made faces. As he warned about Democrats and a "battle for the heart of our nation," Scott pulled open his jacket and pounded his chest. He then pivoted to a shouted religious riff: "But Texas, we know who God is! We're talking about Jesus!"

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Trump sparks speculation with strange claim about Don Jr: 'Code for something?'

President Donald Trump made a strange claim about his eldest son's behavior in Ireland on Saturday that has fueled dark speculation among their critics.

Trump's speech to U.S. embassy personnel and business leaders at the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland's Dublin residence included a passing comment about Don Trump Jr., who accompanied the president on his trip.

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Ken Paxton likened to toilet by fuming Trump voters in Texas: 'Very dirty and corrupt'

President Donald Trump supporters think Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is a "toilet bowl" of a politician, according to a new analysis.

The Bulwark's Sarah Longwell on Saturday released a slew of audio clips from Texas Republican voters who did not mince words when it came to their party's Senate nominee.

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'You suck!': Ted Cruz humiliated by booing Texas football fans

College football fans in Texas showered Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) with ceaseless boos and taunts while he appeared for an interview on Saturday.

Cruz's ten-minute interview Saturday on ESPN's "College GameDay," ahead of a football match-up between the University of Texas-Austin Longhorns and the Ohio State Buckeyes Saturday evening in Austin, was marred by the sounds of a chanting crowd.

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Powerful far-right leader splits with Trump over 'very cool' comment: 'It's not on'

The powerful far-right leader of a neo-Nazi-backed political group — and recent new "crush" of podcaster Joe Rogen — publicly split with President Donald Trump Saturday over his off-the-cuff comment about a "very cool thing."

Rupert Lowe, a member of the British Parliament and founder of the "ethno-nationalist" group Restore Britain, took to X on Saturday to lambast Trump over his recently professed support for Irish unification.

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Trump's 'biggest mistake' spurs immediate panic among Republicans: report

In the wake of President Donald Trump's midterm convention, Republicans are sharing their honest thoughts about how it will impact upcoming elections — and they're not happy.

In a Saturday report, Politico collected feedback from Republicans, who didn't mind using profanity to describe their worry over what they saw as the "biggest mistake" Trump made at the two-night event.

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One 'feminine theater kid' has Trump running scared: analysis

President Donald Trump is terrified of a lone "feminine theater kid," according to a new political analysis.

New York Times editorial writer Michelle Cottle offered this opinion Saturday in a scathing takedown of Trump's antics in a southern state's headline-making Senate race.

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