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Trump's spy chief claims it's not her job to determine nuclear threats

Sen. Jon Ossoff pressed National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing to answer whether the intelligence community assessed an imminent nuclear threat from Iran, justifying the military strikes.

Gabbard repeatedly dodged the question, claiming it's the president's responsibility to determine imminent threats based on intelligence inputs.

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Department of Health and Human Services' unexpected computer crash causes chaos

Anthropic abruptly shut down its AI systems used by the Department of Health and Human Services with only hours' notice, throwing Trump administration staff into chaos.

Employees lost access to chats, coding projects, and work built on Anthropic's Claude AI model with no time to save or transfer their work.

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'Worst of both worlds': Trump under fire as inflation figures far higher than expected

President Donald Trump caught heat from political analysts and observers on Wednesday after the latest economic data showed the "worst of all worlds" has arrived.

Financial experts on CNBC noted that the latest inflation data that was released on Wednesday came in much hotter than expected. Producer prices climbed by 0.7% over the last year compared to the estimated growth of 0.3%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that energy prices, which have advanced 13.9% compared to February, were a major contributor to the rise in producer prices.

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'Train wreck': Senator fed-up as 'flailing' Trump admin can't keep its Iran story straight

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) pointed out on Wednesday that after he questioned National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, it appeared that the Trump administration still couldn't get its story straight on what prompted the Iran war.

The top Democrat and veteran spoke with CNN anchor Kasie Hunt after the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing with Gabbard and several other senior intelligence officials, who were asked about global threats as the Trump administration has continued to send mixed messages about the military operation in the Middle East and its objectives.

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TrumpRx scam offers savings on 'exactly one' drug a month after launch: analysis

US President Donald Trump launched TrumpRx last month with a bold promise to the American public: “dramatically lower prices on dozens of common, high-cost, brand-name prescription drugs.”

But an analysis released Tuesday by the Center for American Progress (CAP) found that of the 54 medications listed on TrumpRx.gov as of March 16, “exactly one” drug—the fertility medication Cetrotide—is available at a “genuinely new lower price” not available elsewhere.

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'What?' Nicolle Wallace blasts Tulsi Gabbard over curious edit to her own prepared remarks

MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace blasted a member of President Donald Trump's administration for her "shapeshifting" comments about the war in Iran on Wednesday.

The Trump administration has often claimed that its decision to bomb Iran in coordination with Israel last month was made because Iran's nuclear program posed an "imminent threat" to the United States. That explanation stands in stark contrast to Trump's claim that another bombing campaign the U.S. conducted in Iran last year had "completely obliterated" the country's nuclear capabilities.

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Dolores Huerta says Chávez raped her and fathered 2 secret kids she gave up for adoption

Labor leader Dolores Huerta spoke out on Wednesday with allegations that civil rights and labor icon César Chávez had abused and raped her decades ago, leading to two pregnancies and children she gave up for adoption.

Huerta broke her silence after an explosive New York Times report revealed civil rights and labor icon César Chávez had sexually abused girls and women, Axios reported.

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James Carville's Trump prediction creates shockwaves

Democratic strategist James Carville predicted at Politicon that President Donald Trump will resign within a year, stating, "I think he's just going to quit next year by this time."

Carville argued Trump's position has become untenable because Democrats control the House and Senate, making him irrelevant.

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Trump ploy to combat self-imposed oil crisis may send gas prices even higher in red states

The Trump administration revealed a plan on Wednesday to combat the surging oil costs sparked by its own war against Iran, but after running the numbers, one policy think tank said that the move would likely save Americans only pennies at the pump – and could even raise prices for some.

The plan is to impose a 60-day waiver to the Jones Act, a 1920 shipping law that mandates goods transported between U.S. ports be carried only on U.S.-built ships. The waiver, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, would help “mitigate the short-term disruptions to the oil market” and “allow vital resources like oil, natural gas, fertilizer, and coal to flow freely to U.S. ports,” NBC News reported Wednesday.

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'Elephant in the room': MS NOW analyst says Senate hearings were really about one thing

A singular threat from President Donald Trump loomed over both congressional hearings covering the Department of Homeland Security and the intelligence community, according to an MS NOW analyst.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) faced his colleagues in a Senate confirmation hearing as Trump's nominee to lead DHS, and intel chief Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Kash Patel faced questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee, but journalist Paolo Ramos told host Ana Cabrera that one topic loomed over both hearings.

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Trump told impeachment now the 'least of your problems': 'Nothing will save you, Donald'

Former Republican operative Rick Wilson had a message for President Donald Trump about who would target him next.

The co-founder of The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump organization, described in his Substack post on Wednesday how as Trump's approval rating plummets, gas prices surge, and the Iran war rages on, Trump is looking at no escape.

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GOP-appointed judge signals trouble ahead for Trump's White House makeover

Donald Trump's planned renovations of the White House have hit a major snag as a judge appointed by former President George W. Bush highlights fundamental problems.

The current president is hoping to carry on with a $400 billion ballroom project, and has also eyed up several other buildings on government property for remodeling. A tour of the White House found he had also added a presidential walk of fame, with an autopen in the place of Joe Biden's presidential portrait.

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White House scrambles to clarify conflicting statements on Iran nuclear threat

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump's administration reversed course on Iranian threats to U.S. homeland security after being called out for contradictory messaging.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt previously claimed ABC News provided false information about Iran's drone attack capabilities, posting "No such threat from Iran to our homeland exists, and it never did." However, the White House Rapid Response account subsequently clarified there was no drone threat to the West Coast while reaffirming the nuclear threat from Iran's regime.

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