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'I'm sick and tired of it!' MAGA host yells at Candace Owens on air as his co-host objects

Pro-MAGA hosts David Brody and Gina Loudon were at odds over right-wing influencer Candace Owens' conspiracy theories about the murder of activist Charlie Kirk. Owens has suggested that leadership at Kirk's Turning Point USA "betrayed" him.

During a Thursday segment on Real America's Voice, co-host Terrence Bates noted that Kirk's wife, Erika, had recently spoken out about people who discuss his murder on the internet.

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'Mad King Trump' picking petty fights with his admin over internal memos: analysis

Donald Trump has been dubbed a "mad king" by a political commentator who says the president is picking fights with his own administration.

After a ban on several words being featuring in internal reports, including "equality" and "at risk", Trump went a step further and has outlawed a specific font type from featuring on documents. Political commentator Timothy Noah dubbed the changes a "font fight" for the Commander in Chief and his staff. Writing in The New Republic, Noah suggested Trump had "run out of large abuses of power" and was now focusing on the minute details of his office.

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'Seismic number' of Republicans mull quitting as Trump sinks midterm chances: report

Republicans in Congress are increasingly breaking with President Donald Trump, with some reportedly heading for the exits as his unpopularity impacts the midterms. According to a Washington reporter, a "seismic number" of GOP House members could be set to leave office soon.

Leigh Ann Caldwell, the chief Washington correspondent of Puck News, spoke with Vox on Thursday about the growing unrest in the GOP House caucus. According to sources, the reports of a larger and larger number of Republicans looking to forgo reelection in 2026 or resign early are real, and that "the scope could be pretty big."

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'They've been denied': MAGA host refuses cops access to footage of shooting he reported

Far-right podcaster and influencer Tim Pool reported shots fired at his home in West Virginia over the weekend — but according to TMZ, while local police have taken the report, they cannot corroborate it or investigate further because he refuses to share the security footage of the incident.

Pool spoke publicly about the incident in a post to X, saying that a vehicle drove past his home and someone in it opened fire, but that nobody was hurt, possibly because of his extensive security detail. "This is the price we pay for speaking out against evil," he wrote.

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'Get something done': Trump furiously demands GOP action in statement on 'unfair' process

Donald Trump kicked off his Thursday morning on Truth Social by demanding Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) do something to overcome Democrats holding up votes on presidential appointees who are languishing due to Senate “blue slips.”

The president fired off another missive on Thursday, complaining that the opposing party is hampering his ability to pack the courts and U.S. attorney offices with allies, calling the long-standing Senate prerogative a ”scam.”

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Veteran polling analyst predicts upcoming Dem 'blue wave' could finally take down Ted Cruz

A veteran analyst has suggested the Democrat party could be on for a "blue wave" in the 2026 midterms.

Nate Silver believes the Dems have an understated advantage that hinges on Donald Trump's approval ratings remaining so low. Victories for the Democrats in mayoral and governor elections earlier this year seem to have lit the fuse for a GOP blowout next year, with Silver suggesting voter turnout for the Democrat party will likely be high.

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'They're in front of their skis': GOP lawmakers say Trump has made 'zero case' for new act

Republicans are growing uneasy about President Donald Trump's escalations against Venezuela.

The president announced the seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker off the South American country's coast Wednesday, and Democratic and Republican lawmakers have called for the administration to seek congressional approval for any military operations as Trump escalates the conflict, reported Punchbowl News.

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How the Supreme Court could make Trump's 'parade of horribles' even more extreme

Outspoken Never Trump conservative David French sounded the alarm Thursday that the Supreme Court is about to elevate President Donald Trump's 'parade of horribles."

In a conversation with The New York Times' Emily Bazelon, French discussed Trump v. Slaughter — a case dealing with a president's ability to fire employees of independent government agencies. It involves Rebecca Slaughter, who Trump fired from her position as a commissioner for the Federal Trade Commission.

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New report reveals extent of Barron Trump's relationship to far-right influencer

Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, a pair of far-right masculinity influencers under criminal investigation by the Romanian government for sex trafficking, got a reprieve after the Trump administration got to work leaning on that country's prosecutors to lift their travel ban, allowing them to visit the United States and move about more freely.

Now, a New York Times report reveals that the Tate brothers made this possible with a far more extensive influence campaign with President Donald Trump's inner circle than previously realized — including with Trump's children.

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'I'm not going to say that': Morning Joe host balks at going on-air with slur from Trump

Reacting to a Washington Post report that Donald Trump is now admitting to using an ugly word to describe third-world countries, MS NOW’s Mika Brzezinski refused to use the term on-air on Thursday morning.

According to the Post, at the president’s lightly-attended rally in a tiny Pennsylvania resort town on Tuesday, the president recalled for the crowd he had said, “Why is it we only take people from s—thole countries, right? Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden — just a few, let us have a few. … But we always take people from Somalia. Places that are a disaster, right? Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime.”

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Trump hands huge 'gift to Democrats' on issue seen 'throughout the country': ex-lawmaker

Donald Trump has handed yet another "gift to Democrats" as he talks up the affordability crisis, according to an ex-lawmaker.

The president is currently on a rallying tour to boast of his second term's successes, but a Democratic analyst and former lawmaker believes issues that can be seen "throughout the country" are the real talking points. Bakari Sellers, a former South Carolina lawmaker, says the Dems need to take full advantage of this in the lead-up to the midterms as it will make all the difference next year.

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Hegseth stifled probe into his infamous scandal — and instead threatened leakers: report

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly stifled a routine investigation of his disclosure of sensitive military plans in a group chat on the non-secure Signal app with a reporter present, and he instead threatened staffers he believed had leaked damaging information.

Typically a classification review would be conducted to assess damage from an unauthorized disclosure of sensitive defense information, but Hegseth didn't order an assessment, according to two former senior officials who worked within the Pentagon at the time and a current U.S. official with knowledge of the situation who spoke to CNN.

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'I don’t see things as great at all': Trump's rally claim bashed by White House insider

Donald Trump’s claims that the U.S. economy is humming along under his stewardship is baffling conservative analysts and some allies who claim the numbers don’t pencil out for them.

On Truth Social, in an interview with Politico, and during a rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, the president has been boasting that he gives himself an “A+++++” for his handling of economic matters at the same time that he has been refusing to share economic numbers numbers and Americans are raising the alarm that they cannot pay their bills because of rising costs.

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