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Ron Johnson: Iran strike 'strengthens my resolve' to pass bill cutting Medicaid

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) insisted that President Donald Trump's attack on Iran made him more determined to pass a bill that could strip health care from more than 10 million Medicaid recipients.

"Does this change anything for you, knowing that we are now looking at a world where our adversaries are on the march?" Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked Johnson during a Sunday interview.

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'How many?' Maria Bartiromo stumps Trump border czar on 'Iranian sleeper cells'

Border czar Tom Homan indicated that he didn't know how many "Iranian sleeper cells" were set to attack the U.S. after President Donald Trump ordered a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

"With the FBI picking up surveillance of Iranian operatives in sleeper cells here in America," Fox News host Maria Bartiromo told Homan on Sunday, "even before this attack, more than 400 terrorism encounters occurred in the past four years of the Biden administration's wide open border policy, including hundreds of foreigners on the U.S. terrorist watch list encountered."

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'Grounds for impeachment': NBC host confronts JD Vance on Iran strike

NBC host Kristen Welker told Vice President J.D. Vance that lawmakers were reacting to President Donald Trump's Iran strike by calling for his impeachment.

"Many Republicans supportive, but Congressman Thomas Massie saying this was unconstitutional," Welker said on Sunday. "Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saying it's grounds for impeachment, saying the president should have gotten congressional approval first."

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'Bold and brilliant': Pete Hegseth slathers praise on Trump for Iran strike

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised President Donald Trump for his "bold" and "brilliant" leadership in his first press conference since the U.S. military conducted a strike on Iran.

"It was an incredible and overwhelming success," Hegseth told reporters on Sunday. "The order we received from our commander-in-chief was focused, it was powerful, and it was clear. We devastated the Iranian nuclear program."

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James Comer likely to subpoena Dem megadonor George Soros: MAGA lawmaker

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) revealed that House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) will likely subpoena liberal billionaire George Soros at her urging.

During a Thursday interview on Newsmax, Luna said she had contacted Comer about issuing a subpoena.

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Karoline Leavitt slams 'derogatory' Jasmine Crockett over MAGA put down

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt encouraged Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) to "go to a Trump rally" after the Texas Democrat suggested MAGA supporters suffered from mental illness.

Speaking to Katie Couric earlier this week, Crockett said there was a "mental health crisis" surrounding President Donald Trump's movement.

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'Unprepared': GOP lawmaker nixes Tucker Carlson interview after Ted Cruz debacle

Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) has reportedly canceled an interview with Tucker Carlson after Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) talk with the MAGA influencer went down in flames.

Political analyst Dominic Michael Tripi reported on Thursday that Fine had backed out of the interview.

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'Pray for whoever is selected': Fox News urges prayer for US troops bombing Iran

Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt urged viewers to pray for the U.S. troops who could be selected to bomb Iran in the coming days.

During Thursday's Fox & Friends program, co-host Brian Kilmeade hyped the use of a so-called bunker-buster bomb.

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CBS parent company delays $35m Trump settlement over 'bribery' fears: report

Paramount has reportedly delayed a $35 million settlement after President Donald Trump sued its CBS affiliate over a lightly edited interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.

On Thursday, the New York Post reported that Paramount feared the settlement would be viewed as "bribery" as media heiress Shari Redstone needed government approval to sell the company to Skydance, an independent studio.

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'MAGA HATES FoxNews': Trump goes to war with right-wing outlet over polling

Donald Trump on Thursday waged war with Fox News.

The president took to his own social media network, Truth Social, to apparently react to old polling.

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'Do you ever ask a positive question?' Trump whines over GOP infighting on Iran

President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter from CNN after she pointed out that his supporters were split about whether to support a U.S. attack on Iran.

"Mr. President, some of your supporters are split on the U.S. response," the correspondent noted at the White House on Wednesday.

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'I may do it': Trump bashes reporter for asking if he will strike Iran

President Donald Trump slammed a reporter after she asked if he intended to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.

"You don't seriously think I'm going to answer that question," Trump said at a White House event on Wednesday. "Will you strike the Iranian nuclear component? And what time exactly, sir? Sir, would you strike it? I mean, you don't know that I'm going to even do it."

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'Kill some trash': Man arrested for terroristic threats to 'No Kings' protesters

A Texas man was arrested on charges of making terroristic threats after he made YouTube comments about the "No Kings" protests against President Donald Trump.

KVUE reported that investigators in San Antonio identified Travis Ryan Hayson through his YouTube account and IP address. He was taken into custody on Saturday.

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