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MAGA figures call for arrests of Democrats after ICE kills woman in Minneapolis

MAGA figures Steve Bannon and Jack Posobiec sparked outrage Friday by calling for the arrests of multiple Democratic leaders after an ICE agent fatally shot 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. On his War Room broadcast, Bannon labeled local and state officials “Bolsheviks” who must be “rolled up,” while Posobiec blamed suburban moms for radicalizing the country and claimed Good’s wife was “complicit” in her death. The pair drew a shocking parallel between the deadly incident and ISIS-style attacks, using the tragedy to stoke fear and political division.

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Trump’s Venezuela oil gambit stalls as major companies hesitate

Trump’s push to lure major oil companies into rebuilding Venezuela’s battered industry is faltering, with top firms hesitant and insiders mocking empty promises. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says smaller independent companies are eager, but bigger one are playing it safe, worried about low oil prices and costly risks.

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Deadly ICE shooting exposes chaos behind Trump’s rushed deportation hiring spree

A fatal shooting in Minneapolis by a federal immigration officer is casting a harsh spotlight on President Donald Trump’s frantic push to fast-track 10,000 deportation officers by the end of 2025 — a drive that, according to a bombshell report by The Daily Mail, gutted hiring standards and flooded ICE with dangerously unqualified recruits. Lured by $50,000 signing bonuses, applicants reportedly included people who could barely read or write, failed open-book tests, tested positive for drugs, or had pending criminal charges, gang or white supremacist tattoos, and histories of violent or predatory behavior. With background checks delayed until after hiring, training slashed to six weeks, and HR rubber-stamping applicants in days, insiders described a department in free fall — one now facing deadly consequences as Trump’s deportation blitz collides with reality.

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Trump’s foreign gambits won’t hide Epstein files scandal, author warns

President Donald Trump’s latest global provocations — from backing the ouster of Venezuela’s leader to threatening NATO allies over strategic leverage — are, a high-profile author says, textbook Trump distraction tactics meant to pull attention away from a growing crisis he can’t spin past: the long-overdue release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. On a recent episode of the Inside Trump’s Head podcast, Michael Wolff argued that rather than resolving the lingering questions about Trump’s relationship with the disgraced financier, the administration’s slow rollout of Epstein documents — with less than 1 % of the estimated 2 million pages disclosed despite a law mandating their release — continues to haunt the White House and will invariably resurface as a political and legal problem Trump cannot outrun.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene melts down over claim she tipped off Trump protesters

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene erupted Friday after reports suggested Trump’s own team suspected she may have tipped off anti-war protesters ahead of a surprise appearance by Donald Trump at a Washington, D.C., restaurant last year—an encounter that reportedly left the former president rattled and ended his pop-in appearances. Greene furiously denied the allegation, calling it a “horrific” and “dangerous lie,” and insisted she had no knowledge of Trump’s schedule at the time, noting the incident occurred months before her public falling-out with him. Instead, Greene accused the White House of retaliating against her for pushing to release Jeffrey Epstein-related files, lashed out at Axios for publishing the report, and questioned why the Secret Service failed to properly secure the restaurant—raising new questions about internal distrust, security lapses, and the chaos surrounding Trump’s inner circle.

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Trump stuns viewers with ego-fueled war boast during Fox News interview

President Donald Trump left viewers stunned during a Thursday night Fox News interview when a discussion about Venezuela and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado veered into an awkward bout of self-congratulation, with Trump claiming he had ended “eight and a quarter” wars. Asked whether he would back Machado as Venezuela’s future leader and told she was willing to give him her Nobel Prize, Trump called the idea “a great honor” before citing unrelated conflicts to pad his peacemaking résumé, a performance that critics blasted as humiliating, unserious, and emblematic of a presidency driven more by ego than diplomacy.

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What’s known about the ICE agent who shot a Minneapolis mother dead

Federal authorities on Thursday identified Jonathan Ross as the ICE agent who shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, a revelation that has only intensified scrutiny of the shooting and the Trump administration’s response. As critics demand murder charges and video evidence undercuts official claims of self-defense, top officials — including the vice president — have rushed to argue Ross is protected by “absolute immunity,” and have repeatedly mentioned a prior car-related incident in which he was injured during an ICE raid. Little else is publicly known about Ross beyond claims that he is an “experienced” officer and possibly an Iraq War veteran, but the administration’s effort to frame his past trauma as justification has fueled outrage as questions mount over why a mother, unarmed and inside her vehicle after a school drop-off, was shot multiple times.

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White House froze out intel chief over doubts on Venezuela regime change

The White House quietly sidelined Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard from deliberations over removing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, a snub that sources say stemmed from lingering mistrust of her long-standing opposition to U.S. military intervention. According to Bloomberg, her exclusion was so routine that aides joked her title stood for “Do Not Invite,” underscoring how out of step she was with hawks driving the plan. While Gabbard later praised the operation’s execution and echoed Trump administration talking points, intelligence veterans called it highly unusual for a DNI to be cut out of such talks. The episode exposes deep internal fractures as Trump barrels ahead with aggressive foreign policy moves while marginalizing officials wary of another regime-change debacle.

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Trump melts down at GOP senators who backed limits on his war powers

President Donald Trump erupted Thursday after a bipartisan Senate vote advanced a War Powers resolution aimed at curbing his authority to launch military action against Venezuela, angrily singling out five Republican senators for breaking ranks. In a blistering rant, Trump accused them of undermining U.S. national security and demanded they never be reelected, framing the rebuke as punishment for daring to side with Democrats. He also recycled his long-standing claim that the War Powers Act itself is unconstitutional, insisting presidents alone should control military force. The outburst underscored growing cracks inside the GOP as lawmakers move to reassert congressional authority while Trump pushes an increasingly aggressive foreign policy agenda.

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Lawmaker torches Fox News invite after confronting producer over sexist on-air remarks

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shut down a Fox News producer in blunt fashion after being pressed to appear on Jesse Watters’ show, citing past comments she described as sexually harassing and exploitative. When the producer denied her claims, Ocasio-Cortez fired back with specifics, referencing a prior on-air remark in which Watters crudely speculated about her sexual interest in a Trump adviser — a comment so inflammatory it drew discomfort even from his own co-hosts. The exchange underscored Fox News’ long-running issues with misogyny and harassment, as well as Ocasio-Cortez’s refusal to legitimize a platform she says has repeatedly demeaned her.

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Witness torpedoes self-defense claim in deadly ICE shooting: ‘That’s not what happened’

A Minneapolis witness is directly contradicting the Trump administration’s account of a deadly ICE shooting, describing a chaotic scene in which agents appeared panicked, untrained, and more focused on shielding their colleague than saving a woman’s life. Speaking to CNN, the witness said Renee Nicole Good never posed a lethal threat, that the officer who fired appeared “spooked,” and that agents blocked on-scene medical help while rushing the shooter away. Video and eyewitness testimony undermine Donald Trump officials' claims that Good “weaponized” her car or seriously injured an officer, raising fresh questions about the raid, the use of force, and the official narrative pushed from the White House and DHS.

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Gamblers cry foul after White House briefing ends seconds before key betting cutoff

Gamblers and critics erupted Wednesday after Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt abruptly ended a White House briefing just seconds before the 65-minute mark — a razor-thin cutoff that torpedoed near-certain bets and handed massive payouts to a lucky few. Leavitt breezed through health guidelines, Venezuela oil deals, and even bragged about a White House website mocking Jan. 6 before suddenly scooping up her papers and bolting, leaving bettors stunned. Prediction gambling on the length of the events has become popular, with Wednesday's briefing having a 98% chance to run past 65 minutes. Instead, she exited with 30 seconds to spare. The suspiciously timed exit ignited outrage online, with traders and political observers alike calling the episode absurd, corrosive, and yet another sign the prediction-market craze has veered into farce.

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House Republicans already balk at Trump’s sweeping new demands despite thin majority

Donald Trump is barely into the new year and already running headfirst into resistance from House Republicans after unleashing a barrage of policy demands that many in his own party have no interest in touching. From banning large investors from buying single-family homes to capping defense contractor pay while simultaneously boosting the Pentagon budget to $1.5 trillion, Trump’s wish list drew swift skepticism — including one GOP lawmaker bluntly dismissing it as a nonstarter. The pushback comes as House Republicans face an increasingly fragile majority, fresh vacancies, and looming votes to override Trump’s own vetoes, exposing early cracks in what has otherwise been a remarkably loyal GOP conference.

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