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'You lied!' Observers slam White House for 'completely tone deaf' effort to explain damage

Donald Trump's White House is being hit with an avalanche of criticism after what some professional analysts called a "completely tone deaf" attempt to explain damage to the building during construction of a Trump ballroom.

The White House account on X posted a picture of Trump late Wednesday, saying, "THE FINEST BALLROOM EVER BUILT!"

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NBA head coach and star player arrested by FBI on federal gambling charges

Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested on federal gambling-related charges, according to two senior law enforcement officials.

The 31-year-old Rozier was arrested Thursday morning in Orlando, Florida, and it's not clear where Billups was arrested, but his team played last night in Portland, reported NBC News.

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'We have rarely faced a more serious moment' than the one now facing Supreme Court: expert

Should the conservative majority Supreme Court hand Donald Trump the freedom to deploy the National Guard whenever and wherever he chooses, the president’s “power grab’ will be complete and nothing will ever stop him again.

That is according to former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, who wrote on her Substack platform, that two cases coming before the court are part of his “drive to make the executive more powerful and to have that power come at the expense of the courts, Congress, and the people.”

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'Their own voters are pissed': Lawmaker says GOP left with 'no choice' but to attack Trump

A throughline is reportedly developing in the reaction of Republican lawmakers to the controversies piling up around President Donald Trump.

The president and his legal team have reportedly asked the Department of Justice for $230 million to settle damage claims related to his past federal prosecutions, but House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pleaded ignorance, as usual, and other Republicans agreed he had every right to expect taxpayer restitution, reported NBC News.

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'A recipe for disaster': ICE scorched over recruitment chaos

Reacting to a NBC News report that the rush to put more masked ICE agents on the streets is resulting in a flood of applicants who have violent histories and possible criminal backgrounds, the panel on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” warned chaos on U.S. cities is about to take a turn for the worse.

As co-host Mike Brzezinski reported, “ICE officials later discovered that some recruits had criminal backgrounds, failed drug tests, or did not meet physical or academic standards. What's more, some recruits had not submitted fingerprints for background checks, which is a violation of ICE hiring policy. In fact, one recruit had prior charges for strong-armed robbery and battery related to domestic violence.”

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Dem ex-lawmaker flags 'much, much, much, much, much bigger problem' than Trump

Donald Trump is a huge problem, but there is a "much, much, much, much, much bigger" one, according to a former lawmaker who is now a registered Democrat.

Joe Walsh was once a Tea Party Republican congressman, but he abandoned his party with the coming of Trump, became an independent, and is now a Dem. He sounded the alarm on Thursday about the lengths Republicans will go to avoid criticizing Trump.

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Trump couldn't wreck the White House without help from 'pathetic' Republicans: ex-lawmaker

President Donald Trump's demolition of the White House East Wing to build a ballroom is more than just a metaphor, according to a former Republican congressman.

Demolition crews set to work this week pulling down the East Wing this week, just two days after nationwide No Kings protests against the president and his policies, and former GOP lawmaker Joe Walsh posed a question to Trump's enablers on his "Social Contract" Substack page.

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Anglican archbishop accused of sexual misconduct as bishop faces trial for abuse of power

Archbishop Stephen Wood, the senior-most official of the Anglican Church in North America, has been accused of sexual misconduct, while another top official has been accused of allowing men with troubling backgrounds to serve as church leaders.

A former children’s ministry director accused the 62-year-old Wood of putting his hand against the back of her head and trying to kiss her in his office in April 2024, two months before he was elected to his current role, according to a new church presentment obtained by the Washington Post.

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GOP civil war brewing over whether to oust Sean Duffy from top NASA spot: report

Republican lawmakers are choosing sides as a battle looms over whether to allow Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to remain as the head of NASA, according to a report from Politico.

Politico’s Chris Marquette and Audrey Decker are reporting that the job of NASA administrator is taking on new “urgency” under Donald Trump, who would like to see a return to the moon while he is still in office, and there is a belief that Duffy, a former Fox News personality, may be spread too thin.

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Ranchers issue blistering reply to president: 'Cattlemen can't stand behind Trump'

National Cattlemen's Beef Association has issued a blistering response to President Donald Trump's comments about American cattle ranchers.

Trump on Wednesday said, "The Cattle Ranchers, who I love, don’t understand that the only reason they are doing so well, for the first time in decades, is because I put Tariffs on cattle coming into the United States, including a 50% Tariff on Brazil."

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'Could do something catastrophic': Clinical psychologist issues grave warning about Trump

A clinical psychologist said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's cognitive decline has become clear, and it's putting Americans at "grave risk."

Dr. John Gartner, clinical psychologist and former Johns Hopkins professor, who unofficially diagnosed Trump with "malignant narcissism" during his first term, discussed Trump's cognitive decline on a new episode of "The Daily Beats Podcast" with host Joanna Coles, the outlet's chief content officer.

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'Hate my party': GOP lawmaker escalates feud with colleagues who are 'terrified' of Trump

Rep. Marjoie Taylor Greene (R-GA) escalated her feud with her Republican colleagues on Wednesday night during an interview with Tucker Carlson on his eponymous media network.

Greene has been at odds with Republican leadership over the last couple of months over the Trump administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and the government shutdown. Greene has criticized her colleague for protecting sexual predators over their victims, and accused her party of hurting average Americans by allowing health care subsidies to expire.

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Court seems skeptical of Trump admin's justification for deploying federal troops: report

A three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals appeared skeptical of the Trump administration's justification for deploying troops to Los Angeles, according to a new report.

During oral arguments heard on Wednesday, Judge Eric Miller pushed back on several arguments made by Justice Department attorney Eric McArthur about whether President Donald Trump is justified in sending troops to the city, according to a report by NBC News. In May, Trump deployed thousands of federal troops to Los Angeles in response to growing protests against his immigration policies.

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