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Trump golfs 5 days straight as he accuses teleworkers of hitting the links on the clock

Trump has now golfed for five consecutive days in South Florida, The Daily Beast reported on Wednesday — at the same time his administration has purged federal employees and threatened terminations over their new policy forcing remote employees back into the office.

"While his DOGE henchmen have been busy firing all those lazy federal workers, the president dialed it in for a fifth straight day from one of his golf clubs in South Florida," reported Mary Ann Akers. "He golfed on Wednesday at his Doral golf club in Miami after spending four days at his private Mar-a-Lago resort and home over an extended President’s Day holiday that allowed him to up his game before his scheduled return to the White House Wednesday night. His MAGA supporters cheered him on."

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Kayaker arrested for paddling through Bellagio fountains during Trump protest: report

On Monday, a determined protester invaded the famous fountains at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas as part of the "Not My President Day" demonstrations nationwide.

According to KLAS News, several hundred protesters were on the Las Vegas Strip on Monday. Around 5 p.m., however, police spotted a man in a kayak in the fountain holding up a protest sign promoting a cryptocurrency.

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11-year-old takes own life after classmate bullies threaten to call ICE: report

An 11-year-old Texas girl died by suicide after being bullied by her middle school classmates who repeatedly threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities to have her family deported from the United States, according to multiple reports.

Jocelynn Rojo Carranza spent five days in a Dallas hospital before succumbing to her injuries on Feb. 8, according to the Independent. Her death came after she was taunted with deportation threats by her sixth-grade classmates at Gainesville Intermediate School, the girl’s grieving parents told the Spanish language station Univision.

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'Amateur hour': Diplomacy expert shames State Department for Saudi 'cheerleading show'

President Donald Trump's sharp turn away from the United States' defense of Ukraine toward a "peace" plan that one-sidedly gives concessions to Russia, while ranting on social media about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy being a "dictator," is an embarrassment to the U.S. on the world stage, Michael Bociurkiw, former spokesman for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, said on CNN Wednesday.

"I'm curious what this tells you about how the White House sees negotiations to end the war," asked anchor Boris Sanchez.

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Companies shelled out $500M to 'avoid' Trump's 'wrath' after election: report

President Donald Trump never stopped raising money after he won the 2024 election, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars check by check during top-drawer Mar-a-Lago dinners with health care industry executives, according to new reporting in The Wall Street Journal.

Reporters Josh Dawsey and Anna Wilde Mathews wrote that Trump held more than 50 dinner meetings at his Florida club where he wined and dined with heads of pharmaceutical companies, health insurance agencies, and hospital leaders who all wrote the largest checks.

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'Play hardball': Writer caught up in DOGE purge plots 'massive' and 'illegal' hit back

To defeat the Trump administration's dismantling of the civil service, wrote Mary Harris for Slate, there's a break-glass solution that is difficult and legally risky — but could turn up the heat on the president: a massive strike by federal workers, suspending the public sector.

"Like a lot of people, I see the president’s self-coup and think: Is now the time folks hit the streets?" wrote Harris, whose husband was a recent casualty of Trump's move to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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'This is a mess!' Trump admin chastised by judge shocked at handling of USAID shutdown

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols chastised President Donald Trump's administration, saying that what has happened at USAID has created a "mess."

Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney wrote Wednesday that it became clear in court that the administration had no idea what is happening with USAID employees who were abandoned abroad after it conducted mass firings.

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Official White House X account posts image of 'king' Trump wearing crown

The White House's official social media account on the X platform posted an image of President Donald Trump wearing a crown and referred to him as "king."

The Wednesday social media post came after Trump shared a message on Truth Social, in which he also called himself king.

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'Enemies are crowing': Analyst says Musk shut off lifeline for Iran and China opposition

A traditionally GOP-backed organization that promotes democratic ideals outside of the U.S. is on Elon Musk's chopping block — and dictators around the world couldn't be happier, according to a new report by The Washington Post's Max Boot.

In a Wednesday opinion piece, Boot wrote that the National Endowment for Democracy is one of the initial dozen-plus agencies caught up in Musk's purge of the federal government, and it can no longer access its funding streams.

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'Betrayed': Man nicknamed 'Putin's brain' gloats as he sees Trump abandon Ukraine

A Russian nationalist whose ideology influenced Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine gloated as he saw his dream nearing fruition.

High-ranking U.S. and Russian officials cut out Ukrainian representatives as they discussed plans to carve up the war-torn nation and wind down the invasion. Russian intellectual Aleksandr Dugin – who has been described as Putin's brain – celebrated as both President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance publicly threatened Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky to accept the terms without complaint.

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'Only took him a month': Trump critics disgusted as he calls himself 'king'

Political and legal analysts were shocked to see President Donald Trump declare himself the king of the United States.

'Long live the king!" he blared in a Truth Social as he gloated about killing a congestion pricing system in New York City.

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'Mirror image': CNN hosts throw caution to wind as they make gobsmacking comparison

CNN's Brianna Keilar and Jim Sciutto on Wednesday noted an alarming trend in President Donald Trump's rhetoric, which they said was sounding more and more like that of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

After Keilar read Trump's social media post from earlier in the day when he threatened Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and accused him of being a "dictator," she stated flatly that "Trump sounds like Putin."

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'Long live the king!' Trump declares himself monarch as he kills NYC traffic program

President Donald Trump referred to himself as "king" as he celebrated his decision to pull approvals for congestion pricing on New York City transportation Wednesday.

"New York State's congestion pricing plan is a slap in the face to working class Americans and small business owners," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement, blasting the program as "backwards and unfair."

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