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Putin already 'diluting' Trump’s pitch ahead of high-stakes summit: report

President Donald Trump heads to Alaska on Friday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the goals of the "summit" appear to be completely different, depending on which leader is speaking.

Trump addressed reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday afternoon, stating that the goal is to reach a ceasefire, or at the very least, hold a preliminary meeting to facilitate a ceasefire.

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'Nightmare': New report heaps blame on Trump over back-to-school sticker shock

Families of students across the United States are facing significantly higher prices for basic supplies as the new school year begins, a cost burden that a new analysis blames on President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs and the massive Republican budget package he signed into law last month.

The analysis, conducted by The Century Foundation (TCF) and Groundwork Collaborative, estimates that prices for supplies such as index cards have surged by more than 40% this year.

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'Embarrassing': MAGA prosecutor gets brutal smackdown in feud with AZ attorney general

The pro-Trump attorney of Pinal County, Arizona, is not backing down from his illegal efforts to criminally investigate a state senator from another county who posted the locations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials — but his arguments aren't being well-received.

Last week, Brad Miller, who represents a largely rural and exurban area southeast of Phoenix, stated in a radio interview that he wanted the GOP-controlled state legislature to appoint him a special prosecutor to investigate Sen. Analise Ortiz, even though reporting on the locations of ICE agents isn't illegal.

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'That stood out to me': CNN anchors in awe at Trump's 'amorphous' remarks on Putin meeting

President Donald Trump will fly to Alaska on Friday, where he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in person to "feel him out" over whether a ceasefire with Ukraine is possible. But CNN anchors called Trump's plan "amorphous."

Trump took questions in the Oval Office about his meeting and made it clear he has no plan. At one point, a reporter asked whether there could be any success that comes from the meeting on Friday if a ceasefire doesn't happen.

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'Go get a job!' Dr. Oz under fire for shaming 'able-bodied' Medicaid users

Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, disparaged “able-bodied” Medicaid recipients, alleging they spend hours each day watching television or engaging in other “leisure-time” activities instead of pursuing what he called their God-given desire to change the world. He asked why anyone would question that the government would not want to get people to be wealthy.

The vast majority of “able-bodied” people who use Medicaid, a government safety net medical insurance program that does not provide income to recipients, are already working at least one job. In the majority of families that use Medicaid, at least one adult is working a full-time job. The majority of Medicaid users are children, people living with disabilities, or the elderly, who are unable to work.

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‘Outrageous!’ MSNBC host stunned by ICE agent’s response after teen mistakenly arrested

MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart was stunned Thursday following an incident in California this week where a 15-year-old student with disabilities was mistakenly detained at gunpoint by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

On Monday, the Los Angeles Unified School District held a news conference announcing the expansion of student "safe zones" to further protect its student body from immigration raids, during which Superintendent Alberto Cervalho revealed that earlier that same day, ICE agents had detained a teen student at gunpoint and placed them in handcuffs in a case “mistaken identity.”

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'False reporting!' DOJ threatens reporter for refusing to print irrelevant quote

The Justice Department press office clashed with a reporter after she refused to print a statement that didn't address her question.

‪Jessica Huseman, editorial director for VoteBeat, the nonpartisan voting watchdog news site, reached out to the DOJ asking, "Does the DOJ have a response to widespread concern that requests for voter rolls violate the Privacy Act of 1974?" She posted the full exchange, saying, "I want you to see how they are talking about truth."

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'Gives away the game': Data analyst exposes real driver behind Trump's DC crackdown

President Donald Trump called in federal agents to help crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., but CNN's Harry Enten said new polling explains the real reason he has taken the extraordinary step.

The president called in the National Guard to help with law enforcement in the nation's capital after a DOGE staffer was carjacked and beaten, and even though violent crime has declined in Washington over the last two years. Enten said that Trump was cracking down because that was still one issue where he enjoys public support.

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'Dwindled to zero': Canadian boycott of US booze ravages distilleries

Owners of U.S. distillers and vineyards are watching in dismay as their sales into Canada have gone into free-fall due to a boycott linked to Donald Trump.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, it has become almost impossible to find U.S.-produced spirits on the shelves in Canada, after the president declared a trade war with America's northern neighbor.

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Trump outside ally working to sideline RFK Jr. in MAGA power struggle: report

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles intervened to save the job of a top health official President Donald Trump had fired at the behest of MAGA influencer Laura Loomer.

The president had forced out Vinay Prasad from the Food and Drug Administration two weeks ago against the wishes of its commissioner Marty Makary and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who insisted the vaccine regulator was a crucial part of the "Make America Health Again" coalition, reported Politico.

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Trump ally Laura Loomer just violated court's 'unambiguous order': lawyers

The ongoing case between far-right activist Laura Loomer and HBO host Bill Maher continued this week after she posted on X about her deposition.

Bulwark reporter Will Sommer posted an excerpt of court documents that cited the post.

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'Hypocrisy off the charts': Pam Bondi's new 'tough on crime' comment instantly backfires

Attorney General Pam Bondi was fiercely ridiculed Thursday for her statement condemning the alleged assault of a federal agent this week with a Subway sandwich.

“If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you,” Bondi wrote Thursday in a social media post on X.

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Hunter Biden calls Melania Trump's bluff on $1 billion Epstein lawsuit

Hunter Biden refused to apologize to Melania Trump after she threatened to sue him for $1 billion over the claim that she was introduced to President Donald Trump by sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

In an interview earlier this month, Biden cited journalist Michael Wolff to suggest that Epstein had introduced Donald Trump to the future first lady. Attorneys for the Trumps demanded that Biden apologize and that the video be taken down.

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