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'By the spoonful?' Trump aide Stephen Miller needled on MSNBC over mayonnaise obsession

Vice President JD Vance was grossed out at the idea of someone eating mayonnaise with everything, but that's exactly what Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Donald Trump, does, according to his wife. And that prompted one MSNBC host to shake her head.

Katy Tur played a clip of Vance speaking with Miller's wife, Katie, about the issues crucial to the United States. The vice president addressed the condiment that he would choose if it were his only option for the rest of his life. He chose barbecue sauce.

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'America is gone': Tiny act of kindness illuminates stark new reality of Trump's DC

WASHINGTON — Just outside the newly unrolled yellow police tape that encloses Lafayette Square, the green seven-acre public park just north of the White House, a graying African American man bent down to leave a hot Potbelly sandwich and tall store-bought water for a younger white man who lay there, sleeping in the sun.

“Sir, I don’t mean to disturb you,” Michael — a 61-year-old Houston native — said as the man was roused.

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'It's well-known!' MAGA activist repeats salacious claims about GOP senator in deposition

Far-right pro-Trump influencer Laura Loomer doubled down on salacious claims about Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) when pressed during a deposition, The Daily Beast reported Wednesday.

Loomer, a self-described "Proud Islamophobe" and 9/11 truther who has failed in multiple bids for Congress, is extremely close to President Donald Trump, to the point that her rants against the perceived disloyalty of various administration figures has gotten them removed from the White House and been weaponized by various Trump officials trying to knock out their own rivals.

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Republican senator caught violating stock law for second time in 2 weeks: report

It has been mere weeks since Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) was found to have violated laws that require him to report his stock trades. Now he's done it again.

Dave Levinthal wrote for NOTUS that this is the second time in as many weeks that Mullin has "disclosed trades showing that he violated a federal conflicts of interest and financial transparency law."

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Pam Bondi accused of possible witness tampering with Ghislaine Maxwell's prison transfer

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, including ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), demanded answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi after Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, was transferred to a "relatively luxurious minimum-security prison camp in Texas."

In a letter to Bondi on Wednesday, Democrats noted that the Department of Justice had "inexplicably transferred" Maxwell after she met with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for two days.

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'Don't have a good poker face': Judge 'skeptical' of Trump admin's 'extraordinary' order

President Donald Trump's attempt to sue federal judges for not ruling in his favor isn't going well for him, reported The New York Times on Wednesday.

A federal judge hearing the case, Thomas Cullen, already seemed to be against the idea out of the gate, reported Alan Feuer, as he "said he had some reservations about the suit, making his remarks even before a lawyer for the Justice Department had the chance to offer any arguments on behalf of the administration."

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'Mean streets!' Feds in bulletproof vests mocked for patrolling posh DC neighborhood

Federal officers were ridiculed online Wednesday after videos and photos showed them patrolling the streets of the safest neighborhood in Washington, D.C.

One D.C. native posted photos of men wearing bulletproof vests and camo reading FBI on the back as they marched along the posh sidewalks of one of the richest neighborhoods in the city, Surburban Solutions wrote.

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'Get used to it!' More Trump chaos as feds swarm traffic stop in DC over minor violation

President Donald Trump’s federalization of Washington, D.C., this month led to more chaos on Wednesday as federal agents swarmed a car over a routine insurance violation, according to a CNN reporter.

On Monday, Trump cited a public safety crisis involving violent crime and homelessness in the nation's capital as justification for taking over its law enforcement operations. He ordered hundreds of National Guard members to D.C. to boost existing law enforcement and patrol key areas, and placed the Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control.

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'I'm way over time': Fox host scrambles to shut down interview as he's schooled by Dem

Maryland’s Democratic Gov. Wes Moore criticized President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and federal officers to the streets of Washington, D.C., branding it a “performative” act that does nothing to address crime long term.

“I can tell you right now, what people want more than anything in those communities is they don’t want performative, they want performance,” Moore told “Fox and Friends” on Wednesday.

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‘Whoa, whoa, whoa!’ Newsmax host abruptly cuts off reporter over Russian meddling remark

While discussing President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Newsmax host Bianca de la Garza cut off Politico reporter Daniel Lippman in a fiery exchange Wednesday after the journalist referenced past Russian election interference.

Political analysts are already questioning whether Trump’s past affinity for Putin will play into Russia’s hand at the negotiating table. Those questions have been of great interest to European leaders, who managed to secure a commitment from Trump on a few red lines.

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Mike Lindell's reporter tries to convince voter he's the only Black man opposing Trump

Cara Castronuova, a host on Mike Lindell's TV network, tried to convince a voter that he was "the first" Black man to oppose President Donald Trump "in a very long time."

During a Wednesday broadcast on Lindell TV, Castronuova interviewed a man in a 'F— Trump" T-shirt.

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A third of Trump's Latino voters have already dumped him: report

President Donald Trump is bleeding support among Latino voters over the same issue that drove many of them away from the Democratic Party.

The Latino polling organization Equis Research found about a third of Latinos who supported Trump last year are not committed to voting for Republican candidates in next year's midterm elections, and the survey found high grocery prices and other economic issues were driving them away, reported NPR.

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'Treadmill of debt': Financial expert warns Trump's economy is trapping Americans

The high cost of inflation is leading to mounting credit card debt, as one former consumer watchdog leader lamented that Americans are living on a "treadmill of debt."

Speaking to MSNBC on Wednesday, one financial expert warned that inflation, tariffs and price gouging are making life increasingly difficult for the U.S., particularly as children go back to school.

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