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'Fat drunken slob': Elon Musk and Steve Bannon are now at war over  third party

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is now in a bitter back-and-forth with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, after the world's richest man announced his intent to follow through on his plan to launch a new third party to compete with Republicans.

According to a Friday report in the Daily Beast, Bannon tore into Musk over his proposed "America Party," which is Musk's chosen name for his new far-right political party. The MAGA podcaster also openly questioned his immigration status (Musk is a naturalized U.S. citizen).

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Glaring omission in White House Medicaid statement singled out by MSNBC host

During a review of how the Republican Party will defend cuts to Medicaid in the budget bill that Donald Trump signed on the 4th of July, questions were raised about how aware the president is over what is transpiring.

Add to that, the official White House statement on the fate of Medicaid contained a glaring omission as one MSNBC host pointed out on Saturday morning.

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'She's outta here': Joy Reid reveals how Melania may be deported in Trump's plan

On multiple occasions, President Donald Trump has floated the idea of deporting naturalized U.S. citizens, including during a recent visit to a Florida detention camp for immigrants. But that policy could end up being used against his own family.

That's according to former MSNBC host Joy Ann Reid, who recently interviewed Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) on her YouTube podcast. The Daily Beast reported that Jayapal joined Reid to discuss, among other things, Trump's new "Alligator Alcatraz" facility in the Florida Everglades. They both pointed out to listeners that Trump said during his visit to the prison camp earlier this week that even native-born U.S. citizens could one day find themselves in federal custody.

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'Please run again': Kamala Harris comment sets off MAGA firestorm

Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris came under fire from Donald Trump's allies on Friday, after a simple holiday comment.

Harris, who lost to Trump in 2024, took to X on the Fourth of July holiday to write, "This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect."

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'Liens on their property': Dem reveals blue states' secret weapon against Trump

President Donald Trump's administration withholding federal money Congress appropriated to blue states can present a unique opportunity for Democratic-controlled state governments, according to two Democratic state legislators from blue states.

In a Friday segment on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House," Maryland House of Delegates Majority Leader David Moon (D) told host Alicia Menendez that two bills he's introduced would enable his state to begin withholding state funds meant for the federal government. Moon defended the bills as necessary due to the Trump administration's recent announcement withholding $7 billion from K-12 schools across the country

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'Despicable and illegal': DOJ prosecutor has 'no regrets' after firing by Trump

One career prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) who worked on cases involving defendants who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 was recently fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi. Before leaving his position, the prosecutor wrote a scathing letter that fired several parting shots at President Donald Trump's administration.

NBC News' Ryan J. Reilly reported Friday that prosecutor Andrew Floyd, who led the Capitol Siege section of the DOJ and worked out of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of his Columbia (which is now led by interim U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro) was one of three January 6 prosecutors who were recently fired. Before making his official exit, Floyd both extolled the work of his colleagues and assailed the "despicable and illegal acts" committed by January 6 defendants (whom Trump pardoned on the first day of his second term).

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'Stunning move': Observers react to Mike Johnson's 'dark symbolism' with Trump

Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday gave Donald Trump the gavel used to pass the Republicans' so-called "big, beautiful" spending megabill, resulting in mockery.

After Trump signed into law the package, which includes Medicaid spending cuts, Johnson said, "This is the gavel we used to enact the big, beautiful bill, and I want you to have that," the GOP speaker said.

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Firefighter injured in 'accidental detonation' of fireworks in Utah: report

A firefighter is one of multiple people injured in an "accidental detonation" of fireworks in Utah on the Fourth of July, according to a report.

Fox 13 reported Friday, "West Wendover officials confirm multiple people were injured, including a firefighter, after fireworks were accidentally detonated Friday morning."

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Trump signs controversial megabill cutting Medicaid into law

Donald Trump has signed into law the so-called "big, beautiful" spending bill that cuts Medicaid and other services.

Chris Cameron of the New York Times reported, "President Trump signed his signature policy bill at a Fourth of July celebration event at the White House."

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'Trump lit the match': Ex-insider says president set stage for 'brutal' attack

Donald Trump just precipitated a "brutal" and deadly attack abroad, according to the president's former "trusted operative" Friday.

Lev Parnas, a former insider of the Trump administration who said he "saw how he thinks" and "how he operates," published an article on Independence Day called, "BREAKING: Putin Bombs Kyiv After Trump Call."

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'It was met with cheers': Trump foe flags worrying reaction to president's quote

A frequent target of Donald Trump on Independence Day highlighted a worrying observation about MAGA.

Former Republican lawmaker Adam Kinzinger, one of the two Republicans who served on the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol, published a piece on Substack called, "No Kings: What the Fourth of July Really Means."

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'Worst is yet to come': Ex-GOP insider floats 'massive' claim about Trump's bill

When it comes to President Donald Trump, the "worst is yet to come," according to an independent political strategist who worked on former President George W. Bush's campaign.

Political strategist Steve Schmidt on Friday published an article called "Let us remember who we are" on Substack, in which he argues that "Trump’s cause is the antithesis of the American cause."

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Judge warns Trump against 'inflicting harm' on migrants heading to South Sudan

Judge Randolph Moss has issued an emergency ruling deciding to transfer the case involving the deportation of eight men to war-torn South Sudan.

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a previous decision saying that the U.S. could deport migrants to third-party countries. President Donald Trump seeks to deport the men, who are not from South Sudan, to a third-party country. Their lawyers argued in court Friday that it will mean their arrest and torture, if not their deaths.

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