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Trump tells GOP senators he's mulling big tax changes — raising them: report

President Donald Trump told Republican senators he is open to major tax changes — raising tax rates on high-earning Americans, according to Semafor.

The comments came last week during a sitdown on his agenda with Senate Budget Committee Republicans.

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'Grave mistake': GOP lawmakers and general break with Trump admin.'s potential plan

Two republicans and four-star General Christopher Cavoli are breaking with the Trump administration and doubling down on their efforts to keep troop levels within Europe as they are, according to Politico.

The comments are a stark contrast to the Trump administration's potential plan to withdraw troops from the area. Cavoli, who is the Commander of the United States European Command, wants to keep the same level of troops in eastern Europe since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

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'Very bad thing to say': Conservative pollster hits Trump after eyebrow-raising comment

Conservative pollster Frank Luntz, who appeared on CNN to talk about voter confidence in the GOP amid the current economy, appeared shocked at President Donald Trump's admonition that Americans not act "stupid" over his sweeping tariffs.

On Monday, as many people panicked over the tanking stock markets, Trump posted to Truth Social, "The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO. Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!). Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result!"

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'Told a whopper': JD Vance harshly fact-checked over 'monumental' new claim

Vice President JD Vance got a brutal fact check from the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler Tuesday over his latest claim about Social Security benefit fraud being tackled by tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force.

“You look at people who are 150 years old who are fraudulently collecting Social Security payments," said Vance in a Fox News interview last week, quoting a debunked claim Musk makes about dead people getting benefits.

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Guns, God — and Blockchain: Christian nationalists build techno-theocracy in Appalachia

A group of Christian nationalist venture capitalists are constructing a "techno-libertarian" theocratic community in Tennessee, reported Mother Jones on Tuesday — in perhaps the latest sign of a new breed of right-wing politics establishing a physical presence where before it had mostly been confined to online and talk radio.

The establishment of right-wing Christian nationalist communities is far from a new phenomenon — in 2021, a fringe gun-worshiping church known as the Rod of Iron Ministries purchased a compound in Texas in preparation for a war with the government.

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Meet the Elon Musk minions installed to continue work after his departure

As Elon Musk's days in federal government dwindle, he's leaving behind a cadre of his allies from the private sector to continue his work in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and elsewhere in the government.

Donald Trump reportedly told administration insiders that Musk will be leaving his position soon, likely in May.

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Trump cuts threaten massive steel plant in JD Vance's hometown: 'Makes no sense'

Even though one of the goals of President Donald Trump 's trade war is to revive U.S. manufacturing, his administration is slashing a key program meant to help modernize plants across the country — including in Vice President JD Vance's hometown of Middletown, Ohio.

New reporting from CNN says the Trump administration has frozen $6.3 billion in Biden-era grant programs that would have allowed large industrial companies to upgrade their equipment. In the meantime, Elon Musk's DOGE will decide what it will allocate, if anything, to companies like "steel giant" Cleveland-Cliffs.

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'You're pretty superhuman': Dem belittles Trump official over trade negotiations claim

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) questioned U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during a Tuesday hearing about the tariffs, which will go into effect on Wednesday.

Greer explained that despite requests for negotiations, all tariffs will be implemented this week — and there is no way of knowing when they will be paused.

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'Bizarre interaction' with Trump considered apology for betrayal: ex-GOP candidate

A former Republican congressman revealed how he received a near-apology from Donald Trump for possibly costing him and the Republican Party a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Mo Brooks published an op-ed Tuesday for AL.com describing how he overcame his distaste for Trump and his "character flaws," made plain in his "dishonest" personal attacks on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and his family during the 2016 campaign, to seek his endorsement in a special election the following year to fill the Senate vacated by Jeff Sessions to serve as attorney general.

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'Muzzle down!' Kristi Noem shocks as she points gun at officer's head in video

Kristi Noem, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, drew mockery — and concern — on social media after posting video showing her holding an assault rifle with the muzzle pointed toward the head of a law enforcement officer.

"Human traffickers. Drug Smugglers. 18th Street Gang members. Spent the morning in Phoenix with our brave @ICEgov and Arizona law enforcement arresting these dirtbags and getting them off of our streets," Noem posted Tuesday along with the video introducing officers "Marco" and "Brian."

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Not so fast: Ex-prosecutor claims Supreme Court ruling doesn't let Trump off hook

The U.S. Supreme Court put a pause on rehiring federal probationary workers in a ruling on Tuesday — but legal experts don't see the decision as being straightforward,.

"I obviously disagree with the Roberts Court decision that the groups in the probationary employees case don’t 'presently' have standing," said lawyer Norm Eisen, who has been representing many unions and federal workers facing termination. "But the door isn’t closed—& we’ll be back in trial court tomorrow with other groups developing more grounds for relief. We will keep going!"

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'Boys will be boys': Leavitt says 'be very grateful' after Musk calls Navarro a 'moron'

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt sought to downplay "public sparring" between DOGE administrator Elon Musk and trade adviser Peter Navarro.

During Tuesday's White House briefing, Leavitt was asked about the spat after Musk referred to Navarro as a "moron" and other slurs on his X social media platform.

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Trump supporter who wanted to 'make the Church great again' charged with killing priest

A man who was recently charged with murdering a priest in Seneca, Kansas, has a long history of writing letters to his local newspaper in which he expressed support for President Donald Trump.

Local news station KSNT reported that 66-year-old Oklahoma man Gary Hermesch, who was arrested by police last week for the alleged fatal shooting of 57-year-old Seneca-based Father Arul Carasala, regularly wrote letters referencing Trump to the local Courier-Tribune newspaper.

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