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GOP congressman breaks ranks with Trump on Fox News: 'I hate to depart from my president'

A GOP lawmaker on Tuesday had a different opinion than President Donald Trump when it comes to next steps in the Iran war.

Fox News asked Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) during a live broadcast if Trump was helping Iran by ordering Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop attacking Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The ongoing military conflict has now reached the 100-day mark with no end in sight, as talks between the United States and Iran continue.

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MAGA influencer torched for ‘harassing’ 86-year-old woman with false election fraud claim

MAGA influencer Nick Shirley recorded himself confronting a woman at her home in a video published online Sunday regarding his baseless claims of voter fraud in California, but on Tuesday, a Democratic strategist bluntly pointed out an apparent flaw in Shirley’s latest probe.

Shirley, the “pro-Trump” YouTuber whose unsubstantiated investigation into alleged fraud in Minnesota perpetrated by Somalians was bolstered by the Trump administration, uploaded a video of himself confronting a woman apparently named “Doris” who he claimed, according to the California Secretary of State’s office, was listed as being 126 years old and having voted in 51 elections.

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Trump prosecutor vows CA election charges within 'two months' — as he begs for evidence

The federal prosecutor leading California's election fraud investigations appeared on Glenn Beck's show Monday to announce imminent charges — then pleaded with the public to help him find the evidence to bring them.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, the number-two federal prosecutor in the Central District of California, told Beck that election fraud charges are coming — "one to two months, I believe" — before pivoting to ask the conservative host's audience for help.

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Insiders sound alarm as Pentagon loyalty purge goes off the rails: 'Mass paranoia'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired more than two dozen senior military officers since taking office, pushed out two service secretaries, and intervened directly in promotion decisions across multiple branches of the military – but he has refused to explain the dismissals to Congress.

The most high-profile ouster was Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, a Purple Heart recipient with 42 years of service who commanded troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan, but CNN reported that Hegseth declined to offer specifics when pressed by lawmakers to explain.

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Bill Pulte's family entangled with shadowy Christian group backing Trump allies: report

For more than two generations, Bill Pulte's family has had close ties with a covert Christian group that has backed allies of President Donald Trump and other conservatives, according to a report on Tuesday.

The acting national intelligence director's grandfather and father have been closely involved with a group known as The Family, or The Fellowship, which organizes the National Prayer Breakfast and a C Street congressional residence on Capitol Hill. These are "leaders and financial backers of a secretive Christian organization that conducts shadow diplomacy around the world, according to public records and documents I obtained," wrote Jonathan Larsen in a Substack post, which was republished by Salon.

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Journalist blisters Todd Blanche in court: 'Violated the Epstein Act in many respects'

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche didn't defend a single allegation in his latest court filing. His opponent — a journalist and lawyer — is now arguing that silence speaks for itself.

In a reply brief filed Monday, Katie Phang — a Yale graduate and trial attorney turned independent journalist who spent three years hosting her own MSNBC show — accused Blanche of what her original complaint called a "brazen, shocking, and ongoing violation" of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Her case: he conceded every charge.

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MAGA does backflips over potential jailing of Dem governor: 'Lock them up!'

Conservatives, GOP lawmakers and MAGA followers were ecstatic Tuesday following the announcement that Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz was among those named in a criminal referral forwarded to the Justice Department (DOJ) by Vice President JD Vance.

“Lock them up!” wrote Abdul-Rahman Magba-Kamara, a conservative political activist and commentator, echoing the chants heard during President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign targeting former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

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Trump already decided who to blame if Ebola hits US during the World Cup: report

President Donald Trump has already settled on a scapegoat if an Ebola outbreak occurs during the FIFA World Cup, according to new reporting.

The Trump administration is pressing European nations to dramatically tighten their Ebola restrictions ahead of the global event, which kicks off Thursday in the United States, warning that Europe's adherence to World Health Organization guidance is inadequate and dangerous, sources familiar with the matter told Axios.

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Trump-endorsed candidate's staffer hit with assault allegation by GOP lawmaker's team

Rep. Nancy Mace's campaign lodged an assault allegation against an ally of her Donald Trump-endorsed rival

The president endorsed South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette in the state's gubernatorial race against Mace, whose "war room" X account shared a video clip claiming a member of the lieutenant governor's finance committee had violently attacked one of the congresswoman's supporters.

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Blanche hit with major Epstein accusation as he's accused of witness tampering

A Democratic lawmaker hurled a major allegation at Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday, one they said amounted to “witness tampering” in the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

Blanche was nominated by President Donald Trump on Monday to serve as permanent attorney general, and during an appearance on CNN, Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) was asked whether Blanche’s handling of the Justice Department’s (DOJ) release of Epstein-related files would help or hurt his chances at being confirmed by the Senate.

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JD Vance moves to potentially jail blue state governor: 'Must face justice'

Vice President JD Vance announced Monday night that he had forwarded a criminal referral to the Justice Department (DOJ) regarding allegations of fraud against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Keith Ellison, the state’s attorney general.

“I’ve referred these allegations to DOJ’s new Fraud Division for criminal investigation,” Vance said in a statement released on social media. “Minnesota state officials are not above the law, and if they facilitated fraud, lied under oath about what they knew, or harassed and [intimidated] whistleblowers, they must face justice.”

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Jim Jordan tells Fox News Trump just threw GOP victory in doubt: 'It's a standoff'

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan went on Fox News to warn that a key national security law is heading toward expiration Friday — and acknowledged that his own side may not be able to stop it.

FISA Section 702, which Jordan described as responsible for more than 50 percent of the nation's most sensitive intelligence, is set to expire this week. Democrats are blocking reauthorization unless President Trump removes Bill Pulte from his role as Acting Director of National Intelligence. Jordan admitted to host Maria Bartiromo the two sides are at an impasse.

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Rape-accused Barron Trump pal gushes about Russia's 'masculine men' on Kremlin TV

Andrew Tate is facing rape charges in two countries, free to travel only because the White House intervened on his behalf — and this week he used that freedom to lavish praise on Russian President Vladimir Putin's Russia before a Kremlin-backed audience.

"If you have patriotic masculine men, you're gonna protect Russia," Andrew Tate told RT's Sanchez Effect in an interview that aired Monday. Russia, he continued, "is a very patriotic nation, and they don't fear having a masculine population…"

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