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'But I felt no pain': Doctors pioneer 'massive breakthrough in cancer surgery'

"But I felt no pain, and the day afterwards I was up and about walking," said Tanya Tanna, who reportedly just received a "breakthrough" surgery for her cancer.

Tanna, of South Ruislip, west London, "feels whole again" after becoming the "first patient in the UK to have a new form of breast reconstruction surgery," according to the BBC.

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Trump administration running into GOP roadblocks over DOGE budget cuts: report

The reality of a small Republican majority Congress is handcuffing Donald Trump's administration's ability to lock in cuts made by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), reports the Washington Post.

With the Republicans in the House and Senate still maneuvering on the new budget, resistance is growing in both chambers to some of the DOGE cuts by members of the majority party which is complicating negotiations.

As the Post's Liz Goodwin and Jeff Stein are reporting, several congressional Republicans are balking at codifying some of the cuts which is causing headaches in the House where a few defectors could derail a final budget.

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With the White House expected to make its budget proposal known on Friday, the Post is reporting, "the impasse over DOGE reflects a looming challenge for the administration’s vision of a sprawling overhaul of federal agencies."

According to the GOP's Robert Shea, "None of the activities of the DOGE have heretofore had any impact on the budget, the debt or the deficit. Until Congress acts, those savings don’t really become real."

The report notes that concerns about the cuts also has some Republicans in the Senate hesitating, with Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) stating, "For example, the $8.3 billion in foreign aid cuts, if that includes the women’s global health initiative as is rumored, if it cuts PEPFAR as it may, I don’t see those passing.”

House Appropriations Committee chair, Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) has warned the White House to be careful with what is asks for, stating, "Do you really want to roll out and have a failure? I think if they put it out there, they need to succeed at it.”

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'Trump humiliates Musk': President mocks richest man in meandering graduation speech

President Donald Trump took a shot at his billionaire benefactor Elon Musk during a commencement address at the University of Alabama.

The president spoke Thursday night to graduating students, where he aired grievances about the 2020 election, offered advice – “think of yourself as a winner,” “be an original” and “never, ever give up" – and jabbed "internet people" like Musk and other tech moguls, reported The Daily Beast, which framed it as "Trump humiliates Musk."

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'Scott, no': CNN host schools conservative Jennings who flubbed 'basic question'

CNN’s Abby Phillip delivered a sharp constitutional lesson Thursday night as she stopped Republican strategist Scott Jennings in his tracks after he insisted that it was the president who has the power to declare war under the U.S. Constitution.

The tense on-air moment unfolded on CNN’s “NewsNight” as the panel discussed President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies and efforts to address the southern border. Jennings, a staunch defender of the MAGA administration, suggested that federal judges were interfering with Trump’s ability to act as commander in chief.

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'Not in favor': GOP chairs slam brakes on major cut in Trump's 'big beautiful bill'

Two top Republican lawmakers are throwing a wrench into their own party’s budget strategy as they made clear they would reject proposed cuts to food assistance programs that were expected to help fund what President Donald Trump has dubbed the “big, beautiful bill” on taxes, immigration and defense.”

That’s according to the Washington Post, which reported Thursday that the chairs of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees – Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) – said they won’t support reductions to SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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'Lies!' GOP senator lashes out after stinging ad hits airwaves in Trump's backyard

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is firing back after his 2026 primary opponent slammed his record in a new TV ad that aired not in the Lone Star State, but in President Donald Trump’s backyard.

The ad, funded by Preserving Texas, a group supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attacks Cornyn over his role in crafting a bipartisan safety bill in 2022, Axios reported Thursday. The group spent $60,000 to air the TV spot over the weekend on the Trump-approved Fox News, Newsmax and the Golf Channel in Palm Beach, home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf resort, the publication added.

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'Designed to intimidate': Supreme Court justice rips Trump over 'threats and harassment'

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson spoke out Thursday against what she saw as President Donald Trump's efforts to bully and threaten the federal judiciary into submission, Politico reported.

The remarks from Jackson, the most junior member of the Supreme Court, came as she addressed a judge's conference in Puerto Rico.

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'People die!' Protesters storm stage as right-wing titan Charles Koch honored

Controversial right-wing billionaire philanthropist Charles Koch was accosted by protesters on Thursday, who rushed the stage as the libertarian Cato Institute awarded him the Milton Friedman Prize.

According to footage posted to X by business reporter Zachary Halaschak, the protesters could be seen charging onto the stage before security as the audience tried to drown them out in boos. One of the protesters could be heard chanting what sounds like: "Koch lies! People die!"

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'Calling him out': Internet hails Emmy nod for segment that 'makes Trump look bad'

CBS is settling a suit launched by the president of the United States, but Daily Beast reports the segment at the center of Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit over the show’s interview with Kamala Harris is winning an Emmy.

The news segment was nominated on Thursday for a News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Interview, despite President Donald Trump claiming on Truth Social that the show “cheated and defrauded the American People” after it aired a different part of Harris’ answer to a question over the war in Gaza. He also claimed 60 Minutes, CBS, and parent company Paramount Global admitted to the “crime” of airing a different portion of the answer to the question.

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'Get this!' CNN analyst in awe over 'insane' new stat on Trump's wealth

President Donald Trump has seen a stunning explosion of his own net worth since assuming the presidency, CNN data analyst Harry Enten told anchor Erin Burnett — and he has the cryptocurrency industry, and his ethically questionable deals issuing coins, to thank for that.

"So tell us something we don't know, because obviously, you know, the imagery there is very powerful, but what's the reality?" asked Burnett. "How much is Trump making from crypto deals just right now?"

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'Shameful': 'Dictator-style' military parade plans for Trump ignites social media

Revelations that President Donald Trump is eyeing a massive military parade to celebrate his birthday next month drew swift criticism from observers, with some calling it "shameful."

The Associated Press obtained what it called "detailed Army plans" dating to April 29 for a potential military parade on Trump’s birthday. The unreleased plans call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and a couple thousand civilians.

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'Miserable troll': House Dem hits right-wing reporter with profanity-laced retort

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) delivered a blunt and profane response after a right-wing reporter tried to press her on her Democratic colleagues’ trips to El Salvador – and she’s not backing down.

The moment unfolded on Capitol Hill when Myles Morell, a journalist with the conservative news outlet The Daily Caller, approached Omar with a question about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father wrongfully deported to El Salvador.

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'Creepy': GOP lawmaker reamed in hearing over obsession with students using litter boxes

A Texas Republican state lawmaker is trying to crack down on schools over a persistent internet hoax that children are supposedly being allowed to use litter boxes and identify as animals — but a Democratic colleague called him out in a recent session as wasting the whole legislature's time, the Huffington Post reported.

James Talarico confronted Stan Gerdes over his so-called Forbidding Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying In Educational Spaces (FURRIES) Act during a session of the Committee on Public Education on Wednesday.

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