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Pam Bondi whacked for 'backroom deal' that threatens 'mass violence'

The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday announced that it settled litigation centering on "forced-reset triggers," devices that allow semiautomatic rifles to fire faster, and which gun violence prevention groups warn effectively turn semiautomatic rifles into machine guns.

Some gun reform groups said on Friday that the move effectively legalizes machine guns.

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Biden hit with 'aggressive' cancer diagnosis: reports

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with cancer, according to reports.

The New York Times is among those reporting that Biden has an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer.

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DHS bid to fix 'crucial misstatement' in court causes violation of judge's order

The Department of Homeland Security made a "crucial misstatement" in court and then, while attempting to clean up that error, accidentally violated a court order, a legal expert said Sunday.

An unnamed individual who is part of litigation involving deportations of those who might be tortured in the destination country filed a brief Sunday, in which the plaintiff says that he seeks "immediate injunctive relief to protect him from an ongoing risk of imminent harm."

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'Traitor': FBI's Patel and Bongino infuriate MAGA fans with Fox interview

A Fox Morning Futures interview with Donald Trump's two top appointees to the FBI created new problems for the administration after they both stated unequivocally that accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his jail cell while awaiting trial.

"You said Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. People don't believe it," host Maria Bartiromo pressed FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino.

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Strongly pro-Trump 'Surf City' takes unlikely place as anti-MAGA battleground

A Southern California town known as a bastion of far-right politics is emerging as a battleground for the fight against MAGA.

Huntington Beach, known as "Surf City," has become the center of a struggle to wrest control of the public library system away from conservatives, Politico reported Sunday.

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Clause buried in GOP bill would handcuff courts as Trump's legal battles grow

A review of the stalled Republican Party-authored House Budget Committee bill that is currently being stalled by GOP hardliners revealed a non-budgetary provision that would hand Donald Trump a powerful tool to do as he pleases.

According to a report from the Associated Press, with the Trump administration finding its hands tied by temporary restraining orders halting mass deportations without probable cause and purging of government employees put on hold, the courts would be handcuffed from enforcing their rulings.

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Snubbed: Pope gives JD Vance just 17 seconds — but has long meetings with other leaders

JD Vance’s efforts to schmooze were rebuffed by Pope Leo XIV Sunday — as the pontiff shook him off to meet with other world leaders.

The vice president was in the Vatican to witness the pope’s inaugural mass. Afterward, he tried to speak to the leader of the Catholic church, who shook his hand but barely spoke in the 17-second encounter.

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Rick Wilson uses MSNBC to float colorful new name for Trump's White House

Former Republican Party Campaign consultant and full-time Donald Trump antagonist Rick Wilson used an appearance on MSNBC on Sunday to rail at the president for doing everything within his power to personally cash in on his second stint in the Oval Office.

Appearing with host Ali Velshi and MSNBC analyst Hayes Brown, Wilson had a few things to say about Trump's trip to the Middle East where his family has growing business interests that call into question his friendliness with the despots who rule the region.

With the controversy of Qatar wanting to give Trump a $400 million gift in the form of a so-called "palace in the sky" jet, host Velshi prompted his guest with, "I remember when Al Gore got in trouble for taking a campaign phone call in his office, and I'm not justifying it, but there should be rules, and elected officials should abide by the rules."

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"It's so weird that we're not arguing with the courts about breaking these rules. we're just ––they're gone, we just don't we just don't. This administration just doesn't even think about it anymore<" he added.

"That's right," Wilson agreed, "This is an administration where if the most ludicrously illegal transaction takes place and the Department of Justice doesn't see it. Does the tree make a sound when it falls in the forest? Of course not."

"None of this will ever be investigated by this administration," he predicted. "The corruption is wired in from the start and what Trump wants is money and adoration. But what he's getting is, he's changing what America is viewed as and I think that the pyramid scheme Nutralife argument is brilliant and I think it's a great way to think about this, because they are selling things of no value to people who are credulously, accepting that they think they're going to get something amazing from it, something bigger than their investment."

"Right now we don't have a White House or an administration, we have a whorehouse at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and that's that's a fact," he added as the MSNBC host laughed.

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Kevin McCarthy rips Republicans over 'real misstep' in apparent dig at Mike Johnson

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sharply criticized fellow House Republicans for blocking a crucial committee vote tied to President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” saying that the move was a “real misstep.”

In his comments on John Catsimatidis’s radio show, Cats Roundtable on WABC 770 AM on Sunday, McCarthy remarked, “The stock market seems like it is moving up. Now, if Congress can start doing the things that President Trump’s doing, it would even help us more."

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Kanye West's pro-Hitler song gets millions of views on X

A new song by rapper Kanye West glorifying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has racked up millions of views on Elon Musk's X platform, after it was banned by other sites such as YouTube.

West -- the winner of 24 Grammys over the course of his career in hip-hop -- in recent years has made repeated anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi statements.

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US probes Mexican ship's deadly New York bridge collision

US safety officials launched a probe Sunday after a 150-foot tall Mexican sailing ship crashed into New York's iconic Brooklyn Bridge, snapping its masts and killing two crew members.

Numerous sailors were positioned among the navy vessel Cuauhtemoc's rigging at the time, video of the incident showed.

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US House speaker says Trump mega-bill still 'on track'

A top US Republican said Sunday that a mega-bill meant to advance President Donald Trump's domestic agenda remains "on track" despite a recent failure to advance in committee.

Trump has been pressing the Republican-controlled Congress to move quickly on the "big, beautiful bill," which -- among many other provisions -- extends tax cuts passed in his first term while imposing new restrictions on welfare programs.

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Trump in 'danger' as he makes himself poster child of risky venture: analysis

Donald Trump's decision to take the lead in negotiating business deals while making bold announcements about how he is turning around a faltering economy could end up blowing up in his face.

That is according to the Washington Post's Naftali Bendavid who wrote on Sunday that Trump is going where few presidents have gone before — and he's playing a risky game because it could lead to becoming the poster-child for failure, particularly in a volatile economic climate he had a major hand in creating.


As the Post report highlights, Trump is no more than dabbling in attempts to control drug prices, pressuring the Fed — sometimes with insults — to bring down interest rates and "touting" foreign investment deals that may or may not pan out.

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