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ICE accused of faking 'alien harboring' allegations to snatch activists

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents lied to federal judges about the reasons they needed warrants to enter the homes of Columbia University students and arrest them, according to attorneys investigating the matter.

Per The Guardian, "a recently unsealed search warrant application shows that ICE told a judge it needed a warrant because the agency was investigating Columbia University for 'harboring aliens.'" However, according to the allegation, the warrant application was a "pretext" so they could "try to arrest two students, including one green card holder, in order to deport them."

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Trump team fiercely denies ordering analyst to 'rethink' intelligence that undermined him

The White House is lashing out at a New York Times report that a top Trump appointee ordered a career analyst to “rethink” findings that undercut Donald Trump’s use of wartime powers to deport Venezuelan migrants.

A political appointee to Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence, ordered senior analyst Michael Collins to redo a classified assessment surrounding the notorious Tren de Aragua gang and its ties to the Venezuelan government, according to the report. A previous intelligence gathering found that the gang was not acting on behalf of Venezuela’s government as Trump and top administration officials have repeatedly claimed, the Times reported.

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Meghan McCain compares CNN's Jake Tapper to OJ Simpson as she tears into explosive book

Meghan McCain, former co-host of "The View" and daughter of the late Sen. John McCain, compared CNN anchor Jake Tapper to O.J. Simpson this week.

The comment came during an episode of "Next Up with Mark Halperin" on Thursday, in which she was asked her view on Tapper's explosive new book, "Original Sin," which accused former President Joe Biden's circle of shielding the president and covering up cognitive decline, leading to sweeping losses for Democrats in the 2024 election.

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GOP's version of 'Custer’s last stand' rewarded with tongue-lashing from WSJ editors

House Republicans got a tongue-lashing from the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board on Friday, after the spectacular failure to advance President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on tax cuts, energy deregulation, and border security.

The Budget Committee, a crucial step for the bill, failed to recommend it, with a handful of GOP hardliners frustrated over the bill not having further spending cuts joining every Democrat to block the measure. And, the board wrote, they agree with those hardliners.

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'Nice try': Jake Tapper claps back as Biden circle downplays audio of him 'losing himself'

CNN’s Jake Tapper delivered a fierce pushback Friday after Joe Biden's team attempted to downplay newly released audio of the former president appearing to struggle with memory lapses during a special counsel interview.

The audio, obtained by Axios, captures Biden occasionally slurring his words and losing his train of thought during questioning by Special Counsel Robert Hur, who infuriated the Biden White House when he concluded that the Democrat was “a well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

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All 3 of Trump's Supreme Court appointees just voted to hand him another major loss

In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States sided against President Donald Trump's administration on Friday in a high-profile case.

Slate legal writer Mark Joseph Stern reported Friday that the Supreme Court determined that the Trump administration violated the due process rights of more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants it deported to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Stern further reported that the decision prohibits Trump from further deportations under the 18th century law, and that lower courts must now decide how to make sure deportees are still processed in accordance with the Constitution.

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‘Screwing things up!’ MTG escalates feud with fellow Republicans

The Republican civil war over President Donald Trump’s sprawling budget bill so no signs of slowing down Friday as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) unloaded on Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and other GOP colleagues.

At the center of the drama is the bill’s treatment of the state and local tax deduction, also known as SALT. Lawler, like others in the New York delegation, is currently opposed to the president’s package for failing to fully repeal the SALT cap. The bitter feud between Greene and Lawler spilled over into a public battle Wednesday as the two Republican lawmakers flung jabs at each other.

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Trump stuns internet with 'bizarre' reference to everyday word as 'N word'

The internet let out a collective gasp as President Donald Trump referred to the word "nuclear" as the "N word" during a light moment with Fox News anchor Bret Baier.

Baier and Trump's interview aired Friday night, in which Trump talked about a ceasefire between India and Pakistan.

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Trump rampages after 'bad and dangerous day'

After President Donald Trump suffered a major loss at the Supreme Court, he took to his Truth Social platform to blast the justices over the decision. But he wasn't satisfied with a single post.

Later on Friday, the president followed up with a far lengthier post venting his grievances.

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Backlash against Trump amid historic US downgrade: 'Enjoying all this winning?’

Moody’s Ratings Service downgraded the United States’ credit rating on Friday, citing rising government debt and increased interest payments, according to media reports.

The ratings agency lowered the U.S. from Aaa to Aa1 – the first time Moody’s has issued such a downgrade in modern history. The rare and sobering distinction was quickly noticed by political observers across social media, who quickly hurled blame at President Donald Trump.

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READ IT: New articles of impeachment filed against Trump

After Democratic Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar earlier this week opted not to move forward with an effort to force the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on impeaching U.S. President Donald Trump, another lawmaker on Thursday filed a single article of impeachment against Trump, calling him a threat to democracy.

In a Thursday statement, Rep. Al Green of Texas, a Democrat, said that he "announced on the floor of the House of Representatives that I have filed H.Res.415 to impeach President Donald John Trump for condoning the flouting of federal court orders, flouting the separation of powers, undermining the independence of the federal judiciary, and flouting the constitutional mandate of due process."

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‘Betrayal!’ MAGA fans outraged at conservative justice after 'stunning' Trump loss

Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett once again found herself the subject of a full-on MAGA meltdown on Friday as diehard supporters of President Donald Trump targeted her for siding with the Supreme Court’s liberal justices.

The ruling that triggered the MAGAverse came Friday and blocks the administration’s mass deportations of accused Venezuelan gang members. It was a sharp rebuke to Trump’s sprawling immigration crackdown, according to legal experts.

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Trump rages at Supreme Court after latest defeat

President Donald Trump reacted to his latest loss at the Supreme Court with a furious post on his Truth Social platform on Friday evening.

"THE SUPREME COURT WON’T ALLOW US TO GET CRIMINALS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!" Trump posted.

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