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Andy Biggs wants to move Medicaid recipients to Obamacare — which he's trying to repeal

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), a candidate for governor in Arizona, suggested moving Medicaid recipients to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — or Obamacare — after trying to repeal the law.

During an appearance on the War Room podcast, host Steve Bannon told Biggs that many of President Donald Trump's supporters were on Medicaid.

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'World's already on edge': Trump slammed for signing massive arms deal with Gulf nation

President Donald Trump's first major international trip of his second term was to the Middle East — at which he announced a weapons deal with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Trump's package gives $1.4 billion in arms sales to the UAE, reported Bloomberg News on Monday.

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'Doesn't deserve your deference': Leading conservative aims enraged attack at John Roberts

A leading conservative called for the MAGA movement to break the courts to establish Republican dominance over the government.

Iowa-based talk show host Steve Deace published an op-ed in the Conservative Review castigating U.S. Supreme Court chief Justice John Roberts for claiming the judiciary was “independent” from the other branches of government while also insisting the courts had authority to “strike down” both legislation and executive actions.

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'Debased himself': Trump triggers disgust as he kowtows to Saudis

President Donald Trump saluted each Saudi Arabian general who greeted him during his visit to Riyadh Tuesday, causing critics to melt down over the spectacle.

Standing next to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Trump was seen saluting and shaking hands as the long line of generals waited to greet the American president.

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'Hell no!' Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' plunged into chaos as House GOP fights

Despite months of work to bring it together, the latest rough draft of President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" promising tax cuts, energy deregulation and border security is facing major backlash from multiple factions of the House Republican caucus, Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman reported on Tuesday morning.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who is at the helm of the negotiations, "has said repeatedly over the last few months that he is in the 'consensus-building business.' But as markups begin today, an objective view of the landscape is that Johnson does not have consensus," Sherman wrote.

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'AOC can win': MAGA TV anchor stuns co-hosts with 2028 prediction

MAGA TV anchor David Brody shocked his co-hosts by predicting that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) could win the presidency in 2028.

"I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm going to go against the grain here this morning and say, absolutely, AOC can win the presidency," Brody said during a Real America's Voice segment on Tuesday. "Listen, guys, Kamala Harris got 75 million votes. Word salad. Kamala Harris got 75 million votes. And, you're telling me that AOC can't get more than 75 million votes? Absolutely, she can."

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The bizarre taste of home Saudi royals flew in for Trump visit

A mobile McDonald's has popped up near the Saudi Royal Court during President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia.

Journalist Olga Nesterova posted the restaurant on wheels via Bluesky, "As part of the red-carpet treatment, Saudi officials arranged for a fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit to accompany President Trump during his stay. According to local reports, the unit was set up near the Saudi Royal Court."

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'Buried in final pages': GOP quietly slips plan to let Trump crush nonprofits into bill

House Republicans on Monday quietly revived a proposal that would grant the Trump administration broad authority to crush nonprofits it views as part of the political opposition, from environmental justice organizations to news outlets.

Fight for the Future and other advocacy groups called attention to the measure, which was buried in the final pages of the House Ways and Means Committee's draft reconciliation bill, starting on page 380.

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Blistering resignation letter urges direct action against Trump: 'Answer lies in refusal'

A leading academic announced her resignations from two federal advisory boards in protest of President Donald Trump's policies.

Alondra Nelson, the Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and a researcher, author, policy advisor and nonprofit administrator, published an op-ed Tuesday morning in Time Magazine announcing announcing that she was resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

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'Backlash': Analyst warns even most hardcore supporters stunned by overly 'bold' Trump policy

President Donald Trump could soon be facing some major backlash on his immigration policies, according to an analysis from The Atlantic.

Writer Nick Miroff noted that while Trump’s poll numbers look good on immigration, the actual approval rating is “misleading.”

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'Corruption tour': Trump lashed by criticism as he arrives in Saudi Arabia

President Donald Trump has begun his long-anticipated tour of the Middle East, where he is set to negotiate with a number of foreign nations and try to resolve conflicts and wars in the region — but he already begins that mission under a cloud of doubt and skepticism at home.

In particular, the trip has been marred by reports that he wants to put business deals over diplomacy, and the fact that the government of Qatar is gifting Trump a $400 million luxury Boeing 747, which raises questions of whether any concessions or benefits accruing to Qatar in Trump's discussions will truly be in America's interests and has even some of Trump's firmest supporters crying foul.

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'We can't give up': Black doctor's lifetime work screeches to halt due to Trump policy

The work of several Black doctors who established multiple scholarships for Black medical students at the University of Cincinnati has come to a halt because of President Donald Trump’s policies, according to a Washington Post report.

Clyde Henderson is a retired orthopedic surgeon in Cincinnati who spoke with the outlet about the problem.

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'Don't rain on Trump's parade': Would-be GOP presidential candidates warned to skip 2028

Democrats are already jockeying for position nearly four years before the next presidential election, but a new report claims would-be Republican contenders are being frozen out to avoid undercutting President Donald Trump.

Prospective GOP candidates are giving the president plenty of space to operate and waiting to see what influence he would have on the 2028 contest, which he has suggested he would take part in despite constitutional term limits. Republican strategists don't expect that "wait-and-see approach to change anytime soon, reported CNN.

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