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'He's been schooled': Financial expert alarmed that Trump has failed to learn clear lesson

In an appearance on CNN, the U.S. National Editor for the Financial Times, Ed Luce, claimed President Donald Trump is being schooled — but he ‘isn't learning a lesson’.

‘The Situation Room’ hosts Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown both pressed the editor on the economy under Trump.

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'Weird and creepy': Conservative blasts Trump admin's latest initiative

A conservative critic branded the Trump administration's proposed incentives to encourage Americans to have more babies as something out of a Soviet-era Eastern Bloc country.

On CNN's Inside Politics Tuesday, Dana Bash cited a New York Times article about the administration's ideas to bolster the birthrate, that include $5,000 bonuses to new mothers, menstrual education programs, and a "Medal of Motherhood" for parents with six or more children.

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ICE agents lied to school staffers in effort to talk to immigrant kids: lawmakers

Federal agents lied to school staffers at two Los Angeles elementary schools about having permission from students' families to speak with them, according to a pair of Democratic lawmakers.

Two U.S. senators said officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement told them that agents had misled school staffers as they attempted what they described as "welfare checks" on students in grades one through six at Russell Elementary School and Lillian Street Elementary School.

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Karoline Leavitt's special briefing guest dubs Abrego Garcia 'the Maryland Man hoax'

Right-wing influencer Tim Pool asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to criticize the media over the mistaken deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, which he called "the Maryland Man hoax."

During Tuesday's White House press briefing, Leavitt revealed she had invited Pool to sit in as a member of "new media." The right-wing influencer was allowed to ask the first question of the briefing.

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Far-right app lets you ‘earn crypto’ for ‘snitching’ on undocumented migrants: column

MAGA influencers are pushing an app that allows people to take photos of allegedly undocumented immigrants and send information to law enforcement, according to an MSNBC column.

The outlet’s Christopher Mathias noted multiple people in the MAGA-sphere are talking about the app, including self-proclaimed “pro-white nationalist” Laura Loomer and Proud Boys associate Jacob Engels.

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'Reconsider': Tom Cotton begs Trump for disaster relief — after opposing it for Dem states

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) pleaded with President Donald Trump to "reconsider" his denial of disaster relief after tornadoes hit Arkansas.

Cotton, who has opposed similar aid for blue states, joined the Arkansas delegation in writing a letter directly to Trump to support Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' request for funds.

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Martin Pengelly joins Raw Story as Investigative Editor

Raw Story is pleased to announce the hiring of Martin Pengelly as its new Investigative Editor.

Prior to joining Raw Story, Martin was an editor for the Guardian for 20 years, in London, New York and Washington, first on sports and then in the US on news and politics. For Guardian US, he served as weekend editor for eight years and breaking news editor and reporter thereafter. As a writer, his work on political books earned national notice.

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DeSantis diverted $10M of Medicaid cash to wife's charity: report

A newly revealed document shows Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration diverted $10 million in Medicaid dollars to a charity controlled by his wife.

Lawyers working with the state drafted a settlement agreement that said Florida’s largest Medicaid contractor, Centene, had overbilled taxpayers more than $67 million for medications, according to a copy of that document obtained by the Miami Herald/Times. But instead of returning all of that to state and federal taxpayers, the administration sent $10 million to the Hope Florida Foundation.

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Trump admin marks Earth Day by gutting Environmental Protection Agency: report

The Environmental Protection Agency let hundreds of staffers go on Monday, according to an NBC report.

The staffing cuts came just one day before Earth Day, through a "reduction in force" process.

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'A hinge moment': Analyst fears 'season of fever and visions' as Trump clashes with courts

Legal experts have been raising concerns over President Donald Trump's defiance of the court and the administration's continued refusal to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador.

In an article published in The Bulwark Tuesday, legal analyst Corbin Barthold noted that Trump is invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which cannot be used in peacetime and can only be applied to citizens of nations attacking the United States.

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'Look at my big job': The View claims bragging caused Hegseth to stumble into scandal

The co-hosts of "The View" bashed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday after another Signal scandal.

It was discovered Hegseth shared sensitive military information with his wife and brother on the app Signal. The news comes a month after Hegseth and other top administration officials were part of a Signal chat discussing military strikes on the Houthis in Yemen.

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Hegseth slammed for throwing colleagues 'under the bus' to dodge blame amid scandal

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was accused Tuesday of throwing his former, hand-picked Pentagon colleagues "under the bus" in an attempt to shift blame over "Signalgate 2.0."

The New York Times reported Sunday that Hegseth used an unsecured Signal app to share highly sensitive information about a Houthi airstrike with is wife, brother, and lawyer. This was the second time Hegseth was pegged for using the phone app to transmit attack plans.

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'Show respect': Nancy Mace town hall devolves into chaos over moment of silence for Pope

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) clashed with a constituent this week after she refused to hold a moment of silence for the late Pope Francis.

On Tuesday, Mace shared a video from Monday night's town hall event in her district, where a constituent stood up to complain that the lawmaker had not observed the pontiff's death.

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