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Trump freaks out that Josh Hawley bill will force him to sell Mar-a-Lago

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) proposed legislation that would restrict U.S. lawmakers from stock trading — and President Donald Trump was not happy about it.

In a committee vote Wednesday, Hawley and Democrats passed the bill out of committee, where it will hit the full Senate for a vote.

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Republicans worried about Trump-backed lawmaker's extremely sketchy friend

The judgment of President Donald Trump's favored candidate for Florida governor has been called into question.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) won the president's endorsement for next year's gubernatorial race, but The Daily Beast reported that some Republicans are concerned about his longtime relationship with Larry Wilcoxson, who the congressman has described for years as his "right-hand man."

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Judge Aileen Cannon's Trump ruling used to argue Alina Habba can't keep job

A ruling by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon for President Donald Trump is now being used to argue that Alina Habba, the pick for U.S. Attorney in New Jersey, was unconstitutionally appointed.

Politico first reported that attorneys for defendant Julien Giraud Jr., who is under indictment on drug charges in New Jersey, are citing Cannon's ruling, which stated that special counsel Jack Smith's appointment was unconstitutional.

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DOGE 'cost-cutting' results in 154K workers being paid not to work: report

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), designed to root out unnecessary expenses and dismantle government agencies, has faded from the limelight and left taxpayers funding civil servants on administrative leave and being paid to sit at home and not work.

According to a report from the Washington Post, the ham-handed efforts of DOGE-mastermind Elon Musk's hires to cut government spending has not matched the hype, with the report noting that an early retirement component has been a major drag on cost-cutting.

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They're winning: Washington Post's famed fact-checker gives parting shot as he quits

Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler announced this week that he was offered a buyout as the paper continues to purge staff. In his parting message, he took a shot at the era of false information, warning that he fears those pushing it are winning.

Writing on Thursday, he recalled a recent international conference of 400 fact-checkers meeting to discuss the work they do. "After years of exponential growth," he said, "political fact-checking was in retreat and under fire."

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MAGA senator wants to ‘do away’ with students from China and Iran

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is working to “do away” with foreign nationals from select countries he dubbed “adversaries” by prohibiting them from attending United States universities, he told Fox Business Thursday morning.

He also suggested that American students were being rejected from universities due to the growing number of foreign students from outside countries — numbers that he would also like to see reduced.

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'Lock the doors': Ken Paxton threatens to imprison Dems until they pass TX redistricting

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called on the state legislature to "lock the doors" and then arrest any Democratic lawmakers who attempted to flee the statehouse in an effort to stop Republicans from going through with redistricting plans.

"The House rules and the Senate rules both allow for these people to be arrested if they leave and ... they try to break the quorum," Paxton told MAGA influencer Steve Bannon on Thursday. "The challenge is if they go out of state, we lose jurisdiction."

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Trump officials spend huge amounts for private parties where 'nobody spits in your face'

Officials and allies of President Donald Trump are dropping hundreds of thousands of dollars to party in private, The Washington Times reported — all in an effort to avoid “very public confrontations.”

“The appeal is having a place where nobody spits in your face,” said Jessica Sidman, food editor for Washington magazine, speaking with The Washington Times. “Like it or not, D.C. is an extremely liberal city. You don’t have to worry about someone yelling at you or recording you in these clubs.”

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'You complete hack': Peter Navarro mocked for 'pathetic' TV suck-up to Trump

Donald Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro invited mockery by suggesting the president should win Nobel prizes for his diplomacy and economic policies.

The senior counselor for trade and manufacturing applauded Trump's deals Thursday morning in an appearance on Maria Bartiromo's show on Fox Business, saying the president's tariff threats had resulted in foreign investment in American industries.

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'Hell, yeah': MSNBC highlights grassroots 'resistance' to Kristi Noem's ICE

On Thursday morning, MSNBC ran a report from NBC's Morgan Radford that detailed the growing "resistance" in communities to protect and assist immigrants from ICE agents working for Homeland Security head Kristi Noem.

According to Radford, the wave of videos of masked ICE snatching innocent people off the streets has led to not only citizen patrols but also a collection of apps used to alert people about the presence, which has riled the Donald Trump administration that, in turn, has led to government threats against those who use them.

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'Whoa!' Accusation that Mike Johnson complicit in Epstein coverup shocks conservative

The Bulwark's Bill Kristol wrote Thursday that House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans were complicit in an "Orwellian" cover-up to protect powerful people involved in the Epstein scandal.

Kristol quoted Johnson telling CNN's Jake Tapper, "I want everything to come out about the Epstein evils. . . . I’m pushing aggressively for the full release of everything that is possible, and, by the way, so is the president. We’re using every mechanism within our power to do that, and to do it as quickly as possible."

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'Hard or easy?' ICE agents seen using terrifying new tactic to detain immigrants

Investigative journalists with ProPublica published a disturbing video essay showing ICE officers smashing car windows to get to frightened undocumented migrants locked inside.

"We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office," reads the introduction to the piece. "ICE claims its officers use a 'minimum amount of force.' You can judge for yourself."

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'What side is Trump on?' CNN host pounces as Scott Jennings rushes to fix slip-up

CNN's John Berman confronted a conservative commentator over President Donald Trump's attack on a Republican senator — and he quickly backed down.

The president lashed out at Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) for siding with Democrats to include presidents in a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, even though it wouldn't take effect until after he was out of office, and the "CNN News Central" host asked conservative Scott Jennings to comment on the issue.

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