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'Degenerate and sinister': GOP senator's husband trashed after snubbing Harris' handshake

The husband of a GOP Senator was trashed Monday after he was seen live on TV refusing to shake the hand of Vice President Kamala Harris.

Bruce Fischer, husband of GOP Sen. Deb Fischer (NE), snubbed Harris after she swore in his wife. She had shaken the senator's hand, and then reached to greet her husband, but the latter refused the gesture.

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Trump team failing to find political appointees aligned with America First agenda: report

After clashing with many of the traditional conservatives who were part of his first administration — from former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to ex-White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly — President-elect Donald Trump is hoping to surround himself with MAGA loyalists during his second term. That includes top officials as well as people further down the ladder.

But according to CBS News reporters Jennifer Jacobs and Ed O'Keefe, Trump's transition team is falling short of its hiring goals.

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Canadian MP shoots down Trump offer: 'Sexual abusers don't get to lead our nation'

Canadian MP Charlie Angus responded to President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to make Canada the 51st U.S. state by noting that existing laws prevent "sexual abusers" from leading his nation.

In a Monday post on his Truth Social platform, Trump claimed that many "people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State."

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CNN's Jake Tapper shames Ted Cruz during certification: 'Helped cause what happened'

CNN's Jake Tapper reminded viewers exactly who was responsible for the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots as part of the network's coverage of Monday's certification of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States.

Tapper was joined by anchors Kaitlan Collins and John King, as well as former Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, Marc Short.

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Senator shares photo series contrasting 2025 with Trump's loss in 2021

Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) was at the U.S. Capitol Monday to observe the certification of the 2024 election — and he shared photos he said highlighted a stark contrast to the last time it happened.

Many Democrats have posted online that their party is not made up of election deniers, a slight aimed at the GOP which includes many members who still believe the 2020 election was stolen away from Donald Trump.

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Trump accuses Biden of sabotaging transition: 'Make it as difficult as possible'

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday complained about President Joe Biden supposedly giving him a "difficult" transition to work with.

Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump accused Biden of trying to sabotage him before he takes office in just over two weeks.

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'Fake News!' Trump furious over report he's looking to drop central campaign promise

President-elect Donald Trump fired back at The Washington Post on Monday, calling claims that he's close to breaking a key part of his campaign pledge "just another example of Fake News."

The Post story, written by White House economics reporter Jeff Stein, claimed that instead of moving forward with Trump's campaign pledge to impose "universal tariffs" of up to 20 percent on all goods imported to the United States, Trump's team is now considering tariffs only for "certain sectors deemed critical to national or economic security."

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'You made me look like my dog!' Rudy Giuliani snaps at sketch artist in contempt hearing

Disgraced New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani accused a courtroom sketch artist of making him look like a dog.

According to a Reuters report on Monday, Giuliani snapped at courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg during a break in a hearing to determine if he should be held in contempt for failing to turn over property to two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million judgment against him for defamation.

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'Love being the 51st State': Trump trolls Canadians in wake of Trudeau resignation

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday used Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation to once again taunt America's northern neighbor about potentially "merging" with the United States.

"Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State," Trump wrote on his Truth Social page. "The United States can no longer suffer the massive Trade Deficits and Subsidies that Canada needs to stay afloat. Justin Trudeau knew this, and resigned. If Canada merged with the U.S., there would be no Tariffs, taxes would go way down, and they would be TOTALLY SECURE from the threat of the Russian and Chinese Ships that are constantly surrounding them. Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!"

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'Stop that!' MAGA melts down as GOP lawmaker thanks Capitol Police on Jan. 6 anniversary

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) faced backlash after marking the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riots by thanking law enforcement for protecting lawmakers.

In a Monday post on X, Fitzpatrick acknowledged the fourth anniversary of the riot.

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‘Cowardice spreads like wildfire’: Ex-Republican trolls GOP with members' own J6 comments

Former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans who served on the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, is trolling his former GOP colleagues in the Senate with their own words on the fourth anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Kinzinger, who was first elected in 2010 and served for more than a decade until deciding to not run for re-election in 2022, has been one of the few Republicans to hold the GOP accountable.

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Biden signs 'first Social Security expansion in decades'​ as GOP eyes cuts

Joe Biden on Sunday became the first president in more than two decades to sign a measure that expands Social Security benefits, a move that came as congressional Republicans and an Elon Musk-led advisory commission weigh possible cuts to the nation's most effective antipoverty program.

The Social Security Fairness Act rolls back the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), provisions that curbed Social Security benefits for those receiving retirement benefits from public service jobs.

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MAGA rioter's son fears getting 'shot in the street' if Trump frees his dad

Jackson Reffitt, the son of convicted MAGA rioter Guy Reffitt, told CNN's Donie O'Sullivan that he's moving out of his house because he's afraid of what will happen if President-elect Donald Trump frees his father.

During an interview aired by CNN, O'Sullivan asked Reffitt what his biggest fear was and he replied, "Getting shot in the street."

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