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'Disgusting': Republicans turn on House colleague amid 'predator' accusations

As more revelations come to light for Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), a growing number of Republicans have called on him to step down.

Gonzales was reportedly having an affair with Regina Santos-Aviles, who ran his congressional branch office in Uvalde, and died after setting herself on fire last year. Newly revealed text messages show that Gonzales pressured Santos-Aviles to send him "sexy pics," which appeared to make her uncomfortable. Both the congressman and his deceased staffer were married.

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Explosion of protests in Trump 2.0 prove experts were dead wrong about America: analysis

America is in full revolt against President Donald Trump, according to a new analysis.

New data revealed a staggering reality: President Donald Trump's second term triggered more than 40,000 protests by Jan. 31 — quadruple the roughly 10,000 that erupted during the same timeframe of his first presidency, Zack Beauchamp, senior correspondent at Vox, wrote Monday.

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Health guru ​Peter Attia out at Bari Weiss' CBS News after Epstein revelations

Health and longevity influencer Dr. Peter Attia has left CBS News after newly released files in the Jeffrey Epstein case revealed email correspondence between him and the late financier and convicted child sex offender, according to reports.

The fallout over his relationship with Epstein prompted Attia to leave his contributor role, which he was recently given by Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss just days before the Department of Justice released a new batch of materials in the Epstein files, The New York Times reported. More than 1,700 documents included Attia's name and conversations between the two men.

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MAGA infighting erupts with right-wing influencer demanding Trump referee the brawl

Far-right influencer Laura Loomer demanded that President Donald Trump reprimand former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in the latest MAGA feud following reports that Carlson was visiting the White House on Monday.

Loomer launched multiple, ongoing attacks against Carlson in response to his lengthy and combative interview with U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, where Carlson pressed the former Arkansas governor on what regions in the Middle East he believed Israel to be Biblically entitled to, The Daily Beast reported.

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Jared Kushner's father punished by France over Trump admin remarks on activist's death

France has revoked government access to U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner, the father of President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, after he "did not appear" when he was summoned over comments made by the U.S. administration about the death of far-right activist Quentin Deranque, AFP reported.

On Monday, French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot summoned Jared Kushner's father in reaction to a State Department posting on X, which claimed that "reports, corroborated by the French Minister of the Interior, that Quentin Deranque was killed by left-wing militants, should concern us all."

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Whistleblowers find $1.7B in payments to Iran from crypto firm whose CEO Trump pardoned

A cryptocurrency firm accused of involvement in shady overseas dealings had internal whistleblowers flag $1.7 billion in payments to Iran before President Donald Trump pardoned its CEO, The New York Times reported on Monday.

"People in Iran had gained access to more than 1,500 accounts on the Binance platform over the previous year. About $1.7 billion had flowed from two Binance accounts to Iranian entities with links to terrorist groups, a possible violation of global sanctions. And one of those accounts belonged to a Binance vendor," said the report. "After uncovering the transactions, the investigators reported them to top executives, according to company records and other documents."

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Supreme Court takes up case that could force Big Oil to pay for massive 'deception'

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case that could effectively crush efforts to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for the climate crisis.

As reported by the New York Times, the court has agreed to hear arguments related to a petition filed by ExxonMobil and Canadian energy firm Suncor related to a 2018 lawsuit by the city of Boulder, Colorado, that seeks financial damages from the companies for their role in causing global climate change.

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Trump’s FBI issued ‘stand down’ order on Epstein probe just days after arrest: report

A bombshell report revealed Monday that under the first Trump administration, the FBI appeared to have issued a “stand down” order to New York Police Department investigators regarding their criminal probe into Jeffrey Epstein, an order that came just five days after the disgraced financier’s arrest in 2019.

The existence of the supposed directive was revealed by law professor and legal scholar Ryan Goodman, who found it buried within the Justice Department's recent release of around 3.5 million files on Epstein.

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Federal court refuses to strike down red state redistricting map that helps Dems

A panel of three federal judges declined to strike down a Utah redistricting map that could help Democrats regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

In a ruling on Monday, the Tenth Circuit panel responded to a demand by Utah's Republican-led legislature that new court-drawn maps not be used for the upcoming midterm elections.

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Kash Patel may have violated FBI rules as locker room antics 'disgust' agency insiders: MS NOW

Count current and former FBI officials among those who were appalled watching FBI Director Kash Patel chugging beer and partying with the Olympic hockey team in Italy, as if he had some part in their 2-1 overtime victory over Canada.

According to MS NOW’s Ken Dilanian, Patel claimed he had important business in Italy, and it was just a coincidence that the Winter Olympics, awarded to Milan in 2019, happened to be running concurrently.

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Markets shudder as Trump reels from Supreme Court smackdown

Stock markets shuddered on Monday as President Donald Trump defiantly escalated tariffs despite a Supreme Court ruling striking down his emergency powers.

The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 1.4 percent in morning trading, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fell 0.9 percent and 1.1 percent respectively, with European markets also declining. Investors struggled to navigate the unpredictability of Trump's trade war, reported The Guardian.

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Top vaccine skeptic suddenly quits CDC amid rumors of Trump's 'pivot' from RFK Jr: report

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s principal deputy director, Dr. Ralph Abraham, has stepped down from his role and left the agency effective immediately, according to reports released Monday.

Abraham reportedly decided to step down "to address unforeseen family obligations," according to a statement from the CDC. No further details were released.

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'All bets are off' if appeals court wades into Judge Cannon's Trump cover-up:  MS NOW

An order from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that a report from special counsel Jack Smith about his investigation of Donald Trump should be kept under wraps may not be as ironclad as she asserted on Monday.

Cannon, the controversial Trump-appointed judge, has been accused of running interference for the president and some of his close associates after they were accused of hoarding stolen government documents at Mar-a-Lago, with boxes discovered sitting in a ballroom and in a barely used bathroom.

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