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Mike Johnson shamed by MAGA lawmaker over leadership failures: ‘Fix the problem’

A GOP lawmaker and close ally to President Donald Trump took to Fox News Sunday to issue House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a blistering condemnation after the House GOP leader, again, sent lawmakers home on recess after facing pushback from his own party.

Johnson currently holds the record for the most failed special rule votes as leader of the House, something he’s blamed on the GOP’s slim majority in the chamber. For Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO), however, Johnson’s excuse didn’t carry much weight.

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Trump promotes blistering rebuke of GOP Senate ‘sloth’ as his agenda stalls

As President Donald Trump’s controversial voter identification bill continues to stall in the Senate, the president took to social media Sunday to promote an op-ed from a conservative outlet hammering GOP leadership for "sloth."

Trump’s proposed bill, the SAVE Act, would require all Americans to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote, a mandate that could pose challenges for countless eligible voters and has been described by some critics as a form of “voter suppression.”

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'Boomer slop:' report reveals MAGA outrage over Trump's firework display

President Donald Trump’s MAGA base is furious that they faced storms, extreme heat, shoving crowds and armed guards as their leader appeared to sleep, according to a new report.

The Daily Beast analysis of Trump’s July 4 fireworks display found a community in an uproar and an 80-year-old president in apparent denial.

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‘Poisoning air to own the libs’: Trump’s fireworks spark health warnings as smoke lingers

President Donald Trump's record-breaking fireworks show, which kicked off just before midnight Saturday, prompted concern among weather officials, who on Sunday issued an air quality alert citing 'residual holiday firework smoke' as a contributing factor, Fox 5 reported.

“Hazardous firework-induced smog continues to hover over Washington D.C. this morning. Avoid time outdoors if you can,” wrote meteorologist Matthew Cappucci Sunday in a social media post on X. “The air [is] so filled with microscopic particulates that it’s potentially harmful to exert oneself outside. CODE PURPLE alert in effect.”

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'We're still talking about it!' CNN host grills Burgum until he snaps

A member of President Donald Trump's cabinet lost his cool in front of hundreds of thousands of CNN viewers Sunday morning when faced with tough questions from anchor Dana Bash.

U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum snapped at Bash as she questioned him about a sensitive issue for the president — his failed $14 million effort to turn the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool "American flag blue."

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Famed reporter dumbstruck by GOP gift to MAGA millionaire amid Epstein controversy

MAGA millionaire Don Huffines' race for Texas comptroller got easier last week after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott appointed him to the newly vacant post and left one famed journalist stunned.

Why? Huffines has ties to an infamous property once owned by Jeffrey Epstein.

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Supreme Court inadvertently hands progressives super weapon against GOP: analysis

The Supreme Court has radically expanded President Donald Trump's executive power, but its latest ruling may have inadvertently handed Democrats and progressives a powerful weapon against the GOP, legal columnist Jason Willick argued in a Sunday op-ed.

That ruling was the court’s decision last week in Trump v. Slaughter, which significantly expanded the president’s control over independent federal agencies by allowing him to remove officials at will. The ruling overturns a landmark 1935 ruling that prevented former President Franklin D. Roosevelt from ousting a Republican who stood in the way of his progressive New Deal economic agenda.

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‘Platform of death’: analysis reveals stunning reason why Americans support Trump

A quietly released new study from Johns Hopkins reveals the stunning reason many Americans choose to throw their support behind President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, according to a new report.

Salon writer Mike Lofgren on Sunday published a thorough analysis of the Agora Institute study he argues directly undermines the liberal political theory of "Abundance" put forth by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson in their book of the same name.

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Trump montage sends MS NOW anchors into ‘delirious’ laughter: ‘We’re totally in trouble’

The team at MS NOW’s “The Weekend” was sent into ‘delirious’ laughter Sunday morning after the network played a video montage of President Donald Trump touting his administration’s “fair” system of justice and supposed end to political prosecutions.

The montage was queued to provide context on a recent interview of former special counsel Jack Smith, who revealed the steps he took to prepare for potential prosecution by the Trump administration in retaliation for his investigation.

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Journalists float astonishing theory around silence surrounding Mitch McConnell’s health

With Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) health status still unclear after his latest medical incident, multiple journalists have offered a stunning theory for why his office and fellow Republicans have remained largely silent.

McConnell was rushed to the hospital in mid-June for an undisclosed medical reason, with his spokesperson David Popp issuing a vague statement regarding the reason for the hospitalization. It wasn't until last week that media outlets learned McConnell had been discovered "unconscious" at his home and had to be administered CPR for potential “cardiac arrest.”

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Columnist names the one man still capable of toppling Trump: 'Hulking, bombastic, gaudy'

A New York Times columnist on Sunday named the one man he believes could take on Donald Trump and come out on top. There's just one problem.

The 22nd Amendment.

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‘My neighbor’s cat does this too’: Trump draws scorn for bizarre July 4 activity

Fox News captured a surreal moment Saturday night after broadcasting live footage of President Donald Trump watching himself watch the same Fox News broadcast, and critics were quick to note the absurdity of the bizarre visual loop.

“The last decade in a nutshell,” noted Nick Mark, a critical care doctor and podcast host, responding to a screenshot of the Fox News broadcast posted on social media depicting the president watching himself on television in an endless loop.

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Judge slaps down Trump's latest dodge in E. Jean Carroll case

A judge has slapped down President Donald Trump's latest attempt to dodge the $5.8 million payment a New York court ruled is owed to writer E. Jean Carroll, court records show.

New York federal court judge Lewis Kaplan on Saturday denied Trump's motion to stall in Carroll's sex abuse case and ordered the cash to be paid on Tuesday, according to court records and Lawfare senior editor Roger Parloff.

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