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Barack Obama shades Trump during speech at presidential center: 'There will be no kings'

Former President Barack Obama shaded President Donald Trump during his speech at the opening ceremony of his new presidential center in Chicago on Thursday.

Obama gave a brief history lesson about the founding ideals of America during the opening ceremony of The Obama Presidential Center, where he reminded the audience that the framers of the Constitution created a system that allows each generation to make American democracy better for their successors. During the speech, Obama levied a couple of not-so-subtle digs at his successor, Trump.

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'Scared me': Uncovered audio catches GOP candidate falling for fake AI video at event

A Republican Senate candidate boasted of his AI experience at a campaign event, then admitted seconds later that he was "scared" by a video that later turned out to be AI-generated.

Heartland Signal obtained audio from a March 17 event hosted by the Oakland University College Republicans. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), a former FBI agent and House Intelligence Committee chairman running for Michigan's open Senate seat, has made national security and tech experience central to his campaign.

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Anonymous official's quote reveals how badly Trump's Iran gambit backfired

An administration appointee blew off President Donald Trump as a "lazy warmonger" after his approach to the military conflict in Iran led to what that official called an inevitable defeat.

While the self-described "Peace President" has proven adept at initiating wars, even his own senior officials believe the 80-year-old lacks the sustained commitment to prosecute them with the required intensity, and they told Zeteo that left the U.S. in a bad position entering peace negotiations.

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Crowd loses it as grinning Michelle Obama trolls Trump without naming him

Former first lady Michelle Obama took a moment Thursday afternoon to troll President Donald Trump as she delivered a powerful speech during an event honoring her husband, former President Barack Obama.

Crowds poured into Chicago for the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center as part of a dedication ceremony. During a rousing speech, Michelle called her husband "unflappable" at every turn.

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MAGA Knicks owner trolled by NYC's Zohran Mamdani in rousing championship speech

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani trolled Knicks owner James Dolan during the team's championship celebration.

The Knicks won their first title Saturday since 1973, and the city held a parade for a team that has already been hailed as the greatest in New York's long and storied sports history, and Mamdani lauded past players and fans who suffered through the championship drought together.

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Florida swamped with angry protests over 'pathetic' Trump airport name change

Officials at Palm Beach International Airport were deluged with angry comments — including a bomb threat — after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis paved the way for the facility to be renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport.

According to NOTUS reporting by David Levinthal, who obtained the airport's website comments log via a Florida Public Records Act request, airport officials faced the brunt of abuse and boycott threats from travelers furious over the renaming.

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Trump rages that massive Iran concession in his own deal is 'Dumocrat propaganda'

President Donald Trump lashed out on Truth Social, insisting there is no $300 billion U.S. payment to Iran tied to his new peace deal and blaming Democrats for the reports.

"There is no 300 Billion Dollar payment to Iran by the U.S. That's Fake News!" Trump wrote. "All there is for the U.S. is Success, Lower Oil Prices, and Victory. Check out the Stock Market. Dumocrat propaganda at play!!!"

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Trump pick's 'disqualifying' smear hurled back in her face: 'How about an apology?'

Kari Lake, President Trump's nominee for ambassador to Jamaica, refused to retract a debunked smear against a sitting Democratic U.S. senator at her confirmation hearing, insisting her claim was not wrong.

The confrontation came during Lake's appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) pressed her over a 2024 campaign claim that Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), then a House member running against Lake for Senate, was "controlled by the cartels," a charge PolitiFact rated "pants on fire."

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'Bet it smell crazy in there': White House's sauerkraut fad triggers revulsion

A fermented food fad is permeating the White House, with some of President Donald Trump's top officials touting its health properties, but onlookers held their noses in disgust.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Vice President JD Vance have all jumped on board the sauerkraut train, reported the Wall Street Journal, which noted they had weighed the resulting sulfurous odors as worth the risk.

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'I’m not fighting with the pope, Ross': Vance gets snippy in NYT interview

During an interview with one of the New York Times resident conservative columnists, Vice President JD Vance objected to the characterization that he is at war with Pope Leo XIV.

Donald Trump’s veep has indulged in a heavy media schedule this week as he promotes his book “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,” where he describes his conversion to Catholicism at the age of 35.

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CNN snubs JD Vance by cutting him off mid-thought to cover Obama Center opening

CNN cut away from Vice President JD Vance mid-briefing Thursday to launch live coverage of the Obama Presidential Center's grand opening.

Vance was at the White House podium fielding questions about the newly signed memorandum of understanding with Iran when anchor Pamela Brown pulled the plug on the briefing.

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GOP strategist rips MAGA pastor as 'narcissistic sleaze' after scandal sinks his campaign

A conservative commentator unloaded on a former Trump-endorsed congressional candidate, branding him "an absolute narcissistic sleaze" after a sex scandal torpedoed his bid for office.

Daily Wire contributor Carly Bird, a Republican strategist and former national spokeswoman for Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign, took to X to rip Oklahoma megachurch pastor Jackson Lahmeyer, who founded the Pastors for Trump group.

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Republicans pin 'surrender' anger on Vance as Iran deal finger-pointing flies: report

President Donald Trump joked that Vice President JD Vance would shoulder the blame if his Iran peace deal doesn't work out, but Republicans are already projecting their dissatisfaction with the agreement onto him.

The 80-year-old president returned to Washington, D.C., after meeting with world leaders in France and signing the memorandum of understanding at the Palace of Versailles, and Politico's Playbook reported that oil industry insiders and GOP lawmakers aren't happy with the terms.

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