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'It's incredible': CNN analysts stunned by 'enormous implications' of Trump crypto profits

CNN analysts stressed the gravity of revelations of Trump's major profits from cryptocurrency.

According to a New York Times report, the Trump family profited to the tune of $1.4 billion through their cryptocurrency business. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper described the revelations as "incredible" and "stunning" as he spoke with other analysts. According to the Times report, Trump reeled in more than $2.2 billion in total revenue in 2025.

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Trump made his Supreme Court defeat 'all the greater' with surprising move: WSJ

President Donald Trump lost big at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as a majority of the justices struck down his executive order abolishing birthright citizenship in the United States — but it's possible there's an alternate reality in which he could have won this, the conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote.

Specifically, they argued, Trump could have tried a much less sweeping change to America's citizenship system, and gotten a more favorable result out of it.

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Analysts ridicule JD Vance after bizarre interview on Fox News: 'Is this guy for real?'

Political analysts ridiculed Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday night after he gave a bizarre interview to Fox News host Laura Ingraham.

During the interview, Vance claimed that Democrats were not working with Republicans to address the rising cost of living. That's despite Congress passing the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act with overwhelming bipartisan support, a bill that President Donald Trump has said he won't sign because he views it as a "betrayal to his base."

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Expert alarmed as Supreme Court sends Trump a troubling signal: 'A real warning sign'

A legal expert was alarmed on Tuesday after analyzing the recent spate of opinions handed down by the Supreme Court.

Quinta Jurecic, a staff writer at The Atlantic, said in a recent interview with Will Gotsegen, another staff writer at the publication, that the Supreme Court sent a troubling signal to President Donald Trump that it is still willing to let him get away with a lot. That's despite the court ruling against Trump in the birthright citizenship case, which Trump and his allies had staked a lot on.

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Mike Johnson lashes out at hardliners as MAGA voting plot implodes around them: report

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) lashed out at far-right rebels in his caucus as their plan to force passage of the SAVE America Act crumbled around them on Tuesday, CNN reported.

The SAVE America Act, pushed aggressively by President Donald Trump for months, would add draconian new requirements to voter registration and verification, billed as proof-of-citizenship requirements, that would make it vastly more difficult for millions of people to vote. It doesn't have the votes to pass in the Senate.

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Mike Johnson revealed something 'deeply disturbing' in his Supreme Court meltdown: analyst

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) revealed something "deeply disturbing" about the state of American politics on Tuesday after he melted down over a recent Supreme Court decision.

Johnson was asked by reporters for his reaction to the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision to uphold birthright citizenship, a move that court watchers described as a rebuke of President Donald Trump. The case stemmed from an executive order Trump signed last year that sought to unilaterally remove birthright citizenship, as guaranteed in the 14th Amendment, from the Constitution, from those born on U.S. soil to undocumented or temporary-resident parents.

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Columnist warns Trump admin 'stocked' with crusaders to support red state's troubling move

A columnist is warning that the Trump administration is "stocked" with operatives ready for an assault on American freedom.

Paul Waldman wrote in a Tuesday piece for Public Notice that the "religious right" is "pushing harder every year" for Christian nationalism, and the Trump White House is "stocked" with operatives ready to join the fight.

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'Quite the excuse': MAGA Republican sparks outrage with wild claim on CNN

A MAGA lawmaker sparked outrage after he made a wild claim about the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela during an interview on CNN.

Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), who is known as one of Trump's close allies in Congress, told CNN's Boris Sanchez on Tuesday that the Trump administration bears no responsibility to account for the more than 150 people recently deported to Venezuela who are now missing because the hotel they were staying in collapsed. The deportation flight landed in Venezuela about 24 hours before the earthquakes began, according to reports.

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Freedom 250 organizers throw tantrum at 'Negative Nancy skeptics' over small crowds

Freedom 250 is calling crowd critics "Negative Nancy skeptics" as DC News Now reported sparse attendance at the Great American State Fair.

President Donald Trump created Freedom 250 to run the 16-day fair on the National Mall, part of America's 250th anniversary celebration.

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Usha Vance greets tiny crowd as she hosts bookmark contest at Trump's fair: report

Second lady Usha Vance attended the Great American State Fair on the National Mall to host a bookmark contest, but despite her efforts to pretend otherwise, she was greeted with the same thing the rest of the Trump administration has seen — sparse to nearly nonexistent attendance.

According to The Daily Beast, "the vice president’s wife presented the winners of her 'Bookmark Design Challenge to Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary,'" in which children from kindergarten to 8th grade showed off their “original, hand-drawn bookmark reflecting what America means to them.”

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'Deranged' Trump ally sparks frenzy after floating forced 'sterilization' after court loss

The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis, a prominent pro-Trump conservative media figure, is drowning in criticism after proposing that the U.S. "require sterilization of all foreign visitors prior to entry."

Davis posted a seven-point list on X after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that birthright citizenship — the guarantee that anyone born on U.S. soil is automatically a citizen — remains the law of the land.

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Trump teases Republican event in Texas that's 'never been done'

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a midterm convention slated for Dallas, Texas, ahead of the highly anticipated November election.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, he shared details about the "first time ever" event on Sept. 9 and 10.

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Trump ally floats dubious immigration scheme after major Supreme Court rebuke

After being dealt another defeat by the conservative Supreme Court, President Donald Trump called on Congress to end birthright citizenship, but one of his biggest supporters on Capitol Hill is going a step further and is now calling for a ten-year moratorium on all immigration.

"We need to put a bed sheet over the Statue of Liberty for ten years," Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) exclusively told Raw Story at the Capitol. "Moratorium. Ten years. Until we can figure out what the hell is going on in this country. Who's even here? How many are here?"

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