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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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Trump admin quietly admits defeat on huge voter fraud project after court smackdown

In an apparent admission of defeat, the Trump administration is dismantling the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system, a controversial tool at the Department of Homeland Security to verify people's citizenship that they had been hoping to run every registered voter in the country through.

The news was broken on X by ProPublica reporter Jen Fifield on Tuesday.

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'Embarrassing!' Lauren Boebert slams colleague for taking time off to be 'sad'

Infighting broke out between Republicans on Tuesday after a GOP lawmaker who went missing for nearly four months broke his silence and explained why he was absent.

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) responded to questions from TMZ after Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) announced on the House floor that depression was the reason for his disappearance.

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Trump Reflecting Pool contractor used toxic liner with 'long lasting effects': report

The Reflecting Pool is lined with a toxic epoxy that will have "long-lasting effects," according to a new report.

The MeidasTouch News found safety data sheets that revealed the Reflecting Pool is lined with a material that is "toxic to aquatic life with long-lasting effects." The lining was put in as part of Trump's $14 million renovations.

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MAGA melts down after Melania Trump defends Supreme Court ruling: 'I've lost respect'

MAGA followers were livid after first lady Melania Trump issued a rare statement voicing her support for the LGBTQ+ community on Tuesday.

Trump shared her comments in a post on X following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold laws in West Virginia and Idaho that bar transgender girls from female school sports. The ruling was considered a setback for the transgender community, according to The Associated Press.

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'Wow': CNN anchor shocked 'on a number of levels' by GOP's immigration meltdown

A CNN anchor was shocked by a montage of Republican outrage over the Supreme Court rebuffing their immigration demands.

Kasie Hunt opened her Tuesday episode of The Arena with a segment about the Supreme Court's 6-3 vote to block Trump from unilaterally ending birthright citizenship. The segment featured a clip with GOP reactions to the "stinging loss," as Hunt described it.

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Melania blindsides Trump with surprise statement on major Supreme Court ruling

First Lady Melania Trump put a new spin on a Supreme Court ruling her husband called a "big win," declaring that she "fully supports the LGBTQIA+ community."

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled six to three on Tuesday that schools may ban transgender athletes from women's and girls' sports. President Donald Trump cheered.

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'Trust is broken': Expert says Supreme Court walks on eggshells as dissents get 'personal'

The Supreme Court has always insisted that the justices are good friends and get along well, despite the bitter partisan nature of many of the issues they decide. But with many of the justices sniping at each other over concurrences and dissents in Tuesday's landmark decision blocking President Donald Trump from revoking birthright citizenship, that has never been deeper in doubt, court observer Dahlia Lithwick told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House."

Wallace called Lithwick's attention to the "personal nature" of what some justices were saying. "I mean, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, making no secret about how she sees the dissent. Samuel Alito is calling the majority, quote, 'wrong.' What stands out to you?"

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'Alito is an anchor baby!' Fox pundit hits right-wing justice with explosive claim

A Fox guest called Justice Samuel Alito an "anchor baby" on live television Tuesday, but the attack is almost certainly false.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that day to uphold birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order to restrict it. Alito was one of three justices who dissented.

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