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Pam Bondi opens Biden autopen investigation as James Comer declares pardons 'void'

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced she had initiated an investigation into former President Joe Biden's use of the autopen, hours after the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee released a report declaring many of his pardons "void."

In a letter to Bondi on Tuesday, Oversight Chair James Comer (R-KY) said his committee "deems void President Biden's executive actions that were signed using the Autopen, and the committee determines that action by the Department of Justice is warranted to address the legal consequences of that determination."

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'Pretty scary': Ex-Trump official picks up on 'ominous' hint president dropped in Japan

President Donald Trump delivered a speech to U.S. troops stationed in Japan not dissimilar to a typical campaign rally, but one comment in particular had caught the attention of a former member of his administration for its “ominous” message.

During his speech, Trump bragged that grocery prices were “way down,” despite there being strong evidence to the contrary, and railed against the mainstream media, using his frequent attack of calling the press “fake news.”

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Revealed: Trump had only one concern upon arrival at the hospital after shooting

When President Donald Trump was shot at during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania, all he wanted to know was how it was playing on television.

In his new book, ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl said that Trump broke every single Secret Service rule for protectees. Speaking to "The View" on Tuesday, Karl said that he uncovered all of the transcripts of interviews of the agents, who told Congress that Trump fought them, refusing to stay down because he wanted to rally his supporters in the moment.

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MAGA men come up lacking on DC's conservative dating scene: 'Not as masculine as I hoped'

MAGA followers are reportedly struggling to find suitable matches in Washington, D.C., complaining that the conservative dating scene is not what they expected.

The challenge is tough for conservatives, who are often outnumbered by liberals in the city, according to a new report from the Washington Post Tuesday.

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'Revoke his citizenship': Bannon demands Pam Bondi act against Dem before NYC election

MAGA Republicans have urgently called on Attorney General Pam Bondi to take action against New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) before he can be elected.

In a letter to Bondi on Tuesday, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) insisted that Mamdani "should be subject to denaturalization proceedings," alleging that the candidate had issued "public praise for individuals convicted of providing material support to Hamas."

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Pete Hegseth’s ‘obsession with lethality’ shows basic confusion about his job: expert

A war expert Tuesday slammed Pete Hegseth as morale drops among the service members in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) — the group of independent and apolitical lawyers who advise American military leaders on war.

Rachel VanLandingham, a JAG who has advised generals and Southwestern Law School professor, told Bloomberg columnist Andreas Kluth that Hegseth's "obsession with lethality is 'sophomoric' because it reduces the U.S. military to his vision of 'the warrior dude on Fortnite.'"

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Mike Johnson pours cold water on third term for Trump: 'It's been a great run'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) admitted that President Donald Trump could not run again in 2028 after the commander-in-chief refused to rule out a third term.

During a press conference on Tuesday, Johnson was asked if he was "comfortable" with Trump seeking another term even though the U.S. Constitution limits presidents to two terms.

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Republicans make abrupt about-face on bill to keep paying troops through shutdown

Senate Republicans had been plotting to trap Democrats with a bill to restore pay for military service members during the shutdown — but now they appear to be abruptly reversing on the idea, Punchbowl News reported on Tuesday.

"Senate Republican leaders are souring on the idea of forcing votes this week on so-called 'rifle shot' bills to pay members of the military and air traffic controllers, believing it would make it easier for Senate Democrats to continue voting against reopening the entire government," said the report.

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Hegseth announces 14 dead in Pacific military strike on alleged drug boats

President Donald Trump authorized three more strikes late Monday night that killed 14 people the administration claims were suspected of trafficking narcotics to the United States.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the new Eastern Pacific strikes Tuesday as scrutiny over campaign continues to intensify across the political spectrum.

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Lobbyist reveals how easy it is to 'manipulate' Trump administration

The news site Semafor held a forum on Tuesday where a lobbyist confessed how easy it is to manipulate President Donald Trump's administration.

Ethan Lane, a lobbyist for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, commented: "You don't need $2 million in TV spend anymore to manipulate a conversation. You need the right few influencers and the right bots," he said.

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‘Republicans own this lawlessness’: Dems launch probe into controversial Trump pardon

Several Senate Democrats launched a probe into President Donald Trump’s controversial pardon of crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao, a major Trump ally who was convicted in 2023 for money laundering and sentenced to four months in prison.

Zhao, the 21st-richest person on Earth, was found to have failed to implement basic anti-money-laundering security measures for Binance – his cryptocurrency exchange platform – and was found to have facilitated billions of dollars' worth of transactions tied to child-sex-abuse material and drug trafficking. However, his business helped enrich the Trump family, raising concerns among critics that his pardon gave the appearance of fraud.

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'Tell me where this ends': Author tries to predict how Trump finally 'passes the baton'

A veteran political reporter explained his chief concern about President Donald Trump as he discussed a new book about his 2024 campaign and the early days of his second term.

ABC News correspondent Jonathan Karl appeared Tuesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to discuss his newly published book, "Retribution," and Politico's Jonathan Martin asked what the president's intentions were for the rest of his term and beyond.

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Republicans scramble to shift blame from Trump for food assistance disruption

About 42 million Americans – including 16 million children – stand to lose federal food assistance on Saturday as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) expires amid the government shutdown, and Republican lawmakers and officials are scrambling to shift blame away from President Donald Trump.

“If 42 million Americans go hungry, it won’t be because of what the White House did, it was because we didn’t pass the budget,” said Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), NOTUS reported Tuesday. Hawley, who’s among the Trump’s strongest supporters in the Senate, is not the only Republican working to help lessen the political fallout from tens of millions of Americans being left without food assistance.

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