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Trump erupts on Paul Ryan after he says he won't vote for him in 2024

Long after midnight and well into the early hours of Thursday, Donald Trump went on a furious tirade aimed at former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), calling for him to be ousted from the board of the Fox Corporation.

As the former president heads into another day of testimony in his Manhattan hush money trial, he was up late on Wednesday raging on his Truth Social platform at President Joe Biden and Ryan — in Ryan's case likely because the former GOP leader recently told voters to turn on Trump.

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Israel official criticizes Biden's threat of arms freeze over Rafah

There was criticism in Israel on Thursday for President Joe Biden's threat of an arms freeze in the event of a further advance in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Far-right Israeli Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir wrote on X on Thursday that the Palestinian Islamist Hamas loves Biden.

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Barron Trump will be a Florida delegate at the Republican National Convention: report

Barron Trump will be cast as one of Florida's at-large delegates when the Republican National Convention takes place this summer, NBC News reported.

When the three-day event kicks off on July 15 it will feature former President Donald Trump's youngest child playing a significant role to be alongside his older siblings to formally welcome their father as the Republican candidate to rival incumbent President Joe Biden.

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Pro-Trump attorney slapped with new charges for allegedly breaching voter information

Stefanie Lambert, a pro-Trump attorney, has been indicted on new charges by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is additionally charging Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott, alleging the pair helped someone access confidential voter information.

According to The Detroit News, "Nessel, a Democrat and the state's top law enforcement official, revealed the charges in a news release, which didn't detail specifically which pieces of data were allegedly made available to an unauthorized individual through what Nessel's office described as a '2020 election voter data breach.' Lambert, an attorney who was once involved in a suit to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's 2020 presidential victory in Michigan, illicitly transmitted data from the Adams Township electronic poll book 'concerning the 2020 general election under the direction of Scott,' the statement from the Attorney General's office said."

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'You're trying to get me to hate on President Trump': RFK Jr. spars with MSNBC host

In a lengthy sit-down with independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., MSNBC's Ari Melber on "The Beat" confronted the third-party candidate about his suspected bromance with former President Donald Trump, his opponent and presumptive Republican nominee for the 2024 election.

Melber mentioned how RFK Jr. "seems warm" to Trump and "he is clearly warm towards you."

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Biden says he will stop some arm shipments if Israel invades Rafah

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would stop US weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza, his most direct warning to date over the prosecution of the war against Hamas.

In an interview with CNN, Biden deplored the fact that civilians had been killed by the dropping of U.S. bombs on the Palestinian territory.

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'One dumpster fire at a time': GOP lawmaker may end up punishing Marjorie Taylor Greene

While Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) took to the House floor on Wednesday to introduce her motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from office, a group of her fellow Republican lawmakers gathered on the Capitol steps to rail against what she was doing — and one lawmaker in particular didn't seem to rule out supporting some form of punishment for Greene.

"Do you think Marjorie Taylor Greene should be punished?" one reporter asked Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD).

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'Spanking': House kills Marjorie Taylor Greene's bid to oust Mike Johnson in '48 seconds'

Congress overwhelmingly denied Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) rogue move to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, an effort that reportedly earned a pitiful 11 votes.

"The House has resoundingly tabled a motion to oust @SpeakerJohnson..." writes Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman.

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'Hot mess': Internet burns Marjorie Taylor Greene as Republicans' boos 'rain down on her'​

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is drawing mockery for her latest effort to remove Speaker Mike Johnson from the House's top spot.

Republicans crafted a set of rules at the start of the new legislative session that began in Jan. 2023. Among those rules is one agreeing that a very small group of officials could remove the speaker for any reason. That happened first after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was voted out by a small group of irate conservatives led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).

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'Republicans don't want to talk about this': Expert reveals Trump's 'important' weak spot

Republicans don't want to talk about a new development in former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign that one political expert warns will prove important.

MSNBC correspondent Molly Jong-Fast shared on X Wednesday afternoon an intriguing exchange between a Capitol Hill reporter and a conservative lawmaker who fled his questioning.

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Republican's 'repugnant' assassination joke condemned by left and right — except MAGA

A Republican member of Congress spurred outrage Wednesday with a political assassination joke broadly condemned by people who include a onetime co-defendant of former President Donald Trump and a Democratic strategist. It also garnered applause from MAGA right pundits.

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) appeared to be riffing on presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s newly reported statement that a worm ate part of his brain and died.

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'No one knew she was dead': GOP primary winner reportedly died 2 months ago

A projected Indiana Republican primary winner died two months ago, according to Wednesday reports.

Per the Colorado Gazette, 59-year-old Jennifer Pace died "suddenly in early March, according to reporting from the IndyStar and WIBC Indianapolis, and had previously run for the nomination in 2022, earning 12% of the vote."

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'They dug a hole with golden shovels': Biden slams Trump for failed Foxconn 'con' deal

President Joe Biden on Wednesday took a shot at former President Donald Trump while touting the construction of a new data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin.

The data center in question is being built by Microsoft in the same area where Trump once pledged electronics manufacturer Foxconn would build "the eighth wonder of the world" and usher in a slate of well-paid blue-collar jobs.

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