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TrumpRx gut-punched as new analysis finds it covers far less than president promised

President Donald Trump called TrumpRx the biggest thing to happen in healthcare in decades, but a new NPR analysis Thursday found the government discount site falls far short of its billing.

TrumpRx launched in February as the centerpiece of Trump's push to lower drug costs, carrying his own name and promising cash-paying patients steep discounts on brand-name medicines. But nearly six months in, those deals represent fewer than 12% of the more than 800 brand-name drugs made by the participating pharmaceutical companies, according to NPR's review of an FDA database.

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'Unprecedented fundraising blitz': WSJ reveals Trump rakes in 'mystery money' millions

President Donald Trump has raked in more than a half billion dollars through a mysterious network of nonprofits and cultural institutions, the Wall Street Journal revealed Wednesday night.

Questions remain about Trump's efforts to pump private donors for cash and "stash" it away — but enough is known to have rendered a crew of Wall Street Journal investigators stunned.

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'He humiliated himself!' Shouting match erupts as MAGA strategist excuses election denial

A shouting match erupted on CNN Thursday morning when a former Trump White House official attacked Democrats for grilling Jay Clayton, the president's Director of National Intelligence nominee, on the 2020 presidential election.

Mike Dubke's critique of Clayton's confirmation hearing Wednesday was swiftly pounced upon by one co-panelist who condemned Clayton's inability to give a straight answer and state former President Joe Biden won.

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'Disgusted' senator suddenly flips on Trump nominee he planned to support: analyst

U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton’s abrasive performance before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday likely lost him the vote of a “bitterly disappointed’ U.S. senator who has known him for years and was likely to support him, according to a new report.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) was expected to be a lock to vote for Clayon, based on his long-term relationship from his tenure as SEC chair, analyst Ken Dilanian told MS NOW’s “Morning Joe" viewers Thursday morning.

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'Looksmaxxing the military': CNN erupts in laughter at testosterone 'obsessed' Hegseth

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's new order to provide testosterone boosting for troops was met with instant scorn and mockery from a CNN panel — who referred to it as "looksmaxxing the military," a reference to a viral physical appearance trend among social media influencers.

Anchor Audie Cornish sighed with resignation as she tried to explain Hegseth's latest move to adjust the look of American armed forces.

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'Do magnets!' Bizarre and rambling Trump rant baffles defense contractors

President Donald Trump, 80, really wants defense contractors to "do magnets," according to a new report.

Trump delivered a rambling rant the Pennsylvania Defense & Innovation Summit on Wednesday that left attendees scratching their heads, the Daily Beast reported Thursday morning.

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Trump DOJ's 'striking' error leaves election officials smirking: 'He's failed'

President Donald Trump's Thursday night address to the nation represents a last-ditch effort to convince the public that elections cannot be trusted—not because evidence supports that claim, but because he has repeatedly lost in court trying to prove it, according to a new analysis.

State election officials no longer fear being sued by the DOJ for voter information, according to NOTUS. Observers reportedly anticipate Trump will resurrect familiar claims about electoral tampering and a rigged system, recycling accusations that courts have systematically dismantled over the past six years.

Despite a relentless campaign to undermine confidence in elections, Trump has accomplished virtually nothing substantive after a series of 'striking' failures, NOTUS reported.

Multiple executive orders, Justice Department maneuvers, strategic personnel removals, and pressure on Congress to pass restrictive voting legislation have all failed to expand federal authority over how elections are administered, the report noted.

"If his goals were to undermine election security in the states, he's failed," Center for Election Innovation & Research founder David Becker told NOTUS. "If his goals were to seize power over elections through executive order, he's failed. If his goals were to seize sensitive voter data from the states, he's failed. If his goal was to pass the SAVE America Act, he's failed."

According to the report, "The DOJ has been the epicenter of Trump’s efforts to scrutinize the results of the 2020 election and remake the administration of future ones. Ahead of the midterms in November, the Justice Department canceled election-integrity training sessions for prosecutors and FBI agents, deleted a 281-page guide to prosecuting election offenses and fired most of the lawyers in its Public Integrity Section."

But the most damning metric reveals the magnitude of the failure: as of Tuesday, the DOJ has lost 15 consecutive lawsuits attempting to access unredacted voter rolls from individual states.

"0-15 should never happen," Becker, a former DOJ lawyer himself, told NOTUS. "What that means is you brought frivolous cases, and then when you were getting handed defeat after defeat after defeat, there's no grown-up there to review this and say, 'Hey, wait a second, should we reel this in?' The president has actually undermined his own efforts because there's not an election official in the country that's scared of the DOJ right now."

Neo-Nazi influencer linked to MAGA candidate chasing crucial Senate seat: CNN

Trump-endorsed Senate candidate Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) has close ties to a social media influencer who has unapologetically shared white supremacist and neo-Nazi content, CNN's Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck reported on Thursday.

David Alan Scheer II, who is married to Collins' daughter Summer, appears to be close to Collins in a number of ways, according to the report.

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Trump ignores Congress as he pours granite over White House lawn: report

President Donald Trump is ignoring Congress, zoning laws and airspace regulations as he pours granite over a White House lawn to build himself a helipad, the New York Times reported Thursday morning.

The unusually speedy work on the black-granite helipad is going down on the South Lawn where children traditionally gather for the White House Easter Egg Roll in the spring, the Times reported.

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'You're lying!' MAGA commentator backed into a corner while defending deadly crackdown

A MAGA pundit on CNN couldn't finish defending a recent Trump administration controversy before an outraged opponent jumped down her throat.

During a panel hosted by CNN anchor Abby Phillip, New York Post columnist Lydia Moynihan tried to slap down claims that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a "rogue agency" after it was involved in two deadly shootings earlier this week.

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Reporter flags Trump's 'Hunger Games-style' kids competition as next odd D.C. spectacle

A political correspondent flagged Trump's "Hunger Games-style" competition as auditions began for kids who will compete.

During an episode of The Daily Beast Podcast, Farrah Tomazin wrapped a conversation about Trump's D.C. beautification projects and spectacles, like the Great American State Fair, by pointing to the next big events he has planned in the nation's capital.

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Mystery 'reporter' outside Mitch McConnell's hospital has bizarre viral past: analyst

A former GOP operative revealed the viral past of the independent journalist who's been camped outside Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-KY) hospital.

During an episode of Bulwark Takes, host Tim Miller went into detail about the history of Desiree Townsend, who also goes by the name Desiree Jennings.

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'Terrible moment': GOP strategist slams 'chameleon' Jay Clayton's hearing flop

A GOP strategist slammed Trump's pick for national intelligence director and his recent performance at a confirmation hearing.

While speaking on a panel with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins and senior legal analyst Elie Honig, GOP strategist Douglas Heye evaluated one of the comments made by Jay Clayton during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

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