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'Biggest pain point': MSNBC's Chris Hayes tears into Trump's massive broken promise

President Donald Trump has failed in his promises to deliver lower grocery costs, MSNBC's Chris Hayes said on Thursday's edition of "All In" — whatever he might say to the contrary.

This comes as Trump, who has put pressure on prices with a series of draconian tariffs, moves forward with a plan to import large amounts of beef from Argentina to try to control prices, which has proven highly controversial among Republican lawmakers representing areas dependent on ranching, which would suffer from the competition.

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'Are you kidding me?' Kamala Harris furiously bashes Trump in expletive-laden rant

Former Vice President Kamala Harris furiously bashed President Donald Trump during a new podcast interview, according to a report.

HuffPost reported on Thursday that Harris discussed the Trump administration's use of food stamps as political leverage on a new episode of comedian Jon Stewart's "The Weekly Show" podcast. She described his tactics as a "grand gesture" of destruction.

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'Excellent job': Trump-appointed judge gushes over DOJ prosecutors sidelined over J6 memo

A Trump-appointed federal district judge in Washington, D.C., went out of his way on Thursday to praise a pair of Justice Department prosecutors who were put on leave shortly after writing a harsh sentencing memo against a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant and described that event as a "mob of rioters," Politico reported.

The rioter in question, Taylor Taranto, was separately convicted in a bench trial for livestreaming himself near former President Barack Obama's house with a huge cache of illegal weapons, and issuing a fake threat to bomb a government building.

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Trump weighing strikes on Venezuelan military facilities: report

President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly considering airstrikes on Venezuelan military facilities, including naval facilities and airstrips that officials believe are used to smuggle drugs, according to a report.

The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday night that while no official decision has been made, such strikes would send a "clear message" that Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro must step down.

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State lawmaker accused of extortion over secret recording tied to alleged affair

A Democratic senator was charged with extorting an ex-consultant having an affair in a secret sex recording, according to reports Thursday.

Maryland state Sen. Dalya Attar, a former prosecutor and the first Orthodox Jewish woman to serve in the state Senate, was charged by federal officials over an extortion plot that prosecutors say involved a political enemy in bed with a romantic partner, according to The Washington Post.

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Trump appointee dodges $300M loss by joining administration: report

Commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration Frank Bisignano may have saved millions in stock losses by joining President Donald Trump's administration, according to a new report.

The New York Times reported on Thursday that Bisignano was forced to sell his stock holdings in Fiserv, a financial services company that he ran before moving to Washington, D.C. His family netted around $560 million, according to the report.

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Trump alarms with another major move poised to devastate his own base: experts

President Donald Trump's administration faced fierce backlash Thursday after announcing a new regulation that potentially limits who qualifies for public service loan forgiveness, the flagship program that allows people to have student loans wiped out if they work in certain public service jobs for a required amount of time.

The new rule, as outlined by the Department of Education and set to take effect next year, "amends the definition of a 'qualifying employer' to 'exclude organizations that engage in unlawful activities such that they have a substantial illegal purpose, including supporting terrorism and aiding and abetting illegal immigration,'" according to Newsweek — and grants authority to the Secretary of Education to determine which employers fail this criteria.

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MAGA think tank chief under fire after claiming 'canceling' neo-Nazi 'not the answer'

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts found himself buried in criticism on Thursday after he posted a video telling conservatives that attempts to cancel a prominent neo-Nazi were "not the answer" the party needs to defeat their "political adversaries on the left."

Roberts posted the video after several conservative commentators bashed prominent media personality Tucker Carlson for interviewing avid antisemite Nick Fuentes on "The Tucker Carlson Show." Roberts argued in the video that many of the people criticizing Carlson for interviewing Fuentes are "bad actors who serve someone else's agenda."

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Russia sends US ominous threat after Trump's bizarre nuclear bomb announcement

Russia delivered an ominous response Thursday after President Donald Trump unloaded a startling announcement that the United States would resume testing nuclear weapons, ending a more than three-decade hiatus.

"The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country," Trump wrote late Wednesday. "This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. Because of the tremendous destructive power, I HATED to do it, but had no choice! Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years. Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

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'Obnoxious': Journalist sparks uproar as Dem candidate shuts down indictment questions

Investigative political reporter Tara Palmeri sparked an uproar on Thursday after a Democratic congressional candidate abruptly ended an interview with her over questions on her indictment.

Palmeri briefly interviewed Kat Abughazaleh on her podcast, "The Tara Palmeri Show." The interview occurred a day after Abughazaleh found out President Donald Trump's administration had indicted her on one count of "forcibly" impeding an officer on duty and one count of conspiracy.

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​Mike Johnson hit with stern letter from Epstein survivors: 'Our trauma is not your pawn'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was confronted on Thursday with an open letter from the victims of the late billionaire financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, calling on him to stop obstructing the swearing in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ).

Grijalva was elected weeks ago to the seat vacated when her father, Rep. Raul Grijalva, passed away earlier this year. Johnson has refused to seat her, insisting the House won't reconvene until the government shutdown ends. Many critics have speculated his real motive is to stave off the final vote needed for a bipartisan discharge petition to compel the Trump administration to release the Epstein case files, at least until he can get a Republican who signed on to back off.

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'Did she just sign off?' Dem candidate abruptly ends interview after indictment question

Progressive Democrat Kat Abughazaleh, who is running for a Congressional seat in Illinois' 9th District in 2026, abruptly ended an interview with a journalist after being asked about a federal indictment she faces.

Abughazaleh was charged with one count of "forcibly" impeding an officer on duty and one count of conspiracy after she was arrested during a protest of an immigration raid in Broadview, Illinois. Abughazaleh has said she will plead not guilty and plans to surrender to authorities next week.

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Republicans admit Dems wrongly snubbed from Trump’s secret Venezuela briefing: senator

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration snubbed Senate Democrats this week with a secret GOP-only Venezuela briefing on Wednesday in what a lawmaker is calling "an effort to hide the facts from the American people."

Democrats are now calling on Republicans to come forward, demanding that someone be held accountable for barring Democrats from the exclusive meeting.

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