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Hegseth kneecaps his own Pentagon's denial and secretly floats presidential run: insiders

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been discussing a presidential run with close friends and associates despite the Pentagon dismissing speculation as "foolish."

According to a Friday article by NBC News, two anonymous insiders said that Hegseth is talking about a 2028 presidential run in private.

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All hell breaks loose as DHS arrests far-right poster boy who helped 'put Trump in office'

A war among conservatives erupted into open accusations on Friday after an ICE arrest at a Louisiana airport of a far-right former MAGA ally who credited himself with getting President Donald Trump elected.

Agents took British right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos into custody on Aug. 27 at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement posted Friday afternoon.

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Right-wing media goes ballistic after watching Jelly Roll light MAGA support 'on fire'

Country star Jelly Roll has finally broken his silence on politics, to criticize President Donald Trump while guest-hosting "Jimmy Kimmel Live" — and right-wing media is furious.

On Friday, far-right talk show host Benny Johnson tore into Jelly Roll, real name Jason Bradley DeFord, in a lengthy rant posted to X, accusing him of declaring war on MAGA and destroying his own traditional base of support.

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Trump lights up internet with ‘stalker’ meltdown on Maggie Haberman: ‘Enough is enough!’

President Donald Trump’s fiery social media attack on New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman ignited swift backlash Friday as critics quickly piled on.

Trump on Friday called Haberman an “unattractive person,” a “scammer,” and a “stalker” while demanding she surrender “any and all money” earned from reporting about him. Trump unleashed his barrage of threats and insults following a report about his plans for the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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James Carville predicts Trump's early departure spells doom for his 'babbling' successor

Veteran Democratic political strategist James Carville predicted that President Donald Trump would leave by April and thereby weaken Vice President JD Vance.

In a Friday episode of the Politics War Room podcast, Carville continued pushing that Trump will resign and leave the White House because he gets fed up with the job, a prediction he made earlier this year.

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'Enthralled' Bari Weiss courts fired CNN star as struggling CBS News eyes massive shakeup

CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has been quietly courting fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo to join her fledgling network.

In a Friday episode of Power Lines, media reporters Oliver Darcy and Jon Passantino revealed that Weiss has her sights set on Cuomo as a big-name acquisition for CBS News, whose ratings have been plummeting.

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Trump's Supreme Court ballroom claim blown apart as WaPo takes a microscope to contracts

President Donald Trump's administration told the Supreme Court its controversial White House ballroom project is "65% finished" to argue it's too late for judges to halt construction.

But newly reviewed budget and internal records suggest that number doesn't add up, The Washington Post reported.

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'It gets dumber': Jim Acosta Show dumbfounded as Trump floats renaming oceans

President Donald Trump’s push to slap America’s name on major bodies of water could soon expand to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, an idea that left The Jim Acosta Show dumbfounded.

Trump floated renaming one or both oceans Thursday while celebrating his decision to change Lake Ontario to “Lake America” amid escalating tensions with Canada.

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Furious Trump threatens 'stalker' Maggie Haberman and demands she fork over her money

President Donald Trump erupted at New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman on social media Friday, calling her a “stalker” and demanding that she surrender money earned from reporting about him.

“Maggot Hagerman, the Fake Reporter from The Failing New York Times, an unattractive person both inside and out,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform before adding that the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was “a SCAMMER!”

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Trump judges deal a massive blow to his own allies with 'pretty brutal' opinion

Three judges appointed by President Trump just delivered a major legal blow to prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket — rejecting the very industry the Trump administration has been actively defending as federally regulated financial exchanges rather than gambling.

According to CNN, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Friday that Nevada regulators can treat sports-related prediction contracts as gambling subject to state oversight, rejecting Kalshi and Crypto.com's bid to block the state from shutting down their operations. The 3-0 panel found sports event contracts don't qualify as federally regulated derivatives, directly contradicting the position the platforms and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have pushed under Trump's watch.

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Trump DOJ called out over bogus statement to Epstein judge: 'Todd, we know how to read'

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche tried to avoid swearing under oath about his redactions in the Epstein files case by slipping in a six-month-old letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) into government records overnight and then telling a judge that it was something it wasn't.

Senior U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan had ordered the Justice Department to respond by Thursday, after ruling in June that it was violating the Epstein files transparency law, which required an explanation for redactions. That explanation was never published in the Federal Register even though the law set a deadline of Dec. 19, 2025.

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Trump megadonors in panic mode as GOP stares down midterm disaster: WSJ

Corporate titans who showered President Donald Trump with cash are quietly bracing for payback should Democrats seize the House after the midterms.

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, a cluster of major companies, many of them tech firms, that poured millions into Trump's pet projects and political operations has begun preparing for a possible wave of congressional probes. Some are standing up internal task forces to rehearse their answers to subpoenas and information demands, while others are cutting fresh checks to Democrats and staffing up with the party's former operatives, anonymous insiders told The Journal.

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Lawmaker roils colleagues after secretly moving 1K miles away and keeping her paycheck

Rhode Island's House Speaker and Attorney General are both calling on a Democratic state lawmaker to resign after learning she quietly made a South Carolina home her primary residence — while continuing to collect her legislative salary and serve constituents from 1,000 miles away.

State Rep. Julie Casimiro, who has represented North Kingstown and Exeter since 2017, made her Hardeeville, South Carolina home her primary residence as of July 1, according to Boston Globe reporting. Casimiro isn't running for reelection but says she intends to finish out her current term remotely, continuing to earn her $794.38 biweekly salary plus health insurance until her successor is sworn in this January.

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