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Mockery ensues as whispering Lindsey Graham's Siri loudly announces who he's calling

Mockery ensued on Tuesday after Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) Siri loudly announced he was calling a primetime Fox News host.

Graham was caught speaking quietly into his phone when his virtual assistant exposed what he was up to.

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Another Trump nominee torpedoed by Senate Republicans over past remarks

Republicans are drawing a line that Amer Ghalib should not be the ambassador to Kuwait after some of his previous comments came to light.

The Washington Post reported Tuesday that despite his 2024 election support in Michigan, Ghalib's comments about Israel and support for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein were a no-go.

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'Boiling pot’: Expert warns Trump’s feud with foreign nation may backfire spectacularly

President Donald Trump’s latest feud over drug trafficking with a leader of a South American nation – this time, Colombian President Gustavo Petro – may very well end up increasing drug trafficking, warned one security analyst in a report from The New York Times on Tuesday.

Trump sparked his feud with Petro last week after issuing a menacing threat on social media, warning the Colombian leader that his nation risked U.S. intervention if he did not “close up” its drug production operations. He went on to allege Petro was complicit in a mass operation to traffic drugs into the United States, and called him “low rated and very unpopular.”

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E. Jean Carroll lawyer 'pretty confident' SCOTUS won't 'bail out' Trump in sex abuse case

A lawyer for journalist E. Jean Carroll — who successfully sued President Donald Trump twice after he sexually abused her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City and later defamed her — said that the Supreme Court "won't bail the president out" and he is likely to lose his next fight.

Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan told The Daily Beast Podcast that the justices are not likely to take the case requested by Trump. The president has asked to overturn a $5 million verdict that a jury awarded the journalist in May 2023.

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Red states join in lawsuit against Trump government for killing SNAP funds

There are now 25 states that are parties to a lawsuit against the federal government seeking to block the elimination of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on Nov. 1.

Writing on Tuesday, Nevada journalist Steve Sebelius reported that his state added its name to the list.

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Billionaire's crypto exchange announces boost to Trump venture week after pardon

A crypto exchange founded by convicted billionaire Changpeng Zhao stepped up its promotion of a venture backed by the Trump family, only one week after President Donald Trump pardoned him on charges related to money laundering.

On Tuesday, Binance's U.S. subsidiary said it would begin accepting deposits of a stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial, a crypto venture that has added to Trump's personal wealth.

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Trump ally leading 'purge' of ICE agents as White House demands 'high-visibility' arrests

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem's controversial chief adviser Corey Lewandowski is reportedly leading a "purge" on rival Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders as the Trump administration demands more arrests and citing "lagging removal numbers."

For the first time ever, Border Patrol officials will step into ICE positions, moving to a more aggressive approach and removing five ICE field leaders from offices in Denver, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego and Philadelphia, The Daily Beast reports.

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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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