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Trump official drops explosive threat against California: 'We have the option'

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made good on a previous threat against California Sunday after confirming that his agency was “about to pull $160 million” in funding for the state in response to a deadly crash caused by a migrant truck driver, while also repeating another threat that could strip the state of its ability to issue commercial driver’s licenses entirely.

“I'm about to pull $160 million from California, and as we pull more money, we also have the option of pulling California's ability to issue commercial driver's licenses,” Duffy said, appearing on Fox News Sunday. “Gavin Newsom cares more about illegals getting commercial driver's licenses than he does his citizens of his own state and the safety of Americans.”

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'Consequences': GOP lawmakers reportedly 'increasingly worried' they'll lose power in 2026

Republican lawmakers are becoming "increasingly worried" that they will face "political consequences" in 2026 for failing to address Democratic concerns about health subsidies, according to new reporting.

Sarah Ferris and Manu Raju of CNN on Sunday published an article called, "GOP grows uneasy over voters’ health care premiums amid shutdown standoff," in which the reporters argue that, "Anxiety is rising among congressional Republicans that their party has no plan to address a critical health care deadline this fall that will result in spiking costs for millions of Americans – the issue at the heart of the deepening government shutdown crisis."

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Trump is ignoring 'ticking time bomb' set to annihilate the Republican Party: analyst

As inflation continues to tick up, rising last month at a pace not seen since January, President Donald Trump continues to dismiss the concerns of Americans over increasing costs in a manner not dissimilar to former President Joe Biden, columnist Heather Digby Parton argued Sunday. She labeled the issue of inflation a “ticking time bomb” for the GOP.u

“Inflation, I’ve already taken care of,” Trump said this week during a roundtable held Thursday at the White House.

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'It's wrong': GOP senator torches Trump's new moves as being 'akin to what Iran does'

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted the Trump administration Sunday for its ongoing military strikes on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean, labeling them as “extrajudicial killings” that he argued were similar to how the Iranian or Chinese governments operate.

“The drug or the crime war has typically been something we do through law enforcement, and so far they have alleged that these people are drug dealers,” Paul said, appearing on Fox News Sunday.

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'The news is the confession': Ex-GOP insider rages at WaPo for 'twisted' pro-Trump piece

Jeff Bezos and other members of the media elite are not to be trusted, and the Washington Post recently showed that with a "twisted" pro-Donald Trump editorial, according to an independent political strategist who worked on former President George W. Bush's campaign.

Political strategist Steve Schmidt, who previously published an article in which he argued that Pete Hegseth was setting the stage for a potential "coup," on Sunday wrote a piece called "Pathetic men" all about Bezos and others who he sees doing Trump's bidding.

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GOP senator scrambles to walk back his attack calling Dems 'terrorists' in CNN interview

Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) walked back remarks Sunday he made to CNN’s Manu Raju in which he said Democratic lawmakers were acting like “a terrorist,” suggesting he misspoke when using the highly-charged term.

McCormick sat down with Raju at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in an interview aired Sunday to discuss the ongoing government shutdown, now on its 26th day and the result of a debate around funding government health care subsidies.

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'No state has struggled more': Residents of 'Trump stronghold' blame him for epic downturn

There is one state that has struggled more than any other with Donald Trump's policies, and its residents are worried, even calling the situation "death by a thousand paper cuts," according to a new report.

The New York Times on Sunday published an article called "In Trump-Friendly Iowa, the President’s Policies Have Hit Hard," in which the outlet argues that the "state has become a stronghold for President Trump."

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'I think that is a ridiculous argument!' Legal expert blows up Bannon's Trump 2028 claim

Legal expert and Politico writer Ankush Khardori mocked President Donald Trump Saturday for his apparent aspirations to remain in the White House beyond the end of his second term, calling one proposed theory as to how Trump may circumvent the Constitution and remain in office “a ridiculous argument.”

Whether in jest or not, Trump has long mused at the idea of serving more than two terms in the White House, which is prohibited under the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. Recent comments from his former White House chief of staff Steve Bannon, however, suggest the president may be more seriously considering an extended stay in the Oval Office, having declared there to be a “plan” already in place.

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Mike Pence has 'never-before-published' notes with 'evidence in case against Trump': ABC

ABC's Jonathan Karl has a new book which contains "previously unpublished" notes from Mike Pence revealing that Donald Trump berated him and called him a wimp on Jan. 6, 2021.

According to ABC:

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'A problem for Trump': GOP plan in jeopardy as key voter bloc ditches party in droves

President Donald Trump’s plan to bolster his party’s numbers in Congress through Texas’ redrawn congressional districts stands in jeopardy after new data shows a key voting bloc in the state fleeing the Republican Party in droves, creating what journalist Jason Easley characterized on Saturday as “a problem for Trump.”

“Trump won 55% of the Hispanic vote in Texas, and when Republicans set out to try to save their US House majority through gerrymandering, they counted on Texas and those Hispanics who voted for Trump in 2024,” Easley wrote in an analysis on PolitcusUSA, a left-leaning news website.

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'This is not good!' MAGA ally rages at Trump official spotted 'partying' with Qataris

Donald Trump's senior director for counterterrorism was just caught "partying" on the job, according to one of the president's allies.

MAGA influencer Laura Loomer, who is known to have to ear of the president and has been called the Trump Whisperer, took to social media over the weekend to condemn Sebastian Gorka, who also serves as a deputy assistant to the president. Specifically, Loomer focused the official reportedly attending the grand opening for the US Embassy of Qatar in DC.

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'Armed with a gun': Dem gets protection order against GOP opponent amid escalating fight

A Democratic candidate for the Virginia legislature was granted a protective order against his Republican opponent on Friday following allegations that the state lawmaker had "harassed" a supporter of theirs “while armed with a gun” in a government building.

Democratic candidate Virgil Thornton is running to unseat Virginia Rep. A.C. Cordoza, a Republican, but announced Saturday that a judge had granted the protection order against Cordoza following what he called an “ongoing patter of intimidation.”

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'It's a simple yes or no': MSNBC host calls out ex-Biden press secretary in interview

"It's a simple yes or no," said MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin as he confronted a former Biden press secretary in a confrontational interview.

Karine Jean-Pierre, former White House Press Secretary to then-President Joe Biden, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday for what some saw as a surprisingly snippy conversation with a host.

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