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Wild gaffe as Trump threatens to unleash military on sluggish bond market

President Donald Trump on Friday answered a reporter's question about calming the turbulent bond market by saying he'll use military force.

Trump was asked whether he had spoken with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about "another type of intervention" after bond yields climbed back to multi-year highs.

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Republican's move to snatch Dem votes crashes into brick wall: report

MAGA-loyalist Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers is trying to court Jewish Democrats to defect to his campaign — but so far, his messaging has not landed, local Jewish leaders are saying.

Rogers, who lost his 2024 Senate race by fewer than 20,000 votes, is now targeting Jewish voters uneasy with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, one of the most vocal Israel critics running statewide this year, NOTUS reported. This week brought a new Rogers campaign ad featuring a self-described "pi--ed off Democrat," plus a circulating open letter from Jewish Democrats urging their community to back Rogers over El-Sayed, whom Rogers has previously called "beyond antisemitic."

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Hegseth expected to claim another scalp — Army secretary who swore he wouldn't leave

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is expected to be gone by the end of the year after he insisted just four months ago he was going nowhere.

Driscoll, a former Army Ranger and close friend of Vice President JD Vance, is expected to step down by year's end, if not sooner, after months of bruising tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing people familiar with the discussions. Spokesmen for the Pentagon and Driscoll declined to comment.

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Seething MAGA reminds Trump who voted for him after 'slap in the face' to ranchers

President Donald Trump's plan to lower sky-high beef prices before the midterms has triggered a rare rebellion from within his own party, with ranchers, senators, and even his health-food allies calling it a betrayal.

Trump announced Friday he'll remove duties on 300,000 metric tons of imported beef, claiming suppliers agreed to sell at a 25% discount that consumers will feel at checkout. The tariff relief lasts just 90 days, conveniently expiring right after November's midterm elections. A formal executive order is expected within two weeks.

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DC braces for chaos as Trump's Grand Prix roars onto National Mall with 'very bumpy' track

President Donald Trump's Grand Prix IndyCar race on the National Mall is spurring alarm over grift and traffic in Washington, D.C.

Trump set in motion the Freedom 250 Grand Prix with a January executive order. It's meant to cap a summer of Trump-backed events celebrating the country's 250th anniversary.

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Todd Blanche's blunders become podcaster's secret weapon to blow up Trump's slush fund

Attorney General Todd Blanche's efforts to talk the Anti-Weaponization Fund to death without committing to it in writing have handed a federal court the tools to finish the job.

Allison Gill, a former Department of Veterans Affairs health specialist and co-host and co-founder of the Mueller, She Wrote podcast, filed a summary judgment motion Friday in San Diego federal court.

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Trump teases handing Scott Jennings brutal snub as insiders say 'it's not going to be him'

President Donald Trump is in no rush to hand the White House podium to Scott Jennings, and on Friday he made a point of dropping a new name into the mix.

Asked about his search for a press secretary to replace the departing Karoline Leavitt, Trump gave the CNN pundit a lukewarm nod before pivoting.

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Republican misfires with bogus attack ad on opponent's wealth — who's worth 10 times less

MAGA businessman Zach Lahn is out with a new TV spot hitting at his Democratic rival for governor of Iowa, state auditor Rob Sand. But a major detail of his ad was completely false.

"On our farm here in Belle Plain, we see it every day. Gas, groceries, everything's expensive. Iowa families are hurting," said Lahn. "But Rob Sand wants to raise your taxes by $7,500 a year. You can look it up. He is a billionaire. He doesn't get what regular folks go through."

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Trump DHS henchman cut off and humiliated by Nevada official for state pronunciation

When DHS officials got on a call with Nevada's election officials to discuss the Trump administration's claims of noncitizens on the state's voter rolls, the state's top elections official had a lot to push back on, including the mispronunciation of his state.

As a DHS official spoke, Nevada Deputy Secretary of State for Elections Mark Wlaschin cut in.

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Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes reporter for saying where she works: 'Badge of honor'

A reporter said she was fired by the Department of Defense for saying she works for Stars and Stripes, not the Pentagon.

In a Friday post on X, journalist Lara Korte, who covered the Middle East for the Stars and Stripes, announced her firing and denounced the Pentagon's treatment of the military paper, which has faced increasing pressure from the Trump administration's DoD.

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'Flummoxed' Trump DOJ humiliated in court after lawyer admits he has no case

A federal judge threw out a Justice Department lawsuit against a Michigan county after one of its lawyers admitted no case supported his argument.

In a Friday decision, U.S. District Judge F. Kay Behm dismissed all six counts of the DOJ's suit against Washtenaw County, which had ended its cooperation with federal immigration authorities and restricted Immigration and Customs Enforcement's access to county property and jail cells. Behm cast the case as the latest in a string of attempts to force local governments to do Washington's bidding under President Donald Trump.

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Right-wing activist's bizarre Murkowski trap dismantled point by point

A pro-Trump right-wing activist pulled an undercover stunt to try to prove voter fraud vulnerability in Alaska — but it didn't go the way he hoped.

James O'Keefe, a provocateur best known for his operations to try to trick government officials or members of liberal organizations into embarrassing or compromising positions, showed up to an Alaska polling place, falsely identified himself as the brother of Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and filmed himself being allowed to cast a ballot without the required ID.

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Trump revenge crusade in flames as top MAGA prosecutor banned forever

A federal appeals court has permanently banned President Donald Trump's chief prosecutor in New York from investigations targeting the attorney general who beat him in court, ruling his appointment "unlawful."

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 Friday that John A. Sarcone III, the acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, was never lawfully in his post.

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