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'Never expected this': Michael Cohen's 'fascinating social experiment' floors expert

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former attorney, seems to have cooked up what one legal expert described as a "fascinating social experiment."

Cohen appeared on CNN's Thursday broadcast of "The Lead" with Jake Tapper, where the two discussed an upcoming interview that Cohen conducted with Trump. The interview stunned some political analysts because of Cohen's involvement in getting Trump convicted on 34 felony counts in New York for falsifying business records related to a hush money payment Trump sent to a porn star ahead of the 2016 election.

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Maggie Haberman reveals Trump's secret motive for sitting down with Michael Cohen

New York Times White House reporter Maggie Haberman said President Donald Trump hopes to play his reunion with his fixer to his advantage.

Michael Cohen announced he would interview Trump on his podcast, despite their fallout in 2018. During an interview on CNN on Thursday, Haberman said Cohen's interview with Trump isn't as surprising on its face, given how it could play to the president's advantage.

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Warning signs flash as 'eye-popping' economic figures spell doom for GOP voters: analyst

A panel of experts on CNN blasted through the ramifications of the U.S. national debt hitting the $40 trillion mark.

More than a decade ago, President Donald Trump promised he could eliminate the national debt, and instead introduced a series of tax cuts that accelerated its growth.

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'Bizarre' Natalie Harp saga takes a wild turn amid rumors: 'Should be prosecuted'

A political analyst was flabbergasted on Thursday after the strange saga between Natalie Harp and President Donald Trump took a bizarre turn.

Reports indicate that Harp, whom some have referred to as Trump's "human binky," refused to get a security clearance for over a year until Trump personally intervened. That's despite Harp having close access to the president and relaying messages from foreign leaders to him.

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'Interesting timing': Critics roast Melania Trump's first public appearance in a month

First Lady Melania Trump was roasted by critics on Thursday after making her first public appearance in about a month.

Trump appeared at an event in the Rose Garden, where she announced a landmark strategic alliance with Fox Corporation and IndyCar. It was Trump's first public appearance in some time, and came as questions continued to swirl about her husband, President Donald Trump, and his relationship with his aide, Natalie Harp, whom some have dubbed the president's "security blanket."

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'Deflated' Trump voters losing faith in his 'nonsensical' agenda: GOP pollster

President Donald Trump's supporters, including his three-time voters, are "rumbling" louder about his second administration's missteps, a GOP pollster found.

In a Thursday article for The Bulwark, Sarah Longwell shared comments from Trump voters who participated in a focus group, where they were asked to grade his second administration.

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'Unbearably dumb': Trump official raked over the coals for 'putrid' job growth claim

President Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was confronted with the latest underperforming jobs numbers on CNBC Thursday — and tried to put a spin on why it no longer even matters how bad America's job creation is.

"After the deportations that we've seen and the closing of the border, we don't need to produce as many jobs," Bessent explained.

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Disturbing details emerge after FBI disrupts woman's plot to kill lawmakers as DoorDasher

Newly unsealed court records reveal an Albany woman and FBI informants posing as ISIS operatives trading messages about bombing the New York State Capitol and killing state senators.

Albany resident Jessica Bowie, 35, was arrested Wednesday night and charged Thursday with attempting to provide material support to ISIS — a federal terrorism charge that carries up to 20 years in prison — according to a criminal complaint filed in the Northern District of New York.

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Forecaster's shocking shift in red state races 'should scare Republicans': expert

In an ominous sign for the GOP this fall, the Cook Political Report shifted four statewide races in Republican-controlled states in Democrats' favor.

The storied election forecasting firm shifted the Texas and Iowa U.S. Senate races from Lean Republican to Toss Up, giving Democratic challengers James Talarico and Josh Turek a coin-flip chance to beat Republicans Ken Paxton and Ashley Hinson.

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GOP nominee swears he's not selling campaign merch — one detail blew up his denial

Questions swirled on Thursday after a GOP nominee denied selling online merchandise to support his campaign, a claim that seems to be unsupported by the evidence one journalist dug up.

Victor Marx, the GOP gubernatorial nominee in Colorado, recently denied any connection to what he described as a "third-party seller" selling merchandise featuring his campaign logos. Journalist Kyle Clark with local news station 9News wrote on X that "we don't know if it's Marx himself, Marx's family, or someone else" who is profiting from the sales.

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White nationalist takeover plot for rural America exposed after secret Rome meeting

White nationalist leaders gathered in Rome, Italy, this year to map out how they could exploit America's collapsing local news industry, openly celebrating the death of community journalism as a golden opportunity to organize unchecked in rural areas.

Phil Williams, a legendary local reporter from Nashville, reported the development for the Confront the Hate Substack.

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Chuck Grassley torched for 'astonishing' self-ignorance over sudden $40T debt concern

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) drew ridicule Wednesday after blaming "socialist policies" for the national debt reaching $40 trillion, a milestone critics said he helped create.

The Iowa Republican posted on X Thursday morning, calling the debt a "wake-up call" and blaming "unaffordable socialist policies."

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Trump ally cashing in on vape firm accused of targeting kids and a brutal junta

A vape distributor accused of illegally peddling nicotine products to kids has found a champion in Washington, D.C., a former ally of President Donald Trump's who is raking in millions as a lobbyist.

His name is Roger Stone.

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