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'This is key': Report reveals 'different' side of man who's 'idolized by Trumpian right'

A world leader who is revered by MAGA fans doesn't quite fit in with Donald Trump's political perspective, a new report suggests.

Trump has consistently embraced Javier Milei, who has been the president of Argentina since December of 2023. Some have even said Trump and his allies see the libertarian Milei as a "role model."

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Four Democratic House lawmakers receive bomb threats at home on Thanksgiving

At least four Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives received bomb threats at their homes on Thanksgiving Day.

In a statement, Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, revealed police responded to a threat targeting his home, but "no evidence of a bomb was found."

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'Who's going to pay? We are': Fox News host admits Trump tariffs are bad for Americans

Fox News host Julie Banderas warned viewers that they should be prepared to pay more for goods if president-elect Donald Trump follows through with his threat to place tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.

While speaking to small business "expert" Gene Marks on Thursday, Banderas noted that Trump had vowed to make tariffs "so high, so horrible, so obnoxious" to force businesses to move to the United States.

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'Chaos': Small biz owner hit by Trump’s last tariff reveals key flaw that hurts companies

President-elect Donald Trump is following through on a key campaign promise of imposing double-digit tariffs on goods imported into the United States. One small business owner is worried that the new tariffs could set American companies back in more ways than one.

On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that Trump's proposed new day one 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% on Chinese imports is already provoking a back-and-forth with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. She warned that if Trump followed through, she would retaliate with a new tariff on imports from the United States. The Times pointed out that the tariffs would affect a vast number of industries, including auto manufacturing, where many American car companies depend on parts imported from Canada and Mexico.

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'UnAmerican threats to their lives': Multiple Trump Cabinet picks targeted in attacks

Several nominees for Donald Trump's Cabinet were targeted with bomb threats and and swatting attacks Tuesday night in what the president-elect's team called "violent, unAmerican threats to their lives," according to a statement.

The attacks affected nearly a dozen of Trump's picks.

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'You deceived millions of us!': Trump fans tell him they're outraged over latest move

Some of Donald Trump's fans are outraged about his latest move involving the Navy, according to posts on the former and incoming president's social media.

Trump late Tuesday took to his Truth Social to announce several new picks, including Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who was tapped to serve as director of the National Institutes of Health. That choice was hit with sharp criticism, with one journalist calling his appointment a "remarkable turn" — given he was a "pariah four years ago, dismissed by the then-NIH director for his 'fringe' views."

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'You can't lock everybody up': Democrat challenges Trump czar's threats to jail mayor

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) challenged Donald Trump's so-called "border czar," Tom Homan, for threatening to arrest anyone who stands in the way of mass deportations across the United States.

Thus far, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has made it clear that he won't cooperate with the federal government. Homan threatened to arrest him.

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Crypto spent big on the election — now they're outlining the 'payout they’re looking for'

NOTUS reporter Claire Heddles on Tuesday flagged a new "industry association letter" from the cryptocurrency industry to President-elect Donald Trump and Congress, which discusses their expectations for the future.

As Heddles notes, the crypto industry was the largest donor group in the 2024 election. Fairshake, along with affiliated PACs Protect Progress and Defend American Jobs, spent a combined $266,422,634.28, according to recent campaign finance reports.

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Exclusive: Multiple Republicans reveal plan to boot Mike Johnson as speaker

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Conservatives on Capitol Hill still aren’t sold on Speaker Mike Johnson.

While Johnson won the support of the House Republican Conference behind closed doors earlier this month, he’s still got to secure majority support on the floor of the House of Representatives on Jan. 3.

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Trump insider investigated for allegedly demanding cash for access to president-elect

Donald Trump's attorneys have opened an investigation into longtime Trump aide and GOP legal strategist Boris Epshteyn over allegations he personally profited by selling access to Trump's inner circle, CNN reported on Monday.

The investigation "has probed multiple instances of Epshteyn allegedly requesting payment in exchange for promoting candidates for administration positions or offering to connect individuals with people in the upcoming administration relevant to their industries," according to half a dozen sources speaking to CNN.

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'Sickening abdication': Jack Smith's move to drop Jan. 6 case slammed by experts

Special counsel Jack Smith sought Monday to dismiss the charges against Donald Trump in his federal January 6 case.

The move was quick to be hit by ire from legal analysts who were quick to express their disappointment that Trump could get away without having a jury decide his guilt or innocence.

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Jack Smith files motion to drop Jan. 6 charges against Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a motion to drop charges against President-elect Donald Trump related to his attempts to illegally remain in power after losing the 2020 election.

NBC News reports that Smith's motion will propose dropping all four felony charges filed against Trump, who refused to concede his 2020 election loss, tried to get state officials to "find" votes he needed to overturn the loss, and then sent his supporters to march to the United States Capitol where they engaged in a deadly riot that sent members of Congress running for their lives.

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'Run Jimmy run!' Trump makes endorsement to replace Matt Gaetz in Congress

Donald Trump made a preemptive endorsement in the special election to replace Matt Gaetz in Congress.

The Florida Republican resigned his House seat immediately after Trump nominated him as attorney general, but he withdrew himself from consideration eight days later under pressure from Senate Republicans, and Gaetz announced that he would not return to the seat he won re-election to earlier this month, setting up an April 1 special election.

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