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'So totally unfair': Whining Trump randomly lashes out at hush money trial judge

Donald Trump, former president and convicted felon, randomly lashed out at the judge overseeing his historic criminal hush money trial Wednesday.

Trump attacked New York City Justice Juan Merchan one day before the former president was initially scheduled to face sentencing after being convicted on charges he falsified business records to conceal hush money payments ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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'Biden is right': Trump's former defense secretary warns CNN about ex-boss's second term

Mark Esper, the former secretary of defense under Donald Trump, warned that foreign leaders are "concerned" and "bracing" for his one-time boss's return to office.

During a Wednesday interview on CNN, Esper explained why President Joe Biden was "right" about foreign policy and national security.

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‘No Change’: Report finds Biden debate performance had ‘almost no impact’ on 2024 race

Despite hundreds of articles in The New York Times and countless others throughout the media, and eight House Democratic lawmakers declaring Joe Biden should end his re-election campaign, the President’s performance at the June 27 debate has had “almost no impact” on voters’ preferences, a new Northeastern University study finds.

“Led by David Lazer, university distinguished professor of political science and computer science at Northeastern, the report indicates that the debate had little if any impact on people’s voting preference. Lazer hopes the report helps illustrate the dangers of making a mountain out of a molehill when it comes to the media interpreting data,” reports Northeastern Global News, which is published by the University.“

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'Finally!' AOC championed for targeting Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) filed articles of impeachment against U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito on Wednesday in the House, spurring much celebration and kudos from the left.

"Justice Thomas and Alito's repeated failure over decades to disclose that they received millions of dollars in gifts from individuals with business before the court is explicitly against the law," Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement. "Their refusal to recuse from the specific matters and cases before the court in which their benefactors and spouses are implicated represents nothing less than a constitutional crisis."

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'Deep divisions': Republicans are attacking their own as policy infighting mounts

Republicans are beginning to attack their own as a divide widens between those who prioritize conservative principle and those who want to put it aside to win, according to a new report.

The Washington Post reported Wednesday on a battle between Texas Republican women begging the party to stop talking about the reproductive rights restrictions pressed by the religious right, which the report argues is indicative of a broader divide.

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'Madness, suicide, alcoholism, rape and murder': New book details Kennedy women's plight

Former President Donald Trump is not an outlier when it comes to his legally actionable treatment of women who enter into his inner circle — such treatment cost women who knew the Kennedys their lives.

That's the thesis of the new book “Ask Not," written by journalist Maureen Callahan and dissected Wednesday by Washington Post reviewer Nina Burleigh.

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Watch: Dem lawmaker cuts apart Lauren Boebert rant in just 30 seconds

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) attacked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan for supposedly violating the U.S. Constitution, only to be quickly cut down by Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-NY) in a congressional hearing Wednesday.

Boebert asked Regan whether he would stop implementing environmental regulations she falsely claimed the U.S. Supreme Court declared "unconstitutional" when it overturned the so-called "Chevron doctrine" that gave deference to executive branch agencies over courts when it comes to interpreting regulations passed by Congress.

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'Thought it was a joke': Vending machines in 3 GOP-led states stun consumers

A Texas-based company has developed vending machines that sell bullets and installed them at a handful of grocery stores in Texas, Oklahoma, and Alabama, with plans for expansion into other states, according to news reports this week.

The machines, produced by American Rounds, based in the Dallas area, use artificial intelligence to verify the age of buyers, who must be 21 to purchase the shotgun, rifle, and handgun bullets on offer.

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AOC introduces impeachment resolutions against Justices Alito and Thomas

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced legislation to impeach U.S. Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas.

In bills filed on Wednesday, the Democratic lawmaker said the two justices should be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors related to refusals to recuse themselves in some instances and for failing to disclose gifts from conservative donors.

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'Like a young Abraham Lincoln': Trump's praise for VP hopeful spurs hilarity

Former President Donald Trump subjected one of his top picks for vice president to much ridicule Wednesday with an odd comment on his physical appearance.

Trump called into the Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox News radio — during which he responded to a yes-or-no question with a minutes-long free associating rant — to discuss, among other topics, rumors of a personal opposition to Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH).

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'They make up news': Nancy Pelosi lashes out at NY Times' report on her Biden comments

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is trashing the New York Times after it ran a story saying she suggested President Joe Biden could "reconsider" running for reelection against Donald Trump.

Pelosi appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday, saying that right now isn't the time to focus on Biden when the country is hosting a significant NATO summit with world leaders celebrating the alliance's 75th anniversary.

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‘Craven’: CNN Parent CEO slammed for saying ‘deregulation’ is his criteria for president

At the annual "summer camp for billionaires," hosted by a Fifth Avenue boutique investment bank, "the world's ultra-wealthy" – top executives in media, tech, and finance – this week are hanging out at a "retreat in the idyllic Idaho wilderness."

Officially known as the Sun Valley Conference, Business Insider reports, "the conference has been held since the 1980s and provides CEOs and business leaders a chance to connect over outdoor activities and presentations on national security and geopolitics."

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'On agenda': Ex-Trump health aide touts highly controversial plan hidden in Project 2025

Although former President Donald Trump has disavowed any involvement with Project 2025, a former top health adviser of his touted one of its most controversial initiatives on Wednesday while speaking at the Natcon Conference.

According to NOTUS Reports' Oriana Gonzalez, former Trump lead health adviser Katy Talento at the conference touted a plan referenced in Project 2025 to use the Comstock Act of 1873 to ban the mailing of abortion-related medications in the United States.

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