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'Coin-flip chance' Trump does it to me: Ex-official fears he will become next Comey

Former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor thinks he's probably next on the list of people to get the James Comey treatment from President Donald Trump.

Trump demanded that the Justice Department act on the former FBI director with a prosecution. On Wednesday, Comey was arraigned in court, and Taylor was in court to watch.

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'A cry for help': Lauren Boebert asks if aliens are real in bizarre fundraising campaign

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has resorted to emails about "aliens" in an attempt to raise funds for her re-election campaign.

According to KDVR, Boebert questioned the existence of aliens and UFOs in an email sent to her supporters on Monday.

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Trump's ICE found to be violating legal agreement by federal judge

A federal judge has found that the Trump administration's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Chicago are violating a 2022 consent decree by conducting arrests without a warrant and without proper risk assessment.

According to a report by Block Club Chicago, the ruling stems from a suit filed in March alleging "that such arrests violated a three-year consent decree banning warrantless arrests unless agents have probable cause to believe someone is in the United States unlawfully and is a flight risk."

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'Come and get me': Dem gov dares Trump to make good on arrest threat

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) spoke to an MSNBC reporter on the ground in Chicago for protests around the deployment of federal agents to raid the city.

President Donald Trump issued a Wednesday morning demand for Pritzker and the city's mayor to be put "in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers (sic)!”

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White House wallows in 'lame-duckism' as Dems gain upper hand in shutdown: ex-Trump aide

A former aide to President Donald Trump is seeing a shift in power to the Democrats as the government shutdown persists.

Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House, but have failed to pass a continuing resolution to temporarily fund the government. They seek help from Democratic senators, who are drawing a hard line on reinstating healthcare subsidies for Affordable Care Act users. Republicans have refused to agree, saying they'd only talk about the subsidies after the shutdown ends.

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5 key details to know about suspect in 'horrific' California wildfires

Investigators on Wednesday announced new information about the suspect in the devastating Pacific Palisades fire in January.

Here are five things to know about the suspect.

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'We don’t control what he’s going to do': GOP's Thune regrets support for Russ Vought

Republican lawmakers who were happy to see controversial DOGE godfather Elon Musk walk away from the White House are now having to contend with Office of Management and Budget head Russell Vought making their lives miserable with his job-cutting ways, according to a new report.

According to the New Republic’s Alex Shephard, as much as GOP lawmakers want to cut back government services, they also don’t want to have to deal with constituents who can’t get calls answered or see services they depended upon curtail.

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'Do I look sick to you?' Dolly Parton releases video update to assure fans as rumors swirl

Country singer Dolly Parton took to social media on Wednesday to assure fans she was "okay" after her sister called for prayers due to health concerns.

"I ain't dead yet," the singer wrote on X, along with a video explaining the situation.

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'Covering up for pedophiles': Dem lobs ugly accusation at Mike Johnson in public spat

An impromptu meeting between two Arizona Democrats and House Speaker Mike Johnson quickly turned ugly over a vote to release the Jeffery Epstein files.

Johnson walked out of his office Wednesday and ran into Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, who were speaking to reporters in the Capitol hallway, and he greeted them with a collegial "hey, gentlemen."

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'The hell with that!' Steve Bannon flips out at Trump DOJ over handling of James Comey

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon lost it during a live broadcast after former FBI Director James Comey avoided the media and photographs before pleading not guilty to criminal charges brought by President Donald Trump's Department of Justice.

Bannon began his War Room broadcast on Wednesday with a live shot of the courthouse where he expected Comey to turn himself in.

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'Spoiled goods': MAGA feud heats up between Marjorie Taylor Greene and outside Trump ally

Right-wing influencer Laura Loomer called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) "spoiled goods" as a MAGA feud heats up between the two conservatives.

The Trump ally targeted Greene Wednesday after she spoke out against Republicans during the ongoing government shutdown and called for action on expiring Obamacare subsidies, which she complained would cause insurance premiums to double next year for her constituents, as well as her own adult children. The move signaled Greene is now growing more critical of her own party.

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House Dems turn up the heat on DOJ official for handling of Homan bribery allegations

Democrats are putting pressure on a Department of Justice official as they step up their investigation of bribery allegations against White House "border czar" Tom Homan.

Senate Democrats grilled Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday over whether Homan returned a purported $50,000 bribe, and House Democrats sent a letter to Associate Attorney General Edmund Woodward demanding his response after Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel "failed to answer" questions about the matter last month, reported Axios.

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'I don’t think he's the only one!' Jim Jordan name drops next target for DOJ after Comey

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) dropped a bombshell live on Newsmax Wednesday after naming a former top intelligence official that he suspected might be next in line for criminal prosecution following the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.

“This whole lawfare, this weaponization of government, this attack on President [Donald] Trump all started with Comey ten years ago, so I think it's entirely appropriate that he's being held to account, particularly for false statements it looks like he made to the United States Congress,” Jordan said, appearing on Newsmax’s “The National Report.”

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