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'Total slap in the face': Trump rages after Kamala Harris interview gets award nomination

President Donald Trump lashed out at the "60 Minutes" news program after it was nominated for an award based on an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.

In a Wednesday post on his Truth Social platform, Trump argued that the interview amounted to "election interference" and "turned out to be much worse than expected."

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Trump hasn't 'figured out how to lie about' cutting Medicaid: analysis

President Donald Trump “hasn’t figured out how to lie about Medicaid cuts,” according to MSNBC Opinion Editor, James Downie.

This is because, since February, he’s been giving mixed messages about the program.

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Trump says 'activist judges' — some he appointed — aren't 'letting him do the job'

President Donald Trump is sounding off on Truth Social Wednesday morning, taking aim at the United States court system.

“Our Court System is not letting me do the job I was elected to do. Activist judges must let the Trump Administration deport murderers, and other criminals who have come into our Country illegally, WITHOUT DELAY!!!” He posted on the social media site.

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'Man up!' MAGA in panic mode after GOP senator tanks key Trump nominee's chances

Word that President Donald Trump's troublesome nominee for D.C.'s top prosecutor may fail to get enough support among Senate Republicans has MAGA in full panic mode that's led them to ramp up the pressure campaign in person and on social media.

Tuesday night, the president reportedly made call after call to Republican senators urging them to support interim U.S. attorney Ed Martin's bid for the permanent position.

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Elon Musk's team handing 'master key' to hackers by merging sensitive data: report

The U.S. DOGE Service is building a massive, centralized database using all the personal information scooped up by tech billionaire Elon Musk's underlings.

President Donald Trump's billionaire adviser has been collecting data from agencies across the government as his team moves to slash federal spending and lay off thousands of workers, but cybersecurity experts are sounding the alarm for DOGE's race to merge all that sensitive information into one central hub before Musk leaves his government perch, reported the Washington Post.

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'They are breaking the law': Tulsi Gabbard lashes out over Greenland spying report

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is hitting back at the Wall Street Journal after they published an exclusive report claiming the U.S. has ordered its intelligence agencies to “step up spying on Greenland.”

In a statement to the outlet, Gabbard said, “The Wall Street Journal should be ashamed of aiding deep state actors who seek to undermine the President by politicizing and leaking classified information. They are breaking the law and undermining our nation’s security and democracy.”

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'This just feels kind of small': CNN Republicans laugh at Trump's attempted 'power move'

President Donald Trump sparked guffaws and chuckles from panelists on "CNN This Morning" with his plans to rename another body of water.

The U.S. president plans to announce on his upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia that he will direct the government to refer to the Persian Gulf as the Gulf of Arabia, but some Republicans – especially Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), who has emerged as a GOP Trump critic – intend to vote against legislation renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

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'I shouldn't have made that face': CNN host apologizes for cringing at new Biden remarks

CNN John Berman apologized to viewers Wednesday morning after visibly cringing at remarks made by former President Joe Biden.

Tossing to a sound bite from a BBC interview with the former President, Berman noted, “[Biden] was asked a question that I think I know Democrats don't want to relive right now, which is should he have dropped out of the race sooner.”

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Teachers could be subjected to 'entrapment' under Trump's plan for universities: opinion

A Religion professor is warning of President Donald Trump’s goal to rid college campuses of “woke ideology,” in a New York Times guest Essay.

Anna Peterson, who teaches at the University of Florida, compared the president's plan to the rules Florida Governor Ron DeSantis enacted three years ago.

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'Sniping at hecklers at a fish shack': Ex-allies track Ron DeSantis' big 'fall' from grace

Some of the enemies Ron DeSantis made as during his ascent to Florida governor are relishing the reversal of his political fortunes.

The Florida Republican looked like the successor to Donald Trump and was primed for a White House run, but Axios correspondent Marc Caputo writes that DeSantis is facing "potential political obscurity" as state legislators in his own party are calling for a federal investigation into his wife's charity.

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Many GOP congressmen are 'uncomfortable' with Trump's foreign policy: Republican insider

In a panel discussion on CNN Wednesday morning, Former Congressman Charlie Dent (R-PA) noted how ‘uncomfortable’ many republicans are with President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions.

The group was originally speaking on the conflict in India and Pakistan, before anchor Audie Cornish played sound from President Biden’s BBC interview Tuesday evening.

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'This is corruption': Trump family reportedly puts key bipartisan legislation in jeopardy

“A $2 billion crypto deal involving President Donald Trump's family and a foreign government is threatening to derail bipartisan stablecoin legislation that Congress has been working on for months,” according to an Axios report.

The crypto industry has aggressively lobbied for the original proposal, dubbed the GENIUS Act, “as a way to gain legitimacy and legal clarity in the U.S.”

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'Perilous path': GOP insider says Mike Johnson faces 'political dilemma verging on a trap'

Republican congressional leaders are working to pass "one big, beautiful bill" sought by president Donald Trump to enact most of his legislative agenda, but a former top congressional aide warned they may be falling into a trap.

The final details are still being negotiated, but the core of the bill is extending the 2017 tax law, which the administration believes will calm the markets and boost the economy, but former GOP congressional staffer Brendan Buck published an op-ed in the New York Times warning that legislation might not be enough to reassure Americans rattled by Trump's economic moves.

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