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'It's imaginary!' CNN fact-checker smacks down Trump's new 'wildly inaccurate' claims

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale appeared Tuesday afternoon to address the recent Oval Office press availability with President Donald Trump and new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Dale said Trump "did not repeat a lot of the lies about Canada that I've been fact-checking for months," as he counted "at least 11 false claims" from the president this year. During the meeting on Tuesday, which lasted under an hour, Trump repeated just two of those claims about Canada.

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'Blindsided': Experts say Trump threw major ally 'under the bus' with off-the-cuff remark

President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that Houthi rebels in Yemen "don't want to fight anymore," but that may be news to Israel, which has been engaging in retaliatory bombing of Yemen's main airport.

According to The New York Times, Tuesday's strikes that killed at least three people and injured more than 30, "came days after the Iran-backed Houthi militia fired a missile that struck near Israel’s main airport."

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'Pretty well hosed': Flight expert gives grim analysis of air traffic controller crisis

Newark Liberty International Airport continues to cause major headaches for travelers who are now worried about their safety.

At least five air traffic controllers had to take 45-day 'trauma leave' after equipment failures created chaos in the air and on the runway.

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Trump has already fumbled 'GOP’s big advantage' with key voter group: analysis

President Donald Trump has already fumbled a big advantage with a voting bloc that delivered election wins for him and other Republican candidates last year.

The president's approval rating among low-engagement voters has fallen 30 points since he returned to office – the biggest drop for any group – after they backed him by a double-digit margin in November, according to data journalist G. Elliott Morris.

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Supreme Court allows Trump to move forward with ban on transgender members of military

The Supreme Court said it would allow President Donald Trump to move forward with his ban on transgender members of the U.S. military.

In a court order on Tuesday, the conservative justices granted the Trump administration's request to lift a nationwide injunction against the move to ban transgender people in the military. The court's liberal justices disagreed with the order.

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Oklahoma schools ordered to teach Trump's 2020 election lies in new MAGA curriculum

Oklahoma high schools will be required starting in August to teach President Donald Trump's debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 election loss.

The new curriculum written by Trump-loving state superintendent Ryan Walters will analyze turning points of 21st-Century American society, including what is described as “discrepancies in 2020 elections results" and match baseless claims made by Trump afterward, reported Heartland Signal.

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GOP governor scrambles to stop state party from endorsing Trump pick to replace him

Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) was reportedly scrambling this week to prevent his state's Republican Party from endorsing Vivek Ramaswamy, an ally to President Donald Trump, for governor.

The state party was expected to endorse Ramaswamy at a Friday meeting, but according to NBC News, DeWine was working behind the scenes to derail the announcement.

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'He was not happy': Analyst says Canadian PM's body language sent Trump clear message

President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met on Tuesday to speak about making a trade deal, among other issues facing the two countries.

After watching the interaction between the two world leaders, CNN anchor Dana Bash read between the lines.

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'Humiliated again!' Critics take aim at 'embarrassing' Trump-Carney meeting

President Donald Trump set the stage for his Oval Office meeting with Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney Tuesday with a bombastic social media post stating, "We don’t need ANYTHING they have...They, on the other hand, need EVERYTHING from us!"

Trump repeated this sentiment to Carney's face minutes later, which raised eyebrows across social media.

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Judge gives Trump lesson in US history as he hammers admin for illegal act

A federal judge in New York found President Donald Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act was unlawful, Just Security legal analyst Adam Klasfeld reported Tuesday.

According to the ruling, the judge said that there's no “war,” “invasion” or “predatory incursion" — all have which Trump has suggested justify his use of the act to deport people without due process.

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Key Trump campaign vow makes it to House floor — and it's much 'narrower' than promised

A key campaign promise from Donald Trump is making its way to the House floor — but it's a much diluted version of what he'd proposed.

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) is introducing a ‘narrower’ take on the vow not to tax overtime pay, according to an exclusive report in the Wall Street Journal.

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Trump teases massive mystery announcement coming within days: 'As big as it gets'

President Donald Trump teased a "very big announcement" as he met at the White House with newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Tuesday.

The U.S. president told reporters in the Oval Office that Houthi rebels had agreed to stop fighting, a day after Israel struck targets in Yemen for the first time in months in response to a ballistic missile attack on an airport in Tel Aviv.

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'Won't be for sale ever': Canadian PM gets in Trump's face about becoming 51st state

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told President Donald Trump that Canada will not "ever" become the United States of America's 51st state.

During a Tuesday Oval Office meeting, a reporter asked Trump if he would still like to see Canada become a U.S. state.

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