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'He has no shot': Tucker Carlson begs Trump to 'rescue' right-wing actor accused of rape

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson took to X on Friday to defend actor Russell Brand who was arrested on rape and assault charges in London.

Brand was granted "conditional bail," The Associated Press reported Friday. Last month, Brand was charged with two counts each of rape and sexual assault, as well as a count of indecent assault. He hasn't entered a plea but has previously denied the allegations.

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Trump official's alarming health advice akin to saying 'smoke like a chimney': experts

Doctors were bewildered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s directive for federal agencies to seek new measles treatments — including vitamins — instead of promoting long-established safe and effective vaccinations, according to The New York Times.

“This is akin to saying, ‘Go ahead and eat whatever you want, don’t exercise, smoke like a chimney — we’re going to invest all of our resources in heart transplants,’” the Times quoted Dr. Jonathan Temte, a former chairman of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee.

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Ted Cruz thrown under bus as GOP senator desperately courts Trump ahead of brutal primary

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is fighting for his political life, according to new reporting from Axios.

The longtime Texas senator "is boasting a 99% voting record with President Trump in a new memo provided first to Axios," said the report. This comes as Cornyn "and his firebrand primary challenger, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, are battling to win Trump's coveted endorsement in what is quickly shaping up to be the most dramatic and expensive GOP primary of the cycle."

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'Ironic': Analysis says US needs Musk's DOGE exit to help stave off 'bloody war'

Semafor tech editor Reed Albergotti argued in a column Friday that the world needs Elon Musk far more than the government does.

Musk has served as a special government employee under President Donald Trump since Inauguration Day and was tasked with trying to cut "waste, fraud and abuse" in government using a program under the Office of Management and Budget. Trump signed an executive order creating the Department of Government Efficiency on his first day in office.

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Core Republicans slam Trump's budget pitch as effort to 'fool' Congress with 'gimmicks'

President Donald Trump's budget request has been met with fury and contempt — by Republicans.

According to Politico, Trump's budget seeks to slash $163 billion from non-defense programs, many of which Trump has already paused or frozen by executive order. The move "pressures Republican lawmakers to cleave more than 20 percent from federal coffers Trump has already been freezing without their approval since Inauguration Day.

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'Not afraid': Defiant governor fires back at Trump’s border czar after ‘chilling’ threat

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) said he's "not afraid" of the Trump administration after receiving a warning about instructing state employees on how to handle a confrontation with ICE officials.

Evers released a YouTube video Friday to hit back at "border czar" Tom Homan's suggestion that the governor was working to impede ICE arrests.

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Private Trump dinner for meme coin holders leaves Republicans queasy: 'It's the Wild West'

Some Senate Republicans are uneasy as President Donald Trump plans an exclusive dinner and White House tour for top investors in his $TRUMP meme token, according to a NBC report.

A meme coin, or meme token, is a cryptocurrency.

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'Not happy': Marjorie Taylor Greene hits GOP leaders with list of furious complaints

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) expressed her "frustration" on X Friday, warning her party's leadership that she is "upset over the direction of things."

"I represent the base," she wrote on X. "The base is not happy."

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'Not true!' Trump hands gift to fact-checkers with wildly inaccurate brag

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday that gas prices were down to $1.98 a gallon — and it triggered hilarity.

Fact-checkers and online commenters immediately reacted as Trump added that gas prices are $1.88 in three states. “Can you believe it?” he asked.

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'Muslim conquest!' GOP lawmaker melts down over plans for halal restaurant at Capitol

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) is enraged over the planned establishment of a halal food restaurant in the Capitol complex.

On Friday, one of the many changes announced to the dining options in the House campus was the replacement of Steak n' Shake, which first opened in the Rayburn House Office Building in 2019, with a location of CHA Street Food, a popular Northern Virginia chain known for serving Indian and Pakistani cuisine.

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Insider issues 'incredible' warning to avoid critical air hub 'at all costs' over safety

MSNBC correspondent Tom Costello claimed Friday that an air traffic controller who "handles airspace" at the Newark, NJ, airport gave him some "rather concerning and startling information" about public safety.

"He said, It is not safe. 'It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public," Costello said. "Really an incredible statement, unsolicited. He just said that to me, and separately, 'Don't fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs."

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Trump 'completely botched it': GOP insider gives no-holds-barred take on president's move

According to a former adviser to ex-House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Donald Trump will end up paying the price for derailing a U.S. economy that was on the upswing when he took office.

Appearing on MSNBC with host Chris Jansing, GOP insider Brendan Buck hammered the president over his trade war and stated he will have to live with the consequences of the financial instability his tariffs have created.

With Jansing pointing to the new jobs report that shows unemployment stalled at 4.2 percent, she asked her guest, "I wonder if we're going to see the president taking credit for this in the economy, right after claiming it's actually Joe Biden's economy?"

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"Yeah, well, the White House already put out a paper declaring a jobs boom today," the amused Buck replied before quipping, "So yeah, of course. When the GDP numbers go down it's Joe Biden's economy. When jobs numbers look good, it's Trump's economy."

Turning serious, he continued, "Look, I think this shows two things. One, as we discussed, Donald Trump inherited an economy that was ready to take off; he didn't have to do a whole lot to have a really solid economic legacy. But he's completely botched it through this trade policy."

"But I love it when they embrace, you know, a good jobs number like today because I do think the president is going to own whatever happens here for better or worse. And there will be no being able to blame Joe Biden if store shelves are empty."

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'GOP jihad': State Supreme Court Justice says Republicans are trying to 'steal' her seat

A “GOP jihad on voting rights across the country” is happening in and outside of Washington, according to a Rolling Stone report.

Inside Washington, it's happening in the form of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act).

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