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The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board blasted House Republicans for splintering over Affordable Care Act subsidies, arguing Democrats baited the GOP into a damaging political trap as Speaker Mike Johnson’s control frays. After Johnson blocked a vote on a clean extension of the enhanced subsidies, four vulnerable Republicans joined Democrats on a discharge petition, forcing a showdown the GOP then delayed — even as premium hikes loom. The board said the revolt reflects a party scrambling as Donald Trump’s approval sinks, accusing the defectors of knowingly handing Democrats a potent campaign issue and undercutting their own leadership in the process.

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Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), a member of the Kennedy Center board, insisted that the vote to rename the venue after President Donald Trump was "not unanimous" despite claims to the contrary.

In a statement on Thursday, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, announced that the board "just voted unanimously to rename the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center, because of the unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building."

Newly obtained audio clips published by The New York Times show Donald Trump explicitly coaching Georgia Republicans on how to overturn his 2020 election loss, pressing them to call a special legislative session based on debunked fraud claims. In a recorded call with late Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, Trump urged lawmakers to declare “massive fraud” and move to flip the state despite losing by roughly 12,000 votes, repeating conspiracy theories about ballot stuffing in Atlanta.

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CBS News staffers were spared an end-of-the-year all-hands meeting with the head of the news division after a much-hyped town hall with Erika Kirk, widow of TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, produced poor ratings and criticism from a conservative news outlet.

Bari Weiss, the former New York Times opinion writer appointed by Donald Trump-friendly Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison to oversee CBS News editorial direction, personally hosted the town hall with Kirk on Saturday night. Her decision to conduct the interview herself, rather than utilize existing CBS on-air journalists, initially drew skepticism.

President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on the press by threatening NBC’s broadcast license after the network aired an interview with Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), unleashing a Truth Social rant accusing the network of bias, smearing Warnock with personal allegations, and questioning the separation of church and state. Trump suggested the Federal Communications Commission should step in, complaining that networks use public airwaves “at no charge” and should be forced to pay or face consequences. The outburst came just hours after FCC Chair Brendan Carr told senators he has the authority to shut down broadcast networks over satirical speech.

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President Donald Trump alarmed many Americans by announcing a new "patriotic" competition that some said resembled The Hunger Games.

In a video posted by Freedom 250 on Thursday, the president promised "to give America the most spectacular birthday party the world."