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'This is so sad': MS NOW panel pounces as Trump lets China insult US

As Donald Trump returns from his trip to Beijing, where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the consensus of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” panel is that the American president appears weaker now before the summit.

And Trump all but admitted it.

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Trump says quiet part out loud on why he's bombing Iran: 'It’s more for public relations'

In the wake of the Trump administration’s failure to achieve regime change in its war against Iran, President Donald Trump has fixated on another objective – seizing the country’s supply of enriched uranium. But on Thursday, he made a startling admission that the effort was largely a public relations stunt.

“I’d just feel better if I got it, actually,” Trump said in an interview that aired Thursday on Fox News with Sean Hannity. “But it’s… I think it’s more for public relations than it is for anything else.”

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Dazzled Trump blares plans for China-style statue gardens: 'Serious dictator envy'

President Donald Trump apparently departed China with his head buzzing with the splendor he encountered on his state visit.

As he sat on Air Force One on his way home, the president trumpeted his plans to build a National Garden of American Heroes alongside the Potomac River to honor historic and celebrated figures such as George Washington, Elvis Presley and Kobe Bryant, and he wants work to begin by the United States' 250th birthday on July 4.

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Pentagon caught flat-footed as Hegseth makes 'abrupt' troop reversal

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blindsided Pentagon officials and European allies by suddenly canceling a long-planned deployment of 4,000 troops to Poland — an abrupt reversal that has observers scratching their heads about what comes next.

According to Politico, the surprise decision caught both sides of the Atlantic completely flat-footed as troops and equipment from Texas had already begun arriving in the country for the routine nine-month rotation when the order to halt the deployment came down.

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Trump's overnight Truth Social posts show 'crisis' any psychiatrist would flag: biographer

President Donald Trump's late-night Truth Social posting sprees reveal a pattern that mental health professionals might say warrants serious concern, according to one of the president's biographers.

Journalist Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Trump, discussed Trump's social media habits on a new episode of "Inside Trump's Head," a podcast he co-hosted with Hugh Dougherty, the Daily Beast's executive editor, on Thursday. A recent review of Trump's posts by The Daily Beast found that the president has made more than 8,000 posts since returning to office in January. The review found that the president did not post on just five or six nights in April, and he was repeatedly posting during hours when most adults are asleep.

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'Oh my god!' Analyst comes unglued as GOP pundit brings up Biden on CNN

A heated exchange on CNN's "NewsNight" with host Abby Phillip devolved into a shouting match on Thursday evening when a political analyst lost his composure after a Republican pundit deflected criticism of President Donald Trump's trip to China by invoking former President Joe Biden.

The segment quickly spiraled into a clash between John Avlon, a former Democratic candidate in New York, and Joe Borelli, a former Republican lawmaker in New York, as the panel debated who the "big dog" was in U.S.-China relations.

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Jim Jordan squirms as Kaitlan Collins throws his words back in his face

CNN's Kaitlan Collins made Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) squirm during a segment on "The Source" on Thursday after she threw his words about gas prices back in his face.

Collins reminded Jordan of how critical he was of the Biden administration when the price of gasoline topped $3 per gallon during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jordan, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, has remained largely silent as gas prices have climbed above $4.50 per gallon amid the Trump administration's war with Iran.

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Internet explodes as Trump eyes 'openly pilfering' the government to pay off allies

The internet erupted on Thursday after a new report revealed President Donald Trump's plan to create a billion-dollar fund to pay his allies.

ABC News reported that Trump is considering dropping his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the release of his tax returns during his first administration, in exchange for creating a $1.7 billion fund to pay his allies who claim they were wrongfully prosecuted by the Biden administration. The report indicates that Trump himself won't qualify for payments under the initiative, but entities tied to the president can be paid.

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'Tale of two readouts': White House statement curiously breaks from China's in taut summit

A White House statement about Trump's discussion with Chinese leader Xi Jinping curiously took on a different tone from what counterparts put out, reporters noticed.

Politico correspondent Phelim Kine posted on X that the White House statement touted discussions of Chinese investment in the United States, fentanyl, the Strait of Hormuz, purchasing oil from the United States, and an agreement that Iran can't have a nuclear weapon.

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Trump to drop $10B IRS lawsuit in exchange for massive fund to pay off allies: report

President Donald Trump is expected to drop his massive, $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, but not for reasons some might expect, according to a new report.

ABC News reported on Thursday that Trump plans to drop the lawsuit in exchange for creating a $1.7 billion fund that he can use to pay allies who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration. Those allies include recently pardoned Jan. 6 rioters like the Proud Boys and Oathkeepers, as well as lawmakers who were investigated by Biden's Department of Justice.

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Red state lawmaker warns something ominous hiding behind Supreme Court's 'five alarm fire'

A former lawmaker from a red state warned that something ominous is hiding behind the latest "five-alarm fire" from the Supreme Court, according to a new report.

G.K. Butterfield Jr., a former Democratic representative from North Carolina, told The Atlantic recently that the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais is a "five-alarm fire" for voting rights. The ruling allowed states to gerrymander their maps for partisan purposes, even if there is a racially discriminatory effect from the move, which effectively gutted the last remaining section of the Voting Rights Act that protected minority voters.

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'Truly vile': Fox News host sparks fury with 'repulsive' joke about Black voters

Fox News host Jesse Watters sparked outrage on Thursday after he uttered a "trash" claim about the Voting Rights Act during a segment on the show he co-hosts, "The Five."

During the segments, Watters claimed that Black people don't have enough babies to justify their proportionate share of representation in Congress. He made the claim at a time when the Supreme Court ruled in Louisiana v. Callais that states can gerrymander their maps for partisan purposes, even if there is a racially discriminatory effect. Red states like Louisiana, Florida, and Tennessee have all passed new maps since the ruling that eliminated Democratic seats held by Black representatives and cracked majority Black voting districts.

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'Where is Melania?' First lady flabbergasts legal expert with historic snub of husband

President Donald Trump's trip to China was billed as a high-stakes diplomatic summit with President Xi Jinping, but with one notable exception: the first lady was nowhere to be found.

Melania Trump, who had attended the 2017 Xi summit and appeared alongside both leaders and their spouses, sat this one out entirely because, according to her office, she was attending the six-month anniversary of an unnamed initiative connected to children and foster care programs. The announcement flabbergasted legal and political commentator Michael Popok, host of the podcast "The Intersection with Michael Popok," who said on a new episode on Thursday that he had no clue what Melania Trump was referring to.

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