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'Republicans grappling with reality' after Trump pep talk gives them little direction

House Republicans huddled at the Kennedy Center – to which President Donald Trump's name has been affixed – to map out their legislative agenda for the coming year with a perilously thin majority.

The president delivered a start-of-year pep talk Tuesday that offered few specifics or focused priorities in his rambling, off-script hour-and-a-half speech, but he made clear that winning November's midterm elections was crucially important to him personally, reported The Hill.

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'Harder than they thought': Trump's gold-plated phone delayed again in ironic blow

The gold-plated phones announced by Donald Trump last year have been hit with an ironic delay which may see the project scrapped entirely.

Trump previously announced the cheaper alternative to Apple's iPhone, and manufacturers suggested the Trump Phone would be ready for launch in September 2025. But almost four months on from the projected release date of the phone and there has been little update on its release ever since.

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Trump must deal with 'wild card' he didn't account for in Venezuela: analysis

A "wild card" Donald Trump did not account for could pose a threat to his oil executives-backed takeover of Venezuela.

The president and his administration confirmed earlier this week they had captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro while also striking several major cities, including Caracas. Despite Maduro's capture, Trump still faces heavy opposition within the Venezuelan government, namely a "wild card" who The Wall Street Journal reports has a major influence on militia groups in the area.

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'Nobody saw that': Stephen Colbert ridicules Trump over woeful Kennedy Center update

Stephen Colbert has ridiculed Donald Trump after viewing figures for the president's Kennedy Center Honors were released.

The Late Show host, who has appeared at the Kennedy Center Honors show in the past, jokingly bragged about the viewership of previous awards ceremonies and noted Trump's reached an all-time low. CBS confirmed last year's event, which was hosted by the president, gave the network some of its lowest viewing figures for the Kennedy Center Honors.

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Jimmy Kimmel mocks Trump as president's 'ego bruised' by recent snub

Jimmy Kimmel has openly mocked Donald Trump for having his "ego bruised" by recent events, including a recent awards snub.

The talk show host noted in his Live! monologue that the president had been acting with the fury of losing out on the Nobel Peace Prize in mind. Speaking to the show's crowd, Kimmel suggested Trump's ego has yet to recover from the awards loss, and not even an alternate FIFA Peace Prize can satisfy the president's want for a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Author reveals why Maduro's dancing was so devastating for Trump: 'Pierces him directly'

A high-profile author who has written about President Donald Trump for decades revealed on Tuesday why Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro's dance moves were so devastating for the president's psyche.

Video emerged in late November of Maduro dancing at political rallies, which seemed to enrage Trump, according to a report by The New York Times. At the time, the Trump administration was trying to negotiate a surrender with the Venezuelan leader, an offer that was declined. Maduro's nonchalance was seen as a sign of disrespect inside the White House, according to reports.

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'What garbage': Analysts sound off on CBS News's 'disgraceful and disgusting' J6 report

The new Trump-leaning CBS News received a lot of backlash on Tuesday after it broadcast what some analysts described as a "disgraceful and disgusting" report about the January 6 riot.

On Tuesday night, Tony Dokoupil, the new host of "CBS Evening News," had a brief report saved for the end of the show about the January 6 riot. The report focused on the march held by a group of what he called "pardoned defendants." Others know them as people who were convicted of crimes during the January 6 riot, including conspiracy and assault on law enforcement officers.

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'Twisting his arm': Analyst reveals Vance 'pained' to support Trump's Venezuela raid

One of the Trump administration's best policy salespeople has been relatively quiet in the debate over the recent arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, and one analyst thinks it's because people are having to "twist his arm" behind the scenes.

Vice President JD Vance, whom New Yorker contributor Benjamin Wallace-Wells argued in a new article on Tuesday is "the ablest communicator in the President’s orbit," has been relatively absent from the media sphere since Maduro was arrested over the weekend. Vance did put out a rather milquetoast statement for his standards, according to Wallace-Wells, but hasn't been the forceful advocate that he typically is.

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Republicans cry foul over Trump's Greenland threats: 'That's our ally!'

President Donald Trump has once again ramped up his threats to acquire the territory of Greenland from Denmark, not even ruling out potential military occupation of the island. But at least for now, key Republican figures don't appear to be willing to back him on this.

U.S. interest in acquiring Greenland, which is both vital for strategic military purposes and rich in national resources, has existed in various forms since the 19th century. But since the NATO alliance was founded, Denmark has allowed the U.S. military access to the island, which largely tamped down debate in America about acquiring it outright. Trump, a longtime NATO skeptic, has repeatedly pushed to reopen that door, something Denmark and a majority of Greenlanders themselves vehemently oppose.

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'We are pirates now': Trump's latest claims about Venezuelan oil stun analysts

President Donald Trump's latest bizarre claim about U.S. interests in Venezuelan oil reserves stunned analysts on Tuesday.

Over the weekend, Trump approved a raid that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The two were swiftly brought back to the U.S. to stand trial on narco-terrorism and weapons charges, and have pleaded "not guilty."

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White House's 'sickening' attempt to rewrite history reamed by analysts

Political analysts slammed a new webpage the White House published on Tuesday that offers a revision of the events that occurred during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Trump administration created a page that tells its side of the story of Jan. 6, a day that saw thousands of people attack police officers after listening to then former President Donald Trump tell them to "fight like hell" to protect their country as Congress was set to certify the results of an election Trump lost. The webpage includes a timeline of what happened that day, which analysts quickly noted contains several inaccuracies, some of which were described as "sickening."

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'We don't pillage!' Iraq veteran goes scorched earth on Trump's 'deeply un-American' move

President Donald Trump's decision to arrest a foreign leader in a middle-of-the-night operation is as close to piracy as any president has gone, according to one analyst.

Last weekend, the Trump administration arrested Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, at the presidential palace in Caracas on narco-terrorism and weapons charges. The U.S. has flown Maduro and his wife to New York to stand trial, where the two have pleaded "not guilty."

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'Should stop you in your tracks':  White House warned troll landed admin in legal jeopardy

The White House's attempt to mock the memory of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol in support of President Donald Trump could land the administration in legal jeopardy, according to one lawyer.

On Tuesday, the fifth anniversary of the riot, the White House published a website that accused Democrats of trying to incite the riot and tried to make "political examples" out of the more than 1,500 people who were arrested that day. It also includes a timeline of the day, which some analysts have noted contained several inaccuracies.

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