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Fox News throws JD Vance under the bus for weak Iran deal: 'Wasn't the right person'

A Fox News host blamed Vice President JD Vance — and not President Donald Trump — for a deal with Iran that he deemed too weak.

Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade made the remarks Wednesday during an interview with Alex Gray, who served as chief of staff of the White House National Security Council under Trump.

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Trump hit with another 'embarrassing and high-profile' loss from GOP voters: Politico

President Trump's carefully cultivated aura of political invincibility took another hit Tuesday when his handpicked Georgia gubernatorial candidate crashed in the Republican primary—marking a stark reminder that his endorsements no longer guarantee a victory, Politico is reporting.

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Trump's chosen candidate for Georgia's open governor's seat, failed to advance. While the GOP primary winner, businessman Rick Jackson, is also a Trump supporter, Jones's defeat signals deepening cracks in Trump's political machinery.

The loss follows Trump's humiliating endorsement failure in Iowa just two weeks earlier, when Rep. Randy Feenstra (R) lost his gubernatorial bid despite Trump's last-minute backing. Politico described Tuesday's Georgia result as "the latest embarrassing and high-profile blemish in what had been a near-perfect record this year for the president."

Georgia Republicans are alarmed despite Jackson's Trump alignment. The underlying message is clear: Trump's endorsement no longer carries the weight it once did.

According to former Cobb County Republican chair Jason Shepherd, "The Trump endorsement has an effect, but it's not overwhelming. It's not the end-all-be-all for politics in Georgia."

Even Trump supporters acknowledge the endorsement's limitations. One Jones backer told Politico: "[Trump] absolutely moved the needle. He just moved the needle 15 points when we needed him to move the needle 25 points."

Jones supporters view his loss as "a warning in other GOP primaries," and the warning signs are multiplying across the country, according to Politico.

In South Carolina's gubernatorial runoff next week, Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette is "struggling" to maintain her lead as other Republicans rally behind her opponent. In Louisiana, GOP Rep. Julia Letlow knocked off Sen. Bill Cassidy—a critic of the president—but still faces state Treasurer John Fleming, another MAGA ally, in a Senate runoff later this month. In Oklahoma, Trump's candidates may need additional presidential assistance to win their August runoffs.

Trump's 'strange behavior' on DC project bewilders Morning Joe hosts: 'Is he scared?'

When discussing the legacy President Donald Trump is likely to leave behind regarding his deeply unpopular war against Iran, the cast of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” pivoted Wednesday to another legacy project of the president’s, one that host Mika Brzezinski said Trump had been exhibiting “strange behavior" over since last week.

The legacy project in question was the rebranding of the Kennedy Performing Arts Center to feature Trump’s name on the building in Washington, D.C. A federal judge ordered Trump’s name be removed from the building, with workers finally taking the president’s name down last weekend.

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Buried evidence in Epstein files names Trump Tower as sex recruiter hunting ground

Donald Trump had a team of recruiters roaming Trump Tower searching for women for him to have sex with, according to an explosive FBI interview buried in the Epstein files.

In a 2021 interview, a woman told agents she was approached in the 1990s as she sat in the public atrium at the base of the Fifth Avenue skyscraper in New York City.

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Trump derails entire GOP agenda – and creates 'living hell' for Senate leader: journalists

While the Senate had planned to confirm Jay Clayton as the new Director of National Intelligence (DNI) as soon as Wednesday, President Donald Trump derailed those plans overnight after announcing he was “cancelling” the confirmation hearing, thereby creating a “disaster” and “living hell” for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), some journalists said.

“It’s almost as if Trump wakes up every day and thinks to himself, ‘How can I make John Thune’s life a living hell?’” noted Punchbowl News senior congressional reporter Andrew Desiderio in a social media post on X.

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Analysts suspect the worst after Trump drops unprecedented overnight 'bombshell'

President Donald Trump left analysts stunned on Wednesday after dropping what Punchbowl News described as a “bombshell,” with critics suspecting the announcement was tied to the president’s false claims of election fraud.

After facing unprecedented bipartisan backlash, Trump backed off his controversial nomination of Bill Pulte for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and instead nominated Jay Clayton for the role, whose confirmation hearing was expected to take place on Wednesday. In an early morning post on Truth Social, however, Trump announced he was “cancelling” that hearing – despite having no authority to do so – and that Pulte would remain as the acting DNI.

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'Republicans fell into a trap': Trump blows up his own nominee's hearing in 4 AM rampage

President Donald Trump says he is canceling a scheduled hearing Wednesday for his nominee to serve as director of national intelligence, saying that Republican lawmakers fell into a legislative "trap."

The 80-year-old president announced on Truth Social at 3:54 a.m. EST that he would not allow the hearings to proceed for DNI nominee Jay Clayton, currently serving as Manhattan U.S. attorney, until the Senate confirmed his replacement as federal prosecutor in New York City.

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Prison staff at Ghislaine Maxwell's facility evade questions during lawmaker visit: report

The officials running Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell's prison dodge questioning from visiting congressional staff, according to reporting by Politico.

Maxwell transferred from a prison in Florida to the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas. Politico noted that Democrats have wondered whether her transfer to a "cushier" facility was part of a deal to keep her quiet about Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

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MS NOW's Jen Psaki unloads on 'horrifying' MAGA Rep's laundry list of controversies

Georgia Republicans have chosen the Trump-endorsed candidate, Congressman Mike Collins, to face off in the Senate contest against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff, rejecting Gov. Brian Kemp's pick of former coach Derek Dooley. But they may come to regret that decision soon, MS NOW's Jen Psaki said on Tuesday's edition of "The Briefing."

"As a member of Congress, Mike Collins has used his social media presence to offend just about everybody he can," said Psaki. Among other things, she noted, "He's posted in support of throwing an immigrant out of a helicopter. He posted in support of a group of counter-protesters harassing a Black protester ... one of whom taunted that Black student with monkey noises. He once endorsed a post from an antisemitic troll who was attacking a reporter for being Jewish."

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Mike Pence scorches Trump's embattled Iran deal on CNN: 'Much bigger than a mistake'

Former Vice President Mike Pence joined the chorus of concern by turning against President Donald Trump's murky Iran war deal.

During an appearance on CNN with Kaitlan Collins, Pence spoke about the deal, which is already being attacked by GOP senators and experts alike, and described it as "much bigger than a mistake."

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Trump rebuked in Georgia as voters back billionaire in GOP governor's runoff

President Donald Trump's status as a kingmaker in Republican primaries got a setback on Tuesday, as Georgia GOP voters rejected his choice for the governor's race.

Businessman Rick Jackson, defeated Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who had Trump's endorsement as well as the endorsement of outgoing Gov. Brian Kemp, according to the Associated Press and CNN.

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Observers astounded after Trump-backed candidate wins red state Senate primary

Political analysts and observers were astounded on Tuesday night after one of the candidates President Donald Trump backed in the Georgia Republican Senate primary race won.

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) defeated Republican Derek Dooley, a former football coach, in the red state's primary on Tuesday night. That puts Collins in line to face off against Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) for his seat in November. The race is expected to be one of the most contentious Senate battles in the country, according to some experts.

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Expert flags one detail in Trump's Iran deal that makes her 'very afraid'

A former State Department official said on Tuesday that one detail of the deal President Donald Trump struck with the Iranian regime over the weekend makes her "very afraid."

Former Biden deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman said during an appearance on CNN that she's worried that Trump is so focused on getting oil flowing into the market again that he'll move on from the Iran War without striking a nuclear deal.

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