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Gavin Newsom calls out Trump for 'increasing bills on seniors': 'Where's the oversight?'

Gavin Newsom has accused the Donald Trump administration of working harder to cover up its shortcomings than actually fix problems affecting the US.

The Press Office for the Governor of California took to X and made a series of posts lambasting the president and his team, which Newsom believes are working hard on all the wrong things. Newsom has been openly critical of Trump's response to rising oil prices, dubbing the president "Putin's good little boy" in a previous scathing post to the social media site.

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MAGA panicking that Trump dumped immigration promise

A stark divide has erupted within Trump's coalition over deportation strategy, with White House officials quietly urging Republicans to soften their immigration rhetoric even as a powerful coalition of Trump allies aggressively pushes for expanded ICE enforcement regardless of public opinion.

According to Politico, Trump supporters aligned with the newly formed Mass Deportation Coalition are "furious" over what they view as the administration's retreat from aggressive enforcement following Kristi Noem's ouster as DHS Secretary.

On Tuesday, White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair instructed House Republicans to temper their hardline rhetoric and focus messaging on deporting violent criminals. Blair reinforced the message on X, writing that Republicans are targeting "deporting the violent/criminal illegals that Joe Biden & the Democrats in Congress let in."

The coalition rejected this approach as politically insufficient. The group—anchored by former CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan, Blackwater founder Erik Prince, and conservative powerhouses including the Heritage Foundation and Claremont Institute—commissioned polling from one of Trump's top pollsters to argue that broader deportations will drive GOP electoral success in November. They plan to distribute this data to White House officials, agency heads, and every member of Congress.

"Overwhelmingly, Trump voters expect this from the administration. They don't just support it, they expect it," said Chris Chmielenski, president of the Immigration Accountability Project. "This is a good way to re-energize the base as we move into the midterms, the same way that Trump was able to do so in the lead up to the 2024 general election."

The internal pressure reflects a growing political fault line. Hispanic GOP lawmakers have warned the White House that aggressive mass deportations risk alienating the Hispanic voters whose support proved decisive in Trump's 2024 victory.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) acknowledged the tension Tuesday, conceding there has been a "hiccup" with Hispanic and other voters who view DHS operations as "overzealous." Johnson insisted the administration is in "course-correction mode," attempting to navigate between energizing Trump's hardline base and preserving Hispanic support critical for midterm success.

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Trump accused of 'grave human rights violations' by UN panel calling for investigation

A United Nations committee has accused Donald Trump of violating the human rights of immigrants living in the United States.

A statement from the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination suggested the US should investigate the president and several high-profile politicians, as their language in public could incite hate crimes. The UN Watchdog also noted that Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity could further incite racial hatred across the US. A report released by the intergovernmental organization confirmed further action should be taken by the US government.

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Trump admin roundly ridiculed after latest 'deeply embarrassing' Iran war video

The Trump administration was roundly ridiculed on Wednesday after the White House posted its latest "deeply embarrassing" video of the war in Iran.

On Wednesday night, the White House posted a video that compared the recent bombing campaign against the Iranian regime, which the U.S. coordinated with Israel, to a bowling match. The video opens with an image of the legendary bowler Pete Weber bowling a strike. The video then depicts members of the Iranian regime as bowling pins and shows an American flag-themed bowling ball knocking them down before transforming into a fighter jet.

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'Someone please stop this guy': Analysts blast Fetterman after 'painful' CNN interview

Political analysts and observers blasted Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) after he had a "painful" interview withCNN about the war in Iran on Wednesday.

Fetterman joined CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Source," where he was asked about his decision not to sign a letter asking for an investigation into the bombing strike on a girls' school in Iran that reports indicate killed about 182 civilians, mostly children. According to reports, U.S. forces were operating in the area, and the school was struck by what appeared to be a Tomahawk missile, which the U.S. has access to.

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Trump's fiery outburst at DOJ revealed as revenge bid axed: 'I never signed off on that!'

The Trump administration's decision to drop its bid to sanction law firms prompted the president to erupt in a fiery outburst, according to a new report.

Last week, it was reported that the Trump administration was no longer enforcing a series of executive orders targeting specific law firms and imposing penalties on them. That report apparently angered President Donald Trump, who began raging at officials at the Department of Justice, according to a new Wall Street Journal report citing "people familiar with the matter."

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'Say what?' Outrage as cost of Trump's first week at war with Iran revealed

Experts raged on Wednesday night after the cost of President Donald Trump's first week at war with Iran was revealed.

The Associated Press reported that the first week of the war cost $11.3 billion, which includes all of the munitions used in the bombing operations that killed former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and destroyed a girls' school, killing 175 civilians in the process. The report was published at a time when the Trump administration is facing considerable backlash for bombing Iran, which Trump himself described as both a "war" and an "excursion" during a press conference on Wednesday.

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Trump ridiculed after 'insane' attack on Gavin Newsom: 'Siri, show me a projection'

President Donald Trump was mocked on Wednesday after unleashing his latest attack on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat.

In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed that Newsom's recent interview, in which he claimed he had dyslexia and was a poor reader, had disqualified him as a presidential candidate.

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Trump's dramatic oil market maneuver 'stunned' his own allies: report

President Donald Trump's sudden announcement that the U.S. would unload some of its Strategic Petroleum Reserves to ease the market pressure resulting from the war in Iran caught some allies off guard, according to a new report.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Trump's announcement that it planned to undertake the largest-ever oil market intervention left some allies "stunned." The announcement was made at a time when global oil prices had soared following the coordinated strikes by the U.S. and Israel in Iran.

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Trump creates massive headaches for state GOP allies with DHS makeover: report

President Donald Trump has put some of his state GOP allies in a tough spot as he seeks to overhaul the leadership at the Department of Homeland Security, a new report reveals.

Last week, Trump announced that he was removing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and replacing her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), effective March 31. The move was announced after two days of disastrous Congressional hearings for Noem, where she claimed that Trump approved a more than $220 million contract to advertise Noem and the work DHS had done on immigration.

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Trump admin sparks outrage with latest 'cruel' plea to the Supreme Court

The Trump administration's latest "cruel" plea to the Supreme Court sparked outrage among political analysts and observers on Wednesday.

The administration filed an application to stay a lower court's order prohibiting it from ending Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 Haitian immigrants. In the application, the administration argued that the lower courts were relying on a "far-fetched and far-reaching equal-protection claim" for immigrants who receive TPS and conceded that the claim could "invalidate virtually every immigration policy of the current administration."

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Republican official ensnared in massive COVID fraud scandal

A federal grand jury has indicted the chairman of the Nye County, Nevada, Republican Party for allegedly defrauding the government of roughly $500,000 in COVID-19 relief funds, according to a new report.

Nye County Republican Party chairman Leo Blundo is facing charges of wire fraud and money laundering connected to the several loans and grants he received from the federal government, local news station 8NewsNow reported. The money was supposed to go to Blundo's restaurant, Carmelo’s Bistro, but instead was funnelled into several investment and cryptocurrency accounts, according to the report.

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Judge rips Trump admin's 'disturbing' behavior against National Park Service protest

A federal judge ripped into the Trump administration on Wednesday over its actions to suppress protests by National Park Service employees.

Federal Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan from the District of Columbia wrote in a new order that the Trump administration's decision to announce a new ban on flags at Yosemite, including at El Capitan, a world-famous rock climbing spot in the park, "appears to implicate fundamental First Amendment issues that bear on the free speech rights of park rangers and federal employees across our country."

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