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Trump rages at 'moron' WSJ editor who called him a 'sucker': 'Iran doesn't think so!'

President Donald Trump raged at one of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board writers on Tuesday in a new Truth Social post.

Trump directly addressed Elliot Kaufman of the WSJ's editorial board in the post and a recent op-ed he wrote titled "The Iranians Take Trump for a Sucker." He argued that the war in Iran has been effectively won because the U.S. has decimated Iran's political and military leadership.

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Chaos engulfs war talks as Trump admin can't identify 'who's in charge': CNN reporter

CNN's Kristen Holmes reported on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's administration is wading through chaos in its efforts to end the war in Iran because it is struggling to identify who is leading the talks for the Iranian regime.

Trump and the Iranians have been negotiating a settlement to the war since agreeing to a ceasefire earlier this month. Last week, Trump dispatched a delegation led by Vice President JD Vance to Pakistan to negotiate an end to the war, but the delegation came back empty-handed.

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Trump's latest 'scam' confirms admin has become a 'going out of business sale': lawyer

President Donald Trump's latest "scam" shows his administration is being run like a "going out of business sale," according to one lawyer.

Trump is reportedly in talks with the IRS to secure a large settlement after the agency released part of his tax returns to a Congressional committee during his first administration. Michael Popok, a lawyer and host of the "Legal AF" podcast, argued during a new episode that the "scam" revealed that Trump appears to be acknowledging that his "lame duck" status is approaching faster than he imagined.

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Trump DOJ sends chills down observers' spines with 'outrageous' prosecution

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice sent chills down the spines of political analysts and observers on Tuesday after it indicted a prominent advocacy group.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the Trump DOJ indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 counts of wire and bank fraud related to the group's efforts to infiltrate extremist operations across the country. The investigation was announced just days after a bombshell report from The Atlantic revealed that Patel is frequently absent from his job and often drinks to excess.

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'You gotta go!' GOP strategist demands Trump Cabinet member and his 'baggage' get the boot

A Republican strategist urged another of President Donald Trump's cabinet secretaries to resign during a CNN segment on Tuesday.

Shermichael Singleton, who hosts a weekly radio show on SiriusXM, said during a segment on "The Lead" with CNN's Jake Tapper that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should resign from the administration for being too much of a distraction. Lutnick is facing scrutiny over his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and for allegedly profiting from Trump's tariff policies.

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MAGA congressman gets more than he bargained for from Jake Tapper: 'Guess I'm confused?'

CNN anchor Jake Tapper pushed Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) to answer his questions, with the longtime journalist pressing the Trump administration's claims over its objectives in the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.

As President Donald Trump announced an extended ceasefire as the current deadline was set to end, Flood told Tapper during a live broadcast on Tuesday that congressional leaders had been receiving classified briefings surrounding the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

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'They simply made it up': Right-wing outlet hit with defamation suit over pipe bomb report

A former Capitol Police officer who responded to the Jan. 6 insurrection sued a MAGA media outlet on Tuesday, alleging that she was defamed during one of their "nonsense" investigations.

Shauni Kerkhoff, who now works in the CIA, sued Blaze Media over a theory the outlet concocted about her being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber and for refusing to retract the report after Brian Cole Jr. confessed, according to the lawsuit. The 127-page document does not list a specific amount of damages claimed because damage "continues to accrue," it reads.

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Trump DOJ submits — and quickly rescinds — subpoena of president's political foe: report

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice submitted — and then quickly rescinded — a subpoena for one of the president's perceived political foes, according to a new report.

The New York Times reported on Tuesday that U.S. prosecutors working to determine whether former CIA Director John Brennan lied to Congress rescinded a recent subpoena to have Brennan testify before a grand jury. The rescission occurred when Trump removed his former attorney general, Pam Bondi, from her post after she failed to indict several of the president's perceived enemies, such as former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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'There will be some changes': MAGA senator delivers ominous prediction for Trump's Cabinet

MAGA Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) predicted that "more changes" are coming to the Trump administration during a new interview on CNN.

Kennedy joined CNN's Kasie Hunt on "The Arena" on Tuesday, where the two discussed the recent departure of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer following allegations of impropriety by DeRemer and her husband. DeRemer is the third cabinet secretary to leave the Trump administration this year. The other two are former Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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'He's a moron!' CNN conservative fumes after ex-Fox News host apologizes for Trump support

MAGA commentator Scott Jennings had a stinging response to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's comments that he was regretful for supporting President Donald Trump.

CNN anchor Kasie Hunt asked Jennings to comment on Carlson's remarks that he would be "tormented" by his decisions to endorse Trump, which led to a heated exchange between the two during the live broadcast. Carlson had issued a public apology Monday for having supported Trump in the 2024 election, telling his millions of followers that he was “sorry for misleading people.”

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'Don't want to tell you jack!' Right-wing reporter gets vulgar retort from irked Dem

LindellTV reporter Alison Steinberg got an earful from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) after she pressed her for details about her finances.

While Omar was waiting outside an elevator at the Capitol on Tuesday, Steinberg approached the lawmaker about "discrepancies" on her financial disclosures.

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Fed-up Senate Republican uncorks ultimatum for Trump — threatening president's own nominee

A GOP senator said he would like to vote to confirm the nominated chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, but demanded the Department of Justice first back off.

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) told Warsh during his confirmation hearing on Tuesday that "the only thing I’ve found the least bit odd about you is you’ve never watched an episode of Seinfeld," but he can't vote to approve the Trump appointee because of a DOJ "investigation" into current Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.

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Trump warned he just gave away his leverage in Iran negotiations

President Donald Trump received a stern warning from a journalist covering the war in Iran during a segment on CNN on Tuesday.

Barak Ravid, a journalist and Middle East expert for Axios, warned Trump during an interview on CNN's "The Arena" with Kasie Hunt that Trump had just given his leverage away in negotiations to end the war in Iran by announcing on social media that he had extended the ceasefire between the two countries.

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