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NYT's Maggie Haberman hurls Trump's 'striking' Rob Reiner remark back in his face

Veteran political journalist Maggie Haberman highlighted damning comments by President Donald Trump in the wake of the Hollywood director Rob Reiner's death.

"One of the things that's striking here is President Trump celebrated," when Reiner was killed, Haberman said on "The Lead" with host Jake Tapper on Thursday. "President Trump said something insensitive at best when Rob Reiner and his wife were killed, allegedly, by their child."

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Fury flies over Trump sons' shady drone deal with Pentagon: 'But Hunter! But Burisma!'

President Donald Trump's family appears to have struck a shady deal with the Department of Defense that has outraged political analysts and observers.

Bloomberg reported on Thursday that the Defense Department had agreed to purchase drones from a company backed by the president's sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. The Trumps acquired the company in March when another company they were involved with, a golf company called Aerus Greenway, agreed to merge with Powerus, with the goal of taking it public.

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Trump's niece alarmed by 'real story' underpinning uncle's chilling new 'message'

The Trump Department of Justice's new indictment against one of his political foes revealed the "real story" behind the dark "message" the president is trying to send, according to his niece.

Mary Trump, a psychologist and author, argued in a new Substack essay on Thursday that President Donald Trump's efforts to indict former FBI Director James Comey are an example of "what happens when a thin-skinned baby is allowed to consolidate power." On Tuesday, the DOJ returned a two-count felony indictment alleging that Comey had threatened to kill Trump when he posted a picture of seashells arranged to read "86 47" on his Instagram page, and interstate communication violations.

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'Grotesque': Trump sons' dubious mining deal triggers accusations of 'vast corruption'

Political analysts and observers were aghast on Thursday after a new report suggested President Donald Trump's family had engaged in a dubious deal.

The Financial Times reported that Trump's sons, Don Jr. and Eric, had taken a stake in a Kazakh mining company that had recently been awarded a $1.6 billion loan from the U.S. government. The brothers reportedly bought into the company last August for an undisclosed amount. The report added that there is "no indication" that the Trumps knew the company was in talks with their father's administration, or that they influenced the decision to grant the loan.

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Conservative comedian fears Trump may lead US to 'greatest military defeat in history'

A conservative comedian warned on Thursday that President Donald Trump appears to be leading the U.S. toward the country's "greatest military defeat" in its history.

Dave Smith, a libertarian and prominent critic of Trump's foreign policy decisions, argued during a new episode of the "Breaking Points" podcast that Trump is posturing as if he is trying to get out of the war in Iran as fast as possible. While Smith said he agreed with the goal of ending the war, doing so at this point could prove to be disastrous for the United States.

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MAGA civil war descends into chaos as right wing turns on influencer over 'malicious lies'

The MAGA civil war descended into vulgar chaos on Thursday after a new defamation lawsuit was filed against a prominent influencer.

Brian Harpole, the former head of late conservative activist Charlie Kirk's security team, filed a lawsuit against Candace Owens alleging that the influencer defamed him by alleging that he conspired to have Kirk assassinated, journalist Eyal Yakoby posted on X. Owens has made several similar comments about people in Kirk's orbit, including his widowed wife, Erika, and those claims have generated significant backlash from the MAGA faithful toward Owens.

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Ex-MAGA insider goes scorched earth on Mar-a-Lago's 'Real Housewives' debauchery

Elon Musk's baby mama and former conservative influencer described the secret world inside MAGA and "the Real Housewives of Mar-a-Lago" in an interview this week with ex-GOP operative and The Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson.

Ashley St. Clair, who was recruited to join Turning Point USA around age 19, spent nearly a decade as an insider with the right-wing group and revealed during an episode of The Lincoln Project Podcast this week what it was really like as a young person involved with MAGA elites and among the Mar-a-Lago crowd.

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'Move over microplastics': Fox News mocked for claiming Bluesky rots brains

The hosts of the Fox News show "Outnumbered" were mocked on Thursday after they called for more restrictions on an app they argued could soften an individual's brain tissue.

Emily Compagno, an attorney and co-host of the show, reacted to a new op-ed that claimed the alleged White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter, Cole Allen, was often on social media apps like Bluesky that are influenced by America's enemies, such as Russia and China. Compagno argued that the algorithms used on Bluesky and other apps are similar to a brain impairment.

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GOP senator signals he's ready to take on Trump once again

A GOP lawmaker is standing up to Trump's crusade against his enemies once again, questioning the latest efforts.

“I can’t find one example where the number 86 had anything to do with any violent threat," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) told reporters on Wednesday, speaking about the second James Comey indictment, according to the Bulwark. “I searched to the end of the Internet last night."

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MAGA pollster alarmed as new poll spells trouble for GOP: ‘We're hitting a patch of anger'

Right-wing pollster Rich Baris revealed that he was "really worried" about Republicans' ability to win midterm elections after a recent poll suggested that the party would be "crushed."

During a Thursday discussion on the Real America's Voice network, Baris told host Jack Posobiec that President Donald Trump's approval rating "isn't looking great."

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'It's actually seditious': Trump unloads on NYT and CNN over unflattering reporting

President Donald Trump took a jab at The New York Times and CNN during a press conference at the White House on Thursday.

The president had a meltdown over some of the important reporting around the Iran war and his administration when he pointed to The Times, a news organization Trump has had a contentious relationship throughout his political career. He has frequently attacked the newspaper on social media, called it "fake news" and referred to the publication as an "enemy of the American people."

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Insiders reveal Trump's real obsession — and it isn't the economy

President Donald Trump has set his sights on becoming one of history's "great men" — yet he still has concerns that his efforts could be ruined, according to a new report from The Atlantic.

And although the president has said he's not as concerned about "legacy," or even whether his Republican party maintains control of Congress in the midterms, he does have a significant interest in mind.

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Epstein's reported 'suicide note' could soon be unsealed: 'Time to say goodbye'

A purported "suicide note" by Jeffrey Epstein may soon be made public if a major media outlet is successful in convincing a federal judge to unseal it.

In a Thursday report, The New York Times revealed that it had petitioned a judge to make the note public after it was sealed as part of a case against Nicholas Tartaglione, a cellmate who found the document around the time of Epstein's 2019 death.

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