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Trump turns against 'very disloyal' GOP senator in furious rant: 'Vote him out of office'

President Donald Trump blasted a Republican senator — claiming he has been playing "political games" and pushing back against the president's nominee for surgeon general — calling for voters to unseat him in the Republican primary.

Casey Means, the Make America Healthy Again movement's pick for surgeon general, has faced a stagnant Senate confirmation after more than 10 months. Several key Republicans have expressed concerns about her vaccine stance, medical credentials and controversial health claims.

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Judge 'clearly annoyed' at Trump DOJ over 'unprecedented' move in would-be shooter hearing

U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya was reportedly "clearly annoyed" after President Donald Trump's Department of Justice prosecutors tried an "unprecedented" move at a detention hearing for the alleged White House Correspondents' Association dinner gunman.

During Thursday's hearing, attorneys for Cole Allen conceded that their client would be detained without bail. However, prosecutors demanded the right to make arguments even though the judge had declared them unnecessary.

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'You're a war criminal!' Pete Hegseth interrupted by protester in Pentagon hearing

A protester interrupted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a congressional hearing on Thursday as the Trump administration official faces heightened scrutiny over the Iran war and Pentagon budget.

The Pentagon chief testified for the second day before congressional leaders, this time speaking to the Senate Armed Services Committee and defending the ongoing military operation in Iran and the Pentagon's $1.5 trillion budget request when a protester interjected, yelling at Hegseth during his opening statement.

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'Do not be stupid!' Trump menaces GOP lawmakers over Senate standstill

In yet another outburst on Truth Social on Thursday morning, Donald Trump aimed his ire at the Senate Republicans for not doing everything within their power to push his agenda through, claiming they are getting played by Democrats.

Moments after harshly criticizing German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for calling him out on Iran, Trump took to social media for another attack.

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Trapped Trump has US on verge of its 'worst strategic defeat in history': analysis

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has delivered a devastating assessment of Donald Trump's Iran war: the president is steering the United States toward humiliating defeat, and the only way out requires acknowledging a loss his fragile ego will never permit.

According to Krugman, there is no viable path to reopening the Strait of Hormuz without accepting terms dictated by Iran — a reality that will leave the U.S. economy held hostage to Trump's reckless military adventurism.

"Realistically, the only way to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is for both sides to stand down — for Iran to lift its de facto embargo on shipping through the Strait, while the U.S. lifts its blockade on Iranian shipping," Krugman wrote.

"Such a mutual stand-down wouldn't require negotiating a formal deal, nor would it require that either regime trust the other. All it needs is for both sides to stop doing what they are doing."

Instead of accepting this straightforward resolution, Krugman identified three obstacles blocking peace: "Trump's ego, his ignorance, and the Iranians' unfortunately justified belief that any agreement they reach with America would be effectively worthless."

The economist described how Trump's psychological inability to accept defeat is driving policy.

"Trump's ego is so fragile that he can never admit losing. He cannot bear to face up to the reality that he, more or less single-handedly, led America to the greatest strategic defeat in its history. So he desperately wants to extract concessions from Iran that would lend him a fig leaf and allow him to claim victory," he explained.

According to Krugman, Trump's inner circle is amplifying the delusion and "those delusions are reinforced by the people that Trump has surrounded himself with – people who tell him how well the war is going in order to flatter his ego. Consequently, Trump is clearly the worst informed president in modern history about the actual state of America at war."

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Pirro won't say if gunman hit Secret Service: 'The agent did not shoot himself'

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, declined to definitively say that a gunman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner shot a Secret Service agent.

During a Thursday interview on Fox News, anchor Dana Perino revealed that the network's sources were told that the gunman, Cole Allen, shot an agent when he discharged his shotgun at the Washington D.C. Hilton on Saturday.

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Trump signals he's still mad about German chancellor's 'humiliated' remark

President Donald Trump took another slap at Germany's leader over his criticism earlier this week of the U.S. war against Iran.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faulted the 79-year-old president for launching the war without an apparent exit strategy, saying the U.S. has been "humiliated" by Iranian leadership, and Trump lobbed another social media attack after threatening to reduce American troops stationed in Germany.

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Trump granddaughter laments last name in resurfaced clip: People tell me 'grandpa sucks'

Kai Trump, the granddaughter of President Donald Trump, revealed that half the world dislikes her because of her last name.

In a recently resurfaced interview with conservative influencer Jake Paul, Kai Trump admitted that "some people don't like me."

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Trump in 'real trouble' as new 'whopping' bad numbers reveal a major weakness: MS NOW

Donald Trump received more bad news on Thursday morning with MS NOW’s Jonathan Lemire reporting that voters are fed up with inflation during his watch, with the president reaching record low approval numbers.

According to Lemire, Trump is in “real trouble.”

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Voters 'unmoved' by Trump shooting attempt and still reject 'frivolous' ballroom: report

Donald Trump's attempt to exploit Saturday's assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Dinner to build support for his controversial and unpopular $400 million ballroom addition has failed to move the needle, with the Washington Post reporting that voters remain "unmoved."

Despite a full court press by the president and his allies to use the dinner chaos to change voters' minds, new polling cited by the Post revealed that 56 percent of Americans still oppose Trump's plan to replace the torn-down East Wing for his privately-funded ballroom, while just 28 percent support it.

The opposition runs deep. Nearly three times as many Americans "strongly" oppose the project as strongly support it — revealing a stark enthusiasm gap that no amount of crisis exploitation can overcome, reports the Post.

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GOP senator opens up new front in war against Trump nominees: 'Take me at my word'

Fresh off forcing the Trump administration to drop its politically motivated prosecution of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is now deploying his Senate Judiciary Committee leverage to block acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's permanent nomination unless the administration abandons any tolerance for Jan. 6 apologism.

According to Politico's Jordain Carney, Tillis holds extraordinary power over the confirmation process. Republicans have a one-vote advantage on the Judiciary Committee, giving Tillis an effective veto over any nominee he opposes.

Tillis issued his ultimatum directly. "Hopefully they'll take me at my word when I say anybody who equivocated on the Jan. 6 rioters, I just can't support," the North Carolina Republican said about potential Justice Department nominees.

The warning extends to anyone Trump nominates as attorney general to replace Pam Bondi. "Every single member of the conference has the same option," Tillis said, urging his GOP colleagues to adopt similar standards.

Tillis has already demonstrated he's willing to execute this strategy. He previously blocked Ed Martin's U.S. attorney nomination because of Martin's comments defending Jan. 6 rioters and his legal work on their behalf, the report notes.

"I'll scrub it when a nominee comes forward, and I'll apply the Martin standard," Tillis said of any pick to succeed Bondi. "By the way, I don't think Martin is employed by the DOJ anymore, either, is he?" — a pointed reference suggesting the administration may have quietly pushed Martin out to avoid further Tillis obstruction.

Tillis dismissed other GOP senators' approach to obstruction as ineffective. "I've seen people do silly things like blanket holds and stuff like that that are not sustainable," he said, contrasting his principled stand with performative opposition.

Trump gets blunt fact check from oil experts on 'explosive' claim: 'Not how it works'

President Donald Trump has intensified pressure on Iran by predicting that the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will soon cause catastrophic damage to Tehran's oil infrastructure, but energy experts and analysts widely dispute these claims as unrealistic.

Trump told reporters at the White House last Thursday: "If they don't get their oil moving, their whole oil infrastructure is going to explode." During a Fox News appearance Sunday, he escalated the rhetoric, stating that Iranian oil pipelines "both mechanically and in the earth" would "explode from within" if exports don't resume soon. "They say they only have about three days left before that happens. And when it explodes, you can never rebuild it the way it was," Trump said.

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Court loss against familiar foe could bring Trump's Epstein scandal back to life: expert

President Donald Trump's latest court loss could bring his scandalous relationship with disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein back to life, according to one expert.

Michael Popok, a lawyer and host of the podcast "The Intersection with Michael Popok," argued during a new episode on Wednesday that the Trump Department of Justice's unsuccessful bid to remove former DOJ prosecutor Maurene Comey's lawsuit from federal court is bad news for the administration.

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