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‘He’s insane’: Impeachment calls fly as Trump appears to 'casually' threaten to nuke Iran

President Donald Trump shocked onlookers Saturday after issuing a vague threat directed toward Iran, one that observers widely interpreted as a threat to use nuclear weapons if ongoing peace negotiations between Washington and Tehran collapse.

“Hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly. If it doesn’t, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

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Dems mobilize after Trump 'insults' country's sovereignty with 'implicit threat'

A group of Democratic members of the US Congress on Friday condemned President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers’ attempts to influence the results of Colombia’s upcoming presidential runoff, calling it an “insult” to the Colombian people’s sovereignty.

“We see actions by US President Donald Trump and other members of Congress to endorse, advocate for, or otherwise tip the scales to a particular candidate as detrimental to the democratic rights of the Colombian people,” said the lawmakers, led by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.). “The future of Colombia must be decided by the Colombian people—not American politicians with their own agenda.”

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Trump threatens ‘ultimate alternative’ if Iran deal fails: ‘Hopefully never used again!’

President Donald Trump took to social media Saturday to champion the peace deal being negotiated between Washington and Tehran – claiming it was on track to be finalized Sunday – while warning that if talks collapse, the U.S. may resort to an "ultimate alternative."

“The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL. Our relationship with Iran is a much different and better one than previous Administrations have had,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

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Alarm as Russell Vought 'power grab'​ aims to hand Trump cronies control of federal cash​

A Trump White House plan to give political appointees more power over federal grant money has sparked alarm among scientists, public health organizations, environmental groups, and others who fear that the proposal amounts to an attempt to subordinate critical funds to the whims of the president and his far-right allies.

More than 300 organizations signed a joint letter on Friday calling on White House budget director Russell Vought, the proposed rule’s architect, to extend the public comment period that’s set to end on July 13, warning that the “scope and impact of [the Office of Management and Budget’s] rule is vast.”

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'Fragile' Trump mocked after ‘giant curtain’ used to hide name removal from Kennedy Center

President Donald Trump was widely mocked Saturday after video emerged of workers tearing down his name from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. – an operation carried out in the dead of night and behind a large tarp.

After a judge ruled that the Kennedy Center could not be renamed outside of an act of Congress, workers began setting up scaffolding to remove Trump’s name from the historic building on Friday. It wouldn’t be until 3:10 a.m. early Saturday morning, however, that workers actually began tearing down the president’s name, and behind a large tarp “seemingly to block views of Trump’s name disappearing from the venue,” USA Today reported.

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Trump cements end to US ‘global empire’ – and the economic damage ‘will be huge’: expert

Richard Wolff, a renowned economics professor, issued a grave prediction recently that not only would the United States ultimately “lose” its war against Iran, but that the loss would bring about an end to the U.S. “global empire” that had stood unrivaled for more than six decades.

“The United States operated for the last 65, 70 years on empire, a global empire,” said Wolff, who teaches at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in a video interview published this week.

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Trump lawyers double down on slush fund that his own DOJ vowed to abandon

Trump's lawyers urged a federal judge to reject an effort to reopen the dismissed lawsuit that led to the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, according to a new court filing.

Attorneys for Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization argued in the Southern District of Florida filing that a group of 35 former federal judges have "no standing" to challenge the settlement that ended the case and created the anti-weaponization fund.

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'Chilling' detail buried in Trump's lethal strike post flagged by legal expert

Trump's announcement of killing the leader of a Venezuelan gang carries a "chilling" detail, according to a legal expert.

According to Trump, the U.S. military launched a "swift and lethal" strike against the leader of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang that was a hot topic during the 2024 presidential election. Ryan Goodman, a chaired professor at NYU and editor-in-chief of Just Security, called out the details in Trump's Truth Social post announcing the strike.

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Trump says US military killed Tren de Aragua leader in 'swift and lethal' strike

The U.S. launched a military strike against the leader of a Venezuelan prison gang, Trump announced in a Truth Social post.

"At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren de Aragua," Trump wrote.

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Knives come out as furious GOP insiders go scorched earth on a 'White House gone rogue'

A furious GOP Senate aide fired off at Trump for ignoring the issues that matter ahead of the midterms, the conservative Daily Mail reported Friday.

"People are p— the f— off that prices are too high and things are too expensive," a senior GOP aide told the Mail. "I'm just not sure the president really cares or if he's really in tune with what's going on on Capitol Hill."

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Trump hit with stinging order for twisting national park exhibits into 'half-truths'

A federal judge in Massachusetts scorched President Donald Trump's Interior Department on Friday for orders to remove all exhibits pertaining to race, sexuality, and climate from national parks — and issued an order to reverse all of it.

U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, went into painstaking detail about the significance of the exhibits being torn down under the so-called "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" order by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.

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Trump loses last-ditch bid to keep his name on the Kennedy Center

Trump lost his last-minute effort to stop the removal of his name from the Kennedy Center, according to CNN.

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration's emergency stay request to delay the removal, CNN reported. The decision came as crews were already removing the lettering on the Kennedy Center.

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'I fear she's no longer alive': Woman missing 11 years surfaces in Epstein files

A young woman missing for nearly 11 years has resurfaced in Jeffrey Epstein's files, her name pitched to the convicted sex offender by an alleged recruiter now under investigation in France for human trafficking.

A Der Spiegel and ZDF investigation published Friday identifies the woman only as Michele — her last name withheld at her family's request — who was 22 when she walked out of her mother's home in September 2015 and never came back. Her parents only learned her name was in the Epstein documents when reporters told them.

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