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'Reconsider this': Trump voter begs president as tariffs 'crush' daughter's business

A voter who supported Donald Trump in the presidential election begged the White House to end its tariff policy because his daughter's business was being "crushed."

Holly Eve told the Economic Times that she may have to close her California-based deodorant business after tariffs raised the prices on necessary components.

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Appeals court tosses massive fraud penalty against Trump

An appeals court tossed out the massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump nearly a year after he challenged the ruling.

A five-judge panel in New York’s mid-level Appellate Division ruled the $355 million penalty imposed by Judge Arthur Engoron, which would have ballooned to $515 million with interest, was "excessive," and threw out the verdict, reported the Associated Press.

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'Resignations seem likely': Economist predicts investigation of Trump's $600 billion fail

President Donald Trump's administration has published the terms of the trade deal with the European Union, but some of the promises Trump claimed were coming didn't materialize after all, according to one economics expert.

University of Michigan economics and public policy professor Justin Wolfers wrote on X that after perusing the deal, he discovered Trump's promise of $600 billion being sent to the U.S. from the E.U. isn't on the list.

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'There is no chance of winning!' Trump makes grim declaration about Russia's Ukraine war

President Donald Trump fired off at former President Joe Biden Thursday for his handling of the Russo-Ukraine War, alleging that Biden “would not let Ukraine fight back, only defend,” despite history saying otherwise.

“Crooked and grossly incompetent Joe Biden would not let Ukraine fight back, only defend,” Trump wrote in an online post on his social media platform Truth Social. “How did that work out? Regardless, this is a war that would have never happened if I were president — zero chance. Interesting times ahead!”

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'Very strange': Lawmaker flags most 'revealing' part of Trump's 'hot mic moment'

A Democratic lawmaker revealed her concerns about a comment by President Donald Trump about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The U.S. president's whispered comments to French President Emmanuel Macron earlier this week were unwittingly picked up on a nearby microphone, and Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) told "CNN News Central" what worried her about Trump saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin would agree to end his invasion of Ukraine to hand him a victory – "as crazy as it sounds."

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MAGA reaches 'end of the road' with South Park after new episode torches Trump DC takeover

The latest episode of South Park lampooned President Donald Trump’s ongoing takeover of Washington, D.C. Wednesday night, and some conservative critics say they’ve reached the “end of the road” with the show as MAGA outrage floods online.

“Is this really the best you could come up with?” wrote X user “WokePeopleTakingLs” Wednesday night in response to the episode, a self-described Republican who describes “leftists” as “vile disgusting creatures.”

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'So many questions': Legal expert baffled by 'important movement' in Epstein-Trump case

The Department of Justice went 0-for-3 in requests to release grand jury testimony and evidence in the Jeffrey Epstein case, and a legal expert explained what could come next as the public clamors for more information about the notorious sex offender's crimes.

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the DOJ's efforts to unseal the transcripts and exhibits, finding the government itself was the “logical party” to release the files and describing its motion as a "diversion," and CNN legal analyst Elie Honig analyzed the court decision.

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Trump lobs new threat at Colorado authorities: 'I am going to take harsh measures!!!'

Taking bullying of states to a new level, Donald Trump threatened Colorado with “harsh measures” unless they free former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters who was sentenced to nine years in prison for her part in election tampering in 2021.

Peters was swept up in investigation after the 2020 presidential election that Trump lost, and was sentenced to prison by District Judge Matthew Barrett on state charges, putting her beyond the president’s reach for a pardon.

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JD Vance's 'sounding crazy' diatribe on Fox News blows up in his face

JD Vance’s attempt to push back at the social media war that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is waging, during a Fox News interview, got a swift beatdown on MSNBC on Wednesday morning as the hosts reminded Donald Trump’s vice president of similar comments he made about the president before becoming his running mate.

After the co-hosts laughed wildly at a selection of memes coming out of Newsom’s communication team that have taken social media by storm, and left Trump’s White House sputtering, a Fox News clip of Vance –– mocked by Newsom as "Just Dancing" –– was shown where he accused the California governor of “sounding crazy.”

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'More difficult than anticipated': Trump reportedly backing off signature campaign promise

President Donald Trump is handing off responsibility for one of his signature campaign promises.

The U.S. president will leave Russian and Ukrainian officials to organize a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss an end to hostilities without taking a direct role himself, reported The Guardian, citing officials familiar with the situation.

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'Republicans are gonna get burned': Redistricting expert says new GOP ploy will backfire

Republicans’ latest ploy to strengthen their hand heading into the 2026 midterm elections is poised to backfire tremendously, one redistricting expert argued Thursday on CNN.

At the behest of President Donald Trump, Texas Republicans are currently working to arbitrarily redraw the state’s congressional district map to give the GOP five more House seats in Congress. The Texas House voted to adopt a gerrymandered map on Wednesday, with the Texas Senate expected to vote on the plan later on Thursday.

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Ex-prosecutor raises huge red flag over Trump move that 'might not seem like a big deal'

Of all the things Donald Trump is doing, there is one that isn't getting as much attention, but should be, according to a former prosecutor.

Ex-federal prosecutor Joyce Vance wrote a piece on Substack called Investigating the Police, in which she covers the recent news that Trump's DOJ is investigating whether the D.C. Police Department manipulated data to make crime rates appear lower, a move the legal expert called as "performative as sending battleships to fight a cartel."

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'I think we call that a confession': MSNBC pounces on Texas Republican's redistrict claim

A comment made by a hectoring Republican lawmaker as a justification for redistricting the state drew the attention of a panel on MSNBC on Thursday morning.

Hours after the Texas legislature shoved through their plan to set themselves up for flipping a projected five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterms, the co-hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” shared a clip of State Rep. Todd Hunter (R), who represents Nueces County, lecturing Democrats who objected to the power play ordered by Donald Trump.

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