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Trump tells reporter he won't give him war plans — seconds after giving him war plans

President Donald Trump insisted that he wouldn't share war plans with a reporter just a second after sharing them with the man.

During a White House event on Thursday, a reporter asked Trump about his intentions for the war in Iran.

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Hegseth caught in lie as Iran hits US jet hours after brag that 'air defenses flattened'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's claims early Thursday came under question after an American F-35 fighter jet had to make an emergency landing after coming under suspected Iranian fire during a combat mission over Iran.

Haley Britzky, CNN national security reporter, said that the incident was still under investigation but sources were saying Iranian fire had caused the fighter jet to land. This was reportedly the first known time that Iran has hit a U.S. aircraft. The pilot was reportedly in stable condition and the aircraft landed safely.

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Stephen Miller's war boast dies a quick death: 'Does he really believe we're buying that?'

Stephen Miller’s Wednesday Night Fox News appearance boast on how well the Iran war was on the receiving end of a great deal of both mockery and fact-checking moments after a clip was posted on social media.

Appearing with Fox News personality Laura Ingraham, the high-ranking Trump advisor insisted, “The United States has achieved its objectives even faster than anybody thought possible,” before adding, “President Trump was aware of and has calculated through every permutation and every degree of strategy ... by far the most overwhelming victory based on the objectives.”

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Tulsi Gabbard refuses to support Trump's Iran war during Congress grilling

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declined to say that President Donald Trump's war in Iran was legal or constitutional.

During a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) reminded Gabbard of her 2020 remarks about Trump's strikes against Iran's leadership.

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TSA agents sell their blood for gas to get to work — where Trump isn't paying them

The financial situation among some Transportation Security Administration employees has become so dire that they are selling their blood to afford to get to work — where President Donald Trump has been forcing them to go unpaid during the ongoing government shutdown, according to a report.

The partial shutdown amid a Department of Homeland Security spending stalemate has entered its second month, and has pushed 50,000 TSA workers to continue working without paychecks, The Daily Beast reported. It's also the third time in the last year that the TSA employees have had to work without pay during a government shutdown.

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'Take one less trip to Starbucks': GOP candidate's tone-deaf advice to 'help war effort'

Michele Tafoya, a conservative political consultant running for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota, argued that Americans should buy less coffee if they are concerned about the price of gas during President Donald Trump's war in Iran.

During an interview this week, conservative radio host Todd Starnes asked Tafoya about Minnesota voters' concerns.

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Maga media forces Hegseth to walk tightrope over surprise Israel attack

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was forced to walk a tightrope lest he alienate the only military ally he has in the war on Iran — and he was put in that spot Thursday by a MAGA media reporter.

Late Wednesday night, President Donald Trump was less than diplomatic when he criticized Israel on Truth Social over a new front in the Middle Eastern war.

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'I'm thinking': Tulsi Gabbard falls into awkward silence over Iran war objectives

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) was met with silence when he asked Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard about the objectives of the war with Iran.

During a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday, Castro noted that Israel had struck Iran's energy infrastructure despite President Donald Trump telling the country not to.

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Cult expert flags 'loyalty oath' Trump's devised specifically to humiliate inner circle

Donald Trump's seemingly quirky obsession with gifting ill-fitting shoes to his Cabinet members is far more sinister than it appears— a calculated ritual of humiliation designed to reinforce authoritarian control over his inner circle, according to analysts who study cult psychology and authoritarian tactics.

Columnist Chauncey DeVega, writing for Salon, argues that Trump's habit of distributing $145 Florsheim leather Oxfords to favored advisers functions as a "loyalty oath" embedded within a larger pattern of public degradation and dominance.

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'Filled with lies': NY Times issues no-holds-barred takedown of 'odious' Trump insult

The New York Times called out President Donald Trump's administration for fomenting anti-Muslim hatred.

Trump's White House holds itself up as a champion of religious freedom — "I’ve done more for religion than any other president," Trump recently boasted at the National Prayer Breakfast — but the Times' editorial board chided him and his Republican allies for their open hostility toward Islam.

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Vance hints to allies he may skip presidential run in 2028: report

Vice President JD Vance is caught in a political vise as his isolationist principles collide with the Donald Trump administration's expanding war in Iran — and sources now suggest he may bow out of the 2028 presidential race entirely.

According to the Washington Post, Vance's assumed status as heir to the MAGA crown is increasingly uncertain. Questions are already swirling about whether Trump will back Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio for the nomination, with the Iran conflict threatening to complicate the political positioning.

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Nancy Mace launches renegade Middle East mission — and the White House is seething

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is once again thumbing her nose at the Trump administration, this time by mounting her own freelance rescue operation for Americans stranded in the Middle East — a move that's infuriating White House officials trying to control the Iran war narrative.

According to the Guardian, Trump administration officials are seething over Mace's decision to travel to the region and conduct unauthorized evacuation missions, directly undermining State Department coordination efforts.

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Epstein email appears to expose Trump lie as Dem shares unredacted version on House floor

An unredacted email appears to reveal testimony that contradicts President Donald Trump's longstanding narrative about Jeffrey Epstein's relationship to Mar-a-Lago. The 2009 correspondence from Epstein's attorney Jack Goldberger was substantially redacted in the Justice Department's initial Epstein files release.

Representative Dan Goldman displayed the complete email on the House floor Wednesday, exposing its contents. The correspondence documents a telephone conference involving Trump, his attorney Alan Garten, and a person presumed to be Brad Edwards, representing Epstein's victims.

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