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Trump foe challenges 'completely outdated' Senate Dems: report

Former Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has brought a different approach to dealing with Republicans and Donald Trump since he was elected to a Senate seat in 2024 representing the state despite being warned things run differently there.

According to a report from Politico's Hailey Fuchs, the California Democrat has brought a more confrontational style to the Senate floor, reflecting his over twenty years in the rough-and-tumble House, that has shaken up the Democratic leadership.

The report notes that Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) notably advised new Senators to "dump the House" upon their arrival but, Schiff, having abandoned a senior leadership in the other chamber, is playing by a different set of rules.

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The freshman senator admitted, "I did arrive very intent on being seen and not heard, and I think frankly, if it had been a Harris presidency, I would have continued to be seen and not heard. But given that every day is a new crisis, none of us can afford to be seen and not heard.”

Case in point, the report notes was his grilling of now-FBI Director Kash Patel during his Senate confirmation hearing where he pressed whether Patel "... was 'proud' of his alleged involvement in fundraising off a musical recording from a group of rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He asked Patel to turn and face the Capitol Police officers in the hearing room whose force defended the building against the violent siege."

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) applauded the new "enthusiasm" Schiff has brought to the Senate, saying Democrats "should have been tougher" on Trump's appointees.

As for Schiff, he "said he and his fellow freshmen won’t be 'wallflowers,' and called old traditions about new senators waiting months for their first major speech on the chamber floor 'completely outdated.'"

Retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) gave a nod of approval to the California senator's change of pace, admitting, "He’s in a unique position bridging the experience you had in the House of Representatives with this administration and now your responsibility here in the United States Senate.”

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'She says she's not qualified': Karoline Leavitt reportedly doubts readiness for new role

Steve Bannon, the right-wing podcaster and former adviser to President Donald Trump during his first term, made a bold prediction for Politico about the future of the current White House press secretary.

“After she’s spokesman for a year or two, I think she’s going to get a Cabinet position. Maybe chief of staff,” Bannon told correspondent Adam Wren for his extensive profile on Leavitt.

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'ICE backs down': Trump admin reportedly 'reversed course' on major immigration issue

The Trump administration suddenly backed down on its effort to revoke the visas of thousands of foreign students, according to reports.

The administration announced Friday in court that it would return the students to active status after terminating their records in a federal database earlier this month, reported WUSA-TV.

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'Not good for anybody': How Walmart's self-made CEO confronted Trump in White House

Doug McMillon, the CEO of Walmart, reportedly told President Donald Trump -- alongside other business leaders who met the president in the Oval Office on Monday -- that his tariff policy is "not good for anybody."

According to a report published in The Daily Beast on Friday, McMillon and the other CEOs reportedly warned Trump that "he was creating a situation that would not be good for anybody."

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'Presidencies rocked by events': Conservative flags unlikely source of Trump problems

Reacting to Donald Trump's plunging approval numbers reported by Fox News earlier in the week, National Review editor-in-chief Rich Lowry suggested the embattled president need only look in the mirror if he's looking for the culprit who is crippling his administration.

In a column on Friday for the conservative NRO, Lowry took a dark view of Trump's disruptive trade war which, he claimed, has led to an "economic dislocation" that appears to be the main administration misstep that has turned voters against him.

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Trump goes mum on 'Armenian genocide' after Biden recognition

US President Donald Trump on Thursday steered clear of describing the Ottoman Empire's World War I-era mass killings of Armenians as "genocide," a reversal from his predecessor Joe Biden.

Turkey, whose leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has forged close ties with Trump, has long denied genocide and angrily sought to block any international use of the term.

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Trump claims China's Xi called him on tariffs

US President Donald Trump has insisted Chinese leader Xi Jinping called him despite Beijing denials of any contact between the two countries over their bitter trade dispute.

In an interview conducted on April 22 with TIME Magazine and published Friday, the US president did not say when the call took place or specify what was discussed.

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Trump heads to pope funeral in first foreign trip of new term

US President Donald Trump headed to Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis, the unexpected first foreign trip of his second term in which he will face foreign leaders including Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

Trump had a distant relationship with the late pontiff who did not hesitate to criticize him sharply on his signature policy of mass deportations of migrants.

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'Research is basically halted': Report claims first responder safety cut by Trump admin

Safety for first responders is paramount at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Which is why its employees, and the first responders who rely on their research and data, are shocked by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s cuts, according to a new POLITICO report.

“[The research has] all been put on pause,” Hannah Echt, a union steward at NIOSH, told the outlet. “We haven’t been able to travel since the end of January, and now… there’s no one to do the traveling.”

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'He is in the ditch': Conservative Rick Wilson in awe of Trump's 'systemic collapse'

“America is pissed,” Rick Wilson said in his latest “elephant in the room” segment.

The conservative went through the latest polling numbers, calling them “a systemic collapse happening across every public and private poll.”

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'Willing to attack': CNN reporter highlights 'key moment' from Trump interview

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. may have to "attack" Iran's nuclear sites to prevent the Islamic Republic from building a nuclear weapon, according to a new report in TIME.

CNN's Alayna Treene discussed TIME's interview on Friday's Situation Room.

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FBI arrests judge accused of helping immigrant avoid ICE agents

Federal agents arrested a Wisconsin judge accused of trying to help an undocumented migrant avoid arrest.

Last week, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican immigrant accused of misdemeanor battery, and he then appeared April 18 before Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who FBI director Kash Patel alleged improperly aided the 30-year-old defendant, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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'Down he goes!' Data analyst finds Trump 'failing the audition' in his first 100 days

President Donald Trump is approaching his 100th day in office, and CNN's Harry Enten said polling shows he's "failing" his audition so far.

The president entered office with a slightly positive approval rating, but those numbers have steadily drooped through the first three months of his second term in the White House.

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