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Bondi missing in action at White House as Trump amasses complaints about her: report

Donald Trump has grown increasingly dissatisfied with the performance of Attorney General Pam Bondi which is putting her future in the administration in doubt, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Monday.

The president believes Bondi is not moving quickly enough to prosecute his perceived adversaries and has failed to mitigate the Jeffrey Epstein cloud surrounding the White House. Bondi has become aware of Trump's frustration, with her spokesman stating she remains focused on executing Trump's directive to enhance public safety.

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‘The day of reckoning is coming!’ Trump hints at major ICE operation targeting blue state

President Donald Trump warned Tuesday of a coming “day of reckoning and retribution” for the Democratic-led state of Minnesota as he doubled down on support for the controversial deportation operations taking place across the North Star State.

“Do the people of Minnesota really want to live in a community in which there are thousands of already convicted murderers, drug dealers and addicts, rapists, violent released and escaped prisoners, dangerous people from foreign mental institutions and insane asylums, and other deadly criminals too dangerous to even mention?” Trump wrote Tuesday on his social media platform Truth Social.

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Trump’s 'strange choice of words' in rare interview unnerves author: 'We're in trouble'

President Donald Trump sat down with the New York Times last week for an unprecedented two-hour interview — and buried in the 23,000-word transcript was one nugget that author and radio host Bill Press flagged Tuesday as being especially troubling.

“Am I the only one surprised at President Trump’s choice of words in his interview with the New York Times last week?” Press wrote in a column published Tuesday in The Hill. “And did he get it right?”

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Disgraced GOP lawmaker lobbies Trump for pardon of pal convicted of child porn: report

A former Republican congressman who resigned after pleading guilty to misusing campaign funds for extramarital affairs with lobbyists and family spending sprees, and subsequently received a pardon from Donald Trump, is now using his remaining political influence to seek clemency for a childhood friend convicted of child sexual abuse material possession.

Ex-Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) left office after a 60-count federal indictment detailed how he and his family misappropriated campaign funds. He eventually pleaded guilty to a single count in 2018 and resigned in 2020.

According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Hunter is currently operating as a lobbyist and working to secure a presidential pardon for Raymond Liddy, who was convicted in 2020 of possessing child sexual abuse material.

Liddy, a son of notorious Watergate figure G. Gordon Liddy, previously served as a California deputy attorney general before his arrest. He was sentenced to five years' probation in federal court.

According to lobbying documents, Tommy Marquez Consulting, a government affairs firm based in Grapevine, Texas, submitted the pardon request. The filing lists Hunter as a consultant and documents efforts by Marquez and Hunter to secure Liddy's presidential pardon.

Since his conviction, Liddy has faced multiple legal violations.

According to the report, "Among the violations, records show, Liddy was arrested for drunken driving in South San Diego County in 2021. According to court records, he threatened his probation officer, called her a racial slur and repeatedly abused drugs and alcohol." The reported added, “Both Mr. Liddy and his wife, Courtney Liddy, continued calling (the officer) obscene names."

Trump backers privately admit alarm over Venezuela: 'Have we thought this through?'

The Trump administration’s attack and takeover of Venezuela this month appears on the surface to have unanimous support among Republican lawmakers – but in private, some are frustrated at getting stonewalled and have been pushing back against the administration’s lack of a clear plan, according to a report.

Lawmakers were given a classified briefing last week on the attack, as well as the administration’s plans for the country going forward. In public, Republican lawmakers have praised the administration’s efforts.

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Trump trapped in 'self-defeating fiasco' — and needs to fire aides who put him there: WSJ

The Trump administration's decision to pursue criminal charges against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell drew sharp criticism from Wall Street Journal editors, who characterized the action as "lawfare for dummies."

In an editorial, the editors described the Department of Justice's prosecution as a "self-defeating fiasco" destined to end badly if allowed to continue.

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Top DOJ leaders quit in protest as Trump official refuses to probe deadly ICE shooting

At least four senior officials have resigned from the Department of Justice in protest over the Trump administration's response to the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.

Three sources briefed on the departures told MS NOW that top leaders in the criminal section of the Civil Rights Division left their jobs to indicate their frustration that Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, decided not to investigate the ICE officer's killing of 37-year-old Renee Good.

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Trump's Iran tariff hike 'will not change' anything as country 'ready for war': analysis

An economist has suggested the sudden tariff hike Donald Trump has set on Iran and its trading partners "will not change" anything.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the US administration they are ready for war should Trump wish to "test" the lengths Iran will go to. Araghchi claimed Iran are "prepared for all options" and now control a "large and extensive military preparedness".

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Ex-GOP rep claims Trump admin are 'hoping we forget' about Epstein files release

A former Republican Party representative has suggested the staggered release of Jeffrey Epstein's files is intentional as the administration are "hoping we forget" about the release.

In November last year, the Senate agreed in a near-unanimous vote to pass the Epstein files bill, with the legislation signed off by Donald Trump, despite his initial opposition to the documents' release. Though the federal law states the majority of documents must be ready to publish by December 19, less than 1% of the files have been shared with the public.

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Jon Stewart mocks Trump for briefing slip up and warns admin has made 'tough bet'

Jon Stewart has mocked Donald Trump for a press conference slip up and has warned the administration are making a "tough bet" on the country.

The president was seen earlier this week wandering off in the middle of a press conference to admire the ongoing renovations of the White House ballroom. Trump, who had been seated between Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, would make a handful of errors in the speech. Not only did he wander off to admire the building project but he read aloud a note from Rubio which was intended to be a private comment.

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'There is a genuine fear': Analyst reveals DHS agents hesitant about deployment

Immigration agents are privately expressing hesitation about their deployments as they face growing backlash from lawmakers and civilians alike, according to a new report.

A Department of Homeland Security memo that was leaked to independent journalist Ken Klippenstein appears to show the agency calling on agents to volunteer for the surge in Minneapolis. However, agents who spoke with Klippenstein said some are hesitant because of the dangers it entails.

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'Parts of his brain aren't working': Columnist flags latest sign of Trump's mental decline

A prominent columnist flagged the latest sign that parts of President Donald Trump's brain may not work anymore during a new podcast interview.

David Rothkopf, a columnist for The Daily Beast, discussed Trump's seemingly erratic behavior over the last couple of weeks on a new episode of "The Daily Beast Podcast" on Monday. For instance, Rothkopf noted the increase in immigration agents on the streets, his threats to invade and take over Greenland, and the opening of an investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over the central bank's headquarters renovation project.

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'A lawless freefall': Ex-prosecutor chides Trump DOJ's latest troubles

A former federal prosecutor chided President Donald Trump's Department of Justice on Monday over its latest scandal.

On Monday, the Department of Justice fired Robert McBride, the second-highest-ranking prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, after he refused to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey. McBride had begun to take on a more prominent role in the office after a federal judge said the appointment of interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was illegal.

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