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Trump-voting C-SPAN caller throws away MAGA hat: 'I apologize to all of America'

One of President Donald Trump's former supporters apologized to America for his vote and said that he had gotten rid of his MAGA gear.

During Thursday's Washington Journal program on C-SPAN, a caller named Robert appeared to regret his vote for the president.

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White House in a panic that gas is about to pass $5: report

Trump administration officials once called high gas prices the Biden administration's "Achilles' heel" — but now it appears that could have come back to haunt them, according to a new Reuters report on Thursday.

The political and economic backlash over the Iran war has left the White House struggling to address the skyrocketing price of oil as the prospect of a quick end to the military operation looks increasingly unlikely, three Trump administration insiders familiar with the conversations told Reuters.

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Nervous GOP lawmakers cringing at midterm 'MAGA Majority' campaign blitz: report

Republican lawmakers already bracing for a potential midterm election wipeout are now facing a crisis within their own party: the National Republican Congressional Committee's decision to center its campaign around Trump and the MAGA movement is terrifying vulnerable GOP candidates who fear the strategy will make their grip on their seats even more tenuous.

According to NBC News, numerous Republican candidates in competitive districts are actively avoiding Trump or featuring him prominently in their advertising — a stark sign that the president has become a political liability in swing districts.

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'What else do you got?' JD Vance scrambles as he's put on the spot over fraud claims

News Center Maine reporter Phil Hirschkorn called out Vice President JD Vance after he claimed the state was the third-worst in the country for fraud.

Following a speech on fraud in Bangor, Hirschkorn directly asked the vice president about some of his claims.

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Todd Blanche was ordered to recuse from Trump cases — before becoming DOJ head: CNN report

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was urged by the top Justice Department ethics lawyer to recuse himself from any legal cases connected to his former client, President Donald Trump, according to a new CNN report on Thursday.

Just after Blanche took on the role of deputy attorney general in March 2025, Joseph Tirrell gave Blanche and Emil Bove, his then top-deputy, "a printed PowerPoint presentation on ethics," a former senior DOJ ethics official told CNN.

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'Offering Trump a bribe': Outrage as DOJ drops charges after billionaire's cash promise

The Department of Justice is dropping Biden-era bribery charges against an Indian billionaire after he hired one of President Donald Trump's personal lawyers.

Gautam Adani was indicted weeks before the end of Joe Biden's presidency for his alleged role in what prosecutors described as an “elaborate” bribery scheme involving “corruption and fraud at the expense of U.S. investors."

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Former U.S. attorney hands Dems what they need to corner Lutnick on Epstein

Democrats hoping to get Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to come clean about his personal and financial friendship with convicted felon Jeffrey Epstein got a helping hand from former US Attorney Joyce Vance.

Appearing on MS NOW with host Erielle Reshef on Thursday, Vance was asked about the pursuit of truth from Lutnick by Democrats that has been stifled by the Republican majorities in both chambers of Congress.

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'It's just time': Trump's Border Patrol chief resigns amid sex worker allegations

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks announced his resignation Wednesday, effective immediately, in an exclusive interview with Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin — offering a rosy self-assessment that critics say glosses conveniently over a deeply troubled chapter in the agency's recent history.

"It's just time," Banks told Melugin. "I feel like I got the ship back on course. From the least secure, disastrous, chaotic border to the most secure border this country has ever seen. Time to pass the reins, 37 years is time to enjoy the family and life."

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'How is this real?' Hegseth pilloried for bizarre cartoon asking for $1.5 trillion

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced backlash after he shared an animated video arguing that the Pentagon needed a massive $1.5 trillion for war preparations.

In a social media post on Thursday, Hegseth called the funds a "GENERATIONAL DOWN PAYMENT on America's national defense."

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China leader's 'striking' slight to Trump in opening remarks singled out by diplomat

Former Ambassador Michael McFaul made a point of noting that President Donald Trump lavished extensive personal praise on Chinese President Xi Jinping, but Jinping did not return the favor.

During an appearance on MS NOW Thursday, the former ambassador to Russia told anchor Erielle Reshef there was a striking difference between the two leaders' opening remarks that can only be interpreted as the fact that China has the upper hand in the historic meeting.

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Black Louisianan calls MAGA 'the last breath of the Confederacy' at fiery hearing

A Louisiana man said during a state Senate redistricting hearing that MAGA was "the last breath of the Confederacy."

In an emotional speech on Monday, the resident who identified himself as Marshawn said he had "zero doubt" that Republicans in the state would pass a map that erased majority-Black districts.

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'Oh my God!' Trump official yelled at to 'stop talking about Biden' in Senate hearing

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) became frustrated with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner for discussing former President Joe Biden rather than President Donald Trump's record.

During a Thursday Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Turner noted that there were 770,000 people homeless at one point under the Biden administration.

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Trump's $10 billion IRS settlement talks reveal Trump's huge fear: analyst

President Donald Trump has revealed what he fears most with his controversial bid to sue his own IRS for $10 billion — a move political observers have warned is equivalent to simply looting money from the government, according to an analyst.

Trump filed the suit claiming that the IRS had failed to secure his personal and confidential information, leading to leaks of his tax returns, which he had promised he would reveal when he was on the campaign trail in 2016 but never did.

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