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Trump now facing 'lose-lose' situation on massive campaign pledge: analyst

President Donald Trump is stuck in an immigration enforcement nightmare with no good options in sight, according to a political analyst.

Anti-ICE protests are escalating, with protesters even storming a Minnesota church service over a pastor's alleged ICE connections, while activists elsewhere attacked a conservative influencer and blocked the arrest of a suspected child predator. The administration is not amused, noted Rachel Bade, author of The Inner Circle newsletter. And Trump faces a "lose-lose situation" when it comes to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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World leaders 'squirming' over Trump's new shakedown: insiders

World leaders were reportedly anxious after President Donald Trump's demand for his proposed "Board of Peace for Gaza" signing ceremony ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, according to reports Monday.

The clock was ticking as the international community was pressured to decide on accepting Trump's membership for $1 billion as insiders revealed confusion over the president's invitation and push, according to a Bloomberg report. Trump sent out the invite over the weekend and has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarus's autocratic leader, Alexander Lukashenko, among others, to join.

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Bishop declares war on Trump admin with fiery MLK Day speech: 'We shall get through this!'

Bishop William Barber vowed to "overcome" the Trump administration in his Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech in New York City.

During his MLK Day speech on Monday, Barber tied the fight against Trump to the song "We Shall Overcome."

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Massive anti-Trump walkout planned for 1-year anniversary: 'We will be ungovernable!'

Trump resistance protesters have planned to pivot to disruption — signaling a major change in the movement, according to a report Monday.

A "Free America" walkout slated for Tuesday has anticipated tens of thousands to participate on the day of President Donald Trump's one-year anniversary of his inauguration, according to a new Axios report.

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Trump admin hit with damning new poll on Epstein files

Damning new polling revealed Monday that the vast majority of the country believes the federal government is deliberately withholding explosive information about the Jeffrey Epstein case.

The CNN/SSRS survey found a whopping two-thirds of Americans believe Washington is intentionally sitting on files that should see the light of day. Just16% believe the government is actually trying to release everything.

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Trump fights judge's order banning violent retaliation by ICE agents

President Donald Trump's administration has appealed a federal court order that protects protesters in Minneapolis from some of the most controversial and heavy-handed crackdown tactics being used by federal agents.

The motion, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, notifies the judge that the administration will seek relief from the Eighth Circuit, an appellate division almost entirely consisting of Republican-appointed jurists.

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Leading economist teaches Europe how to cripple Trump

The leading French economist Gabriel Zucman is urging European governments to inflict financial pain on American billionaires in response to US President Donald Trump’s effort to seize control of Greenland, a mineral-rich island that some of Trump’s rich campaign donors see as a potentially massive profit opportunity.

“Europe should respond to Trump’s blackmail with targeted measures aimed not at American consumers, but at American billionaires,” Zucman wrote in a post on his Substack. “Access to the European market—by billionaires and the companies they own—should be made conditional on paying a wealth tax: in effect, a tariff for oligarchs. If Elon Musk, for example, wants to keep selling Teslas in Europe, he should have to pay it. If he refuses, Tesla would lose access to the European market.”Zucman outlined his proposal after Trump threatened over the weekend to hit France, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland with tariffs up to 25% if they don’t drop their opposition to the US president’s demand for “the complete and total purchase of Greenland,” an autonomous territory of Denmark.

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Trump hit by new allegations of blatant corruption: 'He just doesn’t seem to care'

Questions have mounted over whether President Donald Trump has sold off pardons in exchange for donations to his MAGA allies.

The controversy surrounding these presidential pardons has "just got louder," wrote Steve Benen, producer of “The Rachel Maddow Show” and editor of MaddowBlog, in an analysis published Monday.

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'Morale is in the toilet' as embattled Trump appointee skips going to work: report

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer faces mounting allegations of misconduct while her department operates largely without her showing up for work, according to The Washington Post.

In addition to ongoing investigations into allegations of an affair with a staffer and drinking on the job, new reports describe alcohol stored in her office and attendance at strip clubs with staff members. The Post reported that insiders claim Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling effectively runs the Labor Department.

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Trump admin plans to put nuclear plant on the moon

The Trump administration has been quietly expediting plans to put a nuclear plant on the moon in a geopolitical race with China and Russia to control the future of space.

NASA has awarded contracts to three companies to develop small nuclear reactors that could supply power in space by 2030, according to Politico which published a list of "under-the-radar developments" during President Donald Trump's first year in office during his second term.

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'Maniacal' Trump’s Norway note proves he 'genuinely lives in different reality': Historian

President Donald Trump sent shockwaves across the globe Monday morning after the text of a letter he’d sent Norway’s prime minister was made public, leading historian Anne Applebaum to conclude that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality” — and demanding GOP lawmakers step in before it’s too late.

Described by Applebaum as being filled with “childish grammar, strange capitalizations" and a “loose grasp of history,” the letter includes an open threat from Trump that his administration would continue to pursue acquiring Greenland, a goal that the president suggested was motivated, in part, by not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize last year.

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Dick Cheney's doctor demands congressional inquiry into Trump's mental fitness

The doctor who formerly treated Dick Cheney, longtime cardiologist Dr. Jonathan Reiner, called on Congress to launch an investigation into President Donald Trump's mental health over his obsession with owning Greenland.

In a recent letter, Trump linked his quest for Greenland to a failure to secure the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Trump has plan for instant strike back if Supreme Court rules against him: report

President Donald Trump has a plan for an instant strike back if the Supreme Court rules against his tariffs, according to a report Monday.

In an interview with The New York Times, the United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer — Trump's top trade negotiator — revealed that the president intends to impose tariffs no matter what. And even if the high court's ruling does not favor his current trade policies, he has readied actions to put levies in place to replace them "almost immediately."

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