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MAGA ex-Fox News host stunned into silence by 'The View' host's fiery response

Joy Behar stopped guest host Abby Huntsman in her tracks on Wednesday during a fiery moment on "The View."

The former Fox News host suggested that President Donald Trump had done a good thing by initiating military strikes against Iran and escalating the war in the Middle East, The Daily Beast reported. After a series of comments, Behar started to push back on Huntsman's claims.

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Sean Duffy's daughter: Single women 'vote poorly' without 'the security of a male'

Evita Duffy, the daughter of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, argued that unmarried women "vote very, very poorly" without "the security of a male."

During a Wednesday interview on Real America's Voice, Evita Duffy reacted to polling that showed President Donald Trump had dropped 20 points among men since the 2024 election.

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'Disgrace!' White House lashes out at defecting Trump official's 'laughable' claim

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was irritated on Wednesday after a reporter mentioned Joe Kent — the top Trump intelligence official who resigned after claiming President Donald Trump changed his story on the Iran war.

Leavitt was responding to a reporter's question during a White House press briefing and had a sharp reaction to the comments from Kent, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center and close MAGA ally who stepped down last week from his role. Kent has said that Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation" and that the president acted under "pressure from Israel."

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Americans ‘aren’t buying’ Trump’s spin on chaotic government funding lapse: analysis

Despite President Donald Trump having persistently placed the blame on Democrats for the ongoing and widespread chaos seen at airports nationwide, Americans “aren’t buying” the president’s claims, an analysis published Wednesday in Zeteo found.

While most of the federal government remains funded, the Department of Homeland Security has been in a funding lapse since February after Democratic lawmakers refused to allocate money toward the agency without major reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As a result, staffing shortages at airports have worsened, leading to long lines for travelers nationwide.

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TSA staffing collapse threatens to destroy crown jewel in Trump's year

The Transportation Security Administration staffing crisis has hit a point that could impact one of the biggest events in President Donald Trump's year: the FIFA World Cup.

Ha Nguyen McNeill, the acting TSA administrator, said during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday that more than 480 TSA workers have quit since the DHS shutdown started 39 days ago, Politico reported. She cited workers who sleep in their cars, sell their own blood or plasma, or take on second jobs to try and make ends meet while the government shutdown has left them unpaid.

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Melania Trump proposes resurrecting 'Plato' as 'humanoid' robot — to replace teachers

First Lady Melania Trump floated the idea of recreating ancient Greek philosopher Plato as a "humanoid" robot to teach the nation's children.

At an event titled "Melania Trump's Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit at the White House" on Wednesday, the first lady was seen entering the room with an android similar to Elon Musk's Optimus robot.

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Trump brags ICE is using its 'larger and harder muscles' —  to clean airports

President Donald Trump sought to boost the morale of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents by praising their "larger and harder muscles" in a social media post.

Following their deployment to airports to "help" TSA agents, Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday to say he was "so proud of our ICE Patriots!"

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GOP leader tries to laugh off major Mar-a-Lago bruising — with claim that shuns evidence

A shock victory in a Florida election is being seen as a massive blow to the Republican Party ahead of the midterms — but a leading Republican is shrugging it off.

In fact, Majority Leader of the House of Representatives Steve Scalise bucked widely held beliefs — and claimed his party will be flipping seats in December.

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Trump has already set a 'dismal' scene for his replacement in the White House: analysis

The next president of the United States is headed for a dismal term thanks to the mess Trump has made, a political analyst has claimed.

Trump constitutionally has to leave office on January 20, 2029, but recent decisions made by the president and his administration — particularly regarding the war with Iran — will linger for years to come, according to G. Elliott Morris. The political analyst noted that it would be a tough task for any future president, irrespective of the party in power come 2029.

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'Should be lawyering up': Ex- aide warns Trump his 'jaw-dropping' week will haunt him

Security expert and former Trump administration official Miles Taylor issued his former boss a piece of advice on Wednesday following “an explosion of corruption allegations” hurled against the president and his administration in just the past few days: “They should be lawyering up.”

“For an administration that likes to throw around the word ‘treason,’ it sure seems like they’re becoming intimately familiar with the definition,” Taylor wrote in an analysis published Wednesday on his Substack, Defiance News.

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Trump's midterm 'panic' threatens to spell the end for Stephen Miller: analyst

Donald Trump could make a major administration change ahead of the midterms to ease voter woes, an analyst has claimed.

Stephen Miller's hard line on immigration policy is considered unsettling for voters, according to an internal document seen by The Wall Street Journal and noted by analyst Greg Sargent. The New Republic columnist suggested the president may have been swayed by Chief of Staff Susie Wiles to soften the admin's stance.

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Mike Lindell found in contempt of court for refusing to pay voting machine company

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols held MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in civil contempt of court after he claimed an "inability to pay" voting machine company Smartmatic sanctions over frivolous claims about the 2020 presidential election.

In February, Smartmatic asked Nichols to sanction Lindell after he declined to pay $56,639 for over a year, despite the judge ordering him to.

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Trump's airport move just laid bare a massive MAGA lie: columnist

After months of saying that ICE agents need to wear masks so they don't get doxxed, President Donald Trump said this week that they should not wear masks while working at airports.

In an MS NOW opinion piece from Jarvis DeBerry, the opinion editor described how Trump had reversed his initial stance on masks, and noted the hypocrisy of this move considering that law enforcement officers across America go to work daily with their names on their chests and faces visible.

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