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Trump privately mocked Mark Zuckerberg's kids after he groveled in 2024: report

President Donald Trump privately laughed at two top tech billionaires behind their backs as they sought to curry favor with him following the 2024 race.

According to "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump" — a new book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, obtained ahead of its June 23 release by Wired — Trump spent weeks regaling associates with stories of how Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos were "kissing my a—."

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'Could barely get a word in': House rebels were bullied by Trump in expletive-filled calls

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy deployed a foul-mouthed Donald Trump to salvage his bid to remain in his leadership position at the beginning of 2023 as the “beleaguered” California Republican faced a revolt from his fractious caucus.

According to the New York Times, which obtained a copy of McCarthy aide John Leganski's book to be released next week, Trump unloaded on Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) with screaming expletives and demands after Biggs refused to budge from his anti-McCarthy stance.

"I'll never support you if you don't support Kevin!" Trump told Biggs bluntly, employing a stream of profanities to drive his point home.

According to the book, Biggs wasn't Trump's only target. The former president demanded to speak with Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), another holdout and the sole first-term lawmaker refusing to back McCarthy. Trump claimed he had "saved" Crane's congressional bid and threatened swift retaliation.

"I'll find a challenger to him so fast his head will spin," Trump reportedly shouted at Crane—punctuating the threat with more expletives.

The intimidation campaign ultimately succeeded, the Times is reporting. After McCarthy failed to secure enough votes on his initial attempts on January 6, 2023, Trump's bullying forced the holdouts to capitulate. Biggs, Crane, and other members eventually voted "present" on the 15th ballot, allowing McCarthy to become Speaker with 216 votes.

The deep divisions Trump temporarily papered over would fester and metastasize. Just 269 days later, the same band of holdouts ousted McCarthy, plunging the House into chaos, the report notes.

Leganski, who listened to Trump's fury-filled calls on speakerphone, described the experience as surreal.

"It was incredibly intense for the holdouts. They could barely get a word in. It did not surprise me that the others began to duck our calls, because I would never want to be on the receiving end of that," Leganski said.

The intimidation was so effective that two additional holdouts—Reps. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) and Bob Good (R-VA)—simply dodged McCarthy's calls entirely once word spread that Trump was making the calls.

Barack Obama shades Trump during speech at presidential center: 'There will be no kings'

Former President Barack Obama shaded President Donald Trump during his speech at the opening ceremony of his new presidential center in Chicago on Thursday.

Obama gave a brief history lesson about the founding ideals of America during the opening ceremony of The Obama Presidential Center, where he reminded the audience that the framers of the Constitution created a system that allows each generation to make American democracy better for their successors. During the speech, Obama levied a couple of not-so-subtle digs at his successor, Trump.

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'Scared me': Uncovered audio catches GOP candidate falling for fake AI video at event

A Republican Senate candidate boasted of his AI experience at a campaign event, then admitted seconds later that he was "scared" by a video that later turned out to be AI-generated.

Heartland Signal obtained audio from a March 17 event hosted by the Oakland University College Republicans. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), a former FBI agent and House Intelligence Committee chairman running for Michigan's open Senate seat, has made national security and tech experience central to his campaign.

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Anonymous official's quote reveals how badly Trump's Iran gambit backfired

An administration appointee blew off President Donald Trump as a "lazy warmonger" after his approach to the military conflict in Iran led to what that official called an inevitable defeat.

While the self-described "Peace President" has proven adept at initiating wars, even his own senior officials believe the 80-year-old lacks the sustained commitment to prosecute them with the required intensity, and they told Zeteo that left the U.S. in a bad position entering peace negotiations.

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Crowd loses it as grinning Michelle Obama trolls Trump without naming him

Former first lady Michelle Obama took a moment Thursday afternoon to troll President Donald Trump as she delivered a powerful speech during an event honoring her husband, former President Barack Obama.

Crowds poured into Chicago for the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center as part of a dedication ceremony. During a rousing speech, Michelle called her husband "unflappable" at every turn.

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Florida swamped with angry protests over 'pathetic' Trump airport name change

Officials at Palm Beach International Airport were deluged with angry comments — including a bomb threat — after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis paved the way for the facility to be renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport.

According to NOTUS reporting by David Levinthal, who obtained the airport's website comments log via a Florida Public Records Act request, airport officials faced the brunt of abuse and boycott threats from travelers furious over the renaming.

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Trump rages that massive Iran concession in his own deal is 'Dumocrat propaganda'

President Donald Trump lashed out on Truth Social, insisting there is no $300 billion U.S. payment to Iran tied to his new peace deal and blaming Democrats for the reports.

"There is no 300 Billion Dollar payment to Iran by the U.S. That's Fake News!" Trump wrote. "All there is for the U.S. is Success, Lower Oil Prices, and Victory. Check out the Stock Market. Dumocrat propaganda at play!!!"

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Trump pick's 'disqualifying' smear hurled back in her face: 'How about an apology?'

Kari Lake, President Trump's nominee for ambassador to Jamaica, refused to retract a debunked smear against a sitting Democratic U.S. senator at her confirmation hearing, insisting her claim was not wrong.

The confrontation came during Lake's appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) pressed her over a 2024 campaign claim that Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), then a House member running against Lake for Senate, was "controlled by the cartels," a charge PolitiFact rated "pants on fire."

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'I’m not fighting with the pope, Ross': Vance gets snippy in NYT interview

During an interview with one of the New York Times resident conservative columnists, Vice President JD Vance objected to the characterization that he is at war with Pope Leo XIV.

Donald Trump’s veep has indulged in a heavy media schedule this week as he promotes his book “Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,” where he describes his conversion to Catholicism at the age of 35.

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CNN snubs JD Vance by cutting him off mid-thought to cover Obama Center opening

CNN cut away from Vice President JD Vance mid-briefing Thursday to launch live coverage of the Obama Presidential Center's grand opening.

Vance was at the White House podium fielding questions about the newly signed memorandum of understanding with Iran when anchor Pamela Brown pulled the plug on the briefing.

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'Revolt': Trump's self-destructive habit threatens to blow up Senate GOP support

President Donald Trump has a habit of punishing Republicans who tell him no, and his standoff with his party's Senate majority leader may cost him the most.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, has delivered a string of unwelcome answers to the president — rejecting Trump's demands to fire the Senate parliamentarian, kill the legislative filibuster, and pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, a voter ID bill that lacks the votes to move forward.

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NBC journalists seethe as exec reportedly floats a Universal ride named for Trump

A candid admission from a high-ranking NBCUniversal executive that Comcast's multi-million dollar contribution to President Trump's ballroom project was merely the "cost of doing business" sparked outrage among journalists at a company retreat this week.

According to media watchdog Status, NBC-owned stations' news directors and NBC News investigative reporters gathered for a network training day ahead of the 2026 Investigative Reporters & Editors conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

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