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Shocking photo shows Trump apparently asleep at 9/11 ceremony

President Donald Trump closed his eyes and dipped his head during the Pentagon ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

A Reuters photograph taken Friday morning showed the president seated before an American flag. His eyes were shut, and his chin was lowered toward his chest.

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Determined 9/11 widow puts Trump on the spot over ‘betrayal’ of victims’ families

A prominent advocate for 9/11 victims issued a brutal condemnation of successive U.S. administrations for their “betrayal” of victims’ families, and suggested the Trump administration to be no exception.

“My husband, Tom Strada, you are missed more with each year that passes, but how can it be 25 years and still, we have no justice for the role that Saudi Arabia played in your murder?” said Terry Strada during an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11 in New York City.

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Profane flight-path signs to greet Trump as he approaches Ireland: 'Great big unwelcome'

An attempt to shield President Donald Trump from protests in Ireland has likely failed after a Co. Clare family painted a profane message across the field behind their house, directly under the flight path he will use on Saturday.

The woman behind the sign, who was not named, described the project on Today FM's Ray Foley Show, saying the field sits beneath the approach to the main runway at Shannon Airport.

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Irish cops threaten not to show for Trump visit: 'Nothing short of a shambles'

Irish police officers are threatening not to show up for duty when President Donald Trump arrives needing protection, according to a new report.

Rank-and-file gardaí are fuming after being told to foot the bill for their own accommodation, with the Garda Representative Association warning officers left badly out of pocket were feeling “used and abused," reported the Irish Mirror this week.

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'I just laughed': GOP opposition mounts to Trump's $1.3 trillion giveaway plan

President Donald Trump this week promised Americans two separate rounds of government checks — neither approved by Congress — and both drawing open scorn from his party.

Trump drew instant contempt from Republicans this week when he claimed the government would send $5,000 to every adult citizen should the GOP maintain control of the House and the Senate in November, according to a new report.

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MAGA faith leaders give telling response to 'unsettling' divine Trump video: report

A bizarre RNC midterm convention video depicting President Donald Trump as a divine figure left countless critics disturbed — but when pressed for comment, pro-Trump pastors and faith leaders gave a telling response, Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng reported.

The roughly two-and-a-half-minute-long video features a montage of clips of the president as a narrator claims that “God gave us Trump” to fill the role of Earth’s “caretaker.” Suebsaeng, who was reporting from the event, said the entire convention left him troubled, but the video struck him as especially “unsettling.”

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Trump campaign begs for cash on questionable $5K-check promise

President Donald Trump's campaign is already trying to squeeze cash out of followers on the questionable promise of a $5,000 check, according to a new report.

A Never Surrender, Inc. email landed in supporters' inboxes with the subject line "IF WE WIN, HOW MIGHT A DIVIDEND CHECK BE WRITTEN OUT TO YOU?" the liberal Meidas Touch network reported Friday morning.

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'Gripped by the terror of death': Macabre theory floated for Trump's 'Jonestown' antics

President Donald Trump seems to want to drag the United States down with him once he shuffles off this mortal coil, according to a historian.

The 80-year-old president issued dark warnings at this week's GOP midterm convention about the nation's future if Republicans lost the November elections, and he even asked his followers to pledge to cheat if necessary or risk hellfire, and politics and history professor Alan Elrod published a column for Liberal Currents offered a disturbing theory about his plans.

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Trump's $500-rebate 'gimmick' ripped by fuming critics: 'Scam' to distract

President Donald Trump said Thursday that his administration would issue $500 rebate checks to some Americans who were purportedly “overcharged” under the Affordable Care Act, a move that would provide little to no relief to the millions of people impacted by surging health insurance premiums.

The White House said in a fact sheet that around a million Americans in 30 states would receive rebate checks, beginning next month—just weeks before the November midterms. Brad Woodhouse, president of the advocacy group Protect Our Care, ripped the rebate plan as “an absolute joke,” calling $500 “a drop in the bucket compared to what Americans are paying because Trump and Republicans gutted healthcare to bankroll massive tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.”

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Camera catches Ken Paxton's raw reaction to Trump's mockery of his looks

President Trump once again mocked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's looks at the GOP's midterm convention this week, and this time cameras caught the Senate hopeful's pained, fixed smile as the joke landed.

Trump revisited the bit during his second Dallas speech, noted The Daily Beast on Friday, teasing that his own staff had begged him not to repeat comments he'd made the night before about Paxton's appearance.

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'Can't beat the cult allegations': Shock as Trump leads followers in self-centered pledge

President Donald Trump alarmed onlookers by leading his followers at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas in a pledge to himself.

The 80-year-old president centered himself throughout the two-night event meant to goose GOP turnout for the November elections, and he commanded the audience Thursday night to make a pledge or risk literal hellfire.

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Trump imperils 'US-led order' worldwide with single 'incredible' snub: analysts

President Donald Trump’s recent refusal to provide military support to a major U.S. ally marked a turning point for the post-World War II era, geopolitical analyst Brandon Weichert argued on Friday, one in which the United States no longer leads as the world’s top superpower.

As the United States continues to wage war against Iran, Yemen’s Houthis made significant gains in their efforts to control the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a major chokepoint for global shipping alongside the Strait of Hormuz. Amid the Houthis’ advances, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia repeatedly called Trump on Thursday with pleas for military assistance.

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Talarico delivers whopper to Jimmy Kimmel in video 'FCC doesn't want you to see'

Texas state Rep. James Talarico told late night host Jimmy Kimmel he's grateful to President Donald Trump in an interview the president's Federal Communications Commission refused to let air on television.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" published the interview with Talarico, the Democrat running for Senate against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, on YouTube instead, just before midnight on Thursday.

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