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'Cowardice': Justice Samuel Alito under fire for 'acrobatics' in his latest opinion

A legal expert shredded Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's "acrobatics" from his latest opinion in a major voting rights case during a new interview with Slate.

Janai Nelson, who argued on behalf of Louisiana voters in Louisiana v. Callais, told Slate staff writer Dahlia Lithwick in an interview that the Supreme Court's decision in the case was "catastrophic." The court decided that Louisiana's election map, which had been challenged by a group that described itself as "non-African Americans," constituted a racial gerrymander and paved the way for the court to shrink Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

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Republicans groan to WSJ as Trump poised to defy Congress

A group of Republicans sounded off to the Wall Street Journal on Thursday after a Trump administration official hinted that they are considering avoiding Congress on yet another issue.

Under the War Powers Act, the president must notify Congress of a military action within 48 hours and withdraw the troops within 60 days. However, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a recent hearing that the Trump administration believes the clock for both of those countdowns stopped on the day that the administration agreed to a ceasefire with the Iranian regime, the Journal reported.

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MAGA freaks out over progressive influencer's trolling photo

Fans of President Donald Trump's MAGA movement freaked out on Thursday after a high-profile progressive influencer posted a rage-bait photo on social media.

Hasan Piker, a podcaster who has hosted multiple Democrats on recent episodes, posted two photos on X of him riding a train while reading "What is to be Done?" by Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin. While the book was enough to send some MAGA fans into a tailspin, some noticed another detail that really set off the firestorm — Piker was wearing an expensive piece from Cartier.

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Jesse Watters reveals 'questionable quip' that got him pulled away from Queen Camilla

Fox News host Jesse Watters on Thursday revealed the "questionable quip" that got him pulled away from Queen Camilla during the recent state visit, according to a new report.

Watters, who co-hosts "The Five," said during Thursday's broadcast that he chatted up the Queen about her visit to Washington, D.C., and made a joke that the royal staff found distasteful enough to pull him away from the Queen, HuffPost reported. Watters is known for making outlandish statements, but the "questionable quip" that he uttered in front of the Queen also seemed to embarrass him, according to the report.

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NYT's Maggie Haberman hurls Trump's 'striking' Rob Reiner remark back in his face

Veteran political journalist Maggie Haberman highlighted damning comments by President Donald Trump in the wake of the Hollywood director Rob Reiner's death.

"One of the things that's striking here is President Trump celebrated," when Reiner was killed, Haberman said on "The Lead" with host Jake Tapper on Thursday. "President Trump said something insensitive at best when Rob Reiner and his wife were killed, allegedly, by their child."

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Fury flies over Trump sons' shady drone deal with Pentagon: 'But Hunter! But Burisma!'

President Donald Trump's family appears to have struck a shady deal with the Department of Defense that has outraged political analysts and observers.

Bloomberg reported on Thursday that the Defense Department had agreed to purchase drones from a company backed by the president's sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. The Trumps acquired the company in March when another company they were involved with, a golf company called Aerus Greenway, agreed to merge with Powerus, with the goal of taking it public.

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Trump's niece alarmed by 'real story' underpinning uncle's chilling new 'message'

The Trump Department of Justice's new indictment against one of his political foes revealed the "real story" behind the dark "message" the president is trying to send, according to his niece.

Mary Trump, a psychologist and author, argued in a new Substack essay on Thursday that President Donald Trump's efforts to indict former FBI Director James Comey are an example of "what happens when a thin-skinned baby is allowed to consolidate power." On Tuesday, the DOJ returned a two-count felony indictment alleging that Comey had threatened to kill Trump when he posted a picture of seashells arranged to read "86 47" on his Instagram page, and interstate communication violations.

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'Grotesque': Trump sons' dubious mining deal triggers accusations of 'vast corruption'

Political analysts and observers were aghast on Thursday after a new report suggested President Donald Trump's family had engaged in a dubious deal.

The Financial Times reported that Trump's sons, Don Jr. and Eric, had taken a stake in a Kazakh mining company that had recently been awarded a $1.6 billion loan from the U.S. government. The brothers reportedly bought into the company last August for an undisclosed amount. The report added that there is "no indication" that the Trumps knew the company was in talks with their father's administration, or that they influenced the decision to grant the loan.

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Conservative comedian fears Trump may lead US to 'greatest military defeat in history'

A conservative comedian warned on Thursday that President Donald Trump appears to be leading the U.S. toward the country's "greatest military defeat" in its history.

Dave Smith, a libertarian and prominent critic of Trump's foreign policy decisions, argued during a new episode of the "Breaking Points" podcast that Trump is posturing as if he is trying to get out of the war in Iran as fast as possible. While Smith said he agreed with the goal of ending the war, doing so at this point could prove to be disastrous for the United States.

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MAGA civil war descends into chaos as right wing turns on influencer over 'malicious lies'

The MAGA civil war descended into vulgar chaos on Thursday after a new defamation lawsuit was filed against a prominent influencer.

Brian Harpole, the former head of late conservative activist Charlie Kirk's security team, filed a lawsuit against Candace Owens alleging that the influencer defamed him by alleging that he conspired to have Kirk assassinated, journalist Eyal Yakoby posted on X. Owens has made several similar comments about people in Kirk's orbit, including his widowed wife, Erika, and those claims have generated significant backlash from the MAGA faithful toward Owens.

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Ex-MAGA insider goes scorched earth on Mar-a-Lago's 'Real Housewives' debauchery

Elon Musk's baby mama and former conservative influencer described the secret world inside MAGA and "the Real Housewives of Mar-a-Lago" in an interview this week with ex-GOP operative and The Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson.

Ashley St. Clair, who was recruited to join Turning Point USA around age 19, spent nearly a decade as an insider with the right-wing group and revealed during an episode of The Lincoln Project Podcast this week what it was really like as a young person involved with MAGA elites and among the Mar-a-Lago crowd.

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'Move over microplastics': Fox News mocked for claiming Bluesky rots brains

The hosts of the Fox News show "Outnumbered" were mocked on Thursday after they called for more restrictions on an app they argued could soften an individual's brain tissue.

Emily Compagno, an attorney and co-host of the show, reacted to a new op-ed that claimed the alleged White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter, Cole Allen, was often on social media apps like Bluesky that are influenced by America's enemies, such as Russia and China. Compagno argued that the algorithms used on Bluesky and other apps are similar to a brain impairment.

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GOP senator signals he's ready to take on Trump once again

A GOP lawmaker is standing up to Trump's crusade against his enemies once again, questioning the latest efforts.

“I can’t find one example where the number 86 had anything to do with any violent threat," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) told reporters on Wednesday, speaking about the second James Comey indictment, according to the Bulwark. “I searched to the end of the Internet last night."

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