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‘It’s gonna be OK’: Tommy Tuberville adds to confusion on IVF in latest muddled interview

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‘It’s gonna be OK’: Tommy Tuberville adds to confusion on IVF in latest muddled interview
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said Tuesday that he opposes the Alabama Supreme Court's decision that embryos are children — after initially supporting it.

ABC's Rachel Scott caught up with Tuberville outside the Capitol.

"You've been back and forth on this issue," Scott noted. "Do you support the Supreme Court's decision?"

"I support that people that want to have IVF, I'll support them 100 percent," Tuberville insisted.

"Okay, but that's not what the Supreme Court's decision is allowing at this point," the ABC reporter observed.

"I know, but the state's getting ready to pass a law in Alabama that it's gonna be okay," the senator replied. "When we're going to pass it, that it's going to be positive."

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Scott pointed out that some women were still not able to receive their IVF treatments.

"I just came back from Alabama," Scott explained. "I talked to one woman. She's on her last embryo transfer. It was scheduled for tomorrow. And now she has to start all over. Is that acceptable to you?"

"Well, not really," Tuberville admitted. "Now, I want everybody, if they want kids, if they can't have it, and that's the only way they can have it, I won't be able to use that."

"So, to be clear, you believe it's the wrong move?" Scott asked.

"Wrong move by the Supreme Court, yes," the senator agreed.

But just days earlier, Tuberville approved of the IVF decision.

"Yeah, I was all for it," Tuberville said to reporters at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Watch the video below.

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'Deranged behavior': Internet dubs Trump 'mentally unstable' after military threat to ally

Donald Trump's threat to send troops to attack people on allied land raised some red flags this weekend.

Trump on Saturday took to Truth Social to threaten Nigeria, which is known as a strategic partner for the U.S.

"If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, 'guns-a-blazing,' to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities," Trump said on Truth Social Saturday. "I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!"

The internet was quick to respond to the president's claim about the potential Nigerian military strike.

Ex-prosecutor Ron Filipkowski said, "At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable."

Independent journalist Aaron Rupar said, "Trump posts crazy stuff like this at times where he feels like he’s not getting enough attention and wants people to start talking about him again."

Rupar then added, "It’s deranged, narcissistic behavior."

Jeff Timmer, a conservative analyst who opposes Trump, also chimed in, "In the old days, when in moods like this, he’d just lurk in dressing rooms at Bergdorf’s or head over to Epstein’s place."

"U.S. Capitol, Greenland, Los Angeles, Iran, Canada, democracy, Washington DC, Portland, narco-boats, Chicago, pleasure fishing boats, the Constitution, Venezuela, the rule of law, Nigeria. All the same to the lawless, corrupt, chickens---, moron in the WH," Timmer wrote on social media.

Professor Timothy Snyder added, "Is it just me or do these proclamations sound more and more like the work of Dement AI?"

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'I already see impact': GOP lawmaker blasts Pete Hegseth's newest 'amateur move'

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth came under fire from a member of his own party Saturday.

The Hill recently reported that "Hegseth has ordered that Pentagon personnel be required to coordinate all interactions with Congress through the building’s central legislative affairs office, significantly altering how military officials will speak with lawmakers."

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), who recently took an apparent dig at President Donald Trump for his “lobbying” efforts toward being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, took to social media over the weekend to slam Hegseth's move reported by The Hill.

"I was a five-time commander & our leadership WANTED us to engage members of Congress," Bacon wrote. "We wanted to share what our great airmen were doing. We were proud of our service."

Bacon further added, "The new rules have put a large barrier between the military & Congress. Pentagon says the change is very small. But I already see the impact with military members being afraid to communicate. This is another amateur move."

'They were baffled': FBI insiders stunned over firing related to Kash Patel's girlfriend

FBI Director Kash Patel has fired a man who he believes is responsible for media reports showing Patel used his FBI jet to fly to see his girlfriend sing at an event, according to reports.

Bloomberg Law reported on Saturday that Patel forced out a 27-year veteran of the bureau.

"The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform, said three people familiar with the situation," according to the outlet. "Steven Palmer, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, became the third head of the critical incident response group—which includes FBI pilots—to be fired or removed in Patel’s short regime, adding to a year filled with retributive terminations."

The report continues:

"His exit was made official Friday, and a replacement to head the bureau’s crisis management operations including hostage rescue and bomb detection, has already been posted on the FBI’s website."

The report adds, "Patel was angered this week by social media posts and news stories calling attention to his use of an FBI jet that arrived in State College, Pennsylvania, where his girlfriend, country music artist Alexis Wilkins, sang the national anthem at a wrestling match, said the individuals, who spoke anonymously out of fear of retaliation."

"Palmer was told he needed to immediately resign or be fired, which the individuals said was at least partially connected to Patel’s fury over the negative media cycle on his personal travel," it states. "Palmer’s position included supervising the FBI’s aviation units, but Patel’s flight schedule was readily traceable through online tracking services and he reposted photos of himself with Wilkins at the event on his personal X account. The people familiar with the matter said they were baffled as to why Patel might’ve blamed Palmer for the travel details."

Ex-prosecutor Ron Filipkowski chimed in: "Kash fired the guy he thinks outed him for taking another private jet flight to see his girlfriend sing."

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