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Trump official buried in mockery after ridiculous claims in hearing: 'Very dumbest people'

Reactions were mounting after a top Trump official made astounding claims at a congressional hearing Wednesday, calling solar power the "cheapest form of energy," saying high gas prices were "exciting," and warning that broken fountains at the nation's capital could cause "serious injury."

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was answering questions from lawmakers about multiple projects tied to President Donald Trump's 2027 budget request before the House Natural Resources Committee in Washington, D.C.

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'You're a bad man!' Hecklers jeer armed J6 rioter during open carry rally in Virginia

A pro-gun open carry "rally" in Williamsburg, Virginia, became unruly when witnesses heckled an armed man who was pardoned for participating in the Jan. 6 riot in 2021.

During the so-called rally on Wednesday, Jake Lang used a bullhorn to tell people about legislation signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) that will ban the sale of certain assault-style weapons.

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Kash Patel walked into trap set by Dems in Capitol Hill hearing: MS NOW reporter

FBI Director Kash Patel didn't win any new fans inside the bureau after his testimony on Capitol Hill, according to MS NOW's Ken Dilanian.

The FBI director faced tough questions from Democratic lawmakers during a Justice Department budget hearing about his alleged drinking and his investigations of President Donald Trump's political enemies, and Dilanian told "Ana Cabrera Reports" that Patel enjoys little support from the bureau's rank-and-file employees.

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Congressman laughs in Trump official's face over claim high gas prices are 'exciting'

A Democratic lawmaker laughed at a Trump administration official during a congressional hearing on Wednesday after the cabinet member made a peculiar claim that soaring gas prices were "exciting."

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) pressed Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to answer questions about the rising costs at the pump for Americans as Burgum testified about President Donald Trump's 2027 budget request before the House Natural Resources Committee in Washington, D.C.

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Republicans too distracted by self-inflicted controversies to tackle top crisis: Politico

Republicans can't get out of their own way to tackle the biggest obstacle blocking their path to maintaining their congressional majorities, according to reporting.

A cascade of self-inflicted controversies is consuming the political oxygen Republicans need to demonstrate they are serious about affordability, handing Democrats a series of ready-made attack lines just months before the midterm elections, reported Politico.

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Jen Psaki mocks Patel with supercut of clips bragging about his drinking

MS NOW host Jen Psaki revealed that FBI Director Kash Patel wasn't shy about his drinking in the past — before he was the agency's top leader — sharing a video highlighting multiple moments where he openly talked about it.

Patel, who testified in a hearing on Tuesday before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, D.C., faced questions about allegations of heavy alcohol use following reports of misconduct and footage of him chugging and spraying beer in the locker room at the Olympics with the U.S. Men's Hockey team after they won the gold medal in Milan, Italy.

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Trump official mocked after claiming solar doesn't work at night: 'It's called a battery'

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum seemed unaware that solar energy could be stored in batteries to provide power at night.

During a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on Wednesday, Burgum complained about claims that solar power was the "cheapest form of energy."

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Trump reportedly 'humiliated' after rival leader snubs president at airport: 'Rocky start'

President Donald Trump landed in Beijing, China Wednesday ahead of his high-stakes summit with President Xi Jinping, but critics soon noticed a key figure was absent during Trump’s arrival.

“Donald Trump has arrived in China to find that President Xi did NOT greet him at the airport,” reads a statement from the progressive advocacy platform Call To Activism, run by digital strategist and political influencer Joe Gallina.

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'This is insane': Expert blown away as DOJ keeps up behavior that got it investigated

The Trump administration is being investigated for concealing a murder warrant from a federal judge in Rhode Island, Melissa DuBose, so she would release a potentially dangerous immigrant from detention, all so they could attack that judge's record. But even now, Trump administration officials are trying to pretend all of this was the judge's fault, prompting outrage.

On Wednesday, the official X account for the Department of Homeland Security posted a quote from their general counsel James Percival in response to an article about DuBose from the far-right website The Federalist, saying, “Given the radical activists President Biden installed across the country, this case of judicial misconduct is neither surprising nor uncommon.”

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Trump insider says president left a note in case he's killed

Senior Director for Counterterrorism Sebastian Gorka, a former radio host, revealed that President Donald Trump left orders for Vice President JD Vance in case he is assassinated in China.

As Trump was visiting China this week, Pod Force One host Miranda Devine asked Gorka what would happen if the country's leaders "take him out" during the trip.

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Infamous lawyer to get new trial after murder convictions overturned on appeal

South Carolina's Supreme Court has overturned the double murder of Alex Murdaugh and ordered a new trial in the slayings of his wife and son, according to reports.

The State reported Wednesday morning that the court ruled that the actions of former Colleton County Court Clerk Becky Hill deprived the prominent Lowcountry attorney of his right to a fair trial and returned the case to circuit court.

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Famed reporter flags suspicious new detail in Epstein's death: 'Buried for seven years'

Jeffrey Epstein’s suspicious 2019 death while in prison has continued to fuel theories about the manner in which the disgraced financier died – despite his death being officially ruled a suicide – but on Wednesday, famed journalist Julie K. Brown flagged a telling detail that she argued cast further doubt on the official suicide ruling.

“Barring some confession or eyewitness testimony, we may never really know whether Epstein killed himself,” Brown, whose reporting on Epstein won a Pulitzer Prize and helped lead to his 2019 arrest, wrote in a report published on her Substack Wednesday.

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Troop readiness threatened as Trump policies drain Army budget: report

The U.S. Army is facing a severe budget crisis as the armed service expands its footprint at home and abroad to meet President Donald Trump's demands, according to reporting.

The military service branch is cutting training programs across the force to address a budget shortfall of as much as $6 billion, triggering a wave of abrupt cancellations at elite military schools and unit-level exercises months before the fiscal year ends, according to multiple U.S. officials and internal documents reviewed by ABC News.

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