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New details emerge as Trump Cabinet member testifies on Epstein ties

New information was revealed on Wednesday about the relationship between Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and late financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Following a closed-door hearing with Lutnick and the House Oversight Committee, a person familiar with the matter told MS NOW several details that emerged in the transcribed interview.

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Popular Mexico nightclub jacks up price for Americans over Trump insults

Americans wanting to dance the night away at a popular nightclub in Mexico City can expect to fork over $300 as a cover charge just to get past the doorman — and they can thank Donald Trump’s attacks on the southern neighbor of the US for the high price of admission, The Guardian reported.

The Mexico City hotspot is charging American visitors a steep $300 cover charge to enter — while citizens from other countries pay just $20 and Mexicans and Latin Americans pay $14 — in a pointed protest against Donald Trump's relentless attacks on America's southern neighbor.

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'Karma': Kyle Rittenhouse roasted after spider bite hospitalization

The internet was quick to comment after news that Kyle Rittenhouse was hospitalized on Wednesday following a venomous spider bite.

Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters during a social rights demonstration in 2020, shared two images of himself, with one showing him lying on a hospital bed and the other showing the apparent bite mark on his body.

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Ramaswamy's $25 million investment may blow up in his face with Ohio voters: reporter

During a report from MS NOW on the problems Republicans are facing in normally red Ohio due to the economic woes brought on by Donald Trump, MS NOW’s Will McDuffie found voters who are skeptical of GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and predicted his path to office could become even more problematic.

McDuffie, who has been doing man-on-the-street interviews with disgruntled Ohio voters, some of whom have claimed they have had to go back to work involuntarily because the cost of living has gone through the roof, with one Trump voter claiming, “I’m on disability, and they yell at me for going to work, but I don’t have a choice. It’s either I go to work, or we don’t eat.”

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Trump tasked military to fix misspelling of Melania's name in his social media posts

President Donald Trump revealed that he had tasked the U.S. military with fixing the misspelling of his wife's name in his social media posts.

At a Wednesday event for military mothers, Trump realized that one attendee had a name similar to his wife's.

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Brewery's Latino owners livid as GOP secretly books bar for Cinco de Mayo party

Xicha Brewing owner Maggie Antunez was confused as to why her business was receiving so many negative social media messages about an event scheduled Tuesday evening at her business’s North Salem location.

The only reservation scheduled was for an individual who claimed their reservation wasn’t politically related, she said. Meanwhile, Rep. Ed Diehl, a Scio Republican vying for his party’s gubernatorial nomination in the primary, was advertising a separate Cinco de Mayo-themed campaign event at the brewery alongside Dan Farrington, a Republican running to represent Oregon’s 17th House District.

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Reality TV star reveals complicated past with Trump

Former "Celebrity Apprentice" and "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star Nene Leakes spoke about her complex relationship with President Donald Trump — her former coworker.

In an interview with Vulture for its interview series featuring reality television powerhouses, Leakes described what it was like working with Trump in 2011 when she was cast for the show alongside Dionne Warwick, La Toya Jackson and Star Jones.

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Questions swirl as Fox News reporter arrives just in time for secret FBI raid on key Dem

Fox News London correspondent Alex Hogan was repositioned to Portsmouth, Virginia, just in time to cover an FBI raid on a Democratic politician who led redistricting efforts that could help her party take control of the U.S. House of Representatives.

In a social media post on Wednesday, Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin noted that Hogan was on the scene "where the FBI is raiding the office of Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas, a Democrat and close ally of VA Governor Spanberger."

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Researchers expose algorithm skew that boosted Trump in 2024

A comprehensive study released on Wednesday has revealed that the popular social media app TikTok may have helped tilt the 2024 election in President Donald Trump’s favor, The Guardian reported.

“In an environment where margins are thin, systematic differences in the kind of political information recommended to tens of millions of young voters are worth taking seriously,” said Yasir Zaki, a professor of computer science at New York University’s campus in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), speaking with The Guardian.

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Kyle Rittenhouse hospitalized

Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two protesters during a social rights demonstration in 2020, was hospitalized on Wednesday after a venomous spider bite.

He shared a photo of himself in a hospital and where the apparent bite was located on his body.

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Controversial GOP think tank leader exits after backlash to radical rebrand

Backlash over his controversial JD Vance-inspired ideological shift has forced a conservative think tank leader to step down, according to a report on Wednesday.

The Bulwark's Joshua Tait described how John A. Burtka IV has resigned as president of Intercollegiate Studies Institute after "rebranding itself around JD Vance style pugnaciousness." The organization was founded in Delaware in 1953, and conservative movement voice William F. Buckley Jr. was its first president.

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Internet stumped over Trump official's bizarre boast

The internet was stunned by White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett's comments on Wednesday as he bragged about how credit card spending on higher-priced gasoline was "through the roof."

Hassett made the remarks in an interview with Fox Business on Wednesday morning where he discussed the ongoing Iran war, the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the American economy.

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New FBI raid on Dem was brought on by fired Trump official to help with midterms: MS NOW

Federal agents have raided the office of a Virginia Democratic legislator who was instrumental to her party possibly picking up four additional congressional seats.

The FBI served multiple search warrants at the office of state Sen. L. Louise Lucas in Portsmouth as part of what sources described as a major corruption investigation, and MS NOW's Carol Leonnig reported that former interim U.S. attorney Lindsey Halligan had made an investigation of the 82-year-old lawmaker a top priority.

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