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Late-night comedian escalates feud with 'buzzkill' Melania Trump

A late-night comedian escalated his feud with first lady Melania Trump on Monday night with a stinging rebuke.

The Daily Beast reported on Tuesday that Jimmy Kimmel blasted the first lady, who has previously called Kimmel a "coward" and advocated for his firing, during a new episode of his show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" He described Melania Trump as a "buzzkill," in reference to previous comments her husband made about her disdain for his dancing.

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California GOP repeating major mistake that destroyed the party in the 1990s: analysis

Republican candidates in the California governor's race appear to be following President Donald Trump's lead on a path toward another party wipeout, according to a new analysis.

Candidates like Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host whom Trump endorsed in April, and Sheriff Chad Bianco have adopted an anti-immigration policy position that is similar to Trump and the MAGA movement's policies. A new analysis from Spanish newspaper El País suggests that this move may be their undoing.

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Army vet arrested after driving toward DC with assassination threat on car window: feds

A South Carolina veteran faces federal charges after the U.S. Secret Service arrested him last week as he was allegedly headed to D.C. to assassinate the president.

Army veteran Daniel Swain, a South Carolina resident, was arrested in North Carolina while driving a BMW with the message "HEADED TO WSH TO KILL THE PRES" scrawled in white marker across his driver's seat window, according to a press release by the Department of Justice released on Monday. According to a North Carolina criminal complaint, the police were notified on April 29 after employees at a car wash reported the suspicious vehicle.

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DOJ admits Todd Blanche lied on Fox News — then argues a different Fox show made it okay

President Donald Trump's acting attorney general has come under scrutiny for allegations he lied on Fox News while discussing the administration's criminal case against the Southern Poverty Law Center — but his attorneys have reportedly offered up an excuse to a federal judge in Alabama.

As part of Blanche's Fox News interview on "The Ingraham Angle," he claimed that he didn't have any information to support that the SPLC shared the information it got from informants with law enforcement — a statement that SPLC told the court is contradicted by documentation they passed on to federal prosecutors.

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Masked prowler caught on camera near Nancy Guthrie's home: report

A masked prowler was caught on video near Nancy Guthrie's home in Tucson, Arizona, nearly three months after she vanished, according to reports.

News 4 Tucson reported that a masked person was caught on a Ring Camera stealing cacti from one of Guthrie's neighbors' homes. The report indicated that the video "surprised" Guthrie's neighbors, who said law enforcement presence in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood "remained heightened."

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US Senate candidate arrested for threatening to kill Trump: feds

A Pennsylvania man running for U.S. Senate is now facing federal charges for threatening a member of Congress, President Donald Trump, and the family of a U.S. official.

Raymond Eugene Chandler III was running to unseat fellow Democrat Sen. John Fetterman before he was arrested on May 1, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. According to an FBI arrest affidavit, Chandler left threats for more than a year on the voicemail of an unnamed senator. The affidavit said that the threats were directed at the senator as well as the "immediate family of a United States official" and Trump.

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GOP strategist gives blunt verdict on Rubio presser

Secretary of State Marco Rubio showed an impressive command of the issues when going to bat for the Trump administration at his press conference on Tuesday, former George W. Bush strategist Mark McKinnon told MS NOW's Katy Tur on Tuesday, but it won't be enough to salvage the administration's credibility.

During the speech, Rubio — who in recent months has been eyed more intensely for another presidential run — did his best to justify the president's decisions in the Iran war, and insist that the United States was on track for a strategic victory.

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Gunman carried stunning amount of ammo during latest Trump assassination attempt: feds

Cole Thomas Allen, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents Association dinner, reportedly had 100 rounds of ammunition on him at the time of the incident.

On Tuesday, a four-count indictment charged Allen with attempting to assassinate the president, assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon, illegally transporting a firearm across state lines, and using a firearm during a violent crime.

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Kash Patel ​appears ​to have ripped off iconic Beastie Boys video using AI: report

FBI Director Kash Patel appears to have used an AI-generated ripoff of a Beastie Boys music video to promote the Trump administration's anti-fraud efforts, NPR reported on Tuesday.

"With President Trump’s leadership, this @FBI and our interagency partners are conducting massive fraud takedowns coast to coast — and we’re not stopping," Patel wrote in a post to X at the start of the week.

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Red state GOP moves to throw out votes already cast without telling voters: report

Alabama GOP lawmakers moved to toss out votes already cast for its May 19 primary amid a gerrymandering push without notifying voters of the changes.

According to reporting on Tuesday by Democracy Docket, the Alabama lawmakers began taking votes on Tuesday to change the congressional and state senate maps as a primary election is underway. The legislation in front of state lawmakers would allow the state to nullify votes already cast in some of the congressional races and later hold special elections under the new maps, the Democracy Docket reported.

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'Why is everyone giggling?' Laughter ensues as Rubio calls on right-wing reporter

Reporters at the White House press briefing on Tuesday were audibly laughing after Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on a pro-MAGA correspondent to ask a question.

Rubio called on Cara Castronuova, a White House correspondent for LindellTV, which is owned by Mike Lindell, a Trump ally who also founded My Pillow, when the laughter broke out.

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Trump snubs one key race in latest barrage of endorsements

President Donald Trump endorsed a barrage of candidates in a key battleground state on Tuesday, but seemed to snub a key race.

In a series of Truth Social posts, Trump endorsed candidates ranging from Vivek Ramaswamy, who is running for Ohio governor as a Republican, to allies like Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and up-and-comers like Eric Conroy. However, he did not endorse a candidate in Ohio's 9th District, a key seat where former Immigration and Customs Enforcement official Madison Sheahan is running.

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