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Cursing Trump calls for war crime tribunals: 'They must be tried!'

President Donald Trump called for war crime tribunals to be held against Iranian officials Monday in a curse-laden statement published on social media, while also touting unverified claims to support his claims of war crimes.

“Iran is officially a Failed Nation. IT IS DEAD! They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, they have no currency, they are not paying their soldiers or police, Inflation is at 300%, and their leadership is in total disarray and incapable of properly representing the country,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

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Trump's fraud crusader caught promising foreign nationals green cards and US 'welfare'

Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling, who in May vowed to “eliminate waste, fraud and abuse,” was exposed Sunday for having pitched foreign nationals a real estate investment opportunity with the promise of green cards and access to “America’s Comprehensive Welfare” for their entire families.

The revelation was unearthed in a report from Popular Information, which details two trips Sonderling took to China in 2015 before joining the Trump administration.

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Bewilderment after Trump's 'out of touch' interview with Trey Gowdy: 'Pathetic stuff'

President Donald Trump's strange interview with Fox News host Trey Gowdy on Sunday night bewildered the president's critics.

Trump appeared on "Sunday Night in America" with Gowdy, where the two men discussed topics ranging from Trump's dream golf foursome to his management of the economy and foreign affairs. During the interview, critics noted that Trump was spouting statements so strange that they wondered what was really going through the president's mind as he spoke.

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'My goodness gracious!' Harry Enten shocked after Trump rebuked in 50-state 'sweeperoo'

CNN data guru Harry Enten was astounded on Sunday after new data revealed just how little Americans think of President Donald Trump's latest stunt.

Last week, Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario Lake America as part of his ongoing trade spat with America's northern neighbor. Enten did a little digging into Google's search data and said during Sunday's broadcast of "CNN Newsroom" that the data painted a revealing picture of how Americans are thinking about the move.

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'Interesting sign' emerging as US strikes risk tempting America's enemies to act: analyst

There's an "interesting sign" emerging after the U.S. conducted a new round of strikes against Iran on Sunday that risks spurring America's enemies to act, according to one analyst.

The U.S. launched a series of strikes against two sites on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz where Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps members were staging rocket launchers to attack merchant ships, according to reports. The strikes came just days after President Donald Trump called Iran a "failing nation" in a post on Truth Social.

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New US strikes send shockwaves across Iran as war escalates: reports

The United States conducted its first offensive operation in Iran in almost a month on Sunday by striking multiple sites where the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had stored rocket launchers, according to reports.

A U.S. official who spoke with multiple news outlets said the strikes occurred on Larak Island, which sits in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway that is responsible for about 20% of the global energy trade. The official told CNN that "U.S. forces are monitoring the area closely and remain prepared to protect the free flow of commerce through this essential waterway."

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‘I don’t want Canadian anything’: Trump throws tantrum as trade war spirals out of control

President Donald Trump erupted Sunday in a lengthy rant against Canada amid the ongoing trade war between Washington and Ottawa, a dispute that experts warn could soon “spiral” and cost tens of thousands of jobs, or more.

“I don’t want Canadian cars, I don’t want Canadian parts, I don’t want Canadian anything. They’ve been ripping us off for decades, and it’s going to stop,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.

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'Too much for too long': U.S. Military turns on Pete Hegseth over mounting risk

The U.S. Military has turned on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the mounting war in Iran, according to a new report.

Several U.S. military leaders warned Hegseth this month that prolonging President Donald Trump's war with Iran would put the U.S. homeland at risk — essentially arguing the conflict is unsustainable, sources told the Washington Post.

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Michigan rep enrages MS NOW host in Trump-tariff debate: 'Pox on the federal government!'

A Michigan lawmaker enraged her MS NOW interviewer Sunday morning as her commentary on President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada left him declaring, "a pox on the federal government!"

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) delved into the many reasons Trump's 50 percent tariffs on America's northern neighbor has hurt and outraged voters in her state — and left Eugene Daniels fuming.

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Outrage as Google ‘capitulates’ to Trump with ‘genuinely disturbing’ move: ‘Just pathetic’

President Donald Trump’s revenge-fueled order to rename Lake Ontario to Lake America was validated by Google on Sunday after the technology company changed the name of the lake on its service Google Maps, sparking outrage among countless critics.

Trump imposed a 50% tariff on $20 billion of Canadian goods earlier this month after trade negotiations between Washington and Ottawa broke down. In response, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney vowed to match those tariffs “dollar for dollar.” Days later, Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to rename the smallest of the Great Lakes after the United States.

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Dark secret comes out on Trump’s big Venezuela oil deal: report

Buried within President Donald Trump’s unprecedented oil deal with Venezuela is a provision designed to exert a level of control over the South American company for 100 years, the Wall Street Journal exclusively reported Saturday night.

Announced on Friday, the deal will see the United States be granted rights to Venezuela’s untapped oil fields for a century. Furthermore, the U.S. government would take a direct stake in Venezuela's oil reserves, the single-largest proven oil reserves on earth.

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GOP lawmaker slams Trump deal in online post — then quietly swaps it with post praising it

Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) published a scathing rebuke Saturday of President Donald Trump’s Venezuela oil deal only to quietly delete it and swap it for a post championing the deal as “great,” the New York Post reported.

“Any oil ‘deal’ with Venezuela’s interim regime has an expiration date: the day President Trump leaves the White House,” Salazar wrote in a now-deleted social media post on X, according to journalist Orlando Avendaño. “A lasting deal can only be made with a democratically elected government that respects the rule of law, protects private property, and is backed by strong democratic institutions.”

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Outrage as Trump ambassador ignores brutal attack on American news crew

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee was condemned Saturday for ignoring a brutal attack on an American news crew that occurred earlier that same day.

A crew of three NBC News correspondents was reporting from the occupied West Bank on Saturday near the Palestinian village of Jalud when a vehicle accelerated toward them with Israeli license plates, the outlet reported.

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