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Trump mocked for taking credit for Biden-era investment: 'He's having waking nightmares'

President Donald Trump was brutally mocked by political analysts and observers on Tuesday after he announced a new oil refinery would open in Brownsville, Texas.

Earlier in the day, Trump claimed that his administration had attracted a new $300 billion investment from an Indian oil company, Reliance, to build a new refinery. However, some analysts and observers noted that Trump appeared to take credit for an investment announced under the previous Biden administration.

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Susie Wiles now caught in crosshairs as Rubio forced to testify against longtime pal

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's longtime confidant and colleague has come under fire for his alleged lobbying ties to Venezuela, and the ordeal has now captured both President Donald Trump's closest allies, Rubio and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, in the legal crosshairs.

David Rivera, who has been a friend to Rubio for 20 years, was slated to stand trial in Miami federal court over allegations that he acted as a federal agent for Venezuela and now Rubio, who serves as secretary of state, is scheduled to testify against him as a government witness, according to a report Tuesday from The Lever.

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'Nuts!' Joe Rogan hits Trump over 'insane' Iran war

Podcaster Joe Rogan slammed President Donald Trump for waging an "insane" series of strikes in Iran after running for election by promising not to start wars for regime change.

During a Tuesday conversation on Rogan's podcast, author Michael Shellenberger said he had scrapped a column on the war in Iran because Trump's reasoning was unclear.

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Internet fumes at Karoline Leavitt's Iran 'lie': 'Trump's bombing based on his feelings'

The internet erupted Tuesday after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt snapped at CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes and insisted President Donald Trump wasn't "making anything up" when it came to the ongoing war with Iran.

Cordes had asked Leavitt to clarify Trump's decision to launch military strikes with Israel on Iran.

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Leavitt chafes at reporter's disbelief on Iran: 'The president is not making this up!'

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt snapped at CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes and insisted President Donald Trump wasn't "making anything up" when it came to the war with Iran.

"The president said yesterday for the first time that he had to strike Iran because he believed Iran was going to strike U.S. targets within seven days," Cordes explained during a Tuesday briefing. "He then bumped that down later to three days. Where is he getting that?"

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White House insists Iran war will actually make gas cheaper

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday claimed that the U.S. and Israeli military strikes in Iran could ultimately make gas cheaper for Americans despite soaring prices at the pump.

Leavitt was speaking during a news conference when she made the comment, just as the U.S. entered its 11th day of war in the Middle East. Gas prices rose nearly 9 percent in the week after the bombing campaign began, with the national average for a gallon of regular gas hitting $3.25, according to AAA.

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Up to 150 US troops wounded in Iran war despite Pentagon claims: report

As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded during the war with Iran, according to a new report on Tuesday.

People familiar with the matter told Reuters that the number of wounded was far higher than the Pentagon has disclosed. The Defense Department has said that seven service members were killed in action.

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Putin punks Trump as president's brags about phone call torched by Kremlin

A conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin saw the former brag about a chat the two world leaders had Monday— but the Kremlin had a very different version of the conversation.

While Trump may view the chat as a win which left the Russian president impressed, the Kremlin decreed it was a much more balanced conversation. Speaking from Doral, Florida, on Monday, Trump claimed the pair had spoken of bringing peace between Russia and Ukraine.

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Trump voter complains he misses 'Uncle Joe' Biden as he pumps pricey gas

Two Florida Donald Trump voters expressed their dismay at exploding gas prices on MS NOW on Tuesday morning, with one grudgingly admitting he misses President Joe Biden — and that he is now broke.

As part of a report with host Anna Cabrera on the economic impact of Trump’s war on Iran, with oil prices going through the roof, MS NOW’s Alex Tabet spoke with the two men at a filling station in Lantana, Florida.

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'Spooked' Trump 'looking for exit ramp' in Iran as gas prices shock: lawmaker

Rising gas prices have put President Donald Trump and his administration in a panic, a lawmaker said Tuesday.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) told CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer that, as the U.S.-Israel war in Iran moves into its second week and Americans are paying more at the gas pump, Trump was looking for a way out.

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'Religious war! It's on!' MAGA ecstatic as Hegseth invokes Bible in Iran war

Pro-MAGA morning hosts David Brody, Gina Loudon, and Terrence Bates expressed full-throated support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's "religious war" in Iran after he quoted scripture to support the U.S. strikes.

"Religious war! It's on!" Brody exclaimed during a Real America's Voice segment following Hegseth's Tuesday briefing. "I'm telling you that's happening. We've always looked at this from a Judeo-Christian standpoint, as relates to spiritual warfare. We know that God is richly blessed America."

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Trump sweats that he's let 'little devil' Lindsey Graham demolish his legacy: analysis

President Donald Trump is sweating that his war in Iran will blot his legacy with an indelible black stain — and he's blaming a key ally for making it happen, a columnist wrote Tuesday.

While the 47th President of the United States has much to worry about when it comes to his legacy — from his prominence in the Jeffrey Epstein files to the unmanaged cost-of-living crisis — the latest crisis is the one Trump is worrying about, Heather Digby Parton, wrote in Salon.

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Republican senator predicts 'disastrous election' as he blows up Trump's reasons for war

Sen. Rand Paul warned of a "disastrous election" if President Donald Trump did not end his war against Iran.

"As far as the reasons for the war, there have been many different reasons floated, but none of them, I think, have been very convincing," Paul told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Tuesday. "Another statement has been made, well, they're a week away from a nuclear weapon. You can take clips from the '90s all the way through the present of people arguing that they're a week away from nuclear weapons."

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