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'They will be completely annihilated!' Trump lashes out against foreign actors in new post

President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social Wednesday that Iran must stop supporting the war with "Houthi barbarians."

"Reports are coming in that while Iran has lessened its intensity on Military Equipment and General Support to the Houthis, they are still sending large levels of Supplies," Trump wrote with random capitalizations.

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'You're doing it again!' GOP lawmaker dismisses CNN anchor's question on Medicare cuts

Republican Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) took issue Wednesday with the way CNN anchor Pamela Brown repeatedly asked about possible cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.

"I'm just telling you what Americans are concerned about," Brown said. "We're hearing that in town halls, as well, across the country. And it is a fact that that is what the [Congressional Budget Office] said, that there would have to be substantial cuts to Medicaid to reach that $880 billion in cuts that Republicans would need."

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'Naïve and gullible' Trump just got   outfoxed by Putin again: conservative outlet

Add longtime National Review columnist Jim Geraghty to the list of observers who watched Donald Trump boast about how well his negotiations with Vladimir Putin are going only to see the Russian strongman hours later prove otherwise with his actions.

On Tuesday, the U.S. president took to his truth Social platform to announce to the world, "... we agreed to an immediate Ceasefire on all Energy and Infrastructure, with an understanding that we will be working quickly to have a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this very horrible War between Russia and Ukraine.”

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'Bleeding to death in the dust': Reporter says maternity hospital Musk closed saved lives

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is being schooled about the impacts of his foreign aid cuts that one reporter says have already killed people.

When he came into office, President Donald Trump created the "Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)" by executive order and tasked Musk with the responsibility. That initiative has been behind the upheaval and dismantling of government agencies. Websites, grants, programs, and employees have been cut or frozen under the promise that Trump will save taxpayers trillions.

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Trump claims he aligned 'both Russia and Ukraine' after calls with Putin and Zelensky

President Donald Trump claimed that he had aligned "both Russia and Ukraine" after holding calls with both of the countries' presidents.

Following a Tuesday call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump said he spoke to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday.

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'I want this thing to be successful': Leaked recording reveals Trump's Kennedy Center plan

The New York Times obtained a leaked recording of President Donald Trump that spelled out his unique ideas for the world-famous center for the performing arts, as well as the annually-televised Kennedy Center Honors.

Trump visited the center this week, after "replacing all the Biden appointees on the board of the once bipartisan institution and having himself elected chairman," according to the piece.

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'Does that make it right?' CNN anchor puts ex-GOP insider on the spot over new Trump moves

CNN's Sara Sidner was taken aback when a conservative pundit claimed President Donald Trump's alleged defiance of a federal judge's order this week was just "Trump being Trump."

Pete Seat, former GOP White House spokesperson, argued that no one should be shocked by Trump's actions, especially after watching the president's defiant Fox interview with Laura Ingraham Tuesday night.

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'He's humiliating Trump': Putin critic buries president for phone call flop

Financier Bill Browder, a longtime critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, did not think much of President Donald Trump's efforts to wind down the war in Ukraine during a phone call with his Russian counterpart this week.

During an interview with CNN's Sara Sidner, Browder slapped down Trump's spin this week that his phone call with Putin made progress in winding down the war.

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'Taking over the Capitol again': Violent J6 rioter now seeks Marco Rubio's old Senate seat

A pardoned Jan. 6 defendant who was accused of violently attacking police at the Capitol is hoping to take over the Florida Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Jake Lang never stood trial for his alleged role in the insurrection due to repeated delays in his case. He was ultimately pardoned, along with 1,600 other rioters, by President Donald Trump.

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'They're trying to pander': Expert skeptical of Russia deal amid Trump's 'ceasefire' boast

Vladimir Putin did not agree to an absolute ceasefire with Ukraine when he spoke by phone with President Donald Trump on Tuesday, as was the U.S. administration's goal.

Trump posted to Truth Social shortly after the call, "My phone conversation today with President Putin of Russia was a very good and productive one. We agreed to an immediate Ceasefire on all Energy and Infrastructure, with an understanding that we will be working quickly to have a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this very horrible War between Russia and Ukraine."

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'Profoundly alarming': Analyst warns Musk's 'outsized influence' shifting to state races

Billionaire Elon Musk is expanding his political interests beyond the federal government to eye state races that could benefit his companies if the right people are elected, according to an opinion piece in The New York Times.

Musk has turned his gaze to Wisconsin, where he is unsurprisingly supporting the conservative candidate for the state's supreme court. A victory for Musk's candidate, Judge Brad Schimel, "would flip the court from liberal to conservative control, with potentially enormous implications for access to voting, legislative districts, abortion and more," wrote law professor Kate Shaw.

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'Angry base is motivated base': Analyst says 'livid' Dems may have gotten kick they needed

Democrats are angry that their leadership is failing to show any substantive pushback to President Donald Trump's first two months of devastation, which might be exactly what the party needs to get moving in the right direction, argues a new piece from MSNBC.

The tipping point came when Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) aligned himself with Republicans to vote for the recent funding bill to keep the government open. Backlash has been swift, leading Schumer to cancel his book tour due to security concerns over unruly protesters.

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'Trump will keep pushing': Bezos' WaPo comes out swinging against latest attacks

Billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos may support Donald Trump, but his paper's editorial board did not hesitate to disparage the president in Tuesday's paper.

At issue was Trump's targeting of law firms and attorneys he has held grudges against for, in some cases, decades.

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