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Dallas Cruze was once a huge supporter of President Donald Trump in Detroit, Michigan. Now he thinks voting is pointless.
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A new Politico poll reveals that GOP midterm voters support impeachment, as a bipartisan majority targets both the President and his Cabinet secretaries ahead of November.
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Former Justice Department lawyer Sarah Wilson spent years working for the federal government and representing agency clients, in both Democratic and Republican administrations. But she said the second Trump administration took her to the point where she could no longer do her ...
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The administration replaced key National Park Service and agency officials on the voting commission just as fierce backlash mounts from veterans and preservationists over the massive, 250-foot monument.
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After facing intense backlash for a secret dinner alongside Bill Maher and Kid Rock, the ESPN host reveals the dramatic behind-the-scenes reality.
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Attorneys deny the allegations, but explosive messages show deep coordination to keep federal investigators in the dark.
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Trump’s "premature" announcement of a North Carolina semiconductor plant backfires after the mining company denies any confirmed plans.
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After a judge threatened to penalize a government lawyer out of his own pocket, the Trump team is demanding appellate courts step in.
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Former State Department insider Ned Price completely dismantled Trump’s claim that he gave up “nothing” to secure a recent prisoner release.
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From sabotaging frontline drones to dictating U.S. foreign policy, critics warn one unelected tycoon now holds the power to decide who lives or dies.
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On Wednesday, a guest on Fox News had some bad news for President Donald Trump, who is desperately hoping for fuel prices to come down. But according to Kevin Mahn, Chief Investment Officer at the wealth management firm Hennion and Walsh, it’s not going to happen. “Oil is the ...
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By treating the nation's financial system like a private piggy bank, his relentless pursuit of self-enrichment has triggered an unprecedented crisis of confidence.
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Dozens of elite doctors have signed an open letter warning that his psychological traits make him unfit for command.
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After extending some of the deepest tax cuts in U.S. history, and mounting some of the nation's biggest bills, President Donald Trump’s government is now hard up for cash.
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He tried to cash in on a Trump "slush fund"—now he’s sprinting out of D.C.
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New data reveals exactly how a single administration policy sent wholesale costs skyrocketing, leaving your monthly budget to absorb the blow.
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Your tax dollars at work
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MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough has some tough criticism of President Donald Trump after his Kansas rally speech. Scarborough says Trump made misleading claims about Kansas Democratic Senate nominee Adam Hamilton at a rally for Republican Sen. Roger Marshall on Monday, posing the que...
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Standard comment about government accountability by Senator Elissa Slotkin was systematically dismantled, reassembled, and weaponized by right-wing commentators to spark a fabricated national controversy.
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A new report revealed that President Donald Trump doesn’t have the cash to pay the $8 billion his administration had only hours earlier promised to farmers suffering under high diesel prices.
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