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Melania Shuns Trump’s Attempt at Shameless Flattery at White House Picnic

Melania Trump smiled in her trademark silence after husband Donald Trump joked she could replace him as president. The pair appeared together for the second day running, hosting the annual White House congressional picnic on Thursday. The happy couple also walked the red carpet at the opening night of Les Misérables at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday night, where the first lady was also of few words. Addressing the crowd of Republican lawmakers from the White House overlooking the south lawn, Tr
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The longest-serving legislative leader in US history will be sentenced on corruption charges

Michael Madigan’s stunning political collapse is expected to culminate Friday when the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history is sentenced on federal bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud convictions tied to a scheme to push legislation in exchange for jobs and contracts for his associates. Madigan will appear in U.S. District Court Friday in Chicago, where Judge John Robert Blakey will determine his sentence. Madigan’s attorneys are seeking probation, contending the government’s sent
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Trump Tries to Humiliate GOP Senator by Claiming He ‘Snuck’ Into White House Picnic

Donald Trump appeared to make a dig at Sen. Rand Paul by suggesting he “snuck” into Thursday night’s congressional picnic—despite having been invited after a war of words with the White House. Addressing the bipartisan crowd on the White House lawn, Trump seemed to allude to a recent dust-up between himself and Paul, who has vocally opposed the GOP’s budget and the $45 million military parade for the Army’s 250th anniversary on Saturday, which is also Trump’s 79th birthday. “We have so many of o
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Democrat tears into ’embarrassment’ Hegseth: ‘Get the hell out’

Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) on Thursday lambasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling him an “embarrassment” and demanding he resign over a range of issues including sharing sensitive military attack plans via an unsecure Signal group chat, deploying Marines to Los Angeles amid protests, and his views on Russia’s war in Ukraine. “I have called for…
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Trump on ‘No Kings’ protests during military parade: ‘I don’t feel like a king’

President Trump was asked Thursday to respond to planned counterprotests that will coincide with a military parade in the nation’s capital to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday. When asked to respond to the anti-Trump “No Kings” demonstrations expected around the country, Trump quipped: “I don’t feel like a king; I have to go through…
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Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles

A federal judge ruled Thursday that President Trump must return control of California’s National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) by Friday afternoon, prompting a lightning-fast appeal that began within minutes. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, an appointee of former President Clinton, temporarily blocked the president from deploying thousands of Guard members to Los…
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Dem Breaks With Party After Noem Security Stunt: ‘Politics as Theater’

A Democratic representative broke rank within his own party by describing the altercation between law enforcement and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) on Thursday as “theater.” Speaking to Axios, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) weighed in on the intense moment that occurred during a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and expressed that he felt it was out of place. “I think that it’s never good when a senator or member of Congress gets roughed up by law enforcement,” Golden tol
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‘Shut Up!’: House Hearing Erupts Into Chaos After Dem Calls Out ICE Barbie

A congressional hearing quickly devolved into a shouting match between two Republicans and a Democrat who sought a subpoena for Kristi Noem over the forcible removal of Sen. Alex Padilla from a Thursday press conference. During a Thursday hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) implored his fellow lawmakers to subpoena Noem over the incident, which saw her security team manhandle and handcuff the California Democrat after he loudly questioned the homelan
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