Much of the soccer world sees Infantino’s tenure much differently. After a secret plan concocted by Infantino to sell a substantial stake of the World Cup to private investors leaked, the soccer confederations that lead Europe, Asia, and North and Central America and the Carribean turned on the FIFA chief. UEFA, which governs European football, […]
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They may also get news that has been ginned up especially for them. Perhaps the most troubling aspect of this scheme is the fact that it incentivizes Trump to use his Truth Social feed to make news that moves markets—and therefore increases demand for these $100,000 subscriptions. Given the volatile war in Iran, this could […]
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Source: You know — maybe President Donald Trump and his representatives should just stop suing people. Because it seems that the bulk of his lawsuits only end in one of two ways: a humiliating defeat, or the exposure of corruption that people didn’t even know about until the suit and the circumstances surrounding it make […]
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As a federal undertaking, the arch project is subject to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, which mandates an adverse effects assessment, but does not require any particular outcome or changes to the project. Instead, the assessment is “meant to get agencies to pause, consult experts and the public, and consider […]
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Source: President Donald Trump has signaled that he might be ready to rescind his nomination of Todd Blanche to serve in a permanent role as U.S. attorney general, at least until the two Republican senators who are holding up his confirmation are out of office. Oh, y’all didn’t think Trump was talking about doing the […]
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So that’s when Trump stepped in Thursday morning, when it looked like Blanche’s nomination might be dead, and “truthed” (and boy, it was the truth for once, all right): “Todd Blanche is a STAR, and everyone knows it! He has the potential to go down as one of the Greatest Attorney Generals of All Time. […]
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The map was revealed about halfway through a presentation about the State Department’s new international health agreements. It was supposed to depict opportunities for Annual Program Statements by country in Africa, as part of the implementation process for remaining AIDS prevention programming after President Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency dismantled USAID last […]
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The show will include celebrity chefs and highlight Kennedy’s favorite fermented foods, including kimchi, yogurt, and sauerkraut. The first episode, available on the Department of Health and Human Services website, features chef Andrew Gruel making “Crispy Salmon Cakes with Apple, White Bean & Green Salad.” The show comes after Kennedy inverted the food pyramid to […]
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Namely, Trump said the following last week of Iranians and their leadership: “They’re scum. They’re sick people.… They’re vicious, violent people.… It’s just a waste of time dealing with them. They’re liars.… There’s something wrong with them. They’re cuckoo.” But Vance, appearing on an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience that aired Wednesday, said, “I’m […]
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Source: Anadolu / Getty Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared for his first day of confirmation hearings before the US Senate on Wednesday, seeking a permanent position as the nation’s top law enforcement authority. Before Blanche can secure his position as the head AG in charge, he needs to convince Democratic and Republican senators that he […]
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Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty Welp, President Donald Trump’s little reparations fund for MAGA minions pretending to be persecuted may have been permanently shut down, but there are issues regarding the settlement that brought the fund about that need to be addressed, particularly the part where Trump and his family members were granted immunity from IRS […]
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Unsplash.com royalty-free image #wdVwF3Ese4o, ” uploaded by Susan G. Komen 3-Day (https://unsplash.com/@susangkomen3day), retrieved from https://unsplash.com/photos/a-group-of-women-standing-next-to-each-other-wdVwF3Ese4o on June 29th, 2026. License details available at https://unsplash.com/license – image is licensed under the Unsplash License Organizations are using statement merch to build their brand and highlight their mission to get more support for a cause. T-shirts are still […]
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Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty While millions of U.S. citizens have spent the last year and a half having to stretch a dollar further than they did before the commander-in-wars-and-tariffs took office in January 2025, President Donald Trump has done nothing but further enrich himself, while purporting to be a champion of the common man […]
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Axios, citing unnamed sources, reported that Iran and Qatari mediators believed they had come up with a written agreement Wednesday that the U.S. would accept. Those sources said that Iran told different countries on Thursday that an agreement was reached in principle but was still waiting for Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s final approval. Trump announced […]
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“At no point did anyone in the Tuesday meeting suggest there could be steps taken by either side that would lead to a resolution,” Pelley wrote in his statement. “Weiss and [CBS News president] Tom Cibrowski were openly hostile from the start. ‘Firing’ was raised by Cibrowski in the first 15 seconds. No CBS executive, […]
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But Trump’s ongoing affinity for the payouts defies his administration’s latest position on the DOJ slush fund. As Trump’s interview was being published, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday that the federal financial hub intended to comply with a DOJ directive to shutter the fund. The evening before, during a House […]
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But Trump’s ongoing affinity for the payouts defies his administration’s latest position on the DOJ slush fund. As Trump’s interview was being published, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday that the federal financial hub intended to comply with a DOJ directive to shutter the fund. The evening before, during a House […]
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Source: Al Drago / Getty Last week, we reported that a federal judge temporarily put the brakes on President Donald Trump’s $1.766 billion woe-is-MAGA reparations fund — or what the Justice Department called the “anti-weaponization fund” — which happened after 35 retired federal judges asked a district judge to open an investigation into the fund […]
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Democrats tell me they’re moving to force votes in Congress that would effectively nullify the IRS immunity piece, as well. That provision is potentially an incredibly lucrative giveaway for Trump: It could benefit him to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. So one approach would be for Democrats to use “reconciliation”—the process that […]
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Donald Trump ordered U.S. forces to invade Venezuela in early January, sending hundreds of troops through its capital city, Caracas, to capture the country’s 13-year ruler, Nicolás Maduro. Maduro and his wife were transported to New York to face federal narcotics charges, to which they both have pleaded not guilty. Trump failed to notify Congress […]
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Start with the settlement. To access the fund Congress appropriated for DOJ to use to settle cases, the executive branch essentially must certify that there is an actual legal claim that could have been brought and adjudicated in court. This claim cannot clear that bar, because, as U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams perceived, the entire […]
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“After last November’s massive Democratic wins, I didn’t want to create a distraction, but by not putting the report out, I ended up creating an even bigger distraction. For that, I sincerely apologize. For full transparency, I am releasing the report as we received it, in its entirety, unedited and unabridged. It does not meet […]
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Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, told my TNR colleague Greg Sargent earlier this week that House Democrats would introduce a bill blocking the slush fund and similar efforts in the future, and that they would file a discharge petition to get around Republican House leaders who would otherwise block a vote. “We need to […]
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Source: KENT NISHIMURA / Getty President Donald Trump is such a daily spectacle of outlandish bigotry, buffoonery, and abject incompetence that one could almost forget that, on top of all that, he is deeply and transparently corrupt. Almost… On Tuesday, we reported on the Justice Department’s nearly $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to pay what would […]
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Source: Xinhua News Agency / Getty President Donald Trump’s entire second term has been spent punishing his perceived enemies and relitigating the Jan. 6 insurrection that occurred at his behest. Since we live in the stupidest timeline, Trump has managed to parlay his lawsuit against the IRS into a settlement that creates a $1.7 billion […]
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Source: UCG / Getty The Justice Department announced an IRS settlement agreement with Donald Trump that would use a nearly $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded pity pot, a.k.a. “The Anti-Weaponization Fund,” to redress claims from white grievance goblins who believe they were victims of state persecution. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a press release: “The […]
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Unlike his colleagues, Senator Lindsey Graham was optimistic, telling Raju that “you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out the pathway for Paxton is there, but it’s more uphill, and it will cost more.” In Trump’s own words, “Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will […]
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Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Since the start of his second term, President Donald Trump has been toying around with the idea of paying reparations to Jan 6 convicts, in his ongoing effort to rewrite the history of what happened that day, as well as who ultimately caused it. And if the federal government paying […]
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“I thought the market would go down 25 percent, and I was OK with that to get rid of a nuclear potential holocaust. Would have been a nuclear holocaust. So, going down 25 percent’s OK when you get rid of a nuclear holocaust, so, uh, most people agree with me,” Trump said. Trump: “I thought […]
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“I thought the market would go down 25 percent, and I was OK with that to get rid of a nuclear potential holocaust. Would have been a nuclear holocaust. So, going down 25 percent’s OK when you get rid of a nuclear holocaust, so, uh, most people agree with me,” Trump said. Trump: “I thought […]
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On Truth Social, Trump barely mentioned the festival, posting a note at 8:30 a.m. Sunday: “I HOPE EVERYBODY AT REDEDICATE 250 IS HAVING A GOOD TIME. IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP, JUST HAVE OUR BEAUTIFUL, BOTH INSIDE AND OUT, RACHAEL C.D., GIVE ME A CALL. I’M BACK FROM CHINA!!! President DJT.” […]
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