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President Donald Trump spoke to reporters ahead of a trip to Memphis, Tennessee on Monday morning after spending the weekend in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump took questions, including a few from CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins, who asked how his lifting sanctions on Iranian oil is any different than former President Barack Obama allowing Iran to have access to their money that was being held up from sanctions. After Iran signed the nuclear agreement that allowed for nuclear inspectors to come in and test whether they were doing weaponry or nuclear power, Obama relaxed sanctions. Trump has falsely painted it as Obama giving Iran billions in cash. "The Treasury lifted sanctions on Iranian oil that was out to sea. Yo

In February, the New Mexico House of Representatives launched a "Truth Commission" that is being chaired by two Democratic state lawmakers, Andrea Romero and Marianna Anaya, and is investigating a ranch the late Jeffrey Epstein owned outside of Santa Fe. The goals of the commission, according to an announcement, include "gathering testimony" and "documenting abuses" as well as "identifying causes and consequences" and "making recommendations."The announcement noted, "For 26 years, Jeffrey Epstein was a property owner in New Mexico," adding that the Truth Commission "will

President Donald Trump clashed with a far-right reporter on Monday morning as he left Palm Beach, Florida, where he spends his weekends.Speaking to reporters at the base of his stairs at the airport, the president shouted questions at the reporters. One began asking about the ICE agents deployed to American airports and was about to ask a question about it when Trump asked, "Who are you with?"He said he was with Newsmax."You're not doing a very good job," Trup said.The reporter ignored the slight, continuing to ask about ICE agents deployed to airports, but Trump interrupted."You're not doing a good job. Did you hear me?" Trump said and turned to take a question from someone else."I

When President Donald Trump was reelected in 2024, he rode in on a largely populist message that promised to lower prices, reduce inflation, cut taxes, and improve American economic output in general. It’s not surprising that this message resonated with so many Americans, as polls found that the economy was overwhelmingly the most important issue of the election, with 81 percent of voters saying it was their top priority. But now, with polls showing Trump’s approval ratings at

Last week, another one of the Duggar family brothers was arrested after questions over inappropriate actions with a minor, but now his wife has been taken into custody too on a completely unrelated matter. It's leading to a lot of questions about what is wrong with the famous right-wing religious family. It was reported Sunday that Arkansas police have arrested Kendra Duggar, whose husband, Joseph Duggar, was arrested last week. Something he allegedly did years ago to a minor who was just 9 at the time is coming to light now that the minor has turned 14. Kendra Duggar is being accused of of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree false imprisonment. Out Magazine columnist Josh Ac

In 2024, Donald Trump dramatically improved his performance among nearly all groups of voters from four years earlier. Trump’s growth among Hispanic voters was especially notable, increasing by more than 10 points from 2020 to 2024, at least according to exit polls.This led to a

On Friday night, March 20, Robert Mueller — a former U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel, ex-FBI director and former deputy U.S. attorney general —passed away at 81 after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. President Donald Trump was quick to celebrate Mueller's death, posting, on his Truth Social platform, "Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people. President DONALD J. TRUMP."Mueller was a conservative Re

President Donald Trump has signaled to Senate Republican Majority Leader John Thune that he will not sign legislation that would pay TSA workers and all other DHS agencies except ICE — a Democratic proposal that Thune is now recommending — until his controversial SAVE America voter ID and citizenship legislation is passed."Senate Majority Leader John Thune approached Trump with a new proposal on Sunday — at the urging of his Senate Repu

During Donald Trump's first presidency, he angrily clashed with conservative Republicans he appointed to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) — including two attorneys general: Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr. And even though Christopher A. Wray was Trump's appointee to replace fired FBI Director James Comey, he later turned against him in a big way. Wray resigned near the end of Joe Biden's presidency, as he knew Trump would fire him after returning to the White House. Trump, however, has handled DOJ and the FBI much differently during his second presidency, appointing far-right MAGA loyalists like U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, and federal prose

As reporters continue digging through the millions of pages in the files around the case for trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, The New York Times uncovered on Monday that he was also serving as a go-between for billionaire Leon Black and a yoga instructor. The report cited an email showing that hundreds of thousands of dollars flowed from Epstein to the woman from Black. “He said that now he does it through you,” the woman wrote to Ep