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When President Donald Trump began his second term, Maryland officials decided to use taxpayer money to prepare for his administration — and now questions are being raised about what those taxpayers received in return.“More than a year after Maryland paid roughly $240,000 in taxpayer funds to Accenture to help prepare for a second Trump presidency, there is still no public record of what the firm produced or what taxpayers received in return,” reported WBFF’s “Spotlight on Maryland” on Thursday. The report elaborated that the state c

At least three people have lodged formal workplace discrimination complaints against Trump Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, alleging a toxic workplace and her retaliation against women her husband allegedly hit on.“Two of the complaints were filed by young female staffers who have alleged that Chavez-DeRemer’s husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, subjected them to unwanted sexual touching late last year when they were working at U.S. Department of Labor offices,” reports MS NOW, who refused to share the names of the two women to protect their identities during the ongoing investigations of their claims.One of the femal

Zeteo writer Asawin Suebsaeng says an infuriated President Donald Trump is storming through the White House, trying to flush out ‘rats’ who are leaking damning information to New York Times writers.“Donald Trump is a Mad King president, perpetually p—— off about seemingly everything. ... But there’s something new that is uniquely enraging him, those who’ve spoken to him recently tell me,” said Suebsaeng. “… In conversations with close aides and advisers, President Trump has loudly demanded to know who in his Cabinet or his team blabbed to New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Sw

Brittany Aldean — a former American Idol contestant who later married country music star and Trump ally Jason Aldean — is launching a MAGA-coded perfume line that she says is for women with “good values.”Called VADA, Aldean introduced the brand via an article in the alt-right magazine Evie, which rose to prominence among MAGA circles in the early days of the pandemic, when it would run covid-denial, anti-vax, and other relevant stories. This, decided Aldean, was the perfect place to reveal her “faith-based” fragrance to the world. After taking a moment to complain about gender transitioning — about which Aldean has previou

Wisconsin Republicans appear distraught after their recent trouncing in state supreme court elections, which handed liberal justices a 5-to-2 majority."We're basically giving up on the court. Which is a horrible decision to make, because it's going to have huge ramifications, and it may not matter who's governor, or who controls the Legislature, if the court is controlled by liberals for the next 10 to 15 years," said Mark Graul, a longtime GOP operative who previously handled campaigns for Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler.Graul said donors were unwilling to come off the cash for conservative judicial candidate

First lady Melania Trump spoke out on Thursday, denying any links to trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Among her comments was the denial that her name was mentioned in any documents. "Be cautious about what you believe," she said. "These images and stories are completely false. I am not a witness or a named witness in connection with any of Epstein's crimes. My name has never appeared in court documents, [unintelligible] victim's statements, or FBI interviews surrounding the Epstein matter." Technically speaking, she might be correct about those specific documents. However, Melania Trump is included in the files, which have not only photos of her but emails with her name too. A search shows her name 40 t

The user's of President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform are typically thought of as his "most ardent supporters," but according to a new report from the New York Times, they have become to turn on him in a big way after the Iran war, with The Daily Beast calling the trend "public humiliation" in his "favorite safe space."The Times' report turned up "tens of thousands" of recent posts from Truth Social in which users ripped the president to shreds over his decision to join Israel

On Wednesday, reports emerged that the Trump Pentagon threatened to wage war against the Pope. The following day, however, the agency released a statement denying the claims, asserting that the meeting between Administration and Vatican officials was “respectful and reasonable.”The denial of hostility comes in the wake of a story involving a closed-door meeting between Under Secretary Elbridge Colby and Cardinal Christ

Critics say Erika Kirk’s Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has gone toxic in red-state Arizona, possibly to the point of derailing races it sticks its nose in.“Turning Point USA has been blamed by a senior Arizona Democrat after conservative‑backed candidates fell short in a closely watched election for control of the Salt River Project (SRP) board, which oversees the state’s largest public utility,” reports Newsweek.The races involve the critical Salt River Project board, which makes decisions over access and pricing for resources, and it sets the economic structure of the

In a presidency full of consequential actions, few if any have resulted in as much blowback as President Donald Trump’s decision to launch war on Iran. While he has received criticism for it from across the political spectrum, Trump has garnered a surprising amount of negative commentary from some of his closest allies. On Thursday, such a statement came from one of the president’s most devoted supporters, former General and Trump National Security Advisor Mike Flynn.In a post to X, Flynn asserted that while he believes Trump has good instincts, “the man at the top rarely acts alone… Good p