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Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is accusing President Donald Trump of blocking a non-controversial water project affecting her district after the lawmaker challenged Trump to force the release of the Epstein files in November.“… Trump decided to veto … a bipartisan bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously. Why? Because nothing says ‘America First’ like denying clean drinking water to 50,000 people in Southeast Colorado, many of whom enthusiastically voted for him in all three elections,” Boeber

Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify that Jorgenson is a former Washington Post reporter who is the founder of Local News International.President Donald Trump's administration recently made the decision to suspend all federal childcare payments to Minnesota in the wake of a far-right influencer's YouTube video over supposed daycare fraud in Minneapolis. But one former Washington Post reporter is accusing the administration of cherry-picking data to suit their preferred narrative.In a video posted

Reporting from MS NOW shows the Trump administration knew current White House immigration advisor Tom Homan was under investigation for bribery before Trump submitted Homan’s name to Congress for approval.In early January, a Justice Department lawyer passed an envelope with news of Homan’s “bombshell” crookery, according to two people briefed on the meeting. The official who received the information, Trump’s personal attorney Emil Bove “closed his eyes and grimaced, according to two people briefed

Actor, director and producer George Clooney recently threw several jabs at media companies that settled with President Donald Trump rather than fight his lawsuits in court.During a Tuesday interview with Variety while promoting his new film "Jay Kelly," Clooney not only spoke about the president — who he said he used to "know very well" — but about networks that he feels enabled Trump during the early part of his second term. He specifically harped on CBS, having just played legendary CBS anchor Edward R. Murrow in a stage production of the film Good Night and Good Luck (which he co-wrote, starred in and directed).

Conservative podcaster and columnist Matt Lewis says President Donald Trump appears to be packing on years abnormally fast, and it’s showing in his behavior.“Donald Trump clearly aged this year. And part of that is we can no longer compare him to Biden,” said Lewis, speaking with Never Trump conservative Charlie Sykes on Sykes’ Substack podcast. “ … In people’s minds you could contrast Trump against Biden and it wasn’t favorable to Biden. Biden seemed doddering and slow, whereas Trump was aged but he had a weird crazed manic energy. Well, Biden is no longer part of the picture and Tr

Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) told MS NOW that Republicans are likely doomed to lose the House in 2026 thanks to President Donald Trump.[Trump] still commands a lot in the party, but I think as time goes on, as the economy doesn't recover, as we see healthcare costs increase, … I think there are Republicans who are beginning to say ‘enough,’ Kasich told NYU law professor and MS NOW legal analyst Melissa Murray. “And, remember, everybody who runs for reelection, they can't run on Trump.”Kasich said he actually thought the Democrats were going to win the House “a long time ago,” but the state of the economy was now a driving f

This year, many of the so-called "manosphere" influencers who boosted President Donald Trump in 2024 are now distancing themselves from the administration. MS NOW Nicolle Wallace took note and aired their 2024 and 2025 comments in succession.During the Tuesday episode of her show "Deadline: White House," Wallace pointed out that "many people who might have associated themselves with Donald Trump even this time last year are already having some second thoughts and saying so publicly." She listed podcaster Theo Von as one example, who called out the administration for using a video of him without pe

MS NOW data journalist Philip Bump says President Donald Trump’s claims of the U.S. being "the hottest country" so far only pertains to its climate. Economically, the U.S. is trailing behind its global competition.“President Donald Trump, never restrained about his use of hyperbole, has settled on a succinct summary of the first year of his second term," said Bump, citing a Dec. 11 declaration that international leaders person

A group of South American shamans known for making bold end-of-year predictions are now issuing an ominous warning about President Donald Trump's heath.The Daily Beast reported Tuesday that during the annual ritual in which Peruvian shamans issue forecasts about world leaders, the shamans singled out the 79 year-old Trump and warned Americans that a significant health event could impact the president in the next 12 months. Shamans made their prediction about Trump while holding his portrait and wearing traditional Andean robes. They also bore portraits of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, Russian Preside

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