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Federal agents this week apprehended an Ohio resident and formally accused him of threatening to kill a member of Congress if that representative supported Medicaid funding cuts, NBC News reported Wednesday.Identified by the FBI as Jeffrey Dorsey, a 60‑year‑old from Dayton, the suspect is alleged to have left an expletive-laden voicemail nearly 90 seconds long on the main Washington, D.C. office line of the unnamed lawmaker last month, according to the federal criminal complaint made public Tuesday. The NBC report further said the target's name remains

Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele delivered a blistering critique Wednesday of President Donald Trump’s shifting narrative regarding his relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, underscoring that “we have videotape” evidence contradicting Trump’s denials.During a segment on his MSNBC show Wednesday evening, he said, “This thing is so funny at this point. The funny part for me is everyone sort of treating this like Donald Trump doesn't know Jeffrey Epstein. That's the part I find [funny].”He likened Trump's distancing from Epstein to Trump pretending ignorance of other controversial figur

One prominent far-right social media personality sometimes seen in President Donald Trump's orbit has carved out a niche for herself as the president's "loyalty enforcer," according to the New York Times. But one attorney representing administration officials who have been fired is publicly condemning her influence.The Times reported Wednesday on the growing power MAGA activist Laura Loomer has over personnel decisions in the executive branch. Loomer has already gotten Trump to fire several officials who were deemed insufficiently loyal ove

Despite President Donald Trump’s public plea for MAGA supporters to “drop the issue,” mentions of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in conservative podcasts surged more than eightfold over the past three weeks, according to a Wall Street Journal review released Wednesday.Joe Rogan, widely regarded as one Trump’s most significant supporters, emphasized last week that he had drawn “a line in the sand” regarding how the administration is handling the Epstein controversy. The J

Actor Samuel L. Jackson is now starring in a new ad campaign — and his first commercial is taking a not-so-subtle jab at President Donald Trump.Jackson is the new spokesperson for Vattenfall — an electric power company owned by the Swedish government. In the ad, the legendary actor is seen standing on the edge of a rocky cliff overlooking several wind turbines in the ocean, eating seaweed snacks made from seaweed growing beneath the turbines (which aren't for sale). He then referenced remarks Trump made about wind turbines without directly mentioning the president."Motherf------ wind farms. Loud, ugly, harmful to nature. Who says

President Donald Trump has now singled out Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) — one of his biggest supporters in the U.S. Senate — after he was the lone Republican to side with all Democrats in a recent committee vote.In a 169-word post to his Truth Social account on Wednesday, Trump tore into the Missouri Republican for being the lone vote to advance a Democratic bill that would ban members of Congress from trading stocks. He also targeted Hawley for voting against an amendment that would have authorized a review of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) stock trading."Why would one 'Republican,' Senator Josh Hawley

A passionate supporter of President Donald Trump, who is married to a prominent Republican operative in Wisconsin and publicly stated in 2024 that he was casting his vote to combat child trafficking, is now facing ten counts of possessing images of exploited children.Scott Soucek, from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, was arrested last week, according to a report by The Daily Beast. He is accused of downloading hundreds of illicit images via a file‑sharing network.Back in October, Scott posted on Facebook a list of roughly two dozen reasons why he intended to vote for Trump.READ

During a recent press gaggle on Air Force One, President Donald Trump asserted that he ended his friendship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein after he "stole" away Virginia Giuffre, who was at the time a 17 year-old girl who worked in the Mar-a-Lago spa (she died by suicide earlier this year). One veteran attorney is now saying noticed a major tell about Trump's answer.On Wednesday, attorney Spencer Kuvin — who represented several of Epstein's victims — told CNN host Brianna Keilar that he could tell Trump was particularly nervous when answering reporters' questions about h

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday the accounts created by President Donald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Act," are a "backdoor for privatizing Social Security."Speaking at a policy event organized by Breitbart News in Washington Wednesday, Bessent said, "If you get a pet, you understand everything about your pet. So if you have accounts, [you'd understand] why are you investing that way. Understand the power of compound interest.""Social Security is a defined benefit plan paid out to the extent that ... if all of a sudden these accounts grow, and you have hundreds of thousands of dollars for your retirement, then that's

In the United States' 2024 presidential election, Missouri showed itself to be even more of a red state than Texas. Donald Trump defeated Democratic nominee Kamala Harris by 14 points in Texas, but he carried Missouri by 18 percentage points.Missouri's largest city, St. Louis, was battered by a tornado on May 16, and the northern part of the city was hit especially hard. In an article published on July 30, The New Republic's Sarah Stankorb details the effect that the Trump administration's cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) — combined with povert