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HuffPost‘Stunning Freudian Slip’: Trump’s Hot Take On Bullies Leads To Epic ‘Self Own’
Critics mocked the president for seemingly speaking about himself without even realizing it.
- HuffPost
Donald Trump’s Anti-‘Woke’ Rant Ends With Awkward Admission
The president's remarks took an uncomfortable turn.
- HuffPost
Karoline Leavitt Gets Schooled Over ‘Grammatical Train Wreck’ On Fox News
The White House press secretary was mocked for her Trump-defending goof.
- The Daily Beast
Jordan’s King Flatters Trump With Tiny Aid for His Gaza Takeover Bid
King Abdullah II of Jordan flattered and surprised President Donald Trump on Tuesday in a dance to deflect from the president’s Gaza takeover bid, which the monarch has publicly said he opposes. Abdullah said he would, however, facilitate a move to take 2,000 children in Gaza “that are either cancer children or in a very ill state to Jordan as quickly as possible.” Trump expressed astonishment and gratitude—and hope that the fig leaf would lead to broader Arab support for his controversial plan
- HuffPost
Wall Street Journal Warns How Donald Trump Is Repeating First-Term ‘Blunder’
The conservative newspaper's editorial board predicted that it's a disaster in the making.
- The Independent
Top Canadian lawmaker vows 100% tariffs on Musk’s Teslas in ‘surgical’ reprisals to future Trump threats
Chrystia Freeland threatened to ‘go after American stakeholders who matter to the White House’ in response to Trump’s tariffs
- NewsWire
Minister’s brutal question to US on tariffs
A senior Labor minister has put a blunt question to the White House after Donald Trump announced brutal blanket tariffs on steel and aluminium.
- The Daily Beast
The Shocking Questions Trump Admin Is Asking Job Candidates
An explosive report by the Washington Post alleges that the Trump’s administration is weeding out candidates for top intelligence and law enforcement jobs by asking if the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was an “inside job” and if the 2020 election was “stolen.” Those looking to apply to top national security positions with the administration are allegedly facing additional questions that test their loyalty to Trump. These questions seem quite tailored to determine candidates’ inclinations on the president’
- NewsWire
Twist in Australia’s Trump tariff saga
A proclamation signed by Donald Trump has revealed a surprise issue, hours after the PM asked the President for an exemption on steel and aluminium exports.
- The Daily Beast
Melania Goes Into Hiding as Trump Floods the Zone
First lady Melania Trump has not been seen or heard from since the end of last month, despite her husband flooding the zone. Melania was last seen by President Donald Trump’s side in North Carolina on Jan. 24, when she accompanied him on a tour of the Hurricane Helene disaster site. The same day, she watched as her husband partook in a very tense handshake with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after touching down in the state to survey the damage caused by the wildfires there. And this, or Newsom pl
- The Daily Beast
Congresswoman Wants to Speak to Dead JFK Assassination Investigators
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna announced Tuesday that she wants to use her new task force dedicated to uncovering “federal secrets” to question the investigators of President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination. Her only issue? They are all dead. The congresswoman said during a press conference Tuesday that she hopes to use the “Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets” to speak to physicians and members of the Warren Commission, which was formed to look into Kennedy’s assassina
- NewsWire
Illegal squatters block cops with caravans
A group of illegal squatters in NSW are blocking water lines with caravans to “defend their water” as authorities attempt to disconnect water supply.
- The Daily Beast
Judge Refuses to Let Trump Defy Order on Federal Funding Freeze
A federal judge indicated Monday he won’t sit idly as Donald Trump pushes the limits of his power. Judge John J. McConnell Jr. called out the Trump administration in an order, alleging the White House disobeyed a judicial mandate last month that required funding that was abruptly frozen by an Office of Management and Budget directive be resorted. McConnell, of Rhode Island, doubled down on his order from January and demanded the Trump administration must “immediately restore frozen funding.” If
- HuffPost
Jimmy Kimmel Spanks Donald Trump With A Timely Issue ‘That Will Really Set’ Him Off
The late night host said the president already had a “petty” reaction to this one.
- Evening Standard
Russia launches huge missile and drone attack on Kyiv sparking claims Vladimir Putin 'not preparing for peace'
Ukraine’s air force said it shot down six out of seven ballistic missiles used in the latest attack on the country
- The Independent
Russia forced to use donkeys to bring ammunition to Putin’s troops in Ukraine as military vehicles run short
A solider claimed Russia’s defence ministry was supplying donkeys to directly to troops
- CNN
Here’s what federal judges could do if they’re ignored by the Trump administration
Recent court orders slowing down or indefinitely blocking President Donald Trump’s policy blitz have raised the specter that the executive branch might openly flout the federal judiciary and prompted questions about how judges would respond.
- HuffPost
American Bar Association Says Trump Is Not Following The Rule Of Law
"No American can be proud of a government that carries out change in this way," the group's president wrote in a searing statement.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Orders ICE Purge of Top Officials as Deportations Fall Short
President Donald Trump has axed two top officials from their positions at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as pressure mounts for the federal agency to meet his ambitious deportation targets. Russell Hott and Peter Berg, two of most senior officials in ICE’s enforcement division, have been demoted and will be reassigned to the Washington field office and to St. Paul, Minnesota, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday evening, citing three people with knowledge of the matter. The news co
- CNN
Hundreds of wounded Russian soldiers treated in North Korea, envoy says
North Korea has treated hundreds of Russian soldiers injured in Ukraine, Moscow’s ambassador to Pyongyang told state media, as he revealed new details of the reclusive state’s backing for the Kremlin’s war effort.