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MAGA infighting erupts after losing candidate blames ‘selfish’ colleague for rout
New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman erupted in anger on Thursday, spilling a fight among New York MAGA out into the open. Blakeman, the executive of Nassau County on Long Island, was given President Donald Trump’s endorsement after his actual preference for the seat, Upstate New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, dropped her own bid…
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Trump mocked for shielding his ‘gold-plated midlife crisis’ with post-election order
President Donald Trump’s newest effort to cement his White House makeover drew a wave of ridicule from critics who say it reeks of hypocrisy. Trump on Thursday signed a proclamation aimed at locking the Oval Office and Cabinet Room into their redesigned states, the Associated Press reported. During the signing, Trump said the document would…
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The Speaker Who Gave the House Away
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Outgoing Speaker of the House Mike Johnson made a statement earlier this year that captured his approach to the…
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Trump rages over election night market plunge: ‘Such a sad thing to watch!’
President Donald Trump took to his social media platform with a gloomy tantrum about the stock market and insults for his political opponents. In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump blamed the election results for what he called one of the worst days in stock market history, lamenting that it was “such a sad…
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NY state police sergeant busted with trove of child porn, filmed young girls undressing in his bathroom: feds
A New York State Police sergeant is accused of hoarding a trove of child pornography and filming two young girls undressing, editing the vile footage into even sicker content, according to federal prosecutors. Sgt. Steven Calderon, 43, was first arrested last Monday for allegedly attacking a woman inside Orange County home, and he was charged…
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Nightclub The Blond goes dark as Aby Rosen out at 11 Howard
The Blond has faded to black. The buzzy nightclub inside the 11 Howard hotel permanently closed its doors last weekend, following one last Halloween blowout, as a new operator takes over the property this week. We hear the celeb haunt’s most devoted revelers had no idea it was coming to an end. A source tells…
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Trump signs proclamation he says will prevent future changes to the Oval Office and Cabinet Room
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday signed a proclamation that he said will prevent future changes to the Oval Office and Cabinet Room as he has redesigned them. “We’re making it a national monument and it will not be allowed to be touched by anybody,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. Trump’s proclamation signing comes two…
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Prosecutors defend ‘mountain of evidence’ as Trump lawyer tries to toss out felonies
Manhattan prosecutors told a New York appeals court that a “mountain of evidence” supports President Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions, as his lawyers argued the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling should undo them, All Rise News reports. Reporter Adam Klasfeld writes that a five-judge panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, weighed whether the immunity…
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Near 90 in November as Santa Anas bring fire risk plus heat, especially along the coast
With that cool, rainy Halloween now a memory, Santa Ana winds are moving in to Southern California starting Thursday, bringing escalating heat and “critical” fire danger in mountain areas. Residents can expect a “weak to moderate Santa Ana wind across Southern California,” said Rich Thompson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard, with…
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White House warns conservative allies it’s ‘monitoring’ them after GOP wipeout: report
Two days after Republicans lost both chambers of Congress, the Trump White House sent more than 3,000 conservative groups a memo with an ominous warning highlighted in yellow, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday in an exclusive. “As always, we are monitoring statements, press releases, and media engagements from your organizations,” the memo said. The…