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Trump insiders’ weeklong public implosion rages on over who ‘crashed the MAGA train’
President Donald Trump’sallies kept tearing into one another nearly a week after the midterm losses, with one accusing a prominent pro-Trump activist of having “crashed the MAGA train.” Mike Benz, a former State Department official and former speechwriter for Stephen Miller, leveled the charge Monday against right-wing activist Laura Loomer, who had complained on X…
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In search of post-midterm message, Trump waffles on trusting election, immigration policy
After initially congratulating Democrats on their midterm wins, which he said he was “absolutely willing to accept,” President Trump posted a baseless missive to social media about not trusting early ballot totals or voting machines. “Does anybody really believe that this ‘Election’ was honest. How could the Polls be so wrong???” he wrote. The post…
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Trump-pardoned activist crashes cat owners’ convention in mistaken hunt for furries
Pardoned January 6 Capitol rioter Jake Lang found himself humiliated in the second stunt of the weekend, when he crashed a convention in Seattle he thought was a gathering of “furries” — but was actually just a gathering of cat owners. The viral video, posted to Facebook and X, showed Lang accosting confused staff and…
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Dustin Hoffman Says He Supported #MeToo as a ‘Very Good Thing,’ but Was in ‘Shock’ by His Own Sexual Harassment Allegations
Dustin Hoffman was a supporter of the #MeToo movement despite being in “shock” when his own sexual harassment allegations came through. In the actor’s new memoir “Look at Me,” Hoffman wrote about the entire experience in 2017. The #MeToo movement was just kicking off and he was in complete support of people calling out predators…
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This Is What a Lame Duck Looks Like
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. When President Trump posted on Saturday that he’d asked Dana White, the head of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, to…
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Waymo Said It Fixed Its School Bus Problem. The US Government Says It Didn’t Work
The US government is examining whether Waymo’s recall of software involved with a series of school bus passing incidents last fall actually fixed the safety issue. The formal investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will determine whether the company’s supposed software fix succeeded in preventing its robotaxis from improperly passing stopped school…
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Scientists discovered a baby right whale off Canada. They say it’s a cause for joy
PORTLAND, Maine — It would seem difficult to miss a 15,000-pound baby, but for months scientists who study rare whales did just that, and now they couldn’t be happier. Researchers in Canada captured images of an unidentified baby North Atlantic right whale, one of the rarest sea mammals in the world, off Anticosti Island in Quebec in…
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Fox’s Melania donation should ‘set off every alarm bell’ as DOJ clears new merger: lawyer
The American Economic Liberties Project on Monday called on the US Congress and state attorneys general to investigate the US Department of Justice’s decision last week to abruptly end its probe into the proposed merger between Fox Corporation and TV streaming company Roku. In a Friday announcement, the DOJ said that its investigation found it…
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NYC scrambles with $25M game plan for winter after 15 died in last cold snap
City Hall is bracing for the cold months after 15 people died on the streets last winter – as Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a plan to change the haphazard way outreach workers responded to 311 calls. Hizzoner announced a $25 million investment aimed at getting more homeless New Yorkers indoors when temperatures drop as part…
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Dustin Hoffman confesses he was held at gunpoint while in bed with married woman: ‘I’m gonna die’
Dustin Hoffman believed he was going to die when he was discovered in bed with a married woman by her irate husband. “I was having an affair with a married woman,” the Oscar winner revealed on a Nov. 9 episode of Conan O’Brien’s podcast. “And she thought that once her husband went to sleep, that…