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Republicans strangle bill to block Trump’s IRS immunity deal
The Senate Finance Committee just voted down a check on the Trump administration’s efforts to shield him from tax audits, according to a new report. Republicans in the Senate Finance Committee defeated the Democrat’s block in a 14-13 vote as part of committee work on a broader tax-administration bill, Politico reported Thursday. While Democrats argued…
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Jared Leto made disturbing comment about ‘high school girls’ decade before sexual assault allegations
Jared Leto made a creepy comment about “high school girls” 13 years before he was accused of sexual assault by multiple women. The alleged incident occurred in 2013 when Leto performed with his band, 30 Seconds to Mars, at Ex’Pression College in Emeryville, California, as seen in a video from the new BBC documentary “Jared…
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America Isn’t Supposed to Have Political Prosecutions
Legal filings submitted by James Comey this week argue that the Trump administration has subjected the former FBI director to a vindictive and meritless prosecution. What stands out is how little effort the president put into pretending this is not the case. President Trump first branded Comey a criminal more than eight years ago. In…
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Shell Is Profiting Massively Off the War in Iran
Don’t worry about the death toll and economic devastation. There’s money to be made! As the United States launches a “heavy wave” of strikes against Iran, a conflict that turned from a limited incursion into an extremely expensive and painfully drawn-out war, some clear winners are starting to emerge — and we’re definitely not talking…
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Trump running out of options to fix inflation, economic woes before election, experts say
WASHINGTON — With three months remaining until election day, there is now little the Trump administration can do to bring relief to Americans battered by years of stagnant wages and steep inflation before they hit the polls, experts say — complicating midterm campaigning for Republicans and sharpening the opportunity for Democrats to win back some control in…
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MAGA Republican abruptly ends presser rather than disavow son-in-law’s Nazi posts
A Senate candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump fled a rural Georgia press conference Thursday rather than answer questions about his son-in-law, white nationalist influencer David Alan Scheer II. Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) abruptly ended the event after reporters peppered him with questions about a CNN report that found Scheer had built a large online…
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U.K. police arrests dozens at protest supporting banned group Palestine Action
LONDON — Dozens of people were arrested outside a London courthouse on Thursday after expressing support for Palestine Action, a protest group that has been banned as a terrorist organization by the British government. The arrests came as Palestine Action was given the go-ahead to ask the U.K. Supreme Court to overturn the year-old ban, which makes…
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Rep. Max Miller drops domestic violence case against senator’s daughter after judge finds no evidence of harm by ex-wife
WASHINGTON — Embattled Rep. Max Miller’s domestic violence case against his ex-wife, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno, was formally dismissed this week after a judge concluded that the lawmaker had not actually been harmed or made to fear for his safety. Miller (R-Ohio), who has denied allegations of abuse from his former spouse, Emily…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets another month shaved off his federal prison sentence
For music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, freedom from federal prison inches closer once again. Combs is expected to be released from prison on Jan. 24, 2028, the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate database confirms. Just last month, Combs’ release was movedto February 2028. He was initially projected to be freed in June 2028. A legal…
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Mika Brzezinski Fact-Checks ‘Wretched’ Fauci Hearing: ‘Simply Grotesque’
“Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski fact-checked Republicans’ Wednesday questioning of Anthony Fauci at a senate hearing in Washington, D.C., calling it a “wretched performance” that refused to acknowledge President Trump‘s role in the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. “Yesterday’s wretched performance by Senate Republicans was the latest in a long, pathetic attempt by members of…