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The administration suspended Microsoft from a green-card program while accusing it of visa fraud, because apparently the award ceremony needed a plot twist

AP and NBC News report that the administration blocked Microsoft from sponsoring some H-1B workers for permanent residency and accused the company of abusing the labor-c…

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DOJ announced election-crime charges involving 16 noncitizens, because apparently one voting allegation needed a nationwide press release

The Justice Department says the cases involve alleged illegal voting, false claims of U.S. citizenship and fraudulent voter registration across several federal districts.

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Trump posted a Republican senator’s supposed phone number during a daylight-saving feud, because apparently time zones now require doxxing

Reuters reports that President Donald Trump shared the purported number online while arguing with Republican Senator Tom Cotton over whether the country should change it…

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Trump promised adults $5,000 if Republicans win the midterms, because apparently democracy needed a limited-time rebate code

The proposed “dividend” would cost roughly $1.2 trillion, require congressional approval and arrive only after voters deliver the requested election result.

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A Missouri candidate allegedly tried to plant cocaine on his opponent, because apparently negative campaigning needed a felony upgrade

AP reports that Thomas Ross is accused of asking a campaign manager to put cocaine and Adderall in his Republican primary opponent’s purse or vehicle.

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Trump renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America,” because apparently a trade war needed a souvenir mug

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 27 directing the U.S. geographic naming service to use “Lake America” for Lake Ontario inside the United State…

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Google made it easier for campaigns to send fundraising emails, because apparently your inbox needed a political timeshare

The New York Times reports that Google changed how political campaigns can send fundraising emails, potentially making it easier for messages to reach voters who did not…

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Trump secretly switched planes while Rubio and Bessent stayed on a decoy Air Force One, because apparently the cabinet needed a travel-themed magic trick

CBS News reports that Trump took a separate aircraft from Turkey while Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent remained on the publicly ident…

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Trump is putting an IndyCar race on Pennsylvania Avenue, because apparently the nation’s capital needed manhole covers with anxiety

The Freedom 250 Grand Prix will send open-wheel race cars down a street with a 25-mph speed limit at nearly 200 mph. Organizers are welding more than 220 manhole covers …

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Florida governor candidate is accused of stiffing a debate champion $8,000, because “free speech” apparently came with a delayed-payment plan

A high-school debate champion is suing Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback over $8,000 in scholarship money she says remains unpaid. Fishback told …

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Capital One closed Trump Organization accounts after an anti-money-laundering probe, because even the bank wanted to leave the group chat

Reuters reports that Capital One closed accounts belonging to the Trump Organization after reviewing them in an anti-money-laundering investigation, adding a very unglam…

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Trump's teleprompter operator is on unpaid leave after alleged bets on Trump's speeches, because apparently even the cue cards became a financial product

AP says the White House put Gabriel Perez on unpaid leave after reports that he used inside knowledge of presidential speeches to win more than $100,000 on Kalshi predic…

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The Supreme Court unanimously said: prosecuting marijuana users for gun ownership violates the Second Amendment, because apparently one stupidity doesn't cancel out another

In a rare moment of unanimity, all nine justices agreed that federal law doesn't get to strip gun rights from people whose only crime was using a substance that is incre…

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The National Park Service officially claimed the Reflecting Pool liner was cut with a sharp knife or razor, because sometimes the evidence arrives exactly when the blame narrative needs it

Two weeks after Trump claimed vandals damaged the Lincoln Memorial's reflecting pool renovation, the National Park Service suddenly found official documentation of inten…

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Trump said Italy's prime minister begged him for a photo, so Italy canceled a U.S. business forum, because apparently diplomacy now has a group-chat correction thread

AP reports Italy's government slammed Trump's claim that Giorgia Meloni had "begged" for a photo at the G7, with Meloni posting that the story was fabricated and Foreign…

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Trump said the Iran war taught him there are "no limits" to his power, then immediately remembered limits exist, because constitutional law is apparently a vibes-based toggle

CNBC, citing Axios, reported that Trump described the U.S.-Iran agreement as "unconditional surrender" and answered a question about limits on presidential power with th…

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Trump's name came down from the Kennedy Center at 3 a.m. on a Saturday, because apparently even monuments need an ejection protocol when courts issue them.

Workers removed President Trump's name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts early Saturday morning, complying with a federal judge's ruling that rebra…

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South Korea's ex-president got 30 years in prison for sending drones over North Korea, because apparently creating international incidents for domestic political theater has consequences.

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday for ordering drone flights over Pyongyang in 2024. Prosecutors argued he orchestra…

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The president said "I love the inflation" when asked about rising prices crushing American families, because apparently self-awareness isn't a qualification for economic policy

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, June 10, that he loves inflation after it rose to a three-year high in May (4.2% year-over-year), even as Americans struggle wi…

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ActBlue's CEO invoked the Fifth Amendment 17 times in a congressional hearing, because apparently "I don't recall" and "I decline to answer" are the new bipartisan languages of accountability

Regina Wallace-Jones, CEO of the Democratic Party's main online fundraising platform, sat before the House Administration Committee and repeatedly refused to answer ques…

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Trump moved Todd Blanche toward attorney general, because apparently the Justice Department needed a loyalty punch card

NPR and AP report Trump plans to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer, for the permanent job.

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A scandal-plagued oysterman with Nazi tattoos and allegations of physical mistreatment won Maine's Democratic Senate primary, because the opposing candidate dropped out and apparently that's enough to win a statewide race in 2026.

Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and marine veteran facing a litany of serious accusations—including sexual misconduct, a tattoo recognized as Nazi imagery, and physical…

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Trump pardoned an ex-congressman convicted of insider trading, because apparently fraud crackdowns have a party exception

AP and The Guardian report Trump issued a full pardon to Stephen Buyer, a former Republican congressman convicted of illegal stock trades based on inside information.

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Trump walked out of an NBC interview because the host asked him about lies, because apparently pressing a president with facts counts as a personal attack.

When Kristen Welker dared to challenge his claims about elections and January 6, the president took his cameras and went home.

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The Senate passed $70 billion for immigration enforcement after tripping over Trump's fund, because apparently 5 a.m. is when Congress finds the junk drawer

AP and The Guardian report that the Senate passed a $70 billion ICE and DHS funding bill after rejecting attempts to permanently block Trump's $1.776 billion settlement …

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DOJ sent an observer to LA ballot processing, because apparently counting mail ballots now needs a federal drama lamp

The Guardian reports that DOJ sent a federal prosecutor to observe Los Angeles ballot processing after Trump made baseless claims that California Democrats were rigging …

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LA mayoral results briefly put Spencer Pratt near the runoff conversation, because apparently city politics got a reality-TV subplot

AP says Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advanced to a November runoff while early returns put Spencer Pratt, a Republican and former reality-TV star, among the candidates c…

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Alaska has two Republican Dan Sullivans on the Senate ballot, because apparently democracy needed a name-tag problem

AP reports that Sen. Dan Sullivan is facing 15 competitors in Alaska, including another Republican candidate named Dan Sullivan.

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Republican governors rebranded June with family slogans, because apparently Pride Month needed counterprogramming

AP reports that several Republican governors have proclaimed June as Fidelity Month, Nuclear Family Month or Strong Families Month while avoiding direct answers about wh…

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DOJ wants a Georgia election judge off the case, because apparently the courtroom needed event-planner discovery

AP says DOJ asked U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross to recuse herself from a Georgia election-records case over media reports tied to a Fani Willis event.

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The bond market sent Trump an inflation warning, because apparently the midterms needed a mortgage-rate jump scare

AP says higher energy prices, tariffs and U.S. borrowing worries have pushed Treasury rates up, adding an affordability problem to Trump's midterm headaches.

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An appeals court said the trans troop ban is illegal, then hit pause, because apparently rights need a loading screen

AP says a divided D.C. Circuit panel ruled the Pentagon policy illegally targeted transgender troops, but the ban remains in effect while the administration seeks more r…

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Reuters says the Supreme Court could reshape the midterms again, because apparently elections needed a late-stage rules patch

Reuters reports the Supreme Court has already boosted Republicans on election maps and may soon rule on mail ballots and coordinated campaign spending.

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A judge is reviewing Trump's IRS settlement, because suing your own government apparently needed a receipt check

Reuters says a federal judge ordered responses after retired judges argued the Trump-IRS settlement was collusive and a fraud on the court.

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Hegseth softened the China threat talk in Singapore, because apparently diplomacy found the volume knob

AP says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured Pacific allies while dialing back earlier language that framed China as an imminent threat.

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Treasury has a Trump $250 bill design, because apparently money needed a self-portrait mode

AP and The Guardian say Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed steps toward a proposed $250 bill with Trump's image, though Congress would have to change the law fir…

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A judge would not block Trump's mail-voting order yet, because apparently the lawsuit has to wait for the shoe to actually drop

AP says a federal judge declined to halt Trump's executive order on voter lists and mail voting, finding the challenge was premature because the order has not been imple…

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Bondi refused Trump questions in the Epstein files probe, because apparently oversight came with a mute button

Reuters says former Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to answer House Democrats' questions about Trump and the Epstein files during a closed-door interview.

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California wants a 100% tax on Trump fund payouts, because apparently the slush fund needed a turnstile

Reuters says Gavin Newsom announced California would try to tax payments from Trump's nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund at 100%.

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Trump fact-checked the reflecting pool into a skyscraper fight, because apparently Cabinet meetings need pool trivia

CNN says Trump made false claims at a Cabinet meeting about Iran, drug prices, investment numbers and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

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Trump told states to back off prediction markets, because apparently gambling is fine when it wears a derivatives hat

The Guardian and NBC News say Trump argued the CFTC should keep exclusive authority over prediction markets while states try to regulate or ban them as gambling.

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South Carolina senators rejected Trump's map do-over, because apparently you cannot cancel an election already boarding

AP says South Carolina senators killed a Trump-backed push to redraw congressional districts after early voting had already started.

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Reuters says Trump owns the Warsh Fed now, because apparently the blame shield got a nameplate upgrade

Reuters reports Kevin Warsh is now installed as Fed chair, which means Trump loses Jerome Powell as his favorite inflation punching bag and inherits the results of his o…

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Trump says "I don't make bad deals" while GOP hawks pan his Iran deal, because apparently the war got a Yelp review

AP and The Guardian say Trump's emerging proposal to end the Iran war is drawing criticism from Republican hawks before the final deal even exists.

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Trump turned a Maryland ballot vendor mistake into a 500,000-ballot conspiracy, because apparently clerical errors need a cape

AP fact-checked Trump's claim that Maryland sent 500,000 illegal mail ballots and found the claim false: election officials said a vendor error affected some ballots, wh…

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DOJ scrubbed Jan. 6 case releases from its website, because apparently the archive caught a partisan flu

AP and The Guardian report that DOJ acknowledged removing Jan. 6 criminal-case news releases and called the prosecution records "partisan propaganda."

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Trump's anti-weaponization fund got another lawsuit, because apparently the Judgment Fund became a grievance ATM

CNN says the Trump administration's nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is facing another legal challenge over its use of taxpayer settlement money.

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Trump's Miami library plan got sued, because apparently the presidential archive needed a hotel and a gold statue

AP says Miami residents sued over Florida's land transfer for Trump's future presidential library, arguing the plan violates the Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Claus…

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House Republicans canceled the Iran war vote before it could pass, because apparently democracy needed a Memorial Day timeout

AP and Reuters say House GOP leaders called off a vote on an Iran war-powers resolution after Democrats said they had the votes to force Trump back to Congress.

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AP found a growing GOP "YOLO caucus," because apparently Congress discovered object permanence after the primary smoke cleared

AP says a small but growing group of congressional Republicans is more willing to buck Trump, which is a funny thing to rediscover after building a party around loyalty …

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Trump has four giant Supreme Court cases in the chute, because apparently one constitutional boss fight was not enough

Reuters says the Supreme Court still has to decide Trump fights over birthright citizenship, firing a Fed governor, ousting an FTC commissioner, and ending protections f…

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The Senate advanced an Iran-war off-ramp after Cassidy flipped, because apparently two months of war finally found the calendar

AP says the Senate advanced a measure to force Trump to withdraw from the Iran war after Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy switched sides.

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Massie lost after Trump made him a loyalty test, because apparently Congress now comes with a boss fight

AP says Trump-backed Ed Gallrein beat Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky's GOP primary after Massie broke with Trump on Iran, spending and Epstein files.

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The government agreed to forever drop Trump tax claims, because apparently suing the IRS now comes with audit repellent

AP says a DOJ settlement addendum permanently bars the U.S. from examining or prosecuting current tax examinations involving Trump, his sons and the Trump Organization.

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Trump said he was an hour away from striking Iran again, because apparently diplomacy now has a countdown buzzer

Reuters says Trump told reporters he had been an hour away from deciding to strike Iran again, while Vice President JD Vance said talks had made progress.

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Hegseth campaigned in Kentucky as a "private citizen," because apparently the secretary of war has a weekend side quest

AP says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth traveled to Kentucky to attack Rep. Thomas Massie and boost Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein on the eve of a primary.

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DOJ created a $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund after Trump dropped his IRS suit, because apparently grievance now has a claims administrator

Reuters, AP and DOJ say Trump dropped his IRS lawsuit in exchange for an apology and a new fund for people claiming government weaponization or lawfare.

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The Trump-backed prayer festival brought "Jesus Make America Godly Again" to the Mall, because apparently the semiquincentennial needed campaign merch

Reuters photographed Rededicate 250, a National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving, on the National Mall, including Trump hats, Senator Tim Scott, and a "Jesus Mak…

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Republicans may vote on White House ballroom money while everyone else is yelling about prices, because timing is a flat circle

Reuters says Democrats are turning Trump's proposed $400 million White House ballroom into a midterm affordability attack as Republicans advance a presidential-security …

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Trump told Iran the clock is ticking while aides plan another Situation Room meeting, because apparently diplomacy needed a kitchen timer with missiles

Reuters says Trump threatened consequences for Iran on Truth Social and is expected to meet top national security advisers Tuesday to discuss military options.

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DOJ may indict 94-year-old Raul Castro, because apparently Cuba policy needed a courtroom cannon pointed at history

Reuters says U.S. officials are preparing a possible indictment of Cuba's former president over the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown.

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Xi warned Trump that Taiwan could get “dangerous,” while Trump called the summit maybe the biggest ever, because subtlety has left Beijing

Reuters and AP report Xi Jinping warned Donald Trump over Taiwan during a Beijing summit otherwise wrapped in ceremony, trade talk, CEOs and very large expectations.

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Trump’s mail-voting order hit court, because apparently election administration needed a presidential remote control

Reuters says a federal judge heard Democrats’ bid to block Trump’s executive order tightening mail-ballot rules, including a federal citizen-voter list and Postal Servic…

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Trump brought Musk and Nvidia’s CEO to China on Air Force One, because apparently foreign policy now has a VIP vendor demo

AP and Reuters report Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and other U.S. executives joined Trump’s China trip as the administration sought business wins, chip openings, …

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DOJ is reportedly weighing a settlement in Trump's $10 billion IRS suit, because apparently the president needed a customer-service window inside his own government

CNN reports the Justice Department is discussing whether to settle President Trump's personal $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS, including a possible term involving au…

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South Carolina Republicans told Trump no on a midterm map-rigging rush job, because even the gerrymander machine found a brake pedal

Reuters and The Guardian report five South Carolina Republican state senators joined Democrats to reject a Trump-backed push to reopen redistricting and target Rep. Jim …

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Trump headed to Beijing saying Iran is “under control,” because apparently a blocked oil chokepoint is just a vibe management issue

AP and Reuters report Trump left for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping while downplaying Iran-war tensions and saying he does not need China's help to end the conflic…

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Trump fired off 50-plus late-night posts demanding enemy arrests, because apparently Truth Social is now the Situation Room with typos

The Guardian and Forbes report Trump spent Monday night amplifying conspiracy posts, attacks on Obama and other rivals, and calls for political enemies to be prosecuted …

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Trump wants to pause the federal gas tax after the Iran war jacked up prices, because apparently the fire alarm is also a campaign strategy

Reuters and AP report President Donald Trump said he supports suspending or reducing the federal gasoline tax as war-driven fuel prices climb, but Congress would have to…

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Trump rejected Iran's war-ending counteroffer as “totally unacceptable,” because apparently diplomacy is now a comments section with warships

AP reports Iran sent a response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal through Pakistani mediators, and President Donald Trump quickly rejected it as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABL…

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DOJ wants to swap the United States into Trump's E. Jean Carroll case, because apparently the taxpayer is now the designated driver

NBC News and Washington Times report DOJ plans to ask the Supreme Court to let the United States replace Trump as defendant in E. Jean Carroll's $83 million defamation c…

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A trade court knocked down Trump's replacement tariffs, because apparently the tariff cannon needs a valid instruction manual

Reuters reports the Court of International Trade ruled Trump's latest 10% temporary global duties were not justified under Section 122 of the Trade Act, but limited the …

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A judge let DOJ keep 2020 Georgia ballots, because apparently election denial now comes with archival storage

Reuters reports a federal judge allowed the Justice Department to keep more than 600 boxes of Fulton County 2020 ballots seized by the FBI, even while calling the search…

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Senate Republicans want $1 billion for Secret Service upgrades including Trump's ballroom, because apparently private donations now come with a taxpayer sidecar

Reuters reports Senate Republicans are seeking $1 billion in taxpayer funding for Secret Service upgrades, including work tied to Trump's planned White House ballroom, e…

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Lutnick told Congress he can't recall why his family lunched on Epstein's island, because apparently the memory palace has a locked tiki bar

Reuters reports Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told House investigators he could not recall why his family had lunch on Jeffrey Epstein's private island in 2012, desp…

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Trump and the GOP are testing voter-roll purges right up to Election Day, because apparently the quiet period needed a leaf blower

CNN reports Republicans and the Trump administration are pushing aggressive voter-roll checks into the 90-day quiet period, using a federal immigration database critics …

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Trump joked about sending a carrier to make Cuba surrender on the way back from Iran, because apparently foreign policy now has errands

AP and CNN reported Trump joked that the U.S. Navy could stop near Cuba after Iran and make the island give up, because nothing calms a war-powers fight like adding a Ca…

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Trump says the Iran war is 'terminated' because there is a ceasefire, which is a bold way to tell Congress the clock is decorative

Reuters reports Trump told congressional leaders the Iran war has been 'terminated' by a ceasefire, even as U.S. forces remain deployed and Iran sent a new proposal he r…

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Trump faces a Friday Iran war deadline, because apparently constitutional war powers now come with a calendar invite everyone ignores

Reuters reports Trump faces a Friday deadline to end the Iran war or make the case to Congress for extending it, while the conflict shows no clear sign of stopping.

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Hegseth got grilled over the Iran war at a budget hearing, because apparently Congress has to sneak constitutional questions into the spreadsheet section

AP reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced nearly six hours of House questioning over the Iran war, while Reuters tracked escalation fears and oil prices hitting a …

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Senate Republicans advanced a Trump judicial nominee the ABA deemed not qualified, because apparently warning labels are just decor now

Reuters reports the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced four Trump judicial nominees, including the first of his second-term picks rated “not qualified” by the American …

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The Supreme Court weighed Trump’s TPS rollback for Haitians and Syrians, because apparently humanitarian protection now has a trapdoor

Reuters reports the Supreme Court examined the Trump administration’s effort to strip Temporary Protected Status from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigra…

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DOJ indicted James Comey over an '86 47' seashell photo, because apparently beach crafts are now a federal threat assessment

AP and Reuters report that former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted again, this time over an Instagram photo of seashells arranged as '86 47' that officials say…

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Trump's voter-roll dragnet keeps losing in court, because apparently state-run elections needed a federal data vacuum

Reuters says federal judges have tossed Justice Department lawsuits demanding sensitive voter-roll data from five states, which is one way to learn that 'send us everyth…

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Reuters says Trump is pushing into state-run elections one state at a time, because apparently local control now needs federal babysitters with subpoenas

Reuters reported a broader-than-previously-known Trump administration effort to gain federal control over elections in at least eight states through investigations, raid…

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Trump's $10 billion IRS lawsuit hit a skeptical judge, because apparently the president is now suing the government he runs

CNN and Politico report a federal judge questioned whether President Trump can pursue a $10 billion suit against the IRS and Treasury while he is overseeing the same exe…

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Democrats are arguing over whether "remove Trump" is a midterm message, because apparently the campaign plan now needs a panic room

Reuters reports House Democrats are split between a 25th Amendment push and the less cinematic business of talking about groceries, healthcare, affordability, and ICE ra…

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Trump hosted top meme-coin buyers at Mar-a-Lago while the coin sat near the floor, because apparently bag-holding now comes with canapes

Reuters reports the second annual $TRUMP contest brought hundreds of token holders to Mar-a-Lago even as the coin was down more than 95% from its peak.

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Trump's White House ballroom deal lets private donors stay hidden, because apparently the People's House now has a VIP room with the name tags removed

Reuters reports newly released documents show a private-donor structure for Trump's roughly $400 million White House ballroom that can shield donor identities while narr…

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Trump aides reportedly chased the Venezuela-voting-machine theory again and still found nothing, because dead conspiracies apparently get unlimited sequels

Reuters reports a Trump-aligned inquiry looked for evidence that Dominion machines were infected with Venezuelan-controlled code and, once again, came up empty.

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A Reuters/Ipsos poll says Trump's deportation push may hurt Republicans, because screaming "mandate" does not make voters forget the footage

Reuters found Americans are more likely to oppose congressional candidates who back Trump's deportation approach, with independents breaking sharply against it.

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Trump wants states to stop regulating AI, but a Utah Republican kept campaigning on doing exactly that, because apparently federalism now comes with product carveouts

AP reports the White House wants a single national AI standard and has tried to deter state rules, while Utah Republican Doug Fiefia is out here telling voters AI regula…

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Trump's Justice Department demanded Michigan hand over 2024 ballots, because apparently losing one election was supposed to become a permanent government hobby

Michigan officials called the request "absurd" and "baseless," which is a polite way to describe the federal government rummaging around for proof of conspiracies it sti…

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Aging Supreme Court justices are now being discussed like strategic roster moves, because apparently lifetime appointments also come with playoff seeding logic

Reuters reports conservatives are openly gaming out whether Samuel Alito or Clarence Thomas should retire while Trump still has a Republican Senate, which is a wonderful…

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Democrats are filing war-powers resolutions on repeat like Congress accidentally got stuck in a constitutional escape room

Reuters reports Senate Democrats plan to keep forcing votes on Trump’s Iran war powers every week, even though Republicans keep blocking them, which is a bleakly efficie…

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A federal judge told DOJ to stop rummaging through Rhode Island voter data like election denial was an auditing method

Reuters reports a federal judge rejected the Justice Department's demand for Rhode Island's non-public voter records, calling the request an "unprecedented" fishing expe…

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Trump interrupted a Cabinet meeting about Iran to tell a long story about Sharpie pens

Nothing says steady leadership quite like interrupting a meeting about war and markets to brag about your favorite marker.

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Senate Democrats are demanding Trump remove Bill Pulte as acting intelligence director because apparently giving a political attack dog access to the nation's most secret intelligence is bad governance

Trump nominated Jay Clayton for DNI, which Democrats welcomed. But the problem is Pulte, who becomes acting director in the meantime — a man Senate Democrats describe as…

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