President Donald Trump faced backlash Saturday after critics accused him of recycling a joke that had circulated online for decades during his speech Friday at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.During the event, Trump joked about a text message a senator apparently received from his wife, who s…
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Maine Democrats on Saturday overwhelmingly nominated Troy Jackson, a former state Senate president and logger by trade, as their party’s nominee to challenge longtime Republican incumbent Susan Collins in November’s high-stakes US Senate election.“Well, thank you, Maine,” Jackson, 58, said after sec…
President Donald Trump’s insistence that a Qatari-donated jumbo jet be ready to serve as a temporary Air Force One in time for the nation’s 250th birthday led to the omission of several key security features found on the current presidential fleet, a New York Times investigation revealed Friday.Trum…
President Donald Trump’s Forest Service chief, Tom Schultz, was exposed Saturday for having potentially lied during a congressional hearing earlier this week, a potential lie that may very well prove fatal.On Wednesday, Rep. Angie Craig (DFL-MN) pressed Schultz on whether the Department of Governmen…
A federal court dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to limit the use of mail-in ballots for the upcoming midterm elections, sparking a chorus of celebration among Trump administration critics.On Saturday, The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s …
Congressional lawmakers are hitting the brakes on the Pentagon’s efforts to to quietly move forward with powering AI, per Politico.The Department of Defense is already leasing land to private companies to build data centers proposed for military bases, but the move is drawing scrutiny from members o…
An employee for a right-wing think tank and MAGA lobbyist was caught trying to sneak drugs and pistol ammo into Senate offices, per NOTUS.Heritage Foundation employee Matthew Christopher Wingate faces a drug-possession charge after security at the Russell Senate Office Building found a substance tha…
A legal expert sounded the alarm on a lawyer for the Department of Homeland Security who’s been attacking federal judges.During an episode of The Intersection, Michael Popok called out the DHS general counsel, James Percival, and called for his immediate removal. Popok explained that Percival has be…
An alarmed House Democrat said Saturday that President Donald Trump may consider sending the military into yet another country — and for the “dumbest” reason. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) delivered a scathing rebuke of a new Trump administration report that takes aim at Cuba during a Saturday segment on C…
A former CIA director on Saturday slammed the Trump administration for a cover-up he predicts is doomed to fail.In an interview with The Guardian, Leon Panetta laid out how he believes the Pentagon is trying to combat press access amid the war in Iran. “There’s a deliberate effort here to basically …