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Trump funding freeze leaves rural red state voters in 'ruins': report
Trump funding freeze leaves rural red state voters in 'ruins': report
President Donald Trump’s disruption of another federal funding program is leaving red-staters in dire straits, according to a new report.The Daily Yonder (a nonprofit outlet covering rural issues) reported Wednesday that Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program is a federal grant ...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Trump funding freeze leaves rural red state voters in 'ruins': report
Johnson begs GOP rep to not retire to avoid 'massive blow' to his majority
Johnson begs GOP rep to not retire to avoid 'massive blow' to his majority
Over the past 24 hours, rumors have swirled over the possible early retirement of a five-term Republican member of Congress who had already announced he will not seek re-election. Given Speaker Mike Johnson’s extremely slim majority in the House, even one vote can make all the difference in his abil...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Johnson begs GOP rep to not retire to avoid 'massive blow' to his majority
Teacher sues after GOP policy labels 'everyone is welcome' sign as anti-Trump resistance
Teacher sues after GOP policy labels 'everyone is welcome' sign as anti-Trump resistance
In deep red Idaho — a state that President Donald Trump won by 36.5 percent in 2024 — public schoolteacher Sarah Inama hung up, in her classroom, a poster that read, "Everyone is welcome here." But Inama was ordered by school officials to take it down, and now, she is filing a lawsuit in response. A...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Teacher sues after GOP policy labels 'everyone is welcome' sign as anti-Trump resistance
'Constitutional nightmare': Expert’s 'eerie warning' on Trump’s plan to rig the midterms
'Constitutional nightmare': Expert’s 'eerie warning' on Trump’s plan to rig the midterms
True dictators who want to take over a country don't wait until there's an election. They plot and plan and strike when the moment is right. That's what The Bulwark's Will Saletan said when speaking to once-Republican commentator Matt Lewis on his Substack. Saletan said he was researching historical...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
'Constitutional nightmare': Expert’s 'eerie warning' on Trump’s plan to rig the midterms
'She’s embarrassing you!' Dem calls out Jim Jordan for letting Trump AG run House hearing
'She’s embarrassing you!' Dem calls out Jim Jordan for letting Trump AG run House hearing
Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) during the Wednesday committee hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. While many Democrats wanted to talk about failures of the Justice Department around the investigation files of Jeffrey Epstein, Bondi reacted defensively, tr...
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February 12, 2026 at 12:00 AM
'She’s embarrassing you!' Dem calls out Jim Jordan for letting Trump AG run House hearing
Jeanine Pirro put dance photographer in charge of indicting members of Congress
Jeanine Pirro put dance photographer in charge of indicting members of Congress
Fox News host-turned U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's attempt to criminally charge six members of Congress fell flat this week. That may be due to the personnel she put in charge of making the case to the grand jury.Bloomberg Law reported Wednesday that one of the Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor...
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February 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Jeanine Pirro put dance photographer in charge of indicting members of Congress
How Canada just ramped up its feud with Trump
How Canada just ramped up its feud with Trump
On Friday, February 6, the new Canadian Consulate of Greenland opened in Nuuk. The consulate wasn't a new idea; it had been planned for over a year. But the consulate, according to Politico reporters Mike Blanchfield and Calder McHugh, is taking on a new significance in light of U.S. President Donal...
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February 11, 2026 at 11:00 PM
How Canada just ramped up its feud with Trump
House hearing erupts as Trump AG cites stock market to fend off question about Epstein
House hearing erupts as Trump AG cites stock market to fend off question about Epstein
Attorney General Pam Bondi'a House Judiciary Committee hearing erupted in chaos on Wednesday after Department of Justice head cited the stock market in an evasive answer about the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.Speaking to lawmakers who questioned her about the department's rollout of the Epst...
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February 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
House hearing erupts as Trump AG cites stock market to fend off question about Epstein
Expert reveals the surprising conservative Supreme Court judge most likely to stop Trump
Expert reveals the surprising conservative Supreme Court judge most likely to stop Trump
Conservative Supreme Court journalist and SCOTUSblog founder Adam Feldman wrote on Wednesday that — when it comes to determining the outcomes of cases important to President Donald Trump — Justice Brett Kavanaugh is the judge most likely to split from his Republican leader.On the other hand, Justice...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Expert reveals the surprising conservative Supreme Court judge most likely to stop Trump
Why MAGA’s Texas trouncing was only the beginning
Why MAGA’s Texas trouncing was only the beginning
Although President Donald Trump won Texas handily in 2024 with a 14 percent lead over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, he performed especially well in a district that includes the Fort Worth suburbs — which he won by 17 percent. Yet in a recent special election for a Texas State Senate seat that sa...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Why MAGA’s Texas trouncing was only the beginning
Donald Trump teed up for very bad day after 'two defeats in two hours'
Donald Trump teed up for very bad day after 'two defeats in two hours'
Donald Trump and his administration are set for a rougher day than expected on Wednesday, with Politico reporting that "two major defeats" show signs of a "rocky road ahead for the White House.""Two defeats in two hours tee up a difficult day for the White House," Politico reported.The first defeat ...
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February 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Donald Trump teed up for very bad day after 'two defeats in two hours'
Trump’s brutish tactics prove he’s not a good Christian: analysis
Trump’s brutish tactics prove he’s not a good Christian: analysis
Donald Trump's forceful and brutish handling of his foreign and domestic policies saw him likened to a "pagan king" in a new analysis in The New York Times, with documentary filmmaker Leighton Woodhouse arguing that he has abandoned the true ideals at the heart of "Christian values."In a piece for t...
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February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Trump’s brutish tactics prove he’s not a good Christian: analysis
Inside one Trump official's mission to pander to Europe's radical right
Inside one Trump official's mission to pander to Europe's radical right
President Donald Trump's appointee Susan B. Rogers is “arguably… the public face of the Trump administration’s growing hostility to European liberal democracies,” according to a prominent British publication that accuses her of propping up far right regimes.Rogers, who has been Trump’s Under Secreta...
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February 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Inside one Trump official's mission to pander to Europe's radical right
Military 'could not assure civilian flight safety' in El Paso airspace
Military 'could not assure civilian flight safety' in El Paso airspace
Early Wednesday morning, February 11, the news broke that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had closed airspace in El Paso, Texas for ten days. And an FAA notice described the airspace in that area as "defense airspace," warning that pilots who violated the restriction could be intercep...
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February 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Military 'could not assure civilian flight safety' in El Paso airspace
Another Big Oil exec says he’s not swayed by Trump-controlled Venezuela
Another Big Oil exec says he’s not swayed by Trump-controlled Venezuela
President Donald Trump’s decision last month to invade Venezuela has not persuaded Total Energies, one of the Big Oil companies Trump urged to return to the country, that overthrowing former President Nicolás Maduro will be good for business.Although Trump is insisting Big Oil will invest heavily in...
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February 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Another Big Oil exec says he’s not swayed by Trump-controlled Venezuela
Massie schools Laura Ingraham over bizarre poll showing Kentuckians prefer Trump
Massie schools Laura Ingraham over bizarre poll showing Kentuckians prefer Trump
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is on Wednesday went after Fox News host Laura Ingraham for a poll pitting him against President Donald Trump.Ingraham pointed to the 2024 election results of Kentucky voters' when Trump opposed former Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump won the state of Kentucky in the pr...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Massie schools Laura Ingraham over bizarre poll showing Kentuckians prefer Trump
CNN host confronts Republican on live TV with brutal Fox News poll
CNN host confronts Republican on live TV with brutal Fox News poll
A new Fox News poll shows that Republicans are underwater with Independents, and one GOP lawmaker doesn't see why it's a problem for his party in the upcoming election. CNN host Audie Cornish confronted Republican Rep. Mike Haridopolos (Fla.) after Tuesday's hearing with Immigration and Customs Enfo...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
CNN host confronts Republican on live TV with brutal Fox News poll
Nobel economist exposes 'scam at the core of MAGA economics'
Nobel economist exposes 'scam at the core of MAGA economics'
President Donald Trump's trade adviser, Peter Navarro, is an aggressive supporter of his tariffs as well as his immigration policy. During a recent appearance on Fox Business, Navarro put an anti-immigration spin on the low unemployment numbers of Joe Biden's presidency — claiming, without evidence,...
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February 11, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Nobel economist exposes 'scam at the core of MAGA economics'
Dems plan to weaponize GOP 'silence' on controversies at DOJ hearing
Dems plan to weaponize GOP 'silence' on controversies at DOJ hearing
Democrats are looking to turn the GOP's "silence" in the face of Donald Trump and his Department of Justice's "lawlessness and gross abuse of power" into a bigger liability, according to Politico, as a major hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi gets underway.In a Wednesday morning report, Politic...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Dems plan to weaponize GOP 'silence' on controversies at DOJ hearing
A common-sense solution that would make us far safer immediately
Republicans' new agenda could make America's 250th birthday her last
A common-sense solution that would make us far safer immediately
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February 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
A common-sense solution that would make us far safer immediately
One man is causing an acceleration of civilizational collapse
One man is causing an acceleration of civilizational collapse
In the wee hours of Monday, January 19, US President Donald Trump sent a now-infamous text message to the prime minister of Denmark:Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although ...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM
One man is causing an acceleration of civilizational collapse
It’s not only because he posted a racist video.
Furious Dem suddenly has the confidence to cuss out Trump
It’s not only because he posted a racist video.
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February 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
It’s not only because he posted a racist video.
Billionaire donor lobbied Trump administration hours before attack on bridge to Canada
Billionaire donor lobbied Trump administration hours before attack on bridge to Canada
Donald Trump's threats against a bridge connecting the U.S. and Canada flummoxed some of the leaders involved with its creation, but according to a New York Times report, the president's turn may be connected to the influence of a wealthy donor.On Monday, Trump took to Truth Social with a threat to ...
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February 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Billionaire donor lobbied Trump administration hours before attack on bridge to Canada
'Never seen anything like this': Closed airspace around El Paso fuels speculation
'Never seen anything like this': Closed airspace around El Paso fuels speculation
In El Paso, Texas, according to CNN, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has closed airspace for ten days, citing "special security reasons." And this move is fueling speculation online.According to CNN reporters Karina Tsui and Diego Mendoza, "A notice by the FAA classifies the airspace as '(...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:40 PM
'Never seen anything like this': Closed airspace around El Paso fuels speculation
'Disgusting': Lawmakers in both parties shocked after viewing unredacted Epstein files
'Disgusting': Lawmakers in both parties shocked after viewing unredacted Epstein files
Members of Congress were given a chance to scour unredacted versions of the Department of Justice’s files on Jeffrey Epstein for the first time on Monday.There are more than 3 million pages available for lawmakers to comb through following their release to the public with heavy redactions. Meanwhile...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:21 PM
'Disgusting': Lawmakers in both parties shocked after viewing unredacted Epstein files