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Sen. Ted Cruz said he told Trump: "You're going to lose the House, you're going to lose the Senate, you're going to spend the next two years being impeached every single week."

Trump's response, according to Cruz: "F**k you, Ted."

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Exclusive: In secret recordings, Cruz trashes Trump, Vance
The comments to donors last year are some of the harshest criticisms of Trump and Vance by a fellow Republican.
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January 25, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Alex Pretti, killed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, worked for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

As of Saturday evening, his family had still not heard from anyone at a federal law enforcement agency about their son’s death.

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The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ...
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January 25, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Trump administration plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran

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Trump administration plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran
Two of the deportees are gay and are terrified of returning to a country where homosexuality is punishable by death, their lawyer says.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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A federal judge refused an FBI warrant that proposed investigating *Renee Good* after an ICE officer killed her

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DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources
A judge refused an FBI warrant that proposed investigating dead Minnesota mom for suspected assault on an officer.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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The 500-year legacy of Gerardus Mercator strikes in 2026
helenkennedy.bsky.social Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 26d
This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’

“Figures compiled by staff in eight major eye hospitals and 16 emergency departments across the country reveal that at least 16,500-18,000 people have been killed.”

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January 18, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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>>> Diplomats have speculated that Trump’s allies in the tech world are interested in Greenland as a source of mineral wealth and real estate for data processing, treating the takeover of the island as the geopolitical equivalent of a series A fundraising round.

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Allies seek off-ramps as Trump doubles down on Greenland
With Trump threatening tariffs and speculation mounting about Silicon Valley’s interest in Greenland’s resources, allies are urgently seeking alternatives that would satisfy his deal-making impulses w...
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January 18, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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“The broader Hispanic community certainly feels let down. It would be different if immigration and the economy had not been principal talking points for [Trump]. On both fronts, we didn’t get what we thought we were going to get.”

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Latino voters powered Trump’s comeback. Now they’re turning on his economy.
Hispanic small business owners are souring on the Trump economy, a warning sign to Republicans ahead of this year’s midterms.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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At least four leaders of a Justice Department unit that investigates police killings have resigned in protest over the Trump administration’s handling of an ICE officer fatally shooting a motorist in Minneapolis

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A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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“History tells us that when the independence of the central bank is compromised, bad things happen. It’s very worrisome.”

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DOJ opens probe into Fed's Powell, drawing backlash from lawmakers
The move is a sharp escalation of Trump’s clash with the Fed chief, who he has pushed to lower interest rates.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:44 AM
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A GOP senator blocking all Fed nominees means they won’t even get past the committee
michaelsderby.bsky.social Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · Jan 12
Trump’s attack on Fed already starting to backfire. Republican Sen. Tillis: “I will oppose the confirmation of any nominee for the Fed—including the upcoming Fed Chair vacancy—until this legal matter is fully resolved.”
I will oppose the confirmation of any nominee for the Fed—including the upcoming Fed Chair vacancy—until this legal matter is fully resolved.
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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A truly extraordinary Sunday night video statement from a Fed chair — confronting Trump for using a DOJ investigation to pressure the Fed to cut interest rates
January 12, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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The Donald J. Trump Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
January 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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“Who is going to make that commitment on the basis of a promise from Donald Trump?”

As Trump pressures U.S. oil firms, analysts and former diplomats say Venezuela cannot produce the outcome he wants.

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Trump pitches execs on a Venezuela oil plan that experts say won’t work
As Trump pressures U.S. oil firms, analysts and former diplomats say Venezuela cannot produce the outcome he wants.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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Two goals in direct conflict:

1) The president wants even lower oil prices, closer to $50 a barrel.

2) The president wants oil companies to invest huge sums of money to extract oil from Venezuela.

Oil execs won’t be interested if oil prices remain low.

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U.S. plans to sell Venezuela’s oil and control proceeds
The Trump administration says it will manage Venezuela's oil sales indefinitely, deposit revenue in U.S. government accounts and use the leverage to reshape the country, with no established plan for e...
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January 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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There is a reason that the United States has not gone to war with Iran before. The overwhelming consensus of military and intelligence officials and experts has been that doing so would be a disaster. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Why war with Iran has never been worth the cost
A U.S. attack on Iran might bring surrender. But it could also start a nuclear war.
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June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Get out the popcorn for this Roundtable! With @sudeepreddy.bsky.social‬, Senior Managing Editor ‪@politico.com, ‬@sarahdwire.bsky.social‬, Senior National Political Correspondent at @usatoday.com‬ and ‪@kirk-bado.bsky.social‬, Editor ‪@nationaljournal.com‬ Hotline.‬‬‬
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June 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Congrats to NPF Board Vice Chair @sudeepreddy.bsky.social for this exciting career move!
msnowcomms.bsky.social MS NOW Public Relations @msnowcomms.bsky.social · May 15
@msnbc.com is honored to welcome Sudeep Reddy (@sudeepreddy.bsky.social) as the network’s Washington Bureau Chief. In his role, Sudeep will be charged with leading MSNBC’s D.C.-based newsgathering operation, including building a team of reporters to cover every corner of the nation’s capital.
May 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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@sudeepreddy.bsky.social hired by @msnbc.com to be DC bureau chief: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/m...
MSNBC hires Politico's Reddy to be DC bureau chief - Talking Biz News
MSNBC has hired Politico senior managing editor Sudeep Reddy to be its first Washington bureau chief, reports Michael Grynbaum of The New York Times. Reddy has been overseeing coverage and strategy fo...
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May 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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@msnbc.com is honored to welcome Sudeep Reddy (@sudeepreddy.bsky.social) as the network’s Washington Bureau Chief. In his role, Sudeep will be charged with leading MSNBC’s D.C.-based newsgathering operation, including building a team of reporters to cover every corner of the nation’s capital.
May 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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“The Taco (for Trump Always Chickens Out) trade notched up its latest win yesterday”

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The pattern is now unmistakable. Trump announces extreme tariff policies but in the face of a negative political, economic or market response, he backs off. The Taco (for Trump Always Chickens Out) trade notched up its latest win yesterday, after Trump announced that he would cut tariffs on China from 145 per cent to 30 per cent for 90 days, ending what had amounted to an embargo on many Chinese goods (a significant number of products, such as electronics, had already received exemptions). China, for its part, cut its tariffs from 125 per cent to 10 per cent. Markets roared their approval. Yes, a 30 per cent tariff is still high and 90 days is not forever. But the central forecast now has to be that, should 30 per cent tariffs pinch in the US, Trump will bring those down, too. What reason has the administration given for investors to expect anything else? Trump observers love to note that the president has been rambling on about protectionism for 40 years now. But talk is cheap. Judge the man by his actions. Trump’s habit of concession is unambiguously good news. But the trade war is not over, and it is worth articulating the risks that remain.
May 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Hundreds of millions of $$$ from taxpayers

“You’d basically have to tear the plane down to the studs and rebuild it to meet all the survivability, security and communications requirements of Air Force One. It’s a massive undertaking — and an unfunded one at that.”

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Trump’s free plane is not so free
The Boeing aircraft that Qatar may give the president would require a pricy and complicated overhaul to serve as Air Force One.
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May 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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“Even Teflon Don can’t outrun economic reality.”

>>> The manufacturing sector, watching order books dry up, has been shrinking its workforce. Ports are warning of a plunge in shipments. Economists have been calculating significant odds of a recession.

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Why Trump and China pulled back from their trade war
The agreement reached this weekend is an acknowledgment that a full-on economic divorce of the U.S. and China would be too painful for both sides.
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May 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Even after Trump caved on his China tariffs, American consumers still face an overall average effective tariff rate of 17.8%, the highest since 1934.

And even after consumption shifts, the average tariff rate will be 16.4%, the highest since 1937.

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May 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Unless the president soon finds a face-saving retreat in his trade war, conditions are in place for a recession that Americans will feel viscerally.

My latest in @politico.com’s The Nightly www.politico.com/newsletters/...
In the coming weeks, fewer ships from Asia will enter West Coast ports — many with lighter loads than before. Truckers who transport imported goods to retailers across the country will suddenly find less work. And executives across the logistics industry will transition from screaming into a void (as they’re doing now) to an I-told-you-so posture once American consumers face supply shortages, price increases and layoffs by summer as a result of sweeping tariffs.
May 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM