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Jack Reed warns US is ‘much worse’ off as Donald Trump’s Iran war drags on
The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee told ABC's 'This Week' that the president appears to be making decisions day by day with no clear strategy.
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Donald Trump’s crypto firm sues Justin Sun over ‘scorched-earth’ campaign
World Liberty Financial filed a defamation suit in Miami-Dade County weeks after Sun sued the company in a dispute over frozen tokens.
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Congress lets Iran war powers deadline pass as GOP weighs ‘restraint’ on Donald Trump
The War Powers Act's 60-day clock ran out while most lawmakers were on recess. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said military briefings were enough for now.
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Jimmy Kimmel joked Rudy Giuliani ‘rose from grave’ days before hospital scare
Five days after the monologue line, Giuliani was in critical condition in the hospital, while Kimmel was already facing calls to be fired over a Melania…
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Iran warns US ships in Hormuz as Donald Trump launches ‘Project Freedom’
Iran's military command said any US forces that approach or enter the strait will be attacked, after Trump announced an escort mission for shipping.
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Donald Trump says Van Jones ‘should be ashamed’ for calling him a dictator
In a long Truth Social post, Trump brought up the 2018 criminal justice reform deal the two worked on and demanded the CNN analyst apologize.
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Marco Rubio to meet Pope Leo at Vatican after Donald Trump feud
The secretary of state's Thursday meeting will focus on the Middle East, weeks after a public clash between the pope and the president strained US-Vatican ties.
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Trump orders 5,000 US troops out of Germany after Merz says Iran humiliated America
The Pentagon says the pullback will take six to 12 months, and more than 30,000 American troops will remain in Germany afterward.
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Jimmy Kimmel answers Trump’s second firing demand with video of him waking up to the news
Kimmel opened his show with footage his wife filmed in their bedroom as she told him the president had posted about him again.
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Justice Department’s White House ballroom brief reads like a Trump social media post
The filing arguing that work on the $400 million ballroom must resume used random capitalization and exclamation points, The Daily Beast reports.
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Jimmy Kimmel says his Melania Trump joke ‘was not’ about violence as Trumps demand his firing
Kimmel told his audience the bit was about the couple's age gap, after the first lady and the president called on ABC to fire him.
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Former US NATO envoy warns European leaders that public Trump criticism could backfire
Kurt Volker said on Politico's 'EU Confidential' podcast that leaders should keep disagreements over the Iran war private.
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Mojtaba Khamenei needs a prosthetic leg as IRGC commanders take control, report says
The New York Times reports Iran's new supreme leader was wounded in the Feb. 28 strike that killed his father, and has not been seen in…
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Donald Trump’s $1 million Gold Card visa has approved only one person
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a House subcommittee that 'hundreds' more applicants are in the queue.
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US weighs dropping support for UK over Falklands to punish NATO allies, report says
Reuters reported on an internal Pentagon email listing penalties for European countries that stayed out of the Iran war, prompting outrage in Britain.
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Poll finds 1 in 5 Donald Trump voters now back his impeachment
The Strength in Numbers/Verasight survey found 55% of U.S. adults support a House impeachment vote, numbers its pollster compared to Nixon's in 1974.
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Donald Trump plans to attack the press at WHCA dinner, then leave early, insider says
The Daily Beast reports the president intends to single out outlets over their Iran war coverage and skip the evening's press awards.
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Donald Trump blasts Wall Street Journal over op-ed calling him a ‘sucker’ on Iran
In a nearly 300-word Truth Social post, Trump went after the paper over Elliot Kaufman's column arguing Iran has played him three times.