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A GOP lawmaker seeking President Donald Trump's endorsement in his Senate campaign bought out one entire showing of "Melania" at a theater, revealing that juicing ticket sales for the wretched documentary about Trump’s wife-in-name-only is a fresh new way to bribe the commander in chief. Republican Rep. Andy Barr of Kentucky, who is running to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell, gave away free…

The Wall Street Journal is out with a report trying to track the staggering $35 billion spent by the Department of Homeland Security in the past year. So where did the money go? Did you guess “sweet no-bid contracts to big donors and Trump pals”? If so, pat yourself on the back. It’s impossible to overstate how much extra cash Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are …

Inside a cancer research laboratory on the campus of Harvard Medical School, two dozen small jars with pink plastic lids sat on a metal counter. Inside these humble-looking jars is the core of Joan Brugge ’s current multiyear research project. Brugge lifted up one of the jars and gazed at it with reverence. Each jar holds samples of breast tissue donated by patients after they underwent a tissue …

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This past Saturday, an under-the-radar special election for a Texas state Senate seat rocked the political world . The Democratic candidate, Taylor Rehmet, won by 14 percentage points in a district that went for President Donald Trump by 17 points in 2024. Republicans immediately tried to spin the result, arguing that low turnout made it meaningless. That argument collapses under even minimal scr…

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Luke and Brent Ganger, the brothers of Renee Good, gave emotional statements during a public forum hosted by Democrats Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Rep. Robert Garcia of California on Tuesday. People attend a candlelight vigil for Renee Good at the U.S. Embassy in London on Jan. 12. Good was shot and killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement thug Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis on …

The French government raided the offices of Elon Musk’s X over concerns about the possible production and circulation of child sexual abuse images, highlighting once again the distinctly hands-off stance the Trump administration has taken with the social media platform. The Paris prosecutor’s office said that the raid stemmed from an investigation that began in January 2025 after allegations that…

On Tuesday, the Department of Defense issued an extortion threat to Scouting America, telling the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts that if they don't get "back to God and country—immediately!" they will lose their support from the United States military. "For more than a decade now, Scouting America's leadership has made decisions that run counter to the values of this administration…

Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts slammed his Republican colleagues for their unwillingness to engage with the reality of President Donald Trump’s out-of-control immigration apparatus. “I talk to Republican colleagues all the time who privately confess to me that this is a disaster,” McGovern said during a debate on the government funding bill that includes no meaningful guardrails fo…

On Monday, reports surfaced that President Donald Trump had dropped his demand for $200 million as a “settlement”—aka protection racket bribe—from Harvard University. Apparently, those reports drove Trump into a fit of pique. Rather than doing a relatively normal thing like saying, “Those reports are incorrect and we are still seeking a settlement,” Trump popped on over to Truth Social Monday nig…