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Trump family members seem to have only two kinds of businesses. They make mad cash by trading on daddy being president and all—see World Liberty Financial’s spectacular results at crypto grifting. Or they sell random stuff and sorta hope the Trump name carries the day—see nepo-grandbaby Kai Trump’s clothing line and so-called golf career. Barron Trump’s newest venture is definitely the latter. Th…

Prediction markets let people wager on just about anything — from basketball games to elections . And among more jarring bets recently, the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran. Shortly ahead of a fragile ceasefire agreement earlier this week, a new group of accounts on prediction market platform Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed trades betting there'd be an announcement about…

When Republicans passed the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act last summer, they were sure that it would be their silver bullet to win the midterms. Never mind the bill's massively unpopular cuts to health care and social safety net programs in order to fund tax cuts for the wealthy—Republicans insisted that, once tax season came, Americans would reward them at the ballot box. "Every American will feel …

A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Trump team launches new tactic to spy on federal workers HIPAA who? Unless you’re a billionaire, Trump just raised your taxes Because not being able to afford health care, gas, or groceries just wasn't enough. Anxious Republicans worry Trump's Iran mess has already cost them the midterms …

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A survivor of the Iranian drone attack on a U.S. military facility in Kuwait, where six Americans were killed, has revealed that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lied about the incident. In comments to CBS News, the whistleblower backs up previous reporting about the vulnerabilities of the facility, which run contrary to Hegseth’s statement that the attack got past fortifications. A bridge struck b…

The Trump administration has announced it is shuttering 57 of the 77 research facilities tied to the U.S. Forest Service. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the cuts on April 3, which followed a decision to move the Forest Service’s headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City, Utah. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins laughs with President Donald Trump during an event to pr…

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was interviewed by civil rights activist Al Sharpton during the National Action Network Convention Thursday, where he reminded the audience that his opposition to President Donald Trump goes back to his first term. “This is a national emergency,” Pritzker said, recalling the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, when Trump agreed to supply protective equipment in excha…

Remember how, before her unceremonious firing, back when she was living her best life on your dime, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had a very special luxury plane that ferried her and her alleged sidepiece, Corey Lewandowski, all across the country, like a little love nest in the sky? And remember how the ostensible reason Noem needed a $70 million extra-fancy jet was that it woul…

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is all in on invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump from office and may also be signaling interest in aligning herself with Vice President JD Vance—or at least his crypto money backers . “Why was this the final straw for you?” CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked Greene, referring to Trump's threats to end Iran’s millennia-old civilization . “Because …