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8+ min ago (393+ words) Politico dropped a fact-check of President Donald Trump smack in the middle of their interview transcript after the president lashed out at the publication with a false aside. Politico White House Bureau Chief Dasha Burns dropped a new interview with Trump on Monday morning that was heavily focused on foreign policy, but also covered other topics. In one exchange, Burns pressed Trump about the potential for military action in Venezuela, and Trump hit back with a crack about the Obama administration keeping Politico "afloat: Burns: So how far would you go to " to take Maduro out of office? Trump: I don't want to say that. But, uh " Burns: But you want to see him out? Trump: His days are numbered. Burns: Can you rule out an American ground invasion " Trump: I don't want to " Burns: " in Venezuela? Trump: " rule in…...

13+ min ago (300+ words) Trump said of European leaders, "I think they're weak, but I also think that they want to be so politically correct. I think they don't know what to do. Europe doesn't know what to do." Politico's Alexander Burns observes, "The broadside attack against European political leadership represents the president's most virulent denunciation to date of these Western democracies, threatening a decisive rupture with countries like France and Germany that already have deeply strained relations with the Trump Administration." Dasha Burns' Trump interview is generating a lot of reactions on X, formerly Twitter " and some of Politico's European readers were downright scathing in their comments. Joe Lynam, business editor for NewstalkFM, tweeted, "On this occasion, Trump is correct. European leaders who bend the knee and lavish praise on Trump are indeed 'weak.' When will a European leader step up to the…...

23+ min ago (236+ words) Habba herself made the announcement in a defiant, whiny, self-pitying post on X, using the exact same tone her kids probably use on her when she tells them they can't have seconds on dessert. Seriously, what is this crap, did your parents never teach you how to handle disappointment like a fucking adult: For the past five years, I've fought for justice on behalf of the American people, [W]e made New Jersey safer. Camden had its first murder-free summer in 50 years. [J]udges in my state took advantage of a flawed blue slip tradition and became weapons for the politicized left. For months, these judges stopped conducting trials and entering sentences, leaving violent criminals on the streets. Meanwhile, what Habba calls "judges stopped conducting trials" could be rephrased as "judges couldn't move forward on various cases because they weren't…...

24+ min ago (322+ words) Can you rule out an American ground invasion in Venezuela?" asked Politico's Dasha Burns, seated across from Trump during the two's one-on-one interview. I don't want to rule in or out, I don't talk about it," Trump said. The Trump administration has ramped up military threats toward Venezuela in recent months, starting with its lethal strikes on suspected drug-carrying sea vessels in September, strikes that have killed at least 87 people and have been described by critics as potentially illegal extrajudicial killings." Trump has also reportedly considered assassinating Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to Venezuela's coast, has illegally closed the nation's airspace, and suggested recently that land operations would start very soon." Venezuela has also claimed that it foiled a Trump administration plot to stage a false flag" attack on a U.S. warship. Trump was asked by…...

26+ min ago (211+ words) Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) told CNN on Tuesday that President Donald Trump is "insulting" Americans by pretending the economy is doing well, despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures. Ryan was responding to a new interview in which Trump again boasted about his economic performance and brushed off concerns about rising prices. Speaking to Politico in an interview released on Tuesday, Trump gave himself an "A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus" on his handling of the economy, blaming former President Joe Biden for any problems the country faces. "Prices are all coming down," Trump said, adding: "Everything is coming down." Trump is scheduled to deliver an address Tuesday focused on high costs for food, housing, health insurance, and other pocketbook issues that many voters say have worsened over the past year. Politico noted that consumer prices rose about 3% in 2025 according to the Consumer Price Index, and that health…...

34+ min ago (368+ words) California Governor Gavin Newsom has called out Sean Duffy for an idea to make people more active in airports. The Transport Secretary believes workout areas in airports may improve experiences for travellers. Speaking from Reagan International Airport in Arlington, Virginia, and backed by Health Secretary RFK Jr., Duffy outlined an idea to give travellers a space to perform "pull ups or step ups" in airports across the country. He said, "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport." This did not sit well with Governor of California Newsom, who suggested Duffy should focus his efforts on keeping flights running. Newsom wrote on X, "Sean Duffy would like you to do pulls up while he forces you to wait for your delayed flight." To promote the…...

36+ min ago (722+ words) Donald Trump campaigned on ending endless wars and now boasts that he has'resolved'eight wars. In reality, this claim is delusional, and his foreign policy is a disaster. The United States remains mired in ongoing wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, and now Trump is careening blindly into new wars in Latin America. Trump recently'invited'the presidents of Rwanda and the DRC to Washington to sign a peace deal, but it's only the latest of many agreements that have failed to end'decades'of war and proxy war that rage on in the eastern Congo. Trump even claims to have brought peace to Iran, which was not at war until he and Netanyahu plotted to attack it. Now diplomacy with Iran is dead'torpedoed by Trump's treacherous use of negotiations as'cover'for the U.S.-Israeli surprise attack in June, an illegal war right out of Rubio's…...

40+ min ago (668+ words) CNN anchor Jake Tapper torpedoed President Donald Trump's new "Peace Prize" " along with his claim to have "ended 8 wars" " telling viewers to "take a look as to the facts here." Trump was on hand on Friday for the FIFA Draw, during which FIFA President Gianni Infantino'presented Trump'with a brand-new honor: the "inaugural 2025 FIFA Peace Prize." The award drew widespread mockery'from'critics who posited it as an invented prize'to flatter Trump. On Monday's edition'of CNN's'The Lead, Tapper paired the "Peace Prize" wine with the cheese of Trump's oft-repeated claim to have ended as many as nine wars " and took a carving knife to them: TAPPER: In our World Lead, President Trump repeatedly claims that he deserves credit for ending eight year " eight wars during his first year in office, eight wars. TRUMP: I can tell you I did settle eight wars and…...

44+ min ago (453+ words) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's inability to quell the firestorm of accusations of war crimes has severely crippled his leadership at the Pentagon and is leading to resignations by Defense Department officials who don't want to be caught up in the chaos he is creating.Appearing on MS NOW's "Morning Joe," Atlantic journalist Nancy Youssef reported that the embattled Hegseth is not in "imminent danger" of being fired by Donald Trump " who is reportedly getting tired of the Hegseth drama " but he is seeing an exodus among military officials.She told co-host Willie Geist, "Last week was a particularly bad week for the secretary in addition to questions about this double-tap strike, questions about the mission writ large and the impact it actually has on drug trafficking in the United States.He was also sued by one of the victims of…...

45+ min ago (1207+ words) Young people are furious. A survey released last week by the Harvard Institute of Politics finds that under-30 Americans are "a generation under profound strain" who've lost pretty much any confidence in government or corporate institutions. By a 57 percent to 13 percent margin they told pollsters America is on the wrong track, and only 32 percent agree that the US is a healthy democracy or even one that's "somewhat functioning." Fully 64 percent of young American adults say the system is either in trouble or has completely failed. Pollster John Della Volpe summarized the Institute's findings: Which raises the urgent question: How the hell did we get here from the widespread prosperity of the postwar years? The 1970s were a pivotal decade, and not just because they saw the end of the Vietnam War, the resignation of Richard Nixon, and the death of both…...