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Trump Says He Wants ‘to Live to Make This Country Great’ After Shooting Incident
“This was very unexpected,” President Donald Trump said of the shooting incident at the Washington Hilton,…
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President Trump to Hold Press Conference After Shots Fired at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
A late-night press conference will be held in approximately 30 minutes at the White House briefing room, President Donald Trump said, after…
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BREAKING: President Trump Evacuated From White House Correspondents’ Dinner
President Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania Trump have been evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after several…
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Self-Sabotage in Black Tie: Why Honoring Trump Risks Further Eroding Trust in Washington Journalism
There is something faintly absurd about a Washington press corps that spends the year insisting on its adversarial role, only…
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Jeffries Blasts Trump As ‘Dumbest President Ever’
Hakeem Jeffries has launched a scathing counter-attack on Donald Trump after the president branded him “low…
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Starmer Puts Big Tech on Notice Over Children’s Safety Online
Executives from Google, X, TikTok and Meta were called into Downing Street on Thursday by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to account for what they are doing…
TRUMP’s diArY
Trump: Iran ‘Doesn’t Know Who Its Leader Is’
President Donald Trump signaled a further escalation in the U.S. posture toward Iran on Thursday, declaring there is “no time pressure” for negotiations and “no time frame” for…
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Iran Warns of ‘New Battlefield Cards’
The future of peace negotiations between the United States and Iran, is uncertain as a ceasefire deadline nears its expiration. Donald Trump struck an optimistic tone about…
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Melania Trump Lends Whistler Painting to Tate Britain and Van Gogh Museum
First Lady Melania Trump has authorized a rare international loan from the White House Collection, sending Nocturne by James McNeill Whistler to Tate Britain and the Van Gogh Museum for a major retrospective. “It is with…
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J.D. Vance Is Having a Very Bad Week
J.D. Vance is having a bad week—but more precisely, he is having the kind of week that clarifies a political position he once seemed to occupy…
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Trump Changes Course Again
There will be no “end of Iran”—at least not now—despite the sweeping rhetoric from Donald Trump earlier in the day. By evening, the White House had shifted…
Trump Admits He Doesn’t Know What Happens Next With Iran
Inside the White House press briefing room, the atmosphere among the press was boiling. Journalists stepped over one another, a touch more combative than usual—something…
Trump Delays Strike Threat After ‘Productive’ Talks With Iran
President Trump said Monday on Truth Social he would pause his threat to strike Iran’s power plants for at least five days, citing what he…
CRYPTO SCOOP
Howard Lutnick Reveals: Trump to Unveil Bitcoin Reserve Strategy at White House Crypto Summit
President Donald Trump is expected to announce a significant shift in cryptocurrency policy this week, including plans for a Bitcoin strategic reserve, according to Commerce…
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We Still Do Not Know Melania Trump
We should start with a simple admission: we do not know Melania Trump. And after watching the documentary—now streaming on Amazon Prime —we still do not. The film presents access, but it delivers distance. Melania appears exactly as the world has come to expect her: composed, controlled,…
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Allies Are Waiting Out Trump
In London, the language has shifted. “Trump can’t be reasoned with anymore,” a diplomatic source told me as the war with Iran intensified and the rhetorical temperature between Washington and Keir Starmer rose in tandem. The remark was not offered lightly, nor by someone predisposed to defend…
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