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24+ min ago (298+ words) President Donald Trump's 19-year-old son Barron Trump'spoke to self-proclaimed misogynist influencer and accused rapist Andrew Tate on Zoom and received dating advice from one of Tate's associates, according to a report from the New York Times. Barron "admired" Tate and "spoke with him over Zoom last year, according to Justin Waller, a mutual friend who was on the call," the'Times reported'on Wednesday. During their Zoom call, the two reportedly "discussed their shared belief that the Romanian [rape and trafficking] criminal case was an effort to silence the Tates." Waller " who has been described as "Andrew Tate's best friend" " also reportedly built a relationship with the president's son. "As [Barron's] father was going after young male voters on the campaign trail, the teenager hosted a dinner at Mar-a-Lago for influencers," the Times reported. "Among them was Mr. Waller, who has helped…...

28+ min ago (200+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., attend a cabinet meeting at the White House (Reuters) Former Illinois Lt. Gov. Bob Kustra (R) says he is surprised President Donald Trump is mulling naming the Republican Party after himself at a time when the party should be going out of its way to avoid him. Instead, Kustra argued Trump's latest attempt to stamp his name on the party ought to be the spark that finally "ignites a serious reconsideration of just what the Republican Party stands for and what the future holds for" the GOP. Meanwhile, Kustra said Trump is being outfoxed by Chinese President Xi Jinping on tariffs and "played for a fool" by war criminal Vladimir Putin. "With an increasingly self-absorbed and unhinged president losing…...

30+ min ago (198+ words) A former federal prosecutor was taken aback on Wednesday after a federal judge essentially told President Donald Trump to "get your damn hands off" the California National Guard. Glenn Kirschner, a former deputy U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., discussed the ruling in a new video on his Substack. "I'm paraphrasing the actual ruling by Judge Breyer, but that's kinda what he said, 'Get your hands off of the National Guard and return control to Governor [Gavin] Newsom,'" Kirschner said. "I love it when they talk like that. Gives me the justice goosebumps," he continued. Trump has attempted to deploy the National Guard to several states in an effort to shield his immigration agents from protesters. However, the courts have largely rejected the administration's underlying premise for the deployments. For instance, a federal judge in Oregon said the Trump administration was fabricating conditions…...

36+ min ago (157+ words) President Donald Trump is too obstinate to change course and realize the American people need a response to rising prices, an ex-adviser told Politico on Wednesday. This comes after the president held a rally in Pennsylvania to discuss affordability, where he doubled down on calling the issue a hoax manufactured by Democrats " a message even some of his own supporters didn't buy. "I think a lot more domestic events outside of Washington are great. Let's do more of it," the adviser, who asked for anonymity, told Politico. However, "unfortunately I just don't think Trump is temperamentally capable of reversing himself and saying, "Yes, affordability is a concern.' He's stubborn." This also comes as rising prices, driven in part by Trump's draconian tariffs on virtually all imported goods, are expected to get even worse after the holidays. ALSO READ: 'We get…...

36+ min ago (934+ words) They messaged me twice," Maya, who asked not to be identified by her last name, told Unicorn Riot later that day. Can you please come?" I'm a single mother. I can't be doing this," Maya said before banging on the door. Through the mail slot a security staffer was spotted seated in a chair, seemingly glued to his phone. A stuffed toy cockroach left by tenants symbolized long-running pest issues. Music blasted from a Bluetooth speaker as tenant union members and their marshals remixed a 1960s Ray Charles classic. Hit the road Tina, don't you ever come back. No more, no more," the crowd chanted. MORE: IPG-Owned MPLS Apartment Properties Rack Up 104 Major Safety Violations, Leaves Residents in Disarray " October 2025 Farhan Badel had scheduled a meeting hoping Johnson would agree to a conference call with her boss, Laura Rivera, IPG's Vice…...

38+ min ago (215+ words) President Donald Trump's "affordability" speech in Pennsylvania this week was a "disgusting" display, said University of Virginia Center for Politics director Larry Sabato on MS NOW " and proof he's "getting worse" by the day. This came amid a segment discussing Democrats' electoral victory this week, in which, among other things, they recaptured the mayor's office in Miami for the first time in decades. "I want to start with you. What happened in Miami?" asked anchor Katy Tur. "Well, what happened in Miami is the Democrats had a superior candidate," said Sabato. "But much more important than that, we're seeing in Miami and Georgia and Virginia and New Jersey, all across the country, a reaction to Donald Trump's failures, and his failures are mainly in policy terms. That's what people are responding to." "But believe it or not, at last, fissures…...

43+ min ago (150+ words) CNN National Security Analyst and former Trump administration official Beth Sanner said Wednesday's seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker by the U.S. is "absolutely normal." Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Trump said the U.S. will keep the oil in the tanker. Hours later on The Lead, Sanner, who served in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in Trump's first term " when the U.S. tried to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro " said the seizure was not a big deal. Host Jake Tapper accused Maduro of election fraud, stating, "It's not wild for people in the West to think Maduro is not there legitimately." "Well, you know, we've had sanctions on Venezuelan oil since the first Trump administration," Sanner said. "And Biden kept them," Tapper noted. "Kept them," Sanner replied. "So, to me, this is absolutely normal." "Seizing an oil tanker?" Tapper reacted....

44+ min ago (245+ words) President Donald Trump may be giving up on redrawing Indiana's U.S. House of Representatives districts to be more favorable to Republicans, according to a new post to his Truth Social account. "[Bray] is putting every ounce of his limited strength into asking his soon to be very vulnerable friends to vote with him," Trump wrote. "By doing so, he is putting the Majority in the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., at risk and, at the same time, putting anybody in Indiana who votes against this Redistricting, likewise, at risk." "Bray doesn't care. He's either a bad guy, or a very stupid one! In any event, he and a couple of his friends will partner with the Radical Left Democrats," Trump wrote in his signature style of oddly placed capital letters. "They found some Republican 'SUCKERS,' and they couldn't be happier that they…...

46+ min ago (436+ words) With just three weeks remaining before Zohran Mamdani takes office as mayor of New York City, the democratic socialist is turning ever more to the oligarchs whom he once made a pretense of fighting against. While the Mamdani team has not made public the mayor-elect's event calendar, the Times was able to put together a partial list of recent fundraising stops. Mamdani's courting of New York City's rich and powerful stands in conflict with the image he presents as a political fighter for the interests of the broad masses of workers. His populist appeal against business-as-usual politics dominated by the wealthy has even been a prominent feature of his transition fund-raising appeals. "Usually, transitions rely on wealthy donors, special interests, and Super PACs," one recent message from the Mamdani camp stated, "but we want to do this the same way…...

47+ min ago (550+ words) CNN anchor Boris Sanchez was curious why Republican lawmakers are focused on Somali fraud cases, considering, as he put it, "people across all cultures commit fraud." Sanchez looked for an answer to the recent uproar when Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) joined him on CNN News Central on Wednesday. "I mean, we're both from Florida. I'm sure you saw a lot of COVID-19 fraud done by people of all races, of all genders, of all faiths," Sanchez said. "Why specifically Somalians?" Fine said the answer is simple " the "size and scope" of the fraud has made it impossible to ignore. He continued: This is up to $8 billion from a group of people that came to the country " almost a huge percentage went on to welfare immediately. A large amount of immigration fraud. And again, from a country that was not well…...