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10+ min ago (1767+ words) The Trump administration might be exaggerating their employment figures, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell warned Wednesday. In a press conference, Powell said that staffers at the Fed think that the government could be overestimating the number of jobs created by 60,000 each month. With published figures stating that the U.S. has added an average of 40,000 jobs each month since April, the true numbers could be closer to a loss of 20,000 jobs a month. "We think there's an overstatement in these numbers," Powell said at the conference, which followed a policy meeting at the central bank. Venezuela has condemned the Trump administration's Wednesday seizure of an oil tanker, calling it an "act of piracy." Attorney General Pam Bondi accused the tanker of illegally sending oil to terrorist groups, justifying the administration's hostile takeover. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry offered a very different read of…...

10+ min ago (1760+ words) A federal judge slammed Justice Department lawyers Thursday for blatantly lying about their efforts to remove Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongfully deported to El Salvador last spring'and she ordered the government to release him. In a 31-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis granted Abrego Garcia's request to be released from ICE custody. In her ruling, she torched the prosecutors' efforts to deport Abrego Garcia to Liberia, after they claimed they could not deport him to the country of his choice, Costa Rica. "This time, when the Court sought information about Liberia and Costa Rica so to fairly assess the validity of Abrego Garcia's claims, Respondents did not just stonewall. They affirmatively misled the tribunal," Xinis wrote. "They announced that Liberia is the only viable removal option because Costa Rica "does not wish to receive him,' " and that Costa Rica…...

14+ min ago (246+ words) A blistering new column argues the president's latest 500-word Truth Social meltdown " meant to defend his health and mental sharpness " instead exposes how deeply he's slipping into a world of his own making. The Daily Beast's Michael Ian Black says the rambling post should be "Exhibit A" in any push to invoke the 25th Amendment, blasting the president's boastful claims about cognitive tests and describing his mental state as detached from reality. As GOP unrest grows over policy failures and sinking polls, the piece portrays a White House in denial and a president unraveling in real time.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag. Critic says president's rant blurs reality and fuels 25th Amendment talk Critic says president's rant blurs reality and fuels 25th Amendment talk A blistering new column argues the president's latest 500-word Truth Social meltdown…...

19+ min ago (221+ words) Democratic Rep. Delia Ramirez (Ill.) lambasted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a Thursday hearing before the House Homeland Security Committee, alleging she "lied" under oath to Congress. During the hearing, Ramirez countered claims by both Noem and the Trump administration that Americans aren't being detained or deported by the Department of Homeland Security. "Secretary Noem, you lie, and you lied to the American people. I will be including into the record an article by ProPublica from October 16th, 2025, entitled 'We found that more than 170 U.S. citizens have been held by immigration agents,'" Ramirez said. Noem began smiling, and Ramirez interrupted her remarks, saying, "There's nothing [to smile] about US citizens" being detained. Noem started to speak, but Ramirez put up her hand, "I'm sorry. That's very inappropriate. Let me continue." Ramirez played a video of Noem, during a press conference, claiming that…...

19+ min ago (341+ words) JUST IN: Trump DOJ Ordered by Federal Judge to 'Immediately' Free Kilmar Abrego Garcia Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) scolded Secretary for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for "smiling" as she detailed how 170 U.S. citizens had been detained by ICE amid President Donald Trump's deportation drive. The clash came as Noem testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Thursday. Ramirez began her turn to question Noem by rolling back a clip of the secretary claiming that "no American citizens have been arrested or detained" and arguing that ICE raids are focused on "those that are here illegally." The committee member began as the video ended: "Secretary Noem, you lie and you lie to the American people. I will be including into the record an article by ProPublica from October 16th, 2025, entitled "We found that more than 170 U.S. Citizens have been held by…...

24+ min ago (170+ words) JUST IN: Trump DOJ Ordered by Federal Judge to 'Immediately' Free Kilmar Abrego Garcia MyPillow CEO and Trump ally Mike Lindell announced his intention to run for governor of Minnesota as a Republican on Thursday. Lindell made the announcement on Steve Bannon's War Room. The CEO vowed to "stand against rampant fraud" under current Gov. Tim Walz (D). I will stand for those of you that are struggling with addiction. I will stand for you by making Minnesota's education system one of the best. I am not alone in standing for you. I've never been alone. My Lord and Savior Jesus Christ has been standing beside me all the way. Through the good times and the bad, she's never let me down; and with God's grace, I will never let you down, either. " WATCH: Mike Lindell officially announces his run for…...

28+ min ago (395+ words) JUST IN: Trump DOJ Ordered by Federal Judge to 'Immediately' Free Kilmar Abrego Garcia Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pounced on top Democrat Bennie Thompson's (D-MS) assertion that the shooting death of a National Guardsman and wounding of another in Washington, D.C. before Thanksgiving was an "unfortunate accident." Noem appeared for a Homeland Security hearing on worldwide threats on Thursday, when Thompson addressed her and a representative of the National Counterterrorism Center. "Madam Secretary, you and the gentleman NCTC, referenced the unfortunate accident that occurred with the National Guardsmen being killed," said Thompson. "You think that was an unfortunate accident?" Noem retorted. "It was a terrorist attack!" Thompson sputtered, "I mean, wait, wait. I'll get it straight then you can " "He shot our National Guardsman in the head!" Noem exclaimed. "It was an unfortunate situation," Thompson maintained, "But you blamed it…...

28+ min ago (262+ words) Tensions between the Trump Administration and Venezuela escalated when, on Wednesday, December 10, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that an oil tanker had been seized off of the Venezuelan coast in the Caribbean. Three officials, interviewed on condition of anonymity, told the New York Times that the tanker was carrying Venezuelan oil. The incident followed a series of U.S. military attacks on Venezuelan boats that Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allege were smuggling illegal drugs headed for the United States. Many critics of Trump's Venezuela policy are describing the attacks as "extrajudicial killings," alleging that the Trump Administration isn't following the rules of war. Politico legal analyst Ankush Khardori, a former federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), addresses the legality of the boat strikes in an article published on December 11. Khardori continues, "In particular, there is a dubious, but still…...

31+ min ago (239+ words) CNN's Pamela Brown highlighted a moment from a Homeland Security Committee hearing where the panel's top Democrat laid into an FBI official for his inability to provide details about the group he identified as the nation's top violent domestic security threat. FBI official Michael Glasheen told the committee the law enforcement agency agrees with President Donald Trump that the left-wing group posed the greatest national security threat to the U.S., but he was unable to substantiate that claim when Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) pressed him for details. "I'll ask one question, sir: I just want you to tell us if you said antifa is the number one domestic terrorist organization operating in the United States," Thompson said. "I just need to know where they are. How many people? I don't want a name, I don't want anything like that. Just how…...

35+ min ago (289+ words) Hilary Swank's protective mama bear claws came out during a recent interaction at the airport, and we feel bad for everyone involved. It all started when Jada Bafus, a mom of two terminally ill sons, ages 7 and 4, went to the LAX airport in Los Angeles on a Make-A-Wish trip to Disneyland. While there, Bafus reportedly had a tense interaction with the Oscar winner. "At baggage claim, I was walking next to Hilary Swank," Bafus told Daily Mail, per Page Six. "And I did a double take on her because it's Hilary Swank and I am a fan of her movies and stuff." Related story Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Praise Australia's "Bold, Decisive Action' to Ban Social Media for Kids She shared that she took out her phone and Swank thought she was taking a picture of her and her twins,…...