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4+ min ago (232+ words) A MAGA influencer trip has drawn a feud between right-wing influencers over their relationship with Qatar and the country's interest in its relationship with President Donald Trump. Emily Wilson, known as "Emily Saves America," Caitlin Sinclair and Rob Smith " three well known MAGA influencers " shared social media posts from their visit to Doha during the Thanksgiving holiday, including stops at a pricey restaurant, nightclub and the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix, plus an event with Serena Williams, The Bulwark reported on Thursday. "Wilson shot back, claiming, falsely, that Loomer has been divorced twice," according to the outlet. On Thursday, Loomer claimed former Fox News host Tucker Carlson is "promoting Islam extensively" in a post on X. Carlson and Neil Patel, the CEO of the Tucker Carlson Network, were expected to attend the Doha Forum in Qatar this week. The influencer trip has…...

5+ min ago (278+ words) New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to the media after she pleaded not guilty to charges that she defrauded her mortgage lender, outside the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S., October 24, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Despite President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) promising to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), a Virginia grand jury has declined to return an indictment. CNN reported Thursday that despite a judge dismissing the criminal charges against James just 10 days ago, the DOJ's latest attempt to re-indict New York's top law enforcement official has failed. Prosecutors have been attempting to indict James on charges of mortgage fraud after Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue James and other political opponents. "It's said that you can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. Well, apparently the…...

21+ min ago (324+ words) The use of AI is foolish. You don't need to ask a robot a question you could do yourself but that's the world we find ourselves in. And now, we are doing something that is frankly unforgivable: Promoting the use of AI to bring your "loved ones" back to you. Former actor and now tech guy Calum Worthy is promoting an app called 2Wai. Basically, it's an AI app that if you love the environment and human connection, you should avoid. But their latest push with the app is incredibly damaging and upsetting to see. Because someone who is grieving doesn't need to see a fake computer version of their loved ones! The ad shows people using the 2Wai app to bring your deceased loved ones into your future. That includes your dead relative meeting your kids, experiencing life events with you,…...

26+ min ago (339+ words) Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that he doesn't see the "simmering antisemitism" on the right, as some of his Republican colleagues have claimed, according to a new report. Vance told NBC News in an interview that it is "anti-American" to judge someone by their immutable characteristics, and that he doesn't see "simmering antisemitism" in young conservatives he engages with. His comments happened at a time when other Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who appears to be positioning himself to challenge Vance in 2028, are calling out antisemitism within the Republican Party. "Do I think that the Republican Party is substantially more antisemitic than it was 10 or 15 years ago? Absolutely not," Vance told the outlet. "In any bunch of apples, you have bad people. But my attitude on this is we should be firm in saying antisemitism and racism…...

29+ min ago (417+ words) The court's brief order indicated that "Texas is likely to succeed on the merits of its claim that the District Court committed at least two serious errors." Moreover, it added, the lower court "improperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign, causing much confusion and upsetting the delicate federal-state balance in elections." Texas currently has 38 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 22 of which are controlled by the Republican Party. Republicans as a whole hold a much narrower majority in the House " 219 to 214, with two vacant seats. Two days after receiving the letter, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed the state's legislators to draw a new congressional map that would address the concerns mentioned in the DOJ letter. Under the new map, adopted in August, Republicans hope to win as many as 30 of the 38 seats " an increase of five over the previous…...

34+ min ago (228+ words) The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Texas can use the election map favored by President Donald Trump in the 2026 midterm election, according to a new report from CNN. The ruling paves the way for Texas Republicans to use a map that will give them a significant advantage over Democrats in the election. It also blocked a lower court's ruling that the map was illegal because it was likely drawn on the basis of race, according to the report. "The decision could have significant consequences for next year's midterm elections, which will determine control of the House for the final two years of Trump's presidency," CNN's report reads in part. "Had Texas been blocked from using its new map, it would have upended Trump's nationwide push to avoid a Democratic House majority." Mid-cycle redistricting has become a central part of…...

35+ min ago (363+ words) War crimes allegations are engulfing the Pentagon after a deadly strike in the Caribbean. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is facing renewed scrutiny over an apparent war crime committed in its campaign against alleged drug traffickers. What happened? The US has been striking alleged "drug boats" in the Caribbean and the Pacific since early September, killing at least 83 people. But it's the first strike, on September 2, that has become an object of particular scrutiny after the Washington Post reported last week that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to "kill everybody" on the boat. Here's what has been reported so far: What's the big picture? There's a broader issue underlying the current war crimes debate: The Trump administration has no legal authority for any of the strikes it has conducted. Legal experts have widely dismissed its argument…...

36+ min ago (417+ words) Top Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett was forced to contend with some tough economic numbers on Fox News Thursday as more Americans blame President Donald Trump for the affordability crisis. Martha MacCallum played a clip of CNN's data guru Harry Enten, who explained: Google searches for affordability up 110% versus a year ago. More folks searched for affordability in the last month then at any point since the great recession. It's the cost of living, most important to you right now, 36 percent. What's right behind it? The economy, 20%. He won on affordability and the cost of living in 2024 and he has completely lost the plot. "What do you say to that, that the president has lost the plot on the economy?" MacCallum asked. "No, he absolutely has not," Hassett said emphatically before explaining what the president means when he calls it…...

40+ min ago (313+ words) A federal judge signaled she is prepared to disqualify yet another improperly-appointed Trump administration prosecutor, this time in the Northern District of New York " just as he is starting to work on an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James. According to Politico, "During oral arguments, U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield, appointed by President Barack Obama, appeared poised not only to toss the prosecutor, John Sarcone III, from the top job, but also from other posts that might allow him to serve in the same capacity." "The only remedy, if one found an improper appointment, that would cure that would be disqualifying him," said Schofield. "If I were to find that he was not properly acting as a U.S. attorney, leaving him as first assistant and the office vacant wouldn't accomplish much." Sarcone, who has already enraged federal judges by publicly…...

41+ min ago (287+ words) Sportswriter and podcaster Pablo Torre spoke to veteran news anchor Connie Chung on the most recent episode of his show, Pablo Torre Finds Out. Torre asked Chung to weigh in on the new ownership and leadership at CBS, where she co-anchored CBS Evening News. "What's it like to watch CBS right now?" Torre asked. Chung replied, "We don't. I mean, I can't. The paradigm has completely changed in news, and we have so much opinion that the truth doesn't hold value anymore. And what we end up doing is we, as consumers, trying to find the truth'we can't find good old-fashioned facts. And it distresses me so terribly." "CBS is a whole different organization than I had worked for. CBS has now been taken over, thanks to greedy owners, Shari Redstone partnering with David Ellison, Larry Ellison's son. And their…...