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Bloomberg News legal reporter • NYC • Opinions are my own
The shock victory of Modi's BJP party in West Bengal, long led by one of his biggest critics, followed a highly controversial exercise by his government to revise the state's electoral roll to "purge" it it of illegal voters. More than 2.7 million were removed.
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Narendra Modi’s BJP wins election in West Bengal for the first time
Result in key Indian state is set to have significant implications for the country’s political landscape
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/04/modis-bjp-party-win-election-west-bengal-first-time
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Trump’s memecoin is down 40% this year and 93% from its peak in the days after his inauguration. Trading in it can still get you lunch with the president.
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Crypto Faithful Wins Memecoin Lunch with Trump for $500
Last year, Morten Christensen spent about $1,200 to attend a dinner with President Donald Trump reserved for the top holders of the president’s memecoin. This year, he’s going to a similar event for j...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/crypto-faithful-wins-memecoin-lunch-with-trump-for-500
about 1 month ago
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And yet Meta in 2025 brought in over $201 billion in revenue and posted a profit of roughly $60 billion. And Meta is a major beneficiary of the "job encouraging" One Big Beautiful Bill, with estimated tax savings of roughly $15.7 billion for the current cycle.
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Meta Tells Staff It Will Cut 10% of Jobs in Push for Efficiency
Meta Platforms Inc. plans to cut 10% of workers, or roughly 8,000 employees, in an effort to boost efficiency and offset its heavy spending on artificial intelligence.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/meta-tells-staff-it-will-cut-10-of-jobs-in-push-for-efficiency
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
JOIN US TODAY: Navigating the tariff refund process requires a playbook. Bloomberg journalists
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, Brendan Murray and Laura Curtis answer your questions on how to get a tariff refund as Trump pressures businesses 🎙️ Tune in at 11 a.m. EDT:
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Overall, 37% of adults approve of Trump’s performance as president, while 63% disapprove — including 50% who said they disapprove strongly — putting his job rating at the lowest point of his second term in NBC News Decision Desk polling.
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Poll: Trump's approval rating hits second-term low as Americans sour on the economy and Iran war
Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of inflation, according to an NBC News Decision Desk Poll, with some cracks emerging in his GOP support.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/poll-trumps-approval-rating-hits-second-term-low-economy-iran-war-rcna331462
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The art of the deal…
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Iran Says Hormuz Is Shut as Peace Deal Looks Shaky
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2026-04-18/iran-latest
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Orban “spent the past decade and a half stoking fears and campaigning against those he described as the enemies of Hungary: liberals, free press, universities, migrants, minorities, including LGBTQ+ people and, most recently, the European Union and Ukraine.”
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Live updates: Trump ally Viktor Orbán concedes defeat | CNN
Trump ally Viktor Orbán concedes defeat after 16 years as Hungary’s prime minister. Follow for live updates
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/12/world/live-news/hungary-election-orban-magyar
about 1 month ago
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This is mind-boggling: The same regime is in power in Iran; the straight is still effectively closed; and the president of the United States is musing about a "joint venture" with Iran to collect tolls from ships that previously weren't required? "Overwhelming victory"?
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Trump says he’s considering ‘joint venture’ with Iran for Strait of Hormuz tolls
President Trump on Wednesday said he is considering the formation of a “joint venture” with Iran to set up tolls in the Strait of Hormuz after the Trump administration and Tehran agreed…
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5821343-trump-us-iran-ceasefire-deal-joint-venture-strait-of-hormuz/
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BBC: The deal allowed Trump to extricate himself from what was shaping up to be a treacherous choice – either escalating with his promise that a "whole civilization will die tonight" or backing down and undermining his credibility.
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Iran ceasefire deal gives Trump a way out of war - but at a high cost
The path to the two-week ceasefire with Iran may have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the world views the US.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyvp55xrlro
about 2 months ago
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"Depending on the outcome of the negotiations over the next two weeks, the regime could actually be in a stronger strategic position than it was before the war. Iran may have lost every military battle, but the war appears to have ended on Tehran’s terms."
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Trump Made a Deal That Gives Him Nothing He Wanted
U.S. declarations of victory ring hollow.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/04/iran-strait-hormuz-us-trump-nuclear-weapons/686726/
about 2 months ago
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“In any matter where I can be of assistance, I am at your service," Victor Orbán, the rightwing populist leader of Hungary, said in a call to Putin. He is the EU’s most Moscow-friendly leader, leading some critics to refer to him as Putin’s Trojan horse.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Viktor Orbán told Putin ‘I am at your service’ in October phone call
Transcript reportedly details Hungarian leader offering whatever assistance he can to his Russian counterpart
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/viktor-orban-told-putin-i-am-at-your-service-in-october-phonecall
about 2 months ago
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“Obama's red line flip flop [on Syria chemical weapons] looks like the model of careful policymaking compared to what we have witnessed since the Iran war began.”
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Opinion | Trump’s bluff in Iran is a ‘disaster’ of his own
Iran is exposing the limits of a presidency built on bluff, improvisation and submission rituals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/27/trump-iran-threat-bluff-credibility/
about 2 months ago
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American Art History from A to Z
For the country's 250th anniversary, 26 writers revisit American art history from A to Z.
https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/features/american-art-history-a-to-z-1234775693/b-black-mountain-college/
2 months ago
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The bipartisan Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee refused last month to consider the proposed Trump gold coin. Members opposed putting a sitting president on currency, saying it would break with democratic norms and reek of subservience to royalty
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Trump’s hand-picked panel votes to put his face on a U.S. gold coin
The proposal had been rejected by members of a separate federal coin committee — and panned by former member Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/19/trump-gold-coin-arts-commission/
2 months ago
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Renowned civil rights activist Dolores Huerta said that Cesar Chavez, the celebrated labor leader, sexually assaulted her — an allegation she made public due to a New York Times investigation that reported Chavez sexually abused two girls.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/c...
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Cesar Chavez accused of abusing Dolores Huerta, minors
Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta publicly alleges Cesar Chavez sexually assaulted her, following a New York Times investigation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/california/2026/03/18/cesar-chavez-allegations-dolores-huerta-nyt/89209150007/
2 months ago
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“I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits to the proper use of force.”
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5789478-rand-paul-markwayne-mullin-dhs/
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Pro-Israel group AIPAC notched its first real 2026 Democratic primary wins in Illinois, after largely disguising the millions it spent across four House races by funneling it through PACs with anodyne names like Elect Chicago Women and Chicago Progressive Partnership
www.axios.com/2026/03/18/a...
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Pro-Israel group AIPAC notches its first real 2026 Democratic primary wins in Illinois
Two AIPAC-backed candidates won their House races, though several others fell short.
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/18/aipac-illinois-primary-biss-abughazaleh-bean
2 months ago
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Trump’s Iran war is costing American taxpayers $1 billion a day as the national debt spirals out of control | Fortune
Should the Iran war drag on for even several more weeks, the damage to America’s fragile finances will prove substantial.
https://fortune.com/2026/03/11/daily-tab-iran-war-debt-crisis/
2 months ago
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The White House is posting X videos that splice scenes from video games and action movies together with strike footage in Iran. One captioned "JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY" shows bombing footage spliced with clips from movies like "Iron Man" and "Transformers"
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Opinion | War isn’t a game. The White House should stop treating it as one.
Editing bombing footage with video game and movie clips turns a tragedy into a dehumanizing spectacle.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/18/iran-trump-video-game-civil-war/
2 months ago
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If Trump has already won the Iran war, why does he need foreign ships to help him end it?
www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/p...
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Analysis: If Trump has already won the Iran war, why does he need foreign ships to help him end it? | CNN Politics
A week ago, President Donald Trump told Britain not to bother sending ships to the Middle East because he’d already won the Iran war.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/politics/trump-iran-war-israel-strikes-strait-of-hormuz-analysis
2 months ago
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No mainstream media outlets reported on the destruction of the USS Abraham Lincoln as fact; rather, reports indicated that claims of its destruction were disinformation and hoaxes driven by Iran and social media users, bolstered by artificial intelligence
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-demand...
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Trump Demands Death Penalty for Reporters in Unhinged War Rant
The president is furious about the coverage of his war.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-demands-death-penalty-for-reporters-in-unhinged-war-rant/
2 months ago
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“A mountain of evidence suggests that the government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning [while] the government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime" -judge
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Judge Rejects DOJ Subpoenas of Fed Board in Powell Case
A federal judge rejected as improper Justice Department subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve Board seeking records relating to its renovations of its headquarters and Chair Jerome Powell’s comments...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-13/judge-rejects-doj-subpoenas-of-fed-board-in-powell-case?srnd=homepage-americas
2 months ago
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"[W]hat about the promise of a political transition? Trump doesn't seem much interested. In January he called Delcy Rodríguez 'a terrific person.' This week he added that she's 'very respected' and doing a 'great job'...According to whom?"
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | The game is up in Venezuela
Ten weeks after Nicolás Maduro’s capture, “interim authorities” need to move toward democracy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/13/delcy-rodriguez-trump-venezuela/
2 months ago
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A fund that counts Trump’s eldest sons as partners invested in a pair of small companies last year: a construction firm that builds Orange Theory Fitness locations and an operator of two Florida golf courses. Both companies recently made abrupt pivots into drones.
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Trump Sons Are Behind a $750 Million Push Into Drone Warfare
A fund that counts President Donald Trump’s eldest sons as partners invested in a pair of small companies last year: a construction firm that builds Orange Theory Fitness locations and an operator of ...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-13/trump-sons-are-behind-a-750-million-push-into-drone-warfare
2 months ago
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President Trump says Russia’s Vladimir Putin might be helping Iran “a little bit”. I think he might be helping them a little bit,” Trump says in a Fox interview “And he probably thinks we’re helping Ukraine,” he adds
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Iran War Live: Turkey Says NATO Intercepted Third Missile Over Country
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2026-03-13/iran-war-news-latest-oil-price-trump-stocks-markets-updates?cursorId=69B3F9534A080001
2 months ago
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Analysts say Moscow could emerge the clearest winner from the war so far in the Middle East, and it could not come at a more crucial time for Putin. The conflict is driving up the price of oil, helping Moscow to fund its military campaign in Ukraine
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/13/why-russia-is-the-big-winner-from-iran-war/
2 months ago
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2 months ago
looks like we traded generations of healthcare for 4 days worth of missiles
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"As Trump continues to struggle to explain why he’s bombing Iran, the author of a new piece on his awful justifications explains why this conflict is the most unpopular war in U.S. history."
newrepublic.com/article/2076...
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Transcript: Trump Humiliated as Exchange With Journo on Iran Backfires
As Trump continues to struggle to explain why he’s bombing Iran, the author of a new piece on his awful justifications explains why this conflict is the most unpopular war in U.S. history.
https://newrepublic.com/article/207608/transcript-trump-humiliated-exchange-journo-iran-backfires
2 months ago
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Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats from Iran
www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...
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Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say | CNN Politics
Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring th...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/politics/patel-fbi-national-security-division-firings-iran?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc&recs_exp=up-next-article-end&tenant_id=related.en
3 months ago
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Jameel Jaffer
3 months ago
One day the NYT's editors will read these stories again and be ashamed of themselves. Mamdani called the attack "heinous," "criminal," "reprehensible," "terrorism," and "the antithesis of who we are." The insinuation that he's conflicted about this is disgraceful.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/n...
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Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/nyregion/mamdani-response-bomb.html?searchResultPosition=2
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“Today Iran will be hit very hard!” Trump said in a social media post in the early hours of Saturday, as the US and Israel bombarded Tehran and other cities for an eighth day. The attacks will continue “until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse!”
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Iran Vows Not to Surrender After Week of War That’s Shaken World
President Donald Trump said the US will consider striking areas and groups of people in Iran that were not previously considered targets, escalating a week-long war that’s upended energy markets and r...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-07/iran-vows-not-to-surrender-after-week-of-war-that-s-shaken-world
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Hegseth: "The only ones who need to be worried right now are Iranians who think they're going to live"
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Stocks headed toward their worst week since October. Trump's Iran war is stoking fears over a global energy crunch as exporters scramble for routes out of the region while a swath of refineries reduce output, unleashing disruption across energy markets
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Stocks Fall as Bond Rout Deepens After Jump in Oil: Markets Wrap
A weak jobs report hit stocks at a time when a widening war in the Middle East is lifting oil prices and fueling inflation jitters. Renewed anxiety about the private credit industry also curbed risk a...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-05/asian-stocks-to-fall-oil-climbs-as-conflict-rages-markets-wrap?srnd=homepage-americas
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US employers unexpectedly cut jobs in February and the unemployment rate rose, pointing to lingering fragility in the labor market. The report calls into question whether the labor market is steadying after the worst year for hiring outside of a recession in decades
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US Unexpectedly Sheds 92,000 Jobs, Unemployment Rate Rises
US employers unexpectedly cut jobs in February and the unemployment rate rose, pointing to lingering fragility in a labor market that was thought to be stabilizing.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/us-unexpectedly-sheds-92-000-jobs-unemployment-rate-rises?srnd=homepage-americas
3 months ago
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Now that the Dow has plunged below 50,000 can we talk about the Epstein files again?
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Following Steve Daines’ retirement announcement, Independent candidate Seth Bodnar said the lawmaker had “so little respect for Montana Republicans that he withdrew at the last minute to coronate his handpicked successor, instead of giving them a voice at the ballot box.”
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Montana Republican US Sen. Steve Daines drops reelection bid in surprise move
Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines of Montana has dropped his bid for reelection to a third term. Daines withdrew his name Wednesday just minutes before the deadline for candidates to file for the Nove...
https://apnews.com/article/election-senate-daines-montana-independent-bodnar-3c34598e7d67aadb7cf3dea47bad689a
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Rodriguez entered the country legally in March 2021 under a tourist visa. She has a valid work permit, is married to a U.S. citizen, and has green card and asylum applications pending
www.tennessean.com/story/news/l...
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ICE arrested Nashville journalist without warrant, attorneys say
The journalist, Estefany Rodriguez, was taken to a detention center and remains there as of 3 p.m. March 5.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/davidson/2026/03/05/reporter-for-spanish-language-news-outlet-arrested-by-ice-attorneys/89005793007/
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ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner
Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.
https://nashvillebanner.com/2026/03/05/journalist-estefanty-rodriguez-ice-detention-colombia/
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They’re stealing our jobs!
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Republican Senator Thom Tillis labeled Noem “incompetent” at Tuesday’s hearing and said the agency is a “disaster” under her leadership. The room erupted in applause after Tillis said he’s calling for her resignation.
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Noem branded ‘incompetent’ by Republican senator: Live updates
The hearing marks Noem’s first public appearance since the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-senate-hearing-live-updates-b2931014.html
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3 months ago
Minnesota would like a word.
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Will “conventional gun to our head” be the WMDs of the Iran war?
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“Mr President, the bombings have begun in Tehran and also customers are complaining we have run out of shrimp at the pool buffet.”
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Hard to imagine Ellison facing any resistance from the White House given his family’s close relationship with President Trump. And he will certainly be ok in the Senate — he was Lindsey Graham’s guest to the State of the Union.
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GOP woulda been fine if Michelle did this The first lady’s speech will mark the first time a first lady from any country will preside over the security council as its members consider education, technology, peace and security
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Melania Trump to take the gavel at UN Security Council in historic first
FIRST ON FOX: Melania Trump is set to make history as the first first lady to preside over the United Nations Security Council, with a speech focused on peace through education, Fox News Digital has l...
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/melania-trump-take-gavel-un-security-council-historic-first
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“Other witnesses were asked to testify. They gave written statements under oath. We offered that," Clinton told the BBC in an interview last week. "Why do they want to pull us into this? To divert attention from President Trump. This is not complicated."
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Hillary Clinton tells lawmakers she has no knowledge of Epstein's crimes in deposition
Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is testifying to House lawmaker in their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
https://foxbaltimore.com/news/nation-world/hillary-clinton-to-testify-in-jeffrey-epstein-investigation-bill-clinton-epstein-files-doj-house-oversight-committee-deposition
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