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‘I Don’t Like Being Mad Mike’: Johnson ‘Upset’ Over Dems’ Health Care Demands

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, expressing frustration over House and Senate Democrats demanding an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies to vote to reopen the government, stormed off the ...
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‘Seem Very Nervous’: Top Trump Officials Blasted After Lashing Out at ‘No Kings’ Protests

Several senior members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet began the week Monday morning by denouncing the upcoming nationwide “No Kings” protests scheduled for Saturday. The demonstrations, first ...
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‘I Don’t Accept Pinky Promises’: AOC Sets Hard Line on Ending the Shutdown

The federal government shutdown — now in its 16th day — shows no clear path to ending. Some Republicans are signaling divisions within their ranks, while Democrats remain united in demanding the ...
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‘Do Not Love This Country’: GOP Escalates Attacks on ‘No Kings’ Movement

As the “No Kings” Day rallies fast approach, Republicans are increasingly lashing out in an effort to paint the protests as un-American and the protesters as a small group of disgruntled extremists.
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Johnson: Trump Will Stop Firing Federal Workers When the Government Reopens

Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday defended the administration’s Friday night firing of thousands of federal employees, contending that President Trump and Budget Director Russ Vought were compelled by ...
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‘Batten Down the Hatches’: White House Issues New Shutdown Threat

After firing thousands of federal government workers on Friday, the Trump White House Office of Management and Budget is threatening even more layoffs — which some experts and Democratic lawmakers say ...
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‘Pure Fascist’: Governor Blasted for Backing ‘Forever’ Federal Joint Policing Operation

Following the launch of a massive federal interagency task force in partnership with state law enforcement, Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee pledged that the “Memphis Safe Task Force” would be a ...
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‘Republicans Are Doing Nothing’: Greene Turns Fire on Her Own Party

Once a die-hard MAGA foot soldier, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is continuing to break with her party, now attacking Republicans and specifically Speaker Mike Johnson over the high cost of living ...
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‘Mealy-Mouthed Lies’: Johnson Decimated Over Health Care Claims

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is under fire over claims he made about Obamacare allegedly failing Americans, and his desire to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Asked if he supported repealing ...
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‘The Ground Has Shifted’: Experts Warn After Trump’s ‘Gnat’ Speech to U.S. Navy

National security, military, legal, and political experts are warning that President Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line in his latest speech — a televised, rally-style address to more than ten ...
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‘Full-Blown Authoritarianism’: Governor Fires Back After Trump Says He Belongs ‘in Jail’

After President Donald Trump called for his imprisonment, Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker — one of Trump’s most outspoken critics — warned that the country is heading toward “full-blown ...