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  • Bernie Sanders's Face During Donald Trump's Inauguration Is Going Viral

    Probably the only reasonable response to such a speech.

  • 14 Big Yikes, Awkward Moments From Trump's Second Inauguration

    The silence before Carrie Underwood sang was deafening.

  • Trump warns he'll drop economic hammer on Canada next week

    Donald Trump has loaded the trade gun. He's pointed the gun. He hasn't pulled the trigger one day into his latest presidential term.But he insists it's coming next week.Sitting in the Oval Office for the first time in four years, Trump said he's planning to imminently follow through with the massive tariffs he's threatened against Canada and Mexico."We're thinking in terms of 25 per cent on Mexico and Canada," Trump told reporters Monday, as he signed various executive orders, repeating his comp

  • Trump’s Niece Flames Melania’s Tacky ‘Pizza Hut’ Inauguration Hat

    Donald Trump’s niece couldn’t hold back her laughter at Melania Trump’s wide-brimmed hat at Monday’s inauguration. Mary Trump reacted to some of the biggest parts of the ceremony, including what she referred to as “one of the most important things to happen today”–Melania’s viral black and white hat. The first lady wore a structured navy coat accessorized with black gloves, a crisp white shirt and a navy-blue wide-brimmed hat accompanied by a white stripe. “Some people said she looked like the H

  • Biden pardons his siblings and their spouses on his way out of the White House

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses on his way out of the White House, saying Monday that his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics.”

  • Trump’s Meme Coin Immediately Crashes After Melania’s Cryptocurrency Launch

    Incoming first lady Melania Trump has joined her husband in the crypto game, launching her own “meme coin” over the weekend. But just hours after the new digital currency went live Sunday, her husband’s suffered a precipitous crash of more than 40 percent, according to Forbes—leading many to connect Melania’s new project to the decline of her husband’s. Announcing the news on X Sunday evening, Melania posted a black-and-white photo of herself smiling with her hands clasped together and wrote, “T

  • Trump suspends US foreign assistance for 90 days pending reviews

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals.

  • Hamas gave the three hostages ‘gift bags’ upon their release. This is what was inside

    When Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, released its propaganda video of three Israeli hostages being released Sunday night, there was a striking detail.

  • CNN Fact-Checker Offers Brutal Take On Donald Trump’s Style Of Lying

    Daniel Dale picked apart the president's unscripted speech on Inauguration Day.

  • Trump doesn't place hand on Bible during swearing-in

    President Donald Trump did not place his hand on the Bible as he took the oath of office during his inauguration on Monday. First lady Melania Trump stood next to the president holding two Bibles, but the 47th president of the United States didn't place his hand on either as he raised his right hand to take the presidential oath, which Chief Justice John Roberts issued. Melania Trump was holding her husband's personal Bible, which was given to him by his mother, and the Lincoln Bible that President Abraham Lincoln used to take the oath of office in 1861.

  • Trump Team Marks Inauguration Day With Mean-Spirited 'EVICTION NOTE' Taunting Biden

    Donald Trump's campaign team attempted to troll the outgoing president on social media.

  • 'That's Just Weird': GOP Lawmaker Shamed Over 'Creepy' Nickname For Trump

    Rep. Byron Donalds had an odd way of describing the president-elect.

  • Authorities say a US border patrol agent has been shot and killed in Vermont south of border

    A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed Monday in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said. The Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that the agent was killed in the line of duty, although it did not provide details.

  • Bill and Hillary Clinton Share a Snarky Reaction to Trump’s Inauguration Speech

    Bill and Hillary Clinton were less than impressed by Donald Trump’s inaugural speech, a fact which they made clear with subtle snark. The address that followed Trump’s swearing-in on Monday was tinged with vindication. The new president slammed the previous administration, declared that God saved him from an assassin’s bullet, and vowed to usher in a new “golden age” in America. Asked what his reaction to the speech was, former President Clinton told CNN, “I think you can figure it out for yours

  • CNN Data Reporter Hits Joe Biden With A Harsh Truth In His Final Hours Of Office

    "My goodness gracious," Harry Enten said of one particular polling detail on the outgoing president.

  • Ramaswamy forced out of DOGE by Musk after calling US workers ‘mediocre,’ report says

    Entrepreneur is now expected to launch a gubernatorial campaign in his home state of Ohio

  • Fox News Analyst Throws Cold Water on Trump’s ‘Big Promises’

    Fox News’ chief political analyst Brit Hume suggested President Donald Trump may have overpromised in his inaugural address Monday. While the first part of the address was, as Hume put it, a “down-to-business speech,” Trump made “some rhetorical flourishes at the end.” Some of the “quite extravagant promises,” according to Hume, had to do with what Trump described as the “golden age of America.”

  • John Bolton on what Trump might want from Canada

    John Bolton was once one of Donald Trump's closest advisers. And to deal effectively with the new American president, Bolton warns Canada should not only focus on border security spending.

  • Lindsey Graham Berates CBS Host for Tough Questions: ‘Worry About Reporting the News Fairly’

    Republican senator and Donald Trump ally Lindsey Graham blasted CBS Face the Nation’s Margaret Brennan after she questioned him on the incoming Trump administration’s threats against journalists. Brennan had been interrogating Graham on whether he endorsed Kash Patel to become the next FBI director despite several questions raised by US lawyers and national security veterans who have worked with him. When the CBS host asked Graham whether he would be asking Patel about his threats against journa

  • Trump Slams ‘Crying’ Liz Cheney and Frees J6 ‘Hostages’

    His presidency was just an hour old when Donald Trump excoriated Joe Biden for pardoning GOP officials who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots—and promised retribution, in the form of salvation. “I was going to talk about the J6 hostages, but you’ll be happy because, you know, it’s action, not words that count, and you’re going to see a lot of action on the J6 hostages,” Trump said during a rambling post-inaugural speech that showed his lingering resentment over the 2020 election result