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HuffPostJen Psaki Recalls Shock At Hope Hicks' 'Major Question' For Her After Trump 2016 Win
Hicks had “one major question” and her response to then-Obama aide Psaki’s comment was in hindsight -- amid Trump's trial -- “interesting," said the now-MSNBC anchor.
- HuffPost
George Conway Dumps On Key Donald Trump Trial Tactic: 'A Huge Mistake'
"It fills an emotional need for Donald Trump but it does not really help him," said the conservative attorney.
- CBC
CRA reversed $246M in pandemic benefit debts after thousands contested eligibility status
The government has had to cancel at least $246 million in debts for thousands of Canadians it initially claimed had received pandemic benefits for which they weren't eligible.Since 2022, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has been collecting money from Canadians the government says received benefits — such as the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) — in error.The government has been withholding tax refunds and other benefits in an effort to recoup money se
- HuffPost
Ex-Prosecutor Spots 'Breathtaking' Trial Admission That Could Haunt Donald Trump
"It actually undercuts one of the defense assertions that they’re trying to use to wiggle out of Trump’s criminal responsibility for this," said Glenn Kirschner.
- CNN
RNC chief counsel resigns after two months
The Republican National Committee’s chief counsel Charlie Spies has resigned two months after accepting the position.
- HuffPost
Trump Supporters Struggle To Explain Their Own Conspiracy Theories In Prankster Video
Some attendees at a recent rally for the former president had a hard time when pressed on some of their beliefs.
- Business Insider
Pentagon races to prop up Ukraine's hard-fighting 47th Mechanized Brigade that's exhausted, report says
Trained by NATO instructors, the 47th Brigade all-volunteer unit is one of Ukraine's powerhouse brigades.
- The Daily Beast
Kristi Noem Killed Her Dog—Then Ruined This GOP Fundraiser
Mandel Ngan/GettyA GOP fundraiser in Colorado where Kristi Noem was supposed to speak has been scrapped because of threats triggered by the revelation that she shot a dog she “hated” years ago.In a statement posted to social media, Jefferson County Republican Party Chair Nancy Pallozzi said the group thought “the timing was perfect” when the South Dakota governor agreed to appear at the May 4 event just before her book’s publication.But then The Guardian reported that the book contains Noem’s bi
- Sky News
Donald Trump supporters wear nappies
Donald Trump supporters have started wearing nappies. The peculiar new craze began after Mr Trump was described as "Von ShitzInPantz". On Thursday, during Mr Trump's hush money trial, the prosecution alleged he had further violated a gag order connected to the case.
- The Daily Beast
Sen. Mark Kelly: Kari Lake’s Glock Comments ‘Could Get People Killed’
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesSen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) raised the alarm over GOP senate hopeful Kari Lake’s suggestion that voters “strap on a Glock” to prepare for the election season, saying it has the potential to incite violence.“It’s dangerous,” Kelly told Kristen Welker on NBC’s Meet the Press. “What Kari Lake said could result in people getting hurt or killed.” Mark Kelly on Kari Lake's incendiary rhetoric: "Kari Lake has never been elected to anything. I don't expect he
- Euronews
Russia blames 'hostile' Baltic countries for split in relations
Moscow vowed to respond to what it called confrontational actions by Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia with asymmetric measures.
- HuffPost
Lara Trump Slammed Over 'Immensely Stupid' Election Lawsuit Claim
The former president's daughter-in-law wants to disenfranchise some Americans who vote by mail.
- Deadline
Donald Trump Is “A Colossal A**hole,” Jeffrey Katzenberg Says; Hasn’t Yet Reached Out To Taylor Swift To Endorse “Decent” Joe Biden
Jeffrey Katzenberg is a man known for choosing his words very carefully most of the time, and tonight the WndrCo boss was pretty candid when it came to Donald Trump and Joe Biden. “I’ve known Donald Trump for 50 years,” Katzenberg told a well-heeled West Hollywood crowd on Sunday of first meeting the former president …
- The Hill
Burgum says a Trump conviction would be a ‘travesty of justice’
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) said it would be a “travesty of justice” if former President Trump is convicted in the New York hush money trial. “Well, if he becomes a convicted felon in this case, that’s a just, a travesty of justice, because as I just said, when you’ve got a business filing…
- The Canadian Press
Poilievre tight-lipped on what Conservatives might do with capital gains tax changes
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is telling business leaders to fight their own battles when it comes to the Liberals' proposed changes to capital gains taxation. But even as he characterizes their plan as an "attack," his office is keeping tight-lipped about whether or not his party will vote in favour of it. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced legislation last week to implement the most recent federal budget that did not include one of its marquee announcements. Instead,
- Reuters
Israel attacks Rafah after Hamas claims responsibility for deadly rocket attack
CAIRO (Reuters) -Three Israeli soldiers were killed in a rocket attack claimed by Hamas armed wing, near the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, where Palestinian health officials said at least 19 people were killed by Israeli fire on Sunday. Hamas's armed wing claimed responsibility on Sunday for an attack on the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza that Israel said killed three of its soldiers. Israel's military said 10 projectiles were launched from Rafah in southern Gaza towards the area of the crossing, which it said was now closed to aid trucks going into the coastal enclave.
- United Press International
Kremlin says Ukraine targeting forces in Crimea with U.S.-made mobile missiles
Ukraine is using recently acquired and U.S.-made and supplied mobile surface-to-surface missile systems to target Russian military assets in the occupied Crimean peninsula, the Kremlin said Saturday.
- USA TODAY Opinion
Who will be dumb enough to become Donald Trump's vice president?
Who will be Donald Trump's vice presidential candidate? It's frankly remarkable that anyone would want the job.
- CNN
Black voters won a big victory in Louisiana. Some White voters said it violated their ‘personal dignity’
Nearly two years after a federal judge said that Louisiana’s congressional map diluted Black voting power, Black voters are at risk of voting for a second time in an election under a plan that likely violates the Voting Rights Acts.
- Reuters
Democrat Hakeem Jeffries steps up as House Republicans roast Johnson
As the Democratic minority leader in a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries' influence is normally limited. That is because the chamber's embattled speaker, Republican Mike Johnson, is expected to need the support of Jeffries' opposition Democrats to fend off an effort by hardline members of his own party to topple their second party leader in just eight months. A small band of hardline Republicans made history in October when they ousted their speaker from the role for the first time ever, setting off a messy weeks-long leadership fight that brought the chamber to a halt.