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Trump's threat nothing more than a calculated smokescreen for his real crimes

1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (1046+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump holds a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D. C. , U. S. , April 6, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci Well, 8 PM Tuesday came and went, to paraphrase TS Eliot, "Not with a bang but a…...

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Congress's cowardice exposed again as Trump ignores judge's ruling

52+ min ago  (369+ words) Republican Policy Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) speaks during a press conference, following the weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, D. C. , U. S. , March 17, 2026. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno From his first days back in power, Trump has set about remaking the…...

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Bombshell report shows evangelicals dragging Catholics 'deeper into heresy': Jesuit priest

1+ hour, 1+ min ago  (322+ words) Pope Leo XIV looks on as he arrives for the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Yara Nardi Amid the escalating attacks against Pope Leo XIV by the Trump administration, a Jesuit priest hit…...

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The truth about Trump's likely pick for new attorney general

2+ hour, 14+ min ago  (1048+ words) The Justice Department has just launched a criminal investigation of Cassidy Hutchinson. Remember her? Hutchinson was the young, courageous former White House aide whose testimony before Congress implicated Trump in the violence that erupted at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Not…...

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Trump 'the biggest loser' as Iran 'revealed deep problems' for US military: analysis

2+ hour ago  (290+ words) President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, D. C. , April 1, 2026. Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS President Donald Trump might be attempting to call his ceasefire with Iran "a great victory,…...

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Right-wing critic tears apart Trump's double standard

1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (358+ words) President Donald Trump may insist that he won the war in Iran with his bluster, but one conservative commentator bluntly observed in a recent editorial that "Trump's antics don't work on America's allies." He added, "Back in January, in Davos,…...

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Inside the Iran war's hidden economic toll

15+ hour, 8+ min ago  (314+ words) President Donald Trump has left America's economy far worse off than it had been as a result of his war against Iran, according to a number of experts. The negative economic impact is not limited to gas prices, Lerman pointed…...

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'Make you great again' while we steal everything: How despots use racism as distraction

12+ hour, 20+ min ago  (295+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump gestures during a visit to Verst Logistics in Hebron, Kentucky, U. S. , March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Podcasters Danielle Moodie and Wajahat Ali took time on Wednesday to examine the kind of devastating things that racism can do to a…...

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Only Trump could make America fold this fast: analysis

13+ hour, 24+ min ago  (198+ words) U. S. President Donald Trump gestures at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U. S. , March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque President Donald Trump took the world's biggest military " bigger than the militaries of the next nine nations " and used it to litter Iran with fire and…...

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Trump " not Iran " was 'begging' for a ceasefire: report

16+ hour, 4+ min ago  (261+ words) President Donald Trump, not Iran, is the one who was "begging" for a ceasefire, and had been for weeks before he announced a "double sided" end to hostilities late Tuesday evening, according to The New Republic, citing a report in…...