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Trump admin settles another lawsuit 'while no one's looking'

Trump admin settles another lawsuit 'while no one's looking'

The Trump Justice Department on Monday reportedly reached a tentative deal with Live Nation—the owner of Ticketmaster—to settle a Biden-era antitrust lawsuit that

Iran is winning Trump's war

Iran is winning Trump's war

Again, it’s the president’s war, not America’s. Poll after poll after poll show a majority, sometimes a vast majority, does not want the US to be entangled in a

Trump directly contradicts Pentagon chief on key element of Iran war — again

Trump directly contradicts Pentagon chief on key element of Iran war — again

President Donald Trump told CBS News on Monday that his war in Iran could be almost over — just after the Pentagon tweeted, “We have Only Just Begun to Fight.”“

Discouraged Republicans surrender a once hotly-contested political battleground: report

Discouraged Republicans surrender a once hotly-contested political battleground: report

Once a fiercely-contested state supreme court that embroiled the whole state of Wisconsin, Republicans appear to have given up on the possibility of reclaiming

Washington Post roasted for op-ed linking lattes to destruction of society

Washington Post roasted for op-ed linking lattes to destruction of society

Some Washington Post readers are mocking the paper and its op-ed that suggests a link between Starbucks’ lattes, and loneliness and the destruction of society.The

'Ridiculous': DHS deputy blows millions on 'unusable' vehicles that are now in 'hiding'

'Ridiculous': DHS deputy blows millions on 'unusable' vehicles that are now in 'hiding'

The Washington Examiner reports that former DHS head Kristi Noem was not the only division head prone to blow cash on big adventures such as a $220 million series

Epstein helped a billionaire Trump pal expand military tech into Israel: report

Epstein helped a billionaire Trump pal expand military tech into Israel: report

Palantir CEO Peter Thiel, a billionaire who has long been part of President Donald Trump’s inner circle, may have involved his military-industrial complex software

'Doomsday': Trump sleepwalks into a trap he once called his 'worst case' scenario

'Doomsday': Trump sleepwalks into a trap he once called his 'worst case' scenario

It's only been a few days since President Donald Trump confessed his "worst-case" scenario to the press while speaking to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Indeed

'Draft-dodger' Trump fails 'to learn the most obvious lesson' of war: analysis

'Draft-dodger' Trump fails 'to learn the most obvious lesson' of war: analysis

Donald Trump's handling of the war against Iran has shown that he, a "draft dodger" unfamiliar with "the terrible realities of war," has "failed to learn the most

MAGA vloggers no longer 'on board' with Trump

MAGA vloggers no longer 'on board' with Trump

Will Sommer and Sam Stein of The Bulwarks say that growing cracks in President Donald Trump’s support from the MAGA social media sphere “really matters,” as a good