Severe storms: Key Takeaways
Severe Storms Threaten DC: Tornadoes Possible
As the DC area braces for severe weather conditions, the threat of tornadoes looms large. Today, meteorologists have issued warnings for...
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• Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist known for sharp political sketches
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Representative Lauren Boebert voted to advance Affordable Care Act subsidies by mistake.
She submitted an incorrect vote form to reverse her vote.
The bill passed despite her removed vote.
Lawmakers continue talks on long-term subsidy extensions.
Why Affordable Care Act subsidies matter
Affordable Care Act subsidies help millions afford...
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Lisa Graves warns that presidential immunity could unleash unchecked power.
She calls Chief Justice Roberts’ ruling “unhinged” from the Constitution.
Graves links expanded immunity to recent violence at home and abroad.
The ruling may open the door to lawless actions and war crimes.
In a new essay, award-winning...
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• Former Vice President Mike Pence warns that impeachment likely looms if Democrats regain the House in 2026.
• He points to the surprise arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and the delayed Epstein files.
• Pence argues Americans are exhausted by chaos-driven governance.
• He says voters want stability and...
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President Trump told reporters only his own morality can stop him.
He spoke without any White House public relations staff present.
His comments came after Congress limited actions on Venezuela.
Experts warned that claiming no other limits sounds like a dictator.
The remark adds pressure amid a...
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Jonathan Ross is the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who shot Renee Good.
He fired three shots at Good’s car after she dropped her daughter off at school.
Ross was injured in a past ICE raid when a fleeing driver dragged him.
Little is known about Ross’s...
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President Trump’s team may add a new story to the West Wing.
Architects say the extra floor will bring back White House symmetry.
The new ballroom project could top 300 million dollars in cost.
Trump says private donations will cover all expenses.
No formal work on the...
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• Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was excluded from talks on a plan to remove Nicolás Maduro.
• Sources say her anti-war stance caused the snub, leading aides to nickname her role “Do Not Invite.”
• It’s rare for a top intelligence official to miss out on such high-level...
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said an ICE agent shot Renee Good after a past trauma.
Noem claimed the agent had been rammed and dragged by a vehicle before.
CNN analyst John Miller said no evidence supports that story.
Witnesses saw the agent shaken and quickly removed...
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President Trump lashed out at five Republican senators who backed limits on his war powers.
A bipartisan Senate vote moved forward a resolution to curb presidential authority over actions against Venezuela.
Trump called the War Powers Act unconstitutional and demanded that dissenting senators never win re-election.
The...
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Brandon Phillips is seen on video punching a man inside a Washington bar.
Both Phillips and his boss face a House ethics probe for separate controversies.
Investigators say Phillips paid his girlfriend with taxpayer money for no real work.
Phillips has past charges for battery, felony, and...
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• Federal prosecutors have opened a James investigation.
• They are probing payments from Letitia James’s campaign to her hairdresser.
• Hairdresser Iyesata Marsh also faces bank fraud charges in Louisiana.
• Critics call this a political vendetta and say it will fail.
• Letitia James has not been charged in the...
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Top advisers have floated a Greenland takeover as a real option.
Eighty-five percent of Greenlanders oppose any US claim.
Greenland’s ice sheet can raise seas by 23 feet if it melts.
Melting ice may disrupt ocean currents and global climate.
Seizing Greenland would damage NATO and global...
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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt ended the White House briefing seconds before the 65-minute betting cutoff.
Gamblers lost near-certain bets, handing massive payouts to a lucky few.
Critics called the move unfair, absurd, and corrosive.
Prediction markets on event lengths have surged in popularity.
The sudden exit has...
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• Ex-husband says Renee Nicole Good never joined protests or posed a threat
• Witness videos show ICE officers firing three shots through her car window
• Good was a 37-year-old poet, mother of three, and devoted Christian
• ICE agent Jonathan Ross has a past incident involving a fleeing vehicle
•...
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• Rep. Seth Moulton pressed Fox News to show the ICE shooting video to viewers
• Moulton argued viewers deserve to see the full footage and decide for themselves
• The video captures the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent
• Trump officials have disputed the incident and...
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Stephen Colbert condemned the ICE shooting in Minneapolis as a clear “obey or die” policy.
He warned that unaccountable agents threaten every community, red or blue.
Colbert urged people to speak out peacefully and demand change.
His comments follow those from Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Kinzinger.
Stephen Colbert...
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Trump’s recent moves aim to distract from the Epstein files.
Michael Wolff says Trump can’t outrun the Epstein files forever.
The Department of Justice has released only about 1% of the Epstein files.
Congress ordered all Epstein files released by December 19.
New threats may shift focus,...
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• Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey sharply criticized the Trump administration in a New York Times op-ed.
• He contrasted the federal help after a 2007 bridge collapse with today’s lack of cooperation.
• Frey condemned ICE operations in Minneapolis and a fatal shooting of a local resident.
• He warned other...
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• Governor Walz put the National Guard on alert after an ICE officer’s fatal shooting
• Republican Rep. Pete Stauber accused Walz of planning a civil war against the federal government
• Senator Tina Smith and Minnesota Young DFL slammed Stauber’s comments as misleading
• The debate highlights rising political tension...
