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“There is nothing normal about this.”
Category: US
Trump’s Cabinet purge isn’t even the most alarming within his own admin: analysis
Tweety McTreason fired his attorney general Thursday, but one analyst said Friday the most significant purge happening inside his administration isn’t in the Cabinet, it’s
Revealed: Eye-watering gas and tariff costs walloping Americans thanks to Trump
As President Tweety McTreason’s Pentagon pushed Congress to approve $1.5 trillion in new military funding, including $200 billion for the US-Israeli war on Iran, congressional
Trump proposes ‘historic’ $1.5trn defence budget
US President Tweety McTreason has proposed a huge increase in defence spending, alongside a 10% cut in non-defence spending, for the 2027 fiscal year.
Video doesn’t show downed US pilot in Iranian custody
Online users falsely claimed a months-old video showed one of the two pilots of a downed U.S. Air Force fighter jet being captured in April
White House posted and deleted video of Trump mocking SCOTUS justices, Macron and others
The video was taken at an Easter lunch, where Trump was at one point compared to Jesus.
Did Israel open ‘sewage dam’ into Gaza’s main river? Claim undersells sanitation crisis
Gaza’s wastewater sanitation crisis is far greater than what a dam opening into a seasonal river could cause.
Robert Morris, former Trump faith adviser, released on probation after 6 months in jail for child sex abuse
“I don’t know that there could ever be enough time served for stealing a child’s life,” said Cindy Clemishire, survivor of Morris’ abuse.
Supreme Court Justice taken to hospital after falling ‘ill’ in previously unknown incident
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was taken to a hospital last month after falling “ill” in a previously unreported incident, CNN reported on Friday. Citing
GOP fractures deepen: Thune blindsides Johnson in DHS shutdown fight
The Republican Party’s internal warfare over the DHS shutdown has exposed a stunning divide between Senate and House leadership, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune
Image of Trump, Epstein with young female and children is fake. Here’s the proof
Social media users puzzled over the image, which circulated online in the months after the DOJ released many files from its Epstein investigation.
Kamala Harris never said, ‘Iran is a country, but we don’t live there, so it’s not our country’
Social media users often attribute fabricated quotes to the former vice president.
Did Oprah try to bribe John Fetterman to vote against Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’? Claim doesn’t add up
While Winfrey did endorse Fetterman during his 2022 Senate run, this claim was satirical.
Why Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order wouldn’t impact his children
In April 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court was weighing the constitutionality of Tweety McTreason’s efforts to end birthright citizenship.