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newrepublic.com > post > 206740 > trump-confuses-two-black-countries-black-history-month-event

Trump Mixes Up Two Black Countries at Black History Month Event

2+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1806+ words) President Trump mixed up two different Black Caribbean countries at a Black History Month event at the White House on Wednesday, suggesting that he couldn't care less about them or the event. "Herschel Walker, speaking about loyal," Trump said while…...

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newrepublic.com > post > 206742 > donald-trump-black-history-month-listing-friends

Trump Celebrates Black History Month by Listing All His Black Friends

2+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1767+ words) Donald Trump's celebration of Black History Month began with him rattling off the names of every Black person in his circle. In an extraordinarily on-the-nose, unscripted White House address, the president listed more than a dozen names of prominent Black…...

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newrepublic.com > post > 206752 > tucker-carlson-says-detained-israel

Tucker Carlson Says He Was Detained in Israel

2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (1769+ words) Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson'perhaps the right's most prominent Israel critic'says he was detained by Israeli authorities in Tel Aviv on Wednesday." Carlson told the"Daily Mail that while attempting to leave"Ben Gurion International Airport, he and his staff had…...

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newrepublic.com > post > 206739 > donald-trump-jay-bhattacharya-cdc-critic-temporary-head

Trump Appoints CDC Critic as Temporary Agency Head

4+ hour, 27+ min ago  (1808+ words) Jay Bhattacharya has been tapped to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention'after spending years criticizing its pandemic response. Bhattacharya will continue his role as the director of the National Institutes of Health, as well as leading the CDC…...

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newrepublic.com > post > 206737 > donald-trump-sons-corruption-cryptocurrency

Trump’s Sons Say Their Open Corruption Is Our Fault

4+ hour, 54+ min ago  (1810+ words) President Donald Trump's sons are so far past trying to dispel accusations of corruption that they're actually blaming everyone else for making them so crooked. Speaking to CNBC Wednesday from a gilded ballroom at their father's Mar-a-Lago resort, Don Jr....

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newrepublic.com > post > 206704 > stephen-colbert-cbs-lie-defense-talarico-interview

Stephen Colbert Slams CBS Defense Over Scrapped Interview

5+ hour, 29+ min ago  (1757+ words) Stephen Colbert blasted CBS on his late-night show Tuesday night, contradicting the network's claim that it didn't block his interview with Texas state Representative and Senate candidate James Talarico. On his show, Colbert displayed a printed copy of the network's…...

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newrepublic.com > post > 206722 > jd-vance-fact-check-fox-news-donald-trump-popularity

JD Vance Hit With Embarrassing Live Fact-Check on Trump’s Popularity

5+ hour, 30+ min ago  (1758+ words) Even Fox News hosts are making a point to correct Vice President JD Vance these days. In an interview with Vance on Tuesday, Martha MacCallum cited a Fox poll of 1,005 voters showing Democrats leading in generic congressional vote preference, 5246. "We've…...

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newrepublic.com > post > 206720 > ice-raids-detained-families-kids-letters-expose-abuse

ICE Raids Family Detention Dorms After Kids’ Letters Expose Abuse

5+ hour, 30+ min ago  (1773+ words) Guards at an ICE detention facility in Texas raided the dorms of immigrant families Tuesday, in order to destroy children's letters that threatened to shed light on the horrific living conditions. The raid at the South Texas Family Residential Center…...

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newrepublic.com > post > 206707 > drug-trafficker-honduras-president-treatment-trump-pardon

Notorious Drug Trafficker Got Five-Star Treatment After Trump Pardon

5+ hour, 30+ min ago  (1800+ words) Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hern'ndez was given special treatment and provided with a room in a luxury hotel after Donald Trump pardoned him in December, ProPublica reported Wednesday. Hern'ndez, a member of Honduras's right-wing National Party, was extradited to…...

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newrepublic.com > post > 206728 > democrats-boycott-protests-trump-state-union

Democrats Plot Boycott and Protests of Trump’s State of the Union

5+ hour, 41+ min ago  (1807+ words) President Trump will be holding his State of the Union address next Tuesday evening, and some Democrats have decided to skip the event and hold a rival gathering instead." Organizers include liberal activist group MoveOn and pro-Democrat media network MeidasTouch,…...