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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused Democrats of wanting to “destroy our economy,” raise taxes, take Americans’ money and “end America as we know her and love her.” She added, “That is not an exaggeration.”

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Education Secretary Linda McMahon praised AI as an educational tool, pointing to Austin’s Alpha School, where students use AI for the first two hours of each school day. “It is incredibly effective,” McMahon said.

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Asked about gas prices, President Donald Trump shifted to the threat of nuclear weapons, warning, “If you want to see turmoil and a travesty, let them take out a city with a nuclear weapon … let them hit us with a nuclear weapon.”

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Georgia Peanut Commission Chair Donald Chase, a lifelong Republican, says he plans to vote for Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Chase said he’s “still a conservative Republican,” but added, “character matters.”

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused Democrats of being “incredibly disingenuous,” saying they do “360s on every single policy position they have.”

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President Donald Trump said, “As soon as that war ends, inflation is gonna be eradicated totally,” linking the end of the war to the end of inflation.

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CNN’s Harry Enten said President Donald Trump has lost 27 points of net approval among white voters without college degrees over the past two years. Enten said Trump’s current rating is the lowest for any previous Republican president at this point in a second term among that group.

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Former Special Counsel Jack Smith told the Senate Judiciary Committee that his investigation uncovered “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that President Donald Trump “engaged in serious crimes against our nation.”

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Speaker Mike Johnson said Republicans would continue their current agenda if they hold the House, saying, “What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already.”

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President Donald Trump sharply criticized Canada, saying, “They have been one of the worst countries in the entire world.”

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MAGA pundit Caroline Sunshine floored CNN NewsNight’s panel Monday with a bizarre analogy claiming that the economy is “fat” and that President Donald Trump’s deportation of illegal immigrants was the “Ozempic” needed to solve the problem.

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Sen. Eric Schmitt tried to connect former Special Counsel Jack Smith to Fani Willis through an alleged secret meeting at an Atlanta Hawks game. The effort unraveled when Schmitt appeared to confuse basic details about the basketball game.

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President Donald Trump said attacks on Russian refineries are a bigger problem than the Middle East, claiming Ukraine is “blowing up diesel refineries in Russia.” Trump said he told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “You gotta take it easy on the refineries.”

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Speaker Mike Johnson said opposition to data centers “is a Chinese psyop,” adding, “I really believe that. That’s not a conspiracy theory.”

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez argued tuition-free public colleges are not unrealistic, saying, “This is literally what baby boomers gave themselves.”

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Sen. John Kennedy said no public official should spend taxpayer money on private ads promoting themselves. He also argued that politicians shouldn’t have buildings named after them while they’re still alive.

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President Donald Trump claimed “everything is going down” except oil prices, while saying Iran’s nuclear weapons are “wiped out” and no longer a concern.

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CNN accused President Donald Trump’s administration of lying in a sworn declaration it submitted to the court Thursday regarding the timeline it claimed for when their press pass access to the White House had been restored.

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Asked why he wouldn’t become an independent, Sen. John Fetterman said, “Because I’m a lifelong Republican,” before reporter Garrett corrected him: “You mean a Democrat.” Fetterman replied, “A Democrat.”

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Jesse Watters argued Democrats couldn’t repeal President Donald Trump’s tariffs because they were imposed by executive action. Jessica Tarlton Ford fired back: “We have three branches of government. Ask the Supreme Court.”

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Asked if she was running for president, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a simple answer: “I am running for reelection.”

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Jesse Watters said the war is already over. Jessica Tarlton Ford pushed back: “Is the Strait open? Are people paying lower gas prices?” Watters answered, “No.”

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McGowan criticized Fox News’ repeated warnings about “communism” while pointing out that Republican lawmakers and Supreme Court justices attended the same dinner hosted by President Donald Trump.

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CNN’s Laura Coates appeared to cut off Scott Jennings during a heated exchange, asking, “Why am I still hearing you?”

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Asked about Barack Obama saying the world might be better if women ran every government for two years, President Donald Trump called the idea “ridiculous” while adding, “I love women. I think they’re great.”

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President Donald Trump said he rejected a proposed deal to immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz, claiming the U.S. has “total control” of the strait and is “winning tremendously.”

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Sen. Bernie Sanders repeatedly pressed FDA nominee Heidi Overton on President Donald Trump’s claim that Americans pay the lowest prescription drug prices in the world. Overton repeatedly avoided giving a direct answer.

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When Ed Henry referred to the “AI race,” White House adviser Sebastian Gorka quickly corrected him: “No, no, no, no, no. Sorry. It’s SI. As of this week, it’s Super Intelligence.”

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CNN’s Harry Enten said 50% of Americans now “strongly disapprove” of President Donald Trump’s job performance, surpassing the previous midterm-era record set before the 2018 elections. A new CNN poll also found just 13% strongly approve.

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MS NOW’s Laura Barrón-López and a producer were denied access to the White House Thursday morning despite a federal judge ordering the Trump administration to immediately restore the outlet’s press access.

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Fox News host Harris Faulkner was visibly shaken as a guest on The Faulkner Focus revealed that his daughter was a victim of fentanyl poisoning — but the revelation and Faulkner’s reaction may have rung familiar to a regular Fox viewer.

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Asked how she thinks her husband is doing in his second term, Melania Trump said, “He’s very focused, he has a lot on his plate,” adding, “I think he’s doing the best that he can.”

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As the White House press pool boycotts President Donald Trump, Real America’s Voice attempted to fill the gap — but Trump could still barely be heard as the microphone failed to pick him up.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Republicans have “bowed down to Donald Trump” over the Iran war “over and over and over,” adding, “They own it.”

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CNN played a clip of Michele Tafoya saying, “I’ve never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota,” then showed a deleted 2023 post in which she wrote, “I’m embarrassed to say I live in Minnesota.”

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NewsNation pressed RNC Chair Joe Gruters on high gas prices, mortgage rates and inflation. Gruters blamed Joe Biden for leaving an “absolute disaster” and said, “We just gotta give the president more time.”

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Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years behind bars for sexually assaulting a television production assistant in 2006 — the second time he’s been sentenced in the case.

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Veteran Democratic Party political operative David Axelrod credited President Donald Trump for his “sophisticated” ability to a “hijack” a news cycle while on a CNN panel on Tuesday night discussing Trump’s media ban.

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Fox News host Jesse Watters wasted little time welcoming the network’s latest hire Billy Bush to the organization by joking that the new contributor’s cable-news gig puts him one step closer to a job in the Trump administration.

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Ana Navarro elicited laughs from Tuesday’s CNN NewsNight panel after a pro-MAGA guest challenged her to give President Donald Trump “credit for something.”

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CNN data analyst Harry Enten offered an incredulous reaction to a response by Sen. Tommy Tuberville about gas prices.

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CNN’s Jake Tapper dug up some old Fox News clips to argue against President Donald Trump’s unprecedented media ban on Tuesday, declaring, “Bill O’Reilly was absolutely right.”

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Donna Ganger, the mother of Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in January, revealed that she voted for President Donald Trump before blasting the agency responsible for her daughter’s death: “This is madness.”

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