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'Meathead' Pentagon chief blind to the fact he’s Trump’s next 'sacrificial lamb': analysis

'Meathead' Pentagon chief blind to the fact he’s Trump’s next 'sacrificial lamb': analysis

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has no idea he’s President Donald Trump’s “future victim,” British-American journalist Sarah Baxter writes in i Paper.“We are

'Hot commodity': White House officials say Trump’s personal phone number is for sale

'Hot commodity': White House officials say Trump’s personal phone number is for sale

President Donald Trump’s personal phone number is “for sale to deep-pocket interests seeking influence, two administration officials” told the Atlantic.The stunning

White House scrambles to reassure Trump 'conservatives aren’t abandoning him': WSJ

White House scrambles to reassure Trump 'conservatives aren’t abandoning him': WSJ

President Donald Trump’s team “is privately trying to reassure the president that conservatives aren’t abandoning him,” the Wall Street Journal reports, including

'Mind boggling' corruption: Kushner seeks $5 billion from foreign governments for his firm

'Mind boggling' corruption: Kushner seeks $5 billion from foreign governments for his firm

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is trying to raise more than $5 billion from foreign governments for his private equity firm while working as

Trump's main obsession doesn't make America any safer

Trump's main obsession doesn't make America any safer

The trouble with reprisals is that they never end. The resentment over loss always creates a new target, and retaliation itself spawns another cycle of violence

Trump administration's efforts to dodge responsibility will fail

Trump administration's efforts to dodge responsibility will fail

Pete Hegseth won't have to wait much longer before notching his first officially recognized war atrocity as secretary of defense. Investigators for the Pentagon

Dark money group offers influencers cash to trash Illinois Democrat: report

Dark money group offers influencers cash to trash Illinois Democrat: report

A dark money group offered at least two social media influencers $1,500 apiece for a single negative social media post about progressive Illinois Democrat candidate

Putin cashes in as panicked Trump seeks his help

Putin cashes in as panicked Trump seeks his help

Donald Trump suddenly popped on TV screens this week, giving his most extensive remarks on the war in Iran and taking questions from the press. Trump had previously

Trump officials are 'flacks' who don’t know 'markets': ex-White House aide

Trump officials are 'flacks' who don’t know 'markets': ex-White House aide

President Donald Trump’s senior counselor for trade and manufacturing has shown that he does not “understand markets” and his spokespeople have shown they are “

Outlook for young Americans 'really awful' as Trump’s 'SOL' economy takes hold: conservatives

Outlook for young Americans 'really awful' as Trump’s 'SOL' economy takes hold: conservatives

President Donald Trump insists that the American economy is booming under him, but a pair of conservative commentators discussed on Friday how unemployed people