Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
Breaking updates and happenings from across the United States.
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Donald Trump has criticized Mitch McConnell in a scathing statement, in which he branded the Senate Minority Leader "dour, sullen, and unsmiling". Trump issued his typically-blunt retort following McConnell’s damning statements made in a damning op-ed piece published in the Wall Street Journal. In the article in question, McConnell reflected…
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A woman who flew a banner reading "convict Trump" over the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida has branded him a "dictator." Speaking exclusively to the Huffington Post, the woman in question - who asked to remain anonymous and be referred to by the moniker "S" - works for an aircraft company…
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Saturday Night Live has lampooned former President Donald Trump's recent impeachment trial in a skit featuring Colin Jost. The impeachment trial, and the former Republican leader's narrow escape from a conviction in the Senate was the main focus of the NBC sketch show's long-running Weekend Update segment. Per The Wrap, Jost…
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House Democrats have hired a former gang member as senior adviser for diversity and inclusion, the New York Post reports. Dyjuan Tatro, a criminal justice advocate, was chosen by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for the role. Tatro rose to attention after an appearance in a PBS docuseries called College…
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Former President Donald Trump has been acquitted during his second impeachment trial. A total of 43 senators voted that Trump was not guilty of inciting the deadly assault on the Capitol Building on January 6 – the two-thirds majority required to clear the former president. As per the Metro, a…
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A video has gone viral on social media this week showing former Vice President Mike Pence and his family fleeing protesters during the Capitol riots. According to The Independent, the (until now) never-before-seen video in question was made public by impeachment managers prosecuting former president Donald Trump in his Senate…
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Fox News anchor Lou Dobbs has been axed after spreading conspiracy theories about widespread electoral fraud in the 2020 election. Dobbs was fired for his involvement in a $2.7bn defamation lawsuit against the network where he was personally named for promoting baseless conspiracy theories after Donald Trump failed to get…
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A 26-year-old man in Michigan died over the weekend after getting hit in the chest by shrapnel from a cannon that exploded at a baby shower, police said, per ABC News. Michigan State Police say that an unnamed individual, a homeowner in Genesee County, fired a small cannon in the…
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The cyclist who famously flipped off Donald Trump has run for office and has now defeated a local Republican. Trump was so angry at the time that he demanded that Juli Briskman was fired from her job in 2017, and she was so enraged as a result of her dismissal…
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A school in Utah has been criticized this week for allowing its students to opt-out of Black History Month during February. According to NBC News, the controversy began when Micah Hirokawa, director of the Maria Montessori Academy in Ogden, Utah, took to the school’s official Facebook page on Friday, February…
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The Trump Tower in Chicago is facing a $12 million fine after using 20 million gallons of water every day without a permit. An Illinois court ruled this week that the tower broke two of the state's environmental laws and became liable for damages as it does not have a…
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Fox News ratings have plummeted as the network faces an “identity crisis” in the wake of Donald Trump’s departure from the White House last month. In fact, according to Nielsen, Fox News’ primetime programming was down 25% last week from what it was at that exact time last year. The…
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Eric Trump has said that his dad Donald is the "most beloved political figure" in American history. In an interview with Fox News, he slammed the Democrats for attempting to impeach his father for reportedly inciting the protests that led to the assault on the Capitol building on January 6.…
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A Tennessee high school principal has apologized for marking Black History Month with an All Lives Matter theme. CNN reports that the East Ridge Middle School teacher in Chatanooga made the controversial announcement in a weekly newsletter issued on Sunday, January 31. The move was met with a significant backlash…
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Footage of Majorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg has gone viral this week. In the video, which was filmed before the Republican rep was elected to Congress, she can be heard making a number of false and baseless claims. Per CNN, the confrontation starts after she spots…
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Joe Biden has vowed to "undo the moral shame" of the Trump administration by signing three new executive actions on immigration. Per the Independent, the new orders include measures to help reunite families who were separated at the US-Mexico border and a review of the Trump administration's policy on US…
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A former White House aide has claimed that Donald Trump would choose his daughter Ivanka over his wife Melania every time. Former White House advisor and Met Gala organizer Stephanie Winston Wolkoff made the revelations in an interview with SheKnows where she cited her tell-all book, Melania and Me. She,…
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Jeff Bezos will be stepping down as CEO of Amazon later this year, it was announced on Tuesday (February 2). Bezos, 57, will remain only in his role as Executive Chair of the Amazon Board, he explained in a letter to employees of the e-commerce giant. "Being the CEO of…
