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Trump Aide Drives His Late-Night Truth Social Barrage

Natalie Harp curates, posts Trump-approved late-night Truth Social content, per WSJ

(Newser) - President Trump's late-night social media barrages aren't just the work of an insomniac president—they're also the product of a little-known aide with a big role. The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump's Truth Social feed, which has become a high-volume mix of his own statements...

McMaster Appears to Be Doing a 180 on Gerrymandering

SC governor now expected to call special session to redraw maps, putting Clyburn's seat at risk

(Newser) - South Carolina's governor is poised to drag lawmakers back to Columbia for a fight that could wipe out the state's lone Democratic-held House seat. GOP Gov. Henry McMaster plans to summon the state Legislature into a special session to redraw congressional lines, a move that could target the...

Giuliani Describes 'Spiritual Experience' in Hospital

81-year-old former mayor resumes show after critical pneumonia

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani is back on the air, declaring himself "100%" less than two weeks after being placed on a ventilator with what he called a "pretty serious bout of viral pneumonia." The 81-year-old former New York City mayor returned Wednesday to his LindellTV program from his home in Palm Beach,...

Clyburn's Seat Safe, for Now, After Republicans Balk

GOP leaders back away from redistricting play, fearing aggressive move in SC could backfire

(Newser) - South Carolina Republicans have slammed on the brakes on redistricting. On Tuesday, GOP legislators blocked an effort to redraw the congressional map in a way that likely would have dismantled Rep. James Clyburn's long-held Democratic seat in an attempt to deliver a win in President Trump's push for...

Sources: Iran War May Soon Be 'Operation Sledgehammer'

New name could reset 60-day war powers clock, some say

(Newser) - The Pentagon is gaming out more than military moves if the shaky Iran ceasefire falls apart—it's also workshopping a fresh war name, sources tell NBC News . Two US officials say the Pentagon is considering dubbing any renewed campaign "Operation Sledgehammer," replacing "Operation Epic Fury,"...

Sir Rod on King's US Trip: 'Put That Little Rat Bag in His Place'

Rod Stewart appears to take a swipe at his old friend Trump

(Newser) - Rod Stewart turned a royal congratulations into a political minefield. While greeting King Charles at a 50th anniversary event for The King's Trust at London's Royal Albert Hall on Monday, the 81-year-old singer praised the monarch's recent US trip—then added a pointed aside caught on video:...

Aussie Musician Detained, Barred From US

Girlfriend suggests her past video may have played a role

(Newser) - An Australian musician says his US tour just hit a bureaucratic wall—and some are blaming his girlfriend's social media history . Adam Hyde, who performs under the name Keli Holiday as one half of electronic duo Peking Duk, says he was detained at the US-Canada border on Friday and...

ABC Slams 'Chilling Effect' of FCC Crackdown

In new filing, network blasts agency under Carr for targeting The View , Kimmel, other Trump critics

(Newser) - ABC is pushing back hard against the Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission, accusing the regulator of trampling on its First Amendment rights. In a filing made public on Friday, the network said the FCC's "unprecedented" scrutiny of The View and other programming is creating a "chilling...

White House Condemns Mark Hamill Over Trump Grave Post

Hamill deletes post and apologizes as Trump team demands condemnation

(Newser) - Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader? More like Luke Skywalker vs. the White House, USA Today reports. Star Wars actor Mark Hamill is under fire for a now-deleted Bluesky post that paired the caption "If Only" with an apparent AI image of President Trump in a grave marked "1946-2024....

Judge Lets FBI Keep Seized 2020 Georgia Ballots

Court agrees with Fulton County that warrant process was problematic

(Newser) - A federal judge has declined to order the FBI to return more than 600 boxes of 2020 election materials it seized from Fulton County, Georgia, ruling that federal agents may keep the ballots as part of an ongoing investigation. US District Judge JP Boulee wrote that while certain portions of...

Lutnick 'Changed His Story' on Epstein Ties, Democrats Say

Secretary reportedly wouldn't say if he, Trump talked over testimony

(Newser) - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick faced sharp questioning from House Democrats on Wednesday over shifting explanations about his past ties to Jeffrey Epstein during a closed-door interview by the House Oversight Committee. As they left the session, Democratic members accused Lutnick of revising his story as new details surfaced from the...

Mexico City Club Slaps Americans With $300 Cover

It's a statement about gentrification and 'a year of insults directed at us'

(Newser) - A Mexico City nightclub has turned its door fee into a pointed message about who's welcome—and who's paying for it. Japan, a club in the trendy Roma Norte district, is going viral for a pricing scheme that leaves US citizens on the hook for about $300 to...

Woman Who Spread Flyers With Miller's Address Is Off the Hook

Prosecutor won't pursue criminal charges against retired peace-studies professor after Va. incident

(Newser) - A retired peace-studies professor who dropped anti-Trump administration flyers around Stephen Miller's Virginia neighborhood won't be hit with state charges. Arlington County Commonwealth's Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti said there's not enough evidence that activist Barbara Wien intended to threaten or harass the White House aide when she...

Pirro: Case Against Powell Could Still Be Revived

Pirro links possible revival to findings from ongoing internal audit

(Newser) - Jeanine Pirro may not be quite done with Jerome Powell, the New York Times reports. The US attorney in Washington said Sunday that prosecutors could revisit a shelved criminal inquiry into the Federal Reserve chair if an ongoing internal audit turns up signs of wrongdoing tied to a $2.5...

Google Co-Founder Has Seen a Big Shift in His Politics

Sergey Brin, onetime supporter of liberal causes, is now fighting Calif. billionaire tax, has MAGA GF

(Newser) - Sergey Brin isn't just grumbling about California taxes from the sidelines anymore. The Google co-founder has quietly reinvented himself as one of Silicon Valley's loudest—and richest—opponents of a proposed one-time 5% levy on the Golden State's billionaires, all while edging closer to President Trump's...

WSJ: DeSantis' New Fla. Maps Could Backfire on GOP

Governor-backed redistricting in Sunshine State seeks big Republican gains but risks backfiring

(Newser) - Florida's governor is trying to bank more GOP House seats, but the Wall Street Journal's editorial board thinks he may be overplaying his hand. In its latest opinion piece about the "gerrymander gamble" in the Sunshine State, the board argues that Ron DeSantis' newly proposed congressional map,...

The Apprentice May Return, With a Different Trump

Donald Trump Jr. floated as potential host during internal discussions: WSJ

(Newser) - Amazon is toying with the idea of bringing back the show that helped launch President Trump's TV fame—and handing the boardroom to his eldest son. The company has held early internal talks about reviving The Apprentice for Prime Video with Donald Trump Jr. as a possible host, people...

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Kimmel Calls Out Trump's Own Old Age Joke

'They just don't like people named Jim,' he quips

(Newser) - Jimmy Kimmel isn't backing off after the president demanded he be fired and federal regulators suddenly took new interest in his network's licenses . On Tuesday's Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the host played a clip of President Trump, soon to turn 80, jokingly telling the first lady that they...

Barney Frank to Dems: 'Repudiate' Progressives

From hospice, ex-lawmaker says party's left wing has gone 'beyond what's politically acceptable'

(Newser) - Barney Frank says he feels "very good," but the 86-year-old Democrat is in hospice care at home in Maine, and he's using what may be his final chapter to take direct aim at his party's left. As he preps for his new book to be released...

Kimmel Tells Melania Trump: Start With Your Husband

Late-night host urges first lady to confront President Trump over his own rhetoric before going after him

(Newser) - Jimmy Kimmel says he's on board with toning down political language—starting, he suggests, with the White House. Responding Monday to Melania Trump's demand that Disney and ABC fire him over a joke he told about her, Kimmel used his Jimmy Kimmel Live! monologue to flip her criticism...

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