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Donald Trump is throwing his considerable weight behind his former physician’s demand that Joe Biden submit to a drug test immediately before and after Thursday’s presidential debate, endorsing the doctor’s baseless claim that the incumbent is operating on “performance-enhancing drugs.”

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CNN defended the moderators of Thursday’s upcoming presidential debate after a contentious exchange on the network Monday in which anchor Kasie Hunt abruptly ended her interview with Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt after Leavitt continually criticized Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.

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Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said definitively Thursday that she has no confidence in the Supreme Court amid its dismal approval ratings, ethics controversies, and weighty forthcoming opinions.

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Jim Jordan (R-OH) has made himself the Republican gadfly attempting to sting Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan D.A. who has secured the first, and so far only, conviction of former president Donald Trump.

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Julian Assange is officially breathing free air.

In a statement on its official X account, WikiLeaks said its founder had been released from the British prison where he’d been incarcerated for the last five years—the result of a plea bargain he struck Monday with American prosecutors.

The deal will see him avoid extradition back to the U.S., as well as further prison time—leaving him free to return to his native Australia and bringing to an end his years-long legal odyssey. Читать дальше...

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President Joe Biden on Monday joined a chorus of prominent Democrats in condemning a pro-Palestinian protest that devolved into chaos outside a synagogue in Los Angeles over the weekend, decrying the demonstrators as “antisemitic” and “un-American.”

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Sayonara, InfoWars.

A court-appointed bankruptcy trustee plans to shut down and liquidate Alex Jones’ conspiracy website in order to pay his creditors, according to an “emergency” filing submitted over the weekend and first reported by the Associated Press.

The far-right provocateur owes $1.5 billion to the families of Sandy Hook victims. He was being found liable for defamation after he repeatedly used his platform to claim the tragic 2012 school shooting was a hoax.

Read more at The Daily Beast. Читать дальше...

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Sunday found embattled Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) at a thunderous rally in the Bronx along with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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Jordan Klepper makes a habit of angering MAGA supporters. The Daily Show correspondent, known for going into the field and asking Donald Trump’s diehard supporters hard questions and creating comedy out of their responses, shared how he pulls it out without getting his “ass kicked” by the crowd, some of whom are known for easily resorting to violence.

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On Tuesday, Rep. Lauren Boebert, who switched districts following her inappropriate behavior at Beetlejuice The Musical and cratering support, will find out if her political career survives the scandal.

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Tamayo Perry always had a cautious fascination with sharks.