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Tucker Carlson's son Buckley is joining JD Vance's staff

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Buckley Carlson, the son of conservative media personality Tucker Carlson, is set to join Vice President JD Vance’s press office, sources tell ABC News.
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'Bumbling idiot': Freshman GOP senator unleashes on blue city mayor, Dems opposing Trump's deportations

  • News source: FOX News
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Ohio GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno ripped Chicago’s Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson as the "worst mayor in American history" and called on liberal mayors across the country to focus on making life better for their citizens, as opposed to blocking President Donald Trump’s immigration efforts.

"My message to the mayors of those cities is, why don't you do this for a change, why don't you actually advocate for the American citizens that live in your communities, help them with better schools, better housing and better security rather than protecting criminal...
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First lady Melania Trump’s new official portrait revealed

  • News source: FOX News
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Strike a pose.

That's exactly what first lady Melania Trump is doing in her new official White House portrait that was released Monday afternoon.

The first lady is seen in a striking power pose – leaning slightly forward with her hands resting on a table.

The black and white portrait was captured by esteemed photographer Régine Mahaux. It was taken on January 21, 2024, in the Yellow Oval Room of the White House, according to the office of the first lady.

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Republican state AGs await Trump-brokered TikTok deal, remain skeptical on app safety

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump signaled Saturday a deal could be underway soon to "save" TikTok from a looming ban, and Republican state attorneys general – many skeptical of the app's security – are waiting to see if it comes to fruition.

"I have spoken to many people about TikTok and there is great interest in TikTok," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on a flight to Florida, Reuters reported.

The reported deal Trump is working on involves partnering with software company Oracle and a group of outside investors to take control of the app's...
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Justice Department fires more than a dozen key officials on former Special Counsel Jack Smith's team

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: The Justice Department is firing more than a dozen key officials who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team prosecuting President Donald Trump, after Acting Attorney General James McHenry said they could not be trusted in "faithfully implementing the president’s agenda," Fox News Digital has learned.

McHenry has transmitted a letter to each official notifying them of their termination, a Justice Department official exclusively told Fox News Digital.

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Trump expected to sign military-focused executive orders on Hegseth's first day

  • News source: Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor and Zeke Miller | The
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President Donald Trump was expected to sign a flurry of executive orders focused on the military Monday, including to reinstate troops booted for refusing COVID-19 vaccines, assess transgender forces and further outline rollbacks in diversity programs, just as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth began his first day on the job.

The orders could further clarify initial directives Trump issued shortly after his inauguration last week, when he removed protections for transgender troops put in place by former President Joe Biden and banned DEI initiatives at...
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3 of Trump's most controversial Cabinet picks face confirmation hearings this week

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Three of President Donald Trump's most controversial Cabinet picks will face Senate committees this week -- Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Kash Patel.
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Melania Trump's official portrait released by the White House

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The official portrait of first lady Melania Trump was released by the White House on Monday.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams limits public schedule for 'routine medical tests'

  • News source: FOX News
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Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams will have a limited public schedule this week, with his office saying that he will be undergoing medical tests.

"Over the last few days, Mayor Adams hasn’t been feeling his best," New York City Deputy Mayor for Communications Fabien Levy said in a statement. Levy did not specify a condition or medical concern.

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"As a result, this week, the mayor will have a number of doctors’ appointments and undergo routine medical tests," Levy...
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Some state lawmakers see new opportunities to pass vaccine exemptions

  • News source: Susan Haigh and Davi Shastri | The Associated
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Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots.

Many see a political opportunity to rewrite policies in their states after President Donald Trump's return to the White House and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The agency oversees...
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Judge reverses order, grants Oath Keepers access to Capitol after Trump clemency

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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The federal judge who presided over the seditious conspiracy trial of far-right Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes rescinded an order that barred Rhodes and his co-defendants from traveling to Washington, D.C. The Justice Department had called on him to modify the sentences of the group members, who were serving years-long sentences after their convictions on crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta said Monday, "t would be improper for the court post-commutation to modify the original...
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FBI insider raises concern about Kash Patel's role in hostage rescues

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Days before this week's high-stakes confirmation hearing of Kash Patel to be FBI director, a bureau insider has come forward with new information questioning Patel's judgment during sensitive hostage rescue missions, CBS News has learned.

The whistleblower, whose identity is being withheld by Senate Democrats for fear of retaliation, worked with the FBI's Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell, which leads the government's missions to rescue hostages overseas. The whistleblower alleges that Patel violated firmly entrenched protocols to keep such operations...
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RFK Jr. says he’s not anti-vaccine. But he could profit off vaccine fraud claim suit.

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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RFK Jr. played a lead role in building an case against Merck's HPV vaccine and could profit from the lawsuit alleging fraud, even if confirmed as health secretary.
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Air Force reinstates Tuskegee Airmen training following backlash from Pete Hegseth and Katie Britt

  • News source: FOX News
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The Air Force has resumed a course on the first Black pilots unit that was temporarily yanked to ensure compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning DEI in the federal government.

Following backlash from legislators and even the new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Air Force claimed reports it had yanked a course teaching new recruits about the 15,000 Black pilots, mechanics and cooks in the segregated Army of World War II known as the Tuskegee Airmen were "inaccurate."

However, Hegseth wrote on X Sunday that the course's...
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Trump looks to enforce trans inmate crackdown as new acting federal prisons chief tapped

  • News source: FOX News
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A new interim director has been tapped to lead the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) as President Donald Trump looks to enforce a crackdown on transgender inmates in facilities that do not match their biological sex.

William W. Lothrop was named the new BOP director after Colette Peters resigned on Inauguration Day. It's unclear when the Trump administration will appoint someone to permanently fill the role.

"As we face ongoing challenges, including staffing shortages and operational issues, I am committed to working alongside you to find real...
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