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14/10/2025

Seems to be accepting his fate on this one.

13/10/2025

George Stephanopoulos shuts down JD Vance interview after the VP refuses to directly answer whether Trump Border Czar Tom Homan accepted a 2024 bribe: “It’s not a weird left-wing rabbit hole. I didn’t insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50,000 as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI … and you did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.”

13/10/2025

“PAY OUR TROOPS.”

President Trump gave the green light for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to use all available funds to pay military members amid the government shutdown. The money will primarily come from prior-year research and development budgets.

As the shutdown enters Day 13, service members were set to miss their paychecks on October 15. Trump’s new directive will delay that for the time being — but food banks have still experienced longer-than-usual lines and wait times.

13/10/2025

After 2 years in Hamas captivity, the last living Israeli hostages have come home.

Hamas on Monday released all 20 living Israeli hostages as part of the ceasefire deal. In exchange for the hostages, Israel said it freed more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners.

Hamas said it will hand over the bodies of four of the 28 deceased captives, although a timeline for the others is unclear. The remains of two of the killed hostages appear to remain unaccounted for. Vice President JD Vance said Sunday that some of the deceased hostages may never be returned.

Tens of thousands of Israelis watched the transfers of the 20 men released Monday at public screenings across the country. Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and abducted an additional 251 in its October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel. While some hostages were released or freed before the ceasefire, Hamas has killed dozens of others in the two years since it abducted them.

60,000 people in Gaza, per the Gazan health ministry, have been killed in Israel’s war on the enclave in response to the attacks. Israel has rejected international claims that it has been carrying out a genocide against Palestinians, who have been brought to the brink of starvation by Israel blocking most food and aid from entering the enclave.

13/10/2025

“Let’s talk about the legacy of mass deportations, of people not voting, and Donald Trump ... Don’t come at me with that.”

Kamala Harris fired back at pro-Palestinian protesters who interrupted her “107 Days” book tour in Chicago on Saturday.

12/10/2025

Are Eric Adams and Trump friends? is telling all.

In her new book, “Political Humanity,” she opens up about her secret romance with Adams, her time in City Hall, and how the Black community “betrayed” Adams after his indictment.

12/10/2025

Kamala Harris may have released her new memoir to distance herself from Biden so she can run in 2028.

It probably won’t work.

See link in bio for the full Margin of Error.

11/10/2025

Pope Leo continues to take aim at Trump’s hardline immigration policies.

The pope was reportedly emotional when a delegation from El Paso, Texas, this week presented him with letters from immigrant families living in fear of deportation. The bishops also showed him a video that detailed the plight of migrants in the U.S.

“I think it’s so important that we, as church, give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles,” the pope said to the bishops. “What’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now … the church cannot be silent.”

Late last month, the pope told reporters in Italy, “Someone who says I’m against abortion but says I’m in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life. Someone who says that I’m against abortion but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants who are in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life.”

The White House pushed back on that comment. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said she would “reject” that there “is inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants” by the Trump administration, and proceeded to blame the Biden administration instead.

10/10/2025

Fact-check: To no one’s surprise, there’s no strong evidence linking any of them to each other

10/10/2025

Which part of the “America First” agenda does this fall under?

While there are no foreign military bases in the United States, some countries have a presence at U.S. bases for training purposes. Idaho’s Mountain Home Airbase already hosts a contingent of Singaporean fighter jets and pilots.

10/10/2025

Don’t let Trump see this

09/10/2025

C-SPAN presents: The Roast of Speaker Mike Johnson

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