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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Loses Plot as Boat Bombing Scandal Worsens
Sargent: Yeah, I want to throw this in here, Jen. You got at this in your piece. But Jack Goldsmith—who is not exactly a liberal; he was…
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Trump Press Sec Spin Implodes as Fresh Boat Bombing Horrors Rattle GOP
President Trump’s illegal boat bombings just got even worse. We’ve now learned that after demolishing a boat allegedly carrying drug…
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Value of State Department press briefings in question as Trump trims them
The State Department has not held a public press briefing in over three months, even as Washington's rivals intensify their communication…
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Immigrant with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is detained by ICE
A Massachusetts woman who was once engaged to the brother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt remains in ICE custody two weeks…
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White House Press Sec Tries Desperately to Spin Mamdani Meeting
In a country where the cost of living skyrockets while wages remain low, where a few broken bones can leave you in financial ruin, and…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Epstein Spin Implodes as Damning Info Hits
So I do still think that, even though it could end up being a moment of real weakness—and a moment we look back on and say, well, that was…
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Trump Press Sec’s Epstein Spin Implodes as New Info Rattles Him Deeply
Suddenly, the Jeffrey Epstein files are back. Democrats released new emails raising fresh questions about the relationship between the sex…
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Sharp Suits and More Sheer Dresses: Demi Moore’s Press Tour Wardrobe Is So Back
The look was very much in keeping with the Demi Moore and Goreski style playbook, and the rest of her press tour wardrobe so far has…
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Trump Just Stands There After Man Collapses During Press Conference
The shock win followed a national trend, as people across the country voted blue on Election Day, securing major wins in New York City,…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Awkwardly Undercuts Him after SNAP Tirade
Dayen: Yeah, I mean, this is how the entire shutdown has gone, really—at least politically. First, Trump said, I’m going to cut off…
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Trump Tirade Forces Press Sec to Awkwardly Undercut Him in SNAP Fiasco
On Tuesday, President Trump unleashed an angry tirade in which he threatened to stop doling out food stamp payments until Democrats…
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The Daily White House Press Briefing Should Be Scrapped | National Review
Karine Jean-Pierre’s disastrous book tour only underscores the long-running pointlessness of her former job. Source link
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White House restricts press access near Oval Office
The White House is limiting access to the Upper Press offices, where the press secretary and other members of the White House…
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Fed's Waller calls for December rate cut, as hawks press for policy pause
A clutch of Federal Reserve bank presidents on Friday (Oct 31) aired their discomfort with the US central bank’s decision to cut interest…
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Bipartisan group of lawmakers calls on Trump to press China's Xi to release activist Jimmy Lai
A bipartisan group of more than 30 senators led by Rick Scott of Florida urged President Trump ahead of his meeting with Chinese President…
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White House Stops Press From Documenting Trump’s Disaster Renovation
“As much as it’s our wish or aspiration, we have decided not to bring it this stage to the Knesset, because now on the table, we have huge…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Ballroom Fiasco Worsens
It belongs to the National Park Service because it’s a national heritage site. It’s a place of history; it’s a place of meaning. I don’t…
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Trump Press Sec’s Flattery of Him Goes Awry as Ballroom Fiasco Worsens
We’re seeing a confluence of events that suggest President Trump’s corruption has crossed over to an ugly new place. Trump is destroying a…
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After others departed, Pentagon announces 'new' press corps filled with conservative news outlets
Several conservative news outlets said Wednesday they had agreed to a new press policy rejected by virtually all legacy media…
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Hegseth Announces New Pentagon Press Corps Full of Right-Wing Grifters
“This post doesn’t name them for some reason, but the ‘broad spectrum of new media outlets’ include: Gateway Pundit, TPUSA, and LindellTV,…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Snaps at Journos as Shutdown Polls Worsen
Sargent: Yeah, I think you’re getting at what I think is a real problem in the Trump coalition, kind of in a very broad sense, right? So…
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Trump Press Sec Seethes as Fresh Polls Show Him Losing Shutdown Badly
Things are not okay in the White House. Numerous new national polls show President Trump and the GOP taking far more blame for the…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Seethes as Dumb New Epstein Spin Goes Awry
Sargent: Well, Steve, you’ve been covering politics a long time. There was a time at which you would have expected senior leaders of a…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec’s Dumb Spin Implodes as RFK Fiasco Worsens
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 29 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…