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Trump appearing to sleep during televised Cabinet meeting goes viral

President Donald Trump appeared to fall asleep during a televised, hours-long Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, resulting in clips of the moment going viral on social media. In one clip, Secretary of State Marco Rubio praises Trump as the “only leader in the world” who could help end the Russian war in Ukraine. Sitting beside Rubio, Trump is seen with his eyes closed and head tilted to the side. The president also appeared to struggle to keep […]

todayDecember 7, 2025 1

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Scott Turner, Trump’s lone Black Cabinet member, defends government shutdown ‘propaganda’ on HUD website

Scott Turner, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was confronted by Chris Cuomo on “NewsNation” on Tuesday after his department seemingly violated federal law to blame Democrats for the current government shutdown. Turner is facing scrutiny after a blaring red banner on HUD’s website read: “The radical left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump […]

todayOctober 2, 2025

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Trump accused Lisa Cook, Letitia James of mortgage fraud — but his own Cabinet did the same

President Donald Trump and his administration have targeted his perceived political enemies in recent months, accusing them of committing fraud for listing multiple mortgages as their primary residences. The alleged actions resulted in Bill Pulte, Trump’s director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, issuing criminal referrals to the U.S. Department of Justice. “Fraud will not be tolerated in President Trump’s housing market,” Pulte previously warned. On the Trump administration’s hit list is Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook, whom the […]

todaySeptember 5, 2025

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Trump’s Defense cabinet pick Pete Hegseth has a history of hostility toward racial equity

Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of U.S. Defense, Pete Hegseth, was grilled on Tuesday by Democratic senators during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, who pressed him on a range of controversial topics, including allegations of sexual assault, alcoholism, and his hostility toward anything related to DEI. While being questioned by Senate Armed Service Committee ranking member, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., about his stance on diversity, equity and inclusion in the U.S. military, Hegseth, a conservative former Fox News host, […]

todayJanuary 15, 2025

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Is Donald Trump building a cabinet or a gang?

“If (insert white person’s name here) was Black, then…” I’m sure you’ve probably heard it before. Often employed to illustrate our stigmatized perceptions of value, this comparison is perhaps the most commonly used racial analogy. If Scamming Hall-of-famer Brett Farve was Black, we’d call him a “welfare queen.” If uneducated, unqualified Caucasian Race Theorist Christopher Rufo was Black, he’d be a “diversity hire.” If horny high school dropout Lauren Boebert was Black, she’d be known as “the Baby Mama insurrectionist.” […]

todayDecember 27, 2024

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About 3 in 10 are highly confident in Trump on Cabinet, spending or military oversight: AP-NORC poll

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans may have recently elected Donald Trump to a second term, but that doesn’t mean they have high confidence in his ability to choose well-qualified people for his Cabinet — or effectively manage government spending, the military and the White House, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. As Trump names his appointees for key posts in his administration — some of whom could face difficult confirmation fights in the Senate even with Republicans […]

todayDecember 14, 2024

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Senators took down one Trump Cabinet pick. But the fight over their authority is just beginning

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a short phrase in the Constitution, mentioned in passing. But it’s already taking on an outsize significance as President-elect Donald Trump charts his return to office. The withdrawal of Matt Gaetz as Trump’s nominee for attorney general dramatically affirmed that the Senate still maintains its “advice and consent” powers when it comes to vetting and installing a president’s Cabinet. Yet it may be only a brief reprieve from the intense struggles to come as Senate Republicans try to preserve their constitutional […]

todayNovember 26, 2024 4

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Several of Trump’s Cabinet picks — and Trump himself — have been accused of sexual misconduct

While Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from the nomination process for attorney general, President-elect Donald Trump has picked several other people for his Cabinet and key staff positions who have been accused of some form of sexual misconduct. Trump himself has long been accused of abusing or mistreating women and once was caught bragging about grabbing women by the genitals. He was found liable by a New York City jury for sexual abuse and defamation and eventually ordered to pay the woman, E. Jean Carroll, $83 million in damages. Taken together, there are a […]

todayNovember 23, 2024