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A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.

Whistleblower drops 'largest ever' ICE leak to unmask agents: 'The last straw'

A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.The killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross last...

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Jan 13, 2026
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Barely a few hours after President Donald Trump named him as the next nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh was revealed to be in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files.

Trump's Fed chair pick named in Epstein files just hours after his nomination

Barely a few hours after President Donald Trump named him as the next nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh was revealed to be in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files.According to The New Republic, "Warsh’s name appears to be on an emailed list of guests to 'St. Barth’s Christm...

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Jan 30, 2026
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.

'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...

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Nov 16, 2025
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Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) revealed Friday that House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee voted to make themselves eligible to collect from President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion January 6th slush fund, triggering immediate outrage online.

Alarm as GOP lawmakers hand themselves cash offer: 'Republicans in Congress did what???'

Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) revealed Friday that House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee voted to make themselves eligible to collect from President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion January 6th slush fund, triggering immediate outrage online.Levin took to X to announce that he had introduced an ...

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May 23, 2026
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"A vulnerability has been identified in the Signal messenger application," the email begins.

Pentagon email ordered staff not to use Signal week before bombshell war plans report

Pentagon employees were notified as recently as a week ago not to use Signal for government communications due to security risks.NPR's Tom Bowman reported Tuesday that all agency employees received an...

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Mar 25, 2025
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Thursday called for a congressional hearing to amplify the voices of trafficking survivors abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their associates.

‘They deserve this transparency’: Rep. Pressley calls for hearing with Epstein survivors

Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Thursday called for a congressional hearing to amplify the voices of trafficking survivors abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their associates, in a letter shared...

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Aug 7, 2025
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A viral clip posted to X on Thursday showed Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback blowing up at a Black voter and telling him he should be "lynched" for asking about the allegations of inappropriate behavior with teenagers.

GOP governor candidate explodes at Black voter: 'You should be lynched!'

A viral clip posted to X on Thursday showed Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback blowing up at a Black voter and telling him he should be "lynched" for asking about the allegations of inappropriate behavior with teenagers.The clip was posted by the account @JustinUSA, who descri...

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Apr 3, 2026
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“Do your job!”

'Interrupted by boos': GOP lawmaker confronted by 'angry crowd' in 'deep red' Texas county

Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) was met with chants of "do your job" at a town hall on Saturday. Self is just the latest to receive such treatment, coming the same day as Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) was calle...

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Mar 1, 2025
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Convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been cleared to leave prison on work release.

Ghislaine Maxwell cleared to leave prison on work release: report

Convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has reportedly been cleared to leave prison on work release.Podcast host Allison Gill obtained information about Maxwell's security score, sex offender waiver, and other details after the former partner of Jeffrey Epstein was moved to a minimum-securi...

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Aug 12, 2025
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"It is outrageous and it is a leadership failure and that’s why Secretary Hegseth, who undoubtedly transmitted classified sensitive operational information via this chain, must resign immediately."

'Liar' Hegseth faces 'immediate' resignation demand from growing list of Dems

As Signalgate enters its third day and Pete Hegseth emerges as the central figure in what experts warn may be a serious—and possibly illegal—breach of classified information protocols, House and Senat...

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Mar 26, 2025
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"Ya can’t make this stuff up."

'Bonkers': Hegseth ridiculed as Enola Gay photos swept up in DEI purge over word 'gay'

Critics unloaded on new Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth after a new report Thursday night that references to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient and even the Enola Gay — the plane that dropped an atom...

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Mar 7, 2025
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Donald Trump's administration has quietly restarted an oil pipeline system in California, ignoring state law and court orders in the process.

'Disturbing new threat' from Trump admin as lawmakers brace for oil power grab: analyst

Donald Trump's administration has quietly restarted an oil pipeline system in California, ignoring state law and court orders in the process.The 122-mile onshore pipeline ships oil from three offshore platforms off Santa Barbara. But the shutdown on said line has been in effect since 2015 following ...

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Apr 4, 2026
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"I certainly hope Congress takes action because what is happening here is illegal."

'What is happening here is illegal': Dem senator confronts security at USAID headquarters

Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) held a news conference outside the United States Agency for International Development headquarters and confirmed that security guards had been told not to let employees in the bui...

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Feb 3, 2025
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Watch: 'Angry scene' as GOP senator booed for fleeing town hall early in 'blood-red' state

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) was called a coward as he departed the stage at a town hall over the weekend where he was asked about how federal cuts are harming veterans. Marshall, who is no stranger t...

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Mar 1, 2025
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Judge who championed stolen election lies in Wisconsin gets law license yanked

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who led a widely derided review of the 2020 presidential election, searching for evidence for baseless accusations of fraud, will have his law...

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Apr 8, 2025
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Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is under fire for her purported "glee" in cuts that will harm her constituents.

'She is a monster': GOP congresswoman slammed for 'glee' in hurting her own constituents

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is under fire for her purported "glee" in cuts that will harm her constituents.Stefanik on Saturday took to social media to celebrate the defunding of public radio stations, saying, "Goodbye NPR and NCPR!" NPCR is the local New York public affiliate in the congresswoman'...

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Jul 20, 2025
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A tiny Pete Hegseth preaches to America's military giants

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social for Raw Story

#PoliticalCartoon #EditorialCartoon #Trump #USPolitics #Hegseth

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Sep 30, 2025
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“The whole point about aviation safety is that you have to have the humility to understand that you are imperfect, because everybody screws up."

'You're going to kill somebody': Pilots fume as Hegseth blows off responsibility for leak

Current and former fighter pilots are telling the New York Times that they are not happy with the way that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has handled the aftermath of revelations that he inadvertently...

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Mar 27, 2025
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Financial experts were alarmed over what some have described as a financial “coup” being carried out by Elon Musk, one that could see tens of millions of Americans unknowingly prop up his unprofitable company SpaceX through their retirement accounts.

Experts sound alarm over Elon Musk's 'coup' that's 'about to rob your 401k'

Financial experts sounded the alarm Monday over what some have described as a financial “coup” being carried out by Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO and fierce ally to President Donald Trump, one that could see tens of millions of Americans unknowingly prop up his unprofitable company SpaceX through their ret...

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Jun 1, 2026
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"Trump gutted the Aviation Safety Committee last week. Air traffic controllers — already understaffed — got Trump’s 'buyout' this week with a 1 week ultimatum to decide."

'It's him — and Elon': AOC attacks as Trump tries to pass blame for D.C. plane crash

President Donald Trump and his administration officials triggered immediate outrage on Thursday after blaming the devastating plane crash in Washington, D.C. on "diversity" programs implemented at the...

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Jan 30, 2025
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“This isn’t trolling.”

'This is a five-alarm fire': Experts pounce on Musk's new 'grave national security threat'

It was reported on Sunday that two officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) were threatened with arrest and then put on leave after refusing to let Elon Musk access systems a...

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Feb 2, 2025
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It certainly appears that he attempted to deceive the committee."

Senate urged to recall Kash Patel and put him under oath over FBI purge

During an appearance on Sunday afternoon, a very agitated former FBI official urged members of the U.S. Senate to drag Donald Trump's nominee to head up the department, put him under oath, and grill h...

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Feb 2, 2025
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President Donald Trump handed a nearly $7 million no-bid contract to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to a contractor he said had worked on his private swimming pools — but the company's own website shows no expertise in swimming pools whatsoever.

Trump gave reflecting pool contract to his touted 'pool guy' — who doesn't do pools: NYT

President Donald Trump handed a nearly $7 million no-bid contract to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to a contractor he said had worked on his private swimming pools — but the company's own website shows no expertise in swimming pools whatsoever, according to a New York Times investiga...

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May 8, 2026
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"Everybody in this town is shocked but the crap still happens and no one seems to be doing anything about it!"

'Not going to do a damn thing': MSNBC host blisters lawmakers letting Trump gut the FBI

Reacting to a firing of key FBI officials late Friday by one of Donald Trump appointees, combined with a threat to purge every FBI employee who had anything with investigating the Jan. 6th insurrectio...

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Feb 1, 2025
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Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.

'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report

Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...

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Nov 22, 2025