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Dan Bongino Tapped for National Afternoon Radio Slot in May
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino is joining the scramble to inherit the radio talk show mantle left by the late Rush Limbaugh
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Online Hate Forges a Dark Path for Suspect in Attack Plot
A few months after he turned 17 — and more than two years before he was arrested — Vincent Vetromile recast himself as an online revolutionary. Offline, in this suburb of Rochester, New York, Vetromile was finishing requirements for promotion to Eagle Scout in a troop that met at a local church. He enrolled at Monroe Community College, taking classes...
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Trump Growing Confident Mueller Report Won't Show Conspiracy, Sources Say
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes special counsel Robert Mueller’s report should be released to the public, even as he disparaged its very existence as “ridiculous.” “Let it come out, let people see it,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House on Wednesday for a trip to Ohio. “Let’s see whether or not it’s...
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Man Arrested After Texas Teen Says He Was Attacked for Wearing ‘MAGA' Hat
Police have arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly stealing a 16-year-old boy’s “Make America Great Again” hat at a Whataburger in San Antonio after video of the encounter went viral. Kino Jimenez was taken into custody “without incident” in Universal City, Texas on Thursday, according to San Antonio Police Department spokesman Carlos Roberto Ortiz. Jimenez was interviewed by robbery detectives...
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Trump's Claim of FBI Mole, Explained
President Donald Trump and his supporters are circulating an explosive theory: The FBI, they say, may have planted a mole, or “spy,” inside the 2016 campaign to bring him down. The unverified allegation has lit up conservative media and earned space on Trump’s Twitter feed just as special counsel Robert Mueller enters his second year in the Russia probe. But...
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Trump Says Spy Infiltrated His Campaign; Lawyer Casts Doubt
President Donald Trump accused the Justice Department on Friday of trying to frame him by planting a spy in his 2016 campaign — an allegation his own lawyer said might not be true. Promoting a theory that is circulating in conservative circles, Trump quoted Fox Business anchor David Asman and tweeted: “Apparently the DOJ put a Spy in the Trump...
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Trump on Giuliani, Mueller Probe and North Korea
President Donald Trump spoke to reporters before heading off to the NRA convention on Friday, sounding off on his newest attorney, former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani; Robert Mueller’s probe into possible Russian interference during the 2016 election and his future plans for North Korea.
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Trump Seized on What Memo Could Mean Even Before Reading It
Even before he’d read the memo, President Donald Trump seized on what it could mean. The president first learned of the House Intelligence Committee document last month from some Republican allies in Congress and he watched it take hold in the conservative media, including on some of his favorite Fox News programs, according to seven White House officials and outside...
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GOP Lawmakers Seizes on ‘Secret Society' Texts to Cast Doubt on FBI
GOP lawmakers and conservative media have seized on the notion of a coordinated anti-Trump effort within the FBI after an agent’s reference to a “secret society” in a text exchange emerged last month, NBC News reported....
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., alleged an informant confirmed there had been “secret off-site meetings” involving “a number of high level, FBI officials.” Johnson, who chairs... -
Trump: I'm Not Considering Firing Special Counsel Mueller
President Donald Trump says he is not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller, but that didn’t stop him from adding to the growing conservative criticism of Mueller’s acquisition of thousands of emails sent and received by Trump officials before the start of his administration. The disclosure came in a letter sent to two congressional committees by Kory Langhofer, general counsel...
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White House to Push Merit-Based Immigration in New Campaign
The White House is embarking on a major campaign to turn public opinion against the nation’s largely family-based immigration system ahead of an all-out push next year to move toward a more merit-based structure. The administration was laying the groundwork for such a drive even before an Islamic State-inspired extremist who was born in Bangladesh tried to blow himself up...
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Michael Moore Writes $10K Check to Theater Company Behind Controversial ‘Julius Caesar' Featuring Trump Look-Alike
Filmmaker Michael Moore wrote a check for thousands of dollars to the New York-based arts organization that drew fire for its performance of “Julius Caesar,” which included the assassination of a Trump look-alike.