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Trump Brags About Stimulus Checks Plan Treasury Sec Already Rejected
Those senators included Dick Durbin, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jacky Rosen, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, John Fetterman, and Tim Kaine, as…
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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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Trump Treasury Sec Admits They’re Desperate Not to Fund Food Stamps
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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 Treasury Sec Reveals Argentina Bailout Is Actually Twice as Big
So, how many members of the Venezuelan gang did they catch in the controversial September raid? DHS says that, of the 37 individuals…
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US SEC offers relief for IPOs stuck in limbo during shutdown
Companies launching initial public offerings while most of the government is closed will not have to include a specific price in their…
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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 Treasury Sec Admits They’re Trying to Swing a Foreign Election
“In the wake of this horrible storm, many Americans in this region felt helpless and abandoned, and left behind by their government,”…
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US SEC paves way for crypto spot ETFs with new listing rules
THE Securities and Exchange Commission voted on Wednesday to approve proposed rule changes by three national securities exchanges,…
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Trump Commerce Sec Swears Struggling Economy Will Improve ... Eventually
He notably failed to mention acts of political violence perpetrated by right wingers against the left—e.g., the June shootings of two…
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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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US SEC launches task force on securities fraud by foreign companies
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is setting up a new unit to focus on securities fraud by foreign companies, one of the…
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Trump Press Sec Rages at Media as Putin Mess Sinks Him in Brutal Poll
On Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt seethed at the media for well over a minute for not acknowledging President…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Fawning Takes Bizarre Turn as Polls Worsen
Sargent: A hundred percent. And the mention of the authoritarianism and fascism is important, too, because there’s this weird irony around…
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Trump Treasury Sec. Brazenly Gives Up the Game on Social Security
“Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because their Tariffs are far too…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Knifes FBI in Back as Epstein Mess Worsens
Morris: Yeah, and I think that point’s got to come pretty soon. So we know that Trump’s really unpopular with all voters, but he’s also…
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Trump Press Sec Throws FBI Under Bus Amid Brutal Epstein Poll Fallout
President Trump’s propagandists are getting more frantic in their efforts to spin away the scandal around the Jeffrey Epstein files. White…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Seethes at Media as Epstein Fiasco Worsens
Sargent: What’s striking about what you’re saying is also the degree to which this is seeping down into every crevice of the party and its…
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Trump Press Sec Snaps at Media as Queries about His Mental State Grow
President Trump is in trouble. The Jeffrey Epstein files are killing him with the base. New polls show him cratering on many issues. And…
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Transportation Sec Has Staggering Excuse for Not Knowing Key Detail
Donald Trump’s Cabinet officials are not keeping track of America’s air traffic controllers amid a historic shortage. Transportation…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Rages at Media over Floods, Exposing MAGA
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the July 9 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
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Transcript: Trump Seethes at Awful Poll as Press Sec Soothes His Fury
Litman: That’s right. Sargent: Just like that. No more invasion. They’re not invaders. They’re hardworking people. Litman: They’re not…
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Trump Rages at Brutal New Polling as Press Sec Rushes to Calm Him Down
President Trump is furious over a new poll from Fox News, and understandably so. It finds his approval upside down, with 54 percent…