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    Report: DHS Spokeswoman To Leave Trump Admin.

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    Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin is leaving the Trump administration, Fox News has reported.

    McLaughlin, who has acted as one of the administration’s leading vocal defenders of President Trump’s immigration enforcement policies, is set to leave the administration next week. 

    Politico reports:

    A former top communications aide to Vivek Ramaswamy’s 2024 presidential campaign and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, McLaughlin started planning to leave in December but delayed her departure amid the aftermath of the Renee Good and Alex Pretti shootings, according to the people briefed on her exit. (They were granted anonymity to speak about internal personnel matters.) In the instance of Good, McLaughlin was quick to characterize her actions as an example of “domestic terrorism.

    It’s unclear what she will do next but asked by the paper if she would ever run for office if she returned to Cincinnati, McLaughlin, who’s married to GOP consultant Ben Yoho, said she “wouldn’t rule anything out.”

    This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

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    Vanity Fair Floats Melania Cover – Employees Are Staging A Meldtown

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    First Lady Melania Trump participates in the Senate Spouses Luncheon at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 21,2025. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

    The desperate anti-Trump lunacy is still going strong…

    Recent reports indicate that Vanity Fair is considering moving ahead with a magazine cover featuring First Lady Melania Trump in the coming months — but only if the feat can be pulled off before all the disgruntled employees walk out the door.

    According to a report published by Semafor on Sunday, the magazine’s new global editorial director Mark Guiducci had indicated a desire to put the first lady on the cover — but as The Daily Mail reported a day later, his staffers may not be entirely onboard with his plan.

    “I will walk out the motherf***ing door, and half my staff will follow me,” one editor told the outlet.

    Another staffer who did not give a name appeared to be in agreement, adding, “We are not going to normalize this despot and his wife; we’re just not going to do it. We’re going to stand for what’s right. If I have to work bagging groceries at Trader Joe’s, I’ll do it. If [Guiducci] puts Melania on the cover, half of the editorial staff will walk out, I guarantee it.”

    One employee told The Daily Mail that the outrage was likely to amount to little more than a few loud complaints and protests, saying that it wasn’t likely many would actually sacrifice their careers to make a political statement about who was on the magazine’s cover.

    “It’s all talk. If they put her on the cover, people will protest and gripe about it, but I don’t see anyone quitting such a prestigious job over that. Honestly, there will be people who push back, but it’s ultimately Mark’s decision. He’s the one who will sink or swim over that choice, not the rest of us.”

    The first lady may not mind if she never makes it to the cover, however, if her last comments on the subject still stand. When the magazine passed over her for a cover during Trump’s first administration — despite featuring former First Lady Michelle Obama on several occasions — she brushed off questions about it and said that it wasn’t important.

    “Look, I’ve been there on the covers — on the cover of Vogue, on the covers of many magazines before,” Trump said, referencing her days as a model and then as Trump’s wife prior to him running for president. “We have so many other important things to do than to be on the cover of any magazine. I think that life would not change for anybody if I’m on the cover.”

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    Panel Reports Another Assassination Attempt ‘Likely’

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    An independent panel investigating the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump released its findings this week.

    The report which was released to the public on Thursday predicted that without significant reform measures, another potshot assassination attempt like the one on former President Donald Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania earlier this year “can and will happen again.”

    According to the panel, its investigation revealed “deep flaws in the Secret Service, including some that appear to be systemic or cultural,” including: “a lack of clarity, in practice, regarding who has overall security ownership of a protectee’s site on the day of an event,” and “a troubling lack of critical thinking by Secret Service personnel,” among other issues.

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    In a letter presenting their findings to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the panel wrote, “The United States Secret Service aspires to be the best protective service of high-ranking government officials in the world. This is a zero-fail mission, for any failure endangers not only the life of the protectee, but also the fundamentals of our government itself. Today, however, the Secret Service does not perform at the elite levels needed to discharge its critical mission. The Secret Service has become bureaucratic, complacent, and static even though risks have multiplied and technology has evolved.”

    “Thousands of men and women have dedicated their lives to the Secret Service, and we remain grateful to them for their bravery, selflessness, and willingness to serve in a vital role,” they continued. “But the Secret Service as an agency requires fundamental reform to carry out its mission. Without that reform, the Independent Review Panel believes another Butler can and will happen again.”

    Pelosi Slams Trump’s Mental Fitness—Admits She Didn’t Watch the Speech

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    Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., accused President Donald Trump of “mental incapacity” during a recent interview with ABC News—despite admitting she did not actually watch his speech to the nation.

    “I didn’t even think about his speech, but I did see some of it in the news afterward, and I think it was a demonstration of his mental incapacity,” Pelosi told ABC’s Jonathan Karl in a clip that aired Sunday on This Week.

    Pelosi said she chose not to watch the address, explaining that she had “had enough” of the president. Still, she did not hesitate to publicly criticize Trump, continuing a pattern of weighing in on his presidency even when acknowledging she lacked firsthand exposure to the event in question.

    When pressed by Karl to explain her remarks, Pelosi added, “Well, that was a ridiculous speech. Of course, we were all offended because of what he said about Rob Reiner… and Michele just a few days before, after the tragedy. Something’s wrong there, and something’s wrong with the people around him that they don’t stop him from his ridiculousness.”

    During the speech, Trump said he had brought the nation back from “the brink of ruin” in less than a year back in office, sharply criticized Democrats, and touted that he had made America the “hottest country” in the world. As expected, reactions to the politically charged address largely fell along partisan lines, as Trump continues to face negative polling on the nation’s economic outlook.

    Pelosi’s attack on Trump’s mental capacity comes with notable irony, given her role in 2024 in pressuring President Joe Biden to step aside as the Democratic nominee—a move that fractured their long-standing political relationship.

    Before Biden’s disastrous debate performance against Trump last June, Pelosi had been one of the most vocal defenders of Biden’s mental sharpness. She publicly dismissed concerns about his cognitive decline and criticized a Wall Street Journal report detailing issues behind the scenes.

    Earlier that year, Pelosi praised Biden as “very sharp” and “always on the ball.”

    However, according to a book by Chris Whipple, Pelosi privately told a friend that Biden had “lost a step” last year. After Biden’s debate struggles became impossible to ignore, Pelosi’s carefully worded comments on Morning Joe—which avoided endorsing his insistence on staying in the race—signaled that her confidence had waned.

    Biden ultimately dropped out of the race, but the fallout with Pelosi has lingered. The two longtime allies have not spoken since.

    Pelosi has consistently maintained that she did not push Biden to withdraw, claiming instead that she merely urged him to look honestly at polling data showing the steep odds he faced.

    Still, her latest remarks underscore a familiar dynamic: Pelosi distancing herself from accountability for her years of Democratic leadership failures while remaining eager to criticize President Trump—this time without even watching the speech she condemned.

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    Liberal News Hosts In Hot Water Over Insulting Comments About Trump Wives

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    First Lady Melania Trump participates in the Senate Spouses Luncheon at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 21,2025. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)

    Former MSNBC host Tiffany Cross mocked First Lady Melania Trump during a CNN debate on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown with some thinly-veiled sexual innuendo about “unique talent.”

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    On Tuesday’s edition of CNN NewsNight, anchor Abby Phillip hosted a panel that included Cross, Shermichael Singleton, Ana Kasparian, Ana Navarro, and Jim Schultz to discuss Trump’s immigration policy, specifically the increase in deportations under his watch.

    Cross let loose on Melania as a “former nude model” who scored an “Einstein visa” of dubious merit, and on White House senior adviser Stephen Miller as a “White nationalist” running the show:

    SCHULTZ: It’s inaction by Congress as to versus to why he starts, you know, thinking about it this way. You know, he has to almost legislate from the executive branch on this because no one’s doing anything about it.

    PHILLIP: He could also — he could also —

    SCHULTZ: Close the border.

    PHILLIP: But, you know, he could also lead — he could also lead and say, hey, Congress — that my party controls and the House and the Senate. Put a bill together. Put something on the table because —

    CROSS: He has a — people loyal — anyone of the people would have —

    UNKNOWN: I don’t think he’d get a bill passed. I don’t think he would get a bill passed.

    CROSS: I don’t think it’s even an effort to do that. But I just want to remind the viewers, his wife herself, a former nude model, got the Einstein visa to come over here, completely usurp the immigration system. What was her unique talent? I wonder that she was able to get that.

    Furthermore, he’s increasing these — these deportations because he’s trying to be competitive with his predecessor, who I’m ashamed to say, Obama, who they called deporter-in-chief because he deported so many people, 430 something thousand, I believe, was the height of the year 2013.

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    The White House slammed former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta after a cruel joke about President Donald Trump’s late ex-wife Ivana during a politically charged tirade about immigration on a YouTube podcast.

    Appearing on The Contrarian alongside hosts Jennifer Rubin and April Ryan for their “No Kings”-themed broadcast, Acosta took aim at Trump’s deportation raids and jibed that he had a history of marrying immigrants, including Ivana Trump, who died in 2022 and is buried at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

    “How many immigrants has he married?” Acosta asked. “He’s got one buried at his golf course in New Jersey! Isn’t she buried by the first hole or the second tee or something like that?”

    Laughter followed from Rubin and Ryan as Acosta piled on: “Immigrants always doing the jobs that Americans don’t want to do!”

    The clip, flagged on X by journalist Jason Cohen, quickly drew outrage from the right and condemnation from the White House.

    Press secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Acosta in a comment to Fox News Digital, saying: “Jim Acosta is a disgraceful human being.”

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    Trump Reveals Which Living President He Would Call for Advice

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    President Donald Trump revealed which living predecessor he would be most inclined to call for advice while signing an executive order in the Oval Office on Monday.

    “Well, I thought Bill Clinton was a very good politician. I don’t think he was used properly. I think they disrespected him when Hillary was running,” answered Trump. “He came back and he said, ‘You know, you better get up to Michigan and Wisconsin.’ You remember that, Peter. Every house has a Trump sign on it. And they all laughed at him because the Republicans had won Michigan and Wisconsin for decades, long time. And they all laughed at Bill Clinton. Like, the hell does he know? And he turned out to be right because I won both of them. And then we just won both in this election, too.”

    “We won Wisconsin and Michigan and every other swing state. We won all the swing states, all seven. They talked about seven swing states, we won them all. So, but I-, Bill Clinton was, he had a great political sense, I think,” he concluded.

    At that point, another reporter jumped in to observe that he seemed to be having “a good conversation” with former President Barack Obama at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral earlier this month.

    “I was! And you’d like to know what it was — ooooooo,” teased Trump. “Everybody wants to know! No, no, I wouldn’t want to. But we were having some crazy conversations.”

    Paramount Settles ’60 Minutes’ Lawsuit With Trump

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    CBS parent company Paramount announced on Tuesday that it would pay President Donald Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit against the company over a 2024 interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris.

    The $16 million “includes Mr. Trump’s legal fees and costs and that the money, minus the legal fees, will be paid to Mr. Trump’s future presidential library,” according to a Paramount statement obtained by the New York Times,

    Paramount will also “release transcripts of ’60 Minutes’ interviews with eligible U.S. presidential candidates after such interviews have aired, subject to redactions as required for legal or national security concerns,” according to the Times, which reported that the settlement would not include an apology to Trump.

    While Paramount will pay at least $16 million as part of the settlement, Fox News reported that the total amount of money “could reach north of $30 million” in total.

    “There is an expectation that there will be another allocation in the mid-eight figures set aside for advertisements, public service announcements, or other similar transmissions, in support of conservative causes by the network,” according to the network.

    Sources close to the situation told Fox News Digital that CBS has agreed to update its editorial standards to install a mandatory new rule. Going forward, the network will promptly release full, unedited transcripts of future presidential candidates’ interviews. People involved in the settlement talks have referred to this as the “Trump Rule.” 

    “With this record settlement, President Donald J. Trump delivers another win for the American people as he, once again, holds the Fake News media accountable for their wrongdoing and deceit. CBS and Paramount Global realized the strength of this historic case and had no choice but to settle. President Trump will always ensure that no one gets away with lying to the American People as he continues on his singular mission to Make America Great Again,” a spokesperson for Trump’s legal team told Fox News Digital. 

    “The settlement will include a release of all claims regarding any CBS reporting through the date of the settlement, including the Texas action and the threatened defamation action,” parent company Paramount said in a statement.

    In his lawsuit, Trump accused the company of interfering in the 2024 presidential election after it deceitfully edited a teaser for an interview with Harris in a way that made it look as though the then-vice president had given a different answer to a question.

    In May, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump’s team had rejected a $15 million settlement offer and wanted “more than $25 million,” along with an apology from the company.

    Trump confidently declared the case against CBS a “winner” in April.

    “They cheated and defrauded the American People at levels never seen before in the Political Arena. Kamala Harris, during Early Voting and, immediately before Election Day, was asked a question, and gave an answer, that was so bad and incompetent that it would have cost her many of the Votes that she ended up getting,” Trump posted on Truth Social ahead of mediation, going on to accuse the newsmagazine of perpetrating a fraud on the American people.

    Former CNN Host Reveals Who He Voted For In 2024

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    You never expected to hear this…

    Former CNN host Chris Cuomo left podcaster Patrick Bet-David stunned on Tuesday when he revealed his unusual pick for president in the 2024 election.

    Cuomo and conservative star Charlie Kirk joined Bet-David on The PBD Podcast recently for some post-election analysis, and Bet-David got Cuomo to reveal who he voted for.

    “Would we be surprised if we could see who you voted for?” Bet-David said.

    “I probably shouldn’t tell, but I can tell you who I voted for,” Cuomo said. “You want to know?”

    “Yeah,” Bet-David said.

    “I voted for my brother,” Cuomo said, revealing he wrote in ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) name in on his ballot. “I wrote him in.”

    “Are you joking?!” Bet-David asked twice in shock as Cuomo pulled up a picture as proof.

    “He didn’t win by the way,” Cuomo joked.

    “Did you really vote for your brother?” Bet-David asked, noting his brother voted for Harris.

    “He’s a Democrat, so he does what he does,” Cuomo said. “My feeling is this: America can do better than these two candidates.”

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    Greg Gutfeld Jokes Karoline Leavitt Could Be Fox News-Bound After White House Exit

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    Fox News host Greg Gutfeld joked that outgoing White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt could follow a well-worn path from the White House briefing room to cable news after she leaves the Trump administration at the end of August.

    The wisecrack came Thursday on “The Five” as Gutfeld and co-hosts Emily Compagno, Jessica Tarlov, Charles Hurt and Shannon Bream discussed who President Donald Trump could choose to replace Leavitt.

    “Rumor has it, you’re up for the job,” Gutfeld told Bream, according to Mediaite.

    “They can’t afford me,” Bream shot back.

    Gutfeld then turned the conversation toward Leavitt’s own future.

    “I worry that she’ll come to work at Fox, and now we’ll have three of ’em,” he said, referring to Fox personalities Dana Perino and Kayleigh McEnany, both of whom previously served as White House press secretary.

    “We already have Dana, and Kayleigh, and then we’ll have Karoline,” Gutfeld continued, according to The Mirror US. “And then they’ll have their own show.”

    Hurt accused Gutfeld of making the conversation “so awkward,” but the panel kept the bit going by floating several Fox hosts for the high-profile White House role.

    Gutfeld told Compagno that he could see her as a “dynamite press secretary,” pointing to her background as a professional cheerleader and her experience at Fox. When he joked that he was trying to get her off “The Five,” Compagno replied: “To make room for Karoline.”

    The exchange was playful speculation—not a report that Leavitt is negotiating with Fox News. Leavitt has not announced plans to join the network, and Trump said her next role will keep her connected to his political operation.

    Still, Gutfeld’s joke drew on a real revolving door between the White House podium and television news. Perino served as press secretary under President George W. Bush before building a prominent career at Fox, including as a co-host of “The Five.” McEnany was Trump’s final press secretary during his first administration and joined Fox News in 2021, later becoming a co-host of “Outnumbered.”

    Trump announced Wednesday that Leavitt would leave her post at the end of the month to spend more time with her family. He praised the 28-year-old as “one of my most trusted aides” and said she would remain one of his “top outside advisors” while serving as an influential Republican voice ahead of the midterm elections.

    Leavitt, who recently returned to the White House after the birth of her second child, described the decision as “bittersweet.”

    “I have felt in my heart that I cannot be the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary,” she wrote in a statement posted to X.

    Leavitt became the youngest White House press secretary in history when she took the job at age 27. Before joining the administration, she served as Trump’s 2024 campaign spokeswoman, worked in his first White House and mounted an unsuccessful congressional bid in New Hampshire.

    Trump has not named her successor. And while Gutfeld may already be imagining another former press secretary at Fox, the only job Leavitt has publicly lined up so far is advising the president from outside the White House.

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    Report: Journalist Says FBI Visited After He Published Hacked Vance Document

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    Independent journalist Ken Klippenstain said that the FBI came to his home after publishing a report on Republica vice presidential nominee JD Vance using materials allegedly obtained through an Iranian hack.

    “The Bureau told me that I had been the target of a foreign influence operation with regard to a news article I had written, a clear reference to my publication of the JD Vance Dossier,” journalist Ken Klippenstein wrote on his Substack page of the visit the FBI paid to his Madison, Wis. home.

    Klippenstein did not say exactly when the FBI visited him but noted the agent he spoke with came with “no subpoena, no search warrant, no prior announcement, no claim of illegality.”

    “America’s most powerful law enforcement agency wants me to know that it was displeased. It is delivering what many would consider a chilling message: we know where you live, we know what you’ve done, we are watching,” he wrote. “This is how out of control the disinformation and foreign influence hysteria has become.”

    Klippenstein’s most recent Substack post comes just days after the journalist was briefly suspended from X, the platform formerly known as Twitter after he published a 271-page report compiled by the Trump campaign to vet Vance, the Ohio senator and Trump’s running mate.

    X said at the time that the dossier contained “unredacted private personal information” about Vance, and that Kippenstein’s post justified a suspension of his account.

    “I knew and acknowledged in the story that it had probably come from Tehran. This placed me at odds with the entirety of major media, which in an extraordinary act of self-censorship declined to publish the dossier,” Klippenstein wrote this week. “The FBI and the federal government has now successfully enlisted the mainstream news media into being some kind of adjunct national security agency. That is the major threat to our democracy. Not some foreign government’s hijinks.”

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