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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 Press Sec Seethes as Fresh Polls Show Him Losing Shutdown Badly
Things are not okay in the White House. Numerous new national polls show President Trump and the GOP taking far more blame for the…
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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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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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US appeals court orders SEC to review short-selling rules
A US appeals court ordered the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday to assess the economic impact of President Joe Biden-era rules…
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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
Shephard: Yeah. The story of Trump is always that—he does it successfully, and it’s the one thing that he does very well, right?—he…
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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…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Seethes at Journos amid Sudden Poll Slide
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 12 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
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Trump Press Sec Seethes at Journos as Harsh New Poll Shows Him Tanking
News organizations have been credulously amplifying the White House’s spin that sending troops into Los Angeles is great politics for…
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Trump Commerce Sec Makes Bonkers Claim About Building... Bananas?
The Trump administration’s brilliant plan to use tariffs as a means to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. has run into a bit of a…
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Education Sec Says Holocaust Denialism Counts as Viewpoint Diversity
Education Secretary Linda McMahon wants the modern American canon to include alternative histories of some of the world’s most egregious…
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Fox News Host Chides Transportation Sec for Not Doing His Job
But as Trump continued to praise Musk and his time atop the Department of Government Efficiency, the president’s verbal gaffes became more…
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Energy Market Authority chairman Richard Lim to step down; ex-perm sec Tan Ching Yee to assume role
Energy Market Authority (EMA) chairman Richard Lim, 71, will step down in September after leading the board for five years. Lim will…