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Trump envoy invites kids in Greenland to Come to America for chocolate chip cookies

3+ hour, 6+ min ago  (49+ words) President Donald Trump's Special Envoy to Greenland, Louisiana Republican Governor Jeff Landry, touched down in Nuuk on Sunday, saying he arrived "simply to build relationships," and to "see if there are opportunities" to expand them. The U. S. Ambassador to Denmark, Ken…...

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Why Wall Street swapped 'TACO' for 'NACHO' as Trump sees no Iran end in sight

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (53+ words) President Donald Trump is "beyond desperate" to find a path to victory over Iran, according to a new breakdown from The i Paper. As a workable solution feels increasingly out of reach, the piece argued that the dependable Wall Street…...

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Grievance politics thrives on chaos and confusion " but that's our system now

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (705+ words) Columnist Chris Clayton noticed something odd in the Trump Administration's budget for the Department of Agriculture. Since the USDA is the federal government's primary contact with rural America, Clayton expected to see the word "rural" in the document. And it…...

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Trump didn't TACO " he 'surrendered': conservative commentator

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (208+ words) A sign reading "Cluck Cluck TACO" outside the White House after U. S. President Donald Trump cut his G7 trip short and returned as the Israel-Iran air war continues, in Washington, D. C. , U. S. , June 17, 2025. In other words, it's a deal, not an Iranian surrender. But…...

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Trump 'burning American's money' to play out his 'gangster nation' fantasy

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (451+ words) With U. S. President Donald Trump doubling down on his threat to bomb Iranian power plants, opponents of his war are warning that the Iranian government would likely respond to such attacks by escalating its strikes on U. S. installations in the Middle East....

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Former lawmakers say American election system is in a 'death spiral"

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (270+ words) Former Rep. Justin Amash (R-Michigan) in Reston, Virginia in April 2025 (Gage Skidmore/Flickr) Members of third parties hold office in the U. S. , but on a limited scale. A member of the Libertarian Party might win a city council race in a…...

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Trump's Greenland envoy is in for a 'rude awakening': diplomat

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (652+ words) One of President Donald Trump's ambassadors is trying to downplay his second job, but another former diplomat is issuing a warning. It's rare for the governor of a state to take on a second job, but that's what Louisiana Gov....

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Alarm raised as Trump undertakes a controversial MAGA-centric makeover of US civics education

7+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1424+ words) WASHINGTON " A slew of conservative groups will lead a new coalition to spur civics education and push the subject in a more patriotic direction, the U. S. Education Department announced last month, raising alarms for some traditional civics and education groups that…...