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Trump's new Kennedy Center hire quits after less than 2 weeks on the job

One new high-ranking staffer at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is now resigning from his role just weeks after his hire was announced.On January 16,

2026/01/29

Why conservative Mormon women derailed Republicans in Utah

The Guardian reports it was largely the work of a hyper-conservative group of Mormon women who derailed Republican efforts to gerrymander a new Republican district

2026/01/29

Massive MAGA voting bloc abandoning Trump is a 'wake-up call for Republicans': analysis

In 2024, Latino voters were a key bloc of the MAGA coalition that put President Donald Trump back in the White House. Now, Latino voters are fleeing the Republican

2026/01/29

Trump policy just killed 800 Home Depot jobs in red state: report

Home Depot in Georgia announced it is eliminating about 800 corporate jobs in Cobb County, which could prove a problem for President Donald Trump’s plans for the

2026/01/29

Former Trump aide angry extremist officials are speaking for federal workers

Former Trump Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor said he is furious that ‘wannabe school shooters’ in high positions in the administration

2026/01/29

How MAGA's entire ideology was proven 'wrong' in Minnesota

The core basis of the MAGA movement's ideology has effectively been debunked, according to one journalist who has been covering President Donald Trump's crackdown

2026/01/29

Supreme Court to hear arguments to overturn E. Jean Carroll's verdict against Trump

The Hill reports The Supreme Court has scheduled President Donald Trump’s petition seeking review of the jury verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing writer

2026/01/29

Indictments coming for federal agents in Minneapolis killings: expert

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner tells the Washington Monthly that there’s plenty of evidence to put before a grand jury regarding the Minneapolis killings

2026/01/29

Judge smacks down Feds for using 'legal fiction' to illegally detain man in jail

A federal judge has ordered the Polk County Jail to immediately release an asylum seeker, ruling that the Russian immigrant was illegally detained through a “legal

2026/01/29

A very scared Trump is backtracking

Days after the brutal execution of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, we still don’t know the identities of the masked ICE agents who shot him dead. They fled

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