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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Snaps as Spin on 2026 Rigging Threat Tanks
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the February 6 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This…
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Nicki Minaj Says “God Is Protecting Trump” in Weird Press Conference
Nicki Minaj, the once-iconic rapper turned MAGA pawn, went on stage at President Trump’s “Trump Accounts” event on Wednesday to deliver a…
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The Cruelty and Theatre of the Trump Press Conference
Playacting for journalists standing in an unruly huddle just off camera, Trump asked questions of the oilmen, wondering how soon they…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Davos Mockery Gets Worse
And that’s really something that we need to consider as a country: how much our primary system is distorting and damaging us on both…
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A-G Baharav-Miara criticizes Army Radio's closure, warns of impact on Israel's press freedom
Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara criticized the hasty decision to shut down Army Radio, calling it a step toward restricting media…
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Trump, 79, Kicks Off Press Conference by Reading Aloud to Himself
It’s been exactly one year since Donald Trump returned to the nation’s highest office. To mark the occasion, the president secured quality…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Snaps at Media as Polls on ICE Turns Dire
Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. At a…
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Trump Press Sec Erupts in Fury at Media Over ICE as Polls Spiral Again
After fielding a perfectly legitimate question about ICE abuses on Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt lost her temper.…
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Trump, 79, Falls Asleep in Weird Press Conference About Milk
President Trump once again appeared to doze off on camera during a milk legislation signing ceremony on Wednesday afternoon. The…
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How questions from the Washington press corps often spur Trump to take unexpected action
President Trump has ordered a slew of actions based solely on reporters' questions, creating an unusual contradiction in which the…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Brutal New Fox Poll Hits
It’s about the fracturing within his coalition, which has really intensified following the death of Charlie Kirk. And it’s about his,…
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Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Brutal New Fox Poll Hits Him Hard
On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the world that the Kennedy Center has now been renamed after President…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult Defending New Racist Tirade
But more than anything, more than just like, I think, Somalis, this is another blatant attack on immigrant communities. Obviously, any…
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Western countries press Tanzania to release bodies of post-election victims
Western embassies in Tanzania, including the UK and France, have called on the authorities to release all bodies of those killed in the…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Loses Plot as Boat Bombing Scandal Worsens
Sargent: Yeah, I want to throw this in here, Jen. You got at this in your piece. But Jack Goldsmith—who is not exactly a liberal; he was…
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Value of State Department press briefings in question as Trump trims them
The State Department has not held a public press briefing in over three months, even as Washington's rivals intensify their communication…
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White House Press Sec Tries Desperately to Spin Mamdani Meeting
In a country where the cost of living skyrockets while wages remain low, where a few broken bones can leave you in financial ruin, and…
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Commentary: Trump and Saudi crown prince bond over their contempt — and fear — of a free press
In October of 2018, U.S.-based journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside Saudi Arabia’s embassy in…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Epstein Spin Implodes as Damning Info Hits
So I do still think that, even though it could end up being a moment of real weakness—and a moment we look back on and say, well, that was…
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Trump Press Sec’s Epstein Spin Implodes as New Info Rattles Him Deeply
Suddenly, the Jeffrey Epstein files are back. Democrats released new emails raising fresh questions about the relationship between the sex…
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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…
Business
Fed's Waller calls for December rate cut, as hawks press for policy pause
A clutch of Federal Reserve bank presidents on Friday (Oct 31) aired their discomfort with the US central bank’s decision to cut interest…
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Bipartisan group of lawmakers calls on Trump to press China's Xi to release activist Jimmy Lai
A bipartisan group of more than 30 senators led by Rick Scott of Florida urged President Trump ahead of his meeting with Chinese President…
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White House Stops Press From Documenting Trump’s Disaster Renovation
“As much as it’s our wish or aspiration, we have decided not to bring it this stage to the Knesset, because now on the table, we have huge…