Author: The Gazette
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DC court gives teenagers who attacked ex-DOGE staffer probation and no jail time
A Washington, D.C., court on Tuesday granted probation to two teenagers who brutally attacked former Department of Government Efficiency staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine in August, meaning the defendants can avoid jail time. The unnamed boy and girl, both age 15, pleaded guilty to simple assault in connection with the Aug. 3 attack that prompted…
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US military tells Hamas to stop violence against Gaza civilians, disarm ‘without delay’
By Bhargav Acharya (Reuters) -The U.S. military’s Middle East command on Wednesday called on Hamas to stop its violence against civilians in Gaza and disarm “without delay” as the militant group reasserts itself by deploying security forces and executing those it deems collaborators with Israel. Hamas, which has not publicly committed to disarming and ceding power,…
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Joe Concha accuses Time magazine of ‘trying to insult’ Trump with cover photo
Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha slammed Time magazine for using a photo of President Donald Trump taken from an unflattering angle for its magazine cover. “I don’t get the picture,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First on Wednesday. “I mean, there is 1,000 photos you could take of President Trump and…
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Senator urges probe into US airport video blaming Democrats for government shutdown
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday called for an investigation into a Trump administration video airing at some airports that blames Democrats in Congress for an ongoing government shutdown and its impact on aviation. Senator Maria Cantwell asked the Office of Special Counsel to investigate the…
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Jeffries ‘absolutely’ agrees to debate Johnson on C-Span amid shutdown gridlock
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said Tuesday that he is on board with a proposal to have a conversation with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on C-Span. “I look forward to that,” Jeffries told reporters in Washington. “We’re going to try to get it scheduled, absolutely,” he promised, referencing a possible joint appearance on C-Span’s…
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Brazil set to talk tariffs with US on Thursday
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that Brazil and the U.S. will hold negotiation talks on tariffs on Thursday. Lula’s remarks at an event in Rio de Janeiro followed a call between him and U.S. President Donald Trump last week in which Trump designated Secretary of State…
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Seth Moulton launches Senate bid against Ed Markey: ‘It’s time for change’
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) launched a Senate campaign Wednesday, taking direct aim at opponent Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and accusing Democratic leaders of clinging to the status quo. In his announcement video, Moulton says Democrats have “failed to stop [President] Donald Trump’s harmful, racist agenda,” warning that “our party has clung to the status quo,…
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Vance dismisses ‘pearl clutching’ response to Young Republicans messages in wake of Jay Jones texts
Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday dismissed the backlash following a controversy involving a concerning Young Republicans group chat, saying it’s less serious than Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones’s call for violence against a GOP lawmaker and his family. “This is far worse than anything said in a college group chat, and the guy…
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EU, Spain brush off Trump tariff threats over Madrid’s defence spending
(Changes the day of the week in paragraph 1 to Wednesday (not Monday) By David Latona and Charlie Devereux MADRID (Reuters) -The European Commission and Spain’s government on Wednesday dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest threat to impose higher tariffs on Madrid over its refusal to meet his proposed NATO target for defence spending. Trump…
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WATCH LIVE: Mike Johnson holds press conference on day 15 of government shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is holding a press conference on day 15 of the government shutdown. The press conference is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. HERE ARE THE GROUPS TRUMP HAS DESIGNATED AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS Johnson has held a press conference nearly every day since the shutdown began, aiming to wrestle narrative control…