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Trump calls America 'stupid' after abruptly leaving Supreme Court debate

President Donald Trump has branded the U.S. “stupid” after attending Supreme Court arguments over his administration's efforts to end birthright citizenship. He left halfway through the proceedings, and several key justices, including three Trump appointed to the nine-member bench, appeared skeptical of the administration’s arguments to block automatic citizenship. After the arguments wrapped, Trump ranted on Truth Social, writing, “We are the only country in the world STUPID enough to allow ‘ ...

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'Communion': Is JD Vance preparing 2028 presidential run with release of new book?

David Mouriquand Wed, April 1, 2026 at 3:38 AM CDT US Vice President JD Vance is set to release a new book, titled “Communion: Finding My Way Back To Faith” in June. The 304-page book, published by HarperCollins, chronicles his personal spiritual journey from Christianity to atheism and his eventual conversion to Catholicism in 2019. This marks Vance's second book following his popular 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy”, which was adapted on the big screen in a critically mauled 2020 film di ...

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CBS News chief Bari Weiss set to remake network's iconic 60 Minutes: report

Wednesday 01 April 2026 12:53 EDT CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is planning major changes to the network’s iconic “60 Minutes” program, according to a new report. Weiss has privately told people she wants to revamp “60 Minutes,” one of the highest-rated TV news programs, journalist Oliver Darcy reported Tuesday in his Status newsletter. The award-winning show, which first aired in 1968, is known for its in-depth, investigative reports. Weiss had been looking to make changes mid-season ...

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LISTEN: John Sauer Says 'I Think So' When Asked if Native Americans Are Birthright Citizens

Apr 1st, 2026, 1:15 pm U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer stumbled over his words on Wednesday, saying “I think so” when after Justice Neil Gorsuch asked if Native Americans are birthright citizens. The moment came as Sauer presented the Trump administration’s case to the Supreme Court in President Donald Trump’s legal crusade to overturn birthright citizenship. “Do you think Native Americans today are birthright citizens under your test and under your friend’s test?” Gorsuch asked at one po ...

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Iran president to release open letter to American people in coming hours -- spokesperson

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will release an open letter to the American people in the coming hours, his spokesperson Mehdi Tabatabai says. US President Donald Trump claimed earlier today that Iran’s “new” president wants a ceasefire. Trump didn’t specify who he was referring to and Pezeshkian has been president since 2024. Pezeshkian is also not seen to carry much influence over Iran’s decision-making. Regardless, Iran’s foreign ministry called Trump’s claim “false.” ...

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Trump plans to attend Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship

(NPR) President Donald Trump plans to sit in on Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation's highest court. The Republican president's official schedule, sent out by the White House, included a stop at the Supreme Court, where justices will hear Trump's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down his executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

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Trump to Address Nation Wednesday on Iran

(Wall Street Journal) President Trump plans to deliver a speech on Wednesday evening at 9 p.m. ET to give "an important update on Iran," according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Trump told reporters on Tuesday he believes the war will wrap up in two to three weeks as the U.S. continues to hit targets. Now in its fifth week, the conflict was initially forecasted to last four to six weeks, according to the Trump administration.

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Trump approval hits all time low in CNN poll (35%)

(CNN) Trump’s overall approval rating has held relatively steady at 35%, one point off his all-time low in CNN polling. There’s been notable erosion, however, in his standing with his own partisans. The share of Republicans who strongly approve of his job performance has dropped to 43%, from 52% in January. President Donald Trump’s approval rating for handling the economy has fallen to a new career low of 31%, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, reflecting growing pessimism among Americans over the issue they consistently describe as the most important.

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Daily Mail Implicates Stephen Miller in Alex Pretti Murder

(emptywheel) The most important passage from the Daily Mail you need to read this week are these paragraphs describing how, in advance of the Alex Pretti murder, Stephen Miller had ordered DHS goons to 'vanquish [protesters] through force of arms.' "So we need to engage these protesters, and we need to vanquish them by force of arms. They need to be vanquished by any force necessary," Miller reportedly told immigration leaders, according to the source. Mere hours after a Border Patrol and ICE agents fatally shot Pretti, an ICU nurse, Miller called the victim an ‘assassin’ on social media.

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I Don't Give a Shit What Kristi Noem's Husband Does, I Care About What She's Doing to Everyone Else

(Jojofromjerz) Just to be crystal clear, I don’t give a fuck what Kristi Noem’s husband is into when it comes to his sexuality, unless it’s illegal, because what a grown ass adult does in the privacy of their own life, in their own home, in the quiet, unmonitored, uninvited corners of their own existence, is not up for public consumption or public exploitation, no matter what those sanctimonious, self-satisfied MAGA-stupid shit-stirrers think, and the fact that this even has to be said out loud right now is a pretty damning reflection of just how far gone this shit has gotten. What I do care about is people like Kristi Noem trying to police everyone else’s personal choices.

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