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May 15, 2026

The Hantavirus Is Also a Climate Warning

Higher temperatures, like this coming summer’s, bring more infectious diseases.

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May 15, 2026

MAGA is Reeling as Trump Welcomes Chinese Students to the U.S.

. “I respect President Trump, but if he brings 500,000 Chinese students to Florida colleges, I will raise tuition on them to $1,000,000/year...

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May 15, 2026

Trump Posts Price Chart Full of “Breathtaking” Lies

Costs are still going up—but you wouldn’t know it from the chart Donald Trump’s team shared.

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May 15, 2026

Group That Escaped Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Is Thriving

The Washington National Opera is having a great season. The Kennedy Center, not so much.

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May 15, 2026

The GOP Is Fuming After the Pentagon Abruptly Pulls Back from Europe

The Trump administration called off the deployment of thousands of troops to Poland without explaining its decision to Congress.

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May 15, 2026

JD Vance Humiliates Himself as Crowd Stays Silent During His Speech

The vice president used a memorial service to try to score political points.

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May 15, 2026

Trump’s Hantavirus Official Is a Penis Implant Specialist

Dr. Brian Christine has very little actual experience in public health.

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May 15, 2026

The DOJ Thinks Anyone Opposed to Trump’s Ballroom Is “Deranged”

According to a filing from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the ballroom is a “gift to the American people.”

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May 15, 2026

Democrat Announces Retirement After Tennessee GOP Steals His Seat

State Republicans aggressively redrew voting districts to eliminate the lone Democratic seat.

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May 15, 2026

Trump Sets Crazy Condition for Settling $10 Billion IRS Lawsuit

The president will drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion “weaponization” fund that wil...

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May 15, 2026

Trump Gives Cringe, Drawn-Out Explanation of New Insult for Democrats

Don’t worry, it got way funnier after he explained it in detail.

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May 15, 2026

Trump Even Pissed Off Sean Hannity With His Latest Iran Talks

The Fox News host got visibly frustrated when Donald Trump would’t say what Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to regarding Iran.

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May 15, 2026

Mike Johnson Suddenly Has No Clue What Trump Is Doing in China

Donald Trump is suddenly caging on whether he’ll go through with a planned arms sale to Taiwan.

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May 14, 2026

Report: Kash Patel Was Desperate to Snorkel in a Graveyard

The FBI Director went on a VIP snorkeling trip at Pearl Harbor last summer.

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May 14, 2026

DHS Is Stepping up Its Intimidation Campaign Against a Federal Judge

A lawyer for ICE instructed a DOJ attorney to withhold information from U.S. District Judge Melissa Dubose.

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May 14, 2026

Here’s Who Funded Trump Secretary’s Family Reality TV Show

Sean Duffy went on an all-expenses paid vacation over the course of seven months—and kept collecting a taxpayer-funded paycheck, too.