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Donald Trump ran on a promise to use the powers of the government for revenge against those he believed wronged him.
President Donald Trump’s eldest son referred to Portland and Seattle as “craphole cities” in an interview with Newsmax when talking about the administration’s takeover of the Washington, D.C., police force. Donald Trump Jr. also suggested the possibility of a federal takeover of police forces in the two Pacific Northwest cities.
Criticism toward Bondi over the Jeffrey Epstein files has jumped the aisle in a big way. She’s drawn heavy conservative backlash to her and her boss’s sudden downplaying of the documents of the late sex offender after hyping them to Trump’s base.
Former national security advisor John Bolton's home and office were the subject of FBI raids on Aug. 22 as authorities search for classified documents.
Air Force Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, was dismissed from his role after his agency produced a report contradicting Trump's claim that U.S. strikes had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program. General Kruse was appointed by the Biden administration.
Donald Trump was the Republican Party outsider in 2016. Now the party belongs to him. The shift was on display in Atlanta this week as members of the Republican National Committee made Florida conservative Joe Gruters the latest party chairman.