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Top Alternet News

House speaker starts August recess early to avoid Jeffrey Epstein votes

Jeffrey Epstein · United States

House speaker starts August recess early to avoid Jeffrey Epstein votes

43% Center coverage: 261 sources

WSJ: Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files

Jeffrey Epstein · United States

WSJ: Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files

55% Center coverage: 207 sources

Gabbard releases new documents on 2016 election

Tulsi Gabbard · United States

Gabbard releases new documents on 2016 election

42% Center coverage: 109 sources

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday released a previously classified House report, her second such disclosure after accusing the intelligence community of a “treasonous conspiracy” in its review of foreign influence in the 2016 election. See the Story

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Rand Paul Urges Trump DOJ to Indict Fauci in Test of Autopen Pardons

Low coverage from Left Sources

Rand Paul Urges Trump DOJ to Indict Fauci in Test of Autopen Pardons

Mostly Mixed or Lower Factuality Sources

Report Finds Working-Class Voters Embrace Economic Populism as Democrats Remain Divided

Low coverage from Right Sources

Report Finds Working-Class Voters Embrace Economic Populism as Democrats Remain Divided

Senate considering nomination of ex-Trump defense lawyer for lifetime appointment to appeals court

59% Center coverage: 72 sources

The Senate narrowly voted on Tuesday to begin considering the nomination of former Trump lawyer Emil Bove for a lifetime appointment as a federal appeals court judge, with at least one Republican opposed and Democrats vowing to try to slow his confirmation.Senate · United States See the Story

Mehdi Hasan’s Debate With 20 Far-Right Conservatives On ‘Surrounded’ Is Going Viral

44% Left coverage: 16 sources

Far-Right · United States See the Story

'I'm gonna go nuclear': Senator promises to 'fight' if Republicans 'rig the game' in Texas

Coverage: 2 sources

A prominent U.S. Senator is warning the Republican Party that if it continues its promise to redistrict their states, eliminating some Democratic-held House seats, she will “go nuclear” and work to do the same. It is rare for a state to redistrict at any time except after the decennial census, but top Democrats have indicated they are prepared to take action in several states.President Donald Trump recently directed Texas to redistrict, declarin…New Jersey · New Jersey See the Story

'Failure of imagination': George Will explains why Trump may not 'understand' his own rhetoric

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

In his speeches, President Donald Trump has, at times, described himself as an aggressive defender of "The West." But many Never Trump conservatives — including The Bulwark's Bill Kristol, the Washington Post's Max Boot, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and attorney George Conway — consider him sympathetic to Russian President Vladimir Putin and hostile to the interests of western democracy. And Trump's attacks on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (…Donald Trump · Washington Read Article

GOP Congressman: 'Round Everybody Up and Deport Them All'

100% Left coverage: 2 sources

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) says that in addition to protecting the U.S. border, funds from President Donald Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill should be used to “round everybody up and deport them all,” before he claimed that undocumented immigrants are a “huge drain” on the U.S. economy. Experts disagree. “The border has been among the priorities for this president,” Fox News Business host Maria Bartiromo said on Wednesday (video below). “Wh…Republican Party · Florida See the Story

'Free-for-all': Scholars say Trump’s rule is 'not fascism' — but a uniquely American 'extreme'

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

During the 2024 presidential race, a wide range of Donald Trump critics — from Democratic nominee Kamala Harris to Gen. John Kelly, Trump's former White House chief of staff — agreed that his behavior was consistent with that of a "fascist." When CNN asked Harris if she considered Trump a "fascist," she replied, "Yes, I do." And Kelly told the New York Times that Trump "certainly falls into the general definition of fascist." Fascism, according …Donald Trump · Washington Read Article

'What a Fraud': QAnon Shaman Publicly Trashes Trump in Profanity-Laden Post

100% Left coverage: 3 sources

Far-right activist Jake Angeli — more commonly known as the "QAnon shaman" — is apparently no longer a fan of President Donald Trump, according to a recent post on social media.The New Republic (TNR) reported Wednesday that Angeli-Chansley slammed the president in a now-deleted reply to a years-old post by Trump on X. The 2023 tweet was of Trump's Fulton County, Georgia mugshot, in which he declared his arrest as "ELECTION INTERFERENCE" with the…Donald Trump See the Story

Rand Paul Urges Trump DOJ to Indict Fauci in Test of Autopen Pardons

86% Right coverage: 36 sources

Rand Paul · Kentucky See the Story

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