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Steamy moment aide’s affair with Newsom began — in cringeworthy detail

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Former Newsom staffer Ruby Rippey described her stunning affair with then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in gross detail within a Vanity Fair essay published Tuesday.

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Sleazy six-word comment Gavin Newsom allegedly made to staffer about ‘pregnancy weight’ before she became his mistress

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Sleazy six-word comment Gavin Newsom allegedly made to staffer about ‘pregnancy weight’ before she became his mistress

Gov. Gavin Newsom's former lover, the ex-wife of top aide and close friend Alex Tourk, recently recalled an off-color comment the then-San Francisco mayor said to her in a Vanity Fair essay.

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Gavin Newsom responds to Ruby Rippey’s claims after ex-mistress writes new tell-all essay

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Gavin Newsom responds to Ruby Rippey’s claims after ex-mistress writes new tell-all essay

Gavin Newsom has spoken out after his former mistress described their fling in explosive detail in a new tell-all piece on Tuesday.

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Ex-Trump aide issues chilling warning to new 'chief enabler' Todd Blanche

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Ex-Trump aide issues chilling warning to new 'chief enabler' Todd Blanche

President Donald Trump's nominee for the attorney general post isn't merely a "yes-man," he's one who is willing to compromise his own profession and reputation to be a "yes-man." At least, that's what former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor wrote in his column Tuesday. Taylor spent the first Trump administration trying to sound the alarm from inside the White House, writing a column and then a book under the "Anonymous" title. Todd Blanche, who is likely to be confirmed on Thursday for the post, "has already endured humiliation after humiliation in order to protect his boss. Blanche is now poised to become arguably the most powerful lawyer on earth as Trump’s nominee to run the US Department of Justice outright," wrote Taylor. Were Blanche to lose the confirmation, it would be another in a long line of Trump failures. If he wins, Taylor thinks the job will destroy Blanche. "And the world will see how far Trump will go if he is unrestrained," he wrote. Chief among them is Blanche's directing new attention toward the Jeffrey Epstein files. As the senior Justice Department official overseeing the Epstein files, Blanche has been criticized for a botched rollout that exposed survivors’ names and images while keeping many powerful figures redacted. A federal judge this week was unconvinced by the department’s explanations, and has now ordered Blanche to turn over unreleased documents directly to the court.Blanche’s own actions have fueled further controversy after he personally flew to interview convicted trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein co-conspirator. She was transferred to a prison "camp" shortly after their meeting. It is a significantly less restrictive confinementThe confirmation process also highlighted Blanche's evasive testimony. In more than 400 pages of written answers to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Blanche declined to answer over 160 questions as “inappropriate." One included whether he would revive a controversial “anti-weaponization” fund if ordered by the president. Two Republican holdouts are pressing him to commit in writing to no sweetheart deals for Trump, a promise he has so far refused.More than 1,200 former DOJ officials, from both parties, have urged the Senate to reject him, citing a “culture of fear” and questioning his fidelity to the Constitution. Supporters mustered fewer than 80 names in response.Blanche, Taylor argues, has become Trump’s personal criminal defense lawyer and was standing beside him when he became the first U.S. president convicted of a felony. Now, as he nears the nation’s top law enforcement post, critics warn he may serve as a legal shield for an administration already facing an unprecedented judicial paper trail. The question for Blanche is not just whether he will be confirmed, but who will stand beside him when the consequences of his choices come due.Taylor couldn't help but remember those who came before Blanche like former lawyer Michael Cohen, who went to prison for Trump and Rudy Giuliani who was disbarred and bankrupted after working for the president."Todd Blanche stood beside Donald Trump as a defense lawyer. He’s hoping to be rewarded for that loyalty," Taylor said of Trump. "The question that should keep him up at night is simpler than any a senator has asked: When the reckoning comes — for everything he’ll be asked to do on Trump’s behalf — who will stand beside Todd Blanche?" Taylor closed asking.

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Awkward moment ensues as Trump's praise for Lindsey Graham goes off the rails on Fox News

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Awkward moment ensues as Trump's praise for Lindsey Graham goes off the rails on Fox News

An awkward moment ensued as President Donald Trump paid tribute to the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on Fox News.The 80-year-old president called into "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday to discuss his friend on the morning of his memorial services, and after trashing his golf game – "he loved it, but he wasn’t born to be a golfer" – Trump spoke about the late senator's apparent bloodlust, reported The Daily Beast."I mean, Lindsey liked war, to be honest with you, okay, and I said, you're a nice guy," Trump said. "How come you like war so much? He was a guy that liked war. I jokingly say, and there's nothing funny about it, but he's never seen a war that he didn't like.""He was very much into that -- you know, for good reason," he continued. "He felt that way, some other people feel that way.""But he was very strong on the military," Trump added. "Very strong on the military, and I built a great military and he helped me. We built it during my first term and we use it now, but I built a great military."Co-host Ainsley Earhardt then awkwardly interrupted Trump to point out the late senator's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, had claimed the opposite last week during an interview with Sean Hannity.“She said he didn’t love war,” Earhardt told the president.“He loves peace, and he loves the end of the war," Trump replied. "But sometimes war is necessary.”Trump was expected to speak at Graham's funeral, which will also be attended by lawmakers, military leaders and foreign allies like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u4"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");Rumble("play", {"video":"v7b77kw","div":"rumble_v7b77kw"});

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With the Saudi Deal, Trump Risks Aiding and Abetting a Nuclear Arms Race

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With the Saudi Deal, Trump Risks Aiding and Abetting a Nuclear Arms Race

The agreement appears poised to upend Washington’s decades-long nonproliferation strategy.

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Why Gavin Newsom has stayed deafeningly silent over California AG’s lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. deal

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Why Gavin Newsom has stayed deafeningly silent over California AG’s lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. deal

Everyone in Hollywood has weighed in on Paramount’s planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. But not Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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SEE IT: The 2014 Moment That Exposed Dr. Fauci

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SEE IT: The 2014 Moment That Exposed Dr. Fauci

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary says the newly released diaries of Dr. Anthony Fauci echo doubts he formed about Fauci’s motives years before the COVID-19 pandemic. Makary said in a resurfaced 2024 interview he “first became suspicious of Dr. Fauci and his motives” during the 2014 Ebola outbreak, when Fauci insisted ...

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A diminished Bibi arrives for his moment with Trump

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A diminished Bibi arrives for his moment with Trump

Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Donald Trump in the Oval Office Tuesday for the eighth time since the president returned to office. But the Israeli prime minister arrives at the White House weaker and less influential than the previous seven times.Why it matters: On Feb. 28, Trump and Netanyahu went to war together and it looked like there was no daylight between them. But exactly five months later, their interests have diverged more than ever — and bad blood and frustration have deepened as they've grown suspicious of each other's intentions.Driving the news: Netanyahu's visit comes several days after Trump paused U.S. strikes in Iran and announced his envoys are trying — again — to negotiate a deal with the Iranian regime.Last Friday, Netanyahu found himself holding marathon talks with his cabinet about the war — while largely in the dark about Trump's thinking and plans. The lack of coordination led Netanyahu and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to prepare for the most extreme scenario: a return to major combat operations by the U.S. Only late Friday night did Israel learn that Trump had decided to hold fire. Trump told Axios he is still considering resuming a large-scale military campaign if negotiations fail. Such a move would likely include a joint military campaign with Israel similar to Operation Epic Fury at the outset of the war. The meeting with Netanyahu could be significant as Trump weighs his next steps, including possible coordination between the two countries. But the Israeli prime minister is very aware of the narrative that he pulled Trump into the war. Even if it's too late to dispel it, he doesn't want to be seen as doing it again.Behind the scenes: In the first few months of the war, Trump and Netanyahu spoke almost every day to coordinate and exchange views. But in recent weeks, their phone calls have become more and more infrequent. Netanyahu started leaning more on Secretary of State Marco Rubio for updates on Trump's thinking, sources say. Netanyahu even struggled to get on Trump's schedule for Tuesday's sit-down. He wanted to come to the White House last week but couldn't get an appointment. Zoom in: Since the April 8 ceasefire, Netanyahu's influence over Trump's war policies and decision-making has been gradually diminishing. Trump signed the memorandum of understanding with Iran in mid-June despite Netanyahu's skepticism. The Israeli prime minister tried but failed to convince Trump to keep fighting in order to further degrade the regime's military capabilities, U.S. and Israeli officials said.When the agreement was signed, Netanyahu didn't come out against it publicly, hoping it would collapse on its own. It did several weeks later.On Monday, Trump acknowledged some distance between Netanyahu and him on Iran. "We have a little difference, but pretty close," Trump told reporters on Air Force One when he was asked if he is on the same page with Netanyahu regarding the war. Case in point: Two weeks ago, Netanyahu was unable to persuade Trump not to move forward with a deal to sell F-35s to Turkey."Nobody tells me what we should be selling or not," Trump said Monday, referring to Netanyahu's objections to the deal. "Turkey has been a tremendous ally for me. Turkey's not a big fan of Israel ... and not a big fan of Bibi."Netanyahu was also caught off guard by the nuclear deal the Trump administration signed with Saudi Arabia last week. The Israeli prime minister was disappointed to learn that the language of the agreement didn't include a requirement that Saudi Arabia normalize relations with Israel — a provision the Israelis have long been pushing for, a Netanyahu adviser said.Trump said last week the nuclear agreement would in fact be contingent on Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords and signing a peace deal with Israel. But on Monday, the president acknowledged he hadn't talked about it with Saudi leaders. The agreement is expected to be sent to Congress this week for review, but without any provision on Saudi-Israeli normalization, according to a source with direct knowledge. Between the lines: Netanyahu is deeply unpopular in Washington these days, among Democrats, Trump's close circle and the MAGA base.In public, Trump says his relationship with Netanyahu is still very good. In private, though, Trump has expressed frustration with the Israeli leader. Many senior officials in Trump's inner circle have come to view Netanyahu with disdain, arguing he was consistently wrong about the war. Numerous U.S. officials, including Vance, have accused Netanyahu of making rosy predictions that didn't pan out."He'll come, he'll make his promises and then we'll have to check everything out," a senior U.S. official said. Yes, but: Netanyahu has managed several times before to go into meetings with Trump concerned and come out having gotten what he wanted, with Trump more aligned with him than before.

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