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‘Terrible optics’: Even Trump’s MAGA allies can’t defend his $230 million Department of Justice shakedown

Try as they might, MAGA can't justify daylight robbery.

We Got This Covered · Oct 27, 2025

Even Ben Shapiro is slamming Trump for seeking $230 million in ‘damages’ from the government

Republican Senator Thom Tillis warned that President Donald Trump might look bad swiping cash from the federal government during a shutdown

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025

CNN host Christiane Amanpour reveals cancer has returned for third time

CNN host Christiane Amanpour has revealed her cancer has returned for third time.

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025

'Near stationary' Tropical Storm Melissa is moving slower than a person walking — and it may bring deadly flash floods to the Caribbean

Tropical Storm Melissa is moving at a snail's pace but will intensify rapidly over the weekend as it feeds off near-record-warm water temperatures in the Caribbean Sea, forecasters say.

LiveScience · Oct 24, 2025

Influencers could learn a thing or two from traditional journalism about disclosing who’s funding their political coverage

Online influencers, through their postings on Instagram, Threads, TikTok and elsewhere, have created an exuberant universe of news and commentary that often outruns mainstream media in reach and even impact. They work the same waterfront as journalism and public relations, but their relationship with those mainstay practices built around fact…

The Conversation · Oct 24, 2025

CNN host Christiane Amanpour battling cancer again and urges people to ‘listen to their bodies’

Journalist has spoken about recurrence of ovarian cancer, four years after initial diagnosis

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025

Right-wing reporters and a dais full of sycophants: Welcome to Thursday in Trump’s ‘thank you, sir’ White House

NEWS ANALYSIS: Analysis: As Republicans in Congress hope Trump will come to their rescue on a shutdown, the president’s focus is firmly on his own public image, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025

David Ellison has ‘Trump card’ in Paramount’s pursuit to take over Warner Bros. Discovery

‘Trump's implicit support for the deal is their number one talking point,’ an Ellison adviser told CNN this week.

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025

Amid fundraising woes and rumors of a Democrat mutiny against him, John Fetterman slams Kamala Harris for calling Trump a ‘fascist’

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman accuses his party of doubling down on a losing strategy by using extreme rhetoric to attack the president

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025

Critics fear Putin is ‘cynically using’ Melania Trump as she pleads with Russia to return kidnapped Ukrainian children

The first lady has been engaging in ‘back channel’ talks over Ukrainian children who’ve been kidnapped by Russian forces

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025