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A senior Trump administration official reportedly offered Santa performers early COVID-19 vaccines for starring in a $250 million public awareness campaign
The US health department pulled a planned video campaign that would have classed Santa performers a…
Grace Dean
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Trump's HHS spokesperson is taking medical leave after spreading wild conspiracies about armed left-wing 'hit squads' attacking Trump's inauguration
Caputo's announcement comes after he warned in a conspiracy-filled Facebook live video that his "me…
Sonam Sheth,Jake Lahut
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A top HHS communications official promoted strange conspiracy theories and accused career scientists of 'sedition'
Michael Caputo, assistant HHS secretary for public affairs, reportedly pushed conspiracy theories a…
Lauren Frias
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New HHS spokesman Michael Caputo deleted racist coronavirus tweets
Among other things, Caputo tweeted about how "millions of Chinese suck the blood out of rabid bats …
Jake Lahut
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Here are the winners and losers of Nevada's heated Democratic debate, where Michael Bloomberg was skewered and Elizabeth Warren schooled the stage
But Warren wasn't just on the attack. She also delivered substantive pitches for her own policies, …
Eliza Relman
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Former Trump campaign advisor says ex-president wants 'someone cut from the same cloth' as his 2024 running mate
"Trump's going to be looking for someone cut from the same cloth he is, not from a different, compl…
John L. Dorman
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Tucker Carlson's next move
Tucker Carlson Tonight was the top-rated program with 3.25 million viewers last month, including 42…
Aaron Short
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Former Trump campaign official says Trump has already moved on from the Mar-a-Lago raid: 'It's business as usual for him'
People in Trump's orbit say the former president is "measured" following the Mar-a-Lago raid and is…
Hannah Getahun
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Trump tried to get New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman's phone records
Trump has long been fixated with Haberman and once referred to her as his "psychiatrist," according…
Sonam Sheth
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Trump allies insist FBI raid, potential Espionage Act investigation only strengthen his standing in a 2024 Republican presidential primary
One Republican strategist claimed that the investigation "makes him pretty much unbeatable in a pri…
Darren Samuelsohn,Charles R. …
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Trump administration diverted $300 million in CDC funds to make advertisements on how to 'defeat despair' about the COVID-19 pandemic
A Trump appointee at the US Centers for Disease Control is using taxpayer money to defend the handl…
Charles Davis
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'Loyalty is always a one-way street': Trump pulling his Mo Brooks endorsement is a reminder of the harsh reality of dealing with the former president, GOP strategists say
The move to abandon Brooks serves as a reminder of a key characteristic of Trump; he demands unwave…
Warren Rojas
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How Marjorie Taylor Greene's endorsement of J.D. Vance shows what it takes to make it into the next generation's MAGA clique
"It's not just about which candidate is more extreme ideologically," pollster Frank Luntz told Insi…
Jake Lahut
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The US health department's new communications chief is a Trump loyalist and Roger Stone associate who spread conspiracies about Ukraine and Hunter Biden
Hunter Biden is the son of Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden. Trum…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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Trump officials gloated about pressuring the CDC to edit its COVID-19 reports: 'Yippee!!!'
A congressional investigation found that Trump officials had been "overruling and bullying scientis…
Oma Seddiq
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Trump appointees sought to alter CDC scientific reports so they don't contradict or undermine the president
Political appointees accused career scientists of undermining President Donald Trump's optimistic m…
Charles Davis,Sarah Al-Arshani
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The Trump admin tried and failed to recruit sporting giants like David Beckham, Serena Williams, and Conor McGregor for an ill-fated coronavirus ad campaign
Other sports stars asked to be involved included Dwayne Johnson, Serena Williams, Shaun White, Rond…
Barnaby Lane
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US media outlets pushed Russian disinformation about Biden in the 2020 election, intelligence report says
A National Intelligence Council report says that Kremlin-led influence actors sought out prominent …
Mia Jankowicz
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After a series of controversies, the Trump administration has launched a $250 million vaccine education campaign aimed at convincing people who are hesitant to get a shot
The "Building Vaccine Confidence" has proved controversial, after a series of failed celebrity endo…
Grace Dean
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Russian proxies 'helped produce a documentary that aired on a US television network' last year, intelligence report says
The documentary appears to have aired on the Trump-aligned One America News Network and purports to…