Vance Sees “Nothing Unusual” in Taxpayer-Funded Ads Promoting Trump

Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Monday that he sees no problem with the campaign-style TV ads featuring President Donald Trump that are being produced using taxpayer dollars and airing ahead of the midterm elections. In defending the ads, Vance compared them to informative government-funded commercials, like those that promoted the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during the Obama and…
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Vance Tells FL Senate Candidate to “Get the Hell Out” of US Over Political Views

At a campaign rally in Florida on Thursday, Vice President JD Vance discussed his desire to remove individuals from the United States based on their political views, saying that socialists “don’t belong in America.” Vance was discussing Angie Nixon, the Democratic Party’s candidate for U.S. senator in Florida. Nixon is affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)…
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Trump Admin Boots 760K Individuals From ACA Exchanges, Citing Alleged Fraud

Vice President J.D. Vance and Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, jointly announced on Tuesday a plan by the Trump administration to cancel coverage for hundreds of thousands of individuals and families currently enrolled in insurance exchanges within the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The administration will cancel around 315,000 ACA health plans…
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Vance Invokes Racist Tropes as GOP Convention Speakers Stoke Fear and Loyalty

The second night of the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, this week featured racist remarks from speakers and a call for violence against Democrats from an audience member — before concluding with President Donald Trump demanding a loyalty oath from viewers. At one point, while arguing why voters should back Republicans in the midterms, Vice President JD Vance objected to the…
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Trump’s Truth Social Posts Upended Iran War Negotiations — Report

The United States military announced on Thursday that a third aircraft carrier has arrived in the Middle East, the most the U.S. has sent to the region since the Iraq War. The U.S.S. George H.W. Bush carries over 80 aircraft and has more than 5,500 sailors and air crew on board. Officials would not elaborate on plans for the Bush, but analysts suggested its arrival to the area could mean an…
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AOC Renews Call to Oust Trump After Report on His Exclusion From Situation Room

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) is suggesting that a recent report on President Donald Trump’s involvement in the Situation Room (or lack thereof) during the extraction of U.S. military airmen in Iran should prompt his cabinet members to consider removing him from office. The Wall Street Journal report in question details that Trump, upon learning that the two airmen’s…
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