Nancy Pelosi Calls Trump ‘Vile’ — and Temperatures Rise Again

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There are moments when political language stops being political and becomes something else — something raw and revealing. Monday was one of them. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ignited a firestorm after calling President Donald Trump “a vile creature” and “the worst thing on the face of the earth” during a CNN interview that quickly spread across social media. “He’s just a vile creature, the worst thing on the face of the earth,” Pelosi told CNN’s Elex Michaelson in the now-viral exchange. “You think he’s the worst thing on the face of the Earth?” Michaelson asked. “I do, yeah, I

The City on the Brink: New Yorkers Crazy About Zo, Wonder If It’s Time to Go

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There’s a restlessness in New York — a sense that the city, once the capital of grit and grandeur, is now teetering on the edge of something smaller. A new poll suggests that if socialist Zohran Mamdani wins City Hall, hundreds of thousands may simply walk away. Three-quarters of a million New Yorkers — nearly one in ten — say they would definitely leave, with millions more considering it. That’s the population of Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, or Seattle gone in a blink. “If anywhere near that number actually left, the economic impact would be seismic,” warned pollster James Johnson,

The Speaker Holds, the Senate Stalls: Johnson Keeps House Shut, Ball is In Schumer’s Court

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According to a Fox News report, Speaker Mike Johnson has chosen stillness as a strategy — keeping the House out of session for a sixth straight week while the government remains shut and Washington holds its breath. The shutdown is now the second-longest in American history, and if the days keep piling up, it will take the record soon enough. The last time it went this far — 2018 into 2019 — the nation sighed and waited, and somehow, we are here again. Senate Democrats have blocked the GOP’s short-term funding plan 13 times. There are faint murmurs of compromise,

‘WE HAVE A DEAL’: Trump, Xi Lock Down Trade Details During Historic Summit in South Korea

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President Trump declared “we have a deal” Thursday after his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping since returning to the White House — calling the South Korean summit “a 12 out of 10.” Aboard Air Force One, the president spoke with the press, saying, “On the scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12,” he said. “We have a deal. Now, every year we will renegotiate the deal. But I think the deal will go on for a long time.” The meeting produced movement on some of the

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