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-- Donald Trump removes Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security after a series of public embarrassments, then assigns her a vague new envoy role to disguise the firing

-- The real political divide in the United States is between powerful elites and ordinary Americans rather than traditional partisan conflicts

-- Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer faces an investigation after reports that taxpayer funds were used for a birthday celebration disguised as an official Department of Labor event

-- Prosecutors investigate former Customs and Border Protection commander Gregory Bovino over video showing him throwing a chemical gas canister at protesters during a federal operation in Minneapolis

-- Rising oil prices following the Iran conflict trigger internal panic in the Trump White House as officials scramble to respond to the political fallout from higher gasoline costs

-- Larry Kudlow publicly argues that Donald Trump ended a war by starting one, highlighting the administration’s attempt to reframe military escalation as peacekeeping

-- Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Megyn Kelly that Donald Trump has said he does not expect to go to heaven and is near the end of his life

-- On the Bonus Show: Trump suggests regime change in Cuba is next, a Fox & Friends host blames Americans trapped in the Middle East, Kristi Noem speaks immediately after get fired, and much more...

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