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Donald Trump booed by the crowd during the anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA Finals

(AP) Donald Trump was booed loudly by fans inside Madison Square Garden when he was shown on video screens during the national anthem as he became the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game. Chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!” echoed through the arena as Avery Wilson sang “The Star-Spangled Banner,” but they they gave way to boos moments later as Trump was displayed on the jumbo screens giving a military salute.

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Trump caught sleeping at the game he ruined

(Daily Beast) President Donald Trump was caught with his eyes closed in public yet again, this time during Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden, where his attendance was decidedly controversial. After being greeted with rude gestures and critical signs ahead of the game before facing a chorus of deafening boos during the national anthem, the president was recorded later during the game with his eyes closed, appearing to have fallen asleep.

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Dems place $30 million bet on reshaping 2028 House maps

(Axios) Democrats are taking the fight over future House maps down ballot, with the super PAC Forward Majority planning to spend $30 million on two dozen state legislative races this year. They're betting that as few as eight statehouse races could help determine who controls redistricting for six U.S. House seats ahead of 2028.

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The Delaney Hall Strike Is Exposing a Massive Thirteenth Amendment Crisis

(TPM) For the past several weeks, hundreds of detainees at Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a labor and hunger strike. Participants in the strike are refusing to perform their work assignments or eat meals in protest of what they describe, in a series of handwritten letters smuggled out of the facility, as 'unlawful and forced detention' and 'inhumane treatment' that violates their constitutional rights.

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RFK Jr. 'checked out' of managing Department of Health and focusing on pet projects

(Irish Star) Questions about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are coming to light after sources revealed he has been mostly “checked out” from his role at the Department of Health and Human Services, a new report reveals. In an exposé published by The New York Times over the weekend, sources close to Kennedy reveal that the leader of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement has been mostly absent from his leadership role at the Health and Human Services Department.

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Blanche hit with major Epstein accusation as he's accused of witness tampering

(Raw Story) Blanche was nominated by President Donald Trump on Monday to serve as permanent attorney general, and during an appearance on CNN, Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) was asked whether Blanche’s handling of the Justice Department’s (DOJ) release of Epstein-related files would help or hurt his chances at being confirmed by the Senate. Lynch poured cold water on Blanche’s chances – calling him “unqualified and untrustworthy” – while also leveling the allegation that Blanche had “interfered” with the criminal probe into Epstein’s potential co-conspirators.

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'Stinks to high heaven!' Speaker Johnson claims 'rigged' election accusations are 'impossible to prove'

(Mediaite) CNN’s chief congressional correspondent, Manu Raju, spoke to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Monday and asked him about President Donald Trump’s ongoing claims that the Los Angeles mayoral race is “rigged” against Republicans. “Speaking of fraud, the president keeps saying that there’s election fraud in the California mayor’s race. What evidence is there to prove that?” Raju asked Johnson while walking through the U.S. Capitol. Johnson replied, “You tell me, Manu."

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Trump's Ex-Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino Declares He Wants to Deport Nearly One-Third of the People in the U.S.

(Mediaite) Gregory Bovino, who previously served as Border Patrol Commander in President Donald Trump’s administration, responded to reports he was considering running for president with a declaration about his preferred immigration policies that included some mathematically ludicrous figures. On Monday, NewsNation reported that Bovino was considering running for president in 2028, including on-the-record quotes from him and a "Bovino 2028" website he had launched — and the slogan "Men Fight Back." Wrote Bovino: "Here’s the truth: My one and only priority is deporting the 106 million illegals who are here. That’s it."

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An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr.

(ProPublica) In late November in Jamnagar, India, the scions of two of the most powerful families in the world stood face-to-face. On one side was 30-year-old Anant Ambani, son of one the richest men in Asia. On the other was Donald Trump Jr. For months, the Trump administration had been on the offensive against the sprawling Ambani energy empire, placing it at the center of an escalating tariff campaign against India. But after Trump Jr. touched down, the two men toured the Ambanis’ private zoo, and at night they performed a Gujarati folk dance, grinning as they moved together to the music.

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