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In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Pam Bondi dated Tuesday, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed requested an investigation by December 1 into World Liberty Financial's compliance with anti-money laundering rules, sanctions, and governance. The demand stems from a September report by Accountable.US alleging the project sold $WLFI governance tokens to wallets linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group, a Russian sanctions-evasion stablecoin, Iran's NoBitex exchange, and the sanctioned mixer Tornado Cash. DT Marks DEFI LLC, controlled by Donald Trump and his family, holds 22.5 billion tokens and receives 75% of sales revenue, while the project lists Trump family members in prominent roles; World Liberty Financial maintains it has robust compliance measures with no evidence of wrongdoing.

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Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed have fired off a letter urging a federal probe into World Liberty Financial, the Trump family's crypto project, over alleged sales to North Korean hackers and sanctioned entities.

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President Trump remarked during a talk show or speech, 'We are winning so much, that we really don't know what to do about it. People are asking me, please, please, please Mr. President, we are winning too much, we can't take it anymore.' Vice President JD Vance and Speaker Johnson were observed laughing in the background.

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Democrats organized a 'People's State of the Union' event as counter-programming to President Trump's State of the Union address. The event featured individuals in animal costumes including giraffes and performances led by Joy Reid. It coincided with the official speech and included discussions on ICE arrests.

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California tops the list with 34 such cities, Texas has 33, and Florida 25, while Pennsylvania trails with only Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown. The differences come down to state laws on incorporation and annexation: Southern states like Texas and Florida encouraged growth through easy expansions and new cities to grab tax bases, while Pennsylvania's rules keep cities compact and prevent sprawl. People noted that these legal boundaries don't always match everyday urban life, where metro areas like Houston's 7 million residents spread across many independent municipalities.

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A simple map shading states by their count of cities over 100,000 residents has people rethinking what makes a city 'big' in America.

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PsyopAnime shared a 30-second anime short showing politicians reacting to a Trump-like figure celebrating the Dow Jones at 50,000 points, perfectly timed with the real milestone last week. Musk's wordless repost drove the project's Solana meme token market cap from earlier highs to $5.4 million, with one trader turning a 3,371-token airdrop into $103,000. Community members hailed the blend of politics, AI, and anime as top-tier content, though meme coins remain highly volatile after past pumps and dumps.

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A slick AI-generated anime clip turned a congressional boast into viral gold, and when Elon Musk reposted it, traders watched their holdings soar overnight.

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President Donald Trump delivered his 2026 State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, highlighting achievements, announcing the War on Fraud led by Vice President JD Vance, honoring victims including Iryna Zarutska's family and Dalilah Coleman, and calling on lawmakers to prioritize American citizens over illegal aliens. Republicans stood and applauded during several moments while most Democrats remained seated, with Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib shouting disruptions and Representative Al Green being removed for holding a sign. Senator John Fetterman was the notable Democrat who stood, clapped, and shook Trump's hand.

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Leavitt's February 24 remark, made more than 13 months after Trump's January 20, 2025 inauguration, prompted widespread online pushback over the timeline, with critics calling it a gaffe and tying ongoing high prices to Trump's tariffs. Defenders said it referred to lingering Biden-era policies like inflation from 2021-2024 and regulatory burdens. The clip highlighted partisan divides on affordability, a top voter issue, as inflation sits at 2.4% but grocery, housing, and energy costs stay elevated amid policy shifts like tariffs averaging 13% by late 2025.

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During a Fox News interview, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump would address the 'affordability crisis that Joe Biden created one year ago'—just hours before his State of the Union.

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DeMario and Alcantu, who came to the U.S. from Cuba 25 years ago via the Visa Lottery, both supported Trump— he voted for him, she prayed for his win. But during a routine ICE check-in last June, agents found the old order from a traffic stop with three Xanax pills, shackled her, and moved her from Florida to Louisiana without a judge yet. Now running his Miami-Dade guitar shop alone, DeMario started a GoFundMe for her costs and vowed never to vote Republican again amid Trump's ramped-up deportations of Cubans, including ending parole programs.

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Wayne DeMario teared up on camera, pleading to President Trump: 'Please get her home! She prayed for you.' His partner of 20 years, Yamile Alcantu, has been in ICE detention for eight months over a forgotten 2008 deportation order.

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President Trump toured a steel facility, likely Coosa Steel, where the owner explained how tariffs let his racks compete against $90 Chinese imports despite $150 U.S. costs, calling it a game changer after near layoffs. He then stopped at a Whataburger to highlight the new no-tax-on-tips policy, now law through 2028, allowing deductions up to $25,000 for tipped workers. The trip followed major downward job revisions for 2025, with Trump claiming his policies conquered inflation amid partisan clashes, including Democrats citing Georgia's farm bankruptcies and layoffs.

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At a bustling steel plant in Rome, Georgia, a local owner shook Trump's hand and credited tariffs with saving his business from Chinese competition that nearly shut them down.

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In a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Pam Bondi dated Tuesday, Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jack Reed requested an investigation by December 1 into World Liberty Financial's compliance with anti-money laundering rules, sanctions, and governance. The demand stems from a September report by Accountable.US alleging the project sold $WLFI governance tokens to wallets linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group, a Russian sanctions-evasion stablecoin, Iran's NoBitex exchange, and the sanctioned mixer Tornado Cash. DT Marks DEFI LLC, controlled by Donald Trump and his family, holds 22.5 billion tokens and receives 75% of sales revenue, while the project lists Trump family members in prominent roles; World Liberty Financial maintains it has robust compliance measures with no evidence of wrongdoing.

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Speaking at the Scottish Liberal Democrats conference, Davey urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take Donald Trump to court over economic harm from the now-invalidated tariffs on UK exports like cars and pharmaceuticals. He floated the idea first on X, saying they'd settle for £100bn, and likened it to Trump suing the BBC. The proposal faced online mockery, with critics calling Davey a clown and referencing his past role in the Post Office scandal, while experts doubt its legal chances due to sovereign immunity.

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Hours after the US Supreme Court struck down Trump's tariffs, Sir Ed Davey took the stage in Edinburgh and called for a bold counterpunch: sue the president for £100 billion.

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During a speech, President Donald Trump claimed that every Democrat voted against tax cuts benefiting the American lower and middle class, prompting Democrats to stand and cheer in agreement. Posts highlight specific tax savings under the new law for single filers, families, and tipped workers earning around $50,000 annually, with reductions up to $3,448.

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The UN General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire, release of prisoners, and return of deported civilians and children, while reaffirming Ukraine's sovereignty within its recognized borders. It passed 107-12 with 51 abstentions, including the United States, which cited concerns over clauses distracting from negotiations. Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha welcomed the vote as proof Ukraine stands with the UN Charter, even as U.S. critics like retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg questioned the abstention after four years of war.

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On the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked 107 nations for backing a call to end the fighting and bring his people home.

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Vance will tour a machining facility in Plover, Wisconsin, on Thursday and deliver remarks praising the Trump administration's tax cuts and economic turnaround. The visit targets the competitive 3rd Congressional District, held by Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden, a retired Navy SEAL who flipped the seat in 2022 and held it narrowly in 2024. With Democrats eyeing it as a pickup amid the GOP's slim House majority, the stop aims to rally support ahead of the 2026 midterms in the swing state.

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Fresh off President Trump's upbeat State of the Union speech on the economy, Vice President JD Vance heads to a key Wisconsin district to spotlight manufacturing gains.

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On February 24, conservative reporter Savanah Hernandez posted a photo of Sethi's bright blue Texas-shaped campaign sign, sparking thousands of replies that targeted the Democratic candidate's Indian roots amid Texas' growing Indian-American population. Sethi, an attorney, mother, and former chief of staff to Rep. Vikki Goodwin, responded by embracing her heritage and highlighting her local service, including work with Catholic Charities and advocacy for schools, healthcare, and gun reform. The clash highlighted tensions over immigration and demographics in the state, just before the March 3 primaries in her safely Democratic Austin-area district.

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A simple roadside sign for Texas House candidate Pooja Sethi turned into a flashpoint, with some commenters mocking her Indian heritage and telling her to 'go home.' Sethi stood firm, calling her background a story of hard work and community service.

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The duo issued a joint statement calling out Universal for using Greenwood's 'Barbara Rose' cue from Phantom Thread without consulting him, breaching his composer agreement, and demanded its removal from Melania, directed by Brett Ratner. The film, which follows Melania in the 20 days before Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, has faced a rocky box office run—$13.4 million domestically after a sharp drop, and weak overseas earnings—plus critic backlash as propaganda. Melania producer Marc Beckman dismissed the claims as a 'blatant lie,' insisting all music contracts were properly executed and artists compensated.

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Paul Thomas Anderson and Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood just drew a line in the sand over their 2017 film score showing up in Melania Trump's new documentary.

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Videos from the February 24 event showed Lutnick greeting lawmakers, prompting backlash over emails in January 2026 Epstein files revealing he arranged a 2012 family trip to the financier's island after Epstein's 2008 conviction. Lutnick testified he visited once for lunch with his wife and children, denying knowledge of crimes and no flight logs list him. While the White House calls criticism partisan and no charges exist, the clips fueled online anger over elite accountability, even from some supporters noting his prior denials.

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Clips of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick smiling and shaking hands during Trump's State of the Union address brought his past Epstein ties back into sharp focus.

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On February 25, 2009, Liverpool beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the Champions League Round of 16 first leg, thanks to Benayoun's late header from Fábio Aurélio's free-kick. They followed with a 4-0 win at Anfield, securing a 5-0 aggregate victory with goals from Steven Gerrard, Andrea Dossena, and Fernando Torres. Fans are reliving the moment through throwback videos, especially with the 2025/26 knockout draw approaching where Liverpool could face Madrid again. It's Liverpool's only competitive win at the Bernabéu against their rivals, fueling hopes for more history.

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Yossi Benayoun leaped to head home the winner in the 82nd minute, silencing the Bernabéu as Rafael Benítez pocketed his glasses in celebration.

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The wave began Wednesday when de Coucy posted his Bluesky lockout, blaming mild posts like offering an olive branch to Will Stancil or telling a user to calm down. @Dril followed with his own notice over an Epstein files screenshot, but his account returned after a Bluesky developer called it a mod mistake on the dormant profile. De Coucy's suspension persists, fueling X users' jabs at Bluesky's stricter moderation compared to X's chaos.

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Enguerrand VII de Coucy shared his suspension notice with dark humor, captioning it 'I’ve had horrible news.' Hours later, parody legend @dril declared the ban only boosted his #Power.

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Roland Gunn's post compared New Zealand's past progressive policies under Jacinda Ardern—strict COVID lockdowns, gun bans, and Māori co-governance—to Oregon's issues, sparking over 1,500 likes and lively replies. Defenders pointed to the current center-right government under Christopher Luxon, the only other Anglosphere leader besides Donald Trump leaning right, while others nominated Canada or Australia instead. The back-and-forth comes ahead of New Zealand's November 7 election, amid economic pressures and debates over homelessness policies.

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An American called New Zealand 'politically deranged, like if Oregon was independent,' praising its landscapes but slamming its politics. Kiwis and others jumped in with concessions, defenses, and counter-jabs.

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An NBC News/SurveyMonkey poll indicates that if the 2024 presidential election were held today, Kamala Harris would defeat Donald Trump by 8 percentage points.

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