National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, listen to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 13, in Washington, DC.
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‘Nobody is above the law’: Trump officials who criticized Clinton’s emails now under scrutiny for leaked war plans
California Gov. Gavin Newsom in Atlanta in June 2024.
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KFile: Gavin Newsom spent years fighting for progressive positions he now bashes on his new podcast
Darren Beattie's address at the Miami National Conservatism Conference on September 12, 2022.
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Deleted tweets show top State Department official spread false rumor about Rubio’s sexuality, called him ‘low IQ’
Dan Bongino during a forum examining the attempted assassination Donald Trump at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, on August 26, 2024.
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FBI Deputy Director Bongino repeatedly said pipe bombs planted ahead of Jan. 6 were ‘inside job’
Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social is shown on a cell phone on March 25, 2024 in Chicago.
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Trump’s media company defends its ‘diversity and inclusion’ policies as his administration dismantles DEI
Paul Ingrassia, White House Liaison to the Justice Department, left, outside of the DC Central Detention Facility on January 20, in Washington, DC.
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White House point man at Homeland Security shared ‘martial law option’ post to keep Trump in office
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media during a visit to aircraft maintenance firm Aeroman in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
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Rubio’s years of strong support for USAID stand in contrast to his sudden criticism of the aid agency
In this 2022 photo, Darren Beattie, left, Kash Patel and Andy Biggs speak at a Turning Point USA panel in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Trump appoints speechwriter fired for attending conference with White nationalists to top State Department role
Robert Kennedy Jr. sits in a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn on Capitol Hill on January 9, 2025.
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RFK Jr.’s litany of controversial views to come under scrutiny in Senate confirmation hearing
David Sacks during a Bloomberg West Television interview at the South By Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas, in 2013.
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In deleted tweets, Trump’s incoming AI and crypto czar argued Trump Jan. 6 rhetoric not covered by First Amendment
Pete Hegseth walks through the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on December 3, 2024.
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Pete Hegseth says US military bases should restore names of Confederate generals
Jan 13, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth meets with Sen. John Cornyn at the US Capitol on December 10 in Washington, DC.
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KFile: Pete Hegseth spread baseless conspiracy theories that January 6 attack was carried out by leftist groups
Dec 17, 2024
Ed Martin, president of the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, speaks during a January 6th field hearing held by Rep Matt Gaetz in the U.S. Capitol on June 13, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Hardline activist who raised the idea of jailing women for abortions gets top policy job in Trump administration
Dec 12, 2024
Pete Hegseth, President-Elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, speaks to reporters after meeting with Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) on Capitol Hill.
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Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Defense pick, says allowing gay troops to serve openly reflects a Marxist agenda
Dec 12, 2024
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China
Dec 4, 2024
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense, speaks to reporters at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, on November 21.
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Hegseth has a history of supporting controversial policies involving the military
Dec 4, 2024
Karoline Leavitt arrives for former President Donald Trump's criminal trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 29, 2024, in New York City.
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Trump press secretary pick removed post praising Pence on January 6, then ran for Congress as an election denier
Dec 2, 2024
Rep. Nancy Mace speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on November 19, 2024.
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Nancy Mace, now targeting transgender lawmaker, called herself ‘pro-transgender rights’ in 2023
Nov 25, 2024