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Ted Cruz Caught Criticizing Trump and JD Vance in Secret Recording Sen. Ted Cruz allegedly spoke about President Donald Trump and VP JD Vance in secret recordings. Credit : Kevin Dietsch/Getty; Luke Hales/Getty; Chip Somodevilla/Getty

Sen. Ted Cruz allegedly spoke about President Donald Trump and VP JD Vance in secret recordings. Credit : Kevin Dietsch/Getty; Luke Hales/Getty; Chip Somodevilla/Getty

Ted Cruz Caught Criticizing Trump and JD Vance in Secret Recording

Madison Cates February 3, 2026

Republican politics has never been gentle, but the latest drama around Senator Ted Cruz takes the...

Trump Rejects DHS Claim That Alex Pretti Was an “Assassin,” Says He Doesn’t Believe It Win McNamee/Getty; US Department of Veteran Affairs

Win McNamee/Getty; US Department of Veteran Affairs

Trump Rejects DHS Claim That Alex Pretti Was an “Assassin,” Says He Doesn’t Believe It

Madison Cates February 3, 2026

President Donald Trump is publicly breaking with his own Department of Homeland Security over how Alex...

Melania Trump Hosts Private White House Screening of New Documentary: “A Historic Moment” MELANIA TRUMP/ X, melaniatrumpstyle/Instagram

MELANIA TRUMP/ X, melaniatrumpstyle/Instagram

Melania Trump Hosts Private White House Screening of New Documentary: “A Historic Moment”

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

Melania Trump turned the White House into a private cinema earlier this week, rolling out a...

Trump Claims Secret “Discombobulator” Used in Operation to Capture Nicolás Maduro President Trump told The Post that a secret new weapon that he calls “the Discombobulator” disabled Venezuelan defenses during the Jan. 3 US raid on Caracas. Tamara Beckwith / NY Post

President Trump told The Post that a secret new weapon that he calls “the Discombobulator” disabled Venezuelan defenses during the Jan. 3 US raid on Caracas. Tamara Beckwith / NY Post

Trump Claims Secret “Discombobulator” Used in Operation to Capture Nicolás Maduro

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

US President Donald Trump has turned a classified corner of the Venezuela operation into a public spectacle,...

Pam Bondi Tells Walz Voter Roll Access Could Prevent Another “National Tragedy” Federal law enforcement agents outside a private residence in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Federal law enforcement agents outside a private residence in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 18. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Pam Bondi Tells Walz Voter Roll Access Could Prevent Another “National Tragedy”

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

Attorney General Pam Bondi has turned a local immigration crisis in Minneapolis into a national fight over...

Pam Bondi Tells Walz Voter Roll Access Could Prevent Another “National Tragedy” U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote a letter of demands to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after Border Patrol fatally shot a U.S. citizen on Jan. 24, 2026. Credit : Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty; Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Gett

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote a letter of demands to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after Border Patrol fatally shot a U.S. citizen on Jan. 24, 2026. Credit : Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty; Jerry Holt/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Gett

Pam Bondi Tells Walz Voter Roll Access Could Prevent Another “National Tragedy”

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

Attorney General Pam Bondi has turned a local immigration flashpoint in Minneapolis into a national fight...

Rep. Maxwell Frost Says He Was Assaulted at Sundance After Deportation Threat Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., speaks during the ICE Out for Good Protest at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 13.Jemal Countess / Getty Images for MoveOn Civic Action

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., speaks during the ICE Out for Good Protest at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 13.Jemal Countess / Getty Images for MoveOn Civic Action

Rep. Maxwell Frost Says He Was Assaulted at Sundance After Deportation Threat

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

Rep. Maxwell Frost headed to the Sundance Film Festival expecting a night of networking, not a punch...

Rep. Maxwell Frost Says He Was Assaulted at Sundance After Deportation Threat 2025 Sundance Film Festival Atmosphere

2025 Sundance Film Festival Atmosphere

Rep. Maxwell Frost Says He Was Assaulted at Sundance After Deportation Threat

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

Rep. Maxwell Frost headed to the Sundance Film Festival expecting a night of networking, not a punch...

Former ICE Official Breaks Down the Alex Jeffrey Pretti Shooting An undated handout image of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by federal immigration agents as they tried to detain him in Minneapolis. Photo provided by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs via Reuters

An undated handout image of Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by federal immigration agents as they tried to detain him in Minneapolis. Photo provided by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs via Reuters

Former ICE Official Breaks Down the Alex Jeffrey Pretti Shooting

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti has become a stress test for how federal power is used...

White House Contradicts Kristi Noem’s Remarks About Pretti Case, Report Says A picture sits at a memorial to Alex Pretti on Jan. 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn. Scott Olson

A picture sits at a memorial to Alex Pretti on Jan. 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn. Scott Olson

White House Contradicts Kristi Noem’s Remarks About Pretti Case, Report Says

Madison Cates January 30, 2026

The Trump administration is now publicly walking back some of its own toughest talk about the killing...