Trump and Patel address reports president planned to sack FBI boss

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

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Donald Trump and Kash Patel issue response after report claiming president was going to fire FBI director, Martha Stewart becomes face of American Eagle after Sydney Sweeney controversy and new poll shows how much people have turned against ICE raids.

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1 | Trump and Patel issue response after report claiming the president was going to fire FBI director

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2 | Martha Stewart becomes face of American Eagle after Sydney Sweeney controversy

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3 | Oklahoma Supreme Court issues ruling in lawsuit over Bibles in schools

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4 | Shocking new poll shows how much public has turned against Trump's ICE raids

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5 | Human remains confirmed to be Wyoming dad who has been missing since 2019

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The Olympic Pipeline has been intermittently shut down for repairs since November 11 after workers discovered a leak in the 400-mile fuel transfer system. BP Pipelines North America, which operates the system, has not given an estimate for the pipeline's reopening.

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"I hate them too much."

Tucker Carlson unloaded on the Republican party on a recent podcast, claiming the GOP had lost the Trump movement's original "America First" message, the latest sign of the conservative commentator's distance from the rest of the right amid backlash to his recent interview with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.

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