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Monday, September 07, 2026

"Donald Trump loves hot dogs"loves them. But he reserves a particular devotion for the ones served at the snack shack beside the 11th tee box at Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, D.C."wieners that, on Trump's personal scale of human achievement, probably rank somewhere between mankind's first glimpse of gold in a riverbed and the construction of Trump Tower," Forbes reports. Said a former club employee: "He has this weird, very odd pride about how good the hot dogs are. That's his thing. The chef has to be out there. And he's like, Chef, get everyone a hot dog"all these guys.'" "And everyone means everyone"roughly 30 carts full of Secret Service agents included. But the president's frankfurters are not free ... Ethics rules restrict agents from accepting gifts from those they serve. So Trump's club charges the agency that protects him."


Germany's right-wing populist Alternative fr Deutschland (AfD) thanked billionaire Elon Musk for his support Sunday after scoring a historic election victory, taking the moment to call for future "cooperation." The AfD stormed to first place in Saxony-Anhalt with 43.8% of the vote, more than doubling its support from five years ago and leaving Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union a distant second on 17.2%. The result nevertheless left the AfD just short of the absolute majority it had sought. Final returns gave the party 39 lawmakers in the 83-seat state parliament, three seats shy of governing alone.


A heavily armed man attacked Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton at a fair in Ohio's MAGA heartland on Sunday afternoon. The man "lunged at Dr. Acton, injuring multiple people" while Acton, 60, was attending the Canfield Fair in northeastern Ohio, a campaign spokesperson said in a statement. The suspect who attacked Acton has been identified as 38-year-old Patrick Havas, a registered Republican. The suspect who attacked Acton has been identified as 38-year-old Patrick Havas, a registered Republican. This isn't the first time the Havas family has had a brush with the law: Patrick Havas' brother, Andrew Havas, was charged with sexual misconduct with a minor following a 2008 incident involving a 15-year-old in Mahoning County, according to court records reviewed by NBC News.


Sunday, September 06, 2026

A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump told residents of Jackson, Mississippi on Friday they have no right to water untainted by lead, according to a new report. Kurt Engelhardt, a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judge, affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against their city, accused of knowingly allowing residents drink the contaminated water for six months in 2015, Mother Jones reported Saturday. read more


There are "multiple patients" after a cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, according to local fire officials. It's not clear whether anyone was killed in the incident. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said there are "multiple patients" and that firefighters were working to extinguish the fire, calling it an active scene with over 60 MDFR units responding. The Miami-Dade Aviation Department said in a statement that the plane overran the diagonal runway and is disabled at the northwest end of the airport. "All runways and taxiways at MIA are currently closed as of 3:00 p.m.," the department said. The FAA on Sunday issued a ground stop on planes until 3 p.m. that was later extended until 5:30 p.m. Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy said the ground stop was ordered so that first responders could assess the scene and warned travelers of "significant delays and potential cancellations."


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