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Wednesday, August 12, 2026

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said she will leave the Trump administration, former Disney boss Bob Iger purchased the Los Angeles Lakers, and US Attorney Jeanine Pirro calls a mysterious grand jury

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Which administration members did President Donald Trump take with him on plane-swap?

President Donald Trump left his top diplomat, the head of the Treasury Department and the White House press pool to risk a grisly death from a possible Iranian missile attack while he jetted home from Turkey last month with a young female staffer who never seems to leave his side among just a small handful of passengers on the secretive flight.

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