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Iowa Democrat Wins Big Upset
The Downballot: “Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey won a major upset on Tuesday night, flipping a deep-red seat in the state Senate and breaking the GOP’s supermajority in the chamber.” “Drey…
Starship Completes Nearly Flawless Test Flight
“After several disappointing failures, SpaceX’s Starship — the mammoth rocket that Elon Musk hopes to use to take people to Mars — made it all the way up to space…
Gates Foundation Cuts Ties With Firm Linked to Democrats
“America’s largest charitable foundation has quietly ceased backing a nonprofit network closely associated with the Democratic Party and criticized by conservatives, a symbolically significant blow to a powerful player in…
‘You Have Committed a Federal Crime’
Ryan Lizza: “Probably more than one. In fact, if you’re an average professional who has filled out lots of government forms, signed and mailed contracts, has semi-complicated taxes, some investments,…
Trump Again Escalates Power Grabs
“President Trump’s bid to fire a member of the Federal Reserve board is a new escalation of his efforts to amass more power over American government and society: Congress generations…
Researcher Who Distorted Data in Election Integrity Role
“A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an…
Another Bonus Quote of the Day
“I have the right to do anything I want to do. I’m the president of the United States.” — President Trump, speaking to reporters at a Cabinet meeting today. Save…
Eric Adams Won’t Drop Out of Mayoral Race
“New York Mayor Eric Adams said he has no plans to drop out of November’s election after his struggling campaign was rocked last week by more corruption allegations,” Bloomberg reports….
Republicans Defunded Roads In Their Own Districts
When Republicans repealed a Biden-era “access and equity” grant program for transportation, they canceled funding for projects in some of their own districts, the New York Times reports. Save to…
Trump Claims He’ll Have a ‘Fed Majority’ Soon
“President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will soon have a ‘majority’ of his own nominees on the Federal Reserve board of governors who will back his desire to slash interest…
Exxon Held Secret Talks About Going Back to Russia
“After huddling with President Trump in Alaska, President Vladimir Putin told reporters Russia and the U.S. could do more business together—for example, between their Pacific coastlines,” the Wall Street Journal…
Fed Will Let Court Decide Fate of Lisa Cook
“The Federal Reserve said it would abide by any court decision on whether President Donald Trump has the legal authority to fire Board of Governors member Lisa Cook,” CNBC reports….
RFK Jr. Claims He Knows Cause of Higher Autism Rates
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a cabinet meeting that the Department of Health and Human Services has identified “interventions” that it says are behind rising autism rates…
Trump Comments on Taylor Swift’s Engagement
President Trump commented on the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engagement: “I wish them a lot of luck. I think he’s a great player. I think he’s a great guy…
Trump Wants to Rebrand His ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday at a Cabinet meeting that he wants to rebrand his “one big beautiful bill” after he persuaded Republicans to call it that, NBC News reports….
New Vanity Fair Boss Sparks Fury Among Staff
“The new editor of Vanity Fair has enraged his staff by considering putting Melania Trump on the magazine’s cover—which then sparked a MAGA backlash to the backlash,” the Daily Beast…
Trump Wants No Less than $500 Million from Harvard
President Donald Trump called for Harvard University to pay a sweeping $500 million settlement to restore its federal funding, CNN reports. Said Trump, to Education Secretary Linda McMahon: “We want…
Trump Tells Cracker Barrel to Ditch New Logo
President Trump weighed in on the controversial rebranding of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, writing that: “Cracker Barrel should go back to the old logo, admit a mistake based on…
Trump-Appointed Judge Rebukes White House
“A federal judge has forcefully rejected a highly unusual lawsuit the Trump administration filed against 15 other judges whom the Justice Department accused of hindering the president’s mass deportation agenda,”…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“In some places it is two dollars. It broke two dollars in a couple locations in the South.” — President Trump, talking to reporters about gas prices. Save to Favorites
