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Jared Kushner Quietly Advising Trump Officials
“As President Donald Trump prepares for the first major foreign trip to the Middle East of his second term, some administration officials have privately turned to a familiar face for…
Weekly News Quiz
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Trump to Revive National Space Council
“The White House is reviving the National Space Council, a historically influential policy body that could help guide the administration’s ambitious space goals, while acting as a counterbalance to Elon…
Radar Screens Went Dark at Newark Airport
“Radar screens at Newark Liberty International Airport went black early Friday morning, raising more air traffic safety concerns at one of the region’s busiest hubs,” NBC News reports. Save to…
How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way and Daniel Ziblatt, writing in the New York Times: “We propose a simple metric: the cost of opposing the government. In democracies, citizens are not punished…
Trump Shifts Focus on Voting Rights
Associated Press: “The Justice Department unit that ensures compliance with voting rights laws will switch its focus to investigating voter fraud and ensuring elections are not marred by ‘suspicion.’” Save…
The Republicans’ Budget Makes No Sense
Annie Lowrey: “Whatever the final numbers, the budget will skewer the poor and squeeze out crucial long-term investments in energy, scientific research, medical advances, and children. Fewer kids will get…
The Hypocrisy of Fetterman’s Defenders
Jonathan Chait: “Remember the days after President Joe Biden’s barely-coherent debate performance, when Democratic dead-enders insisted that nothing was the matter? That was embarrassing.” “But apparently it wasn’t so embarrassing…
Trump Pushes Tax Cut Plan In Nationwide Ad Buy
“President Trump’s cash-flush political operation is out with its first ad buy — a major nationwide purchase aimed at pushing lawmakers to get behind his economic agenda,” Axios reports. “Trump’s…
Trump’s Approval Rate Is In ‘Blue Wave’ Territory
G. Elliot Morris: “According to my average of polls, 43.5% of Americans approve of the job Donald Trump is doing as president today, while 51.8% disapprove — for a net…
Trump Isn’t Providing Cover on Raising Taxes
President Trump on Truth Social: “The problem with even a ‘TINY’ tax increase for the RICH, which I and all others would graciously accept in order to help the lower…
Trump Suggests 80% Tariff on China
President Trump said in a new Truth Social post this morning that an “80% Tariff on China seems right!” He added: “Up to Scott B.” Save to Favorites
CDC Staff Warn of ‘5-Alarm Fire’
NPR: “Public health workers feel demoralized, and say the sweeping cuts, made with seemingly little consideration for how the CDC operates, have decreased the nation’s ability to track and respond…
Sooner or Later, Luck Will Run Out for India and Pakistan
The Economist: “The spectacle of India and Pakistan teetering on the threshold of war and then backing off is both alarming and familiar. This time the odds remain in favor…
Tariffs Are Here to Stay
Axios: “The first significant trade accord of this Trump term affirms that the president is in dealmaking mode and wants to steer around the kinds of economic risks generated by…
Johnson Frustrated as Negotiations Spill Into Public
After a group of New York Republicans publicly rejected an option proposed by the House Ways and Means Committee to raise the SALT deduction, Punchbowl News reports Speaker Mike Johnson…
Trump’s Weak Position on Trade
Michael Schuman: “The United States and China are finally going to talk. This weekend, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Switzerland to begin…
Lawler Says He Won’t Be Pressured by Trump
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) told Politico his decision about running for governor will come down to whether he thinks he can win the general election, not pressure from Trump. For…
Internal Poll Shows Fetterman Tanking with Democrats
“John Fetterman’s popularity is sinking among Democratic voters in his backyard, according to an internal poll obtained by Politico— one of the first major indications that the Pennsylvania senator is…
Pentagon Orders Removal of Transgender Troops
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued internal instructions to the Pentagon to start kicking out transgender troops who do not elect to leave on their own by June 6, Reuters…
