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The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. We learned a lot about the Trump administration from the Signal chat fallout. Join now to continue reading. Members get…
Emboldened Trump Squeezes Traditional Media
Wall Street Journal: “News organizations were accustomed to Trump’s public criticisms during his first term. With more Americans turning to emerging formats like podcasts for news, legacy media outlets have…
What Does MAGA Have Against Europe?
Wall Street Journal: “Because a journalist—Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of the Atlantic—was accidentally included in the Signal chat, the texts went public, offering evidence of a theme that…
Trump Might Let Taxes on the Rich Rise
“The Trump administration is discussing a surprising option to help fulfill his campaign-trail promises: Allowing the richest Americans’ tax rates to rise in return for cutting taxes on tips,” Axios…
Republicans Brace for Early Test of Voter Enthusiasm
“President Trump’s decision to keep one of his closest allies in Congress is shining an even brighter spotlight on special elections next week that will provide the first big read…
Signal Chat Flouted Rules on Classified Intel
“The Yemen attack timeline that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted to a Signal chat group would have been so highly classified, under Pentagon guidelines, that the details should have been…
Judge Challenging Race Wore Confederate Uniform
“A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a member…
Vance and Top Advisers Urged Trump to Oust Waltz
“On Wednesday evening — following a brutal day of headlines surrounding the now-infamous Signal chat — Vice President JD Vance, chief of staff Susie Wiles and top personnel official Sergio…
Another GOP Town Hall Event Goes Off the Rails
“Boos, jeers and choruses of ‘do your job’ greeted Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) at a town hall on Friday in her Indiana congressional district as she defended sweeping cuts across…
Trump Suffers Losses in Retribution Campaign
“Federal judges dealt twin blows to President Trump’s retaliation campaign on Friday by issuing temporary restraining orders blocking much of his executive orders targeting two major law firms that participated…
Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is facing scrutiny over his handling of details of a military strike, brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign…
Top Vaccine Official Out at FDA
“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official has been pushed out,“ the Wall Street Journal reports. “Dr. Peter Marks, who played a key role in the first Trump administration’s…
Trump Commutes Sentence of Carlos Watson
“President Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of Carlos Watson, a co-founder of the now-defunct digital media company Ozy Media, on the day he was set to surrender to prison,”…
RFK Jr. to Gut Vaccine Promotion and HIV Prevention
“The entire staff of the federal government’s Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy is expected to be laid off,” CBS News reports. “The moves are part of a broader…
GOP Senator Says Trump Likely Regrets Picking Vance
An unnamed Republican senator told Jewish Insider that President Trump might have remorse over picking J.D. Vance as his vice president. Said the senator: “I’ve gotta wonder if Trump’s looking…
Trump Settles with Major Law Firm
“President Trump announced a fresh deal on Friday with a major law firm to avoid a punitive executive order, just hours after two other white shoe firms decided to sue…
Signal Chat Harmed U.S. Intelligence Gathering
Current and former US officials say “they believe two texts sent by national security adviser Mike Waltz and CIA Director John Ratcliffe in the now-infamous group chat involving senior US…
The Economy Looks Shaky Now
Punchbowl News: “The most closely watched inflation gauge came in hotter than expected for February, the latest sign of troubling news for President Donald Trump on the economic front…” “With…
Paving the Way for Authoritarianism
Vanity Fair: “For the first time in more than 20 years… the world now has more autocracies (91) than democracies (88), with liberal democracies (29) now the least common regime…
Bannon Says Trump Will Go to Prison If Democrats Win
Steve Bannon predicte that President Trump will go to prison if a Democrat wins back the White House in 2028, The Hill reports. He added: “And people are sitting around…