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Trump to Federalize Illinois National Guard
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) warned that President Trump plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard. Pritzker said he would be defying the order: “I will not…
Trump Gets Away With What Sank Clinton and Romney
One of the worst mistakes a politician can make is to come across as smug — dismissing or disrespecting voters. The conventional wisdom holds that Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables”…
Russ Vought’s Plan Was Decades in the Making
CNN: “The memo symbolized Vought’s methodical march to accumulate power within the executive branch — and the outsized role he has played in getting to this moment. Vought’s vision for how to…
Have Cubans Fled One Authoritarian State for Another?
New Yorker: “In the past few years, as many as two million people have escaped the island’s repressive regime and collapsing economy. Those who’ve made it to the U.S. face…
House Won’t Come Back Until Shutdown Ends
“The House GOP leadership told rank-and-file Republican lawmakers Saturday morning that they will only come back to Washington when Senate Democrats reopen the government,” Punchbowl News reports. “Speaker Mike Johnson…
A Senate GOP Conference That Will Outlast Trump
“Senate GOP Leader John Thune and his lieutenants have largely remained silent as President Donald Trump has ordered the Justice Department to target his adversaries, enriched himself and his family…
Vance Emerges as Frontman in Shutdown Fight
“The White House has increasingly made Vice President JD Vance the face of the government-shutdown fight, turning to a messenger who so far has taken a lighter touch — and…
American Jews Turn on Israel Over War in Gaza
“Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country…
Trump to Send Witkoff, Kushner to Middle East
“President Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Egypt this weekend to help complete a hostage release deal, U.S. and Arab officials said Saturday, after Hamas…
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A Total Breakdown in Trust
“Between 2013 and 2019, three government shutdowns were caused by Sen. Ted Cruz’s stand against the Affordable Care Act, Sen. Chuck Schumer’s push on children of immigrants and President Trump’s…
Trump Seizes On Shutdown to Punish Political Foes
“President Trump has embarked on a legally dubious campaign to weaponize the federal budget during a contentious government shutdown, halting more than $27 billion in approved funding in a bid…
Trump to Cut Refugee Admissions to a Record Low
The Trump administration plans to slash refugee admissions to a record low level in the upcoming year, reserving a bulk of the limited slots for white Afrikaners from South Africa…
Quiet Concerns Emerge in Trump’s Orbit Over Shutdown
“President Donald Trump believed the government shutdown would deliver Republicans a swift and decisive political victory. But with the stalemate now likely to spill into a second week, that calculation…
Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Senate Republicans
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the far-right Georgia Republican who has grown increasingly disillusioned with the GOP and President Trump, said that her own party was at least partly to blame…
‘Fuck You, Make Me’
John Oliver: “Look, at some point you’re going to have to draw a line. So I’d argue, why not draw it right here? And when they come to you with…
Mike Johnson Says He Won’t Consider Compromise Bill
Speaker Mike Johnson (R) told Scripps News that he is “right now” ruling out putting any future bipartisan Senate compromise to reopen the government on the House floor. Save to…
Catherine Cortez Masto Draws Democratic Ire
“Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto, celebrated for her narrow victory three years ago that secured Democrats’ control of the Senate, is now being cast as a traitor by members of her…
ICE Agents Handcuffed Chicago Alderperson
Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes was hancuffed by federal immigration agents while she was questioning them why they were at a local medical center, WLS reports. Save to Favorites
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“I have big plans, I want to survive.” — President Trump, on the One American News Network, talking about the 2026 midterm election campaign. Save to Favorites
