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Trump to Visit Flood-Ravaged Texas
“President Donald Trump said he would visit Texas on Friday as the state reels after more than 100 people have been confirmed dead in last weekend’s devastating floods,” USA Today…
Congress Is Addicted to Megabills
Ron Brownstein: “Extraordinarily narrow and unstable House and Senate majorities have become routine in modern American politics. The frantic, final maneuvering last week before Congress approved President Donald Trump’s One…
Musk and Yang Have Discussed Third Party Threat
“As Elon Musk moves to create a third party to upend America’s political system, he’s spoken with one-time Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang about the nascent effort,” Politico reports. Said…
Who’s Running American Defense Policy?
Tom Nichols: “It’s not the president, at least not on most issues. Trump’s interest in foreign policy, as with so many other topics, is capricious and episodic at best. He…
Why a Third-Party Bid Is Unlikely to Work
New York Times: “The American electoral system tends to favor a two-party system, and one of the most important reasons is that it’s winner-take-all.” “It doesn’t have proportional representation, which…
Real Estate Execs Throw Money Behind Eric Adams
“New York City real-estate executives are throwing support and money behind incumbent Mayor Eric Adams in their fight to block Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, who campaigned on a rent…
How RFK Jr. Is Gutting the FDA
New York Times: “Since RFK Jr. was confirmed as President Trump’s health secretary in February, the Food and Drug Administration has been buffeted by staff cuts that have crippled divisions…
Great Summer Deals
Amazon Prime Day is here with deals up to 40% off on thousands of items — it’s one of the best times to save all year. It’s an especially good…
Justice Warns of ‘Existential Threat to the Rule of Law’
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, in her first public appearance since the Supreme Court sharply limited the ability of federal judges to check presidential power, said she believes recent rulings by…
Space Companies Got Special Tax Break
“Private space companies, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, stand to benefit from a preferential tax treatment tucked into Donald Trump’s signature spending plan,” the Financial Times…
Trump Takes Credit for U.S. Investment Made Under Biden
“Within hours of taking office in January, President Donald Trump boasted about attracting $3 trillion in new corporate investments to the United States,” Reuters reports. “The White House calls it…
Senate GOP Super PAC Smashes Fundraising Record
“The Senate GOP’s top super PAC and affiliates have more than doubled their fundraising record for the first half of an off-year — bringing in $85 million,” Axios reports. Save…
Big Majority Worried About Tariffs
A new Yahoo Finance/Marist poll finds more than eight in 10 Americans are worried about the impact tariffs may have on their finances, while six in 10 believe the levies…
Marco Rubio Imposter Uses AI Voice to Call Officials
“An impostor pretending to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacted foreign ministers, a U.S. governor and a member of Congress by sending them voice and text messages that mimic…
Quote of the Day
“In another life we would be friends and go golfing.” — Donald Trump, quoted by Axios, speaking to Joe Biden after the 2024 election. Save to Favorites
The GOP Strategy to Win Without Trump on the Ballot
“A political organization tied to House Republican leadership is pouring millions of dollars into polling and advertising in a new effort to fix a nagging problem for the party: Many…
There Were Never Going to Be Genuine Trade Deals
Paul Krugman: “These tariffs are going to hurt South Korea and Japan, although they’ll hurt U.S. consumers even more. So why didn’t Korean and Japanese negotiators make big enough concessions…
Dan Osborn to Try Again for Senate
“Independent populist Dan Osborn, whose insurgent Senate campaign seriously threatened one of Nebraska’s Republicans from securing a third term last year, is now taking on GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts —…
Where Kamala Harris Went Wrong
Playbook: “The Kamala Harris campaign was presented with a series of memos in its final stages setting out a clear strategy for winning over independent and ‘soft’ Republican votes —…
MAGA Erupts at Trump’s Decision to Re-Arm Ukraine
Playbook: “Anger over last night’s U-turn is already starting to flow. Trump’s repeated pledges to end America’s involvement in overseas wars were a big part of his appeal to the…
