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Liberal Party Wins in Canada
“The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projects that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won Canada’s federal election,” the AP reports. New York Times: “The full results should be available later…
Stay Informed and Stay Sane
If you rely on Political Wire, I’m asking you to become a member. There’s no big company behind this. No political action committees. No party bosses. It’s just me —…
Are You Better Off Than You Were 100 Days Ago?
John Avlon: “It’s the classic political question on hyper-fast speed—because the predictable disaster of President Donald Trump redux has torpedoed the American economy and our reputation not in four years…
Trump Officials Using Polygraphs to Find Leakers
“National security agencies across the Trump administration are ramping up investigations into alleged leaks to the news media, in some cases using polygraph tests that current and former officials say…
Trump to Soften Blow of Automotive Tariffs
“President Trump is expected to soften the impact of his automotive tariffs, preventing duties on foreign-made cars from stacking on top of other tariffs he has imposed and easing some…
Stephen Lynch to Pursue Top House Oversight Post
“Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) said he will seek to become the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee after ranking member Gerry Connolly suddenly announced Monday he would step aside,”…
House Tax Writers Close to Wrapping Up
“The House Ways and Means Committee has largely settled on a suite of tax policies to include in its portion of the GOP megabill,” Politico reports. “But tax writers are…
Bessent Wants Trump to Sign Tax Bill by July 4
Punchbowl News: “Republicans’ goal is to get the reconciliation bill to the president’s desk by July 4, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told reporters after huddling with congressional leaders Monday afternoon.”…
House GOP Proposes Charging $1,000 to Claim Asylum
“House Republicans are proposing to charge migrants $1,000 to claim asylum, one of a series of new or increased fees on immigrants seeking to gain legal entry into the United…
Top Private Equity Firm Forecasts Severe Recession
Apollo Global Management, a large private equity firm, is now forecasting a severe U.S. recession triggered by President Trump’s recent tariffs. The tariff-driven slowdown could lead to stagflation—stagnant growth combined…
Civil Rights Lawyers Leave En Masse
“The new head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division is dramatically reshaping the office to propel President Donald Trump’s social agenda, prompting the departure of about half of the…
Big Majority Says Trump Has Made Economy Worse
A new CNN poll finds a 59% majority of the public now says President Trump’s policies have worsened economic conditions and a 55% majority say that Trump’s tariffs have been…
Karl Rove Says Trump Is In ‘Very Bad Shape’
Karl Rove tore into President Trump, saying the president was in political trouble after his tariffs upended the economy, the Daily Beast reports. Said Rove: “When it gets to the…
U.S. Navy Loses $60 Million Jet After It Fell Overboard
“A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been ‘lost’ at sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed…
Supreme Court Advances Petition Process
Just for members: The latest issue of Ballot Access News. The U.S. Supreme Court advanced the initiative process for the first time since 2015. There’s also a useful chart outlining…
Exchange of the Day
President Trump was interviewed by Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic: TRUMP: I think maybe one of the things I’ve been most successful with is foreign relations. GOLDBERG: I think the…
White Evangelicals Stand Out in Their Support of Trump
A new Pew Research survey finds 72% of white evangelical Protestants approving of the way Donald Trump is currently handling his job as president. Also eye-opening: 69% rate the ethics…
Born Fighter
Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s (D-NJ) new ad in the New Jersey governor’s race features a boxing match against Donald Trump generated by AI. Save to Favorites
100 Days of Chaos
From the Financial Times editorial board: “‘Flooding the zone’ was a strategy devised by Donald Trump’s first-term adviser Steve Bannon to generate such a blur of news that the media…
Trump Taunts Canadians as They Head to the Polls
President Trump, on Truth Social: “Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level…
