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Trump’s Coalition Is Starting to Fray
Wall Street Journal: “After broadening the Republican coalition, Trump is at risk of shrinking it. Trump came close to winning young voters—those under age 30—in 2024, a sharp reversal from…
People Not Paying Attention May Help Trump’s Approval
“President Trump’s strategy to ‘flood the zone’ may be working to keep his approval rating from sinking even lower,” the New York Times reports. “Voters who have not heard much…
Lawmaker Prosecutions May Get Easier
“Federal prosecutors across the country may soon be able to indict members of Congress without approval from lawyers in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section,” the Washington Post reports. “Under…
Hamas Wanted to Torpedo Israel-Saudi Deal
“Top leaders of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas launched their Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel aiming to torpedo peace negotiations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, according to minutes of a…
Some Thoughts on Biden’s Interview with Robert Hur
When Special Counsel Robert Hur released his report in early 2024, the headline wasn’t just that President Biden wouldn’t be charged with mishandling classified documents. It was his description of…
Trump Suggests the Clintons Murdered People
President Trump boosted a wild conspiracy theory that accuses the Clinton family of murdering seven people. Save to Favorites
Tim Walz Calls Trump a ‘Tyrant’ Who Abuses Power
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) “criticized Donald Trump in a law school graduation speech Saturday, accusing the Republican president of creating a national emergency by repeatedly violating the rule of…
Quote of the Day
“A lot of us have covered Joe Biden’s aging, and the accompanying inability to do things the way he used to, throughout his Presidency. But what we uncovered, after the…
Trump Is Pushing Thousands of Experts from Government
Washington Post: “Across the federal government, a push for early retirement and voluntary separation is fueling a voluntary exodus of experienced, knowledgeable staffers unlike anything in living memory… Other leaders…
Hearing Joe Biden in Hur Interview Is Revealing
“For much of his time in the White House, former President Joe Biden offered a quick rebuttal to those raising concerns about his age: ‘Watch me,’ he said,” the New…
What Elon Musk Sees on Social Media
New York Times: “To better understand how the information that Mr. Musk consumes on X could shape his worldview, The New York Times recreated a version of Mr. Musk’s personal…
18 Hours of Watching MSNBC
Erik Wemple: “The takeaway from all this? MSNBC has sidelined pro-Trump voices… The result is a programming model in which hosts and guests compete against one another to fashion the…
Beware of Statistics in White House Press Releases
Glenn Kessler: “Every presidential administration hypes the numbers in economic deals. Bill Clinton, for instance, claimed the North American Free Trade Agreement would create 1 million jobs. Well, that was…
GOP Lawmaker ‘Reborn’ Through Psychedelic Therapy
Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) “says he had never smoked anything, let alone tried drugs in his life. So the retired Navy SEAL had to ask a nearby nurse for guidance…
Republicans Need Their Closer
Rachel Bade: “While Trump spent the week hob-nobbing with crown princes, emirs and titans of industry, Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans were watching Trump’s legislative agenda run slowly aground….
What Are Democrats to Do?
Gerald Seib: “They’ve lost the House, the Senate and the White House. They have full control of only 18 state legislatures across the country. In the latest Wall Street Journal…
Trump Says He’ll Speak to Putin on Monday
“President Donald Trump said Saturday that he plans to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO leaders in separate phone calls on Monday to try…
Will There Be a Reckoning for Media Coverage of Trump?
Margaret Sullivan: “At what point will there be a general acknowledgment and some serious self-scrutiny about the way big media failed to adequately convey what would happen if Trump were…
Trump Calls on Walmart to ‘Eat the Tariffs’
President Trump said that Walmart should stop blaming tariffs for rising prices while calling on the retail giant to “eat the tariffs.” He added: “I’ll be watching and so will…
Secret Service Questions James Comey
The Secret Service questioned James Comey, the former FBI director, on Friday about an Instagram post that President Trump’s cabinet officials and allies claimed amounted to a call for his…
