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The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. After all of President Trump’s upheaval of the government, we’re about to see how much people truly appreciate its role….
Ukraine Reels after Oval Office Fracas
“Ukrainians are reeling and fearful for their country’s future the day after a shocking public argument between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD…
China Tells Its AI Leaders to Avoid U.S. Travel
“Chinese authorities are instructing top artificial-intelligence entrepreneurs and researchers to avoid visiting the U.S., reflecting Beijing’s view of the technology as an economic and national security priority,” the Wall Street…
Trump Agenda Is Testing Economy’s Resilience
Wall Street Journal: “It’s far too early to say if cracks are forming in the overall economy, which grew at a healthy 2.3% annual clip in the fourth quarter. The…
This Never Happened With an American President Before
Thomas Friedman: “What happened in the Oval Office on Friday — the obviously planned ambush of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine by President Trump and Vice President JD Vance —…
European Leaders Scramble to Show Leadership
“Even before the extraordinary Oval Office bust-up between presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, relations between Washington and Europe were fraying dramatically,” NBC News reports. “Now — after Friday’s diplomatic…
Trump Jettisons Ukraine on His Way to a Larger Goal
David Sanger: “After five weeks in which President Trump made clear his determination to scrap America’s traditional sources of power — its alliances among like-minded democracies — and return the…
What Game Is Jeff Bezos Playing?
Wall Street Journal: “The tech billionaire has acquired a new look and a new lifestyle in recent years. Now an editorial shift at the Washington Post has many wondering if…
Trump Will Posthumously Pardon Pete Rose
“President Trump said late Friday that he would grant a full pardon to Pete Rose, who was one of baseball’s greatest players before he spectacularly fell from grace for gambling…
Democrats See Political Opening in GOP Budget
“In 2018, Democrats won back the House, flipping 41 seats including in conservative-leaning places like the suburbs of Utah and Oklahoma by focusing narrowly on a single issue: Republican efforts…
Dan Bongino Claimed Pipe Bombs We’re an ‘Inside Job’
“Dan Bongino, the incoming deputy director of the FBI, suggested on his popular podcast in January that the agency he is now about to help lead was complicit in planting…
How Mike Johnson Flipped on Ukraine for Trump
“The night before Speaker Mike Johnson defied the hard-right wing of his party and brought up a bill to send more than $60 billion in aid to Ukraine, he spent…
Democrats Fume Over a Data Disaster Averted
“Problems with a huge database of voter information that effectively functions as the central nervous system of the Democratic Party grew so worrisome last summer that top Democrats staged an…
Republican Pressure Judges with Impeachment Threats
New York Times: “Judicial impeachments are rare and notoriously time-consuming. The mounting calls for removing federal judges, who already face increasing security threats, have so far not gained much traction…
Cuts to Weather Service Leave Forecasters Reeling
New York Times: “Though not entirely unexpected, the terminations were shocking to employees of the Weather Service, the government agency responsible for issuing warnings, generating daily forecasts, advising local authorities…
FBI Returns Records from Mar-a-Lago Search to Trump
“The White House said on Friday that the FBI had given President Donald Trump boxes stemming from a search of his Florida property for classified documents that were taken after Trump left…
Federal Workers Told Again to Justify Their Jobs
“Federal workers are again being asked to justify their jobs to the Department of Government Efficiency overseen by billionaire Elon Musk,” Politico reports. “Public-sector employees across the government, who have…
Zelensky Walked Into a Trap
Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump and J. D. Vance appear to have entered today’s Oval Office meeting with the goal of generating a pretext for a diplomatic break with Ukraine.” Save…
It Was an Ambush
Tom Nichols: “Leave aside, if only for a moment, the utter boorishness with which President Donald Trump and Vice President J. D. Vance treated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the…
Zelensky Says No Peace Talks Without Security Guarantee
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine won’t enter peace talks with Russia until it has security guarantees against another offensive, the AP reports. Zelenskyy added Friday’s contentious spat with President Donald…
