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Trump Defends Planned Military Parades
President Donald Trump told NBC News he plans to hold several events to celebrate U.S. military victories this year, including a “big, beautiful” military parade in Washington, D.C., to commemorate…
Rewriting History Around Biden’s Decision to Run Again
With a new wave of books hitting shelves, there’s a coordinated effort underway to reshape the narrative around President Biden’s decision to seek a second term. According to the New…
Trump Criticized for Posting Image of Him as Pope
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York who is friendly with President Trump, told journalists in Rome Sunday morning that he hoped Trump “didn’t have anything to do with” the image…
A Tory Wipeout in the U.K.
Sam Freedman: “These results were bad for Labour, but they were existential for the Conservatives, who lost all 19 of their councils and finished in fourth place in the BBC’s…
Quote of the Day
“I don’t think a beautiful baby girl that’s 11-years-old needs to have 30 dolls. I think they can have three dolls or four dolls … They don’t need to have…
Virginia GOP Roiled by Scandal
Politico: “The conflict centers on the political future of lieutenant governor candidate John Reid, who resisted a week of pressure from some Virginia Republican Party leaders to step aside over…
Tiffany Trump’s Father-in-Law Marginalized
Massad Boulos “telegraphed during the transition that he would hold significant sway on the Trump administration’s foreign policy,” but so far has “struggled from the start to attain much influence,…
What It Takes to Win—or Lose—in a Meeting With Trump
Wall Street Journal: “Companies and institutions are honing a playbook for approaching an unpredictable president. They are showing up prepared to flatter, play ball on the Trump agenda and give…
Trump Says ‘Good Parts’ of Economy Are His
President Trump told NBC News that the “good parts” of economy are his but the “bad parts are the Biden economy.” Dan Pfeiffer: “Trump wants to blame Biden for the…
Biden Aides Decided Against Cognitive Test
“Months before President Joe Biden was forced to abandon his re-election campaign, his top White House aides debated having him undergo a cognitive test to prove his fitness for a…
Trump Suggests Vance or Rubio Could Succeed Him
“President Trump, who has repeatedly teased the prospect of trying to serve an unconstitutional third term in office, went further than he had previously gone in saying that he did…
Trump Not Sure He Needs to Uphold Constitution
President Donald Trump, asked whether he believes that he needs to uphold the Constitution during his presidency, responded, “I don’t know,” the Washington Post reports. “The comment came as Trump…
Trump Would Give TikTok Another Extension If Needed
President Donald Trump said he would give social-video platform TikTok another extension of a deadline to sell to a US owner if it was needed to reach a deal, Bloomberg…
Everyone Wants a Piece of Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’
“Laser-toting satellites capable of taking out missiles have long been the stuff of science fiction. President Trump is asking defense contractors to make the idea a reality,” the Wall Street…
Trump Battles Academia, but Especially the Ivy League
New York Times: “Mr. Trump’s attacks on this elite group — Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth and the University of Pennsylvania — have endeared him to his political…
Republicans Use Obscure Law to Roll Back Regulations
New York Times: “In recent weeks, the GOP has pushed through a flurry of legislation to cancel regulations on matters large and small, from oversight of firms that emit toxic…
Elon Musk’s Starbase Is Becoming a Texas City
“The South Texas home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is on its way to becoming an official city with a galactic name: Starbase,” the AP reports. “A vote Saturday…
Trump Shares Image of Himself as the Pope
President Trump shared an image of him as the Pope on Truth Social. It was also shared by the official White House account on X. The papal conclave to elect…
Trump Rages at Judge After Ruling Halting Deportations
“President Donald Trump had a meltdown Saturday after a federal judge banned him from using a centuries-old wartime act to deport men without due process,” the Daily Beast reports. Wrote…
Is the U.S. Becoming an Autocracy?
Andrew Marantz: “Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.” Save to Favorites
