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Finger-Pointing Amid Pressure to Ramp Up Deportations
“White House pressure to ramp up deportations has sparked rising tension and finger-pointing inside the Department of Homeland Security, with the agency’s secretary, Kristi Noem, and her top adviser blaming…
Exchange of the Day
President Trump took questions from reporters: REPORTER: What is your message to the 24 million Americans who will see their insurance premiums go up? TRUMP: You make it sound so…
Trump Confronts His Political Reality
David Graham: “One of the secrets to Trump’s success has been his control over other Republican figures, because of either their political and personal affinity or, failing that, the ability…
Obamacare Changed the Politics of Health Care
Jonathan Chait: “Fifteen years after its passage, the ACA is a gigantic political pain point for the GOP. You would think Republicans would have made their peace with the law…
Tucker Carlson Keeps Attacking Republicans
“Tucker Carlson knows a thing or two about stirring up controversy,” the New York Times reports. “But even so, his ongoing feud with fellow members of the Republican Party —…
Indiana Handed Trump His Biggest Defeat Yet
Russell Berman: “Over the past few days, I’ve asked both Republicans and Democrats here to explain why Indiana has become the new hotbed of GOP resistance to Trump…” “I received…
The Indiana Vote Is an Inflection Point
Jonathan Chait: “In rejecting yesterday a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump, Indiana’s Republican-controlled senate did not merely deny Republicans two new U.S. House seats in next year’s midterm…
House GOP Will Allow Vote on Obamacare Subsidies
“House GOP leadership will permit a floor vote to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies — an olive branch to moderate members who have been clamoring for a chance to go on…
U.S. Forces Raid Ship Headed to Iran From China
“A U.S. special operations team boarded a ship in the Indian Ocean last month and seized military-related articles headed to Iran from China, a rare interdiction operation at sea aimed…
National Parks Ordered to Remove Items From Gift Shops
“The Trump administration has ordered the National Park Service to pull any merchandise related to diversity, equity and inclusion from its gift shops, intensifying the federal government’s crackdown on D.E.I….
ICE Using Airline Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
“The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts…
Hated by All the Right People
Out next month: Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind by Jason Zengerle. An eye-opening examination of Tucker Carlson’s rise through conservative media…
Trump Leaning Toward Warsh or Hassett to Lead the Fed
“President Trump said he was leaning toward choosing either former Fed governor Kevin Warsh or National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett to lead the Federal Reserve next year,” the Wall…
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Big Majority Say Trump Is Hiding Information on Epstein
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 70% of Americans said they believe the Trump administration is hiding information about people tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s victimization of young women. Save to Favorites
Jasmine Crockett Leads Democratic Field in Texas
A new Texas Southern University poll in Texas finds that 51% of likely Democratic primary voters favor Jasmine Crockett (D) for U.S. Senate while 43% prefer James Talarico (D) and…
Justice Department Sues Georgia County
“The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, over records related to the 2020 election, escalating the Trump administration’s efforts to boost the president’s false claims that…
Trump Already Looks Like a Lame Duck
The signs are piling up that Donald Trump is slipping into lame-duck territory even before the year is out. Democrats are winning races they have no business winning under normal…
Donald Trump Had a Really Bad Day
Charlie Sykes: “The House rejected one of his executive orders; another grand jury refused to indict Letitia James; a judge freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia and called out the Administration’s bullshit;…
The Sleeper Issue That Could Destroy the Economy
Catherine Rampell: “There are many items on President Trump’s agenda that are hurting the U.S. economy: the pointless trade wars, the socialization of the private sector, the mass deportations, and…
