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CEO Economic Outlook Sinks to Five-Year Low
“Economic sentiment among America’s top CEOs plunged to the lowest level since 2020, according to a new survey by the Business Roundtable,” Axios reports. “Chief executives have not been this…
Feds Investigate Anonymous Pizza Deliveries
“Federal authorities are trying to determine who has been anonymously ordering pizzas that are sent to the homes of U.S. lawmakers across the country and to the homes of those…
Trump Is Bad at This
Jonathan Bernstein: “I noted over the weekend several reasons why Donald Trump himself, his presidency, and his administration overall are nowhere near prepared for the Iran/Israel situation.” “But the more…
Housing Market Slump Is Getting Worse
“A longtime slump in the new housing sector is getting worse, according to new indicators,” Axios reports. “The broader economy held up during a ‘rolling recession’ that hit the housing…
A New Middle East Is Unfolding
Time: “The war on Iran, by contrast, is one Israel spent years planning for, and opened with the playbook of deception, decapitation, and precision strikes on missile sites….the question is…
U.S. Giving Up on Taxing Inheritances
Washington Post: “Congressional Republicans are proposing to permanently allow wealthy families to pass on more of their assets tax-free, as the federal government all but abandons taxing large inheritances.” Save…
Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Is Missing in Action
“For decades, Iran’s leaders built up a network of allied militias in the Middle East that shared a hatred of Israel and America to gain regional influence and protect the…
A New MAGA Litmus Test
“Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) is providing some supporting Senate fire in President Trump’s unrelenting assault on Fed Chair Jerome Powell,” Axios reports. “Senate Republicans have largely defended Powell in the…
Travel Restrictions Bar Residents Needed at U.S. Hospitals
“Travel and visa restrictions imposed by the Trump administration threaten patient care at hundreds of hospitals that depend on medical residents recruited from overseas,” the New York Times reports. “Foreign…
Los Angeles Dodgers to Help Immigrant Communities
“The Dodgers on Thursday will announce their plans to assist the immigrant communities recently impacted in Los Angeles,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Save to Favorites
Trump at Odds with U.S. Intelligence
“The U.S. assessment of Iran’s nuclear program has not changed since March, when the director of national intelligence told lawmakers that Tehran has large amounts of enriched uranium but has…
Americans Still Stuck in Israel
“The U.S. State Department said Wednesday it had ‘no announcement about assisting’private U.S. citizens to depart at this time,” after the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem said it was working on…
Swiss Exports to U.S. Collapse
“Swiss exports to the US plunged for a second month as cross-border shippers wait for a trade deal to cushion tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump,” Bloomberg reports. Save to…
Trump to Cut Inspectors Monitoring Gun Sales
“The Justice Department plans to slash the number of inspectors who monitor federally licensed gun dealers by two-thirds, sharply limiting the government’s already crimped capacity to identify businesses that sell…
Israel to Intensify Strikes on Iran
“Israeli officials said they would intensify strikes on Tehran after a key hospital in southern Israel was hit in an Iranian missile attack,” the Washington Post reports. Save to Favorites
A Big, Beautiful Loser
Punchbowl News: “Republicans know they have a big, beautiful problem: The centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s agenda is polling like garbage.” “Public surveys from this month paint a grim picture…
Gulf States Caught off Guard by Israel’s Iran Attack
Bloomberg: “They spent years working toward a detente with their historical enemy. Now they’re contemplating a conflict that could jeopardize their oil infrastructure, hamper their ambitious economic plans and destabilize…
Visa Rules Force Foreign Students to Unlock Social Media
“Foreign students will be required to unlock their social media profiles to allow US diplomats to review their online activity before receiving educational and exchange visas, the state department has…
Exchange of the Day
Tucker Carlson accused Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) of being a “sleazy feline”: CRUZ: It’s interesting you’re trying to derail my questions by calling me an anti-Semite, which you are. CARLSON:…
Trump Keeps Everyone Guessing
CNN: “He might do it. But he might not. And you’ve got no idea whether he will. Then again, neither does he.” “Donald Trump’s riffing ahead of the most wrenching…
