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A Press Secretary Who ‘Speaks Trump Fluently’
President Trump “is said to adore” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, the Wall Street Journal reports. “But there is no guarantee it will last with a president who cycled…
Trump Is Canceling Cancel Culture
Playbook: “Now, Trump isn’t just remaking government. He’s remaking the lives of politicians and people in his orbit who once found themselves cast out of polite society.” “Trump is rolling…
Quote of the Day
“This is two cops talking. We’re talking cop. Once you’re a cop, you never lose that language… this is a conversation between two cops having a good time, and people…
NATO Scrambles to Find a New Leader
“European officials say they get Donald Trump’s point: They need to take care of their own defense — with less help from the Americans,” Politico reports. “But on the sidelines…
Trump Cuts Hit Office Handling Bird Flu Response
“Laboratories in a national network of 58 facilities responding to the spread of bird flu were notified Friday that 25 percent of the staff in a central program office coordinating…
Ukraine Left Out of Talks to End War
Ukraine was “not informed” about the U.S. delegation due to head to Saudi Arabia for talks with Russia on ending the war, CNN reports. NBC News: Top Trump administration officials…
Appeals Court Queues Up First Test of Trump’s Power
“A federal appeals court on Saturday allowed the head of a government ethics watchdog agency, whom President Donald Trump fired last week, to stay on the job. It’s a decision…
Democrats Confront Their Powerlessness
“Amid Democrats’ shock and bickering over how much to respond to President Donald Trump is a deeper question rippling through leaders across the Capitol and across the country: How much…
Trump Leaves Anti-Terror Programs in Limbo
“President Donald Trump’s sweeping freeze on U.S. foreign assistance has threatened programs intended to counter al-Shabab bombmakers, contain the spread of al-Qaeda across West Africa and secure Islamic State prisoners…
Trump’s Tariff Plan Could Upend World Economy
“The world economy was already grappling with a perplexing assortment of variables, from geopolitical conflicts and a slowdown in China to the evolving complexities of climate change. Then, President Trump…
Trump May Grant Putin More Power in Europe
“President Vladimir Putin of Russia shocked the audience at the annual security conference in Munich in 2007 by demanding the rollback of domineering American influence and a new balance of…
Trump Officials Want to Un-Fire Nuclear Safety Workers
“National Nuclear Security Administration officials on Friday attempted to notify some employees who had been let go the day before that they are now due to be reinstated — but…
ICE Struggles to Boost Arrest Numbers
“Since taking office, President Donald Trump has launched an all-of-government immigration crackdown with the urgency of a wartime effort, a mobilization comparable in scope to the responses to the 9/11…
Macron Calls Emergency European Summit on Trump
French President Emmanuel Macron is convening European leaders for an emergency summit in Paris on Monday, Politico reports. Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said that he expects the European leaders…
Trump Pledges to Treat Value Added Tax Like a Tariff
“President Trump said Saturday the U.S. will treat value added tax systems the same as tariffs, for purposes of helping to calculate the reciprocal levies on other countries he ordered…
Trump Media Lost More Than $400 Million Last Year
“The parent company of President Donald Trump’s social networking site Truth Social says it lost $400.9 million last year and its annual revenue declined 12% to $3.6 million,” the AP…
Trump Uses Legal System to His Advantage
New York Times: “Mr. Trump has long viewed the justice system as a battleground on which power is deployed for transactional political or personal ends. During his first term and…
An Unchecked Trump Rapidly Remakes U.S. Government
New York Times: “At every step in his second term, Mr. Trump is demonstrating how unbound he is from prior restraints, dramatically remaking both domestic and foreign policy at a…
Trump May Fire 15,000 IRS Employees
Roughly 15,000 IRS employees have been identified for possible termination as early as next week as the White House seeks to find cost savings across the government, ABC News reports….
Senator Says Democrats’ Brand ‘Is Really Bad’
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) has a blunt assessment of the Democratic Party’s struggles in the wake of its crushing losses in the last election, Politico reports. Said Warner: “I think…
