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A Biden Family Insider Tells All
Michael LaRosa, longtime press secretary for first lady Jill Biden, opened up to Tara Palmeri: “There are some things that are true, like the gaslighting. There was a lot of…
FBI Investigating Trump EPA Claims of Fraud
“FBI agents this week questioned Environmental Protection Agency employees regarding a Biden administration grant program for climate and clean-energy projects, escalating a criminal probe that already caused one veteran prosecutor…
Ex-Defense Chiefs Denounce Trump’s Pentagon Firings
Five former defense secretaries denounced President Trump’s firing last week of the Joint Chiefs chairman and several other senior military officials, urging Congress to hold hearings and declaring they have…
Judge Blocks Trump’s Mass Firings
“A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Office of Personnel Management to rescind directives that initiated the mass firing of probationary government workers in several agencies across the government, ruling…
Mexico Releases Cartel Operatives Into U.S. Custody
“The Mexican government on Thursday sent to the United States nearly 30 top cartel operatives wanted by the American authorities, including one notorious drug lord whom U.S. officials had been…
Iowa Ends Transgender Civil Rights Protections
“Over the protests of hundreds of Iowans chanting ‘no hate in our state,’ Iowa’s Republican-dominated Legislature voted Thursday to pass a bill removing gender identity as a protected class in…
Trump Sounds Warmer Tone on Ukraine
“President Trump struck a more supportive tone on Ukraine during his meetings with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Thursday, but stopped short of promising the security guarantees for Kyiv that…
Trump’s Kryptonite
Charlie Cook: “More than the border or the chaos of the Afghanistan pullout, it was the spike in inflation in 2021 and 2022 after the American Rescue Act funds hit…
GOP Senators Challenge Legality of Trump’s Aid Cuts
“A handful of Republican senators have joined their Democratic colleagues in expressing alarm over the Trump administration’s foreign aid freeze and gutting of USAID, writing to Marco Rubio that they…
Trump Reversed Course More Than a Dozen Times
Time: “Those mistakes are already proving costly—and embarrassing—as the administration’s cuts hit critical functions of government like nuclear security, pandemic prevention, and veteran assistance, prompting officials to backtrack.” “Less than…
Judge Wants Sworn Testimony from DOGE Officials
A federal judge has ordered Trump administration officials involved in Elon Musk’s “opaque” Department of Government Efficiency to testify under oath in one of the sprawling lawsuits seeking to block…
Transparency Doublespeak
This post for members was written by Leonard Steinhorn, Professor of Communication and History at American University and a former political speechwriter. “There are three kinds of lies,” according to…
Elon Musk Urges Retired Air Traffic Workers to Return
“Elon Musk is urging retired air traffic controllers to come back to the workforce amid the nationwide shortage of workers,” The Hill reports. Said Musk: “There is a shortage of…
Jeffrey Epstein Files Released
The Jeffrey Epstein files were released today, but nearly everything interesting was redacted. A source who had reviewed the filed told the New York Post that the unveiling was likely…
Trump Officials Race to Rehire Bird Flu Employees
Politico: “Roughly a quarter of employees in a critical office testing for the disease were cut, as well as scientists and inspectors. The dismissals have already helped trigger a partial…
USAID Workers Clear Out Their Desks
“U.S. Agency for International Development workers, some in tears, carted away belongings from a final visit to their now-closed headquarters Thursday as the Trump administration’s rapid-fire dismantling of the congressionally…
Trump Risks American Consumer Backlash
“Almost 60% of US adults expect Trump’s tariffs will lead to higher prices, according to a Bloomberg/Harris Poll. Some 44% say the levies are likely to be bad for the…
Jobless Claims Spike
“First-time applications for unemployment benefits rose much more than expected last week, a likely indication of some ‘noisy’ data, but also a potential worrisome hint that cracks may be forming…
Kash Patel Wants to Bring the UFC to the FBI
“Newly-installed FBI Director Kash Patel, whose proclaimed plans to overhaul the nation’s premier law enforcement agency have rattled many within the bureau, has proposed enhancing the FBI’s ranks with help…
Trump Team Tightens Control Over Government Lawyers
“After President Trump lost the 2020 election, his allies thought about what to do differently if he returned to power. One lesson from his first term, they decided, was that…
