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Phone Searches at the Border Hit a Record High
“Customs and Border Protection agents searched nearly 15,000 devices from April through June of this year, a nearly 17 percent spike over the previous three-month high in 2022,” Wired reports….
D.C. Residents Oppose Trump’s Police Takeover
Roughly 8 in 10 Washington, DC, residents oppose President Trump ordering the federal government to take control of the city’s police department as well as his deployment of the National…
Judge Halts Ten Commandments in Texas Schools
“A Texas federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked from taking full effect a new state law requiring public schools to display donated posters of the Ten Commandments in classrooms,” the…
GOP Lawmaker Says He’s Spoken to Dead Voters
Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) claimed on Fox Business that he’s spoken to “large numbers” of dead people who had mail ballots sent to them. Save to Favorites
Hillary Clinton Says Court Will Overturn Gay Marriage
Hillary Clinton predicted that the Supreme Court will “do to gay marriage what they did to abortion” and send it back to states to decide, Axios reports. Said Clinton: “I…
California Democrats Prefer Newsom Over Harris
A new Politico-Citrin Center poll finds California Democrats would take Gavin Newsom over Kamala Harris in a 2028 presidential primary, 25% to 19%. Save to Favorites
Get Ready for Higher Car Prices
“Car buyers are likely to pay more this fall as tariffs begin to drive up sticker prices — and not just on imported vehicles,” Axios reports. “Automakers can’t eat the…
California Common Cause Board Members Quit
“Multiple California Common Cause advisory board members have resigned as the organization grapples with its response to a national gerrymandering battle,” Politico reports. “The departures speak to a fraught moment…
Texas Democrats Plot to Stall Redistricting Effort
“Texas House Democrats on Wednesday plan to offer an amendment that would block a Republican redistricting effort until the complete release of the Jeffrey Epstein files,” Axios reports. “The Democratic…
Trump Keeps Defending Russia
Tom Nichols: “Donald Trump loves to speak extemporaneously, and usually, he makes very little sense… Trying to turn his ramblings into a coherent message is like trying, as an old…
Trump Declares Himself a ‘War Hero’
President Trump praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel as a “war hero” for ordering his country’s forces to bombard Iran’s nuclear sites — and then said that the same…
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Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus
New York Times: “Between the federal government’s heightened vetting of student visas and President Trump’s travel ban, the number of international students newly enrolled in American universities seems certain to…
Trump’s Ambiguity Is the Worst of All Worlds
Janan Ganesh: “If Trump were clear and consistent that he is abandoning Ukraine, as well as Europe and Nato, the continent would have no choice but to become militarily self-sufficient…
Trump Snapped Up More Than $100 Million in Bonds
“President Donald Trump has been on a multimillion-dollar bond-buying spree since taking office, investing in debt issued by local authorities, gas districts and major American corporations,” CNBC reports. Save to…
Trump Calls on Fed Governor to Resign
“Donald Trump has called on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign, after one of his top allies in government called for an investigation into the central banker over alleged…
Minnesota Says TikTok Preys on Young People
Minnesota has “joined a wave of states suing TikTok, alleging the social media giant preys on young people with addictive algorithms that trap them into becoming compulsive consumers of its…
America’s Coming Crash
Ken Rogoff: “With long-term interest rates up sharply, public debt nearing its post–World War II peak, foreign investors becoming more skittish, and politicians showing little appetite for reining in fresh…
Can Putin Really Negotiate with Zelensky?
“If Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees to meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, as urged by President Trump, he will come face-to-face with a man he has spent 3½ years…
Elon Musk Has a Favorite to Succeed Trump
Elon Musk has quietly abandoned plans to launch his own political party. Instead, he appears to have chosen the man he believes should inherit Donald Trump’s movement: Vice President JD…
