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The GOP’s Real Power Center
The real center of gravity in the Republican Party no longer resides with its elected officials. It has shifted decisively to conservative media. Today’s GOP politicians do not lead the…
Trump Was ‘Only Joking’ About Canceling Midterms
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump was “speaking facetiously” when he suggested there should not be midterm elections, the Times of London reports. Said Leavitt: “The president…
Trump Officials Conspired to Violate Constitution
A federal judge decried what he said were “breathtaking” constitutional violations by senior Trump administration officials and called the president an “authoritarian” who expects everyone in the executive branch to…
U.S. Warned Iran Strikes Could Lead to Major Conflict
“Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Oman urged Donald Trump not to launch airstrikes against Iran in a last-minute lobbying campaign prompted by fears that an attack by Washington would lead…
Trump’s Immigration Erosion Worries His Team
“President Trump’s team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling. The results, reflected in public surveys, bolstered internal concern about the administration’s confrontational enforcement…
Irony Is Dead
The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. Should the president ever flip the bird at a factory worker? Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis,…
Democrats Chart Long-Shot Path to Retake Senate
“Democrats are voicing growing confidence about their long-shot push to reclaim control of the Senate, identifying a narrow path to the majority in November’s midterm elections that is still strewn…
Powell Probe Upends Final Stretch of Fed Chair Contest
“The criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell threatens to upend the contest over whom President Trump will choose to succeed him as it enters its final stretch,” the…
House Republicans Are a Mess
Punchbowl News: “The House GOP leadership’s current processes aren’t designed for this historically-narrow majority, and most members in the Republican Conference recognize they need to change how they operate.” “With…
Absences Make It Hard to Pass Trump’s Agenda
Washington Post: “Even when everyone is in Washington, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faces challenges holding his razor-thin majority together in the House. But a spate of absences in recent weeks…
U.S. Testing Device Linked to Havana Syndrome
“The U.S. government has in its possession a device that is believed to cause Havana Syndrome — the affliction that scores of intelligence officers, military personnel, and diplomats began reporting…
Pentagon Taking Over ‘Stars and Stripes’
The Pentagon announced Thursday it would take editorial control of independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes to refocus coverage on “warfighting” and remove “woke distractions,” The Hill reports. Save to…
Machado Presented Trump with Nobel Prize
“Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado met Thursday with President Trump and presented him with her Nobel Peace Prize, an honor he has long coveted,” the Wall Street Journal reports….
A Shift Toward ‘Absolute Immunity’ for ICE
New York Times: “The fatal shooting of Renee Good last week by an ICE agent in Minneapolis — and the quick reaction by Trump administration officials to declare the agent…
Trump and Schumer Hold Rare White House Meeting
“President Donald Trump met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday — a rare one-on-one meeting between the two native New Yorkers,” Politico reports. “The two have shadow-boxed repeatedly…
Trump’s Pick for Ambassador to Iceland Apologizes
President Trump’s pick for ambassador to Iceland, former Rep. Billy Long, told Arctic Today that he apologizes for comments he made Tuesday about making Iceland the 52nd state with himself…
Trump to Voters, Allies, and Critics: ‘I Don’t Care’
As public support erodes for President Trump’s mass deportation agenda, don’t expect him to recalibrate. Retreat has never been part of the Trump playbook. That much was obvious in a…
Nydia Velázquez Gives Mamdani a Warning
Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) “has a word of warning for Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor she just helped to elect: Back off city politics,” the New York Times…
Predictions Markets Share One Commonality
New York Times: “The companies running online prediction markets, where ordinary people bet on real-world events, can count on intense interest in what President Trump might have up his sleeve…”…
Jeff Bezos Needs to Speak Up
Jonathan Chait writes that the raid on a Washington Post reporter’s home is deeply troubling. “The question that has hung over the Post since Bezos’s heel turn has been whether…
