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Tariff Costs to Hit $1.2 Trillion
“President Donald Trump’s tariffs will cost global businesses upward of $1.2 trillion in 2025, with most of the cost being passed onto consumers,” CNBC reports. Analysis from S&P Global “says…
Head of U.S. Military’s Southern Command Steps Down
“The military commander overseeing the Pentagon’s escalating attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea that the Trump administration says are smuggling drugs is stepping down,” the New York Times reports….
Billionaires Spend Big to Oppose Mamdani
“Billionaires are donating heavily in the waning days of the New York City mayor’s race to stop Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani,” USA Today reports. Save to Favorites
Trump’s Unilateral Cuts Complicate Shutdown Deal
“Long before Republicans and Democrats reached the stalemate that has shut down the government, President Trump made it clear that he was willing to ignore Congress’s constitutional power to allocate…
Deadbeat Campaigns Still Owe Creditors Millions
“When presidential contenders or congressional hopefuls flame out and abandon their campaigns, they often prepare to fight another day or simply fade away,” NOTUS reports. “But a few of these…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“The Democrat Party’s main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals.” — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, on Fox News. Save to Favorites
Biden Privately Praised Clarence Thomas
The Federalist obtained a voicemail from then Sen. Joe Biden to Justice Clarence Thomas’ answering machine praising him as a “person of character” just after his confirmation to the Supreme…
B-52 Bombers Buzz Coast of Venezuela
“Three B-52 bombers took off from Barksdale AFB in Louisiana on Wednesday and flew for hours near the coast of Venezuela, according to flight tracking data, in what appears to…
Senate Democrats Tank Military Funding Bill
“Senate Democrats on Thursday turned an annual Pentagon funding bill into the collateral damage of a fierce shutdown battle, blocking the legislation as they pressed for an agreement that includes…
Doubts Rise Over GOP’s Mamdani Strategy
Time: “While Democrats in races across the country are bracing for Mamdani to come up in opponents’ attack ads and fundraising ploys, it’s unclear how much of it will resonate…
The White House Is Convinced Its Winning the Shutdown
“The White House’s political operation is telling congressional Republicans to hold firm on the government shutdown, citing internal and external polling that show Democrats’ numbers are eroding,” Axios reports. “Since…
Wes Moore Leads In Possible Race with Larry Hogan
A new Baltimore Banner poll in Maryland finds Gov. Wes Moore (D) leading in a possible match up with former Gov. Larry Hogan (R), 45% to 37% with another 14%…
Voters Blame Everyone for the Shutdown
A new AP-NORC poll shows fairly similar proportions of Americans placing significant onus for the shutdown on Donald Trump at 58%, congressional Republicans at 58% and congressional Democrats at 54%. Save…
Gaza Peace Deal Already Unraveling?
President Trump on Truth Social: “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them.”…
Trump to Meet Putin in Hungary
“President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’ll meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Hungary to try to resolve the war in Ukraine, but a date has yet to be determined,”…
No Movement on the Shutdown
“The top four congressional leaders spent Thursday trading accusations about the existence — or lack thereof — of a formal offer to end the government shutdown, now in its 16th…
Trump to Announce Proposal to Make IVF More Accessible
“President Trump plans to announce a policy proposal on Thursday to make in vitro fertilization more accessible, the first concrete step from the White House on an issue that Mr….
White House Keeps GOP Lawmakers In the Dark
“As the government shutdown drags on, many congressional Republicans are in the dark about the Trump administration’s decisions over which federal workers are being laid off and which federal contracts…
Mike Johnson Backs Off Pledge to Debate Hakeem Jeffries
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) walked back his agreement to debate Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on C-SPAN’s “Ceasefire” program, The Hill reports. Said Johnson: “I’ll debate Hakeem Jeffries anywhere, anytime…
Trump Boxes In Democrats Again
President Trump’s memo authorizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to redirect unspent federal funds is another classic Trump move — legally dubious but politically shrewd. Under the Constitution, only Congress controls…
