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Trump May Get Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race
“President Trump may have moved out of New York City, but he has privately discussed whether to intercede in its fractious race for mayor to try to stop Zohran Mamdani,…
Ghislaine Maxwell Said Trump Did Nothing Wrong
“During her nine hours speaking with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche last month, Ghislaine Maxwell said nothing during the interview that would be harmful to President Donald Trump, telling Blanche…
Stagflation is a Lot Closer Than You Think
Edward Harrison: “The Federal Reserve is in a bind. After shockingly weak jobs data on Friday — and with inflation stubbornly above trend — it’s becoming clear that the central…
Trump Says He Intends to Meet with Putin and Zelensky
President Trump intends to meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week, and he plans to follow up shortly afterward with a meeting between himself,…
Trump Adviser Says 2012 Election Was Rigged
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett suggested to Fox News that the Bureau of Labor Statistics rigged the 2012 presidential election for President Barack Obama. Save to Favorites
Nebraska Could Be Next to Redistrict
Retiring Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) told the Nebraska Examiner that national and state conversations are happening about Nebraska legislators potentially redrawing the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District — though he emphasized…
What Fox News Is Talking About
Fox News shows mentioned actress Sydney Sweeney and her jeans ad 766 times in the span of a week, CNN reports. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Epstein’s name came up just 53 times that same…
Top Gerrymandering Foe May Reconsider Its Position
Common Cause, which has led the fight against gerrymandering, “is in the midst of a tense internal debate over whether to modify its position opposing all partisan redistricting, a remarkable…
Tulsi Gabbard Overrode Top Officials on Russia Report
“The Trump administration pushed to unveil a highly classified document on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election after an intense behind-the-scenes struggle over secrecy, which ended in late July when…
OpenAI Announces Massive Federal Partnership
“OpenAI is partnering with the U.S. government to make its leading frontier models available to federal employees. Under the agreement, federal agencies can access OpenAI’s models for $1 for the…
Texas Democrats Evacuated After Bomb Threat
“Democratic state lawmakers who left Texas to block a Republican plan to redraw the congressional map, were evacuated from a suburban Chicago hotel Wednesday morning because of what police called…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“We understand that Vice President JD Vance will hold a strategy session this evening at his residence with administration officials. Missing from this group is, of course, any survivor of…
Democrats Have Hurdles in Plan to Retaliate
NBC News: “Retaliation threats have come from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who lead states where Democrats control large legislative majorities. Two can play at…
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How Trump’s $150 Billion Tariff Brag Could Backfire
“President Donald Trump boasts that his tariffs have raked in billions. There’s a chance his government will have to pay a lot of it back,” Politico reports. “Several companies and…
Trump Math
Jake Tapper: “President Trump has been creating his own equations when it comes to jobs numbers, poll numbers; citing fake numbers to justify actions; ignoring real ones that go against…
‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Worker Describes ‘Inhumane’ Conditions
A former corrections officer at “Alligator Alcatraz” in Florida told NBC Miami she saw hundreds of migrants held in cages with no sunlight, backed up toilets and little access to…
Trumpworld Knows Epstein Is a Problem
“Privately, some of President Donald Trump’s most loyal allies have come to a sobering conclusion. There’s simply nothing that can be done, they’ve come to believe, to salvage the ongoing…
Trump Officials Meet to Discuss Esptein Strategy
“Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney General…
Trump Could Derail Deal Between ESPN and the NFL
“The wild card in the proposed NFL-ESPN deal is Donald Trump. The blockbuster agreement, which would give the league a multibillion-dollar equity stake in the Disney-owned company, could be delayed…
