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Trump Courts Blacks and White Supremacists
Associated Press: “Donald Trump will use back-to-back stops Saturday to court Black voters and a conservative group that has been accused of attracting white supremacists as the Republican presidential candidate…
CNN Will Share Debate Feed with Rivals
“CNN’s deal to produce the first debate of the 2024 presidential election cycle is a major coup for the news network. It won’t let viewers forget it,” the Los Angeles…
Biden to Raise $28 Million at Hollywood Event
New York Times: “Air Force One touched down in Washington only long enough to refuel for the continuing flight and landed in Los Angeles on Saturday morning.” “Tickets for the…
Michael Cohen to Challenge Jerry Nadler
Michael Cohen told New York Magazine that he will challenge Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) in the 2026 Democratic primary: “He’s been in office 30 years. We thank him for his…
RFK Jr. on the Cusp?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has hit CNN’s 15% debate participation threshold in three polls, Politico reports. He now needs a fourth. “But ballot access remains a problem. CNN is standing…
Share of ‘Double Haters’ Hits Historic High
A new Pew Research poll finds 25% of Americans hold unfavorable views of both Joe Biden and Donald Trump — the highest share of “double haters” at this stage in…
Clean Up on Aisle Trump
Punchbowl News: “Trump disparaged Milwaukee, the city where he’ll formally accept the GOP presidential nomination next month. He also told a bizarre story involving an imagined relationship with former Speaker…
How Pollsters Are Trying to Fix Their Polls
“Candidates and voters alike are wondering whether they can trust the polls ahead of November’s elections,” Axios reports. “The 2016 and 2020 elections rocked public confidence in polling after many…
Lawmakers Deny Themselves a Raise Again
Washington Post: “It’s been 15 years since members of the House and Senate allowed their federally mandated cost-of-living adjustment (often referred to as COLA) to take effect. Since then, their…
Top CEOs Are Flocking to Trump Again
“When Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, business leaders flocked to meet with him, hoping to tone down his trade policies and populist rhetoric while encouraging his business-friendly tax…
Trump, Biden and CNN Prepare for a Hostile Debate
New York Times: “There will be no opening statements. President Biden and former President Donald Trump will each have two minutes to answer questions — followed by one-minute rebuttals and…
No One Is Talking About Brexit
Wall Street Journal: “The ruling Conservative Party—which ran on a slogan to ‘Get Brexit Done’ during the last election in 2019—doesn’t want to dwell on its former flagship policy given…
What the U.S. Can Learn from Europe’s Populism Surge
Air Mail: “The traditional approach of stigmatizing far-right parties by invoking their authoritarian roots is having little effect on generations for whom Auschwitz, Vichy, and D-day are obscure references in…
Trump’s Remarks Cap Chaotic Week for GOP on Abortion
“Donald Trump on Thursday told Republicans to talk more about abortion. But earlier this week, at a gathering of staunchly anti-abortion Southern Baptists, Trump didn’t mention the word — opting…
Supreme Court’s Pace Will Produce Pileup of Rulings
“The Supreme Court has been moving at a sluggish pace in issuing decisions this term, entering the second half of June with more than 20 left to go. That is…
Neo-Nazi Group Designated as Terrorist Organization
“The State Department on Friday designated the largest neo-Nazi group in Sweden and its leaders as terrorists, only the second time it has applied the label to a white supremacist…
Garret Graves Won’t Run Again
Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) said “he will not run for reelection — ending months of questions about his political future after redistricting scrambled Louisiana’s congressional map,” Politico reports. “The decision…
Sunak Vows to Stay as MP If Tories Lose
“Rishi Sunak said he would stay on as a member of Parliament for five years, the typical full-length term of a UK government, even if his Conservative Party is ousted…
Trump Was ‘Meandering’ at Meeting with CEOs
“Donald Trump failed to impress everyone in a room full of top CEOs Thursday at the Business Roundtable’s quarterly meeting,” CNBC reports. Said one CEO: “Trump doesn’t know what he’s…
Justice Department Won’t Prosecute Merrick Garland
“The Justice Department said Friday that it would not act on the House’s contempt referral of Attorney General Merrick Garland,” CNN reports. “In a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson,…