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Stock Market Tumbles Into ‘Correction’ Territory
“Wall Street’s sell-off hit a new low Thursday after President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war dragged the S&P 500 more than 10% below its record, which was set just last…
Senate Democrats Hold Firm Ahead of Shutdown
“Senate Democrats are holding firm against the House GOP-passed government funding bill, inching the country closer to a shutdown with existing funding set to expire in less than 36 hours,”…
Trump Asks Justices to Allow Birthright Citizenship Curbs
“The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out,” the AP reports. “In emergency applications filed…
Trump to Invoke Wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798
“President Trump is planning to invoke a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as soon as Friday to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants, including…
Trump Doubles-Down on Tariff Plans
“President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his escalating tariff plans, even as his economic agenda continued to rattle investors and contribute to a weekslong stock market sell-off,” CNBC…
Sarah McBride Says She Lives ‘Rent-Free’ in GOP Heads
Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) said she lived to “rent-free in the minds of some of my Republican colleagues” amid a controversy about GOP lawmakers referring to her by the wrong…
Trump Says Annexation of Greenland ‘Will Happen’
“President Donald Trump said Thursday that he thought that the potential annexation of Greenland by the United States would happen,” CNBC reports. “Trump defended that idea, saying the U.S. needs…
Most Americans Worried Trump Is Too Close to Russia
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds more than half of Americans, including one in four Republicans, think President Donald Trump is “too closely aligned” with Russia, as he radically realigns U.S….
Dr. Oz Has a Tax Problem
“Former TV personality Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may have “significantly underpaid” his Medicare and Social Security taxes from…
Russia Didn’t Want Trump’s Envoy at Peace Talks
“President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia was excluded from high-level talks on ending the war after the Kremlin said it didn’t want him there,” NBC News reports. …
Trump’s Approval Underwater
A new Quinnipiac poll finds President Trump with a 42% to 52% approval rate. Said pollster Tim Malloy: “A noticeable uptick of discontent can be seen over President Trump’s handling…
Juliana Stratton Already Gunning for Durbin’s Seat
“Ambitious Illinois Democrats are dreaming about Sen. Dick Durbin’s exit in 2026. The latest contender: the state’s lieutenant governor,” Politico reports. “Juliana Stratton, who first took office in 2019, is…
Judge Says Trump Had No Authority for Mass Firings
“A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to offer jobs back to all probationary employees who were fired last month from the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Interior,…
Putin Says He’s Open to Cease-Fire
“President Vladimir Putin of Russia said on Thursday that he was open to the idea of a 30-day cease-fire in Ukraine but that a number of ‘questions’ must still be…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“No daylight, kid.” — President Biden, quoted by The Hill, telling Vice President Kamala Harris not to distance herself from him as she ran for president. Save to Favorites
Trump Pardons Ex-GOP Lawmaker in Tennessee
“President Trump has pardoned an imprisoned former Tennessee state senator who was two weeks into a 21-month sentence for his role in a campaign finance fraud scheme,” the New York…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“My ethical duty as a Department of Justice employee — and now a former one — is to the laws of the United States and the people that I was…
A New Spoils System
Don Moynihan: “Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to…
Top IRS Lawyer Pushed Aside
“The acting chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service has been removed from his position as billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service seeks access to sensitive taxpayer records,” the Washington…
Trump Asks for Military Options for the Panama Canal
“The White House has directed the U.S. military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama to achieve President Trump’s goal of ‘reclaiming’ the Panama Canal,”…
