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Doctors Whose Licenses Were Revoked Back RFK Jr.
“A letter submitted to the U.S. Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services includes…
Officials Say Trump Nearly Flooded Farms in California
“President Donald Trump declared victory on Friday in his long-running water war with California, boasting he sent billions of gallons south — but local officials say they narrowly prevented him…
Trump to Revoke Legal Status for Many Migrants
“The Trump administration is preparing to revoke legal status for many migrants who entered the United States under a Biden-era program, expanding the pool of people who could be deported,”…
Trump Fires Head of Consumer Protection Bureau
“President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover,” the AP reports. Save to Favorites
Trump’s Approval Rating Looks Fragile
Ed Kilgore: “One of the great anomalies of American politics is that Donald Trump, who has been elected to the presidency twice and came very close to victory a third…
Trump Sketches Unprecedented Plan for Tariffs
“President Donald Trump on Friday dramatically expanded his global trade war, confirming that he will impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday and announcing plans for additional import…
FBI Agents Stunned by the Scale of Expected Purge
Shane Harris: “Seasoned members of the nation’s top law-enforcement agency are bracing for a mass expulsion as the president roots out anyone he sees as disloyal to him.” Save to…
Democrats Wonder Where Their Leaders Are
Elaine Godfrey: “The Democrats are angry. Well, at least some of them.” “For months, party activists have felt bitter about Kamala Harris’s election loss, and incensed at the leaders who…
Can Trump Deliver for Working Class Voters?
NPR: “It has long been said that politics ‘makes strange bedfellows,’ but some such alliances are surely stranger than others.” “Take, for example, the emerging collaboration of working-class voters with…
Public Health Info Pulled Offline
“Large amounts of public information about HIV and the health of teens, transgender and LGBTQ+ people abruptly disappeared late Friday from the website of the Centers for Disease and Control…
Fight Against DEI Dominates Start of Trump’s Term
Wall Street Journal: “Trump came into office promising to transform the economy and challenge the global order—and he moved swiftly on that agenda as well. But his focus on DEI…
Elon Musk Spent $288 Million to Elect Trump
“Elon Musk spent at least $288 million to help elect President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates,” according to a Washington Post analysis of new Federal Election Commission filings. “Friday’s…
Migrant Flights to Guantanamo Begin This Weekend
“The Pentagon expects to send two flights of migrants to Guantanamo Bay this weekend, the first step in President Donald Trump’s plans to use the the base for detaining people…
House GOP Nears Plan for Trump’s Agenda
“House Republicans are uniting around a massive tax and spending bill to codify President Donald Trump’s campaign promises that will not require substantial spending reductions, because party leaders have decided…
Trump May Purge Hundreds from the FBI
“President Donald Trump’s administration has launched a sweeping effort to fire a large number of FBI agents across the country who worked on investigations targeting the president and his supporters,”…
Trump Media Gifts Stock to Two Trump Nominees
Trump Media this week gifted thousands of shares of company stock to President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director, Kash Patel, Donald Trump Jr. and the president’s pick for Education…
New York Doctor Indicted for Prescribing Abortion Pills
“A New York doctor was indicted by a Louisiana grand jury on Friday for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the Deep South state, which has one of the…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“We’re gonna take it back… they’ve totally violated the agreement.” — Donald Trump, in the Oval Office, on the Panama Canal. Save to Favorites
FCC Demands 60 Minutes Footage and Transcripts
“The Federal Communications Commission requested that Paramount Global hand over its footage and transcripts from an October “60 Minutes” interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris as part of its…
Trump Seeks to Share Info on Immigrant Minors
“The Trump administration is seeking to grant U.S. immigration officers access to databases that contain the information on hundreds of thousands of immigrant teens and children who crossed into the…
