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Kyrsten Sinema Sees Opportunity Under Trump
Wall Street Journal: “Her salaries haven’t been disclosed but people aware of her projects estimate she is set to make well over a million dollars this year. … It isn’t…
Focus Will Soon Turn to Elections
Playbook: “If the government stays open in October, then attention will increasingly turn toward elections on Nov. 4. — the pivotal electoral night of the year. In addition to the…
Questions Swirl About Trump’s Health
Garrett Graff: “After he was glimpsed from a distance by the White House press pool leaving to golf on Saturday, social media Carrie Mathisons picked apart his golf photos wondering…
Democrats Itching for Shutdown Standoff
Politico: “Democrats — eager to show the base that they’re taking the fight to the president — will almost certainly take the bait, making the prospects of a shutdown extremely…
Quote of the Day
“He seems to wake up and say, what else needs to be improved? Every day, it’s something new.” — A source in the White House, quoted by Politico, on President…
Congress’ Plate Is Full After Recess
Punchbowl News: “Lawmakers return to Washington on Tuesday amid a deeply unsettled national political and economic landscape. President Donald Trump is at the center of a dozen controversies roiling the…
Trump Won’t Follow Through on Threats to Russia
“President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will punish Russia and President Vladimir Putin if Moscow doesn’t come to the table and agree to peace talks or a ceasefire with…
Black Americans Are Losing Jobs
“Unemployment in the U.S. remains historically low at 4.2%. Yet Black workers are living in a different reality: Unemployment for Black Americans has surged to 7.2%, the highest level since…
India Was the Economic Alternative to China
“President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs landed like a declaration of economic war on India, undercutting enormous investments made by American companies to hedge their dependency on China,” the New York…
House Panel Withdraws Subpoena for Robert Mueller
“The GOP-led House Oversight Committee has officially withdrawn its request for former special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before the panel,“ ABC News reports. Said a spokesman: “We’ve learned that…
Views on Trump Will Factor Into This Fall’s Elections
“The midterms are over a year away, but both parties are gearing up for a spate of elections this November that could show how voters feel about President Donald Trump’s…
Crime Festers in Republican States
New York Times: “The image of red-state governors mustering uniformed troops for duty in blue-state cities has left many Americans with the foreboding sense of a nation dangerously divided, perhaps…
Xi Offers a Glimpse of His Alternative World Order
“Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have long showcased their bromance on the world stage,” Bloomberg reports. “Now, they’re embracing a powerful new friend: Indian Prime Minister…
Trump Tariff Case Ups Ante at Supreme Court
“The Supreme Court has flirted with a flurry of Trump administration matters in recent months, but the battle over the president’s sweeping global tariffs will put the justices directly on…
Gaza Postwar Plan Envisions Relocation of Full Population
“A postwar plan for Gaza circulating within the Trump administration, modeled on President Donald Trump’s vow to ‘take over’ the enclave, would turn it into a trusteeship administered by the…
Wes Moore Leaned Into His Fight with Trump
At the outset of President Trump’s second administration, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) vowed not to be “the leader of the resistance,” but, by last week, Moore was on television…
Giuliani Injured in Car Crash
Rudy Giuliani is recovering from a fractured vertebra and other injuries following a car crash in New Hampshire, the AP reports. Save to Favorites
Almost No Democrats Like the Direction of the Country
A new Gallup poll finds 76% of Republicans saying they are satisfied with the direction of the country versus less than 1% of Democrats. Save to Favorites
Trump Says He Caught Damage to Rose Garden
President Trump posted a video while accusing a subcontractor of damaging limestone in his Rose Garden redesign: “We caught them, cold.” Save to Favorites
Populist Parties Lead Polls in Europe’s Biggest Economies
“For the first time, populist or far-right parties are leading the polls in the U.K., France and Germany, the latest sign of growing voter discontent in much of the continent…
