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Most CEOs Say Trump Has Harmed Their Businesses
“In private, the leaders of some of the country’s best-known companies say that a number of White House policies have been bad for their businesses — and possibly illegal, per…
Trump Scrambles to Save Kirk’s Young Voter Machine
“The Trump White House is scrambling to preserve the powerful voter mobilization machine built by Charlie Kirk, whose assassination left a leadership vacuum at one of the right’s most influential…
Harris Says She Was Reckless Not to Challenge Biden
“In her first television interview about her new campaign memoir, Kamala Harris was pressed on what she meant when she wrote that it was reckless to let former President Joe…
Murdochs Seek Return to Social With TikTok
“A Fox Corp. investment in TikTok would give the Murdoch media empire a platform with 170 million US users to promote a broad range of TV programming — from the…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“We’ve got a lot of stupid people in this country running things.” — President Trump, speaking to reporters this afternoon. Save to Favorites
Sinclair Won’t Air Return of Jimmy Kimmel’s Show
While “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to ABC on Tuesday, the late night show won’t be returning to Sinclair’s ABC affiliates as the broadcaster will replace the show with news…
Trump Gives Unproven Medical Advice
“President Trump spoke about autism and vaccines at the White House, giving direct and unproven medical advice about vaccines and the use of a common painkiller, acetaminophen, despite not having…
Wall Street Journal Seeks Dismissal of Trump’s Lawsuit
“The Wall Street Journal, its parent company and Rupert Murdoch asked a federal judge to dismiss Donald Trump‘s $10 billion defamation lawsuit over the publication’s report on the president’s past…
White House Denies Homan Took Bag of Cash
“A White House spokeswoman denied on Monday that the president’s border czar, Tom Homan, accepted a bag with $50,000 in cash as part of an undercover FBI investigation last September,…
Trump Agrees to Meet with Schumer and Jeffries
President Donald Trump plans to meet this week with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to discuss the looming government-funding crisis, Punchbowl News reports. Save…
Justices Weigh Trump’s Power Over Independent Agencies
“The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider expanding President Donald Trump’s power to shape independent agencies by overturning a nearly century-old decision limiting when presidents can fire board members,”…
Trump Cancels Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars
“The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking back…
Jimmy Kimmel to Return to Air
Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show will resume broadcasting on Tuesday, days after Disney pulled the show indefinitely during controversy over the host’s remarks about the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk,…
Georgia Election Case Against Trump Hits the Skids
Atlanta Journal Constitution: “It’s not quite over. The case will soon be transferred to the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, a nonpartisan state agency that steps in when a prosecutor…
Mamdani Cancels Town Hall Over Kimmel Suspension
“Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, said on Monday that he was canceling a town hall on WABC that had been planned for this week,…
This Is How Democracy Ends
Zack Beauchamp: “The kind of authoritarianism I fear is emerging in the United States, which political scientists call ‘competitive authoritarianism,’ doesn’t involve the outright criminalization of the opposition or formal…
Trump to Redirect Funds for California High-Speed Rail
“The Trump administration plans to allocate the roughly $2.4 billion that was stripped from California’s embattled high-speed rail to other transit projects,” Bloomberg reports. Save to Favorites
How Much Trump’s Kids Have Made from His Presidency
Forbes: “President Trump just had the most lucrative year of his life. But percentage-wise, members of his immediate family, including sons Eric, Don Jr. and Barron, did even better.” “Crypto…
Democrats Want to Negotiate with Trump on Shutdown
New York Magazine: “The Democrats’ latest maneuver has been to demand Donald Trump directly negotiate with them since his congressional vassals won’t go to the bathroom without a permission slip…
RFK Jr. Has a Prescription for America: Pure Chaos
Jonathan Cohn: “Last week showcased another, equally important side of Kennedy’s management: the way he is eliminating the people and dispensing with the procedures that allow agencies like the CDC…
