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Jamie Dimon Slams Trump’s Credit Card Cap
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon criticized President Trump’s proposal to impose a 10% cap on credit card rates, saying it would cause an “economic disaster,” Bloomberg reports. Save to Favorites
An Interactive Map of Trump’s Approval
G. Elliot Morris: “Over the past few months, I have been working behind the scenes on a big interactive map of Trump’s approval at the local level. National polls are…
Why Netanyahu Was a No Show at Davos
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to join President Trump’s “peace board” but could not attend the signing ceremony as he’s wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war…
Watching Trump with Fear and Shame
Paul Krugman: “I listened to Trump’s Davos speech with fear: How much damage will this demented, vindictive individual do to America and the world? I also felt a deep sense…
Johnson Backs Impeaching Two Judges
Speaker Mike Johnson endorsed impeaching a pair of federal judges, including one who has repeatedly ruled against President Trump, The Hill reports. Save to Favorites
Trump Changes the World Order
Nahal Toosi: “Not long ago, many foreign policy professionals were still asking if the post-World War II ‘rules-based international order’ was dead. In the wake of Trump’s Greenland gambit, I’m…
Allies Snub Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
Under the “Board of Peace” charter signed this morning, “one man has the power to veto decisions, approve the agenda, invite members, dissolve the board entirely and designate his own…
Trump Signals He Has a Favorite for Fed Chair
President Trump said he’s “down to maybe one” candidate for Fed chair, CNBC reports. Save to Favorites
Quote of the Day
“I hope the lesson that people learn out of this is Trump plays these things by the seat of his pants. There’s no grand strategy at work here.” — Former…
Democrats Hold Solid Lead in the Generic Ballot
A new Emerson College poll finds 48% of Americans support the Democratic candidate on the generic congressional ballot and 42% plan on voting for the Republican candidate. Save to Favorites
France Rejects Trump’s Comment on Drug Prices
France rejected as “fake news” President Trump’s assertion that he had pressured President Emmanuel Macron into hiking domestic drug prices after the U.S. leader threatened sweeping tariffs on French imports…
Trump Warns Powell Not to Stay On At Fed
President Trump suggested that Jerome Powell would not enjoy his tenure if he stayed on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors after his term as chair expired, in the latest…
Europe Concedes Trump Is Not On Its Side
“European governments have reached a difficult conclusion: The Americans are the baddies now,” Politico reports. “As leaders of the EU’s 27 countries assemble in Brussels for an emergency summit Thursday,…
The Rich Are Powering Spending
Axios: “59% of all consumer spending now comes from the top 20% of income earners in the U.S., a near record high, according to a Moody’s Analytics analysis.” “Only 41%…
JD Vance Heads to Minnesota
Wall Street Journal: “Tensions there are flaring, following an escalating clash between the Trump administration and local governments over crime and immigration policy. Vance will arrive one day before local…
Jack Smith to Defend Trump Prosecutions
Former special counsel Jack Smith will tell the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday that President Trump was charged because evidence showed he “willfully broke the very laws he swore to…
Murder Rate Hits Lowest Level Since 1900
Murders fell 21% last year in 35 large U.S. cities — the biggest one-year drop ever and likely the lowest rate since 1900, Axios reports. Save to Favorites
Few Say Trump Has Made the Country Better
“Less than a third of voters think the country is better off than it was when President Trump returned to the White House a year ago, with a wide majority…
Trump Cedes Leadership of Global Economy
“In a long, rambling address that was by turns bombastic, aggrieved and self-congratulatory, President Trump pronounced last rites on American leadership of the liberal democratic order forged by the United…
Inside Trump’s Head-Spinning Greenland U-Turn
“When President Trump arrived in the snow-covered Swiss Alps on Wednesday afternoon, European leaders were panicking that his efforts to acquire Greenland would trigger a trans-Atlantic conflagration. By the time…
