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Epstein Saga May Test Trump’s Polling
Carroll Doherty: “Compared with past presidents, Trump’s job approval ratings have, for the most part, moved within a narrow range. The reason is simple: He has always had a low…
Economy Powering Through a Historic Increase in Tariffs
“The global economy is sailing through this year’s historic increase in tariffs, displaying an unexpected trait: resilience,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Faced with extreme uncertainty, businesses and households have…
Quote of the Day
“Go fuck yourself.” — Stephen Colbert, quoted by Axios, responding to President Trump’s post that celebrated the cancelation of his program. Save to Favorites
Trump Ties Epstein Files to Russia ‘Hoax’
“President Trump is redirecting his fury over the Jeffrey Epstein files into one of MAGA’s oldest obsessions: punishing Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and the officials involved in the 2016 Russia…
Schumer Prepares for Fall Funding Showdown
“Chuck Schumer is quietly turning his caucus toward a critical decision on how to handle a fall funding showdown, after he and Senate Democrats faced blistering criticism from the party’s…
Republicans Have Money Edge
Playbook: “We learned this week that the Republican National Committee is sitting on vastly more cash than its Democratic counterpart. The RNC has nearly $81 million in cash on hand….
Hunter Biden Helps Trump Change the Subject
Hunter Biden’s expletive-laced interview “caused a feeding frenzy on Fox News, where the network’s primetime hosts were thrilled to change the subject away from President Trump’s Epstein trainwreck,” Status reports….
Alone on Epstein Island
Puck: “Inside the Epstein anxiety on Capitol Hill, where Republicans can’t begin their recess quickly enough as the fracas continues to intensify—and Trump keeps making it worse…” “Democrats, meanwhile, have…
FEMA Search and Rescue Chief Resigns
“The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday,” CNN…
Commanders Mum on Trump’s Name Change Demand
NBC Sports: “Twice on Sunday, President Donald Trump took to his social-media account on his social-media platform to insist that two professional sports teams restore Native American-based names they’d previously…
‘Top of His Game’
Speaker Mike Johnson marked the one-year anniversary of former President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 presidential campaign on Monday by sharing a 14 minute-long video of Democrats praising…
Epstein Crisis Forces House GOP to Scrap Votes
“House Republicans will scrap several floor votes this week as internal party drama over the release of Jeffrey Epstein files derailed the work of the Rules Committee,” Politico reports. “The…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“Never have the words ‘no comment’ been more appropriate.” — David Axelrod, quoted by the New York Times, when asked about Hunter Biden’s tirade against him. Save to Favorites
Trump Sharpens Attacks on the News Media
“In declaring war on The Wall Street Journal over its coverage of his yearslong friendship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, President Trump tapped his supporters’ distrust of his…
The Democratic Party Is In Shambles
James Carville: “Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary wasn’t an isolated event. It represents an undeniable fissure in our political soul. We are divided along generational…
Trump Objected to Israeli Strikes in Syria
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that President Trump was unhappy with Israel’s airstrikes in Syria last week and called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “rectify” the situation, Axios…
Venezuela to Investigate Torture in El Salvador Jail
“Venezuela’s attorney general, Tarek Saab, said on Monday that his office would investigate El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, and two other officials for the alleged abuse of Venezuelans detained in…
Trump Releases MLK Jr. Records
“The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he…
Trump Talks About Anything but Epstein
“Dogged for weeks over his administration’s refusal to release the Epstein files, President Trump spent the weekend posting on social media about, well, anything else,” the New York Times reports….
Bonus Quote of the Day
“I know exactly what happened in that debate. He’s 81 years old. He’s tired as shit. They give him Ambien to be able to sleep, and he gets up on…