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Senate Rejects Stopgap Funding Bill
“The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government…
Ted Cruz Calls FCC’s Actions ‘Dangerous as Hell’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) admonished FCC Chair Brendan Carr for demanding ABC suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show — calling Carr’s actions “dangerous as hell” and “right out of ‘Goodfellas,’”…
Vaccine Panel Postpones One Vote, Reverses Another
“The chaos from the first day of a meeting of the federal vaccine committee appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bled into the second day, as the panel…
Judge Throws Out Trump’s Lawsuit Against New York Times
“In a ruling dripping with derision, a federal judge has rejected President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, asserting that the rambling 85-page suit did not follow federal…
Trump Says U.S. and China Approve TikTok Deal
“President Trump announced Friday that he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping approved an agreement for a group of investors to take control of TikTok’s U.S. operations, capping off months of…
Trump Asks Justices to Limit Passport Sex Markers
“The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to let it limit passport sex markers for transgender and nonbinary individuals, its latest effort to get the justices to intervene…
A Week That Changed Everything
When did it first dawn on you that Covid would turn the world upside down? For most of us, it was the second week of March 2020. Join now to…
This Is It
John Ganz: “If you were writing a hackneyed novel or film about an authoritarian America, it would go exactly like this: a figure close to the regime is assassinated, a…
Trump Takes a Page From the World’s Autocrats
New York Times: “A comedian steps onto the stage and makes a joke or barbed comment that offends a powerful leader. Or maybe it’s a cartoon or television program that…
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Reporter Says Trump Is Ramping Up Retribution Campaign
ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl described a “major escalation” in President Trump’s crusade to punish his perceived enemies, Mediaite reports. Karl later commented on X: “President Trump has…
The Last Americans Really Paying Taxes
Annie Lowrey: “Donald Trump is altering the tax code for the benefit of millionaires and billionaires. That is the simplest conclusion to draw from the passage of the One Big…
How Outrage at Kimmel Grew to a Shout From a Whisper
“The conservative outrage over the late night host Jimmy Kimmel became apoplectic on Wednesday after Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission chairman, went on a podcast and suggested the regulatory…
House Passes Bill to Avoid Shutdown
“The Republican-controlled House on Friday passed a stopgap bill to fund the government until just before Thanksgiving, daring Democrats in the Senate to reject the measure and risk a shutdown…
Senate Republicans Poke Holes in Filibuster
“Senate Republican leaders have made consequential moves this year to weaken or end-run minority power when it stands in the way of their ambitions during the second Donald Trump administration…
Lawmakers Move to Kill Tariffs on Coffee
“Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) plan to introduce a bill to exclude one everyday product from President Donald Trump’s tariffs: coffee,” the Washington Post reports. “Their bipartisan…
Lessons from Bobby
Out next month: Lessons from Bobby: Ten Reasons Robert F. Kennedy Still Matters by Chris Matthews. Save to Favorites
The New Swing Voter
Republican pollster Christine Matthews told Politico she has identified a key group of swing voters that could help decide the 2026 midterms: weighted vest-wearing women. These fitness-conscious suburbanites are typically…
Most Americans Critical of Trump on Crime
A new Washington Post-Ipsos poll finds that Americans disapprove of President Trump’s performance on crime by a 10-percentage-point margin and oppose him ordering the National Guard to other cities by…
Republicans Sour on Direction of the Country
AP-NORC poll: “The share of Republicans who see the country headed in the right direction has fallen sharply in recent months…Today, only about half in the GOP see the nation…
