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Fox News Spins Trump’s Failed Summit
Status: “On Friday, Trump held his own high-stakes meeting with Putin, literally rolling out the red carpet and applauding the Russian dictator on U.S. soil. The talks ended with no…
Trump Has No Cards
Anne Applebaum: “President Donald Trump berated President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office. He allowed the Pentagon twice to halt prearranged military shipments to Ukraine. He promised that when the…
Trump Says He Believes Xi Won’t Act on Taiwan
Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping told him he would not “move on” Taiwan as long as the U.S. president remained in office, Bloomberg reports. Trump argued that world…
Quote of the Day
“And next time in Moscow.” — Russian president Vladimir Putin, quoted by CNN, delivering the final words of his summit with President Trump. Save to Favorites
Redistricting Wars Spark Mad Dash of Unlikely Candidates
“California Democrats and Texas Republicans who might otherwise have had no chance of getting elected to Congress are suddenly spotting opportunity in the states’ mid-decade redistricting,” Axios reports. “It’s not…
Job Market Gloom Sets In
“Americans haven’t been this gloomy about the job market since the Great Recession,” Axios reports. “Fears about joblessness have surged since President Trump unveiled plans to impose steep tariffs on…
Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks
“In the Biden administration, the American environmental movement reached what many of its supporters considered an apex. Congress passed the largest ever federal law to combat climate change. Coal-burning power…
Trump Has No Plans to Punish China Over Russian Oil
President Trump said he did not immediately need to consider retaliatory tariffs on countries such as China for buying Russian oil but might have to “in two or three weeks,”…
Trump Backs Plan to Cede Land for Peace
“President Trump on Saturday split from Ukraine and key European allies after his summit with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, backing Mr. Putin’s plan for a sweeping peace agreement based…
New California Map Puts Five GOP Seats in Danger
Cook Political Report: “As Texas Republicans appear poised to thwart Democrats’ brief quorum break and pass a brutal new gerrymander, California Democrats’ plans to retaliate with their own aggressive map…
For Your Weekend Listening
The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. What is Donald Trump’s actual job title these days? Can “the resistance” regroup? And what’s the deal with Laura Loomer?…
What Did Trump and Putin Say in Private?
CNN: “There was one moment that only Trump and Putin will be able to recount: their brief ride in the presidential limousine from the tarmac to the room where the…
Kremlin Leaks Video of Trump Fawning Over Putin
“The state-run Russian international news network Russia Today has released behind-the-scenes video from Alaska that appears to show President Donald Trump fawning over Vladimir Putin,” the Daily Beast reports. The…
Fox News Calls Out No-Question ‘Press Conference’
Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich was surprised President Trump took no questions from reporters after his meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin, the Daily Beast reports. Said Heinrich: “We were told…
Congressman’s Stock Trades Draw More Scrutiny
“Over the first several months of his freshman term in Washington, Representative Rob Bresnahan Jr., Republican of Pennsylvania, became one of the most active stock traders in Congress, despite having…
Zelensky to Meet with Trump on Monday
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he’ll travel to Washington to meet with US counterpart Donald Trump on Monday to discuss the end of Russia’s invasion, as he and European allies…
Trump Appears Open to Visiting Russia
New York Times: “When the hasty planning began for the historic summit in Alaska, some observers wondered whether — given the state’s proximity to Russia of less than 60 miles…
Trump-Putin Summit Ends in Confusion
“Friday’s summit in Alaska began as a superpower spectacle, then abruptly ended without any indication of what was achieved or where things go from here,” Axios reports. “President Trump didn’t…
Trump Drops Ceasefire Demand
“President Donald Trump said Saturday that Ukraine and Russia should go straight to agreeing on a final peace deal, dropping his demand for a ceasefire in a dramatic reversal that…
Israel Is Quietly in Talks to Relocate Palestinians
“Israel and the U.S. are pushing forward efforts to relocate hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, a move they have presented in humanitarian terms but which governments…
