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The latest episode of Trial Balloon is live for members. Can Republicans pass their tax bill? Will Trump get keep his new plane? Can Democrats speak to two audiences? Join…
Comey Levels Odd Charge Against Comey
Rep. James Comer (R-KY) accused former FBI Director James Comey of trying to “jizz up some type of coup” against President Donald Trump, the Daily Beast reports. Save to Favorites
Medicaid Cuts Are Turning Into GOP Battle Royal
“House Republicans’ attempt to curb Medicaid as part of President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax-and-spending bill has opened up a constellation of intraparty fights that are complicating the GOP-controlled Congress’s efforts…
Republican Revolt Reflects a Core Party Divide
New York Times: “The handful of lawmakers who blocked their own party’s sprawling domestic policy measure from advancing out of a key committee on Friday acted out of a fundamentally…
Trump Remkes the Foreign Trip
“The first multi-day foreign trip of President Donald Trump’s second term bucked the norms of presidential travel, demonstrating just how swiftly and drastically his transactional approach to foreign policy has…
Prosecutor’s Audio Shows Biden’s Memory Lapses
“Amid long, uncomfortable pauses, Joe Biden struggled to recall when his son died, when he left office as vice president, what year Donald Trump was elected or why he had…
DOGE’s Plan to Remake Social Security Is Backfiring
“The U.S. DOGE Service arrived at the Social Security Administration this year determined to slash staff and root out what it claimed was widespread fraud and wasteful spending — a…
Trump Allows Sale of Device to Transform Firearms
The Trump administration has decided to permit the sale of devices that enable standard firearms to fire like machine guns, a move that one person familiar with the matter said…
Moody’s Downgrades U.S. Credit Rating
Moody’s downgraded the credit rating of the United States by a notch to “Aa1” from “Aaa”, citing rising debt and interest “that are significantly higher than similarly rated sovereigns,” Reuters…
Can You Do Better?
Political Wire members get access to a Weekly News Quiz where they can test how well they’ve been paying attention to politics. Here’s how readers have done this week: If…
The Republican Finger Pointing Begins
Punchbowl News: “There is a ton of blame going around right now for today’s GOP debacle in the House Budget Committee.” “There’s a healthy amount of anger toward Johnson. Some…
J.D. Vance Is Clear Favorite to Win 2028 GOP Nomination
A new J.L. Partners survey found 46% of Republican voters are ready to back Vice President J.D. Vance as President Donald Trump’s successor, while no other named prospect got more…
Trump Wants to Move 1 Million Palestinians to Libya
“The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya,” NBC News reports. “In exchange for the resettling…
Justices Block Trump from Using Alien Enemies Act
“The Supreme Court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump from moving forward with deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act for a group of immigrants in northern Texas, siding with…
Consumer Sentiment Sinks to Near Record Low
“U.S. consumers are becoming increasingly worried that tariffs will lead to higher inflation, according to a University of Michigan survey released Friday,” CNBC reports. “The index of consumer sentiment dropped…
Dave Yost Exits Ohio Governor’s Race
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) has suspended his campaign for governor, clearing the field in the Republican primary for Vivek Ramaswamy (R), Politico reports. Said Yost: “I do not…
Quote of the Day
“This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants. This is not, ‘Hey, if you lose, we are shipping you out on a boat out of the country.’” — Television producer Rob…
The New MAGA World Order
Jonathan Chait: “It appears that Trump does care about the internal character of regimes he deals with. Rather than following a foreign policy that ignores values altogether, Trump has a…
House Budget Committee to Reconvene Sunday Night
“The House Budget Committee is planning to reconvene Sunday at 10 p.m. to vote again on Republicans’ reconciliation package,” Punchbowl News reports. New York Times: “It was not clear what…
$40,000 SALT Offer Discussed with Holdouts
“House GOP leaders discussed a new, heightened state-and-local-tax deduction with a group of Republican holdouts as they race to salvage their party-line megabill from ruin,” Politico reports. “A $40,000 cap…
