Paul Ingrassia, President Trump’s embattled nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, told a group of fellow Republicans in a text chain the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and said he has “a Nazi streak,” Politico reports.
Appeals Court Says Trump Can Send Troops to Portland
“A divided U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Donald Trump can send National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon, despite objections by the leaders of the city and state, giving the Republican president an important legal victory as he dispatches military forces to a growing number of Democratic-led locales,” Reuters reports.
Trump Hunts for Ways to Pay Air Traffic Controllers
“The Trump administration is exploring ways to pay air traffic controllers while the federal government is shut down,” Politico reports.
“It’s part of the Trump administration’s effort to control the most visible or politically fraught impacts of the shutdown, which is now entering its third week. Though so far flight delays due to staffing problems at control towers have been sporadic and isolated, a rash of illnesses in the right place at the right time could send delays across the nation soaring and ramp up political pressure on politicians to act.”
Trump Adviser Says Shutdown Likely to End This Week
Top White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett on Monday predicted the government shutdown is “likely to end sometime this week,” CNBC reports.
He suggested Democrats were waiting to vote to reopen the government until after this weekend’s nationwide “No Kings” protests against President Trump.
Mike Johnson Embraces House Freedom Caucus
“If you wanted a sense of how this shutdown is hardening Republicans’ views and creating unity in an otherwise fractured House GOP, Speaker Mike Johnson held a news conference with two leading members of the House Freedom Caucus this morning,” Punchbowl News reports.
“HFC Chair Andy Harris (R-MD) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), two of the most vocal members of the hardline right caucus, stood alongside Johnson in the Capitol on Day 20 of the shutdown.”
“Why is this important? Because Harris, a physician, and Roy, a candidate for Texas attorney general, are huge opponents of extending the enhanced Obamacare subsidies that are at the heart of the three-week-long shutdown. They’ve also been among Johnson’s most ardent GOP opponents since the day he became speaker.”
Trump Vows to ‘Eradicate’ Hamas
President Trump said “that the US would destroy Hamas if the militant group didn’t continue to honor the ceasefire with Israel, with a fragile truce resuming after a weekend of heavy fighting in the Gaza Strip,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “They’re going to be nice, and if they’re not, we’re going to go and we’re going to eradicate them — if we have to, they’ll be eradicated, and they know that.”
Appeals Court Skeptical of Alina Habba’s Appointment
“A panel of federal appeals court judges appeared skeptical Monday of President Donald Trump’s use of unconventional methods to install loyalists as top prosecutors without Senate confirmation,” Politico reports.
“A trio of judges from the Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals spent over an hour questioning the multistep process the Trump administration used to designate his former personal attorney Alina Habba the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey and keep her there even after district judges sought to replace her.”
Gone Fishing
Since July 4, the House of Representatives has conducted just 20 days of business in the last 16 weeks.
Mamdani Maintains Wide Lead in New York City
A new AARP/Gotham Polling survey finds Zohran Mamdani leading the New York City mayoral race with 43%, followed by Andrew Cuomo at 29% and Curtis Sliwa at 19%.
In a two-way race, Mamdani leads Cuomo, 45% to 41%.
Johnson Still Won’t Swear In Newly-Elected Lawmaker
“Speaker Mike Johnson is resisting calls to swear in Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, saying Monday that he will administer the oath of office to her after the Senate votes to reopen the government,” ABC News reports.
Trump Begins Demolishing East Wing Facade
“Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House to build President Donald Trump’s long-desired ballroom despite his pledge that construction of the $250 million addition wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing building,” the Washington Post reports.
Said Trump at the time: “It won’t interfere with the current building. It won’t be. It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of. It’s my favorite. It’s my favorite place. I love it.”
Deadline for Trump’s Colleges ‘Compact’ Is Today
The deadline for U.S. colleges and universities to sign a deal with the Trump administration — the “compact” devised by the Department of Education in exchange for priority treatment on federal grants — is today, NPR reports.
Nine schools originally received the “compact,” which would force schools to prevent transgender individuals from certain restrooms and sports, limit international student enrollment and adjust admission criteria. Six of those schools have already rejected the proposal.
U.S. Envoys Try to Get Gaza Ceasefire Back on Track
“U.S. envoys met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday aiming to corral Israel and Hamas to get the Gaza ceasefire plan back on track after an explosion of violence over the weekend that threatened to derail the week-old truce,” Reuters reports.
“The latest events reflected the stumbling blocks to keeping the long-sought ceasefire from unravelling and securing a lasting peace after two years of war in Gaza. Key questions of Hamas disarming, further Israeli troop pullbacks and future governance of the Palestinian enclave remain unresolved.”
Argentine Peso Weakens to Fresh Low
“The Argentine peso has fallen below the level it reached before the US Treasury began purchases earlier this month, in a sign that the Trump administration’s financial support is failing to halt the currency’s slide ahead of a crucial election for libertarian president Javier Milei,” the Financial Times reports.
Lower-Income Americans Are Missing Car Payments
“More Americans are struggling to make their monthly car-loan payments, a sign that lower-income consumers are under growing financial pressure,” the New York Times reports.
“The share of subprime auto loans that were 60 days or more past due reached a high of nearly 6.5 percent in January and has lingered near that level, according to Fitch Ratings. Repossessions have swelled, more drivers are trading in vehicles that are worth less than they owe and lenders such as CarMax and Ally Financial have warned investors about auto loan performance.”
Trump Signs Rare Earths Deal with Australia
President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “signed a deal supplying the United States with minerals and rare earths from Australia, part of the Trump administration’s effort to seek alternatives to China for those materials,” the Washington Post reports.
GOP Lawmaker Says Campaign ‘Mistakenly’ Paid Her Son
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) paid her son $3,500 from her campaign account for “consulting,” Iowa Starting Line reports.
Twenty-two days later, her son, Jonathon Miller-Meeks, made a campaign contribution of the same amount to Miller-Meeks’ campaign.
A spokesman for the campaign called the transfer a mistake.
Republican Lawmaker Set to Force Vote on Stock Trading
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said he and fellow Republicans are ready to push GOP leaders to put their bipartisan stock trading ban bill on the floor whenever the House returns — or possibly use a discharge petition to do an end-run around Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Politico reports.
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