A federal judge on Monday doubled down that the Trump administration is “absolutely forbidden,” from removing mistakenly deported man Kilmar Abrego Garcia from the U.S., for now, The Hill reports.
House Oversight Subpoenas Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate
“The House Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to the estate of Jeffrey Epstein for documents and communications on Monday, the latest salvo in Republicans’ ongoing quest to satisfy a vocal contingent of their supporters who are demanding more information from the disgraced financier’s case be made public,” NOTUS reports.
CNN: “The GOP-led committee issued the subpoena to Epstein’s estate Monday, demanding a slew of documents that include the so-called ‘birthday book’ – a reported collection of letters gifted to Epstein for his 50th birthday that included a note bearing President Donald Trump’s name. “
Trump to Change Pentagon’s Name to Department of War
“President Donald Trump on Monday foreshadowed that his administration, in coming days, will likely change the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War,” Politico reports.
“Trump said officials would ‘probably’ return the Pentagon to the more aggressive name it once held in about a week. Both he and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — who has vowed to restore the department’s ‘warrior ethos’ — have repeatedly lamented the name change, which occurred after World War II.”
Said Trump: “Everybody likes that we had an unbelievable history of victory when it was Department of War. Then we changed it to Department of Defense.”
Maryland May Join Redistricting Wars
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said he is considering redrawing the state’s congressional districts, a move that could reshape Maryland’s lone Republican-held seat, 7 News reports.
Trump Says He’ll Sue California Over Redistricting
“President Donald Trump said Monday that the Justice Department plans to sue California over legislation aimed at redrawing the state’s congressional maps — an initiative by Democrats to counter Republican-driven efforts in Texas to remake its map,” the Washington Post reports.
Trump Says Pritzker Needs ‘More Time at the Gym’
“Donald Trump reportedly weighs 224-pounds, doesn’t like rigorous exercise and walks with swollen ankles these days, but the president has some advice for the Democrat governor of Illinois: do more exercise,” the Daily Beast reports.
Said Trump: “I hate to barge in on a city and then be treated horribly by corrupt politicians and bad politicians like a guy like Pritzker.”
He added: “He ought to spend more time at the gym, actually. The guy is a disaster.”
Trump Says Putin’s Dislike of Zelensky Holding Up Meeting
“President Donald Trump said he spoke to Vladimir Putin in recent days and that he believed the Russian president’s dislike of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky is holding up a meeting between the two leaders,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “He doesn’t like him. I have people I don’t like, I don’t like to meet with them.”
Trump Blasts South Korea as Unstable
President Trump questioned South Korea’s political stability on Truth Social, hours before he was to host President Lee Jae Myung at the White House to discuss tariffs, trade and military cooperation, Axios reports.
Said Trump: “Seems like a Purge or Revolution. We can’t have that and do business there.”
Harris Campaign Expenses Still Weigh on the DNC
“Democrats are still paying for Kamala Harris’ loss to Donald Trump last year — literally,” Axios reports.
“The Democratic National Committee has paid more than $15 million toward paying off Harris 2024 campaign expenses in the first six months of 2025.”
“The continued payments and lackluster fundraising left the DNC with $65 million less cash on hand than the Republican National Committee at the end of July.”
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“They call me the president of Europe. Which is an honor.”
— President Trump, speaking to reporters.
Bonus Quote of the Day
“We’re going to be doing numbers on the cost of drugs in this country. I’m not talking about a 20% decrease, I’m talking about a 1000% decrease.”
— President Trump, speaking to reporters.
Exchange of the Day
Oliver Darcy interviewed Wired editor Katie Drummond for his Status newsletter:
DARCY: Stepping back, what do you think it means for American democracy and for the tech sector when Silicon Valley leaders are openly bowing before Donald Trump? And, in an attempt to end on a positive note: Where, if anywhere, do you find reasons for optimism?
DRUMMOND: We’re witnessing, in real-time, a profound consolidation of power and collusion among political and tech elites—the ruling class of this country, and the world – wherein the tools and technologies that this industry has built, and continues to build, can now be deployed in service of an authoritarian regime…
Don’t think for a second that these companies and their executives won’t get in line. They’re already in the Oval Office with a custom glass and 24-karat-gold statuette, for god’s sake.
What gives me optimism? People in tech doing novel, subversive, transformational things—grassroots or otherwise. That, and my second passport.
Quote of the Day
“A lot of people are saying maybe we’d like a dictator.”
— President Trump, speaking to reporters.
America Tips Into Fascism
Garrett Graff: “The United States, just months before its 250th birthday as the world’s leading democracy, has tipped over the edge into authoritarianism and fascism. In the end, faster than I imagined possible, it did happen here. The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed.”
“I think many Americans wrongly believe there would be one clear unambiguous moment where we go from ‘democracy’ to ‘authoritarianism.’ Instead, this is exactly how it happens — a blurring here, a norm destroyed there, a presidential diktat unchallenged. Then you wake up one morning and our country is different.”
Bernie Sanders to Rally Maine Democrats
Sen. Bernie Sanders will rally with Maine Democrats this weekend, the Bangor Daily News reports.
The Vermont independent will be in town boosting gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson and insurgent U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner.
Opposition Struggles to Unite Against Mamdani
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Electoral College Could Tilt Further From Democrats
New York Times: “The year is 2032. Studying the Electoral College map, a Democratic presidential candidate can no longer plan to sweep New Hampshire, Minnesota and the ‘blue wall’ battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and win the White House. A victory in the swing state of Nevada would not help, either.”
“That is the nightmare scenario many Democratic Party insiders see playing out if current U.S. population projections hold.”
Trump May Ban Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’
One of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s closest associates said the Trump administration will move to pull the Covid vaccine off the U.S. market “within months,” the Daily Beast reports.
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