“President Donald Trump maintained his firm stance amid the ongoing U.S.-Canada trade war on Wednesday, repeating his claims that Canada is one of ‘the worst countries’ in the world to deal with and that they have taken ‘advantage’ of the U.S. during a radio interview with conservative host Glenn Beck,” ABC News reports.
U.S. Allies Cast Doubt On Trump’s Hormuz Claim
“U.S. allies are privately warning that the Strait of Hormuz is still likely mined, casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s claim that the U.S. Navy has completely removed and detonated explosives laid by Iran,” Bloomberg reports.
Thinning the Ranks of the Freedom Caucus
“The ranks of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus are depleting in the 2026 elections,” NBC News reports.
“The primary season has already been harsh for the group of a few dozen rebellious conservatives, with more political dangers ahead in the coming months.”
Did Trump Just Put South Carolina in Play?
Dan Pfeiffer: “I hoped that Darline Graham would lose last night’s South Carolina primary. Graham, who was appointed to fill out the last few months of her brother Lindsey’s term, is now running for the Republican nomination for a full six-year term.”
“Donald Trump had urged the South Carolina governor to appoint Graham and then convinced Graham, who has no experience in politics, to run for a full term. If Graham had lost a Republican primary in South Carolina of all places, it would have been a massive political rebuke…”
“However, Graham pulled out a narrow-ish win after Trump campaigned for her and had his Super PAC spend nearly a million dollars in the race. And while we don’t get to spend the morning dunking on Trump, I was rooting for the wrong outcome. I was playing checkers. It’s good that Graham won, because she is a truly terrible candidate who might just be vulnerable in the fall.”
Nothing Left
Just published: Nothing Left: Confessions of a Democratic Operative by Evan Barker.
“In August 2024, standing on the floor of the Democratic National Convention, Barker hit her breaking point. In that moment, she saw what no one inside the party dared admit: the Democrats had lost their way, and there was no path back.”
Trump Doubts Iran’s Supreme Leader Is Dead
“President Trump said Wednesday that he believes Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is alive but badly wounded from a February airstrike — dismissing speculation that he is secretly dead despite being unseen throughout the U.S.-Israeli war with his country,” the New York Post reports.
Said Trump: “He was very seriously wounded, but I don’t think he’s dead. And if he is, they’re putting on a pretty good show.”
Poll Shows Talarico Beating Paxton in Districts Trump Won
A new Texas Southern University poll of the Texas Senate race finds James Talarico (D) with a solid lead over Ken Paxton (R) in three congressional districts that President Donald Trump carried by double digits.
And don’t miss the new Polling Dashboard for the latest.
Philadelphia DA Says He’ll Keep Piece of Trump’s Ballroom
“Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said Tuesday he was going to keep a piece of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom as a paperweight ‘after we all blow it up,'” Fox News reports.
Said Krasner: “In about 10 to 15 years, we are all going to be sitting here with smiles on our faces. And I’m going to have a paperweight sitting on my desk. And do you know what that paper weight’s going to be? It’s going to be a piece of the ballroom after we blow it up.”
GOP Candidate Wants ICE Agents at Polling Places
“Maine gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles said he plans to ask White House border czar Tom Homan to send U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to Maine polling stations this election season,” NOTUS reports.
“If Charles succeeds, the move could validate long-held fears by many in the Democratic Party that President Donald Trump could use immigration agents to intimidate voters or assist in potential efforts to tamper with election results.”
Exchange of the Day
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins was interviewed on Spectrum News:
REPORTER: Which countries are we importing the beef from?
ROLLINS: I will be very transparent, I am actually not part of those conversations. I am not sure.
Court Allows Assault Charges Against Lawmaker to Proceed
“A federal appeals court is allowing two federal assault charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) stemming from an oversight visit to Delaney Hall Detention Facility to move forward, finding she does not have legislative immunity from the charges,” MS NOW reports.
How Trump Folded the Graham Dynasty Into His Own
“When President Trump stormed into American politics, he sought to tear down the hawkish Republican establishment represented by the likes of Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. His project was a smashing success,” the New York Times reports.
“Ten years later, in a quick effort that culminated last night, he pulled out all the stops to help the late senator’s sister, Darline Graham, claim her party’s nomination for Senate — all but ensuring that the Graham family remains a political fixture for at least the next six years.”
“What changed, of course, was not Trump but Lindsey Graham, who recalibrated his politics and wove himself into the president’s political establishment. It’s not that Trump blessed a new dynasty in the Grahams — he came to see both brother and sister as an indispensable part of his own.”
Poetic Justice for Donald Trump
Just published: Poetic Justice for Donald Trump: The Only Kind We’re Going to Get by Buck Banks.
A compilation of satirical limericks ripped from the headlines during the Trump era.
Poetic Justice for Donald Trump: The Only Kind We're Going to Get
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Three Pro-Israel Democrats Given Key Roles On Panel
“Three pro-Israel Democrats have been given key roles on a powerful congressional body overseeing U.S. foreign policy in a move rounding sharply counter to popular sentiment within the party and likely to anger leftwing activists,” The Guardian reports.
House GOP Leaders Eye Quick Vote On Stopgap Funding
“House GOP leaders are aiming to put a Senate-passed stopgap spending bill on the floor early next week, in the first days back in session after a five-week recess,” Politico reports.
“The quick vote, coming almost a full month before the government funding deadline, underscores how Republican leaders are intent on avoiding a government shutdown before voters go to the polls in November.”
Trump Threatens to Defund State and Local Police
“State and cities nationwide are rebelling against the White House’s push to withhold millions of dollars in police and anti-terrorism funding unless they impose new voting rules,” Axios reports.
“President Trump’s effort to impose election policies that he hasn’t been able to get through Congress has now drawn two lawsuits from state and local governments that accuse the administration of threatening to defund the police unless Trump gets his way.”
Trump ‘Not in a Hurry’ for Iran to Return to Talks
President Donald Trump said he has “no time schedule” for when he expects Iran to return to the negotiating table to end the conflict the U.S. began months ago, Al Jazeera reports.
Said Trump: “I have no time schedule, none. I’m not in a hurry. I have no time schedule at all.”
He added: “We are winning very big. They’ve got massive inflation, their economy is falling apart, they’re treating their people very badly, they are killing many, many protesters. I have no time schedule; whatever it takes.”
Judge Strikes Down Texas Ban On Drag Shows
“A federal judge in Texas struck down a 2023 state law Tuesday that sought to restrict drag shows, ruling it was unconstitutional,” NBC News reports.
Wrote U.S. District Judge David Hittner, a Reagan appointee, had advice for those opposed: “The solution is relatively simple… just don’t go.”
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