Rep. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has hired President Trump’s pollster Tony Fabrizio for his reelection bid as he faces blowback from Trump Republicans and a GOP primary challenge, Punchbowl News reports.
Trump Has Gutted Anti-Corruption Efforts
“For decades, the FBI and the Justice Department have been the main enforcers of laws against political corruption and white-collar fraud in the United States. In four months, the Trump administration has dismantled key parts of that law enforcement infrastructure, creating what experts say is the ripest environment for corruption by public officials and business executives in a generation,” NBC News reports.
“Trump aides have forced out most of the lawyers in the Justice Department’s main anti-corruption unit, the Public Integrity Section, and disbanded an FBI squad tasked with investigating congressional misconduct. They have issued a series of directives requiring federal law enforcement agencies to prioritize immigration enforcement. And they have ended a 50-year policy of keeping the Justice Department independent of the White House in criminal investigations.”
Dan Pfeiffer: “Trump is the most corrupt president in history, here’s why he keeps getting away with it.”
Ruben Gallego Pushes to Expand Democratic Tent
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) “is already making moves to appeal to moderates and boost his national profile barely five months after winning his seat,” Axios reports.
Said Gallego: “What happened the last election is that we got so pure, and we kept so pure that we started kicking people out of the tent. It ends up there aren’t enough people in the tent to win elections.”
“Gallego — who kept his seat in the Democrats’ column despite Trump’s victory in Arizona — is planning additional stops in key battlegrounds over the coming months.”
The Hot Spots for Immigration Enforcement
“Efforts to arrest and remove unauthorized immigrants appear most aggressive in five southern states with Democratic-leaning cities, while deeply red, rural states are seeing less activity,” Axios reports.
More See Republicans as the Party of Change
CNN Poll: “The other notable finding is on which party is the ‘party of change.’ Americans chose Republicans, 32% to 25%.”
“That’s not a big gap, but it is counterintuitive given Republicans swept the House, Senate and White House last fall. Historically speaking, it’s almost always the party that’s out of power that’s viewed as the party of change.”
“Not only do Democrats trail on this measure, but only a slight majority of Democrats themselves — 51% — say their party is the party of change. And only 18% of independents say that.”
Should Republicans Have Won in a Landslide?
Nate Cohn: “While the history books will rightfully dwell on whether Democrats could have forestalled another Trump presidency, the question of whether Mr. Trump cost conservatives a more decisive victory might be the more useful one to understand American politics today.”
“Voters wanted change, badly. They were repelled not just by Mr. Biden’s faltering condition, but also by rising prices and perceived failures of Democratic governance on everything from immigration to energy. While it didn’t yield a more decisive Republican victory, the backlash against pandemic-era restrictions, rising prices and ‘woke’ all help explain why a close election felt like a conservative ‘vibe shift.’”
“The race was close for one reason: Donald J. Trump. He was an unpopular felon who had alienated millions of Americans with his comments and actions over nearly a decade. Obviously, President Trump possesses important political strengths, but his weaknesses plainly made a landslide victory more challenging. To the extent the election offered the Republicans an opportunity to win big, he was not the candidate to capitalize on it.”
Murder Rate Plummets Across the U.S.
Reason: “One of the most predictable clichés in journalism is ‘if it bleeds, it leads’—the idea that media have a bias for salacious, grisly stories. Like many stereotypes, it’s very much based in truth, which might explain why plummeting murder rates nationwide have not managed to capture national attention.”
“Despite a news cycle that prioritizes doom, the U.S. has seen that decline take hold over the last couple of years, with the murder rate in 2024 not just falling from the 2020 spike but returning to pre-COVID levels. That brings us to the present, and to a question: Could 2025 see the lowest murder rate ever recorded?”
Trump Wins Appeals Court Lottery
President Trump won the “appeals court lottery” last night, after one of his appeals to a judgment challenging his tariff powers was handed to the only three Trump-appointed judges that sit on the D.C. Circuit Court, Politico reports.
Economic Growth Forecasts Cut Sharply
“Economic growth forecasts for the U.S. and globally were cut further by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development as President Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil weighs on expectations,” CNBC reports.
Axios: “If the group’s last outlook three months ago was cautious, then Tuesday’s forecast was downright gloomy.”
Trump Presses Reluctant Senators to Embrace Tax Bill
“President Donald Trump worked the phones Monday and took to social media to try to sway Republican holdouts on his multi-trillion dollar tax bill, encountering conflicting demands from GOP senators even as he urged them to move swiftly,” Bloomberg reports.
“The legislation, which last month passed the House by one vote, faces opposition from both moderates and ultra-conservatives in the Senate, where Trump can afford to lose no more than three votes.”
Playbook: “Donald Trump is turning the screws on GOP senators as he races to get the centerpiece legislation of his term into the statute books. For the second-successive day, the president has no public-facing events on his schedule — though that could change — as he focuses attention on getting the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill over the line by the self-imposed July Fourth deadline.”
Cuomo Wants to Organize Democrats Nationally
“Andrew Cuomo hasn’t won the New York City mayor’s race yet, but he’s already planning a national campaign to take on President Donald Trump — whose Department of Justice is reportedly investigating him,” Politico reports.
“He said he’s not thinking of a future role beyond being mayor, but sees an opportunity to make a national case for Democrats.”
CNN: Andrew Cuomo campaigns for New York’s redemption— and his own.
Trump’s Posts Come at a Ferocious Pace
“President Donald Trump is posting on the internet with a velocity and ferocity far beyond that of his first term, surprising aides with predawn messages fired off at a blistering pace,” the Washington Post reports.
“As of Sunday, Trump had posted 2,262 times to his company’s social network Truth Social in the 132 days since his inauguration, a Washington Post analysis has found — more than three times the number of tweets he sent during the same period of his first presidency.”
FEMA Scraps Hurricane Plan and Reverts to Last Year’s
“Federal Emergency Management Agency officials are scrapping a hurricane-response plan that its recently appointed leader, David Richardson, had said was close to completion, according to agency staff,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“With hurricane season kicking off this month, Richardson told staff Monday that the agency would be returning to the same guidance for hurricane response as last year. Some were confused how that would be possible, given the agency had already eliminated key programs and sharply cut its workforce.”
Vox: Hurricane season is here. NOAA is in shambles. What could go wrong?
Cornyn Trails Paxton by 22 Points
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) trails Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) by 22 points, according to a new independent poll of the Senate GOP primary, 50% to 28%.
Punchbowl News: “When asked in a recent TV interview why he was trailing Paxton in early polls, Cornyn attributed it to “primarily name identification.” But only 7% of voters hadn’t heard of Cornyn, per Blizzard’s poll, while 5% had not heard of Paxton.”
Trump to Open Alaskan Wilderness to Drilling
“The Trump administration said on Monday that it planned to eliminate federal protections across millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness, a move that would allow drilling and mining in some of the last remaining pristine wilderness in the country,” the New York Times reports.
Trump Aide Blasts ‘Legacy Media’ With CNN Clip
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung criticized “legacy media” in a social media post while sharing a segment from CNN, one of the most prominent legacy outlets.
Wrote Cheung: “MUST WATCH: Don’t believe the legacy media’s biased reporting on President Trump’s policies.”
Iran Says U.S. Nuclear Proposal Is ‘Incoherent’
A senior Iranian official told CNN the new nuclear deal proposal presented to Tehran in recent days is “incoherent and disjointed,” as the momentum behind negotiations to secure a new deal appears to be collapsing.
Trump Pushes Countries for Best Trade Offers
“The Trump administration wants countries to provide their best offer on trade negotiations by Wednesday as officials seek to accelerate talks with multiple partners ahead of a self-imposed deadline in just five weeks,” Reuters reports.
“The draft, from the office of the United States Trade Representative, provides a window into how President Donald Trump plans to bring to a close unwieldy negotiations with dozens of countries that kicked off on April 9 when he paused his ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs for 90 days until July 8 after stock, bond and currency markets revolted over the sweeping nature of the levies.”
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