“Sen. John Fetterman’s (D-PA) chief of staff will soon leave his office,” Axios reports.
“It continues a string of staff departures following reports of internal concerns about Fetterman’s mental health and job performance.”
U.S. Navy Mulls New Names for Ships
“The U.S. Navy is considering renaming multiple naval ships named after civil rights leaders and prominent American voices,” CBS News reports.
“Among them is the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler named after the slain gay rights leader and Navy veteran.”
Trump to Give TikTok Another Extension
The White House plans to have President Trump sign another 90-day operating extension for TikTok as the future of the Chinese short-video app get enmeshed in the trade talks and will likely be used as leverage by the Chinese in crafting a deal, Fox News reports.
One caveat is that if Trump sees a strategic advantage in crafting a deal by letting it go dark, and that could happen.”
Quote of the Day
“I want to see the tax cuts made permanent, but I also want to see the $5 trillion in new debt removed from the bill. At least 4 of us in the Senate feel this way.”
— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), on X, suggesting that Senate Republicans don’t currently have the votes to pass the budget reconciliation bill.
Newark’s Mayor Sues Over Arrest Near Immigration Jail
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) “sued government officials including Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, claiming that his arrest outside an immigration detention center last month was motivated by political malice,” the New York Times reports.
Exchange of the Day
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was asked by Robert Costa if she’ll ever return to politics:
ARDERN: No, I think if you make the decision to leave, then you’ve made the decision to leave.
COSTA: Never say never.
ARDERN: In this case, say never. I think also, for me, I have such great faith in all the people that I worked with and was lucky enough to work with. They’re wonderful. They’re doing a great job, and they don’t need me.
Lee Jae-Myung Elected President of South Korea
“Lee Jae-myung of the center-left Democratic Party won the South Korean presidential election on Wednesday, riding a wave of anger against former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his People Power Party after months of political turmoil,” the New York Times reports.
Sales of Kennedy Center Subscriptions Plummet
Sales of subscriptions for the coming season of programming at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts are down by about $1.6 million, or roughly 36 percent, compared with last year, the Washington Post reports.
Said a staffer who leaked the data: “We understand providing information like this can be seen in a bad light. But we feel that it is necessary to show that mismanagement by the new leadership is becoming a real problem for the health of the organization.”
DNC Rents Taco Truck to Mock Trump
The Democratic National Committee will park a taco truck outside the Republican National Committee’s headquarters on Capitol Hill with a graphic of President Trump in a chicken suit and the “Trump Always Chickens Out” slogan, Axios reports.
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Another Day in the Trump White House
New York Times: “Legal experts said it was highly unusual for an administration to give a cooperating witness in an ongoing investigation a White House job.”
Hegseth’s Press Secretary Is as Extreme as They Come
New Republic: “The Pentagon’s new press secretary is a chronically online 26-year-old white nationalist who believes in the ‘great replacement’ theory, thinks Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy is an ‘entitled midget,’ and pushed an antisemitic conspiracy theory about Leo Frank, a Jewish man who was lynched after being falsely accused of murder in 1915.”
“Kingsley Wilson, who has served as deputy press secretary since January, is the daughter of right-wing talking head and former Trump adviser Steve Cortes and previously worked for Center for Renewing America, a think tank founded by Project 2025 architect Russel Vought. She will now act as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s primary mouthpiece at the Pentagon, a department that has not had regular press briefings for some time now.”
Ukraine Attacks Bridge Connecting Russia and Crimea
“Ukraine said on Tuesday that it had hit the bridge connecting Russia and the occupied Crimean Peninsula with explosives planted underwater, in its third attack on the vital supply line for Moscow’s forces since the full-scale war began in 2022,” CNN reports.
Jay Nordlinger: “I don’t know whether Ukraine will be able to survive. Whether the Ukrainians will be able to keep their independence, their country, their freedom. But their effort to do so has been one of the most valiant and admirable things I have ever seen. What an example they have set.”
Pentagon Aligns Greenland with the U.S.
“The Pentagon is poised to shift its oversight of Greenland by putting it under U.S. Northern Command, a symbolic gesture that would more closely align the island territory with the U.S. as President Donald Trump continues to show interest in taking control over the Arctic landmass,” Politico reports.
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Trump Blasts Rand Paul as ‘Crazy’
President Trump attacked fiscal conservative Rand Paul as “crazy” as he pressed reluctant Republican senators to move forward swiftly with his massive tax and spending package, Bloomberg reports.
Trump said Paul “never has any practical or constructive ideas. His ideas are actually crazy.”
New Official Portrait of Trump Unveiled
The White House unveiled President Trump’s official portrait this week, replacing an austere photograph that was released for the president’s inauguration earlier this year.
Trump Complains About Justices He Appointed
“President Donald Trump has privately complained that the Supreme Court justices he appointed have not sufficiently stood behind his agenda,” CNN reports.
“But he has directed particular ire at Justice Amy Coney Barrett, his most recent appointee.”
“The behind-closed-doors grievances have been wide-ranging, and while many have been about Barrett, Trump has also expressed frustration about Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh… The complaints have gone on for at least a year.”
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