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Nigel Farage on Track to Become UK Prime Minister
“Nigel Farage would be in pole position to become the UK’s next prime minister if an election were held tomorrow, according to new polling which shows his upstart Reform party would wipe out Labour’s overwhelming majority from 2024,” Bloomberg reports.
“Reform UK would win 311 seats in the House of Commons in a national vote — up from five last year — with Labour dropping to 144 from 411, according to the projection on Friday from YouGov… While the tally for Farage is 15 shy of an outright majority in the 650-seat chamber, he’d be the best placed party leader to form a new government.”
Lawmakers Are Scared
“Congress is on track to spend more than $1 billion on the budget for the U.S. Capitol Police for the first time in history, with even fiscal conservatives pushing for more member security investments in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing,” Politico reports.
“Kirk’s assassination and a broader rise in high-profile political violence has activated lawmakers around a renewed push for additional protections for themselves and their families. It’s scrambling Capitol Hill’s typical ideological factions, with some GOP budget hawks accusing Republican leadership of penny-pinching.”
Comey’s Son-in-Law Resigns
“James Comey’s son-in-law, Troy A. Edwards, Jr., resigned Thursday night from his position as a senior national security prosecutor shortly after the former FBI director was indicted,” CNN reports.
Trump Would Accelerate Priorities in Shutdown
“A memo from the White House budget office telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings should the government shut down signaled a dramatic escalation in a funding staredown with fewer potential off-ramps as next week’s deadline nears,” CNN reports.
“But it also provided the first glimpse of the Trump administration’s internal operational planning that, up to Wednesday night, had been shrouded in a level of secrecy that broke from the approach of past administrations of both parties.”
“Those efforts center on the agency contingency plans that make up the bespoke guidance documents for the federal workforce in the event of a funding lapse, which have long been posted publicly and updated every few years. The most recent agency plans, submitted during the Biden administration, were pulled offline earlier this year with no explanation.”
Russ Vought’s ‘Trademark Chaos’ Shakes Up Showdown Fight
“Russ Vought careened into the escalating government shutdown fight this week, threatening mass layoffs of federal workers if Democrats don’t capitulate to President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans,” Politico reports.
“For those who know the White House budget director’s long history in Washington, it was only a matter of time.”
Comey Responds to Indictment
Former FBI Director James Comey put out a video after his indictment saying he and his family “have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn’t imagine ourselves living any other way.”
He added: “We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either.”
The Guardian: How James Comey moved to the top of Trump’s list of enemies.
Trump Pledges 100% Tariff on Imported Drugs
“President Donald Trump announced Thursday that brand-name or patented pharmaceutical products will be subject to a 100% tariff starting October 1 – unless the drugmaker is building a manufacturing plant in the US,” CNN reports.
“Trump has been promising for months to levy tariffs on pharmaceutical imports, which avoided tariffs during his first term. The president sees tariffs as a way to pressure drug manufacturers to ramp up production in the US and to strengthen the supply chain for essential medicines.”
Trump Threatens to Move World Cup Games
President Trump suggested to reporters on Thursday that he would move matches for next summer’s 2026 men’s World Cup away from U.S. host cities that are “even a little bit dangerous,” The Athletic reports.
Said Trump: “We’re going to make sure they’re safe. They’re run by radical left lunatics who don’t know what they’re doing.”
James Comey Indicted
“Former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on two of three counts sought by prosecutors — one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice — just days after President Donald Trump issued a public demand for his Justice Department to act ‘now’ to bring prosecutions against Comey and other political foes,” ABC News reports.
Trump Signs Order Advancing TikTok Deal
“President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to help advance a spin-off of TikTok in the United States to a group of mostly American investors, further pushing the influential app with 170 million U.S. users into the hands of some of Trump’s wealthiest allies,” the Washington Post reports.
Justice Department Sues Six States Over Voter Data
“The Department of Justice sued six states, including Pennsylvania, the nation’s biggest presidential battleground, as the Trump administration escalates its efforts to obtain the personal and private information of voters,” the New York Times reports.
“The lawsuits, filed against California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, follows similar suits that the department brought against Maine and Oregon, two Democratic-controlled states.”
“All of those states have rebuffed previous demands from the Justice Department to gain access to statewide voter rolls that include sensitive information, such as drivers license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.”
DNC Chair Tells Democrats to ‘Stop Bitching’
DNC Chair Ken Martin told NPR that recent special election results show Democrats are on the right track for 2026, and tells detractors to “stop bitching” and help the party’s efforts.
Lisa Cook’s Lawyers Say Trump Would ‘Eviscerate’ the Fed
Lawyers for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook argued that the Supreme Court should reject President Trump’s request that he be allowed to fire her pending the outcome of her lawsuit challenging her removal, CNBC reports.
From the filing: “The President’s stay application asks this Court to act on an emergency basis to eviscerate the independence of the Federal Reserve Board.”
Government Shutdown Seems Inevitable
“The U.S. government is hurtling toward a shutdown in a matter of days, with Republicans and Democrats digging in to starkly different positions and White House threats of more federal layoffs ratcheting up the stakes,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Justice Department Wants Charges Against John Bolton
“Senior Justice Department leaders are advocating for a charge against President Donald Trump’s former adviser-turned-critic John Bolton this week,” CNN reports.
“Currently, the prosecutors think they could bring a stronger case by the end of the year against Bolton over the mishandling of national security documents, rather than pushing for a charge at this time.”
GOP Lawmaker Gets Trump Endorsement for Redistricting
North Carolina state Sen. Phil Berger (R) is expected to accept an endorsement from President Trump in his 2026 primary challenge in exchange for redrawing congressional maps, WNCN reports.
Ken Griffin Slams Trump’s Corporate Deals
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin knocked the Trump administration for making deals with large corporations to avoid the full extent of its tariff policies, describing such agreements as anti-American, CNBC reports.
Said Griffin: “Is that our country, that we’re going to favor the big and the connected? That’s not the American story.”
He added: “When the state becomes involved in picking winners and losers, there’s only one way this game ends: All of us lose.”
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