“Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Todd M. Lyons submitted his resignation Thursday, capping his leadership of one of the agency’s most tumultuous eras, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family,” the Washington Post reports.
Anna Paulina Luna Accuses Ruben Gallego of Misconduct
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) accused Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) of misconduct on Thursday, which Gallego denied, CBS News reports.
Luna did not give much detail about the allegations, but she said some of them are “sexual in nature” and some of them involve alleged campaign finance violations.
Trump Says War Is Going ‘Swimmingly’
President Trump on Thursday said that “the war in Iran is going along swimmingly,” CNBC reports.
Said Trump: “It should be ending pretty soon.”
He added: “It was perfect. It’s perfect. It was the power we have. We had the most powerful military anywhere in the world.”
Former FEMA Leader Likely to Return
“Cameron Hamilton, who was ousted in May for publicly testifying against then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s desire to dismantle the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is being considered to again lead the agency as its top official,” the Washington Post reports.
“Hamilton’s potential return reflects the direction that Noem’s successor, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), wants to take the nation’s emergency management and response system — probably shifting away from Noem’s efforts to undercut FEMA’s autonomy.”
Analilia Mejia Wins Special Election in New Jersey
Analilia Mejia (D) has won a special election for New Jersey’s 11th congressional district, the New Jersey Globe projects, keeping Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s (D) old seat under Democratic control and handing a huge win to the insurgent progressive movement that powered Mejia’s campaign.
Trump Claims Iran Will Hand Over ‘Nuclear Dust’
“President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran has agreed to hand over ‘nuclear dust’ that was buried by last year’s U.S. airstrikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities, a claim that, if accurate, would be a significant step in U.S. efforts to reduce Tehran’s ability to produce a nuclear weapon,” the Washington Post reports.
Trump Quizzes Advisers on JD Vance
CNN: “With Vice President JD Vance, a one-time Iran war skeptic, now tasked with brokering a deal to end it, President Donald Trump has been monitoring his progress closely and inquiring with various friends and advisers how they’d rank his performance…”
“The president has wondered aloud how they think Vance compares to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a potential rival for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination.”
Earlier for members: The Problem With Being Trump’s Heir
Republicans Back Army Secretary Over Hegseth
Washington Post: “House Republicans on Thursday threw their support behind Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and lamented the recent ouster of the service’s top general, making a rare public break with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after his repeated clashes with senior Army leaders.”
“House Democrats offered some similar sentiments, but the plaudits from conservative lawmakers at a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee’s panel on defense appeared intended to buttress Driscoll’s standing in the Republican Party.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“He’s a sleazebag. Always has been. He’s a long-timer, and he’s a bad guy. I don’t know anything about the charges, but he’s a bad guy.”
— President Trump, quoted by the Daily Mail, about former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).
How Gavin Newsom Boosted His Book Sales
New York Times: “In November, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California rolled out an intriguing offer to his formidable email list of supporters: Donate anything to his political group, and he would send them a copy of his forthcoming book: Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery.”
“It turned out about 67,000 supporters did just that. The books those donors received account for roughly two-thirds of the print copies of the memoir that have been sold.”
“On Wednesday, new federal records revealed that Mr. Newsom’s political action committee paid $1,561,875 to buy and distribute copies of his book through the donation program.”
Trump to Nominate Erica Schwartz to Lead CDC
Wall Street Journal: “President Trump said Thursday he will nominate Dr. Erica Schwartz to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
“The CDC has been without a permanent director since Susan Monarez was ousted last year after clashing with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy.”
Vance’s Theory of Trumpism Is No Match for the Practice
The Economist: “Vice-President J.D. Vance loves big ideas, or at least the idea of big ideas. Unlike President Donald Trump, he reads books and even writes his own, and he talks, authentically, like a diploma-carrying member of the elite they both ostentatiously disdain. He aligns himself with the ‘post-liberal right’, a term so highfalutin one struggles to imagine Mr Trump using it.”
“Mr Vance serves as the chief emissary between the Trump White House and the intellectual ‘New Right’, the agglomeration of pointy-heads, Silicon Valley potentates and podcasters with big ideas of their own for saving Western civilization, as Mr Vance, apocalyptically, likes to describe his mission.”
“It is heady stuff. It must also, on some days, prove vexatious, for it has led Mr Vance to cast himself as the chief ideologist of a movement, MAGA, whose essence is that it has no ideology. MAGA is committed instead to the instincts, impulses and glory of one man. As a result, Mr Vance’s theories of governance keep taking a beating from Mr Trump’s practice.”
Justice Department Investigates Eric Swalwell
NOTUS: “The Department of Justice is investigating allegations of sexual assault against former Rep. Eric Swalwell…”
“Swalwell has been accused by at least five women of sexual assault and harassment and is already under investigation in both Los Angeles and New York those respective district attorneys.”
Trump Voters Have Had Enough
The Atlantic: “Midterm elections are typically rough for an incumbent president’s party. But this year threatens to be brutal. Trump’s approval is lower right now than it was at this point ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, when Democrats won back the House in a historic blue wave.”
“Almost every new poll is a red flag for Republicans: Independents, young voters, and Latinos—groups that were crucial to Trump’s win in 2024—aren’t in the bag anymore. Even non-college-educated white Americans, once the president’s strongest group, have turned on him, according to a CNN polling average. Democratic-leaning voters are 17 points more likely than GOP-aligned voters to say they’re “extremely motivated” to vote in November.”
“Many Trump voters, in other words, have had it. At this point, it seems safe to declare that the historic coalition that powered the president’s second reelection is finished—kaput. The question is whether, with seven months to go until the midterms, any semblance of it can be revived.”
House Passes Bill to Protect Haitian Immigrants
Wall Street Journal: “The House passed a bipartisan measure Thursday that would reinstate temporary legal protections for Haitian immigrants living in the U.S., with 11 members of the Republican conference breaking with the Trump administration to side with Democrats on the measure.”
“The 224-204 vote marks a rare GOP rebuke of President Trump’s agenda.”
Cuba Tried to Deliver Secret Letter Directly to Trump
Wall Street Journal: “In an unusual attempt to get President Trump’s ear, the grandson of Cuban leader Raúl Castro tapped a wealthy Havana entrepreneur to try to personally deliver a letter to the White House last week outside of regular diplomatic channels.”
“The letter was formatted similarly to a diplomatic note and carried an official Cuban seal… The attempted back-channel message to Trump proposed economic and investment agreements as well as sanctions relief, and also warned that the Cuban regime was preparing for a U.S. incursion…”
Panel Advances Trump’s Triumphal Arch
New York Times: “A fine arts commission gave preliminary approval to President Trump’s plans for a triumphal arch in Washington, but the panel’s vice chairman suggested significant changes, including losing the statues of golden eagles and a winged angel atop the structure that account for a third of its height.”
“The Commission of Fine Arts, which is filled with Mr. Trump’s appointees, has an advisory role on the design of the project, but no enforcement power. It asked the administration to return with updated drawings before a final vote on the project.”
Tom Steyer Is Running the Most Expensive Campaign
Politico: “Steyer vaulted himself into the top tier of the wide-open race with a $120 million advertising blitz and a concerted courtship of the state’s progressive powers…”
“Steyer’s spending allowed him to steadily climb out of the low single digits and into the upper echelon of a brimming Democratic field, along with Swalwell and former Rep. Katie Porter. Now, with Swalwell out, Steyer is dominating the airwaves, with a rotation of ads so heavy he is nearly omnipresent in California’s expensive media markets.”
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