“Donald Trump is poised to reshape the US judiciary over the next four years through hundreds of potential appointments of rightwing judges,” The Guardian reports.
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Musk’s Team Evicts Officials at the U.S. Institute of Peace
“A simmering dispute between the Department of Government Efficiency and an independent agency dedicated to promoting peace broke into an open standoff involving the police on Monday, as Elon Musk’s government cutters marched into the agency’s headquarters and evicted its officials,” the New York Times reports.
“The dramatic scene played out in Washington on Monday afternoon as Mr. Musk’s team was rebuffed from the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that President Trump has ordered dismantled, then entered it with law enforcement officers. Agency officials say that because the institute is a congressionally chartered nonprofit that is not part of the executive branch, Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk do not have the authority to gut its operations.”
They’re Starting to Figure Out He Had No Plan
Paul Krugman: “While much of MAGA is motivated by hatred of an open society — by racism, misogyny and the desire to end all things woke — the swing voters who put Donald Trump over the top thought they were supporting a great manager who would fix the economy, reducing grocery prices and restoring good jobs. It was inevitable that they would eventually feel buyers’ remorse, because Trump never had plans to deliver on his economic promises; on the contrary, almost everything he’s trying to do will make the economy worse.”
“Even so, it’s stunning just how quickly consumer confidence has fallen off a cliff…”
“What’s truly remarkable from my perspective, however, is that Trump’s economic team seems to be even more despairing than the general public.”
The Most Engaged Voters Are Still Solidly Democratic
David Shor: “There’s how many elections you vote in, or how important politics is to your identity. There’s how closely you follow the news. But across all of these, there’s a consistent story: The most engaged people swung toward Democrats between 2020 and 2024, despite the fact that Democrats did worse overall.”
“Meanwhile, people who are the least politically engaged swung enormously against Democrats. They’re a group that Biden either narrowly won or narrowly lost four years ago. But this time, they voted for Trump by double digits.”
Trump Moves to ‘Void’ Biden’s Final Days in Office
“President Donald Trump’s claim that the pardons signed by Joe Biden at the end of his term are now ‘void’ and ‘vacant’ began with an outcry among Trump allies about the former president’s mental capacity,” Semafor reports.
“Trump declared Monday, without citing any evidence, that his predecessor had not seen some of the documents that have his name on them. But that prospect was first invoked nearly two weeks ago by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Trump ally. Bailey asked the Department of Justice to ‘investigate whether it was Biden or others who took executive actions’ in his final days.”
“The following day, the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project claimed on X that every document signed by Biden ‘used the same autopen signature except for the announcement that the former President was dropping out of the race last year.’”
Wife of Ex-Senator Goes to Trial on Bribery Charges
“Less than two months after former Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was sentenced to 11 years in prison on federal corruption charges, the trial of his wife, Nadine Menendez, begins on Tuesday in Manhattan,” the New York Times reports.
A Hugely Expensive Race in Wisconsin
With just two weeks to go until election day, the total spent in the contentious Wisconsin Supreme Court race is on track to reach a whopping $100 million, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
ABC News: DNC to make first major post-election investment into Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
How Matt Gaetz Poisoned the House Ethics Committee
“Scandal-ridden former Rep. Matt Gaetz is gone from Congress, but the wounds he inflicted on the House Ethics Committee that investigated him remain fresh,” Politico reports.
“After the longest delay in recent history, the panel finally recruited enough members to perform its grim mandate of governing fellow lawmakers’ conduct in the 119th Congress. And they’ll have their work cut out for them: The committee is still regrouping from its crisis late last year over whether to break with recent precedent and release the results of an investigation into their former Florida GOP colleague, who was being considered for attorney general.”
Trump to Slash Staff at IRS Taxpayer Help Office
“The Trump administration is set to cut more than 20 percent of the staff at the taxpayer help branch of the IRS, eliminating jobs designed to help people struggling with their finances, identity theft or other tax issues,” the Washington Post reports.
Americans Split on DEI Programs
Half of registered voters (49%) in the NBC News poll say DEI programs should be eliminated “because they create divisions and inefficiencies in the workplace by putting too much emphasis on race and other social factors over merit, skills and experience.”
And 48% say DEI programs in the workplace should continue “because diverse perspectives reflect our country, create innovative ideas and solutions, encourage unity and make our workplaces fair and inclusive.”
Trump’s Mass Deportations Hit Riskier Phase
“President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda has reached a turning point in recent days, as the administration expands the group of immigrants it has targeted for removal, quarrels with judges and wades into increasingly risky political territory,” Politico reports.
“Trump spent his first weeks in office emphasizing a mass deportation campaign aimed at criminals who are in the country illegally.”
“But late last week, immigration agents arrested a Lebanese doctor on a legal visa, despite a court order temporarily blocking her immediate removal. That followed the detention of German tourists, a former Columbia University graduate student with a green card and multiple immigrants who are married to U.S. citizens or have long lived in the United States.”
Trump to Focus on What Ukraine Will Lose
David Sanger: “To hear President Trump describe it, he and President Vladimir Putin of Russia are about to have something akin to their own Yalta moment, great powers determining borders within Europe.”
“He didn’t explicitly refer to the 1945 meeting, where Churchill, Stalin and a deathly ill Franklin D. Roosevelt carved the continent into the American-aligned West and the Soviet-dominated East, creating spheres of influence that became the battlegrounds of the Cold War.”
“But talking to reporters on Air Force One while returning from Florida on Sunday night, Mr. Trump made clear that his scheduled phone conversation with Mr. Putin on Tuesday would be focused on what lands and assets Russia would retain in any cease-fire with Ukraine.”
Talks Follow Weeks of Diplomatic Turbulence
“President Trump is set to press his high-speed effort to bring the war in Ukraine to an end when he speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Trump said ‘a lot of work’ had been done over the weekend and that the U.S. had talked to both sides about dividing up ‘assets,’ such as land and power plants.”
“The White House’s rapid-fire diplomacy is up against warnings from Moscow last week that much remains to be resolved before agreeing to halt fighting.”
Politico: Words of advice for Trump ahead of high-stakes call with Putin.
Ken Paxton Plots to Take On John Cornyn
“Get ready for a blockbuster primary between Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in 2026,” Punchbowl News reports.
During a wide-ranging interview, Paxton “gave the clearest signs yet that he’s planning to challenge Cornyn in what could be one of the most expensive Senate primaries in history.”
Said Paxton: “I think I can win if I have $20 million. I’ve run these primaries in Texas before. I honestly don’t see how he overcomes his numbers.”
Israel Resumes War in Gaza
“Israel resumed the war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against what it described as Hamas targets all across the enclave overnight,” Axios reports.
“The strikes come exactly two months after the signing of the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal that the Biden administration brokered with the help of the incoming Trump administration.”
Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
“Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is now accessible across the White House campus,” the New York Times reports.
“It is the latest installation of the Wi-Fi network across the government since Mr. Musk joined the Trump administration as an unpaid adviser.”
Trump Escalates Push Against Legal Norms
“President Trump escalated his willingness to push legal boundaries as he aggressively pursues his policy objectives, declaring on Monday his predecessor’s pardons are void while members of his administration brush aside court orders and the text of federal law on other issues,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Trump’s envelope-pushing second term reached new heights on two of his top priorities: immigration and paying back his opponents. The administration stood its ground after deporting hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members despite a court order issued Saturday evening, with the White House disclaiming that a federal judge could force flights with the deportees to return to the U.S.”
Schumer’s Damage Control Isn’t Working
“Chuck Schumer is in damage-control mode. It isn’t going great,” Politico reports.
“The Senate minority leader and his aides in recent days have been talking privately with liberal groups in an apparent effort to ease tensions after sparking a civil war in the Democratic Party over a stopgap funding bill.”
“The minority leader is in a perilous position in the party, drawing furious backlash from Democrats after his vote last week. While maneuvering privately to repair relationships, he postponed scheduled book tour events this week, with a spokesperson citing ‘security concerns.’ The events would have taken him to heavily Democratic cities, including Baltimore and Washington, and activists had made plans to protest them.”
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