“The Trump administration on Friday appealed a freeze on President Trump’s plan to restrict mail-in voting, teeing up another series of legal decisions about whether the U.S. Postal Service can make changes to how ballots are handled ahead of the midterm elections,” the New York Times reports. “The issue will likely be settled by the […]

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“Texas’s outgoing agriculture commissioner is warning fellow GOP leaders that if they don’t take action soon against data centers, they could lose key races in November,” the Washington Post reports. Said Miller: “I’ve been leading the charge against these data centers for a year or more, and it’s all falling on deaf ears. It’s going […]

“The Trump administration told the Supreme Court two weeks ago that construction of a new White House East Wing was ‘65% finished,’ part of its argument that the work was too far along for the court to halt,” the Washington Post reports. “But by the White House’s own standard for measuring the project’s progress, established […]

“A top pollster for President Donald Trump is pushing back on recent public polling showing Republican Mike Rogers trailing progressive Abdul El-Sayed in the marquee Michigan Senate race,” Politico reports. “Tony Fabrizio, who is conducting polling for Rogers, says the polls released this month are over-sampling Democratic-leaning voters, specifically college-educated and Black voters, according to […]

“The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow the U.S. military to fully enforce its ban on transgender service members, setting up the latest test of the administration’s policy priorities in front of the court,” the New York Times reports. “The justices are expected to consider whether to review the legality of the […]

“Far-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody,” CBS News reports.

“As primaries wrap up, most Democratic candidates who battled it out in intense nominating contests have come out in full force to support their party’s nominees as they try to regain control of the Senate,” the Washington Post reports. “But there’s one notable exception: Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D).” “Crockett, who has repeatedly declined to endorse […]

“President Trump is not planning to attend a ceremony in Manhattan for the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, in part because he wanted to deliver a speech and the annual event has long barred remarks,” the New York Times reports. New York Magazine: Trump snubs 9/11 ceremony because he […]

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering inviting hundreds of senior military personnel back for an address at Marine Corps Base Quantico this year, where he delivered his ‘no more beardos’ speech last fall,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Last September, Hegseth ordered all of the country’s generals and admirals to gather at Quantico on short […]

“Billionaire Elon Musk’s super PAC launched digital ads in key Senate battlegrounds this month, the group’s first significant advertising spending since last year’s state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin,” NBC News reports. “The new digital ads are running in Maine, Michigan and New Hampshire target specific lists of people and urge viewers to register to […]

“A federal judge on Friday rejected an effort by President Donald Trump to transfer to federal court the New York state criminal hush money case that ended with his conviction,” CNBC reports.

“President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order to create a new military academy — the U.S. Space Academy — dedicated to educating those pursuing jobs in space,” NBC News reports. “Announcing the plan in an appearance at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Trump said ‘the rapid growth of the Space Force and […]

“A year out from Argentina’s presidential election, Peter Thiel has become an avatar for the left’s charge that President Javier Milei is putting the country up for sale,” Bloomberg reports. “Opposition lawmakers launched a five-hour congressional hearing Friday into Thiel’s interests in Argentina, ramping up scrutiny on the tech billionaire who has purchased a mansion […]

“President Trump updated his defamation lawsuit on Thursday against The New York Times and the book publisher Penguin Random House, expanding on his argument that several reporters had disparaged his record as a businessman in articles and a book about him,” the New York Times reports. “The new filing adds specific claims of inaccuracies to […]

“The Trump administration is negotiating a long-term stake in a vast share of Venezuela’s oil fields, according to three people close to the discussions, a costly and legally precarious proposal that aims to nudge reluctant energy companies to drill in the risky region,” the Washington Post reports. “The contours of the plan, which is still […]

“It is an arresting, menacing image: the scarred face of Roy M. Cohn, the notorious New York City lawyer, fixer and master of the political dark arts, floating bodiless in a pool of black, his hooded eyes staring directly back at the viewer,” the New York Times reports. “The photograph, taken by Robert Mapplethorpe in […]

The Economist: “The demographic maths look ugly. The Congressional Budget Office, a non-partisan scorekeeper, thinks America will have 2.3m fewer 18- to 64-year-olds in 2026 than it expected at the start of 2025. Economists at the Federal Reserve reckon that the total population could grow by less than 0.2% this year—the slowest pace since 1951, […]

“Much of the public outcry over data-center construction has centered on electricity costs, water consumption and noise. Now, a new battlefront is opening up over jobs, too,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Call it the backlash to the backlash: Nationwide resistance to the construction has grown so broad that politicians on both sides of the […]

The Economist: “The warnings were apocalyptic. An ‘economic D-Day’ was looming for Iran, blustered Donald Trump. It would be ‘the single greatest financial offensive ever marshaled against an adversary,’ declared Scott Bessent, America’s treasury secretary. Having failed to fell the Iranian regime with military might, America was turning to economic weapons.” “Yet Operation Economic Outcast, […]

New York Times: “A House race in Arizona pits Jay Feely, a former Jets kicker, against Amish Shah, a former sideline doctor for the team. Jets fans in the district say it’s a welcome distraction from all the losing.”

The Economist: “In these waning summer days of waxing Democratic optimism, of rising hope within the party that it will regain some power in Washington and start to overcome a national reputation for elitism and ineptitude, no state seems more pregnant with possibility than Ohio.” “Once a bellwether for national politics, Ohio has trended solidly […]

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“The U.S. government said this week it seized digital infrastructure behind a Chinese hacking operation that targeted NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the Senate beginning in 2018, evidence, experts say, that illustrates the growing scale and persistence of Beijing’s cyber operations,” Semafor reports.

A new Texas Public Opinion Research poll in Texas finds James Talarico (D) leading Ken Paxton (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 47% to 40%. Texas Senate Race James Talarico (D) 47%   Ken Paxton (R) 40%   Texas Public Opinion Research poll

“Anti-vaccine activists are trying to track down the families of two people, including at least one newborn, who died after contracting measles in Pennsylvania, as governor Josh Shapiro tangles with Robert F Kennedy Jr over his ‘inaccurate and misleading claims,'” The Guardian reports. “Kennedy, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, […]

A week ago, President Trump told a South Carolina rally exactly how he wants Republicans to think about the midterm elections. Said Trump: “What I really want you to do is pretend, please, that I’m on the ballot. Just say that I’m on the ballot one more time.” Join now to continue reading. Members get […]

“Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, sought to alleviate concerns about his commitment to taming elevated inflation in a closely-watched speech on Friday,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Warsh, delivering his first address to the world’s leading economic policymakers at the Fed’s annual conference in Jackson, Wyo. affirmed that the central […]

“President Trump’s helicopter had trouble communicating with air traffic controllers on Thursday, for the second time this month,” CBS News reports. “As Marine One was about to take off in Washington, D.C. on Thursday afternoon, its calls to controllers went unheard, and another pilot had to intervene.”

“President Donald Trump said he plans to authorize farmers and ranchers to process their own food in the administration’s latest bid to lower the price of beef ahead of the U.S. midterm elections in November,” Bloomberg reports. “It is unclear if Trump has the authority to make such changes, and the practical effect of any […]