“President Donald Trump wants his supporters to think beyond his endorsed candidates and imagine that he is on the ballot when they vote in this year’s midterm elections,” NBC News reports. Said Trump: “The problem that we have is, they say that Trump does great when he’s on the ballot, but when he’s not on […]

“The Trump administration’s ban on visas for immigrants from 75 countries was struck down by a federal judge on Friday, who ruled it was ‘contrary to law’ and outside the statutory authority of Secretary of State Marco Rubio,” CNN reports.

“Trade negotiations between the United States and Canada fell apart on Friday night, shortly before a midnight deadline for 50% tariffs to take effect on $20 billion worth of Canadian products,” NPR reports.

New York Times: “The progressive maverick Angie Nixon’s upset win in the Democratic Senate primary this week jolted Florida politics, reshaping the dynamics of what had appeared to be a predictable race into one fraught with uncertainty — and, perhaps, opportunity.” “Democrats, who have struggled for relevance over the past few election cycles in the […]

“One ballroom isn’t enough,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “President Trump is quietly making plans for another one—nearly 200 miles north of the White House in New Jersey.” “The new ballroom at his private golf club in Bedminster would be used by the club’s 550 members and their families for events such as weddings. Together […]

New York Times: “Polls are traditionally used to measure public opinion, not mold it. But this year, several Democratic campaigns have seized on unreliable polls to push the perception that their candidates are surging to try to solidify support, attract donors and scare off rivals. The rise of prediction markets has also created financial incentives […]

“The Postal Service on Friday published regulations that would restrict mail voting, its latest effort to comply with President Trump’s call to restrict the popular practice just months before the midterm elections,” the New York Times reports. “In a 95-page final rule, the Postal Service clarified how it would carry out an executive order Mr. […]

“Donald Trump called the strait of Hormuz ‘an American territory’ on Friday, as the U.S. continues its military blockade of Iran’s shipping and ports while Trump’s administration struggles to end its war with the country,” The Guardian reports. Said Trump: “We don’t even know if we won, because I view the strait of Hormuz as […]

“Karoline Leavitt will work for President Donald Trump’s super PAC MAGA Inc. after she leaves her post at the White House,” NBC News reports.

“Democrats are readying multifront investigations into the Trump administration should they win the House majority in November, and the White House is gearing up for an onslaught of subpoenas,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “But there are early divisions within the party over where to focus their investigative firepower and whether to impeach the president […]

President Trump spoke to reporters “about Sen. Darline Graham’s (R-SC) recent debate flub where she brushed off a question about Taiwan by saying she wasn’t informed on foreign policy,” Mediaite reports. Said Trump: “She’s very smart, and she was being honest. I mean, she’s into the price of groceries, the price of food, the price […]

“Vice President JD Vance’s return to his hometown this afternoon was in many ways a preview of the heavy load he will carry for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party on the midterm campaign trail,” NBC News reports. “Against the backdrop of voters’ mounting affordability concerns, Vance emphasized an uptick in manufacturing jobs during […]

“Conservative lawmakers and pundits alike spoke out on the internet Friday after President Donald Trump announced a new deal that will temporarily lift certain tariffs on ground beef imports, with Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) warning ‘this will further harm’ American ranchers, ‘most of whom are MAGA Republicans,'” Mediaite reports. Mediaite: Fox’s Tomi Lahren torches Trump […]

“A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that the Justice Department could not enforce subpoenas seeking information about cases pursued by New York Attorney General Letitia James because it had unlawfully installed an ally of President Donald Trump as a top prosecutor,” NBC News reports. CNN: Trump U.S. attorney pick can no longer investigate one […]

“Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is expected to step down from his role by the end of the year, if not sooner, after months of tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Driscoll’s departure would leave the Army without a Senate-confirmed leader. Hegseth fired Gen. Randy George as the Army’s chief of […]

New York Times: “America is having a summer of political speed dating. Sudden plot twists in South Carolina, Maine and Wisconsin have foisted lightning-fast primary campaigns upon all three states. The resulting sprints to the ballot box have felt more reminiscent of European-style snap campaigns than the marathons we’ve been accustomed to.”

“At least five people who were deported by the United States to Liberia but resisted getting off the plane were flown to Equatorial Guinea, in Central Africa, on Thursday,” the New York Times reports. “It is the first reported case in the administration’s so-called third-country deportation campaign of migrants who refused to get off a […]

“President Donald Trump said Ed Martin, a senior Justice Department official, was leaving his post in the administration, the latest in a series of high-profile departures ahead of November’s midterm elections,” Bloomberg reports. Said Trump: “Ed is now leaving to go outside to fight Legal Battles for the upcoming Midterm Election, and the Presidential Election […]

“The ​United States has designated Myanmar scholar and U.S. citizen Min Zin as wrongfully detained after his arrest by Chinese authorities in June, ‌the State Department said, a move that makes securing his release a top U.S. priority,” Reuters reports. “The designation for Min Zin, who is accused of endangering Chinese national security, comes just […]

“Mark Sanford, who previously served as both a congressman and the governor of South Carolina, endorsed Rep. Ralph Norman in the Republican primary for the state’s U.S. Senate seat,” NOTUS reports. “Sanford, a Republican, is putting himself again at odds with the president, who endorsed Darline Graham, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister who is […]

“Democrats see signs of growing momentum in the battle for the Senate, and they’re increasingly optimistic they can expand the map into traditionally red territory ahead of November’s midterm elections,” NOTUS reports. “They’re targeting states like Iowa, Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Alaska, Kansas and even Mississippi, hoping to force Republicans to defend the state of […]

“The Pentagon on Friday fired the publisher and the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper funded by the Department of Defense that has long enjoyed editorial independence from the government,” the Washington Post reports.

“Chief Justice John Roberts said President Donald Trump can keep building his new White House ballroom for now while the Supreme Court considers issuing a longer-term order blessing continued construction of the massive structure,” Bloomberg reports. Wall Street Journal: “The interim measure, known as an administrative stay, gives the justices more time to consider whether […]

“Rosie O’Donnell’s stint filling in for ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has not gone unnoticed by the Trump White House,” Deadline reports. On Friday, they issued a statement: “Rosie O’Donnell is a nasty woman and a total slob whose brain has been completely destroyed by Trump Derangement Syndrome.” The Wrap: Rosie O’Donnell unleashes on Trump […]

“The Trump administration ​has started the process to transfer $725 million to the United Nations, a move aid experts said ‌was a welcome step towards paying billions in dues owed,” Reuters reports. “There was no immediate response from Washington to questions about the reasons for the payment from an administration which has slashed funding to […]

“The Trump administration’s new space policy aims to ramp up U.S. space traffic to nearly three launches or reentries a day by 2030,” Fox News reports. “The effort would put the U.S. on a much faster pace for deploying satellites that support GPS, weather forecasts, internet access and military communications as Washington races to stay […]

“The first deportation flight to Haiti since the U.S. supreme court upheld Donald Trump’s power to strip 350,000 Haitians – and others – of a key type of legal status in the U.S. landed in the troubled nation on Thursday,” The Guardian reports. “The flight was carrying more that 160 Haitian nationals and landed in […]

A new AARP poll in Michigan finds Abdul El-Sayed (D) just ahead of Mike Rogers (R) in the U.S. Senate race, 48% to 47%. NOTUS: Mike Rogers’ pitch to Jewish Democrats may be falling flat.

“A second attempt to affix President Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center is facing an emergency court challenge, with one member of the institution’s board calling the move a ‘breathtaking act of defiance,'” NOTUS reports.

“State governors, including Greg Abbott and Josh Shapiro, slowing development of the facilities as anger over AI spreads,” the Wall Street Journal reports.