Category: Trump Administration
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Trump Says a Canada Trade Deal Is Close. Prove It After Tuesday.
Trump says the U.S. and Canada have “the concept of a deal,” Keystone XL included. Carney says teams will finish it in the coming weeks. Good. Now put real tariff numbers in writing after the votes are counted.
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Iran Fired at U.S. Forces. The Qeshm Island Strikes Were the Right Answer.
Editor’s note, November 14, 2026: I have folded our late-October and early-November Hormuz posts into this living column, from the post-midterm strike warnings through the November 2 Qeshm Island strikes. Later developments will be added here. Our November 12 column on Iran’s enriched uranium and the blockade remains a separate chapter. The Qeshm Island strikes…
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The Supreme Court Says No on 20,000 California Ballots. Now Fix the Rolls.
The Supreme Court turned down the Trump administration’s last-minute bid to make California set aside 20,000 mail ballots flagged as likely noncitizens. The goal was right, but the fix belongs before ballots go out: verify citizenship at registration and keep the rolls clean.
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Netanyahu Wants More Iran Strikes. America Sets the Clock.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants a new round of Netanyahu Iran strikes, and he wants them soon. He is pushing President Trump to hit Iran again right after Tuesday’s midterm elections, two regional officials and a third person familiar with the matter told the Associated Press on Monday, according to CBS News, citing the…
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Trump Says He Gave It a Strong Shot. Now It’s on the Voters.
In his last midterm pitch at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, President Trump admitted the sitting president’s party usually loses midterms but said Republicans gave it a very strong shot. The border and tax case is real. So is a 10x pool cost overrun. Now it is up to the voters.
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DOJ Takes 20,000-Plus California Ballots to the Supreme Court. Rule Fast.
One day before the midterms, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to make California set aside mail ballots from more than 20,000 people DOJ calls likely noncitizens. Two courts said no, and the list has real problems. Here is what DOJ wants, why it lost so far, and why the justices should rule fast.
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Mamdani Wants ICE Off City Parking Lots. He’s Picking the Wrong Fight.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani told DHS to keep ICE agents off city-owned parking lots or face a lawsuit, and new Parks rules tell workers to call 911 on federal officers in restricted areas. The city already won the right not to help ICE. Standing in its way is a different fight.
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Iran Says It Can Reopen Hormuz in Two Days. Read the Fine Print.
Iran says it can reopen the Strait of Hormuz in two days if Washington meets its demands. The timeline got shorter, but the demands did not. Here is the catch, why peace through strength still matters, and what it means for your gas tank.
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A Judge Tossed DOJ’s Alaska Senate Suit. She Got It Right.
A federal judge dismissed the DOJ Alaska lawsuit that sought to block certification of the Senate race over a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot. Sen. Sullivan says he will accept the result. Here is why the court got it right, and where the real fix lies.
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Illinois Will Screen Kids for Depression. Parents Should Have to Say Yes.
Illinois will offer mental health screenings to every student from third grade up, and its guidance does not require a parent’s signature. The Education Department has given the state until Nov. 13 to require written consent and stop keeping results out of official records. It is right: ask parents first.
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