Category: Trump Administration
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Why Two GOP Senators Are Blocking Trump’s AG Pick
The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed its vote to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general after two Republican senators, John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, refused to commit their support. Their objection is not personal, and it is not partisan theater aimed at the other party. It is aimed squarely at…
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Trump Called Off the Iran Strike. Tehran Says He Is Lying About Why
President Trump announced late Saturday night that he canceled a planned strike on Iran’s energy infrastructure, saying Iran and other Middle Eastern nations asked the United States to hold off because the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to. The news that Trump cancels Iran strike has already generated strong reactions worldwide. Within hours,…
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Capital One Just Torched the Trump Debanking Lawsuit With One Filing
Capital One told a federal judge on Friday that it closed more than 300 Trump Organization bank accounts in 2021 because its anti-money laundering team flagged the transactions. The closures were not because of the January 6th riot or the political mood in Washington. This is the first time any bank has put a money…
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Congress Passed the Biggest Housing Bill in 30 Years. Trump Wouldn’t Sign It.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law at midnight on July 11, 2026, without President Trump’s signature. Congress had passed it 85-5 in the Senate and 358-32 in the House. Those are the kind of margins Washington almost never produces anymore, on any subject. The president called the bill “a big yawn,” cancelled…
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Zero Election Commissioners, Four Months Before You Vote
On Thursday, July 9, President Trump fired the two Democratic members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Thomas Hicks and Benjamin Hovland. The last Republican commissioner, Christy McCormick, resigned the same day. The other Republican seat had been empty since Donald Palmer left in April to join the Heritage Foundation. So, four months before the…
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‘I’m the Boss’: What Really Happened at the G7 Évian Summit
The line everyone will remember from the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains did not come from a communiqué. On Wednesday, June 17, the last day of the June 15–17 meeting hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, President Trump arrived late for a leaders’ session and said, “I’m the boss.” Newsweek reported that he joked he was…
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Trump’s Iran Deal: The Islamabad Memorandum — Win, Workaround, or Warning?
On June 17, 2026, President Donald Trump signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding with Iran, officially ending the 2026 Iran War, a conflict that began on February 28 when the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes against Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure. The signing took place in two locations simultaneously: Trump at the Palace…
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U.S. Military Kills Tren de Aragua Leader: Why?
On Friday, June 12, 2026, President Trump announced that U.S. Southern Command had carried out a “swift and lethal kinetic strike” that killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, better known as Niño Guerrero, the leader of Tren de Aragua. The Venezuela-based gang is one of the most violent criminal organizations in the Western Hemisphere, and the…
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$70 Billion for the Border: What the Secure America Act Actually Does — And What Conservatives Should Still Demand
Congress sent President Trump the Secure America Act on June 9, 2026, and he signed it the next day. It is a roughly $70 billion reconciliation bill. The law funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through fiscal 2029, the end of his term. Senators passed it 52-47 on Friday, June 5.…
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One Death Per Week in ICE Custody. 2026 Has Already Broken the All-Time Record. Here’s What the Data Shows.
Twenty-nine people died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody between October 1, 2025, and mid-April 2026, according to government data reported by NPR. That already passed the previous full-year record of 28, set in fiscal 2004, with five and a half months of the fiscal year still to go. Those are not just numbers. They…
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