Month: July 2025

President Trump underwent medical testing for “mild swelling” in his legs and bruising on one of his hands, the White House said Thursday, which revealed a vein condition that is common in individuals over the age of 70. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a note from Trump’s physician during a press briefing that…
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Republicans say the controversial nominee is ready for a floor vote. Democrats say they’re moving too fast.

This spring, thousands of Cubans gathered in Havana’s Revolutionary Square to mark the nation’s Labor Day celebrations. Only this year, there was nothing to celebrate. Cuba is experiencing a national catastrophe, and the Cuban people are growing increasingly desperate.  In the midst of likely the most severe economic crisis to affect the island, on May…
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said in a new interview with The New York Times that “Republicans are fomenting anti-immigrant hate as a policy,” while Democrats remain scared to take a firm stance on the issue. “Most Americans understand that we need immigrants to grow and for our economy to survive. They just want them to…
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As Americans go about their daily lives they may see some evidence of the role immigrants play in enabling their activities. They may notice the young man clearing tables at their favorite lunch restaurant, the laborers working on the construction site down the road or the crew doing some landscaping beautification near the park entrance. …
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Maurene Comey’s goodbye email has advice that rings true for all of us.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is seeking information from the Trump administration about what he called its “chilling expansion” of efforts to collect DNA from migrants, including children, as it carries out its sweeping immigration crackdown. “It appears the only basis for this DNA surveillance is to further the Trump administration’s animus toward immigrants,” Wyden wrote…
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Lawmakers and some CMS officials have challenged the legality of deportation officials’ access to some states’ Medicaid enrollee data.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Wednesday shared some troubling thoughts as to why President Donald Trump’s administration hasn’t released more files.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Wednesday afternoon as the Trump administration seeks to distance itself from controversy around files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The Justice Department and FBI issued a joint memo earlier this month finding “no evidence” that the convicted sex offender kept a client “blacklist” — despite…
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CNN pundit Van Jones said Wednesday that President Trump’s “bizarre” response to calls for the federal government to release more information on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has “undermined” the president’s claim that he is not implicated in the files. In an interview on CNN’s “NewsNight” with Abby Phillip, Jones questioned why the Trump administration…
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President Trump’s approval rating on immigration has fallen to 41 percent — the lowest since his return to the White House, according to a survey released Thursday. In a two-day poll conducted this week by Reuters/Ipsos, roughly half of the respondents said they disapproved of how the president has carried out his sweeping immigration crackdown.…
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America’s public data is part of our country’s critical infrastructure, every bit as important as our highways, bridges, railways, and dams. Roughly 300,000 public federal datasets, including GPS, weather, Census, and economic data, are an essential resource for policymakers, companies, state and local governments, and ordinary Americans.   Now the Trump administration is disrupting our data infrastructure…
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Forensic expert Jake Green said Wednesday that he sees “so many issues” with the video footage recorded outside of Jeffrey Epstein’s prison cell door that the Justice Department released last week. The Justice Department and FBI originally released the roughly 11-hour video in an effort to dispel claims foul play was involved in the convicted…
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Trump has made it a priority to target Democratic-leaning states with education funding cuts — but the ones controlled by the GOP won’t be spared.

Tech billionaire and former Trump administration official Elon Musk’s favorability has fallen to less than 25 percent in a poll released Thursday. Musk only garnered 23 percent favorability in the CNN poll, with his unfavorability at 60 percent. Three percent said they had “never heard of” the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, while 14 percent were…
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The Senate Judiciary Committee gave its approval to two controversial Trump nominees Thursday, forwarding Emil Bove and Jeanine Pirro over objections from Democrats who walked out of a business meeting after debate was cut short. Bove, one of President Trump’s former criminal defense attorneys who is now in the No. 3 spot in the Justice…
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President Trump is attacking universities across the nation, threatening their federal funding for what his administration calls inadequate action to combat antisemitism. His arguments are that many universities have not protected Jewish students on their campuses from protests and writings supporting Palestinians in response to the nearly two-year Israel-Gaza conflict. The president cites Title VI of the…
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has continued to fuel public intrigue surrounding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as the federal government faces growing pressure to release additional information from the criminal case against the late financier. Musk first planted the seeds of the latest Epstein controversy during his feud with President Trump last month, when the…
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The California governor roasted the president with two social media posts.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is zealously backing Emil Bove’s nomination to a federal appeals court amid suggestions that his confirmation could undermine the rule of law, saying “nothing could be further from the truth.” In a Fox News op-ed published Thursday, Blanche called his former co-counsel on President Trump’s Manhattan criminal case “the most…
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PBS CEO and President Paula Kerger said funding cuts to the outlet, expected to pass the House on Thursday, will be “devastating” for rural areas. “The Senate just approved a rescissions package that goes against the will of the American people, the vast majority of whom trust PBS and believe we provide excellent value to…
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And the conservative justices don’t think they owe you any answers at all.

President Trump’s approach to Africa has shown potential but is reaching a critical point.   The president’s focus on pursuing greater economic and security cooperation with key countries has gained traction, but it is clashing with competing domestic priorities, like immigration and tariffs. If the administration cannot reconcile these goals, it risks leaving massive opportunities…
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