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Here’s where I agree with a recent opinion piece in The Hill about antisemitism and teachers’ unions: Schools should be safe places for all students and all teachers. Antisemitism, like all forms of hate, should be opposed and educated against. It has no place in our schools.  Where I disagree is that teachers’ unions are harbingers of…
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President Trump in recent days has found himself at the center of several battles from redistricting efforts across the country to his federal takeover of Washington and threats to spread to other blue-led states to his move to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud claims. The president has pushed Cook to resign…
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The White House official resorted to what many saw as an exaggeration of the crime crackdown’s effects.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday will announce the Trump administration’s enforcement of English proficiency rules for commercial vehicle drivers. President Trump penned an executive order in April that requires all commercial truck drivers operating in the U.S. to be proficient in English. The president designated English as the country’s official language in a separate…
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) warned President Trump against sending National Guard troops to Chicago, after the president suggested last week that the Democratic-run city could be his next target. “Earlier today in the Oval Office, Donald Trump looked at the assembled cameras and asked for me personally to say, ‘Mr. President, can you do…
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Top Democrats pounced on President Trump Monday after he moved to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations. Cook, who was appointed by former President Biden in 2022, has pledged to remain in the position, saying Trump has “no authority” to remove her. “Any attempt to fire Lisa Cook from her position of…
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Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook doubled down on her vow not to resign from the Fed, after President Trump moved on Monday to fire the board member over mortgage fraud allegations. In a statement, Cook argued the president has “no authority” to remove her from her post. “President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’…
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Tariff exemptions for packages shipped to the U.S. worth $800 or less are set to end this week. In July, President Trump signed an executive order to suspend the “de minimis” tax exemption rule, which has led an increasing number of postal carriers worldwide to suspend package deliveries to the U.S. On Friday, Aug. 29,…
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Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Click here to sign up. In today’s issue: ▪ 2028 Democratic hopefuls clash with Trump ▪ President tells Fed’s Lisa Cook she’s fired  ▪ GOP chafes at Trump’s Intel, Grassley moves ▪ Judge, ICE face off over Abrego Garcia deportation Close Thank you for signing up! Subscribe to…
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Steve Inskeep laughed long and hard at Ty Cobb’s line but the conversation then took a serious turn.

The state leader and the president’s verbal sparring has escalated amid Trump’s threat to send troops to Chicago.

One of the most persistent, pernicious myths in politics is the idea that parties out of power have leaders anymore. We’ve recently seen how a party with the White House can have nearly autocratic rule by a president or how a weak president can be done in by an insurrection. But a party without the presidency,…
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“Math is HARD. For Trump, it’s impossible,” one wag cracked on social media.

Since Trump’s January inauguration, Kim has ignored Trump’s repeated calls to revive the direct diplomacy he pursued in his first term.

Critics mocked the White House press secretary over her latest wild claim about the president.

“In this second presidential term, Trump doesn’t fire anyone anymore,” noted the MSNBC anchor.

The president’s proposal sparked a war of words from his detractors.

The newspaper’s conservative editorial board flagged how it could backfire in the future.

The president claimed this was a sign of the “respect” he’s earned overseas.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Monday that personal attacks from President Trump “are just evidence of a guy who’s still living in fifth grade” after Trump recently commented on Pritzker’s weight. “It takes one to know one on the weight question,” Pritzker said Monday. “And the president, of course, himself, is not in good…
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David Frum summed up the “outrageous” happenings of the president’s second term before turning to a pressing question that faces America.

The Illinois governor hit back at the president’s threats of deploying National Guard troops to the city in a forceful speech.

The president didn’t do himself a “favor” by botching this politician’s name.

Former national security adviser John Bolton called President Trump’s Ukraine strategy “incoherent” in an opinion piece published Monday. “President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy is no more coherent today than it was last Friday when his administration executed search warrants against my home and office,” Bolton said in the opinion piece for The Washington Examiner, titled…
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Editor’s Note: The video above is from previous coverage of the Texas Senate redistricting filibuster. AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Exactly a week ago, Texas House Democrats returned to the state after fleeing to prevent Republicans from voting on President Donald Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Map.’ Now, Republicans are trying to prevent them from leaving in the future.…
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