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“Sandwich guy” has become a symbol of Trump’s militarized takeover of the nation’s capital, and posters memorializing him have appeared all over the city.

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced early Wednesday that the Trump administration would take control over Washington’s Union Station, citing infrastructure issues. “Instead of being a point of pride, Washington’s Union Station has fallen into disrepair,” Duffy said Wednesday in a statement. “By reclaiming station management, we will help make this city safe and beautiful at…
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President Trump set the Beltway buzzing again this week after draping the Department of Labor building in a monumental banner promoting — himself. Trump’s scowling visage now hangs three stories tall above a caption touting “AMERICAN WORKERS FIRST.”   The banner joins a similar one at the USDA and his recent takeovers of cultural institutions like…
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The White House credited President Trump with Cracker Barrel’s decision to restore its “Old Timer” logo, which it dropped last week as part of a major company rebrand. The company’s initial rollout of the new, simple logo faced fierce online backlash, and the president joined the choir of critics this week in urging the 55-year-old…
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The Salvadoran national’s lawyers are fighting the deportation efforts in court, arguing he has the right to express fear of persecution and torture in Uganda.

The Trump administration said Wednesday it is taking over management of Union Station, the latest step in President Trump’s aggressive intervention in the nation’s capital. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy made the announcement while also unveiling new high-speed Acela trains going into service this week. “Instead of being a point of pride, Washington’s Union Station has…
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Tuesday said the Trump administration is attempting to damage public perceptions of the Federal Reserve by blaming it for price increases in recent months. “Donald Trump has a really serious economic problem. And the economic problem he faces is not the Fed. The economic problem he faces is that he…
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President Trump late Tuesday criticized Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker (Ill.), pointing to crime statistics in Chicago days after the president threatened to send National Guard troops to the city. “A really DEADLY weekend in Chicago. 6 DEAD, 27 HURT IN CRIME SPREES ALLOVER THE CITY. Panic stricken Governor Pritzker says that crime is under control,…
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The podcast giant just gave MAGA a wakeup slap.

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro late Tuesday said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is gravitating “to the idea” he shouldn’t keep interest rates at current levels due to President Trump’s tariffs. “Powell should see the tea leaves here,” Navarro said during an appearance on NewsNation’s “The Hill.” “I mean, interestingly enough, he’s beginning, grudgingly,…
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President Trump’s 50 percent tariff on imports from India went into effect Wednesday morning, weeks after the president threatened “severe consequences” on trading partners that purchase Russian oil and gas. The steep import tax comes as Trump continues to push Russia and Ukraine to come to a ceasefire agreement after meeting with the leaders of…
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On Aug. 8, a man fired 500 rounds into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, killing a responding officer and targeting public health workers, reportedly because of his views on vaccines. It was a brazen act of political violence. Unfortunately, our leaders’ silence will only encourage more of the same.  Gun violence…
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The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it planned to reclaim management of Washington Union Station, one of the country’s biggest rail hubs.

The Danish foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned the top U.S. diplomat positioned in the country over reports that at least three individuals connected to President Trump sought to carry out a covert influence campaign in Greenland. Trump has repeatedly said that he’s interested in acquiring Greenland, though Denmark has pushed back on the idea of…
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President Trump has almost always made governing decisions with his MAGA base in mind. If the president’s mindset on always playing to his base does not change soon, Republican hopes for 2026 will take a dive. I know MAGA diehards want to dismiss the polls as inherently anti-Trump. They can certainly point to a single…
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President Trump’s steep tariffs on India as a penalty for buying Russian oil took effect on Wednesday, bringing the import tax imposed on the trading partner to 50 percent. Trump said he would hit India with a 25 percent penalty for the oil purchases that he argued are helping fuel Moscow’s war efforts in Ukraine, on top of a…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned this week that if President Trump and his GOP allies expand their gerrymandering efforts beyond Texas, Democrats will respond in kind. Democratic legislators in California have already advanced new House maps designed to nullify the GOP’s new advantage in Texas, where Republicans, at Trump’s request, redrew their lines…
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President Trump said that he plans to look into NBC’s decision to extend “Late Night” host Seth Meyers’ contract, slamming the comedian as a “dope.” “There is a sick rumor going around that Fake News NBC extended the contract of one of the least talented Late Night television hosts out there, Seth Meyers,” Trump wrote…
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Miles Taylor talked of Donald Trump’s jealousy.

President Trump said he raised $1.5 billion since he was elected in November, hitting a milestone in contributions. “I am pleased to report that I have raised, since the Great Presidential Election of 2024, in various forms and political entities, in excess of 1.5 Billion Dollars. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” he wrote early Wednesday on…
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The MAGA movement has its sights set on expanding into governors’ mansions around the country. A handful of prominent allies of President Trump are pursuing gubernatorial bids, viewing it as a way to expand the MAGA agenda beyond Washington and set themselves up for potential future bids for higher office.  That means looking beyond 2028,…
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The Clinton-era Cabinet secretary predicted how it “surely will” backfire on the president.

President Trump said he is working on a crime bill with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), amid his federal law enforcement crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C. “Speaker Mike Johnson, and Leader John Thune, are working with me, and other Republicans, on a Comprehensive Crime Bill. It’s what our…
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The president’s Cabinet went full “Dear Leader.”