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Chell, Daughtry golf outing with Trump sparks inquiry over use of NYPD security detail
NEW YORK — NYPD Chief of Department John Chell and Deputy Mayor Kaz Daughtry brought their police security details along last month when they visited President Donald Trump on their personal time at Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club — and the deployment is now attracting scrutiny from a city government watchdog, the Daily News has ...Read more
Trump threatens 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico as talks continue
President Donald Trump unleashed his latest tariff ultimatums, declaring a 30% rate for Mexico and the European Union, as his trade agenda continues to keep allies off balance and inject uncertainty into global financial markets.
Trump made the announcement in two letters posted to social media Saturday as he informed key trading partners of ...Read more

Trump patience on tariffs runs thin as nations jostle for deals
U.S. trading partners trying to navigate the final weeks of negotiations before President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs hit are facing a leader who has made clear he’s lost patience with talks.
Even as negotiators from Brussels to New Delhi are racing to find a way out of the punishing levies he’s floated, Trump continued to...Read more

Iran says it's considering US offer to restart nuclear talks
Iran’s foreign minister said the U.S. is trying to revive nuclear talks with Tehran while stressing that his country is in no hurry to resume negotiations.
“The Americans insist on returning to the negotiating table,” Abbas Araghchi said in televised remarks Saturday, adding that Iran has received “multiple messages.” Tehran is ...Read more
Trump threatens 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico as talks continue
President Donald Trump unleashed his latest tariff ultimatums, declaring a 30% rate for Mexico and the European Union, as his trade agenda continues to keep allies off balance and inject uncertainty into global financial markets.
Trump made the announcement in two letters posted to social media Saturday as he informed key trading partners of ...Read more

2 Trump-tied lawyers step into Michigan election cases
HILLSDALE, Mich. — Two attorneys with ties to President Donald Trump are getting involved as defense lawyers with two separate criminal cases against Oakland County lawyer Stefanie Lambert that charge her with mishandling voter data and election machines.
Kurt Olsen, a Washington, D.C., lawyer with a history of challenging election results, ...Read more

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims 'rapist' Trump has complicated release of Epstein files
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed on Friday that having a “rapist” president in office has muddied the Justice Department’s handling of matters involving deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?” the New York ...Read more

Trump escalates Canada trade fight with 35% tariff threat
President Donald Trump threatened a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods and raised the prospect of increasing levies on most other countries, ramping up his trade rhetoric in comments that weighed on stocks and boosted the U.S. dollar.
The tariff level on Canada would take effect from Aug. 1, the president said. The announced rate is an increase ...Read more

Trump escalates Canada trade fight with 35% tariff threat
President Donald Trump threatened a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods and raised the prospect of increasing levies on most other countries, ramping up his trade rhetoric in comments that weighed on stocks and boosted the U.S. dollar.
The tariff level on Canada would take effect from Aug. 1, the president said. The announced rate is an increase ...Read more

Deep in a fiscal hole, Congress just keeps digging
In a remarkable achievement, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act got worse with each iteration before finally being enacted last week. On plausible assumptions, the final version will add more than $5 trillion to deficits over the next 10 years, moving the track of public debt from unsustainable to all but unhinged. As Congress turns to its budget ...Read more

SCOTUS -- Trump likely to 'succeed' in restructuring case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump to move forward with shrinking the federal workforce. The move is notable as much for the outcome as for the dynamics involved.
The case stemmed from an executive order the president issued early in February directing administration officials to formulate plans for “large-scale�...Read more

Trump administration sues California over egg prices, farm animal welfare laws
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Accusing California of imposing “unnecessary red tape” on the production of eggs, the Trump administration is suing the state over animal cruelty laws it claims have driven up prices nationwide.
“California has effectively prevented farmers across the country from using a number of agricultural production methods ...Read more

MSU professor Josh Cowen running for Congress in key mid-Michigan district
Democrat Josh Cowen, an education policy professor at Michigan State University, launched a campaign for the U.S. House on Thursday, aiming to take on first-term Republican Rep. Tom Barrett next fall.
Cowen, 46, of East Lansing plans to focus his campaign on affordability and education issues. His research has focused on teacher quality, ...Read more

Navy reservist announces campaign to unseat Rep. Jen Kiggans
With congressional midterms still more than a year away, Democrat James Osyf is the latest candidate to announce intentions to challenge Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District.
Osyf, a first-generation Ukrainian-American and a Navy reservist who served on the USS Norfolk submarine, announced his candidacy ...Read more

FBI headquarters fight stymies spending bill in Senate
Plans for the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve a Justice Department funding bill collapsed on Thursday amid a Republican revolt over an amendment about where to put the new FBI headquarters.
Senate appropriators scattered from the meeting with no clear path forward on how to approve the broader fiscal 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science ...Read more

Trump praises Fetterman for saying calls to abolish ICE are “inappropriate and outrageous”
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D.-Pa., is still tweeting about ICE after earning President Donald Trump’s praise Wednesday for slamming calls to abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
Fetterman said “ICE performs an important job for our country” in the first of a pair of posts uploaded to X on Thursday.
“Any calls to abolish ICE are...Read more

Trump administration sues California over cage-free egg and animal welfare laws
The Trump administration has sued California over the state's voter-approved animal welfare law, which protects hens, pigs and calves from being kept in small cages, claiming the law has driven up egg prices and violates federal farming laws and regulations.
"California has contributed to the historic rise in egg prices by imposing unnecessary ...Read more

Will vote for Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' come back to haunt David Valadeo?
Democrats quickly fired away at Rep. David Valadao’s record once President Donald Trump signed the “Big Beautiful Bill” that cut taxes and Medicaid funding, saying that because of Valadao’s vote, “rural hospitals across America are now at risk of closing.”
It’s impossible to predict the specific impact on hospitals and for that ...Read more

Secret Service suspends 6 agents after President Trump assassination attempt
The Secret Service has suspended six agents tasked with securing the Pennsylvania rally where Donald Trump was shot last year.
Matt Quinn, Secret Service deputy director, told CBS News that their punishments range from 10 to 42 days of leave without pay or benefits. They include several agents at the service’s Pittsburgh field office, along ...Read more

Texas Gov. Abbott calls for redrawing congressional map ahead of midterms
WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, is directing state lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional map at a special legislative session later this month.
Under the current GOP-drawn Texas map, Republicans won 25 of the state’s 38 House seats last fall, while Democrats took the remaining 13 districts. But allies of ...Read more
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