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Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s first six months have brought a voter-registration controversy, World Cup challenges, budget fights and clashes with President Donald Trump. Julie Roginsky and Mike DuHaime debate whether she’s passing her first major tests, while also sparring over voter ID, Elon Musk’s political spending, Israel, Jeffrey Epstein and the growing anxiety surrounding Trump’s agenda heading into the midterms.

The president on Saturday night announced he canceled a WW II-level pummeling of Iran after the country lobbied the U.S. to pause the anticipated barrage

The post Trump Halts Strike on Iran After ‘Perimeters of a Deal’ Agreed To — But Warns US Is ‘Locked and Loaded’ If Talks Crumble Yet Again first appeared on Mediaite.

President Trump praised House Intelligence Committee chair Rick Crawford for a Fox News interview where he called on Trump to "finish the job" on Iran.

The post Trump Praises House Intel Chair After He Called for POTUS to ‘Finish the Job’ on Iran During Fox News Interview first appeared on Mediaite.

New York Times: Inside Larry Ellison's debt-fueled push to turn Oracle into an AI juggernaut by aligning with Trump, backing Project Stargate, and partnering with OpenAI  —  the first full day of the second Trump administration — Larry Ellison woke up in his 33-bedroom, 34-bathroom oceanfront mansion in Florida …

Justice interrupted: In Washington, D.C., a police chase ended in death and a cover-up by two of the officers. After their presidential pardons, a mother and a community are still demanding justice.

The post A jury found two police officers covered up a murder. Trump pardoned them. appeared first on MS NOW.

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After dismantling the federal system designed to protect US elections, the Trump administration now says it has a plan to rebuild it — less than 100 days before Election Day and just weeks before ballots begin going out in… Continue reading

The post “Trump admin tries to rebuild election security infrastructure it gutted as midterms near” appeared first on Election Law Blog.

The post As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice appeared first on ProPublica.

The bipartisan bill is a long way from becoming law, but it represents the strongest opposition yet from Congress to the administration’s agenda.

James Comey filed a scorching motion to dismiss the indictment against him — accusing President Trump and the DOJ of 'selective and vindictive prosecution.'

The post James Comey Files Scorching Motion to Have His Indictment Thrown Out — Accuses Trump DOJ of ‘Selective and Vindictive Prosecution’ first appeared on Mediaite.

President Donald Trump has grown increasingly "exasperated" as the war in Iran stretches into its sixth month, with NBC News reporting Wednesday that the president recently erupted at top national security officials amid deep divisions inside his administration over how to proceed.

The post Trump ‘Exasperated’ as His Top Officials at Odds Over Iran War Strategy: Report first appeared on Mediaite.

The post Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct appeared first on ProPublica.

As Trump takes a more considerate approach toward his Ukrainian counterpart, a new package of sanctions against Russia has cleared a key hurdle in the Senate.

Mass hearings, removal orders ‘in absentia’ – judges are wrapping up immigration cases in unprecedented numbers The second Trump administration recorded its highest number of immigration arrests so far last month. One significant and alarming reason that is far less noticeable than armored, masked agents swaggering in the streets with weapons may be a sudden change in America’s immigration courts. Here, in recent months, accelerated mass hearings are giving people facing existential questions about their fu...

Donald Trump is suddenly bumping up against limits in many areas at once. Top aides just leaked to The Atlantic that he’s “frustrated” with his inability to force Iran’s hand with his increasingly deranged threats. In the case of Trump’s bogus efforts to prosecute James Comey, we just learned that he personally demanded briefings in real time about interrogations of him. That reveals in deeply humiliating fashion his extraordinary personal involvement in the case and makes it more likely it’ll get tossed. H...

“President Donald Trump is set to visit Michigan on Monday to highlight manufacturing and auto industry jobs ahead of the state’s Aug. 4 primary elections,” NewsNation reports.

The president told Axios his administration is once again negotiating an end to the Iran war — but if the talks fizzle out, he will swing The Big Stick.

The post Trump Tells Barak Ravid He’s Ready for ‘Strong Military Action’ Against Iran As War Drags On first appeared on Mediaite.

Happy Sunday everyone.

Did Cuba foment Black Lives Matter and anti-ICE protests? The State Department seems to think so.

The post Rubio’s Paranoid Cuba Report Designed to “Justify a Military Attack on Cuba,” Says Democratic Rep. appeared first on The Intercept.

A federal appeals court refused to revive the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, keeping in place a lower court order that blocked the charge while the administration continues its appeal.

Some new ads in North Carolina and Wisconsin too.....

No press briefing has been held for months, as the defence department belatedly or inaccurately releases figures The Pentagon is taking a “shameful approach” to releasing information about US casualties in the Iran war, Leon Panetta, a former defence secretary and CIA director, has told the Guardian. The defence department has not held a press briefing for two-and-a-half months. Officials have faced accusations that they are engaged in a cover-up designed to hide the true cost of Donald Trump’s war of choic...

President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed new tariffs on 60 U.S.

The United States launched a fresh barrage of strikes on Iran overnight as President Donald Trump threatened a major new escalation after Tehran opened a second front in its pressure campaign on the world economy.

We often hear that deficits are terrible for society. What if they were instead absolutely essential?

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Four Republicans joined Democrats to approve the measure. And while it is not legally binding, the resolution represents growing frustration inside Congress over the war.