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President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs are raking in unprecedented sums for the federal government—so much, in fact, that a top budget watchdog says the revenue rivals the impact of creating a brand-new payroll tax or slashing the entire military budget by nearly one-fifth. (These are rough estimates, to be sure, conveyed to communicate the magnitude of the tariffs, not …

California governor Gavin Newsom says the state will draw new electoral maps after Donald Trump “missed” a deadline on Tuesday night in an ongoing redistricting battle between Democratic and Republican states. “DONALD ‘TACO’ TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, ‘MISSED’ THE DEADLINE!!!”, Newsom’s office wrote on social media. “CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE ‘BEAUTIFUL MAPS,’ THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS …

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore hundreds of suspended UCLA science research grants, affecting more than a third of the $584 million in funds the government abruptly froze late last month. In her evening order, issued hours after a San Francisco court hearing, U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin said the government’s slashing of UCLA …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom told Donald Trump on Tuesday that the president had missed the deadline to pull back from creating “illegal crooked maps” in red states to manipulate coming elections. As a result, Newsom, mimicking the president’s all caps messaging style, indicated the nation’s most populous state would “redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps …

As President Donald Trump pushes the bounds of military activity on domestic soil, a debate has emerged over a nearly 150-year old law that regulates when federal troops can intervene in state issues. About 800 National Guard troops filed into Washington, D.C., on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said — without substantiation — that they were needed to reduce crime …

President Donald Trump inaccurately claimed that the murder rate in Washington, D.C., “reached the highest rate probably ever” in 2023, and he ignored a decline in murders since then to justify a federal takeover of the city’s law enforcement. In declaring a “crime emergency” in Washington, Trump wrongly claimed at an Aug. 11 press conference, “Murders in 2023 reached the …

Gavin Newsom has been sparring with Texas Governor Greg Abbott over redistricting for the last few weeks. Anadolu / Getty Images In case you didn’t know, the short of it is: Texas is threatening to eliminate five Democratic seats by redistricting, which would give Republicans a huge advantage in the 2026 midterms. In response, Gov. Newsom has threatened to counter …

Who gets Kennedy Center Honors under Trump? George Strait, Kiss, Michael Crawford being eyed.  The Washington Post Trump makes Kennedy Center Honors announcement. It caught the staff off guard  NPR Donald Trump Calls JFK’s Memorial the ‘Trump/Kennedy Center’ as He Previews Annual Arts Awards: ‘Whoops’  People.com Trump touts ‘great’ nominees for ‘Kennedy Center Awards,’ teases name change  The Hill Donald Trump Teases Announcement Of …

Trump Live Updates: National Guard Begins Deploying in D.C.  The New York Times Trump surges federal authorities to DC and prepares for meeting with Putin  CNN Opinion | Jeanine Pirro: The fight to make D.C. safe and beautiful  The Washington Post White House says 23 arrested after hundreds of federal officers deploy to DC  The Guardian RESTORING LAW AND ORDER IN THE DISTRICT OF …

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump is considering suing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday. Her comments came after Trump wrote earlier Tuesday that he was “considering allowing a major lawsuit against Powell to proceed.” “Fortunately, the economy is sooo good that we’ve blown through Powell and the complacent Board. I am, …