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(Composite by Hannah Yoest / Photos: GettyImages / Shutterstock) President Donald Trump’s obsessive insistence about the unreliability and corruptness of mail-in voting contributed to a manufactured distrust of election systems among Republicans during the 2020 election. And that, in turn, likely contributed to the party’s poor showing. After a successful 2024 cycle in which the president reversed himself to encourage …

Deploy National Guard to Chicago? Trump Says He Has ‘The Right to Do Anything I Want to Do.’  The New York Times Trump vs. Pritzker: A political feud that could trigger a major national crisis  CNN Illinois governor hits back after Trump mocks his weight: ‘It takes one to know one’  The Guardian Chicago gun violence survivors speak out against President Donald Trump’s …

India Braces for 50% Tariffs as Trump Upends Ties With Modi  Bloomberg Donald Trump: PM Modi says make and spend in India as 50% tariffs kick in  BBC Indian PM Modi issues buy India-made call as Trump’s 50% tariffs take effect  Axios Trump hits India with punishing 50% tariff, among the highest the US charges  CNN Trump imposes 50% tariff on India as punishment …

Multiple FEMA staff put on leave after letter criticizing Trump admin  Axios FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump  The New York Times FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter  The Washington Post FEMA workers put on leave after signing letter warning of Trump’s overhaul of the agency  CNN Some FEMA staff are put on leave after …

Trump Raises Tariffs on India to 50% Over Russian Oil  The New York Times Trump hits India with punishing 50% tariff, among the highest the US charges  CNN Make and spend in India, urges Modi, as Trump’s 50% tariffs kick in  BBC Steep US tariffs set to hit Indian exports from Wednesday  Reuters Trump’s Additional 25% Tariff Comes Into Effect In India, Takes Total …

Every so often, Donald Trump will convene his closest advisers at the White House and smile as they lick his boots to a mirror shine. These Cabinet meetings are effectively televised devotionals to the president’s greatness, with his appointees taking turns lauding him shamelessly. Attorney General Pam Bondi went so far as to credit Trump with saving the lives of …

The Trump administration is cancelling another $175m in funding for California’s high-speed rail, marking another setback for the state’s much-delayed project. The US transportation department said on Tuesday it was withdrawing funding the $175m for grade separation, over-crossing and design work and to build a high-speed rail station in Madera. The move follows the cancellation earlier this summer of $4bn …

President Donald Trump has heard concerns that he behaves like a dictator. On Tuesday, he questioned whether that’s such a bad thing. During a Cabinet meeting in the White House, Trump described criticisms of his decision to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C. “So the line is that I’m a dictator, but I stop crime,” he said. “So, a …

FEMA Suspends Staff Who Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump  The New York Times FEMA employees put on leave after criticizing Trump administration in open letter  The Washington Post FEMA workers put on leave after signing letter warning of Trump’s overhaul of the agency  CNN Some FEMA staff are put on leave after signing dissent letter  AP News Multiple FEMA staff put on leave after …

Today, President Donald J. Trump held the seventh Cabinet meeting of his second term — gathering members of the Trump Administration together ahead of Labor Day to celebrate the victories American workers have experienced over the past eight months. President Trump opened the meeting by lauding the rising blue-collar wages, unprecedented private sector job growth, increased domestic steel production, historic …