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Trump’s gambit to keep Alina Habba in charge in New Jersey: Withdraw her nomination  Politico Judges’ pick to be new US attorney in NJ vows to take office despite being fired by Justice Department  CNN Alina Habba Is Named Acting U.S. Attorney in New Jersey  The New York Times Trump yanks Habba’s nomination for U.S. attorney, enabling her to serve in acting capacity  CBS …

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he won’t touch the federal subsidies Elon Musk’s companies are enjoying because he wants Musk to continue to prosper. Musk, however, begs to differ. “The ‘subsidies’ he’s talking about simply do not exist,” Musk wrote in an X post on the same day. The Trump administration has already scrapped or slapped expiry dates …

The Washington, D.C., city council chairman announced Thursday that a deal has been reached between the city and the Washington Commanders on an amended stadium agreement, despite threats earlier this week from President Trump to block any deal.  The NFL team is in negotiations with the district over their plans to build a new stadium at the RFK Stadium site …

For more than a decade, Donald Trump‘s media critics have tried various attack lines against the president. They’ve endlessly described him as a corrupt authoritarian who is a threat to democracy and our institutions. They’ve decried him as cruel, vulgar, sexist and racist. They have even claimed he’s the return of Hitler. None of this unending avalanche of resistance seems …

Trump’s Tariffs Are Being Picked Up by Corporate America  The Wall Street Journal Tariffs haven’t raised prices significantly yet. That’s about to change.  vox.com US Companies, Consumers Are Paying for Trump’s Tariffs, Not Foreign Firms  Bloomberg Trump Tariffs Could Drive Up The Cost Of These Goods After August 1 Deadline  Forbes Tariffs hit U.S. companies hard, but businesses absorb them for now  The Washington Post …

For South Park architects Trey Parker and Matt Stone, timing is everything. Just days after their show was reupped on Paramount+ for $1.5 billion and less than 24 hours after their explicit season 27 premiere of the show put President Donald Trump in bed with the devil, and mere hours after the FCC approved the Skydance-Paramount merger, the two were …

Blackstone is partnering with Wellington and Vanguard to bring private assets to the masses. The Trump administration is getting on board and Main Street investors could benefit, so long as they know the risks. Jack Bogle became a legend by popularizing low-cost passive index funds at the Vanguard Group, which he founded in 1975 after spending the first 23 years …

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday that his government has not been successful in trying to negotiate the 50% tariff on Brazilian imports that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose. Washington has ignored Brazil’s attempts to negotiate ahead of the measure’s expected implementation on Aug. 1., the Brazilian leader said. “Brazil …

Tech companies looking to sell their artificial intelligence technology to the federal government must now contend with a new regulatory hurdle: proving their chatbots aren’t “woke.” President Donald Trump’s sweeping new plan to counter China in achieving “global dominance” in AI promises to cut regulations and cement American values into the AI tools increasingly used at work and home. But …

Story Highlights Independents’ rating of Trump down to 29%, matching their all-time low Trump’s 40% second-quarter approval rating is below average historically Trump’s favorable rating at 41% WASHINGTON, D.C. ­­— Six months into his second term, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has dipped to 37%, the lowest of this term and just slightly higher than his …