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Newsom: Crime is a larger problem in GOP-led areas than Democratic-led ones (ven., 29 août 2025)California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Trump’s law enforcement surge to Democratic-led cities is “blatant hypocrisy,” when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places.
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White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director (Thu, 28 Aug 2025)
The decision comes a day after Trump fired Susan Monarez, the Senate-confirmed CDC director, prompting a series of resignations of other top officials at the agency.
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Utah to proceed with redrawing map that could help Dems, despite pressure from Trump (Thu, 28 Aug 2025)
The Republican leaders of the state legislature expressed disagreement with the ruling but said they would nonetheless comply with it.
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Fed governor Lisa Cook sues Trump to block effort to remove her (Thu, 28 Aug 2025)
Lisa Cook challenges President Donald Trump’s ability to firing her from the Federal Reserve, a case that has large implications for the future of the independence of the U.S. central bank.
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Trump floats unusual Republican National Convention before midterms (Thu, 28 Aug 2025)
Democrats are also considering holding such a gathering before the November 2026 elections.
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Tracking who Trump is appointing to fill key administration roles (Thu, 28 Aug 2025)
Follow President Trump’s progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.
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Trump’s tariffs remain unpopular, a warning sign for Republicans (Thu, 28 Aug 2025)
Many voters continue to recoil at the tariffs imposed by Trump, leaving his economic policy in dangerous political territory.
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White House trade adviser says India tariffs can drop if it ‘stops buying Russian oil’ (Thu, 28 Aug 2025)
Peter Navarro accused the country of funding Russia’s war in Ukraine and harming American taxpayers.
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ICE asks for access to Chicago-area Navy base to assist operations (Thu, 28 Aug 2025)
The request followed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s declaration that a “strike team” of ICE agents would arrive in Chicago soon.
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Poll: Republicans’ view of key federal agencies has improved in the last year (Thu, 28 Aug 2025)
Republicans have a higher approval of several federal agencies under Trump than Biden, while Democrats’ approval rate has dropped.
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Trump to hold meeting on Gaza aid efforts amid conflict and famine (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)
U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East and Russia Steve Witkoff blamed Hamas for holding up a truce. He projected a deal by the end of the year.
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Michael Anton, longtime MAGA intellectual, to exit State Dept. (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)
A member of President George W. Bush’s National Security Council, Anton later urged reluctant conservatives to back Donald Trump in 2016.
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Trump calls for racketeering charges against top Democratic donor, son (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)
The president accused George and Alex Soros of supporting “Violent Protests,” an accusation their organization called “outrageous and false.”
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Trump privately pushed top state lawmakers to redistrict (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)
Indiana Republicans remain split, but Trump and Vance directly appealed to state leaders at the White House as part of redistricting fight.
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Democrats win special Iowa state Senate race, boosting optimism nationally (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)
An upset victory by Catelin Drey flips a seat formerly held by a Republican in the conservative-leaning district that Trump easily won in 2024.
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In 3-hour televised Cabinet meeting, Trump soaks up flattery (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)
For more than three televised hours, Cabinet members heaped praise on Trump in a fashion that analysts say resembled assemblies in authoritarian states.
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Trump boasts that Democrats are headed into ‘a trap’ on crime (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)
It’s a politically dangerous position Democrats have been caught in before: Trying to stand up for civil liberties without being tagged as soft on crime.
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National Guard troops deployed in D.C. add sanitation, landscaping duties (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)
Service members say they’re glad to help the National Park Service. But some question if trash removal and groundskeeping are an appropriate use of the military.
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Trump’s flag-burning order tests a Supreme Court ruling. Here’s how. (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)
In the 1989 case Texas v. Johnson, flag burning as political protest was ruled to be protected First Amendment speech. Trump’s order could revisit that decision.
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NAACP asks court to block new Texas congressional map (Wed, 27 Aug 2025)
The nation’s largest civil rights organization argues the newly redrawn boundary lines, which the Texas state legislature voted to adopt last week, are “racially motivated.”
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