Wall Street Journal: “Trump has faced more scandals than any politician in modern U.S. history. He bragged about groping women in a leaked videotape. He was impeached twice. His supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. He has been indicted multiple times in criminal cases and, this year alone, has been ordered to pay more than $430 million in cases involving civil […]
Dan Pfeiffer: “The divide in the election is obvious. Democrats are doing very well with voters who pay close attention to the news. We are struggling with voters who get their news from social media or don’t follow the news at all.”
“The best time to reach these sorts of voters is at the big moments when political news breaks […]
“Elon Musk has three essential ingredients to unrivaled political power among CEOs: control of a massive social media platform, astonishing personal wealth — and now former President Trump’s open and willing ear,” Axios reports.
“That makes Musk arguably the most important business player in modern American politics. He […]
“Republican activists in at least three states where Donald Trump tried to reverse his defeat in 2020 — nearly all of them under criminal indictment for casting electoral votes for him despite his loss — are poised to reprise their roles as presidential electors this year,” the Washington Post reports.
“Six activists in […]
Politico: “The court’s ruling on Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, a case challenging the power of in-house federal judges, could hobble a whole range of agencies in unpredictable ways, cutting the powers of antitrust enforcers, labor regulators and consumer finance watchdogs.”
“Driven by an alliance of tech billionaires, conservative legal […]
“The Biden administration last week put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel,” Axios reports.
“It is the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that the U.S. has stopped a weapons shipment intended for the Israeli military. The incident raised serious concerns inside the Israeli government and sent officials scrambling to understand why the […]
“Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station while trying to vote on Thursday, having not brought appropriate identification — a requirement that he himself introduced while prime minister,” Politico reports.
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“The founder of the accounting firm hired by Donald Trump’s social media group has used 14 variations of his name in filings with the industry regulator,” the Financial Times reports.
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“Speaker Mike Johnson was drowned out by booing crowds during a speech at Columbia University where he condemned the ongoing student protests against the Gaza war,” CNBC reports.
“Johnson called on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign if she could not restore order to the campus and said he would urge President Biden to take […]
Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial:
“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head doops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head […]
“Donald Trump on Saturday took aim at two likely witnesses in his upcoming New York hush money trial, testing the boundaries of a gag order that prohibits such public statements,” CNBC reports.
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After weeks of trying to come up with yet another position on abortion, Donald Trump thought he was clever to finally say on Monday that he would just leave it up to the states.
The next day the Arizona Supreme Court reinstated an 1864 law that banned abortion outright. It’s one of the most draconian abortion bans in the nation — passed during an era […]
Adam Serwer: “The federal judiciary has become a battleground in a right-wing culture war that aims to turn back the clock to a time when conservative mores—around gender, sexuality, race—were unchallenged and, in some respects, unchallengeable. Many of the federal judges appointed during Trump’s presidency seem to see themselves as foot soldiers in that war, […]