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NC Democrat apologizes for post of protest sign appearing to show beheaded Trump
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina state Rep. Julie von Haefen apologized Tuesday evening on the floor of the state House of Representatives after her controversial social media post following Saturday’s No Kings protest.
The Face book post by the Apex Democrat contained a video with an image of a protester holding a sign with a guillotine ...Read more

Supreme Court asked to hear challenge to Trump's global tariffs
WASHINGTON — Two family-owned toy companies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider striking down many of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, putting a high-stakes fight with worldwide economic implications before the justices for the first time.
The request filed Tuesday seeks to put the case on an expedited track with the ...Read more

Trump meets with security team after demanding Iran 'surrender'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with his national security team in Washington on Tuesday to discuss the escalating Middle East conflict, according to people familiar with the matter, fueling fresh speculation that the U.S. is on the verge of joining Israel’s attack on Iran.
The meeting lasted more than an hour, and White House ...Read more

Trump weighs options with Iran as Israel escalates offensive
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with his national security team in Washington for more than an hour on Tuesday to discuss the escalating Middle East conflict, according to people familiar with the matter, fueling fresh speculation that the United States is on the verge of joining Israel’s attack on Iran.
Trump spoke with Israeli ...Read more

'We need more money': Lawmakers call for security boost after Minnesota killings
WASHINGTON — In the wake of the political violence in Minnesota over the weekend, congressional lawmakers are coalescing around two messages: Elected officials need to turn down the rhetoric, and they need more money to tighten security.
The first has been a refrain for much of the Trump era, as Capitol Police have recorded a steep jump in ...Read more

'I'm shocked': Senate wants more Medicaid cuts in Trump's bill
WASHINGTON — The Senate released the Medicaid portion of President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” this week, proposing steep cuts to the health care program amid pushback from moderate members.
“I’m shocked,” Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, told reporters on Tuesday. “It needs work.”
“It pares down the ...Read more

Trump meets with security team after demanding Iran 'surrender'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with his national security team in Washington on Tuesday to discuss the escalating Middle East conflict, according to people familiar with the matter, fueling fresh speculation that the U.S. is on the verge of joining Israel’s attack on Iran.
The meeting lasted over an hour and the White House ...Read more

Trump meets with security team after demanding Iran 'surrender'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was meeting with his national security team in Washington on Tuesday to discuss the escalating Middle East conflict, according to people familiar with the matter, fueling fresh speculation that the U.S. is on the verge of joining Israel’s attack on Iran.
Before gathering his advisers in the White House ...Read more

Trump flip-flops again on mass deportation raids targeting farms and hotels
President Trump has flip-flopped again on mass deportation by ordering the resumption of raids targeting work sites in the agriculture and hospitality industries, just days after officials halted them under pressure from big business.
Trump’s Department of Homeland Security reversed the brief pause in raids on farms, meatpacking plants and ...Read more

Analysis: As MAGA base grows anxious, Trump warns Iran's supreme leader is 'easy target'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has talked and maneuvered himself into a policy stance on the Israel-Iran conflict with no clear strategic objectives and a slew of contradictory words and actions.
After some hesitation, his backing of Israel has made some loud opinion-makers in his MAGA movement anxious, and some followers are worried he�...Read more

Should abortion be legal? The gender divide is at record-high, poll finds
On the subject of abortion, men and women have never been more divided, according to new polling.
A recent Gallup survey revealed record gender gaps among Americans when it came to opinions about the politics, legality and morals of abortion, an issue that has long sparked significant disagreement.
The poll — which sampled 1,003 U.S. adults ...Read more

What do Americans think of 'No Kings' protests? Here's what a new poll found
Americans are divided over the “No Kings” protests, which were held across the country on Saturday, according to new polling.
The demonstrations — which coincided with President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday and the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade in Washington, D.C. — were a response to what organizers called the president’s ...Read more

Trump seeks Iran's 'unconditional surrender' as war escalates
WASHINGTON — Israel and the United States are ratcheting up pressure on Iran, sparking fresh speculation that Washington could be preparing to join in the attack launched by its closest Middle East ally.
President Donald Trump said he wants a permanent end to Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon, after an early departure from the Group of Seven ...Read more

Bernie Sanders backing Thanedar challenger McKinney in Detroit
DETROIT — Progressive U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont is backing a Michigan state lawmaker who is trying to unseat two-term U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar of Detroit.
Sanders said Tuesday that he's endorsing state Rep. Donavan McKinney, who is running for Congress in Michigan’s 13th District, because he's taken on special interests in the ...Read more

Trump says he will not call Gov. Tim Walz following deadly Minnesota shootings, saying it's 'waste of time'
President Donald Trump will not call Gov. Tim Walz in the aftermath of the deadly shootings in Minnesota that killed a Democratic legislator and injured another, saying it would be a waste of his time.
“I’m not calling him,” Trump said when asked, the Associated Press reports. He then proceeded to call Walz “slick” and “whacked out....Read more

Iowa Democrat launches third challenge to vulnerable GOP Rep. Miller-Meeks
WASHINGTON — Iowa Democrat Christina Bohannan, who lost to Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks by 799 votes last year, is launching a third run for the battleground seat, hoping a more favorable political climate will push her to victory.
“Mariannette Miller-Meeks has had three terms in Congress – three chances to do right by the ...Read more
Trump says he wants a 'real end,' not just ceasefire in Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump said his early departure from the Group of Seven leaders meeting in Canada has “nothing to do” with working on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, adding that his reason is “much bigger than that.”
Asked aboard Air Force One what he was looking for that could be better than a ceasefire, Trump responded, “...Read more

Commentary: Trump's war on Latinos reaches a new low in abuse of Sen. Alex Padilla
The U.S. population includes an estimated 65.2 million Latinos, nearly a quarter of whom call California home. For over a century, Latinos were absent from the state’s two U.S. Senate seats.
In 2022, Sen. Alex Padilla reversed the willful neglect of Latino senatorial candidates by both major political parties, winning 61.1% of the vote, more...Read more

Editorial: Trump's big ugly -- One Big Beautiful Bill will do great damage
President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is indeed Big. But Beautiful it is not. The massive bill he is touting as the best thing to ever happen to America would be, no exaggeration, one of the worst pieces of legislation to come along in the modern era.
Take a seat if you don’t already have one so we can count the ways.
Many prior ...Read more

Editorial: A decade of deceit -- 10 years since Trump's infamous escalator ride that took America into the basement
It was exactly 10 years ago today that Donald Trump rode the escalator from the lobby of Trump Tower into the basement and changed the country forever.
Having known him well for decades as a local real estate promoter who was cast into a reality TV show where he of multi-bankruptcies played at being a business genius, we were not impressed by ...Read more
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