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NYT Politics·Sep 1
U.S. Strikes Iran Over Strait of Hormuz Mines, Trump Says
U.S. Central Command did not say precisely what it was trying to destroy in Iran, but it said the attacks were aimed at Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
The Hill·Sep 1
MapQuest tops Apple, Google Maps in downloads after refusing Trump's 'Lake America' change
MapQuest has surged in popularity on the app charts after the mapping service said it would not rename Lake Ontario to Lake America after President Trump signed an executive order changing its name. The company said its mobile app received hundreds of thousands of downloads after it announced Thursday that the name Lake Ontario would...
The Hill·Sep 1
No negotiations with Canada right now: US trade rep
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said there are no trade negotiations happening with Canada after they fell apart last month and tariffs from the Trump administration on Canadian goods went into effect. “It’s more their emergency than ours,” Greer said, according to a Tuesday report from Politico, discussing trade tensions with Canada. “There are no...
The Hill·Sep 1
Congress funds government until December, averting pre-election shutdown
The House on Tuesday voted to send a short-term extension of government funding to President Trump’s desk, avoiding a politically risky shutdown on the eve of the midterm elections. The continuing resolution (CR), which funds the government through Dec. 11, passed the House on a 370-48 vote, with 19 Republicans and 29 Democrats voting in...
NYT Politics·Sep 1
House Votes to Avert Government Shutdown Before Midterm Elections
Lawmakers sent the legislation to President Trump in an overwhelming vote, reflecting bipartisan enthusiasm around punting a messy spending fight until after the midterms.
The Hill·Sep 1
Hunter Biden says Harris was not 'loyal to a fault' to his father
Hunter Biden on Monday said former Vice President Kamala Harris was not "loyal to a fault" to his father, former President Biden. The president's son sat for an interview in Los Angeles with Zeteo editor-in-chief Mehdi Hasan for a wide-ranging conversation about Joe Biden's presidency, his handling of the Israel-Hamas war and Harris as vice...
The Hill·Sep 1
Trump's threats are now just saber-rattling with a plastic knife
In an opinion piece, Joslin Joseph argues that President Donald Trump's second-term threats against allies and adversaries have lost their effectiveness due to a lack of administrative restraint.
NYT Politics·Sep 1
What to Know About Venezuelan Energy Following Trump’s Oil Deal
The Trump administration’s deal with a private oil company to increase oil production in the South American country could take many years to come to fruition.
NYT Politics·Sep 1
Map Apps Are All Handling ‘Lake America’ Differently
Navigation companies face a new dilemma after President Trump ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed Lake America.
The Hill·Sep 1
Putin and Trump refuse to accept the realities of their wars
Neither Trump nor Putin respond well to negative feedback.
The Hill·Sep 1
Netflix documentary on Trump's 'decoy plane' coming Friday
President Trump's secret departure on an alternate military aircraft over the summer in Turkey is getting the Netflix documentary treatment. "Instadocs: The Decoy Plane," premiering Friday on the streamer, will explore how the president was secretly shuttled inside a catering truck to a smaller Air Force C-32A plane in July amid security concerns involving Iran. The documentary...
The Hill·Sep 1
Bessent: Iran economy could collapse 'within weeks or months'
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said Iran's economy could collapse "within weeks or months," as the Trump administration seeks to debilitate the Middle Eastern country's economy. "I think it could be within weeks or months –– and the economy doesn't have to collapse, we just have to have the regime come to their senses,"...
The Hill·Sep 1
Fairness for growers is food security for America
Rep. Vern Buchanan is calling on the Trump administration to implement seasonal tariff-rate quotas on Mexican produce during the ongoing USMCA review to protect Florida's agricultural sector.
The Hill·Sep 1
Haberman: 'No polling' where Trump is popular
CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman said Monday that President Trump’s approval is sinking across nearly all polls as the midterm elections near. “There is no polling where this president is popular. Let’s put it that way,” Haberman said during an appearance on CNN’s “The Source” with Kaitlan Collins. “And there is no polling where he...
The Hill·Sep 1
Ocasio-Cortez: 'Put a data center up in Mar-a-Lago'
Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) quipped Monday that a company should build an AI data center near President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, after he said communities will be “backwards and poor” if they oppose the construction of such facilities. “How about we put one in Mar-a-Lago? I love that. Let’s put a data center up in...
The Hill·Sep 1
Ocasio-Cortez: 'Put a data center up in Mar-a-Lago'
Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) quipped Monday that a company should build an AI data center near President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort after he said communities will be “backwards and poor” if they oppose the construction of such facilities. “How about we put one in Mar-a-Lago? I love that. Let’s put a data center up in...
The Hill·Sep 1
Trump has asked Apple to change Lake Ontario name: Burgum
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said that President Trump has asked tech company Apple to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” after an executive order from the president that pushed the name change. “I know that the president reached out to Apple directly, so I’m sure that we may be seeing that change...
The Hill·Sep 1
Is the party that is seen as normal going to win?: Live Discussion
Democrats are making the case that they're the normal ones, betting that voters in 2028 will be tired of President Trump and will vote for a Democratic candidate seen as reasonable. It's a backlash to the wildness of the Trump years, but also an effort by Democrats to come back from what some see as...
The Hill·Sep 1
Trump administration taps Nicki Minaj, Dean Cain for 'Shark Tank'-style show
Nicki Minaj and actor Dean Cain are taking starring roles in a "Shark Tank"-style event being held by the Small Business Administration (SBA). "Starships" rapper Minaj — who's described herself as likely President Trump's "No. 1 fan" -- will join an "all-star judging panel" including Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia and investor Grant Cardone at the SBA's "Million...
The Hill·Sep 1
Trump calls on Congress to pass film and TV tax incentive
President Trump urged Congress on Monday evening to “immediately” approve federal tax incentives for movie and TV production. In a Truth Social post, the president said he had met earlier in the day with actor Jon Voight and that the pair discussed the movement of film industry jobs out of the U.S. to other countries. ...
The Hill·Sep 1
Trump administration unveils additional details in Venezuela oil deal
The Trump administration unveiled additional details Monday evening about its new oil deal with Venezuela. The administration said in a press release that the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital will take a 35 percent equity stake in North American Blue Energy Partners, a private company that is Venezuela’s second-largest private oil producer. It added that the...
The Hill·Sep 1
Watch live: House Oversight panel zeroes in on birth tourism
A House Oversight panel will hold a hearing Tuesday morning examining birth tourism, months after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Trump’s efforts to restrict birthright citizenship. Lawmakers will examine companies accused of marketing maternity services to foreign women seeking to give birth in the U.S., as well as concerns raised by Republicans...
The Hill·Sep 1
Roy Cohn is still up to his same old tricks
An op-ed by Bill Press argues that President Donald Trump's political and legal strategies directly mirror the unethical tactics and principles of his late mentor, lawyer Roy Cohn.