10+ hour, 29+ min ago   (131+ words) “President Donald Trump has agreed to a significant portion of a stringent ethics proposal that is part of broader cryptocurrency legislation headed for a key vote this week, according to three of the bill’s main Republican authors,” the Associated Press…...

12+ hour, 52+ min ago   (161+ words) “President Donald Trump dropped his largest reported spend so far this weekend, sending $21 million to candidates in competitive races as pressure ramps up for Republicans two months before the midterms,” the Washington Sun reports. “The president’s Senate spending before Sept....

14+ hour, 22+ min ago   (138+ words) CBS News: “There has never been such a dizzying pardon economy as there is in Washington right now — a Wild West of clemency populated by MAGA-connected brokers and influencers — where the old norms have been largely tossed aside.” “Previously, those…...

15+ hour, 22+ min ago   (206+ words) “Leaders of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, installed by President Donald Trump, say the center is on the brink of bankruptcy and argue that putting the president’s name on its facade — and thus ensuring his fundraising…...

20+ hour, 27+ min ago   (163+ words) “The U.S. Postal Service for years has endured one headache after another, from declining mail volume and financial shortfalls to uneven leadership. Now it is facing a uniquely daunting challenge at the center of American politics,” the Wall Street Journal…...

20+ hour, 6+ min ago   (278+ words) “President Donald Trump said he would remove U.S. tariffs on Irish whiskey, announcing the move Sunday as he attended a golf tournament at his family’s course in western Ireland,” Bloomberg reports. Think You Know Politics? A new game every day....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (157+ words) “A federal judge said in a filing Friday that a Trump administration order for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut its staffing nearly in half was illegal,” CNN reports. “In a decision that marked a critical victory for union…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (294+ words) “Republicans used their midterm convention this week to ask voters to preserve their congressional majorities and let them ‘finish the job,’” Politico reports. ”But with few consensus legislative goals, it’s far from clear what job they want to finish.” Think…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (143+ words) David Graham: “A paradox of this moment is that inflation is a big reason for Trump’s cratering approval and his party’s sinking odds in the midterm elections, but nearly every one of his signature policy ideas is inflationary. The basic…...

2+ day, 42+ min ago   (208+ words) Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump’s new promise to give a $5,000 check to every adult American citizen if Republicans win the midterm elections may be an effort to answer a variant of an age-old riddle: Can Trump devise a policy so ill-conceived…...