4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (153+ words) “Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will hold a press conference Monday to announce sanctions against Iran that he has described as the greatest campaign of ‘coordinated economic isolation in the history of the world,'” CNBC reports. Said Bessent: “We are going…...

10+ hour, 59+ min ago   (169+ words) “With under nine weeks to go until early voting begins in Texas’ U.S. Senate race, both Ken Paxton and James Talarico have been campaigning around the state, meeting voters everywhere from restaurants to music halls as they’ve pitched their…...

11+ hour, 7+ min ago   (127+ words) “Instead of adding new roses, President Trump’s White House Rose Garden is growing statues,” the Boston Globe reports. “Trump put statues of some of America’s founders in the garden just off the Oval Office after he replaced its plush lawn…...

11+ hour, 2+ min ago   (130+ words) “Michigan Republicans presented a unified strategy and talking points for the November election at an Aug. 22 nominating convention, attacking Democrats as extremists who have failed to improve state education and roads and as responsible for costly and unreliable electricity and…...

11+ hour, 8+ min ago   (123+ words) Renee Graham: “Harp’s official title is special assistant to the president and executive assistant to the president. But Harp, who reportedly works seven days a week, is really Trump’s main cheerleader. She filters out news about his cratering poll numbers,…...

10+ hour, 54+ min ago   (171+ words) Los Angeles Times: “Across California and the nation, civic organizations, voting rights advocates and Democratic leaders are preparing for a raft of potential actions by the Trump administration to interfere in, subvert or deny November’s midterm vote.” “President Trump, an…...

10+ hour, 57+ min ago   (328+ words) “Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday encouraged California residents to open federal savings accounts under a recent Trump administration program that offers $1,000 to babies born between 2025 and 2029,” the Sacramento Bee reports. Said Newsom: “I’m enthusiastic about encouraging people to get a…...

10+ hour, 48+ min ago   (143+ words) Wall Street Journal: “Drivers will start just in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, then barrel down Pennsylvania Avenue, zipping through turns around the National Archives, the National Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum before…...

11+ hour, 9+ min ago   (84+ words) “It was a remarkable campaign moment between the two rivals for Georgia governor, one more suited for a debate stage than a parking lot outside the Hilton Atlanta,” Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. “As smartphones rolled, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance…...

11+ hour, 20+ min ago   (347+ words) Washington Post: “In the past six months, Republicans’ public statements about data centers have turned sharply negative, according to a Washington Post analysis of thousands of social media posts and newsletters from hundreds of politicians from both major parties since…...