Senate Votes to End Trump’s Brazil Tariffs, With Some G.O.P. Backing
A handful of Republicans crossed party lines to side with Democrats in the first of several votes this week aimed at challenging the president’s trade war. Source: Original News
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Administration Must Restore Some Mental Health Grants, Court Says
The funding was part of a bipartisan measure that Congress approved in response to school shootings, but the Trump administration argued that the grants violated civil rights law. Source: Original News
Official’s Access to F.B.I. Files in Charlie Kirk Case Drew Pushback
An inquiry by Joe Kent, who leads the National Counterterrorism Center, is said to have alarmed Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director. Source: Original News
A Timeline of Trump’s Strikes on Vessels He Says Are Smuggling Drugs
President Trump’s military campaign has killed at least 57 people in the waters off Central and South America. The strikes have been widely criticized as illegal. Source: Original News
Trump’s Pick for Ambassador to Kuwait on Path to Failure
Three Republican senators whose votes would be needed to advance Amer Ghalib’s nomination said they would oppose him, all but assuring it would stall. Source: Original News
After Charlie Kirk’s Death, Brilyn Hollyhand Steps Into the Ring
In a crowded field of would-be successors, Brilyn Hollyhand hopes to capture the minds of young conservatives across America. Source: Original News
Federal Union’s Demand to End Shutdown Fails to Sway Democrats
Senate Republicans cited a call by the American Federation of Government Employees to pass a funding extension in an attempt to pressure Democrats to relent. The effort fell flat. Source: Original News
What Zohran Mamdani Learned as an Africana Studies Major at Bowdoin
The mayoral candidate has said his education was formative. But critics say that his degree exemplifies how colleges steep students in leftist dogma. Source: Original News
Mike Johnson Dismisses Trump Third Term Talk — But Applauds the ‘Trolling’
The speaker said he did not see a path to amending the Constitution to allow the president to seek a third term, but that it was fun to pretend he could to inflame Democrats. Source: Original News
Steven Hatfill, Covid Vaccine Critic, Is Ousted From H.H.S.
Dr. Hatfill said he was pushed out by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s chief of staff, who fired him when he refused to resign. Source: Original News