4+ hour, 59+ min ago   (129+ words) “The top donors in American politics have poured more than $1.6 billion so far this cycle into influencing the country’s politics,” the Washington Post reports. “The donors lean Republican, and cash could prove critical for the GOP to maintain control of…...

4+ hour, 55+ min ago   (125+ words) NOTUS: “Farm organizations, ranchers associations and Republicans swiftly rebuked the plan as detrimental to the American cattle industry, which is experiencing historically low numbers of cattle herds and severe weather patterns on top of Trump’s aggressive tariff measures. Importing foreign…...

7+ hour, 37+ min ago   (108+ words) “President Donald Trump made more than 1,000 securities trades in June, including significant purchases of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Visa Inc. Mastercard Inc. and Cintas Corp. according to a financial disclosure published Saturday,” Bloomberg reports. “The transactions totaled between $78.1 million and $263.1 million…...

7+ hour, 1+ min ago   (154+ words) “Year after year, the federal government has spent more than it collected in taxes. Each annual shortfall increased the national debt, slowly at first and then by leaps, defying warnings of an inevitable reckoning,” the Washington Post reports. “Now, the…...

8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (144+ words) “The U.S. Postal Service finalized a rule that would add extra hurdles to mail-in voting, pressing ahead with one of President Donald Trump’s priorities even as court orders keep the push on hold,” Bloomberg reports. “The new rules deviate slightly…...

8+ hour, 9+ min ago   (304+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada was “at war” over trade with the U.S. after President Trump “miscalculated” by escalating his tariff attack,” the Financial Times reports. Said Carney: “You’re at war when you’re attacked, and we got attacked....

11+ hour, 8+ min ago   (169+ words) “Years before Natalie Harp became a key White House aide to President Donald Trump, she flooded her Twitter feed with posts demonstrating extraordinary devotion to him on January 6, 2021,” CNN reports. “Harp posted more than 150 tweets that day, urging Republicans to…...

11+ hour, 10+ min ago   (155+ words) “The morning after he pulled negotiators from trade talks in Washington and set off a new round of American tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday explained to Canadians why he walked away, calling the U.S. proposal ‘a bad deal,…...

11+ hour, 11+ min ago   (180+ words) “A new Israeli government effort to build settlements near Jerusalem could lead to another uptick in Israeli-Palestinian tensions, and there’s little indication the Trump administration will use its influence to limit rising instability,” NOTUS reports. “Israel’s housing ministry opened bidding…...

13+ hour, 55+ min ago   (158+ words) “President Donald Trump is betting new sanctions, a naval blockade and ramped-up economic pressure against Iran’s trading partners can accomplish what thousands of bombs and missiles could not: force Tehran to accept a deal to end the war on U....