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The Memo: Lincoln Pool furor reflects tensions of Trump’s second term
Sometimes small battles are emblematic of much bigger wars. So it is with the furor that centers on President Trump and the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial. In a literal sense, the pool is anything but small. Roughly 2,030 feet long and a little less than 170 feet wide, it is said to hold…
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Max Miller allegations force Trump, GOP into thorny spot
The domestic abuse allegations against Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) are forcing President Trump and Republicans into a difficult position ahead of the midterms as the party struggles to defend their congressional majorities. The president called the congressman on Monday to tell him his candidacy was on thin ice after earlier praising him publicly as “a…
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Kids safety advocates seek age verification win as larger reforms stall
A Senate panel will take up a slate of kids online safety bills on Wednesday, in what age verification proponents see as a key hurdle for the controversial topic. The path forward for bills like the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is rocky, but advocates of digital age verification are hopeful that one of the…
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Republicans stand behind Trump on Iran even as unpopularity of conflict grows
Republicans are largely standing behind President Trump’s handling of the Iran conflict, even as the prolonged military campaign threatens to become a political liability for the GOP heading into November’s midterm elections. The conflict has stretched on for nearly six months, and multiple public opinion polls suggest the war is broadly unpopular with Americans, raising…
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Senate GOP scrambles for August exit strategy that doesn’t anger Trump
Senate Republicans are scrambling for a plan to exit Washington for a five-week August recess that won’t anger President Trump, who has demanded they stay in town for as long as necessary to pass a reconciliation blueprint and elements of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. Both items have little chance of success….
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Trump administration has paid back 60% of $165bn in tariff refunds
The Trump administration has refunded around $100bn (£74bn) of the $165bn collected through tariffs later ruled illegal by the US supreme court, according to reports cited by the Financial Times. The refunds relate to Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs, a central plank of his economic strategy since returning to office, which the supreme court partially…
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Did Fauci properly take the Fifth? The Senate could put that claim to the test
This Fox News opinion piece argues that Dr Anthony Fauci, the former face of America’s pandemic response, gave a weak performance before the Senate Homeland Security Committee after invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 111 times to avoid answering questions. The author contends this matters because it raises questions about whether Fauci’s repeated use…
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
Journalist Gil Durán, author of the new book “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy”, argues that many of Silicon Valley’s most powerful billionaires have abandoned democracy and aligned themselves with Donald Trump’s Maga movement to advance their own political and economic interests. Durán, who was permanently banned from Elon Musk’s…
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Live Report: PHILLGOOD Festival 2026
Plovdiv is a city of cultural symbiosis. As the oldest inhabited city in Europe, it has seen the influence of the Romans and Ottomans, most recently being tainted with a murky grey brush by the twentieth-century communist government. Though, just like the city’s history, debuting festival PHILLGOOD offered a mashup… The post Live Report: PHILLGOOD…
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Michigan Democratic primary exposes deep rift over party’s direction
A Democratic primary in Michigan between progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed and establishment-backed Representative Haley Stevens ended in an extraordinarily tight result, with the margin settling at around two percentage points. The closely fought contest laid bare the ideological rifts running through the Democratic Party, with both its progressive and centrist wings treating the outcome as…