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A federal appellate panel on Saturday rejected the Trump administration’s request to lift a lower court’s injunction blocking the US Postal Service from enforcing President Donald Trump’s March executive order targeting mail-in ballots as part of Republicans ’ broader attack on voting rights . A three-judge panel of the Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against a motion by the administration seeking a pause on US District Judge Indira Talwani’s June order blocking major portions of Trump’s directive , which is aimed at restricting postal voting, including by directing the USPS to ensure that mailed ballots have unique barcodes and envelope logos. “Under the Constitution, state and local officials are responsible for administering federal elections,” Judges Gustavo Gelpí and Julie Rikelman—both appointed by former President Joe Biden—wrote in a joint opinion. “In the spring of 2026, President Trump issued an executive order with nationwide effects on how state ...
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The military's new mandatory test could backfire — big time

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On Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee, hats in hand. The Pentagon is burning through appropriations , with both Navy and Air Force 2026 operations budgets set to run out by the end of July. The war in Iran has depleted key weapons stockpiles, reducing U.S. inventories of interceptor missiles and stealth cruise missiles to less than half and costing over $37 billion to date. To the naked eye, these costs reflect disastrous mismanagement of an unauthorized and escalating war. On Wednesday, the GOP-led House approved a whopping defense funding bill anyway, authorizing an unprecedented $1 trillion for military spending. Not only did the MAGA wing reward Trump’s incompetent war in Iran with a massive spending boost, it codified Hegseth’s rebrand of the “Department of War,” snuck in Trump’s voter suppression bill , and blocked hormone therapy coverage for gender care just as Hegseth ...
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WSJ tears into Trump over 'obsession' he can't quit despite major 'harm'

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The typically conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board ripped into President Donald Trump in a new piece , lambasting him for an "obsession" he cannot quit despite the major "harm" it is causing mere months from the midterms . Owned by conservative mogul Rupert Murdoch, the Wall Street Journal's editorial board is often viewed as a leading voice reflecting the stances and temperaments of the modern conservative movement. In a piece published Friday evening, the board published a new piece questioning the wisdom of Trump's decision to reinstitute several tariffs, despite the import tax policies being widely viewed as one of his least popular with voters . "Tariffs are an obsession for President Trump, much as climate was for the Biden Administration," the board observed. "How else to explain his imposition of yet another round of border taxes three months before the November election despite their political unpopularity and economic ha...
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Sources warn they 'don’t know what to do' as Trump's mind withers

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Daily Mail White House columnist Andrew Neil says he is in direct talks with people working around President Donald Trump and they fear they are watching his mind wither away as international forces that he aggravated gather against him. “‘Donald is deteriorating before our very eyes,’ I was told in Washington this week by a close confidant who sees him regularly. ‘His physical and mental health is in decline. Those around him don’t know what to do about it. It can only get worse. He’s 80 – and it’s showing,’” wrote Neil on Friday . The war isn’t just consuming Trump’s presidency, said Neil. It’s taking its toll on the President himself. “During a recent meeting in the Oval Office, he ranted against Iran’s leaders, calling them ‘scumbags’ and ‘lunatics’ in an expletive-ridden diatribe. There is growing concern for his physical health and mental stability,” said Neil. “… But it’s not just age – or the decline in cognitive capabilities that can afflict those entering their ninth decad...
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'Snowflake': Critics blister Trump for posting signs calling Smithsonian 'inaccurate'

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The New York Times reports that President Donald Trump on Friday ordered warning signs and exhibits installed outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History to alert the public that the museum does not, in his view, accurately reflect American history. The executive order is “an escalation of the president’s dispute with the Smithsonian and its history museum, which was the subject of a recent 162-page report,” said the Times. “The report accused the museum’s director, Anthea M. Hartig, of ‘radical activist ideology’ and the museum of undermining ‘faith in American institutions.’” Trump’s EO directed the signage to “notify visitors that the museum exhibits should be renovated … and direct visitors to locations and resources for accurate information regarding America’s history.” “Because the museum has failed to appropriately honor the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence during this 250th anniversary year of the founding of our country,” the order continues, ...
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Trump boosts Alaska funding to seemingly win Murkowski’s vote on Blanche

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Lisa Murkowski is undecided on the confirmation of controversial AG nominee Todd Blanche, but President Donald Trump’s DOJ appears to be doing everything it can to sweeten the deal for her. Now that the nomination of Trump’s former personal attorney and author of the widely panned Trump $1.8 trillion slush fund hangs in the balance, the Blanche’s DOJ is raining down cash on The Last Frontier, with the U.S. Attorney’s office in Anchorage to fill long neglected prosecutorial positions, particular positions focused on prosecuting federal cases impacting rural Alaska and our Tribal communities.” “This position allocation is a direct result of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent trip to Alaska,” Blanche’s office stated in a Fridy press release . “On July 7 and 8, Acting Attorney General Blanche traveled to Anchorage and the Western Alaska communities of Bethel and Emmonak. During his visit, he heard firsthand the need for increased resources to address public safety concerns in...
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Best way to reach Trump is his nutty influencers: conservative

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President Donald Trump is widely accused of being overly-sympathetic to Russian President Vladimir Putin , with various commentators referring to him as “ Team Putin” or a “Putin puppet.” Yet after far right influencer Laura Loomer gave a sympathetic interview to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy earlier this week, CNN journalists argued there is a way to change Trump’s mind. “The whole thing's odd and interesting,” CNN’s S. E. Cupp said on Thursday. “Look, if she's going to do propaganda, I'd rather it be Zelenskyy's version of propaganda than Putin's, okay? And she was regurgitating all the Putin propaganda before. So was Tucker Carlson. All the far right was. That’s crazy. And I'm glad that she went there, right? It's one thing to be a keyboard warrior. It's easy to say things from the safety of the patio at Mar-a-Lago. It's much different when you go to a place.” Cupp added, “That's why we encourage journalists to get out of the news...
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