Trumpwatch 2.0

[Matt]

Seems like this activity is only ok if it's Trump making money off the office:

https://apnews.com/article/trump-telepr ... 770d91abae

[Rate This]

AP News Roundup:
Hegseth again backs a low altitude military flyover as maneuvers draw scrutiny.

https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-blue ... 4f1de7985c
———
Trump firm plans to sell priority access to Truth Social posts, possibly his own.

https://apnews.com/article/truth-social ... dd681c1953
———
Trump cites national security to stop offshore wind development.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-offsho ... 201c9840a5
———
Trump’s pick to lead TSA calls private airport screening program ‘pro-worker,’ vows to help workers.

https://apnews.com/article/david-cummin ... 7b4e48938c
———
Trump Regime races the clock to rebuild US tariff wall knocked down by Supreme Court.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff ... 61670d7725
———
National guard deployment to DC will last through Trump’s term.

https://apnews.com/article/national-gua ... d27930eb7b
———
Trump’s Labor nominee touts experience and fraud prevention as he seeks confirmation.

https://apnews.com/article/labor-secret ... 6349862b64
———
Trump officials want to make testosterone drugs easier to prescribe. Is that a good idea?

https://apnews.com/article/testosterone ... 51e382d2ec
———
Federal panel clears new design for White House visitor center, considers Lafayette Park fence.

https://apnews.com/article/white-house- ... 29066520d0
———
Retail sales up just 0.2% in June, but excluding business at the gas pump, shoppers are resilient.

https://apnews.com/article/retail-sales ... ec287160d8
———
US weekly unemployment claims fall to 208,000, fewest in 10 weeks.

https://apnews.com/article/unemployment ... 038cb6e64d

[Rate This]

AP:
Trump shifts his tone on Jimmy Carter while grappling with Iran, inflation and his own legacy.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-carter ... 8c8db595f3
———
Senator Ossoff fuels his reelection campaign with attacks on Trump.

https://apnews.com/article/jon-ossoff-d ... 47e093e8bd
———
Mullin pushes states to comply with election demands, echoing Trump’s claims about midterm risks.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-electi ... 9b2bc1580d
———
Trump celebrates the World Cup as a U.S. victory as he prepares to present trophy to the winning team.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-world- ... 17b04da115
———
The U.S. plans to auction off sections of water around American Samoa in a push for deep-sea mining.

https://apnews.com/article/american-sam ... 0fd2555149
———
US cancels automatic protections for imperiled animals as critics warn of extinctions.

https://apnews.com/article/endangered-s ... 76c1782799
———
Paying for early access to Trump’s Truth Social could raise big money and major ethical issues.

https://apnews.com/article/truth-social ... f056d286e0
———
Federal judge bars Trump Regime from using obscure clause to make H*** funding cuts.

https://apnews.com/article/doge-trump-a ... 9e2b9a2618

[Rate This]

AP:
A wave of student loan borrowers have entered default since pandemic-era protections lapsed.

https://apnews.com/article/student-loan ... f774a492d3
———
As defaults on student loans surge, millions are trying to get their lives back on track.

https://apnews.com/article/student-loan ... 43f5080d01
———
JD and Usha Vance welcome a baby boy, the first child born to a sitting VP in more than 150 years.

https://apnews.com/article/jd-usha-vanc ... 7ad97e1151
———
Trump celebrates the World Cup as a U.S. victory as he presents trophy to the winner, Spain.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-world- ... 17b04da115

[Chrocket87]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 987616007/

New tariffs of 50% due to Canada’s retaliation on last year’s tariffs. He’s looking to add more tariffs on top of these for the wildfires. Will Carney take action or will he cave again?

[Turkeytop]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 987616007/

New tariffs of 50% due to Canada’s retaliation on last year’s tariffs. He’s looking to add more tariffs on top of these for the wildfires. Will Carney take action or will he cave again?

Cave. He's a spineless Liberal

[Rate This]

AP News Roundup:
Trump Regime opens investigation into Harvard’s financial aid for international students.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-harvar ... ec78bc8bc7
———
The men behind Trump’s $3.47 gas: An NFL coach, a GOP fundraiser and two New Jersey brothers.

https://apnews.com/article/freedom-fuel ... 8176839447
———
US suspends funding for US Virgin Islands’ housing authority and accuses it of corruption.

https://apnews.com/article/usvi-housing ... bba65c5290
———
2 more convictions thrown out in 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan governor.

https://apnews.com/article/gretchen-whi ... 222cf290d0
———
Officials sought phone records of New York Times journalists and their relatives in an effort to unmask sources.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-tim ... 61abedf337
———
Feds advance plan to open 2,800 acres of Ohio’s Wayne National Forest to fracking.

https://apnews.com/article/ohio-wayne-n ... 5d92b3cde8
———
White House: Trump to fly old Air Force One for about a month as Qatari-gifted jet gets ‘upgrades’.

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump ... a14f9cbf2c

[Rate This]

AP:
An appeals court rejects Joe Biden’s bid to withhold recordings and transcripts of pre-presidency interviews with a memoir ghostwriter.

https://apnews.com/article/biden-specia ... 7761210786

[Rate This]

AP:
President Trump says he’ll allow American carriers to resume direct flights to Lebanon more than 40 years after the U.S. suspended the route.

https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-pres ... 970c9fe5b1
———
The Trump Regime is seeking to toss a requirement for private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports.

https://apnews.com/article/eeoc-discrim ... 066dc9f178
———
President Donald Trump to travel to Michigan ahead of swing state’s primary election.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-michig ... f5d2e771b4

[Turkeytop]

Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb said Donald Trump’s cognitive decline is “palpable.”

Ex-Ally Warns Trump’s Decline Is “Significant” After Disastrous Speech
A former White House attorney is ringing alarm bells over Donald Trump’s declining mental health.

Ty Cobb, an employee of the first Trump administration and a now outspoken critic of the president, told The Beat on MS NOW Tuesday that the recent shift in Trump’s psychological condition was “palpable.”

That day alone, Trump spent a 90-minute press briefing mumbling to himself over a stack of papers, alleging that “pirating ships” is the only thing that Somalis succeed at, claiming that “God is very proud” of his first year back in office, and alleging that a witness to Renee Nicole Good’s death in Minneapolis earlier this month was a “paid agitator.” Outside the press conference, he continued to damage relations with Europe over his obsession with acquiring Greenland.

“Those are not the comments of a rational human being and certainly not presidential at all,” Cobb told MS NOW’s Ari Melber. “Likewise, yesterday you had the clear, deranged, demented, and insane note that he sent to the leaders of Norway, saying that because Norway, which has no control over the Nobel Peace Prize, hadn’t given it to him, that he was free to disregard peace and very interested in Greenland. I don’t think there’s anybody outside of the United States who believes that Trump is sane.”

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre told The Wall Street Journal Monday that he had attempted to negotiate with Trump against a new wave of tariffs on European countries after the U.S. leader suddenly turned sour on NATO countries participating in a joint military exercise in Greenland. Trump, according to Støre, responded that the world would not be safe until America had “Complete and Total Control of Greenland.”

“Since you’ve worked for him in the White House, when you make that reference to ‘sane,’ do you mean problems with how he approaches things that have long been there, or are you referring to some decline?” Melber asked.

“No, I think there’s been a significant decline,” Cobb said. “He’s always been driven by narcissism. But I think the dementia and the cognitive decline are palpable, as do many experts, including many physicians.”

[Rate This]

AP:
House passes temporary government funding bill months early to avoid election season shutdown.

https://apnews.com/article/congress-bud ... ab0a35611a
———
Trump Regime says it’s deferring $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota.

https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-fra ... 14ef5b1169
———
A top prosecutor was fired by the White House right after being sworn in. Now he is suing.

https://apnews.com/article/justice-depa ... b6251ab033
———
Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke.

https://apnews.com/video/trump-threaten ... a7e608e83d
———
As the president touts Trump Accounts, some families are still waiting for baby’s first $1,000.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-accoun ... bed0034101
———
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants.

https://apnews.com/article/california-r ... 0a20be6207
———
Senate panel advances Jay Clayton’s nomination to lead U.S. intelligence agencies.

https://apnews.com/article/dni-director ... 1f6ca22a04
———
Appeals court upholds White House advisor Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress convictions.

https://apnews.com/article/peter-navarr ... c638bbf540
———
Smithsonian history museum chief rejects White House criticism of its leaders as radical activists.

https://apnews.com/article/smithsonian- ... 3d19a73e32

[Rate This]

AP:
House votes for Department of War renaming as part of an annual defense bill.

https://apnews.com/article/defense-pent ... f1f647083e
———
Judge questions difference between Hegseth’s testosterone policy and transgender care for troops.

https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-test ... f6201a31d4
———
Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive.

https://apnews.com/article/usaid-nepal- ... 99123d46e0
———
FDA reviews peptide injections favored by RFK Jr. and wellness influencers.

https://apnews.com/article/peptides-fda ... d03cf5f0c2
———
Navy says it will no longer release sailors’ service history, another restriction on press access.

https://apnews.com/article/media-navy-p ... 31370422cd
———
House votes to limit stock trading by members of Congress, elevating a campaign issue.

https://apnews.com/article/congress-law ... be1326bfe9
———
Endangered right whales could wait almost a decade for new U.S. protections.

https://apnews.com/article/right-whales ... 08caf947d8
———
Journalists urge correspondents’ association to stand up to Trump at rescheduled press dinner.

https://apnews.com/article/journalists- ... 568aa6fed9

[Rate This]

AP:
US applications for jobless benefits tumbled to the lowest level in decades as layoffs remain historically low. They came in at 187,000 the lowest since 1969.

https://apnews.com/article/unemployment ... 25cd04c2dc

[Rate This]

AP:
Trump Regime imposes double-digit tariffs on 60 countries as the clock runs out Friday on stopgap levies. These are tariffs of 10-12.5% and it involves around 99% of US imports.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff ... 3f482e6bc1
———
U.S. Government withdraws subpoenas for New York Times reporters in its investigation of sources related to the new Air Force One jet.

https://apnews.com/article/usmediatimes ... ddf3f4fed5

[Rate This]

AP News Roundup:
Next stop, Trump Station? Regime wants to rename New York’s Penn Station.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-pen ... 5c9c2eb674
———
Liberal Justice Elena Kagan says the Supreme Court is not a rubber stamp for Trump.

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-cour ... b6859fe00e
———
US on track to have historically low number of homicides in 2026, report says.

https://apnews.com/article/homicides-cr ... f9e948de98
———
More than 24 states sue Trump Regime after it put conditions on receiving disaster funding.

https://apnews.com/article/fema-dhs-tru ... 900b8c2756
———
From prison fears to fireworks, Chinese pastor recounts sudden release after Trump’s intervention.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-xi-ezr ... c2d2605285
———
Federal judges allow new Tennessee congressional map that splits majority-Black district in Memphis.

https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-re ... b779d0caa8
———
Education department rescinds disparate impact rule, a key tool used to assess school discrimination.

https://apnews.com/article/disparate-im ... 530b8e3973
———
Democrats urge IRS watchdog to find out why a top lawyer who clashed with White House left his job.

https://apnews.com/article/treasury-irs ... ed8b9527f0
———
Senate committee postpones vote on whether to advance CDC director nominee.

https://apnews.com/article/cdc-director ... 87bd72bb8f
———
Democrats say Social Security boss’ message pushed misleading statements on Trump tax law’s benefits.

https://apnews.com/article/social-secur ... 068c920f8b
———
A member of Vance’s Secret Service detail is being investigated over a suspected news leak.

https://apnews.com/article/vance-secret ... ee1f39621c
———
Trump expands a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high utility bills from AI data centers.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-dat ... a0056c33c9
———
House Republican says former Special Counsel Jack Smith may have lied about Trump probe and refers him for possible prosecution.

https://apnews.com/article/jordan-smith ... e63c9bee5d
———
FDA panel narrowly backs unapproved peptide drugs favored by RFK Jr. and wellness influencers.

https://apnews.com/article/peptides-fda ... d03cf5f0c2
———
Navy revises what information about sailors can be released, citing internal misinterpretation.

https://apnews.com/article/media-navy-p ... 31370422cd