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Friday’s Mini-Report, 10.17.25

Democrats go on offensive following Karoline Leavitt’s ‘deplorables’ moment

Republicans, 16 years into Obamacare, pretend they have a health care plan (they don’t)

Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.17.25: As Election Day nears in N.J., Sherrill’s edge narrows

Just how many ‘Kavanaugh stops’ have American citizens been forced to endure?

As Republicans slander No Kings rallies, the party is proving progressive activists’ point

As John Bolton is indicted, another check mark is added to Trump’s enemies list

Key U.S. admiral parts ways with Hegseth’s Pentagon amid controversial boat strikes

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.16.25

As deadly boat strikes continue, Trump suggests evidence is unimportant

Unsettling White House plans to target its opponents on the left come into sharper focus

Swastika displayed in Republican’s congressional office sparks investigation

JD Vance doubles down, pushes ridiculous defense of racist Republican group chat

Trump acknowledges covert action in Venezuela, eyes possible military strikes

Price tag of Trump’s Argentina bailout set to double, creating Democratic opportunity

Team Trump eyes changes at the IRS that would make weaponization far easier

As U.S. airports reject Kristi Noem’s partisan video, key senator seeks investigation

Trump pitches Justice Dept. and FBI leaders on a newly expanded enemies list

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 10.15.25

The Jan. 6 attack gets in the way of Republican Party talking points (again)

With a certified victory in hand, Arizona’s Grijalva demands to be seated on Capitol Hill

Republican Rep. Cory Mills hit with a restraining order from ex-girlfriend

Trump struggles to explain why a bailout for Argentina meets his ‘America First’ standards

Why Republicans suddenly changed their minds about content moderation

Team Trump forced out another U.S. attorney who failed to toe the White House line

JD Vance tries to downplay leak of disgusting Young Republican chats

As Republicans seek Jack Smith’s testimony, the former special counsel has plenty to say

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 10.14.25

As Americans white-knuckle through a shutdown, Trump’s corruption takes center stage

As Hegseth eyes new restrictions on the press, media outlets (including Fox News) refuse

In the Middle East, Trump invests energy into misguided attacks on Democratic critics

The sudden Republican fixation on ‘Sharia law’ is getting increasingly weird

On the future of the Affordable Care Act, Republican leaders are proving Democrats’ point

Pam Bondi is the attorney general, but is she calling the shots at the Justice Department?

N.C. Republicans move to extend gerrymander, rewriting recent history at Trump’s behest

‘Hot mic’ catches Indonesian president asking Trump for a meeting with son Eric

Monday’s Mini-Report, 10.13.25

Trump administration eyes higher food prices as a result of the immigration crackdown

Kristi Noem stars in partisan video about the shutdown, to be shown in airports

After denying prosecutorial abuses, JD Vance backs case against Illinois’ JB Pritzker

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.13.25: Republicans lean into anti-trans ads in Virginia

Pressed on Tom Homan controversy, JD Vance and Pam Bondi struggle to answer

On keeping health care coverage affordable, the GOP’s Steve Scalise gives away the game

As the shutdown continues, Trump and his team advance plan for ‘Democrat-oriented’ firings

Pete Hegseth’s odd comments about Qatar, air force base spark swift backlash

Ahead of No Kings events, Republicans’ anti-protest rhetoric takes an ugly turn

Friday’s Mini-Report, 10.10.25

The top 10 things Trump should consider doing if he wants a Nobel Peace Prize next year

Trump’s scandalous directive to AG Pam Bondi reached the public by accident

Team Trump’s posture toward law enforcement takes an antagonistic turn

As the public sours on his economic performance, Trump tries playing make-believe

Allegations against Paul Ingrassia, a key Trump nominee, become even more serious

GOP’s Jim Jordan on judges: ‘I don’t think you should rule out impeachment’

Pam Bondi’s boasts about the ‘end’ of weaponization suddenly look a lot more preposterous

The one thing the Letitia James and James Comey indictments have in common

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.9.25

‘My kids could die’: Mike Johnson confronted by Republican voter on C-SPAN

DHS’s Kristi Noem targets country singer over song with lyrics about ICE

Republicans reject effort to curb Trump’s military strikes in international waters

On Portland, Trump’s claims are at odds with his own administration’s assessments

Trump’s line on possibly suspending habeas corpus goes from bad to worse

Why the White House’s ‘antifa roundtable’ took an exceedingly weird turn

As out-of-state troops arrive in Chicago, Trump wants mayor and governor ‘in jail’

‘We took the freedom of speech away’: On First Amendment, Trump says quiet part out loud

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 10.8.25

Kash Patel fires yet another group of FBI agents without cause, shutters corruption group

GOP’s Josh Hawley tries and fails to make a ‘weaponization’ argument against Joe Biden

Team Trump’s clashes with the faith community go from bad to worse

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.8.25: More House Democrats draw primary rivals

Even now, Republicans are still struggling to remember who was president in 2020

The latest Republican conspiracy theory about the FBI and Jan. 6 starts to unravel

White House announces radical new plan to allocate tariff revenue without Congress

AG Pam Bondi refused to answer key questions, and Adam Schiff kept the receipts

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 10.7.25

When it comes to Trump's war on cities, he doesn't have the courts or the people on his side

Why Stephen Miller’s weird vision of a vast left-wing conspiracy matters

Republicans pick a losing fight over which is the party ‘concerned about health care’

Six former surgeons general warn that RFK Jr. is ‘endangering the health of the nation’

Trump leaves the door open for a possible pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell

Trump and his team add the NFL to its growing list of culture war targets

Trump-appointed CIA leader makes himself the agency’s top legal official

As the shutdown reaches the one-week mark, Trump points to 'negotiations' that don't exist

Monday's Mini-Report, 10.6.25

Treasury eyes a commemorative dollar coin for Trump, with plans for a 2026 rollout

As his FBI tenure goes from bad to worse, Kash Patel abandons the pretense of seriousness

Despite campaign promises, White House eyes new changes to Social Security and Medicare

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.6.25: Spanberger leads in Virginia with one month to go

In new Signal scandal, Team Trump discussed sending Army strike force to Portland

As the shutdown continues, Republicans think they hold the upper hand (but they don’t)

On counterterrorism funds, President Bystander is forced to quickly reverse course

Pete Hegseth fires yet another military leader as the Pentagon purge intensifies

Trump tries, fails to circumvent court ruling on unnecessary Portland troop deployment

Friday’s Mini-Report, 10.3.25

Asked about a possible pardon for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Trump says the quiet part loud

The government shutdown leaves Americans in the dark about the latest job numbers

Trump pushes a new label for Democrats: ‘The Party Of Hate, Evil, And Satan’

Why Trump’s plan for tariff rebate checks must inevitably end in failure

Crypto advocates derail a Trump nominee who had been slated for confirmation

RFK Jr. adds to Team Trump’s pattern of punishing whistleblowers

DOJ fires the wrong prosecutor for the wrong reason (again)

Trump wanted to give King Charles a sword. The man who intervened was fired.

Trump picks convenient time to change tune about Project 2025

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 10.2.25

To justify deadly military strikes, Trump sends radical rationale to Congress

White House tries to defend Trump amplifying bizarre ‘medbed’ pseudoscience

European leaders caught mocking Trump after a false claim about ending a war

Trump offers Qatar, which gave him a fancy plane, a NATO-like security guarantee

Trump White House adds Jane Fonda to its growing list of celebrity targets

Lawsuit targets White House's use of public resources to push shutdown propaganda

As the White House targets blue states, Democratic senator condemns ‘mafioso tactics’

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 10.1.25

Trump’s executive order on cancer research comes with important fine print

Months later, whatever happened to RFK Jr.’s self-imposed deadline on autism?

The ugly motivation behind the White House’s war against inspectors general

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 10.1.25: Poll shows Sherrill ahead in competitive N.J. race

‘We could come up with a new system’: On the ACA, Trump has an unintentionally funny line

‘Total waste of money’: Observers question the point of Hegseth’s military gathering

E.J. Antoni’s failed nomination makes the White House look even more incompetent

As the government shutdown begins, Trump isn’t doing Republicans any favors

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 9.30.25

Release of unredacted military records could shake up New Jersey gubernatorial race

ICE officer seen pushing woman to the ground in viral clip has reportedly returned to duty

Republican governor asks the Pentagon to deploy National Guard troops to Louisiana

Trump's speech to military leaders was a rambling mess, until he threatened U.S. cities with U.S. troops

Pete Hegseth’s pitch to generals and admirals was even worse than expected

YouTube’s $24 million settlement with Trump is part of an unsettling pattern

Hakeem Jeffries hits back after Trump posts bigoted AI video: 'Say it to my face'

Monday’s Mini-Report, 9.29.25

Trump presses Microsoft to ‘immediately terminate’ Biden administration veteran

The brewing fight over Adelita Grijalva’s congressional swearing-in and the Epstein files

Why it was so deeply weird to see Trump amplify ‘medbed’ pseudoscience

As the shutdown deadline nears, Trump reverses his reversal on Democratic meeting

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.29.25: Eric Adams ends re-election bid in New York City

More federal prosecutors are ousted as the purge intensifies at Trump’s Justice Department

Fani Willis faces subpoena from Trump’s Justice Department, joining unsettling list

Under Kash Patel, the FBI’s personnel purge goes from bad to worse

Trump’s troop deployment to Portland, Oregon, faces immediate pushback in court

It’s not just Comey: Trump eyes case against Chris Wray, the other FBI director he ousted

Friday’s Mini-Report, 9.26.25

As RFK Jr. faces a new impeachment effort, his public support reaches new low

On Comey, Republicans in Congress are already flunking an important test

Asked about violence, Trump warns left not to provoke the right: ‘Bad things happen’

‘There will be others’: Trump eyes additional targets after securing Comey indictment

White House pretends Pete Hegseth’s mystery meeting is normal. It really isn’t.

After release of Mikie Sherrill’s military records, Democrats push for investigation

Those on Kash Patel’s ‘enemies list’ face investigations and criminal charges

James Comey's indictment is plainly as corrupt as it appears

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 9.25.25

Trump’s DOJ reportedly pushes prosecutors to go after George Soros’ foundation

As the shutdown deadline nears, the White House finds new ways to raise the stakes

Ryan Walters to resign, ending scandal-plagued tenure as Oklahoma schools’ chief

‘Violence against the truth’: Obama takes aim at Trump’s bogus Tylenol claims

Republicans seize on shooting at ICE facility, renew efforts to stifle dissent

Amid resignations and bureaucratic collapse, FEMA’s future turns bleak under Trump

Vance claims Trump was kidding about ‘hating’ his political enemies (but he wasn’t)

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 9.24.25

Democrats seize on Tom Homan bribery probe, seek access to FBI recording

The three biggest flaws in Trump designating antifa a ‘domestic terrorist organization’

Oklahoma schools’ chief is finding new ways to impose a conservative agenda on students

The rapid rise and sudden fall of the United Nations escalator ‘controversy’

On women in the military, Pete Hegseth takes yet another step backwards

As Trump shifts his posture on Russia’s war in Ukraine, be sure to read the fine print

As Jimmy Kimmel returns to the air, Trump threatens to go after ABC (again)

Democratic special election win makes life even harder for Republicans on Capitol Hill

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 9.23.25

Virginia Republican calls rural health clinics closures due to Trump's budget bill a 'win'

White House lawyer takes over key prosecutor’s office under scandalous circumstances

In a grievance-filled U.N. address, Trump attacks allies and climate change

Ahead of shutdown deadline, Trump cancels Democratic meeting he’d already agreed to

White House suggests government weaponization is fine when Trump does it

‘Too much liquid’: Trump pretends he’s qualified to give medical advice (he’s not)

As the Tom Homan controversy intensifies, why doesn’t the FBI just release the tapes?

Monday’s Mini-Report, 9.22.25

As Trump orders more deadly military strikes on civilian boats, Congress eyes next steps

Team Trump’s handling of the Tom Homan bribery probe part of an indefensible pattern

‘Really illegal’: Trump ups the ante in his radical campaign against the free press

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.22.25: Spanberger leads as early voting begins in Virginia

Trump saber-rattles at two countries, apparently giving up on his Nobel Peace Prize push

After forcing out disobedient prosecutor, Trump’s new nominee makes matters worse

On the FCC and Kimmel, Ted Cruz’s first step was good, but a second would be better

Hegseth imposes new press restrictions, eyes greater Pentagon control over access

Why Trump’s directive to AG Bondi should be seen as an impeachment-level scandal

Trump forces out uncooperative U.S. attorney in Virginia, touching off new scandal

Friday’s Mini-Report, 9.19.25

Mike Waltz confirmed as U.N. ambassador, overcoming embarrassing setbacks

Judge rejects Trump’s case against The New York Times, tells lawyers to rewrite it

Some Republicans start rejecting the First Amendment’s free speech protections

As the public rejects his economic performance, Trump pitches an alternate reality

Following Kimmel, FCC’s Carr already has another target in mind: ‘The View’

After going ‘nuclear,’ Republicans confirm Trump nominees, including Guilfoyle, Gingrich

Trump, eyeing return to Afghanistan, says U.S. is ‘trying to get’ back Bagram Airbase

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 9.18.25

‘Not allowed’: Trump makes ridiculous new claims about media critics and the free press

On incendiary rhetoric, Republicans keep flunking easy tests of self-awareness

Ousted CDC director adds dramatic evidence to the case against RFK Jr.

As Trump’s abuses worsen, it seems Obama is increasingly fired up and ready to go

As Republicans target Ilhan Omar, some in the party treat citizenship as a weapon

The unsettling consequences of Trump designating antifa as a ‘major terrorist organization’

Eight months later, Trump’s promise to ‘bring back free speech’ collapses into farce

Targeting media content, Brendan Carr, Trump’s FCC chair, is haunted by his own standards

‘There’s more work to go’: Team Trump sees Kimmel as the latest target, but not the last

Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 9.17.25

Republicans intend to borrow a Democratic idea and stage a midterm convention

Trump declares that he still won’t enforce federal law on TikTok

Mortgage fraud allegations generate even more political headaches for Team Trump

Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.17.25: Democrat easily wins race to succeed Hortman

On trade tariffs, Republicans appear eager to surrender their authority to Trump

Trump’s deputy AG eyes federal investigations into ‘organized’ Trump protesters

AG Pam Bondi eyes case against Office Depot employee who wouldn’t print Charlie Kirk flyer

Over 24 hours, Trump’s authoritarian vision comes into focus (yes, again)

Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 9.16.25

Facing a government shutdown deadline, Republicans place a risky bet

Under pressure after his first deadly strike on a civilian boat, Trump boasts of two more

Bondi opens provocative door, vows to target those she believes have pushed ‘hate speech’

Why Trump’s new civil suit against The New York Times is so bizarre

Republicans confirm Trump’s Fed pick, despite his close White House ties

JD Vance’s ‘statistical fact’ on political violence is neither statistical nor a fact

‘I’m not familiar’: Three months later, the White House struggles with Minnesota killings

White House eyes multifaceted crackdown on liberal organizations after Kirk slaying

A year later, Kamala Harris reenters the public conversation, facing an uncertain path

Monday’s Mini-Report, 9.15.25

Trump’s case against the Fed’s Lisa Cook goes from bad to worse

In the war on cancer, Team Trump decides to start waving the white flag

Why Trump’s math fail on the deadly boat strike was more than just an embarrassing flub

Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.15.25: Texas’ Michael McCaul to retire after 11 terms

Trump signals support for new sanctions on Russia, but there’s a catch

New poll points to Trump voters’ tolerance for authoritarian approach to the rule of law

FBI’s Kash Patel faces criticisms from within the Trump administration

As the Trump Slump lingers, the administration scrambles to move the goalposts

Trump points to ‘major’ new investigation into people on ‘the left’ following Kirk slaying

Friday’s Mini-Report, 9.12.25

At Trump’s behest, Republicans in another red state advance plan to rig their district map

Bolsonaro’s conviction in Brazil proves that former presidents can be held accountable

Trump finds a new and unsettling way to excuse ‘radicals on the right’

RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ agenda comes with important fine print

The Trump administration’s destruction of contraceptives was both wasteful and cruel

Kash Patel’s difficulties and embarrassments at the FBI do not go unnoticed

Republicans go ‘nuclear’ to help Trump nominees, invite Democratic backlash

Trump announces plan to deploy forces to Memphis, claims it’s ‘deeply troubled’

Thursday’s Mini-Report, 9.11.25

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Secret Service discovered hunting stand with direct view of Air Force One at Florida airport

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Trump’s hot mic moment goes from bad to worse after son Eric’s comments

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Democrats go on offensive following Karoline Leavitt’s ‘deplorables’ moment

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Trump’s approval rating drops to 37% as “No Kings” protests draw millions around the country

Trump’s approval rating drops to 37% as 'No Kings' protests draw millions around the country

'A love fest': George Conway recaps attending 'No Kings' protest in D.C.

'A love fest': George Conway on attending 'No Kings' protest in D.C.

‘They are not kids’: Nicolle Wallace reacts to JD Vance defending racist ‘young’ Republicans chat

‘They are not kids’: Nicolle Wallace reacts to Vance's defense of racist ‘young’ Republicans in group chat

The many reasons Americans took to the streets for another 'No Kings' protest

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Leaked Young Republicans chat showcases a much larger problem infecting Trump’s GOP

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Backlash to Noem and Hegseth’s outrageous demands shows the simple power of saying ‘no’

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The reality of Trump’s mass deportation scheme is sinking in for MAGA

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Republicans set a trap ahead of ‘No Kings’ rally

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President Donald Trump and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

Trump and Hegseth just compromised national security in pursuit of profits from Qatar

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