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President Trump's new effort to cancel funding previously authorized by Congress through "pocket rescissions" is setting up a political land mine for Congress as it races to avert a government shutdown by Sept. 30. The so-called pocket rescission comes as Democrats had warned that further efforts by the administration to unilaterally claw back money would seriously undermine the fragile bipartisanship required to fund the government. |
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President Trump is using a tool known as a "pocket rescission" to unilaterally cut roughly $5 billion in congressionally approved funding, sparking bipartisan pushback on Capitol Hill. The rare move, which Trump announced in a letter sent to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) late Thursday, is the latest step by Trump and his team to test the bounds of presidential authority and to root out what officials say is wasteful spending that does not align with the president's agenda. Here's what to know about Trump's attempt to claw back funding. |
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Both major political parties are considering holding large-scale gatherings ahead of the midterm elections, underscoring the stakes next year as President Trump faces a potential check on his power if Democrats flip one or both chambers of Congress. A Democratic National Committee (DNC) spokesperson confirmed that the party is considering an event next year "to showcase our tremendous candidates running up and down the ballot and harness the amazing grassroots energy we're already seeing." Trump floated a similar idea for Republicans in a post on his Truth Social on Thursday, saying, "It has never been done before. STAY TUNED!!!" |
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A federal appeals court on Friday rejected President Trump's assertion that emergency powers justify his worldwide tariffs, a blow to his efforts to refashion global trade. In a 7-4 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court's ruling that the tariffs were not authorized by the statute Trump cited to justify them. The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorizes the president to issue certain economic sanctions to counter an "unusual and extraordinary threat" in an emergency, but it does not permit the president's sweeping moves, the court ruled. |
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Social Security Chief Data Officer Charles Borges submitted a Friday resignation letter days after citing policy violations in a whistleblower report documenting the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) decision to upload sensitive data to a "vulnerable cloud environment." "Recently, I have been made aware of several projects and incidents which may constitute violations of federal statutes or regulations, involve the potential safety and security of high value data assets in the cloud, possibly provided unauthorized or inappropriate access to agency enterprise data storage solutions, and may involve unauthorized data exchange with other agencies," Borges wrote in the letter submitted to Social Security Administrator (SSA) Frank Bisignano. |
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The White House quickly named a new leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed out Director Susan Monarez this week. Jim O'Neill, a senior Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) official with deep ties to President Trump donor Peter Thiel, will take over the agency amid an exodus of its leadership and panic across the public health world. |
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The Trump administration notified eight employees of their termination on Friday following their decision to sign a letter dissenting from current policies at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Associated Press reports. "The Environmental Protection Agency has a zero-tolerance policy for career officials using their agency position and title to unlawfully undermine, sabotage, and undercut the will of the American public that was clearly expressed at the ballot box last November," the EPA said in a statement after the administrative leave notices were sent, according to The Washington Post, who first reported the firings. |
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CVS Health does not currently plan to offer the updated annual vaccine COVID-19 vaccine in more than a dozen states, citing the current "regulatory environment" after the updated shots received approval for high-risk groups this week. A spokesperson for CVS said in a statement that "based on the current regulatory environment," the pharmacy chain will not offer COVID-19 vaccinations as normal in the following states and territories: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. |
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BY CAROLINE VAKIL AND BRETT SAMUELS | Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is expected to forgo running for a third term in the Senate, a GOP operative confirmed to The Hill — leaving an open seat that could become hotly contested next year. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), a former reporter-turned-lawmaker who's served in Congress since 2021, is likely best positioned to replace her, the GOP operative said. CBS News was the first to report that Ernst would not be running for reelection, with an announcement expected Thursday. |
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OPINION | His opponents are battered and bewildered. They study the polls, hire consultants and assemble coalitions. Their punditry permeates television. And yet, the central question remains. Why does President Trump keep winning? He defies the odds again and again, rewriting his political obituary with each new victory. The critics cannot comprehend it. The political class has no answers. And the academic analysis repeatedly fails. They look for weakness and find only will. They search for retreat and find resolve to advance. They expect contrition and get defiant confrontation. |
OPINION | On Tuesday, Republicans lost their supermajority in the Iowa Senate. Catelin Drey's victory in Senate District 1 is not just a local upset — it is part of a growing national pattern of Democratic overperformance in state legislative special elections. Donald Trump carried this district by more than 11 points in 2024. Drey's victory represents a 20-point swing toward the left — making this one of the most consequential state legislative flips of the year. |
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BY MUJIB MASHAL, TYLER PAGER AND ANUPREETA DAS |
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India was losing patience with President Trump. Mr. Trump had been saying — repeatedly, publicly, exuberantly — that he had "solved" the military conflict between India and Pakistan, a dispute that dates back more than 75 years and is far deeper and more complicated than Mr. Trump was making it out to be.
During a phone call on June 17, Mr. Trump brought it up again, saying how proud he was of ending the military escalation. He mentioned that Pakistan was going to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor for which he had been openly campaigning. The not-so-subtle implication, according to people familiar with the call, was that Mr. Modi should do the same.
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How much should a copper bathtub cost? Clifford Thompson is trying to figure that out.
Until now, the hand-hammered tubs his family-owned business imports from India have carried a suggested retail price of about $3,300. President Trump's 50% tariff on copper imports and steep levies on goods from India are forcing Thompson Traders to rethink that price, but settling on a new one isn't easy.
Just this week, the levies on Indian goods doubled to 50%—days before an appeals court late Friday struck down the legal basis for at least part of those tariffs, a ruling likely heading for Supreme Court review. The North Carolina company's negotiations with big-box retailers over even small price increases are maddeningly slow. And Thompson, the company's president, isn't certain what inflation-weary consumers will accept—or how much competitors plan to charge. |
BY LUENA RODRIGUEZ-FEO VILEIRA, MAKIYA SEMINERA AND COLLIN BINKLEY |
One international student after another told the University of Central Missouri this summer that they couldn't get a visa, and many struggled to even land an interview for one.
Even though demand was just as high as ever, half as many new international graduate students showed up for fall classes compared to last year.
The decline represents a hit to the bottom line for Central Missouri, a small public university that operates close to its margins with an endowment of only $65 million. International students typically account for nearly a quarter of its tuition revenue. |
BY LORI ROZSA AND RESHMA KIRPALANI |
On a hot afternoon barely 60 hours after a court victory they hope will help to protect the country's largest tropical wilderness, Eve Samples and Christopher McVoy got back to what matters most: the swamp.
They stepped gingerly over the wildflowers and grasses that line a road winding 24 miles through the southern part of the Big Cypress National Preserve. Another several steps and they sank shin-deep into the tannic-colored water.
"It feels good," said McVoy, an ecohydrologist, as he slowly waded through a cypress strand, measuring stick in hand. |
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