Trump announces 30% tariffs against EU, Mexico to begin Aug. 1, rattling major US trading partners  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he's levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1, a move that could cause massive upheaval between the United States and two of its biggest trade partners.

Tech billionaire Trump adviser Marc Andreesen says universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI  —  The investor in a private group chat also criticized Stanford and said colleges are biased against Trump voters: “My people are furious.”  —  Influential tech investor and Trump adviser Marc Andreessen recently …

Trump Thinks He Can Take Away Citizenship From Anyone He Doesn't Like  —  The president is now musing about trying to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's birthright citizenship because he doesn't like her  —  Since the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump has been trying …

Federal judge halts indiscriminate immigration stops in Los Angeles and beyond  —  In a searing ruling against the Trump administration, a federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked federal agents from using racial profiling to carry out indiscriminate immigration arrests that advocates …

Surely, You Are Not Surprised  —  We can be — and ought to be — shocked by the various scenes unfolding before us, but we cannot really be surprised can we?  The chaos and the cruelty were always the point; and what did we expect from an administration crammed full of reductio ad absurdum appointees at every level?

FEMA Didn't Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show  —  Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren't extended.  —  Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas …

US Justice fires nine more employees from Jack Smith's team, sources say  —  U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday fired at least nine more Justice Department employees who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith to investigate President Donald Trump's retention of classified records …

Contrarians to the Rescue on Birthright Citizenship!  —  Publisher's Roundup 26  —  A couple of weeks ago, when the Roberts Court struck down some nationwide injunctions protecting birthright citizenship in the Casa case, we here at The Contrarian told you not to panic.

Senate GOP faces ‘gut check time’ on axing global HIV program  —  Senate Republicans remain wary of eliminating the popular and successful global HIV/AIDS program PEPFAR, as they face down a July 18 deadline to vote on President Trump's first tranche of rescissions requests.

Lights Out: U.S. Withdraws Support for Global Media  —  Foreign aid cuts to USAID, other outlets, cast a long shadow over journalism around the world  —  In the 12 years since Radio Rozana's first broadcast, founder Lina Chawaf has worked tirelessly to expand the outlet's coverage of her native Syria.

Texas Court Seals Records in Ken Paxton's Divorce Case  —  The order meant details in the case, which involves allegations of adultery, would not be public as the Texas attorney general challenges Senator John Cornyn in the 2026 primary.  —  A state court on Friday ordered records in the divorce …