Top Items:
Auzinea Bacon / CNN:
Trump says he's increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario's Reagan ad — President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-tariff speech by former President Ronald Reagan in 1987.
Discussion:
New York Times, Breitbart, RedState, The Wrap, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, UPI, Newsweek, The Guardian, CBS News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Fortune, Politico, France 24, Fox Business, ABC News, Techdirt, Al Jazeera, CityNews Toronto, Straight Arrow News, Washington Post, Associated Press, The National Pulse, TheJournal.ie, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost, Washington Times, New Republic, Townhall, CNBC, The American Conservative, Wonkette, Salon, Daily Kos and CBC News
RELATED:
Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press:
Trump threatens Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner — Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports …
Discussion:
Reuters, New York Post, Wall Street Journal, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, The Independent, Washington Post, NewsNation, Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Business Insider, ABC News, Washington Times, Politico, The Japan Times, TheJournal.ie, CNBC, New York Times, Associated Press, Raw Story, CBS News, Blaze Media, The Hill, One America News Network, New Republic and IJR
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Hikes Tariffs on Canada By 10% Over Ontario Ad — The measure was in response to what the U.S. president called ‘misrepresentation’ of Ronald Reagan's comments — The U.S. will impose an additional 10% tariff on Canada, President Trump said on Saturday, a punitive measure in response …
Washington Post:
In defense of the White House ballroom — Donald Trump vs. the NIMBYs — Just now — The teardown of the White House's East Wing this week is a Rorschach test. Many see the rubble as a metaphor for President Donald Trump's reckless disregard of norms and the rule of law …
Discussion:
The Independent, Mediaite and Ars Technica
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
How Trump Barreled Through D.C.'s Bureaucracy to Get His White House Ballroom — The president realized his longtime dream by remaking a planning board and taking advantage of permitting oddities; ‘you have zero zoning conditions’ — WASHINGTON—Anybody who has remodeled a home knows …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why Trump's East Wing Demolition Needed to Happen
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune … Timothy Mellon, a reclusive billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump, is the anonymous private donor who gave $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the shutdown, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Discussion:
New York Post, HuffPost, Fortune, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, Notes From The Circus, RedState, Newsweek, Fox News, Breitbart, OutsideTheBeltway, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, The Independent, CNBC, No More Mister Nice Blog, NewsMax.com, The Gateway Pundit, The Guardian, Mediaite, Raw Story and Forbes
RELATED:
Brianna Tucker / Washington Post:
Pentagon to use $130 million anonymous donation to help pay troops
Pentagon to use $130 million anonymous donation to help pay troops
Discussion:
Salon, FOX 32 Chicago, Associated Press, Military and Veteran … and Wall Street Journal
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
Trump Humiliates Mike Johnson Behind Closed Doors — VENTRILOQUIST ACT — The president reportedly views the highest office in the House as little more than a puppet for his whims. — Inside sources reportedly say Donald Trump has been heard privately joking about just how easily …
RELATED:
Shawn Pogatchnik / Politico:
Ireland elects left-wing president in anti-government landslide — Catherine Connolly's lop-sided victory to be Ireland's next head of state was accompanied by a surge in vandalized ballots from right-wing voters. — DUBLIN — Independent socialist Catherine Connolly swept …
Discussion:
The Irish Times, RTÉ, The Times of Israel, IJR, UPI, Irish Independent and Breitbart
RELATED:
Jude Webber / Financial Times:
Hard-left candidate secures landslide in Irish presidential election
Hard-left candidate secures landslide in Irish presidential election
Discussion:
The Irish Times, The Guardian, NewsMax.com, Al Jazeera, Euractiv, TheJournal.ie, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, France 24, RTÉ and The Virginian-Pilot
Laura Kuenssberg / BBC:
‘I am not done’ - Kamala Harris tells BBC she may run for president again — Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Former US Vice-President Kamala Harris has told the BBC she may run again for the White House. — In her first UK interview, Harris said she would …
Discussion:
New York Post, Associated Press, CNN, Deadline, The Wrap, Breitbart, twitchy.com, UPI, Fox News, HotAir, Variety, NewsNation, New Jersey Online, The Gateway Pundit, RedState, The Post Millennial, TMZ.com, New York Times, Washington Times, The Independent, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, IJR, The Guardian, CityNews Toronto, NBC News, NewsMax.com, CBS News, Scripps News, Forbes and KGW-TV
RELATED:
Naftali Bendavid / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris says she may run for president again
Discussion:
Newsweek
Louise Guillot / Politico:
Kamala Harris hints she is ready to run again for US president
Kamala Harris hints she is ready to run again for US president
Discussion:
RedState, HuffPost and The Gateway Pundit
Chicago Tribune:
Federal immigration agents deploy tear gas on Northwest Side streets as Chicagoans bellow, ‘Get out of our city!’ — Federal immigration agents again deployed tear gas on Chicago streets Saturday despite mounting scrutiny from a judge over their use of the chemical weapons …
Discussion:
Block Club Chicago and FOX 32 Chicago
Carolyn Stein / Chicago Tribune:
As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments — A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
Adam Downer / The Daily Beast:
Police Report Says Member of Congress, 88, Has Dementia — ELDERS IN CHARGE — A police report says D.C.'s congressional delegate, who was scammed out of thousands, exhibits “early stages of dementia.” — Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, an 88-year-old Democrat congresswoman representing Washington D.C …
Discussion:
Washington Times, The Daily Caller, NBC4 Washington and The Independent
Associated Press:
East Timor becomes newest ASEAN member, while Thailand and Cambodia sign expanded border ceasefire — Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — East Timor's prime minister told leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations …
Discussion:
Reuters, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, RTÉ, New York Times, Associated Press and Fox News
CNN:
Frustrated Arizonans have waited more than a month for their new congresswoman to be seated — For years, immigration attorney Rachel Wilson has relied on her local congressional office to help untangle bureaucratic knots that threaten her clients' ability to live and work in the United States.
Associated Press:
Judge rules immigration detention of Chicago man with daughter battling cancer is illegal — Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — The detention by immigration authorities of a Chicago man whose 16-year-old daughter …
Discussion:
Chicago Tribune, Washington Examiner, Chicago Sun Times and FOX 32 Chicago
Associated Press:
FBI indicts dozens of people in Philadelphia on drug charges — Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share — More than two dozen people have been indicted on drug-related charges as part of a yearslong investigation into a gang …
Discussion:
Breitbart and The Post Millennial
Matt Labash / Slack Tide:
Help! — We're drowning in corruption — Sometimes, when I'm lecturing kids on career day at one of our ICE detention facilities — after they've finished their weevil gruel and have tidied up the concrete slabs where they sleep — I will hear this when I open the cage up to Q&A …
Politico:
Vought promised to use the shutdown to shutter the bureaucracy. It didn't go as planned. … The disorganized handling of the layoffs is reminiscent of Musk's DOGE effort, in which employees were rehired after being fired, sometimes on court orders, sometimes because agency officials objected.
Discussion:
Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump Leaves Behind a Reeling Washington to Chase a Deal With China — President Trump is embarking on a six-day diplomatic tour of Asia, testing his role as a statesman and negotiator as he pursues a trade deal with Beijing. — President Trump is heading to Asia on Friday evening at a moment …
Discussion:
NPR, Reuters, Raw Story, Bloomberg, San Diego Union-Tribune and Al Jazeera
RELATED:



