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Tamara Keith / NPR:
After Trump promised to pay $5,000 if Republicans win, here's what to expect Thursday — At the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, President Trump made a stunning and implausible pledge: to send every American adult a $5,000 cash dividend. But only if his party maintains control …
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Axios:
Exclusive: Fetterman to praise Trump in bombshell GOP convention video — DALLAS — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) is preparing to make a bombshell appearance Wednesday night at the GOP convention, in a video praising President Trump and Republican Sen. Dave McCormick for helping America's steel industry, Axios has learned.
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Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Floats $5,000 ‘Trump Dividend’ Checks if Republicans Win the Midterms — In his convention speech, the president floated a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” for every adult American if Republicans keep control of Congress. The idea, like many others, may not come to pass.
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Ashley Ahn / Politico:
Trump pledges a $5,000 ‘dividend’ to all US adults if the GOP wins the midterms — President Donald Trump has pledged to send $5,000 to every adult in the U.S. if Republicans retain control of Congress in the midterms, a payout that would dwarf the amount distributed during the Covid pandemic and likely explode the deficit.
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Christopher Hippensteel / The Guardian:
Vance appears to walk back Trump's offer of $5,000 ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms - US politics live — Vice-president suggests payment would not go to all and would be paid for by tariff revenues despite supreme court rulings against much of Trump's program
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Desperate Trump Offers Brazen Cash Bribe in Bonkers Speech — FUNNY MONEY — The vice president insisted it was not a “controversial idea.” — President Donald Trump has offered a hefty cash bonus to all American adults in a desperate attempt to retain his grip on Congress in the midterm elections.
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Andrew Duehren / New York Times:
Trump's Promise of $5,000 Dividend Checks Follows Past Cash Pledges That Never Materialized
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Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:
Vance strikes back at concern $5,000 Trump dividend will stoke debt: ‘Wealth will go back to the people’
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New York Times:
‘Pretend That I Am Running’: 7 Takeaways From the G.O.P. Midterm Convention
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's $5,000 ‘Dividend’ Promise Is His Biggest Election Gambit Yet
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Ingrid Fuary-Wagner / Bloomberg:
Can Trump Really Pay Every Adult American a $5,000 ‘Dividend’?
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Promises $5,000 Payment to US Adults if GOP Wins Midterms
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Elleiana Green / Politico:
Republican chief election officials say it is too late to implement Trump's mail ballot order — Republican chief election officials from seven states said that it's too late for President Donald Trump's mail-in ballot order to be implemented before the midterm election …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Top Advisers Confront Possibility That Iran War Lasts Through End of Term — The president still says he expects the war will end ‘immediately’ after midterm elections this fall — WASHINGTON—Top White House advisers have raised privately with President Trump the prospect …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump plans to send $500 Obamacare rebates before election — The Trump administration plans to send $500 rebate checks to as many as 1 million people who it says were overcharged for their coverage under Obamacare, Axios has learned. … - The payments also underscore a tenet …
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Vance's Dallas dance
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Radley Balko / New York Times:
Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. — Six weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Congress passed the Patriot Act. The vote was 357-66 in the House, and 98-1 in the Senate. Sen. Russ Feingold (D., Wis.), the chamber's lone dissenter …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Appeals court rejects ICE detention policy, setting stage for SCOTUS — A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected ICE's effort to detain millions of people without bond, comparing it to the “historical stain” of Japanese internment during World War II. — “Mass detention …
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Kelsey Reichmann / Courthouse News Service:
Supreme Court nixes Missouri GOP-friendly maps for midterms — WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal from Missouri organizers on Thursday barring the use of Republican-friendly congressional maps in the November election. — Led by Richard von Glahn …
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Salt Lake Tribune:
Trump's DOJ is investigating Utah's election chief for refusing to hand over voter data, it says in letter — The Justice Department is investigating Utah's top election official for refusing to hand over the state's entire, unredacted voter database, it informed her in a letter dated Friday and obtained by The Salt Lake Tribune.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
D.O.J. Escalates Threats to States in Battle for Election Records
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Akanksha Khushi / Reuters:
Multiple US military aircraft suffered damage in overnight strikes on Jordan air base, CBS says — Multiple American military aircraft suffered damage in strikes overnight on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, CBS reporter Jennifer Jacobs said on Wednesday on X.
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Daniella Diaz / The Washington Sun:
Security Experts Say NATO Must Plan for a Future Without the United States — BERLIN — Trump administration officials have made a flurry of visits to Moscow over the last month, with Europe on edge over a spate of hybrid attacks attributed to Russia. — But America's European allies aren't taking the visits as reassurance.
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Politico:
What Really Happened at the White House Lunch That Marc Andreessen Says Sent Him to Trump … Since the election of Donald Trump, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has told one podcast after another of a May 2024 lunch in the Biden White House where he claims we and our colleagues shared …
Zack Colman / Politico:
How Georgia's GOP learned to love solar … President Donald Trump has called solar power “the scam of the century” in his effort to roll back the Biden climate agenda, and brought most of his party along with him — at least in Washington. — But here in Bartow County …
New York Times:
Military Aide Accidentally Deploys Emergency Slide on New Air Force One — The mishap occurred while the Qatari-donated jet was parked on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews. It delayed President Trump's departure to a Republican convention in Dallas. — A military aide accidentally deployed …
Trish Bendix / New York Times:
Jimmy Kimmel to Interview James Talarico ‘Under Unusual Circumstances’ — A conversation with the Democratic Senate hopeful from Texas will move off air because of what the late night host called F.C.C. “threats” against his show and network. … Jimmy Kimmel told Wednesday night's “Live” …
Matt Phillips / Axios:
Bessent fails to shock and awe the bond market — The Treasury Department failed to cow the bond market Wednesday with its amped-up buyback announcement, as rates still rose. … - While the stated reason for the buyback boost was to improve trading conditions in the bond market …
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Sam Goldfarb / Wall Street Journal:
Bond Selloff Extends, Putting 5% 10-Year Yield In Sight — Rising oil prices are putting further pressure on bonds, pushing the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note above 4.9% and within striking distance of the symbolically important 5% level. — Yields, which rise when bond prices fall …
Politico:
Dems plot to take on Hegseth if they win in November — Congressional Democrats are promising to target Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth if they win control of Congress in November. — Emboldened by the possibility of a sweep at the polls, they're plotting a blitz of public hearings and inquiries …
Nathan Layne / Reuters:
A year after Charlie Kirk's death, Turning Point USA grows but Trump slips with young voters — One year after Charlie Kirk's assassination, the organization he co-founded, Turning Point USA, has grown dramatically, expanding its presence at colleges and high schools and cementing itself as a force in Republican politics.
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