Trump fulfills campaign promise with digital assets report—but his biggest crypto challenge looms The White House released its long-anticipated, 166-page digital assets report on Wednesday. Fortune · Jul 30, 2025
ICE entices new recruits with patriotism pitch and promise of $50,000 signing bonuses The agency responsible for President Trump's mass deportations agenda is launching a recruiting campaign The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2025
US wants back millions in COVID relief from local governments over missing reports The U.S. Treasury is trying to recover COVID-19 relief funds from hundreds of local governments that failed to report their spending The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2025
Sen. Josh Hawley wants to exclude ‘Biden voters’ from $600 Trump tariff rebate checks ‘The rich people don’t need it ... all those Democrat donors of Wall Street, all these hedge fund guys, who all hate the tariffs,’ Republican lawmaker tells Steve Bannon The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2025
‘Exorbitant privilege’: Can the US dollar maintain its global dominance? Despite global shifts, analysts agree the US dollar’s reserve currency status is unlikely to be replaced for decades. Al Jazeera · Jul 30, 2025
Trump delegate’s husband vowed to fight child trafficking, but cops just checked his hard drive and… oh boy A tale as old as time... We Got This Covered · Jul 30, 2025
First Epstein files, now Trump finds himself in another rift with GOP — this time on Gaza NEWS ANALYSIS: Trump saying there’s ‘real starvation’ in Gaza has not led to a change of heart from most Republicans in the final bastion of conservative foreign policy in Washington, Eric Garcia writes The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2025
FCC chairman Brendan Carr’s meddling in broadcast journalism contradicts his own avowed views As a minority FCC member during the Bush administration, Carr condemned government interference with newsroom decisions. Reason · Jul 30, 2025
Trump is making plans to avoid an RBG situation on the Supreme Court, his next picks could be even more right-wing President appointed three of the nine judges on the Supreme Court during his first term The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025
With Biden gone, and faced with indescribable famine, the Democratic consensus on Israel and Gaza shifts NEWS ANALYSIS: A wave of key party condemnations makes it clear: a tide is finally shifting among DC Democrats as Israel starves Gaza, writes John Bowden The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025
Calls for US to sanction Israeli settlers after Palestinian activist killed Trump rolled back sanctions against Israeli settlers, including Yinon Levi, the alleged killer of Awdah Hathaleen. Al Jazeera · Jul 29, 2025
Senator who blocked everything for nearly a year now surprised when karma showed up with receipts Radical Democrats continue to BLOCK. We Got This Covered · Jul 29, 2025
‘How stupid is this?’: Josh Hawley just found a solution to a problem that wouldn’t exist if his cult leader hadn’t created it Stay focused, Josh. We Got This Covered · Jul 29, 2025
Marjorie Taylor Greene gets in a ‘muscle’ competition with Rep. Eric Swalwell, and oh yeah, Jeffrey Epstein Greene wants full Epstein disclosure — until she doesn't. We Got This Covered · Jul 29, 2025
Reason · Jul 29, 2025 Trump Administration Takes Credit for Crime Drop It Previously Denied Existed The Department of Homeland Security is boasting that its mass deportation program is responsible for a major drop in crime. That's unlikely for several reasons.
The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025 Nantucket officials accuse offshore wind developer of going into hiding since Trump's election Nantucket town officials have accused the developer of the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind project of not responding to their safety queries since President Donald Trump’s election and a massive blade failure last year
The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025 With AI plan, Trump keeps chipping away at a foundational environmental law When big infrastructure projects spring up, one crucial law — the National Environmental Policy Act — has for decades been a key way the government has required powerful industry interests to consider the environment and the public’s voice
The Conversation · Jul 29, 2025 Sanctioning ghosts: Why US plans to hit Russia with fresh economic penalties will have little effect One way or other, it looks like Russia could soon be slapped with a fresh round of U.S. sanctions.
The Guardian - US · Jul 29, 2025 ‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: how Trump is fumbling geothermal energy Former energy officials raise alarm about tariffs, cuts and other policies creating uncertainty in geothermal industry
The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025 Wave of condemnation after killing of Palestinian activist in West Bank Israeli soldiers raid mourning tent after death of Awdah Hathaleen, who helped make Oscar-winning No Other Land
The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2025 Pete Buttigieg says Democratic Party’s attachment to two words handed Trump the White House in 2024 Joe Biden’s transportation secretary says it’s ‘wrong to imagine that we should have just kept everything going along the way it was’ or to dismantle everything Republican president is now doing
Roll Call · Jul 28, 2025 Georgia Rep. Mike Collins enters GOP primary to take on Sen. Jon Ossoff - Roll Call Georgia Rep. Mike Collins is the latest Georgia Republican to challenge vulnerable Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.
The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2025 Creating realistic deepfakes is getting easier than ever. Fighting back may take even more AI The use of deepfakes to impersonate high-level officials in the U.S. presents a growing security challenge
The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2025 Number of Democratic voters who are ‘extremely motivated’ to vote in next election skyrockets Just 44 percent of Democratic voters expressed the same motivation four years ago
The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2025 Trump fired him over white supremacist links. Now he’s leading the US Institute of Peace Darren Beattie was appointed to State Department earlier this year after he was forced out of government by Biden administration