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BREAKING: America has Worst Day of War as Iran Shoots Down Multiple Planes and Rejects Ceasefire, Trump Seeks to Turn America Into War-Time Economy via The Parnas Perspective — Good evening everyone. This is an important end-of-week update. Today was, without exaggeration, one of the most serious and consequential days for the United States in the war with Iran so far. The developments are significant, and I strongly encourage you to read through everything carefully and take it in at your own pace. Barring anything major overnight, I’m stepping away for the rest of the evening to spend time with my wife and daughter. I also want to address something I’ve been hearing

Iran shot down multiple U.S. planes today, marking America's worst day of war. Trump aims to transition the U.S. into a wartime economy after Iran rejected a ceasefire.

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Senate Democrats press Treasury on decision to add Trump name to currency via The Hill News — Two Senate Democrats are seeking answers from the Treasury Department about a plan to add President Trump’s signature to newly minted U.S. paper currency. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Senate banking committee, and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) pressed Treasury Secretary in a letter on Thursday to explain how the decision “will…

Senators are questioning the Treasury Department's plan to add former President Trump's signature to U.S. currency, seeking details on the decision.

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Tillis sets Jan. 6 red line on attorney general nominee via The Hill News — Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Thursday he will not support any nominee for attorney general if the candidate makes excuses for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. President Trump dismissed Pam Bondi from the attorney general post before Tillis’s comments, which is expected to set up a confirmation battle on her successor later this year. “For…

Senator Tillis stated he won't support any attorney general nominee who excuses the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, setting a potential confirmation battle.

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GOPers ignore election officials’ warnings, leaving Georgia little time for paper ballots switch via - Democracy Docket — Georgia election officials have less than three months to convert the state’s entire voting system from touchscreen machines to paper ballots, after the state Senate failed to vote Friday on legislation that would have delayed the conversion until 2028. The rushed system switch risks compromising election security and will complicate ballot counting, delay reporting results […] The post GOPers ignore election officials’ warnings, leaving Georgia little time for paper ballots switch appeared firs

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DOJ says Fulton County ballot seizure timeline is secret. But Harmeet Dhillon may have already revealed it via - Democracy Docket — The Department of Justice (DOJ) is claiming key details about its seizure of 2020 election ballots in Fulton County are too sensitive to disclose in court — but one of its top officials may have already laid them out publicly. The post DOJ says Fulton County ballot seizure timeline is secret. But Harmeet Dhillon may have already revealed it appeared first on Democracy Docket .

DOJ cites secrecy for Fulton County ballot seizure timeline, yet a top official may have already disclosed it. Details remain undisclosed.

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Trump seeks $152M to rebuild Alcatraz as ‘state-of-the-art secure prison’ via The Hill News — President Trump is seeking $152 million from Congress as part of his push to reopen Alcatraz prison near San Francisco to house violent federal criminals. The request, included in the White House’s proposed budget for fiscal 2027, calls on Congress to allocate funding to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to cover the first year…

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Trump anti-voting order buried in lawsuits as fourth challenge rolls in via - Democracy Docket — A coalition of Democratic-led states has filed a lawsuit that aims to block President Donald Trump’s newest executive order attacking mail-in voting. Announced Friday, the suit represents the fourth legal challenge to the order, which Trump signed during a public press conference three days earlier. In the suit, 23 Democratic attorneys general — including New […] The post Trump anti-voting order buried in lawsuits as fourth challenge rolls in appeared first on Democracy Docket .

Multiple lawsuits have been filed against President Trump's executive order targeting mail-in voting, with a fourth challenge now underway.

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Over 20 Democratic-led states are suing the Trump administration, challenging an executive order restricting voter eligibility and mail-in voting.

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Trump budget would cut TSA funding, require privatization at small airports via The Hill News — President Trump wants to cut funding to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and require privatization of security operations at small airports. The White House’s 2027 budget proposal, released Friday, proposes cutting $52 million from the agency’s funding, which officials created after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in an effort to ensure tighter airport security.…

Trump's budget proposes a $52 million cut to TSA funding and mandatory privatization of security at small airports, according to the 2027 budget proposal.

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Parents of suspects accused of planting MacDill Base explosive device now in ICE custody via BorderReport — The parents of the suspect accused of planting an explosive device at MacDill Air Force Base were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials confirmed on Friday.

ICE has taken into custody the parents of a suspect accused of planting an explosive device at MacDill Air Force Base, officials confi...

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Trump to sign executive order to expand NCAA's control over college sports via Home - CBSNews.com — The executive order is expected to increase the NCAA's control over college sports and threaten to remove federal funding for colleges and universities that don't comply with NCAA rules.

Trump will sign an executive order expanding the NCAA's control over college sports. The order could remove federal funding from non-compliant institutions.

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Trump announces ‘fraud’ crackdown in Democratic states as arrests begin in California via US news | The Guardian — US president makes baseless claims about fraud in blue states and says JD Vance will lead clampdown as ‘fraud czar’ Donald Trump announced a fresh crackdown on “fraud” in Democratic states and tapped JD Vance to lead the charge. Officials swiftly announced a string of arrests in California. In a Truth Social post on Friday, the US president announced that his vice-president is now “in charge of ‘fraud’ in the United States”, claiming the problem is “massive and pervasive” and that Vance’s new ro

Trump announced a "fraud" crackdown in Democratic states, naming JD Vance to lead the effort, following arrests in California.

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Trump’s anti-voting order may backfire, damaging DOJ’s voter roll campaign via - Democracy Docket — Legal experts say the voter suppression diktat may be as strategically foolish as it is doomed. The post Trump’s anti-voting order may backfire, damaging DOJ’s voter roll campaign appeared first on Democracy Docket .

Trump's order targeting voting could inadvertently harm the Justice Department's voter roll campaign, according to legal experts. The move is seen as strategically flawed.

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Trump reups push to eliminate low-income heating assistance program LIHEAP via The Hill News — President Trump is once again proposing to eliminate a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes. The president’s budget, released Friday, states that the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) should be cut. “For the sixth time, the Budget proposes to end this program,” it said, adding that Trump’s agenda should…

Trump's budget proposes eliminating the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for the sixth time.

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Trump seeks historic $1.5 trillion for military in Congress budget request via Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — The request for defence spending is the largest in decades and accompanies cuts to domestic programmes.

Trump's budget proposal requests a record $1.5 trillion for the military, alongside cuts to domestic programs, marking the largest defense spending in decades.

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Sea power in the modern age — why Trump is taking over maritime trade routes via The Hill News — America's attacks on Iran reveal a deeper strategic logic behind Donald Trump’s “America First” doctrine: a renewed emphasis on controlling the maritime chokepoints that underpin economic and geopolitical power.

Trump's actions against Iran highlight a US strategy to control key maritime trade routes, solidifying economic and geopolitical dominance.

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Moulton: Trump ‘got rid’ of Bondi 12 days before Epstein deposition via The Hill News — Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) suggested Thursday that President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi in order to prevent her from testifying in the House probe related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “She was about to be deposed in the Epstein case,” Moulton said in an interview with MS NOW’s Chris Jansing. “That’s why Trump…

Rep. Moulton says Trump removed Pam Bondi from her position 12 days before her scheduled deposition in the Epstein case, according to a recent interview.

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Trump's 2027 budget asks Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending via Home - CBSNews.com — President Trump's new budget proposal asks Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending — a 42% increase — while cutting nondefense spending by $73 billion, or 10%.

Trump's 2027 budget requests $1.5 trillion for defense, a 42% increase, and proposes $73 billion in nondefense spending cuts.

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Trump: Vance will primarily focus on blue states as ‘fraud czar’ via The Hill News — Vice President JD Vance’s new role as fraud czar will “primarily” focus on Democrat-led states, President Trump announced on Friday morning. “We will call him the ‘FRAUD CZAR,’ and his focus will be ‘EVERYWHERE,’ but primarily in those Blue States where CROOKED DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS, like those in California, Illinois, Minnesota (Somalia beware!), Maine, New York,…

Trump announced JD Vance's "fraud czar" role will primarily target Democrat-led states, including California and New York, according to reports.

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Is the US committing war crimes by targeting Iran’s civilian infrastructure? via World news | The Guardian — International law experts ‘seriously concerned’ about ‘strikes on schools, health centres and homes’ in contravention of Geneva conventions Donald Trump, other senior US officials and their cheerleaders appear to be embracing attacks – and threats of attacks – on Iranian civilian infrastructure, which legal experts say appears to constitute serious war crimes under international law. In his rambling national address on Wednesday, the US president warned that if Iran did not reach an unspecified

Legal experts are concerned that US targeting of Iranian civilian infrastructure, including schools and hospitals, may constitute war crimes under international law.

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Courts keep ruling against Trump. But they can’t save our democracy singlehandedly | Margaret Sullivan via US news | The Guardian — Decisions on the White House ballroom, public media and journalists’ access to the Pentagon are heartening. But restoring our institutions is up to us In another one of those strange and unprecedented moments of the Trump years, the president of the United States showed up at the supreme court the other day. No other presidents have done so, probably because they – to varying degrees – respected the separation of power among the three branches of US government. But Trump has not shown himself to

Courts are delivering setbacks to Trump, including rulings on the White House and Pentagon access. However, safeguarding democracy requires broader action.

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Trump calls for a major increase in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic spending via PBS NewsHour - The Latest — The White House is releasing details of President Donald Trump's 2027 budget, including a $1.5 trillion defense spending request. That's the largest of its kind in decades.

Trump's 2027 budget proposes a $1.5 trillion defense spending increase, the largest in decades, while calling for cuts to domestic programs.

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Six US soldiers who died in Trump’s Iran war are from the midwest. These veterans there oppose the conflict via US news | The Guardian — As casualties mount, those who share a home state with the deceased in Iowa, Kentucky or Ohio question the war’s legality Upon the headstones at the Dayton National Cemetery in southwest Ohio are the names of the numerous wars fallen soldiers buried here have fought in: Korea, Vietnam and Iraq . At the center of this sprawling, manicured cemetery for veterans and service members, ground staff and three machines this week have cleared space for a new grave site. It will be the place where one of

Six US soldiers from the Midwest recently died in the Iran conflict, prompting local veterans to voice opposition to the ongoing war.

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'This has got me worried': Iranians fear what comes next after US strike on Karaj bridge via BBC News — President Trump has warned Iran of strikes on bridges and electric power plants if its leaders do not agree to his terms to end the war.

Following a US strike on a bridge near Karaj, Iran faces potential attacks on infrastructure like power plants if they reject Trump's terms to end the war.

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US judge rules against deporting man whose murder conviction was overturned after 44 years in prison via US news | The Guardian — Decision came after hearing in which Subramanyam Vedam, 64, said he didn’t kill Thomas Kinser when he was 19 A judge has cleared the way for the potential release of an Indian citizen who was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody last year after his Pennsylvania murder conviction was overturned following four decades in prison. The decision came the day after the four-hour hearing in which Subramanyam Vedam insisted he did not fatally shoot Thomas Kinser in 1980 and was qu

A US judge blocked the deportation of a man whose murder conviction was overturned after 44 years, allowing for potential release from ICE custody.

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Todd Blanche takes over justice department after Pam Bondi sacking – US politics live via US news | The Guardian — Trump announced deputy attorney general, who was his former personal attorney, would act up until permanent replacement is confirmed Pam Bondi’s swift dismissal on Thursday underscores a reality that has met Trump loyalists from Jeff Sessions to Kristi Noem – no amount of loyalty is enough to save oneself from being dumped by Donald Trump . Since the president assumed office last year, there have been few people more important to his effort to remake government than Bondi, his longtime friend. C

Trump's former personal attorney, Todd Blanche, replaces Pam Bondi as acting deputy attorney general following her dismissal; Bondi was a longtime Trump ally.

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Evangelicals backed Trump. Now pastors denounce his ICE crackdown hitting their churches. via NBC News Top Stories — Amid ICE arrests and detentions, attendance has dropped and churches have closed. 'You're deporting the future of American Christianity,' a Latino evangelical leader said.

Evangelical pastors are denouncing Trump's ICE crackdown, citing declining attendance and church closures due to arrests and deportations.

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Palantir-linked campaign donations put Democrats in tight spot via The Hill News — Campaign contributions from Palantir are becoming a thorn in the side of Democrats in the midterms, as lawmakers on the left dig into the Trump administration’s immigration efforts and the controversial tech company’s involvement. Several Democratic candidates have returned or donated funds from top Palantir executives and the company’s political action committee (PAC), distancing themselves…

Democrats face scrutiny for accepting Palantir-linked campaign donations, with some candidates returning or donating the funds due to the company's controversial past.

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‘Incredibly chilling’: Advocacy groups raise alarm over Trump’s demand for list of Jewish faculty at Penn via The Hill News — Jewish groups are raising alarms over a judge’s ruling this week that the University of Pennsylvania must turn over contact information for Jewish faculty and organizations on campus to the Trump administration. While the Trump administration says the information will assist in an antisemitism investigation into the university, some Jewish advocates argue the government has used their community to advance attacks…

Advocacy groups express concern over a court order compelling Penn to provide Jewish faculty contact details to the Trump administration. The information is sough...

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After the release of the Epstein files, why have there been so few arrests? via NPR Topics: News — Legal experts tell NPR five possible reasons that, despite the accusations made against rich and powerful people in the files, the DOJ have made no additional arrests. The big one? Lack of evidence.

Epstein files revealed alleged wrongdoings, but no new arrests have followed. Experts cite lack of evidence as a primary reason, according to NPR.

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