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Win Some, Lose Some

Saturday, May 31, 2025

 We’re keeping it short this morning.  THE LATEST: The Supreme Court yesterday allowed the Trump administration to revoke a Biden-era program that gave temporary residency to more than half a million immigrants from countries torn by war and political turmoil.   But …

Court Says the Trump Tariffs Remain

Friday, May 30, 2025

TAXING DECISION: A federal appeals court temporarily agreed to keep President Trump’s steep tariffs on foreign imports, belaying a decision against the tariffs by the US International Court of Trade. The appeals court is taking a little more time to consider …

Trade Court Blocks Trump Tariffs

Thursday, May 29, 2025

BAD TRADE: A panel of  judges for the US Court of International Trade ruled that President Trump overstepped the law declaring an economic emergency to impose steep tariffs on foreign imports. The decision blocks Trump from imposing some of his biggest tariffs on China and other …

Trump Pulls Harvard Contracts

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

HARVARD MAN: Ratcheting up President Trump’s campaign to crush Harvard University, the administration sent a letter to all federal agencies instructing them to re-assign contracts with the school to other entities, depriving Harvard of about $100 million and essentially severing the …

Trump Calls Putin “Crazy”

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

CRAZY: President Trump called Russia’s Vladimir Putin “crazy” following a third night of heavy missile and drone attacks on Ukraine.   “I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin,” Trump said. “I’ve known him a long time. Always gotten along with …

Republican Resistance to the “Big Bill”

Monday, May 26, 2025

REPUBLICAN ROADBLOCKS:  Getting Donald Trump’s legislative agenda past the Senate may not be an easy touchdown. Two of the Senate’s tightest-fisted fiscal conservatives said during television appearances yesterday that they would try to force significant changes to the “Big, Beautiful Bill” passed last week …

Harvard Fights Back

Saturday, May 24, 2025

FIGHT ON, HARVARD: Responding to a filing by Harvard University, a federal judge in Boston blocked the Trump administration order that would have stopped foreign students from enrolling or continuing their education at the Ivy League school.   The Harvard lawsuit accuses the …

Trump War on Harvard Goes Nuclear

Friday, May 23, 2025

THE WAR ON HARVARD: The Trump administration revoked the right of Harvard University to enroll foreign students because the school refuses to turn over the conduct records of foreign students requested by the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem.    A DHS release …

Israeli Embassy Employees Gunned Down

Thursday, May 22, 2025

ANTI ISRAELI MURDER: Two young Israeli Embassy aides were shot dead outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington last night by a man shouting pro-Palestinian slogans before he was grabbed by police officers.    The shooting happened in the …

Tax Cuts and Deficit Growth

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

BIG AND BEAUTIFUL: President Trump visited the House Republican caucus meeting yesterday to lobby for his “Big Beautiful Bill” and appears to have come away without the outliers bowing to the king.     Trump gave a blustery speech to reporters before entering …