Six days before the California primary, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Wednesday intended to safeguard elections by stopping outside officials from taking ballots or getting involved in ballot processing. The governor listed actions taken by President Trump to explain the need for the bill.
A group of retired federal judges is asking a U.S. district court judge to reopen a lawsuit President Trump and his family pursued against the IRS over leaked tax records, asking the court to investigate whether a deal to end the case was an act of fraud.
The IRS has agreed to not audit Trump's taxes.
In 2024, we found the IRS concluded in a long-running audit that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on a failed Chicago tower. That audit could have cost him more than $100 million.
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For the first time, President Trump called for firing the Senate’s parliamentarian after she blocked Republicans from including funding for his proposed White House ballroom in an immigration enforcement bill.
Trump’s hold on the MAGA base remains powerful—but the primary wins that are reinforcing his grip also hurt his standing with the broader public, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
Donald Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is another example of taxpayers footing the bill for the president’s favored few, @willgottsegen.com argues in The Atlantic Daily:
Vermont: New animal cruelty law to take effect in Vermont next month
Animal cruelty legislation passed by lawmakers this year will become law after receiving the governor’s signature this week.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that tries to stop outside officials from taking ballots or getting involved in ballot processing.
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The 35 former judges want a court to investigate whether the unusual agreement to create the $1.8 billion fund was an act of fraud.
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The tax agency concluded in its long-running investigation that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on his failed Chicago tower.
The demand comes as Senate Republican leaders wrestle with whether to include money for the controversial project in a bill that funds immigration agencies.
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A new, sweeping document from the Department of Justice “shelters the president and his family from significant legal liability, once more adapting the law to the man,” Jeffrey Toobin writes.
States the will be Hit the Hardest with the Depletion of the Social Security Trust Fund (the Top are Red States - many Seniors) -
Florida (No. 1), West Virginia, Montana, Maine, S. Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Arkansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Vermont, Tennessee ..
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By issuing a prohibition on federal investigations that might threaten Trump’s finances, the Justice Department has placed the president and his family in a new category.
