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The U.S. oil deal with Venezuela.
On Friday, President Donald Trump announced an agreement to make the United States government an investor in the production of Venezuelan oil. Under …
1 month ago
CIA Director Ratcliffe’s trip to Russia.
On Tuesday, August 25, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Moscow, Russia, for the first publicly disclosed time to…
1 month ago
PREVIEW: The Friday Edition. - Have we no shame?
Against normalization culture.
Dear readers,
In this week’s Press Pass, I introduced our newest editor, Carina Pacheco. As I said in that newsletter, w…
1 month ago
The Meta settlement.
On Wednesday, Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads, reached a settlement with a group of state attorneys g…
1 month, 1 week ago
Suspension of the rules. - Isaac, Ari and Kmele mourn Dolly Parton and then get into Iowa's interesting candidate for governor, Darline Graham, Jesse Watters and more.
Coming up on today's episode of Suspension of the Rules, Isaac, Ari and Kmele mourn the loss of the great Dolly Parton. They then chat about the very…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Supreme Court’s latest mail-in ballot ruling.
On Monday, the Supreme Court stayed a federal injunction on President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to chan…
1 month, 1 week ago
The national debt hits $40 trillion.
On Tuesday, August 18, the Treasury Department announced that the debt held by the U.S. government surpassed $40 trillion, a record high. The nationa…
1 month, 1 week ago
The U.S.–Canada trade war escalates.
On Saturday, the United States imposed 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion of Canadian goods, including lumber, dairy products, clothing, and alcohol.…
1 month, 1 week ago
PREVIEW: The Friday Edition. - I was wrong about DOGE.
A full accounting of the initiative’s impact.
Back in 2024, when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was first proposed, its goals were cle…
1 month, 1 week ago
Trump’s vaccine executive order.
On Monday, August 10, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to make changes to its recommended childhood …
1 month, 1 week ago