The Guardian Europe
Trump predicts he'll lose the lawsuit from banned outlets, blames his own judge, and calls Gracie Mansion 'special' - while diesel prices hit $6.50 and the media boycott goes silent.
The Guardian Europe
Macron and Carney meet on a tiny French island to strengthen ties, weeks after Trump casually claimed it on social media.
The Guardian
Trump reportedly plans a board to veto NIH grants that don't align with his agenda, because the usual scientific merit thing was clearly too woke.
The Guardian
California governor signs bills to protect elections from federal meddling, because apparently that's a thing that needs protecting now.
The Hill
FAA says Trump's proposed Triumphal Arch needs an eternal flame on top to warn pilots - because nothing says 'eternal remembrance' like 'please don't crash into this.'
The Hill
Trump says Medicaid drug pricing deal should win the midterms, because nothing says healthcare policy like a campaign slogan.
BBC World
Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House for reporting 'fiction or lies,' because nothing protects a free press quite like a very simple ban.
The Hill
Poll finds 43% blame Trump for the economy, because nothing says 'I'm fixing it' like a four-day gas price spike and a tariff fight with Canada.
The Guardian
The Fed is expected to raise rates for the first time since 2023, because inflation remains stubbornly high and Trump's demand for "the lowest interest rate in the world" is not, it turns out, a monetary policy.
The Guardian
Von der Leyen prepares to list Europe's challenges, including Russia, China, Trump, populism, and its own competitiveness - while Canada's Mark Carney attends, presumably to see if the EU is still taking applications.
The Atlantic
Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon shared a stage to warn about AI, proving that nothing brings Washington together like the apocalypse - except Trump, who thinks the robots are fine.
The Atlantic
Supreme Court blocks Trump's plan to make mail-in voting impossible, proving that even this Court has limits - or at least a fear of total chaos.
The Atlantic
Trump takes credit for a quiet Atlantic hurricane season, because nothing says 'presidential' like claiming victory over weather patterns.
The Guardian
Trump wants a 30ft 'Colossus' of George Washington to replace abstract art, because subtlety is for losers and history needs more bronze.
BBC World
Trump says a united Ireland would be 'fantastic,' because nothing says deep geopolitical insight like a guy who just wants to watch golf.
The Guardian
Trump uses 9/11 memorial to plug his Iran war, because nothing honors the dead like a campaign speech. Also: inflation, Saudi lawsuits, and the guy who survived the 81st floor.
The Atlantic
Trump holds a faux convention, demands a loyalty pledge, promises $5,000, and insists an opera singer is better than Pavarotti - all while reminding everyone the election is about him.
The Atlantic
Twenty-five years after Colin Powell stayed in Lima to sign a democracy charter while America burned, Marco Rubio visits Peru to promote a foreign policy where "democracy" gets three mentions and "interests" gets 36.
BBC World
Trump says the Iran war will end right after the November midterms, which is either a diplomatic strategy or an admission that the war is now a campaign prop.
BBC World
Drones turn border crossings into parking lots and shopping centers into rubble, while diplomats pretend talks are imminent.
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