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World & Nation
Trump GSA: End $100M in Harvard Federal Contracts
President
Donald Trump's ongoing effort to cut the federal spigot to Harvard has
taken another step: a letter from the General Services Administration
(GSA) urging federal agencies to cancel all contracts with the
institution that Trump alleges is violating the Constitution in the
name of liberal politics.
Stop doing government business with Harvard, the administration is telling its agencies.
The May 27 memo
from the federal procurement office to Trump administration agencies
urges the canceling of an estimated $100 million in existing deals, The
New York Times reported Tuesday, and calls for government leaders to
seek "alternative vendors for future services."
Trump Backed Grenell Mission for Detainee in Venezuela
President Trump
backed a secret plan to release Americans held hostage by the
Venezuelan regime, a move that upset the State Department and top
national security advisers.
Last week,
Trump's special envoy for Special Missions, Richard Grenell, contracted
a private jet to travel to Antigua where he met with Venezuelan
officials and took custody of Joe St. Clair, 33, a former military
veteran who had been arrested and imprisoned about six months ago.
Venezuela is
believed to continue detaining five remaining U.S. citizens and at
least four Venezuelans who hold U.S. residency status.
FBI Investigating Cocaine in Biden White House, More
The FBI is
investigating "potential public corruption" in three well-known cases
that include the D.C. pipe-bombing probe, cocaine found at President
Joe Biden's White House, and a leak of the Supreme Court's Dobbs
decision, Deputy Director Dan Bongino said.
Bongino took to
social platform X on Monday morning to say he and FBI Director Kash
Patel decided to "re-open, or push additional resources and
investigative attention" toward the three cases.
"Shortly after
swearing in, the Director and I evaluated a number of cases of
potential public corruption that, understandably, have garnered public
interest," Bongino wrote.
"I receive
requested briefings on these cases weekly and we are making progress.
If you have any investigative tips on these matters that may assist us
then please contact the FBI."
Merz Gives Ukraine Green Light to Strike Deep Inside Russia
German
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Ukraine has been given permission to use
weapons supplied by its allies to launch strikes deep inside Russia.
“There are
absolutely no range limits anymore for weapons delivered to Ukraine,
not from Britain, the French or from us — also not from the Americans,”
Merz said at a conference in Berlin on Monday. “That means Ukraine can
defend itself by attacking military positions also in Russia.”
The US has
previously approved the deployment of Army Tactical Missile Systems,
known as ATACMS, in border regions with Russia. The UK meanwhile
approved Ukraine’s use of Storm Shadow cruise missiles on deeper
targets. Germany had long refused to deliver the long-range Taurus
cruise missile, though Merz has expressed approval of its use.
Ukraine’s
Western allies are trying to intensify pressure on the Kremlin after
Moscow launched its biggest drone barrage against Ukraine since the
full-scale invasion over three years ago. European leaders have
condemned what they call Russia’s foot-dragging as efforts to lock in a
ceasefire have gone nowhere.
Russia Seizes Ukrainian Border Villages as Its Massive Bombing Campaign Slows
Russian forces
have taken four border villages in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region,
a local official said Tuesday, days after Russian President Vladimir
Putin said he had issued an order to establish a buffer zone along the
border.
Meanwhile, a
Russian bombing campaign that had escalated in recent days slowed
overnight as far fewer Russian drones targeted Ukrainian towns and
cities.
Moscow's
invasion has shown no signs of stopping despite months of intense
U.S.-led efforts to secure a ceasefire and get traction for peace
talks. Since Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Turkey earlier
this month for their first direct talks in three years, a large
prisoner exchange has been the only tangible outcome, but negotiations
have brought no significant breakthrough.
‘Original Sin' Outlines the Plot Against the American Voter
Jake Tapper and
Alex Thompson's deeply reported book, Original Sin: President Biden's
Decline, Its Cover-Up and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, takes a
sledgehammer to Joe Biden's legacy, already in grave disrepair.
Claiming to have interviewed more than 200 sources around the 46th
president, the CNN anchor and the Axios correspondent have written a
necessary and deeply disturbing account of the Biden White House. For
anyone interested in politics and Shakespearean tragedy, there's
something on every page.
For supporters
of Biden's presidency and its considerable legislative achievements,
this is an extremely grim read. Biden is both the most effective
Democratic president since Lyndon Johnson and the man who helped usher
Donald Trump back into the Oval Office by not stepping aside for a
stronger candidate. The Biden presented in the book is both familiar
and tragic, a King Lear on the Potomac with a Lady McBeth at his side
in Jill Biden. The small cohort of longtime aides, dubbed the Politburo
by insiders, protecting the president from the press, the American
people and, it seems, reality, could be cast in a community theater
version of The Death of Stalin.
"I blame his
inner circle and I blame him," one senior administration official told
Tapper and Thompson after the election. "What utter and total hubris
not to step aside and be a one-term president, as he said he would, and
have an open primary when there was time to let the process play out."
'Should be ashamed': MAGA goes into tailspin as 60 Minutes anchor targets Trump
The anchor of
CBS' "60 Minutes" made a thinly veiled attack on President Donald Trump
during Wake Forest University commencement speech — and MAGA
immediately went into a tailspin.
Scott Pelley
didn't mention Trump by name but he did warn “freedom of speech is
under attack” and that “insidious fear” is creeping into schools,the
Daily Beast reported.
“The supposed
titans of TV journalism are just sanctimonious theater majors with
mid-level IQs and world-class egos,”Buck Sexton posted on X, and shared
the video of the remarks.
Pro-Trump
podcaster Scott Adams added: “Liberals who once controlled speech and
the power to censor are now upset that a majority of Americans reject
their lies and deception. 60 Minutes’ Scott Pelley raged at Trump in an
angry, unhinged commencement address at Wake Forest: as he speaks
openly and freely in America.”
Israel Strikes Gaza as PM Vows to Bring Hostages Home
Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to bring back all hostages,
"living and dead", as Gaza rescuers said Israeli strikes killed at
least 52 people in the war-battered Palestinian enclave.
Netanyahu's
remarks came amid confusion about the fate of a proposed 70-day
ceasefire that was to see the release of 10 Israeli hostages alongside
more Palestinian prisoners.
Israel has in
recent weeks expanded its offensive in the Gaza Strip, drawing
international condemnation as aid trickles in following a monthslong
blockade that has caused severe food and medical shortages.
Chicago's Mayor Johnson is so focused on race he can't see the truth about humanity
Rooftop
Revelations: Like the racists of America’s past, Mayor Johnson believes
in attributing supremacy and inferiority to an individual based on skin
color
Chicago Mayor
Brandon Johnson recently stoked the racial fires once again. I guess
this is the only way he can break news these days, because he doesn’t
have significant accomplishments to speak of. This time the mayor was
visiting the Apostolic Church of God, located in my South Side
neighborhood of Woodlawn, when he said, "The reason I hire so many
Blacks to run Chicago is because we're planet Earth's most generous
race."
This is Black
supremacy, plain and simple. Like the racists of America’s past, Mayor
Johnson believes in attributing supremacy and inferiority to an
individual based on skin color. And he has made no secret of his belief
that one’s Black skin makes one superior and one’s White skin makes one
inferior.
In 2022, he
told the Chicago Tribune, "People are going to criticize the fact that
we have [the most] Black and brown folks in the history of Chicago.
Yes, we are the Blackest administration, and I’m proud of it."
Democrats need to embrace inclusion over ideological conformity in order to win again
Democrats must have the strength to meet this moment
If Democrats
want to win back Congress and the White House, we must reclaim what
made our party a national force in the first place: our commitment to
being a big tent.
For much of
modern history, the Democratic Party has thrived by welcoming Americans
from a wide range of backgrounds and beliefs. We didn’t require
agreement on every issue to work together for a common cause—especially
on topics like abortion or gun safety, where regional and cultural
differences shaped the views of our candidates and voters alike. That
flexibility helped us build durable coalitions capable of winning
elections from city halls to Congress.
But in recent
years, we’ve moved toward a more rigid and absolutist posture—one that
suggests a Democrat must align 100% with every plank of the party
platform to earn the label. This "all or nothing" mentality has not
only narrowed our reach; it’s jeopardized our ability to build the
legislative majorities we need to govern.
