The Treasury Sec. was spotted at the U.N. reading a text likely from Ag Sec. Brooke Rollins: “We bailed out Argentina yesterday and in return, Argentina removed their export tariffs on grains, reducing their price to China at a time when we would normally be selling to China." trib.al/0m6S54T

President Trump’s sweeping national security memo directs feds to investigate and prosecute any person, non-profit, or entity displaying what Trump calls political violence: anti-capitalism, anti-Americanism, anti-Christianity, and “extremism” on race, gender, and migration. trib.al/M7ZbuWE

The administration has used protests against ICE actions as pretext to bring in the National Guard to allegedly quell violence and disorder. But the Democratic Party is not leaping to the defense of those affected by raids and deployments. We are in many ways on our own. trib.al/gqYxOiz

Like everything else with this administration, Trump’s decision to extend a $20 billion lifeline to Argentina involves corruption. trib.al/aFHss29

Senate Republicans don’t seem too worried about the government shutting down....as they have a glorified resort vacation scheduled just days after the looming deadline. trib.al/PCmnmvM

The Senate Majority Leader admitted farmers will need a bailout from tariffs, "We’ve got a big harvest ... and no place to go with it." Sen. Thune said he believed Trump wanted to establish “reciprocity” with other countries—but it’s not clear that's even the president’s objective. trib.al/xEoGS4A

President Trump, who has always made things up, seeks to cut off the flow of accurate information at its source. The U.S. has long been one of the best sources of data on earth. All that is halted under Trump, who doesn’t want any facts to get in the way of his made-up stories. trib.al/iCEGkbH

Add Portland and Memphis to a list that already includes cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston and individuals like Mahmoud Khalil, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and Rümeysa Öztürk. And this militarization keeps accelerating. trib.al/0t73NOH

Trump's branded Bible—now an Oklahoma school requirement—includes copies of key American documents .... However, the Constitution provided was 160 years out of date and excluded more than a dozen (seemingly specific) amendments. ... Like the abolition of slavery & women's suffrage. trib.al/Ci8ivsl

Marco Rubio, Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser, is getting sidelined for Stephen Miller. According to three Guardian sources familiar with the matter, Miller’s influence over the military strikes on Venezuelan boats “at times” even “superseded” that of Rubio. trib.al/HCO2sOf

It’s hard to find much evidence of a true youth movement rallying behind Kirk beside the dedicated conservatives who were already fans. Instead, we see a top-down effort from powerful people to use a controversial man’s death to create a cult of personality where one didn't exist. trib.al/AXEPYZR

The clearly computer-generated clip shared to Trump’s Truth Social showed Fox News reporting on the president’s new “medbed” hospitals, a far-right conspiracy that the so-called Deep State has access to futuristic medical pods. It’s not clear where exactly the video originated. trib.al/yaLG0wh

In a post to Truth Social, Donald Trump announced he intended to impose a 100% tariff on films made outside of the country, blaming California Governor Gavin Newsom. trib.al/Pr2fKiI

The suspect, Thomas Sanford, seemed to own Donald Trump memorabilia, with a campaign sign outside his house and a Facebook photo wearing a shirt that reads “Re-elect Trump 2020,” and “Make liberals cry again.” However, local authorities and the FBI have not yet identified a motive. trib.al/0UwICcz

Oregon is not taking the looming National Guard presence lying down. trib.al/CbfN4KZ “Our nation’s founders recognized that military rule—particularly by a remote authority indifferent to local needs—was incompatible with liberty and democracy,” the lawsuit said.

The punditry of shutdown politics doesn't illustrate Republican villainy enough: cutting the State Department by 84%, the HUD by 43%, and Labor by 35%. Except, of course, in two areas: immigration enforcement and defense. There, it’s party time. Trump’s Republican Party is depraved. trib.al/jtBoLgR

A recently-elected Democrat could deliver the tie-breaking vote to release the government’s files on alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. trib.al/xF0M50w That is, if House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t delay her swearing in—and it looks like he’s planning to.

Bookmark this for the next time Republicans say the left is to blame for all political violence in this country. trib.al/mJZLUc6

As Trump's White House threatens more mass firings of the federal workforce, it's simultaneously focused on building 90,000 sq. ft. ballroom straight out of the Gilded Age. He’s more concerned with projecting opulence and pomp than he is about governing. trib.al/HytfQRV

The justices will begin their next term in October and continue through the end of June 2026. If things stay true to form, President Trump will benefit from the Roberts court’s generous takes on executive power. The rest of us may not be so lucky. trib.al/drgi7AK

An ICE agent has been “relieved of his duties” after he was caught on camera assaulting a woman in a Manhattan immigration court, DHS has announced. Although the agency won’t say if he has been suspended or fired. trib.al/UqVmqye

Elon Musk was scheduled to visit Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious private island in 2014, according to files just released. Flight logs and daily schedules show that Epstein had vacation plans with Musk, plus meetings with Peter Thiel & Steve Bannon. trib.al/Dq7Un2P

As Trump’s trade war rages into Fall, China still won’t buy American soybeans (assuming farms can find labor to bring in their crops). But here’s the thing: Farmers aren’t working class. They’re often quite rich, actually. And they knew exactly what they were voting for. trib.al/laPbbL5

The father—who's lived in the U.S. for over two decades and has an active asylum application—was reportedly driving with his daughter when he called his wife and said someone seemed to be following them. When they got home, agents got hold of the child. trib.al/VFuC1v3

It's yet another example of Trump’s affinity for strongman authoritarian leaders with sketchy records from El Salvador’s Bukele, to Hungary’s Orbán, and Erdoğan. "We’ve been friends for a long time, actually ... He knows about rigged elections better than anybody.” trib.al/J3p2eNI

DOGE’s effects are even worse than we initially realized. Months after Elon Musk departed, Social Security is suffering extensive damage, with the cuts hitting local field offices the hardest. trib.al/9443Jjj

Facing a walkout that left most of the U.N. General Assembly empty, Israel reportedly forced residents of Gaza to listen to his speech by playing it on their mobile phones. trib.al/ssQBdwp

Superintendent Ian Roberts of Des Moines Public Schools was detained Friday by federal agents. The reason for his detention was not clear, according to the school district. Roberts’ whereabouts are also, alarmingly, unclear. trib.al/Mq6SBmF

It’s likely the administration is gearing up to use the Dallas shooting—and other alleged violence against ICE—as a pretext to launch precisely that crackdown on the liberal left. trib.al/crlenU7

Trump’s problem is that he can’t simply turn the tables on his foes. He was credibly accused of criminal offenses, while his political opponents were not. Though he managed to escape a prison sentence, he is the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a felony. trib.al/MnWxAMo

After failing to read and understand a batch of documents correctly, Republicans have revived a conspiracy theory that the so-called "Deep State" staged the Jan. 6 insurrection...all because of a lack of reading comprehension skills, apparently. trib.al/UzQnnie

U.N. official says President Trump’s own team was responsible for the “broken” escalator and teleprompter he complained about incessantly. trib.al/R1LrSgU

One might refer Vance to a mirror. trib.al/Z6ygZmg

Congress has approved a new law that slashes federal spending on SNAP. The measure imposes stricter work requirements on participants and pushes a portion of costs onto states. Without annual data on food insecurity, it may be difficult to gauge the impact of the new law. trib.al/YUaKiP0

The reason behind Hegseth putting the entire U.S. military at risk is out ... and it's ridiculous. trib.al/W58hzxi

Trump, far from being the victim of witch hunts, is the orchestrator of them. But even he has never sunk this low. This is a crime against the best values of this republic. It is a profoundly un-American act. trib.al/dlSSic7

Add Theo Von to the list of Trump-supporting comedians who are finally realizing that this brutal deportation campaign is indeed what they voted for. trib.al/ZzzxcyK

In a Truth Social post published an hour before the show returned to air Tuesday, Trump decried ABC’s decision to reverse its cancellation, accusing the network of being too favorable to his political opponents, and threatened to again go “after them.” trib.al/OXo6LVK

Remember when Grok was calling itself “MechaHitler?” Musk, for his part, has made comments raising concerns about his possible tinkering with Grok such that it shares his right-wing beliefs. Now, Grok will be available to every federal agency. trib.al/gRGgpEs

It's yet another example of Trump’s affinity for strongman authoritarian leaders with sketchy records from El Salvador’s Bukele, to Hungary’s Orbán, and Erdoğan. "We’ve been friends for a long time, actually ... He knows about rigged elections better than anybody.” trib.al/mAQMqUM

As Trump’s trade war rages on into Fall, China still won’t buy American soybeans (assuming farms can even find labor to bring in their crops). But here’s the thing: Farmers aren’t working class. They’re often quite rich, actually. And they knew what they were voting for. trib.al/Z7C9GUR

The justices will begin their next term in October and continue through the end of June 2026. If things stay true to form, President Trump will benefit from the Roberts court’s generous takes on executive power. The rest of us may not be so lucky. trib.al/zydI5bl

Last summer, the FBI set up a sting offering Tom Homan, the former acting director of ICE, $50,000 cash. He took it. Then, the Trump administration closed the investigation. trib.al/EuKcSra The Justice Department is being destroyed—slowly at first, and now all at once.

As Trump's White House threatens more mass firings of the federal workforce, it's simultaneously focused on building 90,000 sq. ft. ballroom straight out of the Gilded Age. He’s more concerned with projecting opulence and pomp than he is about governing. trib.al/5Oofsqb

“I told Director Kash Patel that the FBI has names of 20 men to whom Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women and girls,” Massie wrote on X. “This basic fact seemed to surprise him. Why?" trib.al/13Y8vfK

If you donate to Donald’s vanity construction project, then you, a private donor, may have your name etched into the stone of the new White House ballroom! So far, Google, tobacco company R.J. Reynolds, Booz Allen Hamilton, Palantir, and Lockheed Martin have all donated. trib.al/QxUO9q6

A recently-elected Democrat could deliver the tie-breaking vote to release the government’s files on alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. trib.al/EraQXYy That is, if House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t delay her swearing in—and it looks like he’s planning to.

Bookmark this for the next time Republicans say the left is to blame for all political violence in this country. trib.al/rPBaof2

Soon after Obama’s first election, a DHS analyst noticed an escalation in terrorist threats by the far right, but his reports were shut down. Why? Conservative media outlets framed the findings as an attack on the right—and we're experiencing the ramifications of it today. trib.al/Lg3xgfG

The father—who's lived in the U.S. for over two decades and has an active asylum application—was reportedly driving with his daughter when he called his wife and said someone seemed to be following them. When they got home, agents got hold of the child. trib.al/QVynVfm