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THE LATEST
A group of Catholic bishops say they felt “manipulated” and “exploited” after the White House released images of them praying with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
- “I wish I had been more shrewd and less simple,” one bishop wrote.
Trending
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reversed its ban on up-ballot political endorsements to back Democrat Amy Acton in the Ohio governor’s race. The newspaper’s editorial board said Republican Vivek Ramaswamy “crossed a line” with his recent ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother.
THE ADMINISTRATION
Trump is quietly pushing for his ally Viktor Orbán to be the next United Nations secretary-general, according to The Wall Street Journal editorial board.
The president confirmed in a Truth Social post — his longest ever — that he is “thinking about” booting reporters from the White House entirely.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Monday that Pete Hegseth has delayed shipments of missiles for the country’s air defense systems “for nearly a month.”
- Hegseth said last week that he had not changed his mind about support for Ukraine, but the U.S. wants “to make sure our guys have the most possible as well.”
Norwegian officials are pushing back against Trump after he referred to the country as a “shithouse” over the weekend — all because he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
THE CAMPAIGN TRAILDemocrats are accusing their Republican counterparts in Texas of withholding data showing how the state’s near-total abortion ban affected maternal mortality numbers until after the midterm elections.
THE COURTS
A federal judge ordered the Justice Department to reinstate Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, to her job as a federal public corruption prosecutor after she was fired by the Trump administration. She’ll also get five months of back pay.
Trump’s White House press ban is facing a new legal challenge — this one filed by a group of citizens who argue that they, as a stand-in for the American public, are the real victims here.
A group of former DOJ prosecutors and human rights lawyers have formed a nonprofit group to assist state and local prosecutors looking into accusations of corruption and law enforcement violence it claims the Trump administration is ignoring. They’re calling it the Rule of Law Project.
COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS
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