Closing summary
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Donald Trump delivered a more than 90-minute, rambling, campaign-style address broadly focused on “affordability” to a rally of supporters in Pennsylvania today. The speech marked the first of several the president is expected to deliver in a slate of domestic appearances he said his chief of staff Susie Wiles encouraged him to give ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Two American fighter jets flew over the Gulf of Venezuela the same day that Trump administration officials briefed the “gang of eight” on ongoing military strikes on boats in the Caribbean. Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries called the briefing “very unsatisfying” and called for the “full video” of the “double tap” strike on a suspected drug-trafficking boat be released.
Miami elected its first Democratic mayor in nearly 30 years. County commissioner Eileen Higgins defeated investment manager Emilio Gonzales, who was endorsed by Donald Trump. Higgins’ victory in the Latino majority city comes as Latino and Hispanic voters increasingly disapprove of Trump.
More than 200 former employees in the justice department’s civil rights division signed a letter released on Tuesday decrying the “near destruction” of the agency that is supposed to enforce America’s civil rights laws. They accused political leadership of waging a...
MANILA, Philippines — National Maritime Council (NMC) chief Alexander Lopez does not see the need to repeatedly rebut the several claims of Beijing’s embassy in Manila. Chinese Embassy Deputy Spok...