The Watchdogs Are Barking Themselves Hoarse

Last May, President Trump held an “intimate” dinner at his members-only golf club in Virginia for the top-220 investors in $ TRUMP, a meme coin he launched days before the start of his second term that, by the end of 2025, would generate $ 636 million for him. About 100 protesters gathered outside in rain jackets, baseball caps, and muddy sneakers to confront the dinner guests arriving in shiny dress shoes, tuxedos, and black Cadillac SUVs. They pointed to the dinner as the encapsulation of the troublesome grift of Trump’s…

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How Democrats Backed Themselves Into a Shutdown

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The government shutdown that began at 12:01 a.m. is the sixth such closure in the past three decades. It was easily the most foreseeable. That congressional Democrats would force this confrontation became clear almost from the moment they ducked a clash over spending with Republicans in March. Back then, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer convinced just enough of his members that a government shutdown would empower President Donald Trump to govern even more…

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