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Florida Men (opens the original)
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This Friday, Donald Trump will be in Mobile, Alabama, the place where his first campaign really started to gain traction after then-Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III threw his support to Trump on August 21, 2015. That, of course, did not end well for Sessions. Or for the country.Despite that history, it’s surprising Trump is coming to Alabama this close to the midterm elections. Typically, popular presidents spend their time in places where candidates from their party need a pre-
Flooding the Zone (opens the original)
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Jack Smith kicked off his testimony on the Hill today like this: “I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including my decision to bring charges against President Trump.” He told senators that his investigations developed “proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation.” He said, “I will not be silenced by continued threats of prosecution from the president or others.”Then, as Alabama Senator Katie Britt looked on with dawning horror, Missou
Consequences (opens the original)
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Last Thursday, the White House, almost as soon as Judge Kelly entered his order forcing the administration to restore access to CNN, MSNOW, and Politico, began searching for play in the joints. What could they do to punish the news outlets that had offended Donald Trump without getting hauled back into court? Even after the Judge had ordered restoration of hard passes to journalists, CNN’s Betsy Klein and MSNOW’s <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/09/24/judge-blocks-trumps-whi
The Week Ahead Part Two: Next Up In The Epstein Files Litigation (opens the original)
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There is so much going on in the Epstein Files case brought by that instead of trying to summarize it in The Week Ahead column, Katie and I got together to talk it over. From foreign language documents to “the administrative record,” we discuss the most recent developments so you’re prepared for what’s going to happen in the coming week. We’re in this together,JoyceSubscribe now<a class="button primary" href="ht
The Week Ahead (opens the original)
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The Supreme Court’s “long conference” will take place on Monday. That’s when the Justices will consider petitions for review that have been piling up over the summer. That means that the first Monday in October, the start of the new term of Court, is just around the corner. But only a select few of the cases the Justices discuss will be heard by the high court, which hears fewer than 1% of th
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