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Shorter items, video clips and opinion pieces worth a look. These link out to the original publisher; opinion pieces are labeled.
Money & conflicts
Democracy & elections
- National security expert warns about moves against critics' speech MSN
- GOP lawmaker says Trump should get a third term MSN The 22nd Amendment bars a third term.
- Florida bill would penalize cities that won't rename roads for Charlie Kirk Yahoo News
- Opinion: how vote suppression shaped outcomes The Hartmann Report (opinion)
- Opinion: the web of Russia ties and the Mueller report MSN (opinion)
Fact checks
- Trump says the U.S. owns 92% of the Gulf coastline MSN The U.S. share is closer to 44%.
- Trump claims Biden gave Putin permission to invade Ukraine MSN
- Trump says he ended 'six wars in six months' while lobbying for a Nobel MSN CNN later rated his 'eight wars' version false.
- Fact check: claims about the price of eggs, groceries and gas MSN
- Fact checker on Trump's falsehoods at the U.N. MSN
- Trump says South Korea and Japan will pay billions upfront Reuters
- Trump blames 'unfair trade' for the $36 trillion national debt MSN (video)
- The Trump-O-Meter: tracking campaign promises PolitiFact
Environment & energy
- EPA approves its first 'forever chemical' pesticide Center for Biological Diversity (press release) Advocacy group statement.
Government & competence
- New federal employees asked to write essays on loyalty to Trump's agenda MSN
- Trump official with Kremlin-friendly views closes office fighting Russian propaganda The New Republic Darren Beattie
- Report: administration intentionally hired inexperienced officials Yahoo News
- Opinion: the costs of cuts at the Education Department MSN (opinion)
- FEMA workers ordered to identify critics or be fired MSN
Health & rights
Economy & trade
- Congress repeals the $5 cap on bank overdraft fees MSN Trump signed the repeal in May 2025.
- Why gas prices fell: oil below $60 Yahoo Finance
- Opinion: 'Trump sold Americans a fantasy' MSN (opinion)
On the record
- Trump's remarks on percentages at a cabinet meeting ('a 1,500% cut') MSN (video)
- 'Nobody knows what magnets are' MSN
- Trump links 6G to cameras Yahoo Tech
- Trump says the Federal Reserve is on the Potomac MSN (video)
- Trump names a governor who doesn't exist MSN
- Opinion: Trump's comments on nuclear testing MSN (opinion)
- Fox host questions Trump's grasp of mortgages MSN
- Staff frustration over the 50-year mortgage idea MSN
- Sen. Durbin plays video of Trump at a hearing on Biden's health MSN (video)
- Hot-mic exchange with Indonesia's president about business MSN