| | | Mentioned in this edition: Donald Trump, JD Vance, Scott Bessent, Elon Musk, Pam Bondi, Pete Hegseth, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Brian Kemp, Leo Terrell, and more. |
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| | | Good morning. House Republicans are about to go on a bill-passing spree — we dive into what they're looking to get done. Plus, President Trump's antisemitism task force has made waves since being created in early February, holding immense power to defund the nation's most powerful schools. | |
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| | | 🔎 WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | ✍️ Trump signed an executive order to restore meritocracy. President Trump signed an executive order titled "Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy" to dismantle disparate impact liability — a civil rights doctrine that allows lawsuits over practices with discriminatory effects, even without intent. Calling it unconstitutional and "pernicious," Trump argued the rule forces racial balancing and undermines merit-based hiring. | 💥 Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent and Elon Musk aren't getting along. The two reportedly had a shouting match just steps away from President Donald Trump in the White House. This blow-up was reportedly due to a disagreement over who should be the temporary IRS commissioner, but the two have had disagreements in the past. While disagreements happen in any White House, Musk's vague role has reportedly unsettled agency heads unsure of his authority. | 💸 Trump might bring reciprocal tariffs sooner than expected. While the president paused his reciprocal tariffs for 90 days (while keeping the 10 percent universal baseline), he indicated that he could bring them back within two to three weeks if other countries do not move quickly enough to make trade deals with the United States. The return of the tariffs would likely cause markets to crash again, but would make clear that Trump is serious about forcing changes to global trade practices. | 🪖 House Republicans want to increase military spending by $150 billion. The massive increase would push the Pentagon's budget to around the $1 trillion mark, a goal of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The increase would be included in the Republican reconciliation bill and will likely have no trouble meriting approval from Senate Republicans. The boost would set a record military budget but may require unpopular offsetting cuts to Medicaid. |
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| | | THE EXECUTIVE | Mentioned behind the paywall: Pope Francis, an upcoming rally, Volodymyr Zelensky, and a peace deal. | |
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| | | CONGRESS | Mentioned behind the paywall: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Brian Kemp, Roy Cooper, and Brian Schatz. | |
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| | | DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES | Mentioned behind the paywall: A new anti-gun law, Pam Bondi, the Education Department, and the State Department. | |
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| | | House Republicans prep a policy blitz | | WHAT'S HAPPENING | House Republicans are currently outlining an ambitious four-week agenda packed with Trump administration priorities. | Over the next three weeks, Congress will debate California's emissions policies, federal Medicaid funding, police reform, and the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. They are also forging ahead with the first steps toward passing their sweeping reconciliation bill… | |
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| | | Inside the task force bankrupting Jew-hating campuses | | WHAT'S HAPPENING | In early February, the Trump administration announced the formation of a task force to fight against campus antisemitism. | Since then, they have made waves by cancelling billions of dollars in federal grants, forcing one university to change its practices and another, Harvard, into court… | |
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| | | THE DAILY DEBATE | 📊 What do you think is the most important bill the House GOP is taking up?Results will be in tomorrow's newsletter | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | 📊 Do you think Crimea should be a red line in peace talks? | ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👍 Yes — Ukraine shouldn't concede any territory (28) | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👎 No — resolving the war is more important (288) | 🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤝 Only if Russia offers meaningful concessions elsewhere (149) | 🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (44) | ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💬 Other (12) | 👍 Yes: "Putin is a liar and doesn't play fairly. If Crimea is conceded, what's stopping him from taking all of Ukraine." — Ben 👎 No: "With the infrastructure damaged as it is, it will take years to fix. The damage being done, must stop now." — Don 🤔 Unsure: "For example, how about the return of Ukrainian children, who were kidnapped and taken to Russia at the beginning of the war?" — Cindy 💬 Other: "No, Crimea is a critical military and shipping choke point in the Black Sea. Putin will never agree to lose Crimea and the naval base that is present there." — Mark | | | | 521 votes |
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| | | POP QUIZ | What caused the reported shouting match between Elon Musk and Scott Bessent at the White House? | |
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| Today's newsletter was written by Brandon Goldman, Anthony Constantini, and Ari David. We scoured 100s of sources to bring you stories and insights you won't find in the mainstream media. |
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