Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Trump threatens 50 percent tariff hike on Canadian goods - POLITICO
The tariffs, which are scheduled to go into effect in one month, up the ante in North American trade negotiations...
‘Regime Change’ goes inside the Trump White House (Dave Davies, Fresh Air podcast)
In a post on Truth Social, Trump referred to Regime Change as "mostly made up, Fake News, largely fiction, as have been most of the things [Haberman] has written about me for so many years."...
The conversations are non-linear. Trump will get fascinated about one thing that has nothing to do with the topic and that can derail a meeting. We have a scene in the book where he's having a conversation, a very small meeting, which is highly classified about a defense program, and this guy comes in, just walks into the Oval, salt of the earth, kind of country looking guy, and he's holding stone samples for the Rose Garden ... and the two go off and sort of start conferring, looking out the window, talking about the paving and the stone and this and that, gets on the phone with another contractor. And before time's up, the meeting's ended, they haven't actually resolved the issue they were going to resolve.
Interview:
The conversations are non-linear. Trump will get fascinated about one thing that has nothing to do with the topic and that can derail a meeting. We have a scene in the book where he's having a conversation, a very small meeting, which is highly classified about a defense program, and this guy comes in, just walks into the Oval, salt of the earth, kind of country looking guy, and he's holding stone samples for the Rose Garden ... and the two go off and sort of start conferring, looking out the window, talking about the paving and the stone and this and that, gets on the phone with another contractor. And before time's up, the meeting's ended, they haven't actually resolved the issue they were going to resolve.
Interview:
A wave of student loan borrowers have entered default since pandemic-era protections lapsed | PBS News
"These are folks who live in states that President Trump won in the previous election," Bañez said. "And why I bring that up is, you know, there's a lot of misconceptions and tropes about who student loan borrowers are, and who are the ones who are falling behind."
She said many are "working-class folks who just cannot keep up with these bills on top of everything else."…
Elizabeth Warren endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race - Live Updates - POLITICO
El-Sayed, who is running against Rep. Haley Stevens to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, has already been endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) — both of whom appeared alongside him at a rally in Michigan on Sunday...
Court ruling freezes Paramount-Warner Bros. merger for now : NPR
In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a 14-day temporary restraining order to pause the acquisition. The Democratic attorneys general allege that Paramount's purchase of Warner Bros. would reduce competition, hurting filmgoers along with TV and news consumers and especially those who create entertainment programming and the news content that the public relies on…
"This is a critical first win in our case to ensure this megamerger never sees the light of day," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement issued to the press…
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/20/nx-s1-5900888/paramount-wbd-tro-restraining-lawsuit
Fact-checking the Trump administration’s count of 250,000 noncitizens on the voter rolls – Politifact
Let’s take a closer look at what the buzzy 250,000 figure could mean — and what it doesn’t…
https://politifact.com/article/2026/jul/17/mullin-dhs-250000-noncitizen-voters-trump/
You Pay for Internet Service in Empty Buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island — ProPublica
U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty...
https://www.propublica.org/article/adak-island-alaska-internet-subsidy-fcc
Assault, Misogyny, Verbal Threats: Records Detail New Allegations Against Rep. Max Miller – Mother Jones
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term…
Florida’s Nursing Homes Are Bracing for Life Without Haitian TPS Workers – Mother Jones
“Florida is home to one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing older adult populations, and demand for long-term care services continues to increase each year,” the letter reads. It describes “an exceptionally competitive labor market,” meaning that finding qualified workers has been challenging. “Any significant reduction in the available workforce would make it more difficult to serve current and new residents, causing a ripple effect that could overwhelm our local hospitals and the entire healthcare system.”…
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