Thursday, May 14, 2026

Ballroom security can’t be privately funded, Mullin tells GOP lawmakers - Live Updates - POLITICO

The DHS secretary made a new pitch for a $1 billion Secret Service funding request to centrist Republicans…

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/05/13/congress/white-house-ballroom-markwayne-mullin-00918878


 

Oceans Are Warming? Senate Republicans Disagree.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY6NMlWQHKU

 

We are paying more for gas because of Trumps kid fetish.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFUBtGWt0s8

 

Senate confirms Trump pick Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve, following Powell | PBS News

The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, bringing new leadership to the world's most powerful central bank at a fraught moment for the global economy...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senate-confirms-trump-pick-warsh-as-chairman-of-the-federal-reserve-following-powell


 

Senate fails to curb Trump’s war on Iran even as Republican opposition grows

Resolution fails by 49-50, with Lisa Murkowski and fellow GOP members Rand Paul and Susan Collins voting in favor…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/trump-iran-senate-war-powers


 

Why Republicans can’t get traction on affordability legislation - POLITICO

“Instead of listening to the American people, Donald Trump and the GOP put forward a reconciliation bill that would force Americans to pay for Trump’s billion-dollar-ballroom and tens of billions of dollars more for Trump’s masked agents while including zero — zero — dollars to bring down Americans’ costs,” Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor Tuesday…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/gop-affordability-pickle-ballroom-00918173


 

‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan

Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/utah-approves-datacenter-backlash


 

USDA employees allege Easter religious message violated First Amendment - POLITICO

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has subjected USDA workers to “government-sponsored religious coercion” with messages that promote her own Christian beliefs and violate the First Amendment, federal employees alleged in a lawsuit on Wednesday…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/usda-employees-lawsuit-rollins-easter-00918623


Michigan House votes to undo Michigan clean energy standards

Democrats mostly voted against the bills, which passed the House by margins of 58-47 and 57-48. They argue spiking fossil fuel prices demonstrate why the state needs to move toward renewable and nuclear energy...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/environment-climate-change/2026-05-13/michigan-house-votes-to-undo-michigan-clean-energy-standards


 

10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies - POLITICO

“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency,” U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, a Clinton appointee based in Texas, wrote in a three-page ruling ordering the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos. “And the rule of law be damned.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/10k-rulings-ice-mandatory-detention-trump-analysis-00914195


 

Producer prices shot up 6%, adding pressure on companies to hike prices for struggling customers | PBS News

U.S. wholesale inflation came in hot last month. Producer prices rose 6% from a year earlier, the highest point in more than three years, as the Iran war pushes up energy prices and intensifies pressure on companies to pass along their rising costs to consumers. 

 The Labor Department reported Wednesday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation before it hits consumers — shot up 1.4% in April, the biggest monthly gain in more than four years…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/producer-prices-shot-up-6-adding-pressure-on-companies-to-hike-prices-for-struggling-customers


WATCH: Vance and Oz announce numerous moves on Medicaid and Medicare fraud, focusing on Democratic-run states | PBS News

In at least one case, the administration has erred in its accusations against states. In April, CMS acknowledged to The Associated Press that it made a significant error in figures it used to help justify a fraud probe in New York. The acknowledgment deepened doubts in the administration's methods and raised a common criticism that has been made about the second Trump administration — that it tends to attack first and confirm the facts later...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-vance-and-oz-announce-numerous-moves-on-medicaid-and-medicare-fraud-focusing-on-democratic-run-states

 

Five things to know about Trump, China and wind power - POLITICO

It installed 117 gigawatts of wind power in 2025, or roughly the equivalent of 56 Hoover Dams. The U.S. built a fraction of that: 5.8GW.

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/five-things-trump-china-wind-power-00918155


‘The only thing that terrifies me is BYD’: Politicians quake at Chinese EVs - POLITICO

Lawmakers have focused on national security concerns to dissuade Americans from fantasizing about Chinese vehicles they can’t buy. They also have championed protecting the nation’s industrial core and the jobs they represent, pointing to European struggles to save auto jobs from Chinese competitors...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/trump-xi-summit-chinese-electric-vehicles-00917652


 

REACTION INCOMING: MAGA fans angry as 'Trump phone' sputters

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EYhmHCXUxiA

 








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