‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Putin enrages Japan with trip to disputed island – POLITICO

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi wrote on X on Thursday: “Today, I was informed that Russian President Putin visited Iturup Island. The Northern Territories, including Iturup Island, are inherently Japanese territory both historically and under international law, and the Government of Japan strongly protests this visit.”…

 https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-disputed-kuril-islands-visit-japan-russia/

Democrats say Trump is illegally blocking them from visiting Ice detention: ‘The goal is to bully us’

Democratic officials' legislative checks – a legal right for members of Congress – have consistently confirmed reports that immigrant detainees are being kept in "filthy" and "inhumane" conditions with little regard for due process. Now, the facilities have become a battleground in the intensifying standoff between the Trump administration and Democratic lawmakers over the president's supercharged immigration agenda. 

"The administration's goal is to intimidate us and bully us, bully us out of doing our jobs for sure," Representative LaMonica McIver, a New Jersey Democrat who has been accused of assaulting federal agents during a confrontation at the Delaney Hall detention center, told the Guardian. "If they can get away with doing this to me, they can get away with doing it to anyone. But more importantly, imagine what they're doing in the dark to others who are not of an elected status, who are not in public eye view."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/democrats-ice-detention-visits-blocked

 

House GOP organizing trip to see jailed Jan. 6 defendants, led by Marjorie Taylor Greene | The Hill

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is working with House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) to schedule a trip for members of Congress to visit the Washington, D.C., jail where Jan. 6 defendants are being held...

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3890426-house-gop-organizing-trip-to-see-jailed-jan-6-defendants-led-by-marjorie-taylor-greene/

Marjorie Taylor Greene THREATENS Total Destruction of the United States ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx3Ei0O11Xw

Maine COVID-19 test swab factory destroys all swabs that were made during Trump's maskless visit

The impeached, popular vote-losing U.S. president stomped around one of just two manufacturers of the nasal swabs required to test patients for the novel coronavirus on Friday, predictably refusing to wear a mask. Shortly after he left, all of the swabs produced during Donald Trump’s factory photo op were destroyed, according to a company spokesperson. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/6/6/1951074/-Maine-COVID-19-test-swab-factory-destroys-all-swabs-that-were-made-during-Trump-s-maskless-visit

Mulvaney confirms Ukraine aid withheld in part to investigate Democrats - The Washington Post

The decision made Gordon Sondland uncomfortable, but he executed the order nevertheless, according to the ambassador's prepared remarks to impeachment investigators.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trumps-envoy-tells-congress-the-president-outsourced-ukraine-policy-to-giuliani/2019/10/17/484b30d0-f0ee-11e9-b648-76bcf86eb67e_story.html

Trump admin blocking visits to border sites, Dems say - ABC News

The House Oversight and Reform Committee is objecting to the Trump administration's decision to block committee staffers from conducting additional visits at 11 border detention facilities after visits last week revealed serious problems....
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/house-dems-trump-admin-blocking-visits-border-sites-65268806

Trump calls off Denmark trip after prime minister declines to sell him Greenland - The Washington Post

President Trump on Tuesday abruptly called off a trip to Denmark, announcing in a tweet that he was postponing the visit because the country’s leader was not interested in selling him Greenland.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-postpones-denmark-trip-after-prime-minister-declines-to-sell-him-greenland/2019/08/20/ef900924-c3a8-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html

Injured Victims At An El Paso Hospital Refused To Meet Trump During His Visit - BuzzFeed News

Trump and the first lady visited the hospital Wednesday, where eight patients injured in the mass shooting were still being treated.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/injured-victims-el-paso-hospital-refused-trump

GOP lawmaker withdraws invite for AOC to visit Kentucky mine - NBC News

"GOP's getting scared that up close, their constituents will realize I'm fighting harder for their healthcare than their own Reps," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted in response.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-s-getting-scared-ocasio-cortez-swipes-back-after-republican-n995501

Dems visit shelter for migrant children, call it 'chilling' - The Hill

A group of House Democrats paid a visit to a shelter for migrant children on Tuesday and sharply criticized the facility, calling it "chilling." ...
https://thehill.com/latino/430620-dems-visiting-shelter-for-migrant-children-call-it-chilling

Homeland Security counsel was supposed to give report from border visit -- but they can't go because of the shutdown - Raw Story

President Donald Trump is scheduled to go to the US-Mexico border this week following his address to the nation. Accompanying him was supposed to be the members of the Department of Homeland Security advisory council, but due to Trump's government shutdown, they can't attend the trip. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/homeland-security-counsel-supposed-give-report-border-visit-cant-go-shutdown/

Newly released letters to Ireland’s prime minister show the depth of hostility to Trump - The Washington Post

Newly released letters to Ireland's prime minister show the depth of hostility to Trump in a country where American presidents have always been welcomed. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/30/all-that-is-holy-please-do-not-let-trump-into-ireland/

After testy call with Trump over border wall, Mexican president shelves plan to visit White House -- The Washington Post

A Feb. 20 call between the two ended in an impasse over Trump's refusal to drop his demand that Mexico pay for the barrier. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-testy-call-with-trump-over-border-wall-mexicos-president-shelves-plan-to-visit-white-house/2018/02/24/c7ffe9e8-199e-11e8-8b08-027a6ccb38eb_story.html

What Mike Pence Just Did in Jerusalem -- POLITICO

The Trump administration has fused itself to Israel more than any in American history. ....
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/23/mike-pence-jerusalem-216502?cid=apn