- Evan Perez and Annie Grayer @ CNN: Trump’s top DC prosecutor nominee facing some GOP headwinds
As controversies pile up around President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee met behind closed doors this week to discuss concerns about Ed Martin’s nomination and whether senators should take the extraordinary step of holding a hearing on it.
- Maggie Haberman, David E. Sanger and Jonathan Swan @ The New York Times: Trump Moves Waltz to U.N. and Names Rubio Interim National Security Adviser
This is the first significant personnel overhaul of top White House aides, and the kind of shake-up President Trump has sought to avoid in his second term.
- The Throckmorton Initiative: Ten Commandments and the Separation of Church and State in Texas
With oral arguments in the Oklahoma charter school case, today has been a big day for separation of church and state. In a much less public event, yesterday was also big for church-state separation in Texas. The Texas House of Representatives Committee on Public Education had hearings on HB 10 which would require schools to post the decalogue in every classroom.
- Alex Griffing @ Mediaite: Trump Commemorates National Day of Prayer With Rant About Lowering Taxes: ‘That’s Part of the Religion’
President Donald Trump spoke at the White House on Thursday to mark National Prayer Day and promoted his one “big beautiful bill” to lower taxes.
- Irie Sentner @ Politico: Trump, brushing aside separation of church and state, establishes religious liberty commission
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order establishing a presidential commission on religious liberty, openly questioning the separation of church and state in an escalation of the White House’s increasing fervor for Christianity.
- Angry White Men: Acolyte Of White Supremacist Nick Fuentes Wants To Run For Office In Utah
In an interview with racist Internet personality Lilly Gaddis, far-right Gen Z streamer Kai Schwemmer expressed an interest in running for office in Utah. Schwemmer is an acolyte of Holocaust-denying white supremacist Nick Fuentes, and was a “special guest” at his 2022 America First Political Action Conference.
- Asawin Suebsaeng @ Rolling Stone: Spooked by Trade Wars, Trump Officials Hoard Supplies: ‘It Would Be Stupid Not To!’
Some Trump administration officials are stockpiling toilet paper and food before Trump’s tariffs cause prices to skyrocket.
