Deadline: White House

August 14, 2026; 5pm: “Stranger things have happened” is Donald Trump’s response to a proposal that he declare a national emergency to take control of our elections, an unsettling thing to hear given that the upcoming midterms will serve as a symbolic referendum on Trump and his administration a year and a half into his second term.

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August 14, 2026; 4pm: New reporting by the New York Times finds that even as Donald Trump is issuing pardons to his wealthy friends and donors for crimes like wire fraud, bank fraud, insider trading, and money laundering, his administration is devoting its energy to targeting small dollar fraud.

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August 13, 2026; 5pm: Newly sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche addressed employees at the DOJ earlier today, touting a reverence for the justice system. Meanwhile, the DOJ is actively pursuing cases against Trump’s perceived political enemies and former Olympian David Hearn for allegedly “vandalizing” the remodeled Lincoln reflecting pool.

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August 13, 2026; 4pm: Less than 2 years into Trump 2.0, the vast majority of all Americans are fed up with rising costs spurred by what may be Trump’s greatest political betrayal of all time: starting a war in the Middle East with no clear or easy way of getting out.

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August 12th, 2026; 5pm: Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace, on new reporting in the Washington Post that taxpayers will foot most of the bill for Trump's D.C. vanity projects.

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