US Senate rejects resolution curbing Trump’s Iran war powers
The Senate voted 50 to 49 to reject the resolution, which had passed the House of Representatives in July. The vote was largely along party lines.
Trump uses public funds for ‘Love me’ ad that promotes himself
The White House is using public funds for a TV ad that promotes President Trump and his record, calling it a “public service announcement.”
Trump Plans to Visit Tennessee, Oklahoma and Alabama
The president announced plans to rally in deep-red states as his party makes a push for close races in battleground states.
From Wall Street to the UN: Fujimori’s Plan Could Reshape Peru’s Security — With an All-Out War on Crime
Peru’s Keiko Fujimori courted investors at the NYSE and vowed a crime war at the UN. What her week in New York means for the diaspora and remittances.
Trump admin to end key part of arch review, effectively evading preservation law
The move allows President Donald Trump’s arch to bypass a significant hurdle in the approval process for getting built, but is almost certain to launch lawsuits
Whole Hog Politics: Trump plays the hits, but struggling GOP seeks new material
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When Trump’s narrative meets voters’ realities
By Donald Trump’s telling, we’re in a US ‘golden age’. Americans may feel differently. Plus: Anger at the elite and a gunfluencer runs in Texas
Muslim Americans push back as Republican politicians stoke anti-Sharia rhetoric ahead of election
Senator Ted Cruz targeted Muslim Americans at the recent Republican midterm convention, declaring that Sharia law “has no place in America.” It was part of a broader surge of GOP
Xi caps Trump state visit with symbolic final stop before leaving Washington
Trump and Xi Jinping cap their United States summit with a National Archives visit to view historic documents before the Chinese leader departs.
Trump picked a fight with the media… and lost
Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Shrai Popat about why Trump seems weaker these days, and why it could be dangerous to underestimate him