'Trump is likely to violate his gag order again. Jail him if he does.'
Chris Brennan in USA Today
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'Biden brings the gender war to work'
Washington Examiner editorial board
President Joe Biden's appointees are pushing his administration's "radical" position on gender issues into the workplace, says the Washington Examiner editorial board. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says an employer who repeatedly uses a name or pronoun conflicting with a worker's gender identity, or who bars them from a bathroom matching their gender identity has "committed unlawful harassment rooted in sex-based discrimination." This rule will surely face a court challenge, and "richly deserves to lose."
'Will abortion drive voters to the polls in November? It's unclear.'
Francis Wilkinson at Bloomberg
The abortion issue helped Democrats in the midterms, but whether it will "deliver the 2024 election to President Joe Biden in November is a complicated question," says Francis Wilkinson. Elections are seldom decided on a single issue. Democrats will have to "campaign aggressively" to make November's vote about abortion rights. "And they're going to have to find a way to move competing issues – inflation, immigration, Gaza — to the back of the campaign bus."
'Biden needs to disavow the protesters'
Patrick T. Brown at CNN
Protests against the Gaza war by pro-Palestinian students have sparked chaos on college quads, says Patrick T. Brown. Democrats have been reluctant to criticize progressive demonstrators for their "anti-Israel activism." The Republican attack ads write themselves: If Democrats can't keep "their ivy-covered campuses safe, how can they protect you?" Former President Donald Trump is accusing President Joe Biden of inaction. Biden needs to "disavow" the protesters' excesses to show moderates he has a steady hand.
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Trump expands National Guard role in policingSpeed Read The president wants the Guard to take on a larger role in domestic law enforcement
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Trump says he's firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa CookSpeed Read The move is likely part of Trump's push to get the central bank to cut interest rates
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America: Are we now living in an autocracy?Feature 200 days into his presidency and Trump is still deepening his authoritarian grip
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Red states join in Trump's D.C. crackdownFeature 1,200 troops arrive in Washington D.C. from six red states
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Pomp but little progress at Trump's Ukraine talksFeature Trump's red carpet welcoming for Putin did little to advance a peace deal with Ukraine
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What are blue slips and why does Trump want to end them?Today's Big Question The practice lets senators block a president's judge and prosecutor nominees
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Trump arms National Guard in DC, threatens other citiesspeed read His next targets are Chicago, New York and Baltimore
