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In at present’s version, Scott Bland dives into President Donald Trump’s escalating assaults on Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican lawmaker who has confirmed to be a constant thorn in his facet. Plus, now we have the most recent from the Center East as Trump pronounces a ceasefire settlement between Israel and Iran.
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— Adam Wollner
Trump takes his feud with GOP Rep. Thomas Massie to a brand new degree
By Scott Bland
Rep. Thomas Massie has been an intraparty irritant to Donald Trump for years, however by no means to the purpose that the president determined to really attempt to squash the Kentucky Republican in a major. Till now.
Two of Trump’s prime political advisers are launching a super PAC dedicated to opposing Massie in his 2026 major, after Massie’s criticism of the Trump-ordered U.S. strikes in Iran this weekend. Trump and Massie have additionally been buying and selling barbs on social media over the previous 48 hours, with Trump posting on Truth Social, “GET THIS “BUM” OUT OF OFFICE, ASAP!!!,” and Massie saying on X that the president’s actions are usually not “American First.”
However the formation of the brand new political group is a step additional than Trump has ever gone regardless of previous annoyance with Massie, usually a lonely, libertarian-inspired “no” vote even when many of the Home GOP is supporting one thing — like final month’s vote to advance Trump’s tax and spending package.
It’s set to be one in all subsequent 12 months’s early assessments of Trump’s grip on the Republican Occasion, the ability of the political warfare chest he continues to build up regardless of being term-limited, and the power of remaining holdouts towards his top-down model of the GOP to take care of any traction domestically.
Earlier than this election cycle, Massie had courted Trump’s ire on several other high-profile occasions, together with an early Covid reduction effort in 2020, when Trump known as him a “third fee Grandstander” on social media.
Massie was one in all a handful of Home Republicans who endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president over Trump within the 2024 major, too. As soon as once more, Trump’s anger over that stopped wanting an precise endorsement for a major opponent.
Now, although, it appears that evidently the president’s annoyance goes to return down on Massie alongside along with his cash and perhaps even that highly effective endorsement, if Crew Trump can discover a credible challenger this time round. Massie is utilizing Trump’s opposition as a fundraising alternative of his personal, but it surely’s not going to measure as much as no matter Trump can air-drop into Kentucky towards him.
As Jonathan Allen points out, Trump has focused Republican incumbents in primaries earlier than. Most notably, within the 2022 election cycle he sought to unseat GOP lawmakers who voted to question him after the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. In the end, eight of the ten Home Republicans misplaced their primaries or declined to hunt re-election.
And final 12 months, Trump backed John McGuire’s successful primary challenge to Virginia’s Bob Good, who was the chair of the Home Freedom Caucus on the time.
Trump pronounces ceasefire settlement between Israel and Iran
President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social this night that Israel and Iran had agreed to a ceasefire.
“CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been absolutely agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there shall be a Full and Complete CEASEFIRE (in roughly 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and accomplished their in progress, last missions!), for 12 hours, at which level the Struggle shall be thought of, ENDED!,” Trump wrote.
The announcement got here hours after Iran launched a missile strike towards Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which stations 1000’s of U.S. troops, in retaliation for the U.S. bombing its nuclear websites over the weekend.
Trump had said that no Individuals have been harmed and that “hardly any injury was finished.” He added that Iran gave “early discover” of the assault.
Compensate for our newest reporting on the battle within the Center East:
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- ⚖️ SCOTUS watch: The Supreme Court docket made it simpler for the Trump administration to deport convicted criminals to “third international locations” to which they don’t have any earlier connection. Read more →
- ⚖️ SCOTUS watch, cont.: The court docket additionally agreed to take up a non secular declare by a Rastafarian whose dreadlocks have been lower by jail officers in Louisiana. Read more →
- 📊 Survey says: As Senate Republican leaders hope to start voting on Trump’s “huge, stunning invoice” this week, a raft of recent polling exhibits the occasion is shedding the battle of public opinion on the laws. Read more →
- 🚫 Extra on the BBB: Senate Democrats pressured the elimination of a provision from the invoice that sought to limit the ability of courts to dam federal authorities insurance policies with injunctions or restraining orders. Read more →
- 🪧 In his personal phrases: Mahmoud Khalil, not too long ago launched from immigration custody, described the situations of his detention and decried the “hypocrisy” of Columbia College, the place he was a graduate scholar. Read more →
- ☑️ If it’s Tuesday: Democrats are set to decide on a brand new rating member tomorrow for the Home Oversight Committee in a four-way inner election that has damaged down alongside generational strains. Read more →
- 👀 This city ain’t large enough: Rahm Emanuel, the previous Chicago mayor and White Home chief of workers, informed NBC Information that the prospect of taking over Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker in a 2028 presidential run “goes to be awkward.” Read more →
- 🗳️ Extra choices, extra obstacles: A evaluate of poll data from over 150 elections exhibits that rejected ballots are extra frequent in ranked-choice elections. Read more →
That’s all From the Politics Desk for now. At the moment’s e-newsletter was compiled by Adam Wollner and Dylan Ebs.
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