Taegan Goddard

“House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the Democratic leadership team announced Tuesday night that the party would probe Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) and Jared Golden (D-ME) for siding with Republicans on a key rule vote on Tuesday,” Punchbowl News

“Top aides to President Donald Trump are pushing to keep the Iran war from escalating before November’s midterm elections to staunch Republican electoral losses, a strategy that is already under strain ​as the United States and Iran resume their back-and-forth attacks,”

“The powerful Teamsters union is backing Republican candidates in the 2026 election cycle even after members have voted to support their Democrat opponents,” The Guardian

“Donald Trump returned to the White House promising to get the United States’ financial house in order by slashing the scope of the federal government, ending costly ‘forever wars’ and spurring economic growth to tame spiraling deficits,” Reuters reports.

“Chevron plans to significantly expand its operations in Venezuela, the U.S. oil giant said on Wednesday, taking yet another step to broaden the U.S. sphere of influence in the South American country,” the New York Times

“Iranian hackers have targeted not only U.S. water systems but also America’s telecommunications, energy and other infrastructure in recent weeks,” NBC News

“San Francisco Democrats have broken with their statewide party over California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax, rejecting Proposition 40 in a lopsided vote that exposes a growing divide over whether taxing extreme wealth is worth the potential economic consequences,” Fortune

“The Trump administration has a blunt message for state and local officials trying to prevent construction of a wall and other security measures along the 2,000-mile southern border: Resistance is futile,” Axios reports.

“Nearly every session at the Group of 20 meeting of finance ministers and central bankers in Asheville, N.C. this week began with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent extolling the state of the U.S. economy under President Trump and urging other countries to be more like America,” the New York Times reports.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) suddenly has a leadership problem.