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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🚨 Ex-Guardsman charged with planning an ISIS attack. Former Michigan Army National Guardsman Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said faces 40 years in prison for plotting a mass shooting at a Michigan Army base. The 19-year-old provided armor-piercing ammunition, conducted drone reconnaissance, and trained undercover agents before his May 13 arrest. His case exposes alarming vulnerabilities in military recruitment screening and the persistent threat of Islamic radicalization. | ✅ House committee OKs $3.8T tax cuts. The House Ways and Means Committee passed Republicans' massive tax cut bill along party lines after 17 hours of debate. The legislation makes permanent key portions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act while temporarily ending taxes on tips and overtime pay. GOP holdouts still threaten the package over state and local tax (SALT) deduction caps, revealing fractures in Republican unity. | 👩⚖️ Judge indicted for thwarting ICE. A federal grand jury charged Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan with obstruction for helping an illegal migrant escape ICE officers through her courtroom's side door. Dugan's legal team claimed that "the government has no basis in law to prosecute her." This prosecution signals the administration's determination to crush sanctuary policies and activist judges attempting to halt their agenda. | 🇹🇷 Europeans expect the worst from Turkey peace summit. European officials expect Thursday's Turkey peace talks to collapse as Putin refuses to confirm attendance while demanding negotiations before any ceasefire. Trump has floated attending himself while growing frustrated with both sides. This comes as military analysts warn Russia is preparing a major summer offensive, generating 30,000 new troops monthly for the fight. |
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| | | INSIDER RADAR | Marjorie Taylor Greene sparring with fellow Republicans | | Insiders behind the paywall: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mike Lawler, Charlie Kirk, Kristi Noem, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. |
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| | | HOAX TRACKER | "Far from victims, Afrikaners are the inheritors of white supremacy" | |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | Capitol Police removed Ben & Jerry's cofounder Ben Cohen from a Senate hearing after shouting "RFK kills people with AIDS" at Kennedy. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) introduced legislation to codify President Trump's executive order lowering prescription drug prices. Republican lawmakers rolled out legislation to essentially outlaw internet pornography. The Trump administration is set to cut another $450 million in federal grants to Harvard.
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| | | | | THE MAIN STORY | Trump charts a new course with the Saudis | | WHAT'S HAPPENING_ | While in Riyadh during the first stop of his Middle East tour, President Donald Trump secured a $600 billion investment commitment from Saudi Arabia and a $142 billion arms deal. | These mark a major leap forward in US-Saudi relations and serve as a counterbalance to Iran as it strives for regional dominance. | Beyond the deals, however, President Trump delivered a historic speech that broke sharply with a traditional Republican approach to foreign policy. In the speech, Trump criticized "nation builders" who "wrecked far more nations than they built," calling out the GOP leadership of recent decades for entangling America in Iraq and Afghanistan. | | _THE FACTS_ | The $600 billion investment package includes tens of billions for AI data centers and energy infrastructure. Google, Oracle, Salesforce, AMD, and Uber are committing $80 billion to "transformative technologies" in both nations. US firms like Hill International and AECOM will build $2 billion in infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia. A separate $142 billion defense agreement, described as the largest ever, is at the heart of the deal. The defense deal covers air, space, missile defense, maritime security, and Saudi land force modernization. It is expected to provide advanced US military tech and create thousands of American defense jobs. Trump's speech condemned Western nation-building failures, praising local developments instead. The president rebuked past American leadership, remarking that "the gleaming marvels of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi were not created by the so-called 'nation builders,' neocons, or liberal nonprofits like those who spent trillions and trillions of dollars failing to develop Baghdad — so many other cities." In a subtle dig at President George W. Bush, Trump declared, "Far too many American presidents have been afflicted with the notion that it's our job to look into the souls of foreign leaders and use US policy to dispense justice for their sins."
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| _OUR INSIGHTS _ | Insights and analysis are for members only. | | Insights behind the paywall: US foreign policy orthodoxy, the Houthis, and Syria. |
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| _JOIN THE DISCUSSION_ | Are these deals good for the US? And do you agree with Trump condemning interventionism? | | Comments are open for everyone. |
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| | | MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER | How left and right outlets frame the "big, beautiful bill" | | Mentioned behind the paywall: The New York Times, The Guardian, The Daily Signal, and Fox News. |
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| | | THE DAILY DEBATE | 📊 How would you describe your foreign policy views?Results will be in tomorrow's newsletter (Capitol Reset) | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | What do you think is the biggest news to drop from Saudi Arabia so far? | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 💰 Saudi's $600B USA Investment (385)
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ 🕊️ Trump Urging Israel Recognition (266)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🇸🇾 Trump Lifting Syria Sanctions (244)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🚀 $142B Arms Deal (114)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (28)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Other (19) | 🚀 $142B Arms Deal: "It demonstrates that our administration has great trust in Saudi Arabia." — Rod 💰 Saudi's $600B USA Investment: "This amount will have a big impact on our economy. It also cements ties with a vital partner in the Middle East." — Anonymous 🕊️ Urging Israel Recognition: "Trump is working to protect Israel from her hostile neighbors." — Naylene 🇸🇾 Lifting Syria Sanctions: "It is the most startling, confusing and disappointing." — Anonymous | | | | 1,056 votes |
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