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Photos of 'Good Trouble' protests across the US, from Chicago to Mar-a-Lago

Photos of 'Good Trouble' protests across the US, from Chicago to Mar-a-Lago

The ' Good Trouble Lives On ' national day of action took place around the United States to protest President Donald Trump's controversial policies such as mass deportations and Medicaid cuts.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
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Trump brings back dreaded Presidential Fitness Test. Let's see him run a mile.
Trump brings back dreaded Presidential Fitness Test. Let's see him run a mile.

USA Today

time6 minutes ago

  • USA Today

Trump brings back dreaded Presidential Fitness Test. Let's see him run a mile.

Many of us look back on this once-mandatory fitness test with fond memories of the fear and anxiety it provoked and the feelings of inadequacy we healthily buried in the deepest recesses of our minds. President Donald Trump is following through on his bold commitment to traumatize all Americans, regardless of age, by reinstating the Presidential Fitness Test for school children. Many of us look back on this once-mandatory fitness test with fond memories of the fear and anxiety it provoked and the feelings of inadequacy we healthily buried in the deepest recesses of our minds. For me, a middle schooler who wore jeans cruelly labeled 'Husky,' running one mile in the Florida heat and finishing close to last while crying undoubtedly forged me into the man I am today: a chiseled physical specimen with fabulously low self-esteem and an abundance of insecurity. The fitness test – which included everything from push-ups to sit-ups to the aforementioned run – started in the 1960s, back when emotionally torturing children was legal. It invariably pitted the jocks against the non-jocks and made those who couldn't excel at the various exercises feel like week-old meatloaf. Obama rightly did away with the dreaded Presidential Fitness Test... President Barack Obama ended the program in 2012, replacing it with an approach to fitness that focused on the abilities of individual students and encouraged healthier lifelong behavior. Opinion: Insecure Trump knows he'll never measure up to Obama. And it kills him. Trump, naturally, wants to return America to its imagined glory days, back when bullying was encouraged and physical fitness centered around exercises we now know can lead to gym-aversion and a lifetime of lower back pain. ...so of course, Trump is bringing the traumatic test back On July 31, the president famous for his love of fast food and riding around a golf course slumped-over the steering wheel of a motorized cart proudly signed an executive order telling American schoolchildren to stop being such puny weaklings. 'This was a wonderful tradition," Trump said incorrectly, "and we're bringing it back." Opinion: Trump's mental decline is on vivid display as he rages about Epstein, windmills Because sanity died earlier this year, Trump is putting Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a sentient slab of beef jerky who eats road kill, in charge of the new test, which one can assume will involve challenges like: drinking a gallon of raw milk then waiting to see if you die from a listeria infection, running away from scientific evidence, and swimming a half-mile in a sewage pond. Trump and 'fitness' don't exactly seem to go together As a Presidential Fitness Test victim and survivor, I wholeheartedly endorse Trump's decision to bring back this dreadful idea, under one condition: Donald Trump must run one mile on live television. That's it. That's the deal. People around Trump are constantly bragging about how healthy and robust and amazing he is, even though he looks like he'd get winded walking to the chicken nuggets chafing dish at the Mar-a-Lago buffet. Fox News host Jesse Watters recently said: "Trump golfs. He has dad strength. You know dad strength? He doesn't look like he's in shape, but then he grabs you – one time my father grabbed me, and I was like, 'Oh, my God this guy is stronger than I am!'" We can delve more into the daddy issues behind that weird comment another time, but for now I say this: Let's see Trump crush a one-mile run. We can make it a global pay-per-view event and likely make enough to pay down the national debt Trump has swollen with his big, beautiful tax bill. If our "strong" president wants to bring back a dreaded and pointless fitness test, he needs to put his jogging loafers where his mouth is. On your mark, get set ... everybody laugh. Follow USA TODAY columnist Rex Huppke on Bluesky at @ and on Facebook at

Blue-state Democrats want immigration agents to show their faces
Blue-state Democrats want immigration agents to show their faces

Politico

time7 minutes ago

  • Politico

Blue-state Democrats want immigration agents to show their faces

State and local lawmakers across the country want to ban federal officers from wearing ski masks to conceal their identities. Federal agents escort a man to a transport bus after he was detained following an appearance at immigration court Monday in San Antonio. | Eric Gay/AP By Lindsey Holden 07/31/2025 06:30 PM EDT SACRAMENTO, California — Democratic leaders in California and other blue states are taking aim at the masks federal immigration officers use to conceal their identities — laying the groundwork for all-but-inevitable court battles over their ability to rein in the Trump administration's deportation tactics. Los Angeles County this week joined state and local governments across the country that are fighting the use of ski masks, gaiters and balaclavas during large raids that have caused fear and panic in cities like Los Angeles. Legislative efforts are also underway in New York, Illinois and Massachusetts to limit the face coverings law enforcement can wear and require officers to wear badges or some form of ID. Even some proponents admit it's a legally questionable proposal that will likely be litigated in court. But it may be one of Democrats' few options for resisting Trump's immigration crackdown beyond lawsuits. Federal lawmakers, including California Sen. Alex Padilla, have introduced their own anti-mask legislation, but it's unlikely to go anywhere in the Republican-controlled Congress.

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