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Wall Street Journal
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Podcaster Tim Pool Wants Answers—and Trusts No One
Outside of Martinsburg, W. Va. — Tim Pool, the beanie-wearing YouTube personality who has developed an audience of over 2 million with his contrarian Democrat-turned-right-winger persona, settled in one evening last week to evaluate President Trump's hands. The White House had disclosed that day that Trump had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, an ailment that Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said was 'consistent with minor soft tissue irritation from frequent handshaking.'
The Guardian
21 hours ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Trump cracks down on homelessness with executive order enabling local governments
The federal government is seeking to crack down on homelessness in the US, with Donald Trump issuing an executive order to push local governments to remove unhoused people from the streets. The order the US president signed on Thursday will seek the 'reversal of federal or state judicial precedents and the termination of consent decrees' that restrict local governments' ability to respond to the crisis, and redirect funds to support rehabilitation and treatment. The order aims to 'restore public order', saying 'endemic vagrancy, disorderly behavior, sudden confrontations, and violent attacks have made our cities unsafe', according to the order. The action comes as the homelessness crisis in the US has significantly worsened in recent years driven by a widespread shortage of affordable housing. Last year, a single-day count, which is a rough estimate, recorded more than 770,000 people experiencing homelessness across the country, the highest figure ever documented. Cities and states have adopted an increasingly punitive approach to homelessness, seeking to push people out of parks and city streets, even when there is no shelter available. The supreme court ruled last year that cities can impose fines and even jail time for unhoused people for sleeping outside after local governments argued some protections for unhoused people prevented them from taking action to reduce homelessness. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, told USA Today, which first reported on the executive order, that the president was 'delivering on his commitment to Make America Safe Again' and end homelessness. 'By removing vagrant criminals from our streets and redirecting resources toward substance abuse programs, the Trump Administration will ensure that Americans feel safe in their own communities and that individuals suffering from addiction or mental health struggles are able to get the help they need,' she said. The president's order comes after last year's US supreme court ruling, which was one of the most consequential legal decisions on homelessness in decades in the US. That ruling held that it is not 'cruel and unusual punishment' to criminalize camping when there is no shelter available. The case originated in Grants Pass, a city in Oregon that was defending its efforts to prosecute people for sleeping in public. Unhoused people in the US have long faced crackdowns and sweeps, with policies and police practices that result in law enforcement harassment, tickets or jail time. But the ruling supercharged those kinds of aggressive responses, emboldening cities and states to punish encampment residents who have no other options for shelter. In a report last month, the American Civil Liberties Union found that cities across the US have introduced more than 320 bills criminalizing unhoused people, the majority of which have passed. The crackdowns have taken place in Democratic- and Republican-run states alike. Advocates for unhoused people's rights have long argued that criminalization only exacerbates the housing crisis, shuffling people in and out of jail or from one neighborhood to the next, as they lose their belongings and connections to providers, fall further into debt and wind up in increasingly unsafe conditions. During his campaign last year, Trump used dark rhetoric to talk about the humanitarian crisis, threatening to force people into 'tent cities', raising fears that some of the poorest, most vulnerable Americans could end up in remote locations in settings that resemble concentration camps.
Daily Mail
a day ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Karoline Leavitt sparks speculation that she has DITCHED her religious necklace after brutal Jon Stewart joke
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appears to have scaled back from wearing her religious cross necklace since she was skewered by Jon Stewart in a brutal late-night joke. Since the 27-year-old assumed her post at The White House, she has been known to wear various large cross necklaces during her press briefings, seemingly sending a clear message about her Christian faith. She has also been known to pray with her team before beginning her briefings. But in an early June episode of Jon Stewart's talk show, The Daily Show, he torched Leavitt and her necklace. 'By the way, I think that the more she lies, the bigger her cross gets. Is that possible? It's like some sort of weird Pinocchio cross,' Stewart chided. However, his jokes didn't stop there. He also posited that Leavitt is likely to be 'the only one' who will be able to leave Trump's second term 'unscathed.' Stewart said that he 'doesn't think that she has any principles in there left to die.' And since the jab, some have taken notice that Leavitt doesn't seem to be wearing her cross necklace as often anymore. Earlier this week, Leavitt left her décolletage bare as she donned a black sleeveless dress while addressing press outside the White House on Wednesday. And its prolonged absence has prompted many to wonder about the accessory. 'Why did Karoline Leavitt stop wearing her cross necklace????' one X (formerly Twitter) user wrote on July 9. 'Karoline Leavitt took her cross necklace off for this press conference,' another observed of her July 7 briefing. Someone else wrote on X on June 23, 'Why did Karoline Leavitt stop wearing her necklace with the cross?' 'Karoline Leavitt was seen without her cross necklace after being mocked by Daily Show host Jon Stewart. Do you think she should keep wearing it?' another posited. However, although the Press Secretary appears to have been wearing her necklace less, she hasn't completely gotten rid of it from her wardrobe rotation. She has been spotted on a handful of occasions since but eagle-eyed fans have identified that it is nowhere near as constant. In the past, Leavitt has spoken about how much her Christian faith means to her. 'My faith is incredibly important to me, I would argue now more than ever,' she told CBN News in a March interview. 'Being in a role that is very demanding and at times, controversial, and there's a lot of public pressure and discussion online about who you are and your family, and you know, it could be difficult for someone who doesn't have faith, but with faith, all things are possible.'
Fox News
a day ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Leavitt says Russia attempted to sow 'distrust' in 2016 election but Obama team manufactured collusion claims
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed Wednesday that Russia did try to sow "distrust" in the 2016 election results, but Obama intelligence officials manufactured claims of Trump–Russia "collusion."
Time of India
a day ago
- Politics
- Time of India
karoline leavit: 'Who has said that?': Leavitt snaps at CNN's Kaitlan Collins over whether Trump ‘undermined' Gabbard - The Economic Times Video
CNN's Kaitlan Collins pressed White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday about comments President Trump made last month that Collins said 'undermined' Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Gabbard joined Leavitt for the White House press briefing on Wednesday and spoke to reporters about her office's latest document drop alleging Obama administration officials misled the public about intelligence surrounding Russian interference in the 2016 election.
