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Wall Street Journal
08-08-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
Vance's British Vacation Is Latest Sign of White House's Soft Spot for U.K
LONDON—Fresh off President Trump's trip to Scotland, Vice President JD Vance arrived in Britain Friday to kick off a 10-day visit that includes a weekend stay with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy and his family, followed by Vance family holidays in the picturesque Cotswolds and Scotland. The visit by Vance is his longest overseas trip since he took office, and the latest sign that team Trump seems to have developed a surprising soft spot for the U.K. and a good working relationship with its center-left leaders, despite ideological differences and a record of sometimes harsh criticism of the U.K. and Europe by both Vance and Trump.
Washington Post
06-08-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Trump's tactics are bending the criminal justice system to his personal preferences
President Donald Trump is bending the U.S. justice system to his personal purposes in a way that is unprecedented in American history, prompting significant questions about how a system built on independence will fare in the months and years to come. Trump's team has mounted a direct assault on all three pillars of the justice system, attacking judges whose rulings he dislikes, firing prosecutors for doing their jobs and taking revenge on law firms for having clients or partners he considers hostile.
CNN
16-07-2025
- Politics
- CNN
MAGA's Growing Fury - The Source with Kaitlan Collins - Podcast on CNN Podcasts
The Source with Kaitlan Collins 46 mins The controversy Trump was hoping would go away just won't. One day ago CNN reported Trump was urging his team to let the Jeffrey Epstein story die down. But, the story has done anything but go away.
Wall Street Journal
10-07-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
How to Increase Mortgage Defaults
The Biden Administration took steps to enable less credit-worthy borrowers to qualify for mortgages to support the housing market. Now the Trump team is doing the same in the name of boosting home ownership and lowering costs for borrowers. Taxpayers, look out. Government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have long required home lenders to use credit scores generated by Fair Isaac Corp., aka FICO, to underwrite mortgages. Progressives say FICO makes it harder for lower-income borrowers to qualify for mortgages because they generally have thin credit records and lower credit scores. Enter Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director Bill Pulte, who announced Tuesday that Fannie and Freddie could begin to guarantee mortgages based on credit scores generated by the firm VantageScore. 'My ORDER today (thanks to my boss, POTUS) will allow for Americans to use their RENT to qualify for a mortgage,' he tweeted. VantageScore promotes its scoring model as more 'inclusive' than FICO because it incorporates rent, utility and telecom payment histories. This means younger and lower-income people who rarely borrow or use a credit card can still get good scores. VantageScore says its credit model could allow five million more prospective homebuyers to qualify for loans.
New York Times
10-07-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Abbott Asks Lawmakers to Redraw Texas' Congressional Maps in Special Session
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas called on lawmakers to redraw the state's congressional maps when they convene in a special session later this month, in a bid to gain Republican seats and help the party keep control of the House in 2026. Mr. Abbott announced the request in a legislative agenda released on Wednesday. He also called on lawmakers to improve how the state prepares for and responds to floods, like the ones that ripped through Texas Hill Country last week and have killed more than 100 people. President Trump's political team has pushed Texas to redraw its maps in hopes of creating new Republican seats. But the idea has not been well received across the current congressional delegation in the state, which The New York Times first reported last month. Texas currently has 38 seats, 25 held by Republicans, 12 by Democrats and one vacancy in a solidly Democratic district. Current members of Congress would very likely see some of the Republican voters in their districts shifted to new districts. In his call to draw new seats, Mr. Abbott's order cited 'constitutional concerns' that he said had been raised by the Justice Department about the existing lines. In a letter to the governor on July 7, Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general in the civil rights division of the Justice Department and a former Trump campaign lawyer, wrote that there had been 'unconstitutional racial gerrymanders' in Texas in four districts. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
