Trump\u2019s defense of the slush fund is curious, as his administration has claimed the fund is not moving forward but not committed in writing to end it. Cornyn and Tillis have sought written confirmation from the justice department that the fund will not proceed.<\/p>\n
In a Truth Social post<\/a>, Trump said the fund \u201cwill not benefit me, but rather the great American Patriots who were hunted down like dogs and whose lives were unfairly and illegally destroyed by the Crooked Joe Biden Administration\u201d. He went on to defend the people who could benefit from the fund, noting that he \u201cgave up any payments for myself, which would have been substantial\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI will always feel that these victims of government abuse should be paid back for what they were forced to endure, their lives have been ruined!\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cMillions of people agree with me, as was proven in my landslide Presidential win, where this was a major subject of debate, and so did John Cornyn, until he lost his Election to an opponent that I Endorsed.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.28 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n In the last few days before Michigan\u2019s 4 August primary, US representative Haley Stevens accused her opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, of blaming \u201call of (his) problems on Jewish Americans\u201d.<\/p>\n Stevens quoted-tweeted a video of El-Sayed talking about massive outside funding from the groups affiliated with American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), where El-Sayed said Aipac should \u201ccome for me\u201d and called Stevens \u201cthe least capable candidate in America\u201d.<\/p>\n Stevens wrote<\/a> that when she and El-Sayed were both on the ballot in 2018, in different races, she won her race and El-Sayed lost in a primary to Gretchen Whitmer, the state\u2019s governor.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on Jewish Americans,\u201d Stevens wrote.<\/p>\n She said El-Sayed would lose to Mike Rogers, the likely Republican candidate in November, talking like he did in the video. El-Sayed will \u201cbe a celebrity whining and writing books to get even richer. You\u2019re part of the complainer class, looking for their next book or podcast deal,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cBro, I just want to work for Michigan,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Trump attacks Cornyn and defends $1.8bn slush fund amid Blanche nomination standoff<\/p>\n Donald Trump went after US senator John Cornyn this morning, saying Cornyn didn\u2019t have a problem with the IRS slush fund until after Trump endorsed his opponent, Ken Paxton, in the Republican primary in Texas, which Paxton won.<\/p>\n Trump also defended the $1.8bn slush fund<\/a> to pay out people who claim they were targets of political weaponization which also grants Trump and his businesses immunity from past tax investigations. The fund, and Trump\u2019s refusal to officially end it, have stalled<\/a> the nomination for attorney general Todd Blanche, with Cornyn and Thom Tillis holding out.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s defense of the slush fund is curious, as his administration has claimed the fund is not moving forward but not committed in writing to end it. Cornyn and Tillis have sought written confirmation from the justice department that the fund will not proceed.<\/p>\n In a Truth Social post<\/a>, Trump said the fund \u201cwill not benefit me, but rather the great American Patriots who were hunted down like dogs and whose lives were unfairly and illegally destroyed by the Crooked Joe Biden Administration\u201d. He went on to defend the people who could benefit from the fund, noting that he \u201cgave up any payments for myself, which would have been substantial\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI will always feel that these victims of government abuse should be paid back for what they were forced to endure, their lives have been ruined!\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cMillions of people agree with me, as was proven in my landslide Presidential win, where this was a major subject of debate, and so did John Cornyn, until he lost his Election to an opponent that I Endorsed.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.28 EDT<\/p>\n In this week\u2019s episode<\/a> of Politics Weekly America, host Jonathan Freedland delves into leftwing Democrats\u2019 political moment in the sun \u2013 Zohran Mamdani\u2019s rise in New York City, Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s progressive campaign in Michigan and the buzz of whether New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will run for president in 2028.<\/p>\n Freedland sits down with Bhaskar Sunkara, the president of the Nation magazine and founding editor of Jacobin, to talk about whether Democratic socialism is shifting from the political fringe to the mainstream and how swing voters will respond.<\/p>\n You can watch or listen on the Guardian\u2019s website or find it wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n A new survey of voters in 18 congressional toss-up districts by the Working Families Party showed voters, and especially independents, want candidates who challenge the political system.<\/p>\n The survey<\/a> found 80% of voters agreed that elected officials care more about wealthy donors and powerful interests than people like them. When given a choice between a generic candidate who is an experienced elected official who focuses on \u201cpractical reforms\u201d who gets funding from established groups and party donors, or a \u201cpolitical outsider who says the system is broken\u201d who calls for changes to the status quo, the outsider wins by 14 points in the poll, including among independents and moderates.<\/p>\n \u201cThe survey does not show that every progressive policy or organizational cue is equally effective,\u201d a polling memo from the Working Families Party says. \u201cInstead, it points to a broader candidate posture: challenge concentrated power, demonstrate independence from party leadership, and connect change to material improvements in people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n The Working Families Party, a progressive minor political party that\u2019s growing in recent years<\/a>, concludes that advocating for changing the political system instead of a conventional move toward the political center in a competitive district is a more winnable strategy.<\/p>\n \u201cThe strongest candidate in this environment is therefore not simply the most progressive or the most moderate,\u201d the memo says. \u201cIt is the candidate who can credibly demonstrate that they are independent of entrenched power, willing to challenge their own party, and focused on delivering meaningful improvements for working people.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Donald Trump meets with cabinet at Camp David to discuss Iran war resolution<\/p>\n Tom Ambrose<\/p>\n Hello and welcome to the US politics<\/a> live blog.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump<\/a> will convene a cabinet meeting later today at his \u2060Camp David retreat as he grapples with how to resolve his war against Iran.<\/p>\n He will also be keen to find a way to bring down gasoline prices as the Republicans<\/a> head into \u2060the November \u200bmidterm elections.<\/p>\n This will be only his third trip \u2060to Camp David during his second term, with Trump largely having stayed away from the mountaintop presidential retreat in western \u2060Maryland.<\/p>\n White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt \u200btold reporters at a briefing last \u200cweek that this would \u200cbe the 13th Cabinet meeting of Trump\u2019s second term and that it \u200cwould be \u201ca lot of fun and something different for the cabinet to experience together.\u201d<\/p>\n A sign for Camp David, the presidential retreat, is pictured near Thurmont, Md., Aug. 18, 2023. Photograph: Andrew Harnik\/AP<\/p>\n The agenda for the meeting will likely focus heavily on foreign policy, Reuters reported. Trump is engaged in tit-for-tat strikes against Iranian targets with no end in sight to a conflict that the president initially projected would \u200clast just a few weeks but is now five months old.<\/p>\n The Iran war has sent gasoline prices spiraling and taken a \u200btoll on his popularity across the US. This week, a Reuters-Ipsos poll found just one in three Americans support the war, the lowest in the poll since the conflict\u2019s early days.<\/p>\n In another foreign policy development, Trump on Thursday night announced that his so-called \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d reached an agreement for the complete \u2060disarmament of Hamas \u200bmilitants and other armed groups in Gaza. Israel has yet to respond officially to the plan.<\/p>\n In other developments:<\/p>\n President Donald Trump has said he may pull Todd Blanche\u2019s nomination for attorney-general until senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis leave office. The Republicans have demanded written assurances about the settlement of the president\u2019s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service. Cornyn recently lost the GOP primary in Texas and Tillis is not seeking reelection.<\/p>\n The US Senate narrowly rejected a largely symbolic effort to check Donald Trump\u2019s war in Iran, as a war powers resolution directing the president to end hostilities failed in a 49-50 vote.<\/p>\n The House Democratic Women\u2019s Caucus called on Thursday for an ethics committee investigation of Republican congressman Max Miller, a former Trump aide who has been accused of domestic abuse<\/a> by his ex-wife and former girlfriend.<\/p>\n New polling commissioned by Fox News shows Texas Democrat James Talarico narrowly ahead of the state\u2019s Trump-backed Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton, in their contest for a seat in the US Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"AOC](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785508151_363_1920.jpg\")
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