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Deposition threat looms over Susie Wiles as White House eyes new hire

Raw Story

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Deposition threat looms over Susie Wiles as White House eyes new hire

A new White House hire of a controversial former Donald Trump adviser could land Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in court.On Monday, a report claimed the White House is in talks to bring Jason Miller, long associated with the president since his first term, back to help with communications issues before the midterm elections. That potential hiring did not go unnoticed by Miller’s former girlfriend A. J. Delgado who has been waging a war with him for years over child support.Delgado, a former Trump 2016 campaign aide, immediately questioned the hiring decision, with a flood of posts on X, including notifying Wiles she can expect to hear from the court that is hearing her lawsuit aimed at Miller.In previous public statements, Delgado has alleged that Miller engaged in "a cycle of sexual coercion, rape, sexual assault, abuse, battery, sexual harassment, and sex trafficking." The accusations carry substantial weight given her proximity to Trump's inner circle and her detailed familiarity with Miller's behavior.Beyond the assault allegations, Delgado has characterized Miller as deliberately evading child support obligations—a pattern that extends back years and now faces fresh scrutiny as Miller assumes a prominent White House role. Following the new hiring announcement, she wrote on X, "30 days out from a child support trial, Jason Miller suddenly joins the White House (salary of $195,000), when he earned $14 million in the past 12 months. Nothing to see here. Just a 98% reduction in income. Wink-wink. The timing is a total coincidence, am sure."She added, "Hi @SusieWiles47 , I'm moving the court to allow me to take your deposition. Am curious when/why this decision to hire (disgraced) Miller was made, reducing Miller's income by 98%... quite conveniently, a mere 30 days out from my son's long-awaited child support trial..."

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White House Looks to Tap Veteran Trump Advisers as Midterms Loom

Bloomberg Politics

4 days ago

White House Looks to Tap Veteran Trump Advisers as Midterms Loom

The White House is temporarily bringing on two longtime advisers to President Donald Trump in an effort to bolster its messaging and operations ahead of midterm elections in which Republicans are facing the prospect of losing control of Congress.

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Colorado Dems Brace for Their Own Insurgent Earthquake

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4 days ago

Colorado Dems Brace for Their Own Insurgent Earthquake

The insurgent left just shook New York. Colorado Democrats increasingly think they could be next.

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GOP bracing for disaster as 'out of sync' Trump ignores party officials’ pleas

Alternet.org

4 days ago

GOP bracing for disaster as 'out of sync' Trump ignores party officials’ pleas

Republicans are "bracing for a tough election season" heading into the 2026 midterms, according to a new report from The Hill, expressing concerns that President Donald Trump remains "out of sync" with the main issues concerning voters.GOP lawmakers are eager to try and get legislation passed that could address affordability concerns that are weighing heavily on voters' minds, but Trump has continually made their prospects more difficult. In recent months, lawmakers have been frustrated by his remarks about not caring that Americans are struggling against rising costs, as well as his recent insistence that he will not sign a bipartisan affordable housing bill unless Congress passes new voter registration restrictions."Trump’s refusal to sign the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is the latest troubling sign for GOP senators, who have pressed Trump for weeks to pay more personal attention to voters’ concerns about rising costs," The Hill detailed in a Monday morning report. "Instead, Trump’s off-the-cuff statements professing 'love' for higher inflation numbers and declaring he’s not thinking about the financial situations of American families while negotiating an end to the conflict with Iran have GOP candidates bracing for a tough election season.""Living back in the 1970s, I remember I had a car that had about a 12 or 13-gallon gas tank, and when the prices went up, I didn’t have the money to fill it up. I was living literally gas tank to gas tank. We got to acknowledge those situations,” Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, told the outlet. “The American people will give you a lot of latitude in fixing a problem that they themselves are experiencing if they feel like you’re empathetic with what they’re dealing with and you have a plan to address it. Those are the two things we have to work on."Trump's last-minute decision to cancel the signing ceremony for the housing bill reportedly left Senate Majority Leader John Thune "shocked." The president later dismissed concerns from his party about the move, insisting that "no one gives a s—— about housing."Pleas from party officials for Trump to sell voters on the economic accomplishments of his second term have gone largely ignored, with The Hill noting that he is more "preoccupied with cracking down on Republicans who defy him and pushing for Congress to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, which has virtually no chance of becoming law.""His priorities are dealing with national security and voter integrity, and the voters’ biggest concerns are the economy," Republican strategist Ron Bonjean told the outlet. "His priorities aren’t syncing up with the voters’ concerns even though he believes he has the best interests of [Americans] at heart."

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Big labor torching World Cup tourism with sky-high hotel prices and looming layoffs

Washington Examiner

4 days ago

Big labor torching World Cup tourism with sky-high hotel prices and looming layoffs

This Fourth of July, fireworks aren’t the only thing soaring in New York City. Hotel prices are set to reach a new high, thanks to a union contract that takes effect on July 1. The Hotel and Gaming Trades Council’s newly ratified contract with hundreds of New York hotels locks in an unprecedented wage increase […]

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Republican tears into Trump for demanding ‘impossible task’ as midterms loom

Alternet.org

5 days ago

Republican tears into Trump for demanding ‘impossible task’ as midterms loom

President Donald Trump is saddling his own party with an "impossible task" with the all-important midterms looming, according to one GOP lawmaker, insisting upon his longstanding obsession with a bill that lacks the votes to pass in the Senate.Last week, Trump refused to sign a bipartisan housing affordability bill until Republicans in Congress passed the SAVE America Act, a bill that would change election laws in ways that critics argue would disenfranchise millions of voters. Under the bill, Americans would be required to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote, such as a passport or birth certificate. Studies have found that millions of Americans lack quick and easy access to these sorts of documents.So far, the bill has stalled out, as it lacks the 60 votes necessary to overcome the Senate's filibuster threshold. GOP leaders have also been resistant to Trump's demand that they bypass filibuster rules, or nuke the rule altogether, in order to pass the bill, which he insists is needed to combat his false claims of non-citizens committing widespread voter fraud. This obsession is now holding up a bill that could help address a major affordability pain point for voters, who have long signaled that the cost of living is their biggest concern heading into the 2026 midterms.Speaking about the situation during a Sunday appearance on CNN, Sen. Thom Tillis, an outgoing North Carolina Republican and outspoken Trump critic, ripped into Trump's demand, arguing that it is making the party's job vastly more difficult heading into the midterms."You know, I have people telling me I need to implement the SAVE Act immediately in North Carolina, in a state that has voter ID," Tillis told host Jake Tapper. "[Why] do I, over the next four months, have to try to pursue the impossible task of implementing a bill that simply can’t be implemented in that timeframe?"He continued: "Why are we doing more things that undermine our confidence in elections rather than getting the strong message out that will win for Republicans this year?... Win by the good results that Republicans have produced and stop undermining the confidence in the elections. This is a bedrock of our 250-year history of success as the democracy that changed the world. Let’s not mess with that between now and November."Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican and another scorned conservative rival of Trump, added during a recent CBS News interview that such voter ID measures were not needed at the national level, comparing it to the situation in his own state, which "had a reputation for corrupt elections" before ID laws were enacted.

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Trump’s immigration winning streak at Supreme Court could end as birthright decision looms

Washington Examiner

5 days ago

Trump’s immigration winning streak at Supreme Court could end as birthright decision looms

President Donald Trump‘s immigration agenda has notched several key wins as the Supreme Court‘s term draws to a close, but a key loss appears imminent on one of the high court’s final opinion days. The Supreme Court is wrapping up its 2025-26 term with likely two opinion days beginning Monday, when the justices will issue […]

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Paxton says ‘we need to look more into’ in vitro fertilization

Washington Examiner

6 days ago

Paxton says ‘we need to look more into’ in vitro fertilization

EXCLUSIVE — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the GOP’s Senate nominee in the Lone Star State, said that “we need to look more into” in vitro fertilization as the procedure becomes a growing point of contention in the pro-life movement. Paxton’s comments come two weeks after delegates at the Texas Republican Party’s annual convention in […]

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