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President Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday creating a task force to oversee the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the White House confirmed Monday. Reuters news service first reported the task force, which it said would work on security, transportation and visa processing. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass — both of whom have a contentious relationship with the president — have not yet responded to news of the task force.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that Mr. Trump had been “instrumental in securing America’s bid to host the 2028 Summer Olympics in…

Texas state Rep. Jolanda “Jo” Jones, a Democrat, flips through maps during a public hearing on congressional redistricting in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 1. After the bill passed the committee, state Democrats fled to Illinois and New York to break the quorum and stall a vote on the new maps, which heavily favor Republicans. Eric Gay/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Gay/AP The Texas House of Representatives is at a standstill after Democrats fled the state over the weekend to prevent a vote on a bill to redraw Texas’ congressional maps. The bill heavily favors Republicans, with five new GOP-leaning…

Breaking down Gabbard’s Russia claims Assessing Tulsi Gabbard’s claims on Obama administration’s Russia intel report 05:10 Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered a grand jury investigation into the intelligence regarding President Trump and Russia in the run-up to the 2016 election.She has directed Justice Department staff to begin legal proceedings and ordered a federal prosecutor to present evidence to a grand jury about the matter to secure a potential indictment, according to a source familiar with Bondi’s efforts. It is unclear what the charges would be and who would be charged.The directive follows a criminal referral from Director of National…

Politics / August 4, 2025 The public overwhelmingly opposes the genocide, but the political elites help keep it going. Something has to give. Ad Policy Members of Jewish Voice for Peace are led away after being arrested for occupying the New York offices of Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand on August 1, 2025.(Michael Nigro / Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty Images) Israel’s slaughter and engineered famine in Gaza is producing wrenching images of starving children so horrifying that even members of the American political elite, traditionally a group with a high tolerance for the mass murder of ordinary…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday ordered the civil arrest of Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block a vote on a Republican-backed congressional redistricting plan, escalating a standoff that has stalled the legislative session.The absence of the Democratic lawmakers broke quorum, which meant the House did not have enough members present to hold a debate on a bill to redraw the state’s congressional districts to add five seats favoring Republicans. That prompted a Republican-backed motion for their civil arrests.”In response to this dereliction of duty,” House Speaker Dustin Burrows said Monday, “in pursuant to the rules of the…

Washington — The State Department is set to roll out a pilot program that may require foreign nationals from certain countries seeking business or tourism visas to post a bond of up to $15,000, according to a public notice set to be published Tuesday.The notice lays out the details of a 12-month “visa bond pilot program” that would allow consular officers to require visa bonds. Under the program, the bonds may be required for travelers from countries that the State Department says have high rates of visa overstays, or where screening and vetting information is considered deficient, according to the…

The race for control of the House of Representatives is tight and hotly contested. Nathan Howard/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nathan Howard/Getty Images President Trump insists that tariffs are driving an economic boom, but the data tells a more complicated story. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., denounced Trump’s tariffs and firing of a senior Labor official, saying Congress must “get its power back.” “He needs to get this under control, and if he won’t do it himself, Congress’s role — and the Democrats are united on this — is to be a check on him,” Klobuchar told Morning Edition. When…

White House holds firm on tariff rates White House holds firm on tariff rates ahead on Aug. 7 deadline 03:59 The European Union announced Monday it would delay retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods for six months, giving both countries time to implement the trade agreement they reached late last month.The retaliatory tariffs, which were set to go into effect on Thursday, will be delayed until at least March.On July 27, Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission and President Trump agreed to a deal that included a 15% tariff on most goods from the EU. Though the…

Politics / StudentNation / August 4, 2025 “The message is loud and clear: You’re good enough to pick vegetables or clean hotel rooms, but not to go to college.” Ad Policy The tower at the University of Texas in April 2024 in Austin.(Sergio Flores / Getty) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more StudentNation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation is made possible through generous funding from The Puffin Foundation. If you’re a student and you have an…