Sunday, August 2, 2026

The California Democratic Party backed Prop. 40, a 5% billionaire tax for healthcare, despite heavy pushback from Newsom and labor leaders.

Trump's tariff regime is hammering working-class communities in northern Michigan, where parts of northern Michigan face financial pain with zero political relief — their congressman stays silent while the administration unilaterally applied tariffs to 60 global trading partners, invoking presidential power to block goods made with slave labor.

Trump's Gaza disarmament push has stalled, blocked by Israeli political resistance and Hamas implementation disputes.

Republicans are beginning to panic, according to a CNN report, as a major rift appears to be growing between President Donald Trump and a top party leader at a time when everyone needs to lock in for the midterms, with both men gone radio silent. Meanwhile, Democratic strategist James Carville said if left-wing streamer Hasan Piker shapes himself into a force within the Democratic Party, "I'm out of here." In Twin Falls, Idaho, the suspect in an In-N-Out shooting that killed three died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.