Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts
The GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president’s super PAC last month.
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nytimes.com
21.08.2026
Supreme Court allows Trump's ballroom construction to continue for now
The ruling comes after months of back and forth between the Trump administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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npr.org
21.08.2026
Chief Justice Allows Trump to Continue White House Ballroom Construction, For Now
The 90,000-square-foot ballroom project has grown in size and scope, with the president’s lawyers saying it is intertwined with the renovation of an underground military bunker.
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nytimes.com
21.08.2026
Trump’s TikTok Strategy Has Become Punk Rock for the Right
Trump’s use of pop music is turning celebrity backlash into another tool for attention, outrage and political branding.
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newsweek.com
21.08.2026
Trump Really Wants to Talk but Kim Jong Un Is Not Taking Anyone's Calls
Trump met North Korea's leader three times during his first term, but is yet to see Kim face-to-face in his second administration.
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newsweek.com
21.08.2026
Surprise election upset shows hating Trump is no longer enough as Democratic voters turn to new playbook
Alexander Vindman, a key witness in Trump's first impeachment, lost Florida's Democratic Senate primary to a socialist by double digits.
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foxnews.com
21.08.2026
Trump's Beef Bet Forgets the Rest of the Burger
Trump is beefing up his fight against inflation. But there's more to a burger than the meat.
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newsweek.com
21.08.2026
Who Is Doris Miller? US Aircraft Carrier Could Be Renamed After Trump
Reports have suggested the aircraft carrier named after the Pearl Harbor hero could be renamed for President Donald Trump.
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newsweek.com
21.08.2026
On the Radio, Trump Has a Reunion (of Sorts) With Michael Cohen
President Trump’s former personal lawyer tried to revisit the past in a radio interview. But this was not exactly a stroll down memory lane.
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nytimes.com
21.08.2026
Everything Michael Cohen Said About Potential Trump Pardon
Cohen said that he had a pardon application in with former President Joe Biden, but it was denied.
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newsweek.com
21.08.2026
Obama strategist turns on rising Dem star over viral Trump attack: 'Gratuitous and unnecessary'
Obama White House strategist David Axelrod called Jon Ossoff's mention of Natalie Harp "gratuitous and unnecessary," despite the clip's 6 million views.
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foxnews.com
21.08.2026
Democrats Within Striking Distance of Flipping Two Major Trump Strongholds
The Cook Political Report shifted Iowa and Texas Senate races to "toss-up" status on Thursday.
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newsweek.com
21.08.2026
Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba
Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis.
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nytimes.com
21.08.2026
Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba
Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis.
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nytimes.com
21.08.2026
Melania Trump Jokes About Lengthy Public Absence Alongside President
Melania Trump returned to the spotlight with a joke about her absence while unveiling a foster care scholarship initiative.
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newsweek.com
20.08.2026
Donald Trump's Apocalyptic Threats Fall Flat with Iran
"From Tehran’s perspective, American unpredictability has become unreliability," one expert told Newsweek.
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newsweek.com
20.08.2026
Trump Boasts of Declassifying Secrets, but Withholds Key Election Files From Public
Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election.
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nytimes.com
20.08.2026
Trump Officials Move to Fund Gaza Peacekeepers Even as Peace Plan Falters
The State Department informed Congress of its intent to fund the stabilization force on the same day the president’s Board of Peace announced a plan to disarm Hamas.
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nytimes.com
20.08.2026
How Trump's Approval Rating Has Changed on Four Core Campaign Issues
Trump won in 2024 on four pledges: seal the border, avoid wars, fix the economy and tackle corruption. Polls show him underwater.
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newsweek.com
20.08.2026
Darline Graham’s ‘embarrassing and inexcusable’ national security stumble spotlights break from late brother
Trump is set to rally in Myrtle Beach for Graham days before her GOP runoff, but her Taiwan debate stumble drew rebukes from Nikki Haley and others.
Politics
foxnews.com
20.08.2026