Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

GasBandit

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  1. Trump defends tariffs as markets plunge, saying ‘sometimes you have to take medicine’ as Asia begins down another 8% overnight.
  2. Kennedy attends Texas funeral for unvaccinated 8-year-old who died of measles, urges MMR vaccination as 642 U.S. cases span 22 states.
  3. Ukraine to send team to DC for talks on U.S. mineral deal after leaked draft raises fears of U.S. control over key resources.
  4. Federal judge issues rare Sunday order slamming Trump deportation of Maryland man to El Salvador prison as ‘wholly lawless,’ orders return by Monday midnight.
  5. Peer-reviewed study last week shows NIH cancer breakthrough helping 1 in 4 patients, but Trump-era layoffs are delaying treatment rollout.
  6. Trump administration removes Harriet Tubman and slavery references from National Park Service Underground Railroad webpage.
  7. House GOP ends proxy voting standoff sparked by new parent rules, clears path for Trump budget vote with deal allowing absent lawmakers to cancel out votes.
  8. Trump keeps national security adviser who mistakenly added Atlantic editor to Yemen war group chat, after internal review of mishandled contacts.
  9. Tuesday’s HHS layoffs disrupted key safety hotlines for food, cosmetics, and infant health as RFK Jr. restructured agency.
  10. Attorney General Pam Bondi says Trump will ‘probably’ leave office after second term, calls third term a ‘heavy lift’.
 
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