We have breaking news right now. Indiana Republicans have just rebuked Donald Trump and JD Vance by rejecting an effort to gerrymander the state in a way that would have handed Republicans two additional seats in the House of Representatives. This is one of the most significant political defeats Trump has suffered all year, and it came from within his own party.
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Indiana Republicans, in a stunning decision, rebuked Donald Trump and JD Vance and rejected new Congressional maps for Indiana. Leading up to today’s vote, Trump and Vance put significant pressure on Indiana Republicans, threatening to support primary challenges, even threatening to completely cut funding to Indiana. Today, they lost.
The Senate rejected both a Republican plan to replace expiring Obamacare subsidies with expanded health savings accounts and a Democratic plan to extend the enhanced subsidies for three years, falling short of the 60 votes needed and effectively ensuring that subsidies for more than 20 million Americans will revert to pre-pandemic levels at year’s end, likely increasing premiums by $1,000 or more for many families, with House leaders also unwilling or unable to act before adjournment despite bipartisan unease and last-minute talks running out of time.
The House voted 237–140 to table Rep. Al Green’s impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump, with all Republicans supporting the move and Democrats split between opposing it and voting “present,” as Democratic leaders and many rank-and-file members opted to avoid a politically risky impeachment push they see as doomed in the GOP-controlled Senate and potentially harmful to vulnerable members.
ABC News has confirmed that a federal grand jury again declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, the Justice Department’s third failed attempt after a judge dismissed earlier charges over an unlawfully appointed prosecutor and career prosecutors deemed the case too weak, fueling criticism that the Trump-backed effort was a politically motivated vendetta.
Denmark’s military intelligence agency for the first time labeled the United States a potential national security risk, citing the Trump administration’s willingness to use economic pressure, tariff threats and even military force against allies, amid rising tensions over Greenland and growing European doubts about Washington’s role as a reliable security guarantor.
According to Politico, the Senate is continuing to press for deeper investigation and potential public release of video footage from a controversial U.S. “double-tap” missile strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat, despite House Republicans effectively ending their inquiry, with Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker seeking full committee review.
A federal judge ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody, ruling the Trump administration lacked legal authority to detain him after his wrongful deportation to El Salvador, citing due process violations, misleading government claims, and the absence of a valid removal order.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned Donald Trump not to interfere in European elections, rejecting U.S. claims that Europe faces “civilizational erasure” and saying the EU must protect democratic sovereignty and push back against foreign meddling, amid rising concern over Trump’s rhetoric and influence on European politics, according to Politico.
The Trump administration said it intends to seize the oil aboard a tanker captured near Venezuela, describing the ship as a sanctioned “shadow” vessel linked to Iranian black-market oil smuggling and terrorist financing, with the White House saying the tanker is undergoing a legal forfeiture process as tensions escalate with Venezuela, whose government has condemned the seizure as theft amid a growing U.S. military presence in the region.
The White House continues to claim that the bruises on Donald Trump’s hands are a result of him shaking hands all day long.
MyPillow CEO and Trump ally Mike Lindell announced he is running for governor of Minnesota, entering a crowded Republican primary after years of promoting election fraud conspiracy theories, facing recent legal penalties for defamation, and framing his campaign around claims of widespread fraud under Gov. Tim Walz in a state where Republicans have not won a statewide race since 2006.
The Trump administration has transferred 760 acres of public land in southern California to the US navy to create a new National Defense Area along the US-Mexico border, expanding militarized zones despite historically low border arrests and drawing criticism as part of Trump’s aggressive immigration and protest-control agenda, according to the Guardian.
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