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Trump is very, very angry about a New York Times piece
that carefully documents his obvious physical decline.
Trump raged over the piece,
letting out a stream of lies about his performance in office
and even attacking the reporter who wrote the piece as ugly.
This may seem typical of Trump,
but we think it gets at something deeper.
Trump’s entire political mystique is premised on the fiction that he’s a strong, virile, formidable figure
who …

Transcript: Trump Fury Erupts at NYT as Mental Decline Visibly Worsens
As Trump’s rage at the paper of record reveals too much, the author of piece on Trump as “lame duck dictator” explains how devastating it is for him that his carefully-cultivated illusion of strength is collapsing.

Once again, Trump acts to hurt anyone who stands in his way.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-vetoes-boebert-miccosukee-tribe-alligator-alcatraz-ac59b3ab03fb6f3b09d65b0223f1b495

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Since #Trump’s re-election, warnings that his use of presidential power to advance personal interests is corroding American democracy have grown ever louder.
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All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election

Donald Trump announced he is pulling the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland,
although the troops already had a limited presence because those states had sued to block their deployment.

Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social that troops would return if “crime begins to soar again.”

The Trump administration has been battling lawsuits aimed at removing the National Guard from cities in blue states.

“We will come back, perhaps in a much differ…

Trump ends effort to bring National Guard to Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland
President Trump has announced the withdrawal of National Guard troops from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, citing reduced crime rates.

Now at the end of his eighth decade, Donald Trump and the people around him still talk about him as if he is the Energizer Bunny of presidential politics.
The reality is more complicated:
Trump, 79, is the oldest person to be elected to the presidency,
and he is aging.
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Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
President Trump has always used his stamina and energy as a political strength. But that image is getting harder for him to sustain.

Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., sided with Democratic and civil rights groups that sued the Trump administration over his executive order to overhaul U.S. elections.
No She ruled that the proof-of-citizenship directive is an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers, dealing a b…

Federal judge says Trump can't require proof of citizenship for voting
President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Friday sided with Democratic and civil rights groups that had sued the Trump administration over his executive order to overhaul U.S. elections. The Washington, D.C.-based judge ruled that the proof-of-citizenship requirement is unconstitutional because it violates the separation of powers. That deals a …

Back from a week abroad, Donald Trump called on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government,
an idea swiftly rejected Friday by Republican leaders who have long opposed such a move.
https://apnews.com/article/filibuster-…

Trump says scrap the filibuster to end shutdown, an idea opposed by Republicans
President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster. That's so the Republican majority can bypass Democrats in the Senate and reopen the shutdown federal government. Trump targeted the 60-vote threshold for passing legislation in a social media post. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has strongly opposed changing the filibuster and repeatedly said he is not considering changing the rules to end the shutdown. Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah quickly took to social media to…

Trump administration retreats in Newsom lawsuit over National Guard deployment
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-12-31/trump-administration-retreats-in-newsom-lawsuit-over-national-guard-deployment

Trump administration retreats in Newsom lawsuit over National Guard deployment
In a brief filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on Tuesday, Justice Department lawyers said they no longer oppose lifting a partial administrative stay and formally withdrew their request to keep California National Guard under federal control while the appeal proceeds.

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Jack Smith says Trump's claims that he won the election were not protected free speech because they were intended to target a government function.
"There is no historical analog for what President Trump did in this case."
Smith says Trump "without question" added to the danger to Mike Pence's life with his 2:24pm tweet while the Capitol was under attack.