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Who Is Lisa Cook? Age, Net Worth, Husband and Why Trump Is Demanding Her Resignation

US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the first Black woman on the board, rejects Donald Trump's demand for her resignation over alleged mortgage fraud, vowing to face questions and defend her record.

International Business Times UK

Obama Backs Gavin Newsom's Redistricting Gambit, Calls California Move 'Smart, Measured' As Democrats Gear Up Against Texas GOP Maps

Former President Barack Obama endorsed Democrats' mid-decade redistricting push on Tuesday, praising California Governor Gavin Newsom's bid to rework House districts as a "smart, measured approach" tied to Republican moves in Texas.

Benzinga

Texas House approves redrawn maps to benefit Republican party during 2026 midterm elections

The approval came at the urging of US President Donald Trump, who pushed for the extraordinary mid-decade revision of congressional maps to give his party a better chance at holding onto the US House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections.

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Obama makes rare political intervention to weigh in on Texas redistricting and back Newsom

The former president made the public comments in support of the California governor’s plan to counter move Texas Republicans

The Independent UK

Obama calls California’s redistricting plan ‘a responsible approach’

Former US president wades into national conflict over House maps, as Texas lawmakers approve map to favor GOP

The Guardian - US

Michelle Obama reveals Barack’s different relationships with their daughters

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The Independent UK

Michelle Obama reveals Barack found raising youngest daughter more ‘difficult’

The couple are parents to two daughters: Malia, 27, and Sasha, 24

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Tulsi Gabbard revokes security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials

Director of national intelligence accuses officials of ‘abusing public trust’ and mishandling documents

The Independent UK

Trump blames Ukraine for ‘taking on nation 10 times your size’ despite Russia being the one that invaded

Russia invaded its sovereign, democratic neighbor in February 2022, sparking the drawn-out war that Trump is now trying to end

The Independent UK

Is a Strong Latino Candidate Texas Democrats’ Only Hope?

The party is long-overdue for such a leader at the top of the ballot.

Texas Observer

Trump ally says criminal investigations into Obama and Biden are imminent

‘The Democrats set the precedent that former presidents are fair game,’ says Mike Davis

The Independent UK

‘Hallmarks of authoritarianism’: Trump banks on loyalists as he wages war on truth

Former officials say firing of BLS commissioner emblematic of president’s battle against established facts and history

The Guardian - US

'No going into Nato': Trump lays out terms for Ukraine 'peace' ahead of Zelensky talks

Trump posts on Truth Social: ‘A big day at the White House. Let’s see what the results will be?’

Evening Standard

Tracee Ellis Ross reveals Barack Obama didn’t stop her from making a dating mistake: ‘Failed as a friend’

Ross admitted that she still hasn’t gone to the Obamas to be set up on a blind date

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Trump news at a glance: Trump claims ‘great progress’ in Putin talks, DC police takeover scaled back

US president leaves more questions than answers after summit on ending Ukraine war with Vladimir Putin; White House agrees to scale back takeover of DC police department – key US politics stories from 15 August 2025

Reason

Intel Is Reportedly the Latest Company Trump Wants a Piece Of

Since returning to office in January, Trump has floated several deals that would involve the feds taking a piece of an American company.

The Independent UK

Hours before interviewing Patel and Bondi, Hannity bragged he wouldn’t ask about Epstein. He stayed true to his word

‘If I hear that name one more time, my head's going to explode,’ Sean Hannity declared on his radio show about Jeffrey Epstein.

The Independent UK

How Team Trump’s terrifying weaknesses play into Putin’s hands at the Alaska summit

COMMENT: Trump is flying to Anchorage for his meeting with Putin with a team which has no grasp on facts, or truth, and therefore no grasp on reality either, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

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Al Jazeera

As Trump splits from India, is the US abandoning its pivot to Asia?

US partners in Asia, such as India, might consider their own shifts in response to Trump’s moves. But it won’t be easy.

The Conversation

‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that

Historian Nell Painter remarked in 2011, “Being white these days isn’t what it used to be.”

The Independent UK

Former White House photographer criticizes Trump’s decision to move Obama’s portrait

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The Independent UK

‘Petty or racist’: Ex White House photographer rips Trump for ‘hiding’ Obama portrait and bucking tradition

Pete Souza, who served under Obama and former president Ronald Reagan, said that breaking a longstanding tradition of where presidential portraits are hung was ‘pretty petty’

Al Jazeera

Clinton to Trump: How Putin has met, courted and frustrated US presidents

Vladimir Putin has met five US presidents over 25 years. But jazz and fishing have given way to threats and tension.

Reason

Trump Has Issued More Executive Orders So Far This Term Than Biden Did in His Whole Presidency

The president is on a record-shattering pace for executive actions.

Al Jazeera

Trump names conservative economist to lead labour statistics agency

US president’s nomination comes after firing of agency head raised concerns about integrity of US government statistics.

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