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Trump promised to deport migrants with criminal records.
But as immigration arrests have risen, so too has the percentage of those with no criminal convictions.
@AlexanderTabet travels to Arizona for the third part of MS NOW's POTUS Promise Check series. ms.now/news/trump-immigratio…
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SCOOP: Julio Herrera Velutini, a Venezuelan billionaire, really wanted a pardon. He got it not long after his daughter hired Alina Habba, a lawyer close to Trump, in a deal worth more than $50 million. Habba was also working at DOJ at the time.
nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/po…
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UNITED CEO Scott Kirby: “.. Wealth inequality has become a danger to our society, .. We should have a national wealth tax ..”
@nytimes $UAL
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Trump says government officials who leak to the media ‘should be shot’ nbcnews.com/politics/donald-…
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3 men whom Rep. Nancy Mace accused of being “PREDATORS” in an unprecedented House floor speech, including her ex-fiance, have been charged with sexual misconduct-related offenses
cnn.com/2026/10/14/us/nancy-…
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“.. More than 30% of loans to [subprime borrowers] originated in the first half of this year are not scheduled to be paid off until their cars are more than 12 years old. That’s up from just 7% at the end of 2019.”
@Reuters
breakingviews.com/columns/bi…
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Per my review:
-Trump has pardoned 9 of the last 11 GOP congressmen to be convicted of federal crimes.
-His DOJ has indicted, tried to indict, or taken investigative steps against 13 Democrats currently serving in Congress.
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A federal judge lambasted the Trump administration for ignoring her repeated pleas not to work on the historic East Potomac course: “Ignorance is not an excuse here. There’s no excuse for this.”
Read more of her statements here: wapo.st/4ztaqwj

ALT A group of individuals stand on a golf course next to a blue flag. In the foreground, there are tree stumps. A quote overlay expresses disappointment with the government for cutting down trees at East Potomac Golf Links in D.C. Judge Ana C. Reyes is mentioned in the context of addressing the Trump administration.
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Breaking News: The Justice Department is investigating whether major TV networks violated federal antitrust laws when they briefly suspended pool coverage of President Trump, according to people with knowledge of the department’s action. nyti.ms/4hWQxXm
Trump’s manufacturing push has helped Ohio, but some voters say it is not enough.
@AlexanderTabet travels to the Buckeye State for the second part in MS NOW's midterm series, POTUS Promise Check.
ms.now/news/ohio-manufacturi…
21 days ago, Trump signed new sanctions legislation directing him to impose up to 100% tariffs on the top five importers of Russian oil or natural gas.
Today, Trump announced a deal to obtain diesel from Russia.
apnews.com/article/trump-rus…
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NEW:
In a joint investigation between Kansas Reflector and MS NOW, we obtained texts, audio recordings, photos and calendar items from 2020 showing Roger Marshall and his chief of staff may have used taxpayer dollars for Marshall's campaign.
Read the story:
ms.now/news/roger-marshall-b…
"Pentagon officials said the Army officer convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting would be executed in public, a practice that ended in the US nearly a century ago and is most commonly carried out in a handful of countries including Iran [&] North Korea" nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/po…
WSJ reports the Trump admin. is investigating Wells Fargo over whether it violated lending laws by favoring Black or other minority homeowners.
In 2024, only 24% of Black households owned the home they lived in, compared with 73% of White households.
wsj.com/finance/banking/well…
Facebook has confirmed to Congress it tracks your:
- Mouse movement on screen
- Operating system
- Hardware
- Battery level
- Signal strength
- Harddrive storage space
- File names and types
- Bluetooth signal
- Browser and browser plugins
indiatoday.in/technology/new…
From January:
"186,892 companies sent data about [a panel of 709 volunteers] to [Facebook]. On average, each participant in the study had their data sent to Facebook by 2,230 companies."
consumerreports.org/electron…
“Each hour, Muse updates its dossiers on you and the people you’ve mentioned in chats, messages, and emails that Muse has read..They record details of how you and your contacts met..Even people who don’t use Muse are subject to this mapping process” time.com/article/2026/10/06/…
"So far, the ads have been paid for with money Congress approved for border security upgrades, efforts to combat drug trafficking and memorials for officers killed in the line of duty" washingtonpost.com/politics/…
President Trump announced that he would reverse course on using taxpayer dollars to pay for ads promoting himself and his policies.
Trump initially doubled down on plans to continue the ads, saying they were justified because he was not on the ballot. wapo.st/4zbkkCr
Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/po…
The New York Times reports that since January, at least 15 U.S. citizens have been arrested or detained and questioned about their citizenship.
At least two citizens were held without access to a lawyer or even a phone call.
nytimes.com/2025/09/29/us/tr…
ProPublica reports that Trump administration immigration officials have detained 506 U.S. citizens since January 2025. projects.propublica.org/amer…
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New from the New York Fed: "By February 2026, tariffs had contributed 2.9 pp to goods price inflation, and without them goods prices would have fallen slightly."
About one quarter of every point in higher tariff rates shows up in consumer prices within one year.
• A 10% across-the-board tariff yields a 2.6% rise in consumer goods prices after one year.
• About two thirds of the increase comes from pricier imports, which get passed through quickly.
• Another third comes from U.S. made goods, as producers face higher input costs and less import competition. This takes longer, about 6-12 months, to filter through.
How Fast Do Tariffs Pass Through into Consumer Prices?
By Mary Amiti, Sebastian Heise, and David E. Weinstein
nyfed.org/4j2HHcN
Two years ago, Donald Trump said he would lower mortgage rates to 2 or 3%.
This month, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate neared a three-year high.
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