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Watchdog Group Skeptical of Vows to End Trump Administration’s $1.8 Billion Fund

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Alan Feuer
09. Juni 2026 um 23:11
Two sets of lawyers noted that while senior department officials said the fund would not move forward, they declined to offer assurances that this would hold in the future.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

The Justice Department has promised both in writing and in sworn testimony that it will not proceed with the plan.
Empfangen — 09. Juni 2026 ⏭

Watchdog Group Skeptical of Vows to End Trump Administration’s $1.8 Billion Fund

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Alan Feuer
09. Juni 2026 um 17:39
The group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, doubled down on its request to a federal judge to issue a formal order stopping the fund from being set up.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

The Justice Department has promised both in writing and in sworn testimony that it will not proceed with the plan.
Empfangen — 08. Juni 2026 ⏭
  • ✇The Guardian
  • Pro-western but populist: how Nikol Pashinyan retained power in Armenia
    PM secured re-election despite devastating military defeat to Azerbaijan and political and economic pressure from MoscowFor most candidates, campaigning on the loss of an ancestral homeland and advocating reconciliation with a longtime enemy would amount to political suicide. Not in Armenia.On Sunday, the prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, secured re-election in the Caucasus nation of 3 million people, despite having led Armenia through a devastating military defeat to Azerbaijan just three years
     
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Pro-western but populist: how Nikol Pashinyan retained power in Armenia

✇The Guardian
Von: Pjotr Sauer in Yerevan
08. Juni 2026 um 10:05

PM secured re-election despite devastating military defeat to Azerbaijan and political and economic pressure from Moscow

For most candidates, campaigning on the loss of an ancestral homeland and advocating reconciliation with a longtime enemy would amount to political suicide. Not in Armenia.

On Sunday, the prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, secured re-election in the Caucasus nation of 3 million people, despite having led Armenia through a devastating military defeat to Azerbaijan just three years ago.

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Empfangen — 05. Juni 2026 ⏭

Senate Passes $70 Billion G.O.P. Immigration Bill

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Annie Karni and Robert Jimison
05. Juni 2026 um 13:14
It was a victory for President Trump and his party, though the debate exposed fissures between Republican senators and Mr. Trump on a variety of issues.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

There was an hourslong series of back-to-back votes in which Democrats sought to force Republicans to take politically tricky votes on unpopular moves the president has made.
Empfangen — 04. Juni 2026 ⏭

Jan. 6 Rioter Is Hired to Work in Sensitive Pentagon Office

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Helene Cooper and Alan Feuer
04. Juni 2026 um 22:45
It was not clear who hired Elias Irizarry, who pleaded guilty to various offenses at the Capitol and was later pardoned by President Trump.

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A Justice Department photo shows Elias Irizarry in a conference room at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when he was videotaped by one of his friends sitting in an armchair with a pole across his lap.

Granted Clemency by Trump, Scores of Jan. 6 Rioters Have Been Accused of New Crimes

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Luke Broadwater
04. Juni 2026 um 18:08
At least 97 of those who were charged in connection with the Capitol riot have reoffended in the years since the attack, the nonprofit publication Lawfare has found.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Trump has made clear that he believes the Jan. 6 rioters should not only be praised, but that they should be compensated with taxpayer money.

‘I Love It’: Trump Is Still in Favor of $1.8 Billion Payout Fund

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Luke Broadwater
03. Juni 2026 um 23:32
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said on Tuesday that the administration was “not moving forward with the fund, period,” after the plan drew bipartisan backlash.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump on Wednesday in the Oval Office. In one of his first official acts of his second term, Mr. Trump issued a grant of clemency to the hundreds charged in connection with the Capitol attack.
Empfangen — 31. Mai 2026 ⏭

Inside Trump’s Deal With the I.R.S. to Drop His $10 Billion Lawsuit

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Alan Feuer · Andrew Duehren · Glenn Thrush · Ben Protess and Maggie Haberman
31. Mai 2026 um 00:55
Discussions among a group of lawyers with allegiance to the president were closely held. Some senior White House officials were said to have felt blindsided as the agreement took shape.

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Empfangen — 29. Mai 2026 ⏭

Federal Judge Bars Trump From Immediately Setting Up $1.8 Billion Fund

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Zach Montague
29. Mai 2026 um 15:15
A judge in Virginia temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring money in or out of the fund until the court could hear arguments in June.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

The order came from the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Alexandria, in a case brought by a group of people who say they have faced partisan attacks by the Trump administration but expect to be excluded from accessing the fund.

Why Hasn’t California Elected a Woman Governor?

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Heather Knight · Soumya Karlamangla and Jill Cowan
29. Mai 2026 um 10:00
Most states have had a woman serve as governor, but California is in the minority despite its progressive-minded electorate. Women who have reached the top elsewhere saw familiar roadblocks.

© Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times

Katie Porter, a Democrat who served three terms in Congress, is the final prominent woman in the California governor’s race.
Empfangen — 27. Mai 2026 ⏭

Trump-Backed Candidate Wins G.O.P. Race in San Antonio District

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: J. David Goodman
27. Mai 2026 um 03:45
Carlos De La Cruz, a first-time candidate, defeated a moderate rival in a U.S. House district that was redrawn to favor Republicans, but where Democrats see an opportunity.

© Michael Gonzalez/Associated Press

Carlos De La Cruz, a Republican running in Texas’ 35th Congressional District, speaking in February before an appearance by President Trump in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Empfangen — 26. Mai 2026 ⏭

In the Georgia Governor’s Race, an Election Denier is the G.O.P. Front-Runner

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Danny Hakim and Richard Fausset
27. Mai 2026 um 03:48
Burt Jones, the leading G.O.P. candidate in Georgia, worked with Trump allies to try to overturn the election, and even talked to the president himself.

© Nicole Craine for The New York Times

While campaigning, Burt Jones boasts about his efforts in 2020.
Empfangen — 23. Mai 2026 ⏭

Lawsuit Argues Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund Excludes Those He Targeted

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Zach Montague
22. Mai 2026 um 23:50
The constellation of individuals and groups involved claims to have suffered partisan attacks by the federal government under Trump, yet would not be compensated.

© Jason Andrew for The New York Times

Rioters during the attack at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Empfangen — 22. Mai 2026 ⏭

G.O.P. Break With Trump Reflects Limits of Party’s Post-Jan. 6 Truce

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael Gold
22. Mai 2026 um 21:29
Republicans, seeing President Trump’s personal agenda diverging from their political interests, vented their outrage about paying those who threatened their lives on Jan. 6, 2021.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, at the Capitol this week after losing his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.

Fact-Checking the Trump Administration’s Inaccurate Claims About the $1.8 Billion Fund

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Linda Qiu and Jamie Leventhal
22. Mai 2026 um 16:42
The president, vice president and acting attorney general have offered a series of inaccurate claims to defend an unusual fund announced this week.

© Carolyn Van Houten for The New York Times

President Trump has suggested the $1.8 billion fund is not particularly unusual, but critics say it essentially establishes a way to funnel taxpayer money to Mr. Trump’s allies.
Empfangen — 21. Mai 2026 ⏭

Inside the Senate G.O.P. Meltdown Over Trump’s Fund

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael Gold
21. Mai 2026 um 23:13
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, went to Capitol Hill to allay Republicans’ concerns over a fund to pay people who claim government mistreatment. It did not go well.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, said his colleagues had “very legitimate questions” about the new fund.
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