Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ® warned that Texas could get rid of as many as 10 Democratic districts if California moves ahead with its plan to redraw its House map and neutralize the expected GOP gains in the Lone Star State.
“Listen, all those big blue states, they’ve already gerrymandered,” Abbott told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Monday, when asked if he was concerned about a redistricting arms race as Texas moves forward to create new congressional lines.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5447180-texas-gop-redistricting-threat/
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signaling they would do so.
His remarks followed weeks of urging from within his Cabinet and from many in Australia to recognize a Palestinian state and amid growing criticism from officials in his government over suffering in Gaza, which Albanese on Monday referred to as a “humanitarian catastrophe.”
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) acknowledged that prices were up as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, yet emphasized that it’s “for the good of the country” in a Saturday appearance on Fox Report With Jon Scott.
Host Jon Scott asked the congressman, who recently announced his run for governor, to explain a Fox poll showing only a 55% approval rating for Trump on the economy.
“I think a lot of people are seeing higher prices,” said Norman. “Our family’s in the construction business, and we get a lot of our timber from Canada and other countries. Yes, it’s higher. Steel prices are up, but it’s for the good of the country.”
“Should we expect high prices for a short time? Yes,” he continued. “But overall, we couldn’t keep going the way we were going… That’s why this president is doing such a good job.”
The President’s sweeping tariffs took effect Thursday after months of delays and back-door deals. Most imports into the U.S. will now be subject to a baseline 10% duty, with the overall average effective tariff rate now sitting at more than 17%.
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Tony DiMare’s family owns 4,000 acres of tomato farms across Florida and California. Sadly, his Florida crops are not looking good — mowed over and left to rot, like tomato vines across the state.
But it’s not growing conditions that are the problem. It’s economic ones.
DiMare told WSVN 7 Miami that President Donald Trump’s tariff and immigration policies are driving farmers to abandon their crops.
In January, he warned that Trump’s crackdown on migrants would squeeze farmers, who rely on migrants to pick produce.
“We have to secure our borders south and north, but you have to have a workforce in this country,” he told the Financial Post.
Missouri runs on money injected from other states, but even more insidious, my state sucks all of the money out of our two metros, and then tries to delete their representation through gerrymandering.
Republicans can’t govern. They don’t even try. They are bums. Mooches. Lazy, second-rate scabs.
Wait, so Trump just slipped that he’s going to Russia?
Trump shows off “Trump 2028” merch to foreign leaders visiting White House
In Texas, there are 8,133,683 (46.52%) registered
Democratic voters; 6,601,189 (37.75%) registered Republican voters. Texas isn’t a red state.
It’s a rigged state.
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With Trump's tariff regime officially in place, American businesses and consumers are paying higher rates for foreign imports than they have in almost a century. Plus - is the Trump team on the same page about the Epstein story after a strategy session at the White House? Peter Baker, Dave Weigel, and Mark Leibovich join Stephanie Ruhle on The 11th Hour.
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The average tax increase per US household in 2025
under Trump's tariffs.
Source: Tax Foundation General Equilibrium Model, February 2025.
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Under Trump's tariffs, the average tariff rate on all imports
will rise to the highest level since 1933.
Source: Tax Foundation General Equilibrium Model, February 2025.
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