Rep. Chip Roy stated, 'We aren't getting the job done. Part of that is because we are bound by this big, broken, fake filibuster of 60 votes. But part of it is you gotta have the willpower to do it.'
Wearing a dark hat and a mask to hide his face, the mayor boarded a flight to Washington, where-we now know-he met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. At their previous meeting, shortly after Mamdani's election victory in November, the unexpectedly cordial rapport between the democratic socialist mayor and the MAGA president generated headlines around the world.
Mamdani's office later confirmed the mayor pitched a proposal to secure $21bn in federal grants to make good on a central promise to create more citywide affordable housing. This would include the construction of a deck over the busy rail yard in Sunnyside, Queens to build 12,000 housing units. The president appeared enthusiastic, according to the mayor's chief spokesperson.
He had one problem, Trump said. At a certain age, about 86, 87, he started getting, what do they call it? He pointed to his forehead and looked to his press secretary for the word that escaped him. Alzheimer's, Leavitt said. Like an Alzheimer's thing, Trump said. Well, I don't have it. Is it something you think about at all? I asked. No, I don't think about it at all. You know why? he said. Because whatever it is, my attitude is whatever.
This presser is bizarre even for him, began Grisham, adding: It's all the usual rambling, off-topic tales, half-truths, lies, I've fixed everything no one has ever seen anything like it stuffbut it's low-energy & feels like he'smentally slipping. Congress-plz wake up. Plz.
What we must call out as a blatantly racist reposting on his so-called Truth Social (which is never true and certainly not social) posting, the current president of the United States, Donald Trump, uploaded an AI generated video depicting both former President Barack Obama and former First Woman Michelle Obama as very hairy dark brown monkeys donning wide smiles while standing in a tropical jungle.
But if you view the year through the lens of the president's powers, all of that action comes to seem more circumscribed. By neglecting some of the most significant formal and informal tools at his disposal, Trump has largely failed to advance durable policy change, at least on domestic matters. He has dominated a lot of news cycles, but at the expense of shaping the future-for good or ill.
From George Washington's first presidential "administration" to Donald Trump's promises to cut taxes "bigly," U.S. presidents have played a big role in shaping the direction of the country, including the words we use to talk about everything from national politics to everyday objects and actions.
From the large bruise on his hand to his catnaps during Cabinet meetings to his (even more) desultory speaking style of late, the 79-year-old president appears increasingly, well, old. So this week, New York published Ben Terris's investigation into a question that has captivated anyone who cares about the future of American democracy: What's going on with PresidentDonald Trump's health? In the article, Terris speaks with Trump himself in the Oval Office, flanked by doctors who attest to his supposedly incredible condition.
