Following President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory on Tuesday, Britain’s far-left Guardian is rolling out a range of mental health and support services for its devastated employees. “I know the result has been very upsetting for many colleagues,” editor Katharine Viner wrote in an email to staff. Viner noted that U.S. staff would be “most directly affected by the result” and urged international staffers to “contact your American colleagues to offer your support.”
Viner struck a dramatic tone in her email, warning that Trump’s triumph “could reverberate for a million years.” To help staff get through what she described as an “alarming” situation, Viner laid out a range of services for staff to access: British staff are to receive mental health support, 24/7 access to online doctors, and “virtual wellbeing tools,” American staff can access two Employee Assistance Programs, and Australian staff can even access “professional counselling.”
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The Guardian is also moving to grift off the President-elect, with Viner writing to readers saying “it will take brave, well-funded independent journalism” to “stand up” to a restored Trump administration and asking for money to do it.
Previously, the British newspaper capitalized on The Wall Street Journal and other high-profile U.S. newspapers declining to endorse Kamala Harris, offering her full-throated support and raising around $2 million by doing so.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: French Prime Minister François Bayrou has lost a confidence vote in the French legislature, bringing down another government.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: François Bayrou, French President Emmanuel Macron, and opposition parties, including Marine Le Pen’s National Rally.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The confidence vote took place on Monday in France’s National Assembly.
💬KEY QUOTE: “What’s the point of bringing down the government? These are political groups that not only don’t agree on anything but, far worse than that, are waging open civil war against each other,” Prime Minister Bayrou complained before he was ousted.
🎯IMPACT: Macron may need to appoint a fifth prime minister in less than two years, or attempt to dissolve the lower house and call early elections.
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France is plunging into political chaos again, with Prime Minister François Bayrou losing a confidence vote in the National Assembly. Having called the vote himself to galvanize backing for his 2026 budget plan, Bayrou’s government was instead brought down, 364 to 194.
Bayrou, appointed by President Emmanuel Macron in December, recently voiced his exasperation with France’s fractured political landscape in an interview, complaining: “What’s the point of bringing down the government? These are political groups that not only don’t agree on anything but, far worse than that, are waging open civil war against each other.”
The gridlock in the French legislature is a result of far-left and establishment parties attempting to shut out the populist National Rally party, led by Marine Le Pen, despite the fact that they became the single-largest party in the National Assembly after Macron called a snap legislative election last year.
Bayrou must now tender his resignation to Macron, who faces two options: attempting to appoint a successor, who will struggle to maintain a majority in the legislature, or attempting to dissolve the National Assembly and call another early election. Macron is reluctant to call another snap election, considering the last one resulted in the far left and populists overtaking the previous establishment party centered on his Renaissance party, formerly En Marche!
France’s sovereign debt stands at about $3.685 trillion, or nearly 114 percent of GDP. Public spending accounted for approximately 57 percent of GDP last year, driven in part by expansive welfare spending—much of it absorbed by migrants and their descendants.
The National Rally (RN) is now the strongest force in French politics. Some polls suggest that Marine Le Pen’s populists could win a majority if new parliamentary elections are held. Despite being banned from running for office after being convicted in a dubious embezzlement case, Le Pen herself is pushing for fresh elections.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump delivered a speech at the Museum of the Bible, emphasizing the role of faith in America and the growth of anti-Christian hatred.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, the White House Religious Liberty Commission, and the Museum of the Bible.
📍WHEN & WHERE: September 8, 2025, at the Museum of the Bible.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I created the first-ever Department of Justice task force to eradicate anti-Christian bias. And for those people that are a little bit naive, or not well read, there is a tremendous anti-Christian bias. We don’t hear about it. We don’t think about it. You hear about anti-Semitic, but you don’t hear about anti-Christian.” – Donald Trump
🎯IMPACT: Trump’s speech highlights the issue of anti-Christian bias and his administration’s ongoing efforts to stamp it out.
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President Donald J. Trump addressed the White House Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., on Monday, emphasizing the growth of anti-Christian hatred and bias and his efforts to address it. “I created the first-ever Department of Justice task force to eradicate anti-Christian bias. And for those people that are a little bit naive, or not well read, there is a tremendous anti-Christian bias,” he told his audience. “We don’t hear about it. We don’t think about it. You hear about anti-Semitic, but you don’t hear about anti-Christian.”
President Trump stressed that there is a “strong anti-Christian bias,” but that his administration is “ending that rapidly,” adding: “We’re in a much different world today than we were one year ago.”
Infamously, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under the former Biden-Harris government distributed the so-called Richmond Memo to over a thousand employees, describing traditional Catholics as “Radical Traditionalist” ideologues and linking them to “racially or ethnically motivated” violence.
Speaking more broadly, President Trump affirmed that “America was founded on faith, as we know, and I’ve been saying it for a long time, when faith gets weaker, our country seems to get weaker.”
The America First leader announced that he had donated his family Bible to the Museum of the Bible, remarking that the Christian holy book has “[f]or thousands of years… shaped civilization, ethics, art and literature, and it’s brought hope, healing, and transformation to untold millions and millions of lives.”
He also addressed his previously expressed desire to take federal action to crush crime in Democrat-run cities like Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles, similar to his takeover of law enforcement in Washington, D.C., saying, “We’d love to go into Chicago and straighten it out.”
President Trump Delivers Remarks to the White House Religious Liberty Commission https://t.co/TCHgUaly0L
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Senior Counselor to the President for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro has asked a federal appeals court to compel the Department of Justice (DOJ) to explain why it no longer supports his 2022 conviction for defying a subpoena from the January 6 committee.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Peter Navarro, President Donald J. Trump, the DOJ, and federal prosecutors.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The filing was made on Sunday night to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
💬KEY QUOTE: “DOJ told the courts my appeal raised no substantial questions, forcing me to surrender and lose four months of freedom. Now the same DOJ attorney of record wants to yank his own brief. You don’t make that pivot unless serious constitutional questions exist.” – Peter Navarro
🎯IMPACT: The case could set a precedent on the separation of powers and the immunity of White House advisers from congressional subpoenas.
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Peter Navarro, Senior Counselor to President Donald J. Trump for Trade and Manufacturing, filed a request with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Sunday night, demanding an explanation from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for its decision to stop defending his conviction for contempt of Congress. Navarro was convicted in 2022 for defying a subpoena from the corrupt former House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riots.
In his 13-page filing, Navarro argued that the DOJ’s abrupt withdrawal undermines transparency and fairness in the legal process. The filing also raised concerns about the constitutional implications of prosecuting senior White House advisers for contempt of Congress, particularly regarding executive privilege, immunity, and separation of powers.
Navarro was subpoenaed in 2022 for his role in allegedly attempting to delay Congress’s certification of the 2020 election results. He claimed executive privilege shielded him from testifying, asserting that President Trump had invoked the privilege. However, the trial judge ruled that the privilege did not apply to the January 6 committee’s subpoena, leading to Navarro’s conviction on two counts of contempt of Congress.
After Trump returned to office and Navarro rejoined the White House, federal prosecutors revealed they no longer supported the Biden-era DOJ’s position and suggested appointing an external lawyer to defend the conviction. Navarro contended that the DOJ is obligated to provide a detailed explanation for its reversal, citing Supreme Court precedent aimed at guiding lower courts on such issues.
“DOJ told the courts my appeal raised no substantial questions, forcing me to surrender and lose four months of freedom. Now the same DOJ attorney of record wants to yank his own brief. You don’t make that pivot unless serious constitutional questions exist,” Navarro said in a statement.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Trump administration officials will deport 300 South Korean migrants who were working illegally at a taxpayer-funded construction site in Georgia.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), South Korean workers, Hyundai Motor Group, LG Energy Solution Ltd., and Border Czar Tom Homan.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The arrests occurred at a construction site in Ellabell, Georgia, where a factory funded by over $1 billion in government aid is being built.
💬KEY QUOTE: “These companies that hire illegal aliens, they undercut the competition of paying U.S. citizen salaries,” said Tom Homan.
🎯IMPACT: The deportations are expected to delay Hyundai’s construction project and highlight the ongoing issue of illegal labor undercutting American wages.
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The Trump administration will move to deport an estimated 300 South Korean illegal immigrants found to be working illegally at a Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution Ltd. factory construction site in Ellabell, Georgia. The arrests, which took place on Thursday, saw over 500 people detained, including 23 Mexicans in addition to the South Koreans. According to the Trump administration, those detained at the facility—which received $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer funding—either lacked proper immigrant work visas, had expired work visas, or were working despite only holding non-work visas.
The Hyundai immigration raid and arrests sparked a diplomatic row with South Korea’s government, and pushback from pro-illegal immigrant labor advocates like the CATO Institute, who argue it is economically desirable to replace American workers with cheap foreign labor. Trump White House Border Czar Tom Homan emphasized the economic impact of such hiring practices, stating, “These companies that hire illegal aliens, they undercut the competition of paying U.S. citizen salaries.”
Homan also shared his personal experience, saying, “I had to call five different companies before I had a company that guaranteed me a legal workforce. I talked to one company, just a father and son, who laid off 20 citizen employees because they couldn’t afford—they couldn’t win a bid, because the competition were bidding a lot less for a job because they were paying their employees a lot less to work because they’re illegally in the United States.”
The South Korean workers reportedly entered the U.S. using B-1/B-2 tourist/business visas or Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) waivers. Hyundai, a repeat violator of labor rules, is expected to face delays and increased costs as it replaces the deported workers with American labor. The arrests are part of broader efforts by the Trump administration to enforce immigration laws and prioritize high-skill, high-productivity sectors in the U.S. economy.
Hyundai has faced scrutiny before for labor violations, including the use of child labor in Alabama factories. Corporate executives often shield themselves from accountability by outsourcing hiring to third-party staffing agencies. Despite pushback from pro-illegal immigrant labor advocates, the Trump administration has emphasized the importance of enforcing laws to protect American workers and wages.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in north Jerusalem, killing six people and wounding several others, including a pregnant woman.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The attackers were identified as two Palestinian militants. Israeli police, emergency responders, and civilians at the scene were also involved.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The attack occurred late Monday morning at the Ramot Junction on Yigal Street, north Jerusalem, on September 8, 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Innocent civilians, women, men, and children were brutally murdered and wounded in cold blood on a bus in Jerusalem by vile and evil terrorists,” said Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
🎯IMPACT: The attack is one of the deadliest incidents since the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, and heightens tensions in the region.
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Six people were killed and several others injured, including a pregnant woman, in a terror attack the morning of September 8 at a bus stop in northern Jerusalem. The shooting occurred at Ramot Junction on Yigal Street, where two Palestinian gunmen arrived in a vehicle and opened fire on civilians. A security officer and an armed civilian returned fire, killing both attackers at the scene.
Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) initially reported five fatalities, later updated to six by Foreign Minister Gideon Saar. Seven other victims were listed in serious condition, with no immediate updates on their medical status.
President Isaac Herzog condemned the attack, calling it a “painful and difficult morning” and stating, “Innocent civilians, women, men, and children were brutally murdered and wounded in cold blood on a bus in Jerusalem by vile and evil terrorists.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened an emergency security meeting following the incident.
The terror group Hamas praised the attack, labeling it a “natural response” to ongoing Israeli actions in Gaza and elsewhere. Hamas has been at war with Israel since launching a surprise attack on October 7, 2023, that left over 1,200 people dead, mostly civilians. Israel has since carried out extensive military operations in Gaza, where the Hamas-run health ministry claims more than 64,000 people have been killed. Israeli forces have also carried out operations in the West Bank, Lebanon, and Syria.
The attack in Jerusalem comes as Israel intensifies its offensive in Gaza, particularly in Gaza City. Israeli forces have declared the city a “dangerous combat zone” and are reportedly conducting the early stages of a larger ground operation. Defense officials say roughly 60,000 reservists have been called up in preparation for what could be a full-scale assault.
Over the past several days, Israeli airstrikes have demolished several high-rise buildings in Gaza City that Hamas was reportedly using for military purposes. Hamas has denied those reports. Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, with reports of widespread food shortages and increasing civilian casualties.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A High Court judge in England wished Haroon Aswat, a convicted terrorist linked to the 9/11 attacks on the United States and the 7/7 attacks on the United Kingdom, “all the best” ahead of his release.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Haroon Aswat, Judge Sir Robert Jay, Reform Party leader Nigel Farage.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: April 1, 2025, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I have to wish you all the best and say to you that the way forward is to keep on your medication, listen to the advice you are going to get, and keep out of the sort of things you were doing.” – Sir Robert Jay.
🎯IMPACT: Concerns have been raised over Aswat threatening public safety, with calls for judicial accountability and scrutiny of monitoring loopholes for psychiatric patients.
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Haroon Aswat, a jihadist who has admitted to playing a role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States and the 7/7 terrorist attacks on the United Kingdom, is about to be let loose among the British public. In a hearing at London’s Royal Courts of Justice in April, a transcript of which was only recently obtained by the press, High Court judge Sir Robert Jay shockingly wished Aswat “all the best.”
Aswat’s connection to the 7/7 bombings in 2005—which saw suicide bombers target three subway trains and a double-decker bus, killing over 50 and injuring close to 800—was uncovered via phone records, while his connection to 9/11 was discovered in documents belonging to the attack’s lead planner, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in a Pakistani safehouse. He also attempted to set up a jihadist training camp in Oregon, having previously attended one in Afghanistan, in collaboration with the notorious hook-handed jihadist Abu Hamza.
Extradited to the United States to face U.S. charges in 2014, after the European Court of Human Rights initially blocked the transfer, he entered a guilty plea, but was returned to the United Kingdom in 2022. He is currently detained at Bethlem Royal Hospital in South London, but is now poised for release, with court documents indicating that he intends to stay with relatives in Batley, West Yorkshire. He will not even be subjected to an ankle monitor because of a loophole related to convicts with psychiatric issues.
The Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command has voiced “grave concerns” over his impending freedom, with a senior detective noting he has “spoken positively of his time with al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and expressed aspirations to reconnect with them.”
However, Judge Sir Robert Jay appears for more relaxed about the terrorist being at large in society again, saying at the April hearing, “I have to wish you all the best and say to you that the way forward is to keep on your medication, listen to the advice you are going to get, and keep out of the sort of things you were doing.”
Reform Party leader Nigel Farage has called for the judge’s dismissal, arguing, “The public demands tougher justice than this by far. Aswat should be in a high-security jail until he dies and Mr Justice Jay should be sacked.”
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Legislators in Greece have passed a law imposing strict penalties on migrants who remain in the country after their asylum applications are denied.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Migration Minister Thanos Plevris, Greek lawmakers, and migrants.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The law was passed on Wednesday in Greece, following a summer of increased migrant arrivals on the island of Crete.
💬KEY QUOTE: “All European countries now understand that it is not possible to have open borders, it’s not possible to welcome illegal migrants with flowers.” – Thanos Plevris
🎯IMPACT: Migrants face up to five years in prison, increased fines, and stricter monitoring.
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The Greek Parliament has passed a law imposing tough penalties on migrants who remain in the country after their asylum claims are rejected. Under the new rules, rejected applicants who fail to leave within 14 days of their applications being denied face up to five years in prison and fines equivalent to over $30,000. The Greek government will also begin using electronic ankle monitors to track individuals awaiting deportation.
The legislation is part of a wider campaign by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s administration to crack down on illegal immigration. In July, Greece suspended asylum applications for three months following a sharp rise in arrivals, with more than 2,600 migrants landing on Crete in the first week alone. Mitsotakis defended the move, saying it was necessary to send a clear signal to human traffickers that “the passage to Greece is closed.”
Migration Minister Thanos Plevris strongly backed the new law, explaining, “There are those who are downtrodden, and then there are some who are spoiled, who think that Europe owes them.”
“We need to put emphasis on the voluntary returns, but there will be consequences for those who do not choose to return to their countries,” he added.
Another significant change under the new law is the elimination of a longstanding provision that allowed illegal immigrants to apply for legal status after seven years of continuous residence in Greece. Authorities say the goal is to prevent abuse of the system and reduce incentives for illegal entry.
Early signs suggest the measures are already having an impact. By late August, migrant arrivals on Crete had dropped to around 500, down from over 2,600 in early July. Crete has become a key smuggler route as other European Union (EU) governments implement stricter border controls.
“All European countries now understand that it is not possible to have open borders, it’s not possible to welcome illegal migrants with flowers,” Plevris said. “There should be a clear message that countries have borders, (that) Europe has exceeded its capabilities and will not accept any more illegal migrants.”
Greece previously warned that ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, particularly in Gaza, could lead to a new surge in migration toward Europe.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Shabana Mahmood, a far-left Muslim, as Home Secretary, broadly responsible for border security, immigration, policing, and national security in the United Kingdom.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Keir Starmer, Shabana Mahmood, and Britain’s governing Labour Party.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: September 5, 2025, in the United Kingdom.
💬KEY QUOTE: “There’s been an explosion of Islamophobia since October 7—but there’s also a huge underreporting of the issue.” – Shabana Mahmood, in 2024
🎯IMPACT: Mahmood’s appointment raises concerns over worsening censorship and the ongoing immigration enforcement failures in Britain.
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Shabana Mahmood as Britain’s Home Secretary, broadly responsible for border security, immigration, policing, and national security. The Islamophobia-obsessed Labour Party politician, raised partly in Saudi Arabia, was previously the Justice Secretary, overseeing the mass early release of criminals and the imprisonment of many people who demonstrated against mass migration or criticized it online following a mass stabbing in Southport, England, by a migration-background teenager.
Mahmood’s appointment follows now-former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner exiting her role and being replaced by the Trump-hating David Lammy amid a tax scandal. Mahmood’s elevation has sparked public concern, given her poor record as Justice Secretary and apparent desire for even more draconian action against “Islamophobia,” at a time when Britons are already facing harsh restrictions on their speech.
As Justice Secretary, Mahmood implemented an early-release scheme for thousands of prisoners, ostensibly to ease overcrowding. Freed offenders were seen celebrating outside prisons, some popping champagne, and many quickly violated their release conditions, leading to their return to prison and causing distress to victims. Even then, Mahmood intervened to ensure such prisoners would be eligible for early release again after just 28 days, with Victims Commissioner Baroness Newlove expressing “serious concerns” about the policy retraumatizing victims.
Notably, while prisons in Britain have become overcrowded, the government has always managed to find new spaces to house illegal immigrants when necessary. Moreover, much of the space freed up by the mass early release scheme was soon occupied by people who had criticized or protested against mass migration in the wake of the Southport killings.
As Home Secretary, it seems unlikely that Mahmood will move to redirect law enforcement resources away from policing opinions. In 2024, she alleged there had been “an explosion of Islamophobia since October 7″—but also, conveniently, “huge underreporting of the issue,” allowing her to justify aggressively pursuing the matter with or without statistical evidence.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington formally ended federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) after 13 years under a consent decree.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Seattle Police Department, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon, Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller, and Seattle Police Officers Guild President Mike Solan.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The ruling was issued on Wednesday by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
💬KEY QUOTE: “For close to 14 years, the tax base in the city of Seattle had put forth over $200 million into this process. It’s crushed morale, we’ve lost over half of the department, and it has decimated public safety,” Mike Solan said.
🎯IMPACT: The end of the decree marks a return of full control of SPD to the city but has left lasting effects on morale, staffing, and public safety.
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The 13-year-old consent decree governing the Seattle Police Department (SPD) officially ended this week, following a ruling on Wednesday by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington declaring the 2011 Department of Justice (DOJ) order fulfilled. Established in the wake of United States v. City of Seattle, the consent decree had subjected the SPD to over a decade of federal oversight aimed at addressing issues surrounding use of force, crisis intervention, and accountability within the department.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division welcomed the District Court ruling, stating, “We congratulate the Seattle Police Department on its achievement of sustained substantial compliance with this consent decree.” Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller praised the department’s efforts, saying it had become “an example for other police forces.”
However, Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) President Mike Solan criticized the Barack Obama-era federal oversight requirement, claiming it was more about enriching oversight staff than reform. “For close to 14 years, the tax base in the city of Seattle had put forth over $200 million into this process. It’s crushed morale, we’ve lost over half of the department, and it has decimated public safety,” he complained.
Solan also tied the oversight bureaucracy to broader issues within King County, pointing to a $1.5 billion social justice spending spree with no accountability. He noted that the timing of the decree’s initial planned end coincided with the George Floyd riots, which reset progress. Solan remarked, “Just one week before Floyd’s death, city leaders and the DOJ had agreed that SPD was ready to exit the decree. Then George Floyd happens, and we’re back to square one.”
❓WHAT HAPPENED:New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to meet with White House officials to discuss his future, including potential roles within the Trump administration.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Mayor Eric Adams, White House officials, President Trump’s aides, and Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: A meeting is planned for next week in Washington, D.C.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I will always listen if called to serve our country.” – Mayor Eric Adams
🎯IMPACT: Discussions could lead to Adams stepping away from his re-election bid and accepting a role in the Trump administration, helping to consolidate support behind Andrew Cumo against Democrat nominee Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral contest.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams is scheduled to meet with White House officials next week to discuss potential roles within the Trump administration. The meeting comes amid speculation about the ex-Democrat’s political future and possible withdrawal from the upcoming mayoral race, as efforts to consolidate opposition against the Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani begin in earnest.
A source close to Adams stated, “Eric Adams knows he can’t win [in November] and is exploring his options.” The source added that Adams, currently running as an independent, is interested in roles such as an ambassadorship, though no formal offer has been extended by President Donald J. Trump.
News of the meeting follows Adams’s recent reaffirmation of his commitment to re-election. “I am still running for reelection, and my full focus is on the safety and quality of life of every New Yorker,” Adams said, while also noting, “I will always listen if called to serve our country.”
Discussions reportedly include the possibility of Adams being nominated as ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, is said to be advocating for this move, viewing it as a way to consolidate political support behind former Governor Andrew Cuomo against Mamdani.
Adams is weighing his options, as joining the Trump administration could have long-term implications for the former Democrat’s political career. A source noted, “Going into the Trump administration closes some doors. He would be tied to the Trump administration for better or for worse.”
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