Trump Administration Opts for Annual USMCA Reviews

Trump’s Melting State Fair Hit With Fresh Humiliation

Evan Vucci / REUTERSAn East Coast heat wave is wreaking havoc on Donald Trump’s already troubled Great American State Fair in the capital. The country’s 250th anniversary celebrations in Washington have so far seen lackluster attendance, a flimsy, plywood lookalike of Trump’s arch project, and a Confederate flag controversy that turned into a MAGA boycott of a pickle company. The fireworks celebration on July 4th has also been pushed back even later, on account of Trump’s planned speech that night.“On July 4th, it’s going to be approximately 107 degrees out,” Trump said Wednesday in North Dakota, “and I’m going to make a really long speech just to show that I can do anything. It’s gonna be 107!”Read more at The Daily Beast.

Trump Administration to Investigate California’s Powerful Coastal Agency

The Trump administration on Friday said it would be reviewing the powers of the California Coastal Commission, a state agency entrusted with preserving the coast and a frequent target of the president. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced a formal performance evaluation of the agency as well as other bodies that oversee California’s 840-mile []

Trump wants to ditch his signature trade deal

Six years ago, President Donald Trump hailed his US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, as the “fairest, most balanced, and beneficial trade agreement we have ever signed.” Now, as the pact is up for review, Trump says he’s ready to abandon it. “I’m not looking to renew it,” Trump said last month. “We don’t need anything that Canada has. We don’t need anything that Mexico has, but they need everything that we have. They have to treat us better.” The USMCA, which replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement, facilitates roughly $2 trillion in annual trade among the three neighboring countries. All three countries are required to review the agreement every six years, and decide whether to renew it or make modifications. 0:00 White House announces it won't renew USMCA 0:17 Trump Oval Office statement 1:01 Audie Cornish's "Group Chat" Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #USMCA #Trump #News

Trump fires remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission

President Donald Trump fired the remaining three members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, or EAC, just months before the midterm elections, according to Reuters. The action follows a landmark Supreme Court decision overturning 90 years of precedent, granting Trump near-unlimited power to dismiss agency heads, even those Congress designed to be independent with merit protections. The EAC assists states in administering elections and provides guidance on voting procedures. According to Blanco, Trump and his associates have spent the past year discussing ways to circumvent the EAC regarding voting machine system updates and changes. The move coincides with Trump's broader push to impose strict federal oversight of state mail-in voting procedures and investigate election workers nationwide. Trump continues to promote conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being rigged against him.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.

Trump celebrates US 250th anniversary

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump mixed partisan politics with patriotic appeals on Saturday as he commemorated the 250th anniversary of American independence, a moment he declared “one of the most joyous and glorious milestones of all time.” Speaking in Washington after storms prompted a roughly two-hour evacuation of the National Mall, Trump honored veterans, including several from World War II and one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat in Vietnam. They