Trump Administration

• As Trump calls affordability a 'con job,' Democrats unveil an affordable housing plan - Democrats on Capitol Hill are moving early to shape an affordability-focused agenda ahead of the midterms, including a proposal to address rising housing costs.
• In Colombia, anger and disbelief at Trump threats of U.S. strikes - President Trump's latest threat comes amid deteriorating relations with Bogota, which celebrated 200 years of diplomatic ties with Washington three years ago.
• Trump's pardon of a convicted trafficker undermines his drug war narrative - President Trump's pardon of former Honduran president and convicted trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández sparked outrage and intensified criticism of his aggressive, politically charged campaign across Latin America.
• Chabria: Amid national sorrow, Trump stops pretending it's about the 'worst of the worst' - After the shooting of two National Guard members, the push by Trump and America First Republicans to blame crime on brown and Black immigrants has reached a critical point.
• Trump weighs options on Venezuela strikes amid congressional alarm - Whether President Trump will choose to go to war with Venezuela has become a source of alarm on Capitol Hill.
• Robert Garcia leads Democrats' strategy on Epstein probe, to GOP's dismay - Rep. Robert Garcia, of Long Beach, has helped lead the House Democrats' push to secure release of the Epstein files, thrusting the second-term congressman into the national spotlight.