Democrats in Congress gained the power Tuesday night to more forcefully investigate President Trump and rein in his agenda, setting up confrontations that are likely to define the final two years of his presidency.
As party leaders on Wednesday celebrated retaking the House and Senate, they vowed to put Trump and his administration on the defensive with subpoenas and hearings, a role that voters made clear they want them to play. But they also said the top priority would be the issue that swept them to power: making life more affordable.
"We are going to work hard to drive costs down with the president or without him, period," Sen. Chuck Schumer, who is poised to become Senate majority leader, said at a news conference.
Schumer's fellow New Yorker and the House Democratic leader, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, echoed those priorities on CNN: "We ran on affordability, we won decisively on affordability, and now we have a responsibility to govern on affordability."
With power split between the legislative and executive branches, to what degree Washington avoids gridlock will depend on how Trump wields his veto pen and how the Democrats negotiate with him — and how they follow through on pledges to investigate what they called a corrupt administration.

#democrats #president #administration #leader

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to review a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for immigrants as the government carries out a sweeping crackdown.
The justices will consider whether immigrants who have been living in the U.S. have a right to a hearing to determine if they should remain detained while challenging their possible deportation.
The case will test a key pillar of the Trump administration's hard-line immigration agenda.
Most appeals courts to have considered the issue have found that it violates federal law to detain immigrants, including those living in the U.S. illegally, without a bond hearing. Those decisions conflict with rulings by the 5th and 8th circuits, which held that immigrants accused of illegally entering and remaining in the U.S. must be detained while their deportation cases are pending.
The high court agreed to hear the case of Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa da Cunha, a citizen of Brazil. Authorities say he entered the United States illegally two decades ago and applied for asylum in 2016. He sought a bond hearing after an immigration judge determined that his detention was mandatory following his September 2025 arrest.

#Trump

Hub Group anticipates receiving a delisting notification from Nasdaq following delays in submitting its financial reports, which stemmed from an accounting error identified earlier this year. The company missed a Monday deadline to comply with Nasdaq's financial reporting requirements. It will ask for a hearing to keep its stock listing intact and plans to seek a further extension of the filing requirements.
The company said receipt of the letter doesn't mean shares will immediately stop trading, and that the hearing request will automatically stay a delisting for 15 calendar days. It will also ask for shares not to be delisted during the hearing process, which can take approximately 30 to 45 days to commence following the request.
"While there can be no ***** urances, the Company expects that the Company's Class A common stock will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market during the hearing process," a Monday news release stated. "In addition, the Company expects to present to the Nasdaq Hearings Panel a compelling plan to regain full compliance with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements and to secure sufficient time to execute such plan."
Hub Group (NASDAQ: HUBG) announced in February that it had identified a $77-million understatement in purchased transportation expenses during the first three quarters of 2025, and that it was delaying fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 financial reporting. It said in May that "prematurely or incorrectly recognized" transactions were also discovered during 2023 and 2024, and that those periods, along with the first three quarters of 2025, would need to be restated.
It plans to complete the restatement process and file results for the outstanding periods during the fourth quarter. Shares of HUBG were off 6.2% in early trading on Monday compared to the S&P 500, which was down 0.6%.

#NASDAQ #shares #process

It has been eight months since beloved Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed and their son Nick Reiner was arrested in their deaths.
But for Jake Reiner, the couple's 35-year-old son, the nightmare feels like "eight years at the same time, and it also feels like eight minutes," he told KABC-TV of Los Angeles in his first sit-down interview since the family tragedy.
"Every moment that I wake up, I'm reminded of my reality, and you're living through that every single day," he said.
Jake said he hasn't spoken to his brother. Nor has he attended any of his brother's court hearings, the station reported.
"He's in jail, so, you know, it's like I physically lost my parents and then Nick was arrested. And it's like now, it's just me and Romy," he said, referring to his 28-year-old sister.

#reiner #jake #every #feels

Glucotrack (NASDAQ:GCTK) has regained compliance with Nasdaq's stockholders' equity requirement, with the Nasdaq Hearings Panel granting the company's request for continued listing subject to certain conditions.
The Nasdaq compliance milestone removes one specific listing issue for Glucotrack as management continues its strategic transformation, although the company said it is still working toward full compliance with all applicable Nasdaq standards.
Glucotrack (NASDAQ:GCTK) has regained compliance with Nasdaq's stockholders' equity requirement.
The Nasdaq Hearings Panel granted continued listing subject to certain conditions, meaning compliance remains an area for investors to monitor.
Management views the decision as part of efforts to strengthen Glucotrack's financial foundation and reposition the business for longer-term growth.

#gctk #management #stockholders

The Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) released a memo Monday extending the president's "executive privilege" to claim confidentiality over White House communications with private advisers.
The memo says the White House can withhold "communications with private advisers so long as the communications relate to official presidential decisionmaking, involve or reflect communications with the President or his direct advisers."
The new policy would frustrate congressional Democrats' attempts to investigate the White House if they win back the House in the 2026 midterm elections, which they are favored to do.
The memo also alarmed government watchdog and transparency groups.
"This is the latest attempt by this administration to reduce transparency," Scott Amey, general counsel for the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), says. "The executive branch has cut resources that ensure public access to government information and taken down information from public websites. It has claimed that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional. And now it claims that presidential communications with people outside the government can be shielded as privileged. It's hard not to read this as anything other than an attempt to gain cover if Congress conducts oversight hearings about the activities and decisions that have been made in the past two years."

#communications #white #oversight

Tom Sandoval's ex, Victoria Lee Robinson, has sparked fresh online chatter after stepping out with a famous face. A recent group outing was enough to get people wondering whether she had already moved on. The timing only added to the speculation, given how publicly her split from the former Vanderpump Rules star has unfolded. But the story behind the photo is apparently far less romantic than some fans ******* umed.
Victoria and Criss Angel were photographed together at a California winery earlier this week, according to TMZ. The image quickly sparked dating speculation online, but sources connected to the pair said there is "nothing romantic" between them.
The sources said Victoria and Criss share the same friend group and have never spent time together one-on-one. They have reportedly only been around each other in group settings.Victoria is also not looking to date right now, according to the outlet. Sources said she is taking time to heal following the end of her relationship with Tom.
That breakup has remained in the spotlight for months. Tom and Victoria first sparked split rumors in May after they unfollowed each other on Instagram. Their relationship later deteriorated publicly amid competing allegations and court filings.
A judge kept Tom's temporary restraining order in place in July while the case continued. Victoria also sought protection from Tom, but her request for a temporary order was denied pending further hearings.

#split

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Lawyer Kamalpreet Chohan ran her finger down a list of 57 names of people scheduled to appear during a morning of hearings at the immigration court in California's capital and pointed out one glaring absence.
"None of these folks are represented," she said.
Chohan is the coordinator of a program that sends volunteer lawyers to immigration courts to ***** ist people without representation and help them navigate the complicated legal system where the stakes are a future in America or deportation.
Appearing without a lawyer opens up even greater risk under the second Trump administration, with the courts playing a key role in its mass deportation agenda. Courts are increasingly denying asylum, deportation officers have arrested immigrants in court hallways, the administration has packed courtrooms to cut backlogs and reduced lead time on hearings, prompting people to miss them.
Data shows that legal representation can be vital to winning in court but many immigrants, unable to pay for a private lawyer or find a pro bono one, navigate the system without an attorney at their side.

#courts #court #chohan #hearings

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Around 50,000 fans watched Manchester City beat Atlético Madrid 3-1 in a pre-season exhibition game at Seoul World Cup Stadium on Sunday, offering a rare example of soccer making headlines for on-field action here during a scandal-hit summer.
The big transfer news of the period saw South Korea's star player Lee Kang-in move from Paris Saint-Germain to Atlético Madrid last month in a deal reportedly worth more than $40 million.
Despite Lee's second-half introduction, he couldn't prevent Manchester City rallying from a goal down to win. Jorge Dominguez put Madrid ahead just before the break but two goals from Omar Marmoush and one from Rayan Ait-Nouri gave the English club the victory.
The match offered a welcome break from the World Cup fallout, which involved police raids and parliamentary hearings. A leaked government audit recently revealed that Korea Football ****** ociation (KFA) officials used corporate credit cards in 2011 and 2012 to pay for services at adult entertainment venues for foreign referees.
"We express our sincere apologies for causing concerns over a range of issues, from a parliamentary hearing and an unprecedented police raid to media reports about incidents from more than a decade ago that even members within the federation were unaware of," the KFA said in a statement Saturday.

#city #break

By Nandita Bose
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats preparing for a possible return to power are developing a broad investigative strategy targeting companies and financial firms surrounding President Donald Trump, instead of trying to impeach him immediately, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and committee aides have discussed using hearings, subpoenas and document ‌requests to obtain records from entities tied to Trump's political and business orbit, the sources said. It is a bet that investigating private companies and outside financial players will prove more fruitful than directly ‌confronting a White House they expect to resist oversight, they said.
The approach reflects both Democratic caution and a lesson many in the party say they learned during Trump's first term: that impeachment proceedings can consume Congress while allowing Trump to cast himself as the victim of a partisan campaign.
Instead, Democrats involved in the planning envision using House investigative powers after November's midterm elections to scrutinize the administration's decision-making and examine whether Trump used his power to benefit himself, allies or donors.

#instead

It's been a tough offseason for the Blue Jackets, who've been putting out fires ever since it became public in late June that stars Zach Werenski and Kirill Marchenko weren't planning to stay long-term.
More: Hockey fans, internet react to Blue Jackets radio broadcast changes
There have also been lengthy negotiations with key restricted free agents. Jet Greaves and Cole Sillinger nearly reached arbitration hearings, and Adam Fantilli remains unsigned, so it's been a battle for president/general manager Don Waddell to keep the arrow pointed in the right direction.
And that's just the hockey side.
The Blue Jackets' business side is also taking hits with decisions to part ways with longtime radio voice Bob McElligott and team reporter Jeff Svoboda, who'd become team ambassadors in their respective roles. Those moves followed on the heels of the Jackets announcing their TV broadcast will shift from FanDuel to an NHL Productions product.

#broadcast #side #june #werenski

Our ****** ysts just identified a stock with the potential to be the next Nvidia. Tell us how you invest and we'll show you why it's our #1 pick. Tap here.
Cannabis is having a moment. Americans now reach for weed daily more often than they reach for a drink, and THC seltzers sit on shelves at Total Wine and Target like they belong there. RYTHM, the Nasdaq-listed holding company behind a stack of those brands, just had a very nice quarter on the bet that the shelf ****** e is permanent. Congress has other ideas.
RYTHM surged 23% Tuesday after a strong second-quarter print and a possible federal reprieve on the hemp-derived THC ban set to take effect in November. The company posted $1.2 million in net income on $23 million in revenue, up 73% from the prior quarter. The stock is up about 56% over the last 6 months.
The consumer has spoken, and the consumer wants easy access to THC. Daily cannabis use now outpaces daily drinking, per new federal survey data. Many lawmakers, especially Republicans, think they know better.
Let's do some clarity: THC is the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, which remains federally illegal in the U.S., though the DEA just wrapped hearings weighing whether to move recreational cannabis from the most restrictive Schedule I to the far less restrictive Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act. The 2018 Farm Bill legalized THC derived from "hemp," a category Congress invented in statute with no grounding in chemistry. That let products like THC seltzers and gummies flourish in bodegas and grocery stores near you. It's effectively the same product as state-legal dispensary weed with a different retail channel.

#quarter #seltzers

With The Pat McAfee Show broadcasting live from Steelers training camp on Monday, it was no surprise that Aaron Rodgers was set to make an appearance. How that appearance went was either surprising, or exactly what you might have expected, depending on how much attention you've been paying to appearances on the show over the years.
The biggest headlines Rodgers made stemmed from his jokes about "pleading the fifth," referencing the recent Senate hearing at which former NIAID director Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment. He went on to call Fauci an "absolute coward." Rodgers has made his feelings on the COVID-19 pandemic exceedingly clear, so those comments, while fiery, didn't come as all that big of a surprise.
What was a bit more shocking was the shot that Rodgers took at ESPN, the network he was appearing on. Rodgers first expressed frustration with ESPN for spending time covering his own vaccination status while not covering the recent hearings. He later pivoted to calling out the network for what he believed was a lack of coverage of the scandalous relationship between NFL insider Dianna Russini and New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel that came out over the summer.
"What was this network doing?" Rodgers asked. "You had literally an individual that maybe used to work at ESPN, that covers our league at the highest level, and there's a major scandal, and it's just like ****** ody can f*cking talk about it? What are we even doing here?"
"Personal lives are personal lives," joked a member of McAfee's crew. "I feel like you of all people should know that."

#rodgers #espn #surprise

Dr. Anthony Fauci ran point as the COVID-19 explainer-in-chief under two different administrations, steering policy and messaging on the virus that rattled the country and world for years.
But there is one thing in all of his media appearances, profiles, interviews and congressional hearings that Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., contended Fauci never said that he was sorry.
"I mean, I'd like to hear him say he's sorry," Paul said. "Can he say he is sorry for funding — the research was dangerous research in China? Almost everybody agrees with that."
Exclusive: Biden Pardon Won't Shield Fauci If He Lies To Congress, Comer Says
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, arrives to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic at the Rayburn House Office Building on June 3, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

#sorry #China

WASHINGTON – Six weeks after he was hospitalized for a fall and pneumonia, Sen. Mitch McConnell's doctors still have not medically cleared him to return to work or leave a rehabilitation facility, the Capitol physician's office said.
Since June, the Kentucky Republican's health has been a source of widespread speculation and interest. He has missed 38 roll call votes in the Senate, including on key measures such as the annual defense policy bill and ending the Iran war, as well as high-profile confirmation hearings for crucial Trump nominees like Todd Blanche, who is awaiting a vote to become the next attorney general.
All summer his office has provided only limited updates on his condition. But in a statement July 27, McConnell, 84, said he was still having "intense physical therapy" and wouldn't be able to travel to western Kentucky for the annual Fancy Farm picnic, a marquee political event in the state.
"As always, I appreciate all of your continued well wishes, and I'm looking forward to getting back to the Senate and to Kentucky soon," he said.
The Office of the Attending Physician, which provides medical services and guidance to members of Congress, said the lifelong effects of McConnell's bout with childhood polio continue to be a "significant factor in his mobility." Doctors visit with him every day.

#still #annual

The director of the country's premier American history museum said she has no regrets about any of the museum's exhibits during her tenure after an expert confronted her with a "shocking" display that he said smeared Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.
Smithsonian National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig faced intense questioning from lawmakers during two Capitol Hill hearings this week. The hearings followed a White House Domestic Policy Council report accusing the museum of using taxpayer dollars and its status as a world-renowned institution to advance a "radical activist ideology."
During a House hearing Tuesday, Heritage Foundation expert Mike Gonzalez testified that a multiyear special exhibit, "The Electric Dr. Franklin," included a display that "pondered whether he had ever done experiments, electrical electroshock on indentured servants or slaves."
Watch: Smithsonian Director Pressed On Woke Exhibits: 'Is Mickey Mouse Racist?'
Gonzalez testified that the display included this suggestion "without producing any evidence whatsoever," which he called "shocking."

#director #american #franklin #exhibits

(NewsNation) — A relative of the family suspected of child endangerment of 16 children has spoken out.
Ronnie Fletcher, uncle to 16 children rescued in Vinton County, Ohio, last week, said the rest of the family was "horrified."
Adults in Ohio child abuse case waive hearings
"Horrified. Worried about the kids. It's hard to explain the action when you're distant family," Fletcher told NewsNation affiliate WOWK. "'What can I do to help?' That was the original reaction to it."
Fletcher referred to his family as distant because he said they were not close, though he said he is the children's uncle.

The FIA announced on Thursday that Mercedes had withdrawn its request to review the Formula 1 Monaco GP results, with the team confirming the decision on Friday morning.
In its statement, Mercedes explained that, following discussions with the FIA and Formula One Management, it had concluded that pursuing the request would not achieve any positive outcome for either the team or the sport.
Mercedes only requested a review of the Monaco GP results following the reinstatement of Pierre Gasly's third place. That came after Alpine challenged the race results immediately after the finish and successfully proved that the two penalties Gasly received in Monaco for pitlane speeding were incorrect. The crucial element that led to that outcome was an admission from FOM, the official timing systems supplier of the championship, that the measurements used in Monaco were incorrect.
Read Also:
Monaco results overturned, teams protesting, new hearings scheduled – what is going on?

The man who performed autopsies on celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Robert Kennedy, Janis Joplin and John Belushi, is the subject of a new documentary, Coroner to the Stars.
Ahead of the film's debut in theaters on June 25, Dr. Thomas Noguchi, who was chief medical examiner and coroner for Los Angeles County from 1967 to 1982, told People that he "never expected a film to be made about me."
"At first I felt reluctant, but I realized this film could help people see how medicine, politics and society connect in ways we may not always see," the 99-year-old told the outlet in an interview published on Monday, June 15.
"After many decades, memory becomes selective," added Noguchi. The film brought back many moments — my near resignation, the political hearings and my wife, Hisako, who encouraged me to fight."
Per UPI, the official was subjected to hearings in 1969 and 1982, in which he was accused of mismanagement and criticized for publicly discussing the high-profile deaths of Natalie Wood and William Holden.

Protests over poor living conditions for detainees at Delaney Hall immigration detention center erupted over the weekend, leading to the arrest of over 80 people, the ****** ociated Press reported on Saturday. Some of the protesters arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are accused of ****** aulting law enforcement officers, obstruction, and threats. But questions remain about whether the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) enforcement policies violate the First Amendment and chill speech on the ongoing public debate over immigration policies.
The crackdown on protesters is not surprising given Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin's statements during congressional hearings last week, in which he took a hard line against violent protesters. During a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on June 3, Mullin testified that he is "OK with protest," so long as it is done "in a peaceful way, in a legal area." However, Mullin ****** erted, he has "zero tolerance" for individuals who "verbally ****** ault our officers," "go after our vehicles," or "assault our property." "You ****** ault one of our officers, we will find you. We will arrest you," he continued.
While Mullin is right that the destruction of government property and ****** aulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers are both federal crimes, there is no such thing as "verbally ****** aulting" an officer under the law, Aaron Terr, the director of public advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), tells Reason.
Under the First Amendment, individuals are free "to criticize, mock, or disparage law enforcement officers" who "have no greater right than anyone else to be shielded from offense or criticism," Terr explains. "In fact, the Supreme Court has recognized that properly trained officers are expected to show even more restraint than the average citizen when confronted with provocative or challenging speech."
"The First Amendment's broad protections are essential to preserving the public's ability to criticize and hold accountable those entrusted with enforcing the law," Terr says, which is why speech is generally protected "unless the speech falls into one of the narrow categories of unprotected expression."

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the college sports industry enters one of the most exciting stretches of its calendar.
In Oklahoma City, a national champion will be crowned at the Women’s College World Series in a ***** le bout pitting rivals Texas and Texas Tech. At eight different on-campus super regional sites, baseball parks will be teeming with fans as a trip to Omaha is on the line.
And on Capitol Hill, inside a marble-walled committee room, with the future of college athletics at stake, a much different game is set to be played: the political one.
Former Alabama coach Nick Saban, Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua and Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould headline a lineup of witnesses testifying in a hearing before members of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday morning — perhaps the most significant of the more than a dozen hearings held here since 2020.
At the center of what’s supposed to be a more than two-hour affair is a newly introduced bill from Sens. Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell intended to reform the college athletics industry. The “Protect College Sports Act” is the most comprehensive, bipartisan college sports legislation produced during the NCAA’s seven-year lobbying effort — and it’s a bill that many believe has the best chance to pass among those introduced.

Cassie, the ex-girlfriend of Sean “Diddy” Combs, revealed she has left the United States following her bombshell lawsuit.
The singer, 39, filed a court declaration on Monday, June 1, according to TMZ, in her lawsuit against male escort Clayton Howard. In her filing, Cassie stated, “I reside outside of the United States. I do not intend to move back to the United States.”
While it’s unclear where the “Me & U” artist has relocated to, Cassie also claimed it is more convenient for her to attend court hearings in New York rather than California, TMZ reported.
The move comes after she settled her ******* ual ******* ault and human trafficking lawsuit against the Bad Boy Records founder. The former couple’s settlement saw Combs, 56, pay his ex $20 million in November 2023, just one day after she filed her lawsuit.
“Just so we’re clear, a decision to settle a lawsuit, especially in 2023, is in no way an admission of wrongdoing,” his lawyer said in a statement to TMZ at the time. “Mr. Combs’ decision to settle the lawsuit does not in any way undermine his flat-out denial of the claims. He is happy they got to a mutual settlement and wishes Ms. Ventura the best.”