2026-05-21
Portugal arrests two. Trump kills AI order. GOP senators revolt over $1.776B fund.
Good evening. Trump pivoted twice before dinner. Senate Republicans discovered they had leverage. And one pair in Portugal was arrested after two boys turned up roadside with provisions but no papers.
What Actually Happened
Havana is nerve-racked. Neighbors of top officials are asking who's next. Fear of US military strikes is now serious.
The children were found with backpacks of food and water but no documents. Someone drove past and stopped.
He said the order "could have been a blocker" on innovation. Hours before ceremony. This is how policy works now.
GOP senators revolted. The fund was dropped Thursday like what one aide called "a bomb in the middle of a pretty well planned out reconciliation bill." Reconciliation, apparently, means something different now.
Ebony Parker was accused of ignoring warnings about the six-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in 2023. Case dismissed.
Analysts see it not as a sign of closer ties but as another instance of unpredictability. Pattern recognition, meet policy.
Republicans postponed the vote to pass money for ICE and Border Patrol. Back in a week.
White House infighting. One side worried about losing innovation ground. Trump worried about blocking it. He sided with the latter, hours before signing.
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"Worth paying attention to. Don't doomscroll."
"The wire took a breath. Don't get used to it."
Trump rewrote his own order twice; Senate Republicans learned they had leverage only when the money was on the table.
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