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FILE - President Donald Trump listens as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget Russel Vought speaks during an event on "transparency in Federal guidance and enforcement" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

A chief architect of Project 2025 is ready to shock Washington if Donald Trump wins a second term

by Associated Press

| August 7, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics
A chief architect of Project 2025 — the controversial conservative blueprint to remake the federal government — Vought is likely to be appointed to a high-ranking post in a second Trump administration. And he’s been drafting a so-far secret “180-Day Transition Playbook” to speed the plan’s implementation to avoid a repeat of the chaotic start that dogged Trump’s first term.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, former first lady Melania Trump, Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and his wife Usha Vance together on stage at the end of the Republican National Convention, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Big tech billionaires line up behind Donald Trump and JD Vance

by Isabel Soisson

| July 19, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | DFW | EXTREMISM | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics | TECHNOLOGY
Silicon Valley billionaires such as Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, and Chamath Palihapitiya have thrown their support behind a Trump-Vance ticket, and some even urged the former president to pick Vance as his running mate.
Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a big and a small box of tic-tac to illustrate inflation outcome during a town hall event at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 6, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s policies would cause inflation to surge, economists say

by Sophie Boudreau

| June 27, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | DFW | ECONOMY | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics
If elected, Donald Trump has vowed to implement a 10% tariff on imports, deport undocumented immigrants who make up a huge percentage of the agricultural and construction industries, and cut corporate taxes. Experts say these plans would be inflationary and cost Americans thousands of dollars per year. 
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Road to Majority conference in Washington, Saturday, June 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

6 times Trump insulted US veterans

by Sophie Boudreau

| June 25, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | DFW | MILITARY | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics | VETERANS
Former president Donald Trump has a long history of clashing with military families and US veterans. The newly convicted felon, who famously evaded the Vietnam War draft, has even reportedly called slain US soldiers “losers” and “suckers.”
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at 180 Church, Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Trump promises billionaires tax cuts if they donate to his campaign

by Isabel Soisson

| June 18, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | DFW | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics
The former president has cozied up to fellow billionaires in recent months as he’s become increasingly anxious to avoid prison, and therefore needs cash to fund his legal and campaign fees. In exchange, he’s promising to once again pass tax cuts for corporations and the super rich.
FILE - Students in the new Army prep course stand at attention after physical training exercises at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Aug. 27, 2022. The Army fell about 15,000 soldiers — or 25% — short of its recruitment goal this year, officials confirmed Friday, Sept. 30, despite a frantic effort to make up the widely expected gap in a year when all the military services struggled in a tight jobs market to find young people willing and fit to enlist. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)

Trump allies are open to the idea of mandatory military service for teens

by Sophie Boudreau

| June 17, 2024

2024 ELECTIONS | DFW | MILITARY | NATIONAL NEWS | national politics
Young Americans haven’t faced the possibility of a draft since 1973. If some in former president Donald Trump’s circle have a say, mandatory service could be back on the table.