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Natasha Korecki<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Reporting from Chicago area
AURORA, Ill. \u2014 Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said today that his party is \u201cnot rolling over\u201d to Trump as he warned that Texas Republican attempts to go through with emergency redistricting would only spur other states to do the same.
Martin joined Gov. JB Pritzker and a throng of Texas House Democrats who have been taking refuge in the blue midwestern state since Sunday to break a legislative quorum back home.\u00a0
He pledged to help Democrats fight attempts by Texas Republicans to redraw the state political map to yield its party potentially up to five more congressional seats, a request that publicly came from the president.\u00a0\u00a0
\u201cThis is not the Democratic Party of your grandparents, who would bring a pencil to a knife fight,” Martin said. “This is the new Democratic Party that will bring in a knife to a knife fight.\u201d
Democrats have said that if Texas goes through with its plan, they would attempt to take similar steps in California and potentially other states.
Steve Kopack<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Trump told CNBC this morning that two of the nation’s largest banks closed his bank accounts or rejected him as a customer.
Speaking in a wide-ranging interview, Trump said JPMorgan Chase told him he had to take “hundreds of millions of dollars in cash” out within 20 days. Trump then said Bank of America’s CEO told him he could not open an account there despite what he characterized as its CEO’s kowtowing to him “when I was president.”
“So I went to another one, another one, another one,” Trump said.
“The banks discriminated against me very badly, and I was very good to the banks,” he said.
Bank of America declined to comment on the president’s comments, but JPMorgan Chase said in a statement: \u201cWe don\u2019t close accounts for political reasons, and we agree with President Trump that regulatory change is desperately needed. We commend the White House for addressing this issue and look forward to working with them to get this right.\u201d
Alexander Smith<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Former Russian leader\u00a0Dmitry Medvedev<\/a>\u00a0has warned that the country\u2019s rivals now faced a \u201cnew reality\u201d as\u00a0the Kremlin formally announced it was no longer bound by a treaty<\/a>\u00a0limiting the use of short- and medium-range nuclear missiles.
Medvedev, who today serves as the deputy chairman of the country\u2019s Security Council and is known for issuing frequent apocalyptic threats on social media, was continuing a war of words that\u00a0prompted Trump to redeploy two nuclear submarines<\/a>\u00a0last week.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Mithil Aggarwal<\/span><\/span><\/span>
The U.S. and\u00a0India<\/a>\u2019s blossoming friendship is at risk of fracturing, observers have warned, as Trump<\/a>\u00a0threatens to substantially increase tariffs on Indian goods over its purchases of Russian oil.
At the start of the year, India seemed to be one of the countries\u00a0most likely to win Trump\u2019s favor<\/a>, given its growing role as an Asian counterweight to\u00a0China<\/a>\u00a0and Trump\u2019s close relationship with its leader, Prime Minister\u00a0Narendra Modi.<\/a>
But U.S. relations with India have instead come under strain over trade and other issues. Trump has\u00a0threatened Apple<\/a>\u00a0and other companies that manufacture in India, moved closer to\u00a0its biggest rival, Pakistan<\/a>, and mocked India\u2019s \u201cdead\u201d economy.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Steve Kopack<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Megan Lebowitz<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter and Vice President Guy Parmelin will travel to the U.S. today to discuss tariffs, the country’s government said in a news release.
The Trump administration announced previously <\/a>that imports from Switzerland would face a 39% tariff.
The Swiss leaders will “facilitate meetings with the US authorities at short notice\u00a0and hold talks with a view to improving the tariff situation for Switzerland,” the news release said.
Megan Lebowitz<\/span><\/span><\/span>
The State Department unveiled plans that will make travelers from certain countries to pay a $5,000 to $15,000 bond in order to visit the U.S.
The one-year program, which targets people from countries with \u201chigh visa overstay rates\u201d and other factors, aims to prevent people from overstaying visas, according to the documented published today <\/a>in the Federal Register.
Travelers would have the funds returned if they leave the U.S. on time and comply with travel permission rules.\u00a0
Most affected people will be expected to pay a $10,000 bond, although the amount can be set at $5,000 or $15,000 depending on travelers\u2019 circumstances.\u00a0The program is set to go into effect Aug. 20, and the State Department will announce affected countries on its website.
The program is \u201cintended to encourage foreign governments to take immediate action to reduce the overstay rates of their nationals when traveling to the United States for temporary visits, and to encourage countries to improve screening and vetting and the security of travel and civil documents, including in the granting of citizenship,\u201d the document said.\u00a0
The first Trump administration also initiated a temporary bond program, but the plan was not fully implemented because of the impact of the Covid pandemic on travel.\u00a0
Megan Lebowitz<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Trump said he’d “like to run” for president again, though it is prohibited by the Constitution.
Asked on CNBC if he would run for president again despite the Constitution, Trump said, “No, probably not,” chuckling.
“Probably not,” he continued. “I’d like to.”
“I’d like to run,” he repeated, going on to claim he has “the best poll numbers I’ve ever had,” and noting he won the popular vote in 2024.
Polling averages place Trump’s job approval rating at 43% in recent weeks<\/a>, a few percentage points higher than at the same point in the first year of his first term.
Megan Lebowitz<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Trump said on CNBC that Republicans were “entitled” to more congressional seats in Texas, where the state GOP is pushing to redistrict the state in a way that would give an advantage to the party in next year’s election.
“We are entitled to five more seats,” Trump said.
The president pointed to gerrymandering in blue states as well, claiming that Republicans should have more seats in Congress.
Megan Lebowitz<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Trump said that if the European Union did not invest $600 billion in the U.S. as he previously announced, imports from the bloc would face 35% tariffs.
The tariff rate will be set at 15% for imports from the E.U. after Trump announced a trade agreement last month.
Steve Kopack<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Trump said in an interview on CNBC that he’s taking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent off the shortlist for Federal Reserve chair.
Trump said Bessent wants to remain at the Treasury Department.
“I asked him just last night, is this something you want? ‘Nope. I want to stay where I am,'” Trump said Bessent told him.
For Fed chair, Trump said he was considering current Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller, former Fed official Kevin Warsh, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, and at least two other unnamed people.
Current Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s term will end in May. Powell has come under continual criticism from Trump for not moving quicker to lower interest rates.
Jennifer Jett<\/span><\/span><\/span>
U.S. visas for travelers from Burundi are temporarily banned, the U.S. embassy in the East African country said, citing \u201crepeated violations\u201d of visa rules.
\u201cEvery Burundian who travels carries the hopes of their family and community. Respecting visa rules isn\u2019t just personal, it is national,\u201d the embassy said yesterday in a post on X<\/a>. \u201cSadly, due to repeated violations, U.S. visas for Burundians are temporarily banned.\u201d
Burundi, one of the poorest countries in the world, was among seven countries whose citizens were partially blocked from entering the U.S. in a June proclamation<\/a> by Trump. The proclamation cited a U.S. government report saying Burundi had an overstay rate of more than 15% for business and tourism visas.
Raquel Coronell Uribe<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Syedah Asghar<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., held a town hall last night that started with boos shortly after he took the stage and ended with chants of \u201cvote him out\u201d when it ended.
In between, Flood was consistently heckled as he responded to questions about the release of\u00a0more information on Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, Trump\u2019s\u00a0firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0cuts to Medicaid<\/a>\u00a0in the GOP\u2019s \u201cBig Beautiful Bill.\u201d
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
Syedah Asghar<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Megan Lebowitz<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said in a post on X <\/a>last night that one of his staff members was \u201cphysically assaulted\u201d during his town hall, calling it \u201can act that crosses every line of civil discourse.\u201d
\u201cToday\u2019s town hall was intentionally disrupted to attempt to silence a democratic conversation between a Representative and his constituents,\u201d Smith said in the post. He emphasized that while peaceful protest is protected, \u201cviolence and coordinated efforts to shut down public dialogue are not.\u201d
Kshama Sawant, a socialist running for Smith\u2019s seat, posted a video<\/a>\u00a0on X of what appeared to be individuals being handcuffed. Sawant called them \u201c3 peaceful anti-genocide activists\u201d who she said were merely chanting at Smith’s event.
Smith and Sawant did not immediately respond to NBC News’ requests for further comment.
Workers Strike Back<\/a>, which Sawant co-founded, shared her post, saying the activists were from their group.\u00a0
Chloe Yang<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Switzerland, which was surprised to find itself facing one of the highest U.S. tariff rates<\/a> in the world, says it is determined to continue talks and that it is ready to make a \u201cmore attractive\u201d trade offer to the Trump administration.
\u201cSwitzerland enters this new phase ready to present a more attractive offer, taking U.S. concerns into account and seeking to ease the current tariff situation,\u201d its government said in a statement<\/a> yesterday.
Trump said last week that he would impose a 39% tariff on imports from Switzerland, below only Laos (40%), Myanmar (40%) and Syria (41%). Swiss officials said the rate is far higher than those on comparable U.S. trading partners such as the E.U. (15%), Japan (15%) and Britain (10%).
Switzerland said over 99% of U.S. goods have entered the country tariff-free since the start of last year and that its trade surplus with the U.S. is not the result of any unfair trade practices. It said it was not considering any retaliatory measures.
Michael Kosnar<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Dan De Luce<\/span><\/span><\/span>
David Rohde<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Vaughn Hillyard<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed Justice Department prosecutors to launch a grand jury investigation of whether Obama administration officials committed federal crimes when they assessed Russia\u2019s actions during the 2016 election, a senior Trump administration official said.
National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard claimed at a White House news conference last month that top Obama administration officials carried out a \u201ctreasonous conspiracy\u201d against Trump. Gabbard said she was sending criminal referrals to the Justice Department.
A former senior Justice Department official condemned the move as \u201ca dangerous political stunt.\u201d And a former senior national security official pointed out that multiple past reviews, including ones conducted by Republicans, found no such crimes.
Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a>
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