WEEKLY DEBRIEF: While Trump gets smacked down by the courts, his minions plant his face on new passports and a planned $250 bill

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shows off his proposed new $250 bill

That Was The Week That Was

The furious pace of the news got even more chaotic in the past few days as we learned that …

A Miami federal judge demands answers

After 35 former federal judges petitioned the court that settled Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS—resulting in t…