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The Breakdown · Aug 12, 2026

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Allison Gill · The Breakdown

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Today, Trump doesn’t rule out using emergency executive power to interfere with the midterm elections, the transparency president has expanded the definition of executive privilege so his private advisors can’t be questioned by Congress, the White House is asking the Justice Department to consider new reflecting pool charges, Trump was stuffed into a catering cart and spirited to a secret plane after he ditched the Qatari Air Force One in Turkey, weeks after Belgium’s diamond industry gave Trump a ring with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies, it was exempted from paying a U.S. tariff, Judge Talwani has expanded her block on the Postal Service tampering with mail ballots, and the government has awarded a $150M contract for migrant children’s lawyers to a Trump-linked Texas law firm.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/trump-plane-ruse.html

Trump signals openness to unconstitutional plot to take over elections - Democracy Docket

Exclusive | Trump White House Asks DOJ to Consider New Reflecting-Pool Prosecution of Olympic Canoeist David Hearn - WSJ

Democrats want answers about 18-karat gold ring given to Trump

Judge expands block on USPS work on Trump mail voting order : NPR

Trump administration awards $150M migrant child contract to Texas firm | AP News

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/11/politics/trump-justice-department-presidential-advisers-executive-privilege

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