President Donald Trump is asking the Justice Department to pay him about $230 million in compensation for past federal investigations into him, including the Russia probe and Mar-a-Lago search, according to people familiar with the matter; the decision is now in the hands of senior DOJ officials, some of whom are his former lawyers. Despite Trump’s suggestion last week that he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, Trump said he has put off plans to meet with Putin in the near future, claiming he wants to avoid a “wasted meeting.” During a visit to Israel today, Vice President J. D. Vance said he was “very optimistic” about the Israel-Hamas cease-fire holding, and some Trump-administration officials privately expressed concern that the agreement could soon break down, according to sources familiar with the matter. A couple of years ago, Pew Research Center published a survey about American parenting that stumbled on a somewhat counterintuitive finding: Lower-income parents were more likely than middle- or higher-income parents to say that they found parenting enjoyable and rewarding “all or most of the time.” The difference was pretty marginal—most parents, regardless of income level, reported finding parenthood enjoyable all or most of the time—but that one data point got people talking.
Author: Will Gottsegen
Published at: 2025-10-21 22:41:00
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