Anger after Trump’s secret flight swap appears to offer up staff and media as decoys | First Thing
Democrats demand congressional briefing after passenger-laden Air Force One sent on decoy flight despite security scare. Plus, the 11 biggest wellness trends of 2026 so far Good morning. Democrats have called for a congressional briefing after a charade in which Donald Trump was secretly spirited into a different plane than the one the public and press believed he was travelling on. How did the…
Democrats are demanding a congressional briefing following a controversial move involving Donald Trump and Air Force One. The secretive swap of Trump's flight sparked questions about the lack of transparency and the potential use of staff and media as decoys. The incident occurred when Trump was secretly transferred from a larger plane to a smaller one via an airport catering truck.
The Guardian has broken down the footage from the day, revealing the sequence of events. Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota's lieutenant governor, secured her Democratic primary for US Senate in a race focused on immigration enforcement. Meanwhile, in South Carolina, Darline Graham, appointed to fill her late brother Lindsey's Senate term, will face off against Ralph Norman in a runoff on August 25.
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