USA TODAY is reporting that Michael Cohen, President Donald J Trump's former fixer, interviewed the president for his New York radio show on WABC. Congressional correspondent Zachary Schermele said the 40-minute conversation was described by Cohen as "phenomenal" and is part of a broader reconciliation between the two, who have met three times over the past year and "forgave" each other. Cohen previously pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations during Trump's first term, involving hush-money payments to Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels, and had criticized Trump at the time.
The outlet also reported an "eerie quiet" has settled over Miami's Little Haiti neighborhood after the Trump administration ended temporary protection for Haitian immigrants in the United States earlier this month. It said those who once sought shelter now fear deportation. Florida is home to nearly half of the 330,000 Haitian Temporary Protected Status recipients in the U.S., many residing in South Florida, and community advocates indicate the policy shift has disrupted life at every level.
Additionally, USA TODAY, citing Reuters, reported that the total U.S. debt has surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, according to the Treasury Department. The report noted this is drawing fresh warnings of a brewing fiscal crisis, as ballooning costs for social safety-net programs and interest payments significantly outstrip revenues, which are held back by tax cuts.