Trump Corruption

The Associated Press reports: The Army will place large metal plates at key points on the streets of Washington to better protect the pavement from the movements of 25 M1 Abrams main battle tanks set to roll through the capital on June 14. Since it was announced, the parade has grown in scope and participation, and one of the highlights …

The New Jersey Advance reports: He believed U.S. dominance of airports helped win the war for America’s independence. He said Frederick Douglass “has done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more” — 122 years after the former slave’s death. Trump referred to 9/11 as 7/11, and he theorized that the Spanish Flu of 1918 “probably ended” World …

The Daily Beast reports: A producer who pitched the Department of Homeland Security a reality show for U.S. citizenship is defending the concept, insisting it’s not the dystopian nightmare critics fear. “This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants,” producer and writer Rob Worsoff told the Wall Street Journal of his show, called The American, which is reportedly under review by …

“I see that Highly Overrated Bruce Springsteen goes to a Foreign Country to speak badly about the President of the United States. Never liked him, never liked his music, or his Radical Left Politics and, importantly, he’s not a talented guy — Just a pushy, obnoxious JERK, who fervently supported Crooked Joe Biden, a mentally incompetent FOOL, and our WORST …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. would begin unilaterally informing many of its trading partners of new tariff rates, rather than securing deals with the countries individually as the White House has repeatedly promised. After his sweeping April tariff plan sent markets spiraling and set in motion a global trade war, Trump reversed course and issued …

“He knew what that meant. A child knows what that meant. If you’re FBI director and don’t know what that meant, that meant assassination and it says it loud and clear. He wasn’t very competent but competent enough to know what that meant.  “He did it for a reason and he was hit so hard because people like me and …

First, a reminder from September 2024: Taylor Swift‘s endorsement of Kamala Harris is clearly rattling Donald Trump. The former president lashed out at the pop superstar on his Truth Social account Sunday (Sept. 15) following her recent endorsement of the vice president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” Trump wrote in all caps. The pop star’s …

“The Radical Left SleazeBags, which has no cards remaining in its illegal bag of tricks, is, in a very coordinated manner, PLAYING THE REF with regard to the United States Supreme Court. They lost the Election in a landslide, and with it, have totally lost their confidence and reason. They are stone cold CRAZY! I hope the Supreme Court doesn’t …

Reuters reports: Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are mouldering in warehouses around the world because of U.S. aid cuts and risk becoming unusable, according to five people familiar with the situation. The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration’s decision in January to cut global aid programmes. …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Donors are being offered a “dedicated VIP experience” at several events that President Trump is planning with the U.S. military this summer, according to several donors familiar with the matter. Those who give to America250, a committee created to support what Trump envisions as a large national celebration next year for America’s 250th birthday, will …

The New York Times reports: The Trump administration on Thursday fired nearly 600 employees at Voice of America, a federally funded news network that provides independent reporting to countries with limited press freedoms. The layoffs targeted contractors, most of them journalists but also some administrative employees, and amounted to over a third of Voice of America’s staff. They signaled that …

The Daily Mail reports: She’s been called “ICE Barbie” for treating her Cabinet position like a TV production, but now Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is pushing for an actual reality show pitting immigrants against each other “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship.” It may sound like a joke, but the idea is for real and …

Courthouse News reports: A federal judge ruled that the Justice Department had wrongfully retaliated against the American Bar Association by terminating grants meant to fund domestic violence and sexual assault victim services. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, granting a preliminary injunction, found that the cancellations were a clear violation of the ABA’s First Amendment right to speak free of government …

“Costs are way down, groceries are way. They have a term – groceries. It’s an old term, but it means basically what you’re buying: food. It is a pretty accurate term, but it’s an old-fashioned sound, but groceries are down. Costs are down, eggs are down.They were, first week they were hitting me with eggs were up 200% and now …

NBC News reports: The FBI’s Washington Field Office is folding its federal public corruption squad, the same unit that aided Jack Smith’s special counsel investigation into President Donald Trump, three people familiar with the matter tell NBC News. The field office has three units that work on public corruption issues, but this one — known internally as “CR15” — was …

USA Today reports: The big military parade planned for June 14 will feature dozens of tanks rumbling through the city’s streets, warplanes buzzing overhead and 7,500 soldiers housed in government office buildings downtown, according to Army planning documents. Soldiers and their equipment will begin to arrive in the nation’s capital from across the country in the days leading up to …

Fox News reports: House Democrats are opening an investigation into President Donald Trump and his administration’s acceptance of a $400 million private jet from the Qatari government. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, led his fellow Democrats on the panel in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and White House counsel David Warrington …

The New York Times reports: The Supreme Court wrestled on Thursday with the Trump administration’s complaints that federal judges have exceeded their authority by temporarily blocking some of his policy moves for the whole country. Several of the justices appeared torn between two concerns: They appeared skeptical that single district judges should have the power to freeze executive actions throughout …

The Washington Post reports: Justice Department official Ed Martin, whose nomination to serve as U.S. attorney in D.C. stalled in the Senate, is under investigation by an ethics office that handles attorney discipline in Washington, D.C., he said in an office-wide goodbye email Wednesday. On his last day as interim U.S. attorney before heading to the Justice Department, Martin alerted …

Reuters reports: Twin celebrations of U.S. President Donald Trump’s birthday and the Army’s 250th anniversary will include as many as 25 tanks rolling through Washington in a celebration that will cost $25 million to $45 million, U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday. Those costs reportedly don’t include post-celebration costs that the Beltway would have to bear, including trash pickup and …