Trump Corruption

The Daily Beast reports: New York’s Catholic bishops—led by Trump‘s favorite cardinal—sharply rebuked the president over an AI-generated photo he posted of himself as pope. “There is nothing clever or funny about this image, Mr. President,” the New York Catholic Conference of Bishops said in a post on X Saturday. “We just buried our beloved Pope Francis and the cardinals …

The Hill reports: President Trump lashed out at judges early Saturday after a recent court ruling barred his administration from continuing to use the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA) to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members. “Can it be so that Judges aren’t allowing the USA to Deport Criminals, including Murderers, out of our Country and back to where they came …

The Huffington Post reports: An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as $20 million worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy — the precise sort of quid-pro-quo arrangement that corruption experts warned Trump was encouraging when he unveiled his venture. Freight Technologies Inc. CEO Javier Selgas said in a Wednesday news release …

Axios reports: President Trump says a recession is OK in the short term, in a clip of a pre-recorded interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker” released on Friday. Business owners and politicians alike have shared fears of a recession given the uncertainty surrounding the president’s tariffs. Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok put the probability of a “Voluntary …

The Independent reports: President Donald Trump has posted an AI-generated image of himself in papal regalia – just 11 days after Pope Francis’ death. The image, posted on Truth Social, shows President Trump dressed in white wearing a papal hat, known as a mitre, with a large crucifix hanging around his neck. It comes after the president joked that he’d …

The New York Times reports: A federal judge ruled on Friday that an executive order President Trump signed in March targeting the law firm Perkins Coie was unconstitutional and directed the government not to enforce its terms, which had threatened to upend the firm’s business. The ruling was the first time a court had stepped in to permanently bar Mr. …

Talking Points Memo reports: Close allies of President Trump are asking a judge to give the White House control over much of the federal court system. In a little-noticed lawsuit filed last week, the America First Legal Foundation sued Chief Justice John Roberts and the head of the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts. The case ostensibly proceeds as a FOIA …

Via press release from the White House: President Donald J. Trump is revitalizing the American economy as the workforce grows and businesses onshore jobs — and today’s jobs report proves it. In April, the U.S. added 177,000 jobs — smashing expectations for another month as the labor market responds to President Trump’s economic vision. Labor force participation grew as more …

The Daily Beast reports: A former FBI boss has claimed that the bureau’s director Kash Patel has been spotted in nightclubs more regularly than he has been seen at work. Former counter-intelligence official Frank Figliuzzi said on Morning Joe Friday that President Donald Trump’s man is a bit of an anomaly in the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C. …

Fox News reports: President Donald Trump will host a military parade in June to honor military veterans and active-duty service members and commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, Fox News Digital has learned. The parade is scheduled for June 14, the 250th birthday of the United States Army and Trump’s birthday. The parade will have reenactors, equipment and more from …

The New York Times reports: Elon Musk and SpaceX are big winners in Donald J. Trump’s 2026 spending plan. President Trump is delivering on Mr. Musk’s wish list at both NASA and the Pentagon to reorient federal spending on space in a way likely to drive billions of dollars in new business to Mr. Musk’s space technology company, if Congress …

The Military Times reports: President Donald Trump in a social media post Thursday announced plans to rename Veterans Day as “Victory Day for World War I” and establish May 8 as “Victory Day for World War II.” “We won both wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything,” Trump …

Politico reports: The economic fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda hasn’t yet taken a toll on most American consumers. That changes on Friday. Trump’s decision to eliminate a special exemption that allows products from mainland China and Hong Kong under $800 to enter the U.S. tariff-free, part of his trade offensive against Beijing, are hitting the ever-growing market of …

ABC News reports: Trump on Friday said he is “taking away” Harvard’s tax exempt status. “It’s what they deserve,” he said in a Truth Social post. The decision will likely face legal challenges.Harvard’s president has said revoking the university’s tax-exempt status would be unlawful and endanger “our ability to carry out our educational mission.” Trump previously called for Harvard to …

NPR reports: President Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting’s board of directors to “cease federal funding for NPR and PBS,” the nation’s primary public broadcasters. Trump contends that news coverage by NPR and PBS contains a left-wing bias. The federal funding for NPR and PBS is appropriated by Congress. The executive order, like many …

Newsweek reports: The Trump Organization, founded by President Donald Trump and co-led by his sons Eric and Donald Jr., on Wednesday announced a new deal to develop a luxury golf resort in Qatar, signaling it has no intention of slowing foreign business activity during Trump’s second term. The announcement of a Trump-branded golf resort in Qatar underscores the deepening ties …

The Associated Press reports: Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and possibly a couple thousand civilians, The Associated Press has learned. The planning documents, obtained by the AP, are dated April 29 and 30 and have not …

The Hill reports: Trump Media and Technology Group, Truth Social’s parent company, announced Thursday that it has moved its incorporation to Florida, becoming the latest firm to leave the popular corporate home of Delaware. The move was approved by Trump Media’s shareholders at its annual meeting Wednesday, according to a press release. “We’re thrilled to reincorporate our Company in Florida,” …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump may get CBS to pay him a settlement over its 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, but the network may still go home with gold. The Harris interview was nominated on Thursday for a News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Edited Interview, an ironic twist after Trump sued the network for $20 …

Rolling Stone reports: Donald Trump’s trade wars with China and other nations are widely expected to cause sharp economic pain, but some experts have warned consumers not to hoard supplies and goods before prices skyrocket, arguing that mass stockpiling could backfire spectacularly. Well, many Americans aren’t listening to that advice, according to survey data this year, instead preparing for the …