Trump Corruption

USA Today reports: President Donald Trump posed for photos next to a line of Tesla vehicles in front of the White House Tuesday after saying earlier on social media he would buy one as a “show of confidence and support for Elon Musk.” Trump told reporters on Tuesday afternoon that the Tesla would be used at the White House and …

Politico reports: The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending. Roughly $660 million that schools and child care facilities were counting on to purchase food from nearby farms through the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program in …

The New York Times reports: A senior official at the main U.S. aid agency, which is being dismantled by the Trump administration, told employees to clear safes holding classified documents and personnel files by shredding the papers or putting them into bags for burning, according to an email sent to the staff. The email sent by Erica Y. Carr, the …

Canada’s Global News reports: Ontario “won’t back down” after U.S. President Donald Trump called for a further tariff hike in response to the province’s 25 per cent export tax on electricity. Premier Doug Ford delivered that remark in an interview with MSNBC Tuesday morning, within an hour after Trump said he’ll add an additional 25 per cent tariff to Canadian …

“Despite the fact that Canada is charging the USA from 250% to 390% Tariffs on many of our farm products, Ontario just announced a 25% surcharge on ‘electricity,’ of all things, and your not even allowed to do that. Because our Tariffs are reciprocal, we’ll just get it all back on April 2. Canada is a Tariff abuser, and always …

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: Recession fears are roiling markets, as tech stocks and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell sharply again on Monday. Stock prices have been richly valued for some time, and this may be merely a market correction. But there are also signs of a slowing economy that should have the Trump Administration on alert. …

“To Republicans, Conservatives, and all great Americans, Elon Musk is ‘putting it on the line’ in order to help our Nation, and he is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! “But the Radical Left Lunatics, as they often do, are trying to illegally and collusively boycott Tesla, one of the World’s great automakers, and Elon’s ‘baby,’ in order to attack and do …

NBC News reports: The former U.S. pardon attorney, Elizabeth G. Oyer, was terminated Friday after she opposed restoring actor Mel Gibson’s rights to carry a gun, her spokesperson and two Justice Department officials familiar with the matter told NBC News. A spokesperson for Oyer said that she was not told why she was terminated but that because of the sequence …

“The only people that should be losing sleep right now are the Democrat Party. It’s the Nancy Pelosi’s who we’re looking at. It’s the Liz Cheney’s, you know, Pocahontas. We’re looking at all that stuff, and we’re gonna find out why you’re so rich on government money. There’s just so much to go into. I can’t even, I don’t even …

CNN reports: A federal judge in New York has blocked any efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia university graduate and Palestinian activist who was arrested Saturday night until a hearing Wednesday, according to court documents. He is expected to appear in court on Wednesday morning, according to the documents. Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist …

“Per @POTUS directive, I have revoked security clearances and barred access to classified information for Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, Mark Zaid, Norman Eisen, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, and Andrew Weissman, along with the 51 signers of the Hunter Biden ‘disinformation’ letter. The President’s Daily Brief is no longer being provided to former President Biden.” – Tulsi Gabbard, posting …

Forbes reports: The stock market selloff stretched into a new week, with the latest losses again tied to comments from President Donald Trump, whose wide-sweeping and oft-changing tariff policies have rattled Wall Street confidence, as early fears of a recession emerge. All three major U.S. stock indexes fell significantly Monday, erasing Friday afternoon’s comeback. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped …

The Meidas Touch reports: Trump posted an article to his Truth Social account this weekend featuring a deeply troubling image: a pink triangle—the Nazi-era symbol used to identify and persecute gay men in concentration camps—covered with a red prohibited sign. Historically, the LGBTQ+ rights movement reclaimed the pink triangle as a symbol of resistance, pride, and remembrance. The article itself …

CBS News reports: Facing President Trump’s repeated assertions that Greenland should be brought under U.S. control, the island’s Prime Minister Mute Egede said that Mr. Trump was, “very unpredictable, in such a way that people feel insecure” as global power dynamics shift. Egede’s interview with Denmark’s public broadcaster, DR, was published Monday, one day before voters on the vast but …

NBC News reports: Amazon has announced it will begin streaming “The Apprentice” — the reality TV show famous for boosting Donald Trump’s profile — on its Prime Video service on Monday. It’s the first time the show will be available on a streaming service, and the move highlights the close link between Trump’s time as a reality TV personality and …

“As I made clear during my Joint Address to Congress, the United States strongly supports the people of Greenland’s right to determine their own future. We will continue to KEEP YOU SAFE, as we have since World War II. We are ready to INVEST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to create new jobs and MAKE YOU RICH — And, if you so …

The Associated Press reports: North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement that Sunday’s incident, which took place as Trump finished a round of golf at his West Palm Beach golf course, saw F-16s deploy flares to get the attention of the civilian pilot. Jets also conducted an intercept on Saturday morning shortly after Trump arrived at the course …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump declined to rule out a recession this year as the economy reels from his efforts to impose tariffs and rebuild the U.S. manufacturing sector, acknowledging in an interview broadcast Sunday that “it takes a little time” before Americans will see a payoff from his policies. Trump’s recognition of the turbulence in the U.S. …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump is nominating his close allies to serve on the board of visitors for the U.S. Naval Academy, a month after firing the previous board. On the list is Walt Nauta, a Navy veteran who has served as Trump’s body man and was federally indicted alongside the now-president in the classified documents case. Trump also nominated …

From Charlie Kirk’s Daily Caller op-ed: Democrats are positively giddy about the price of eggs. A dozen currently costs around $7, up from just $2 in October. For liberals who resent President Trump’s overwhelming electoral mandate, that’s sufficient proof that these backward, “extreme” MAGA Republicans didn’t know what they were voting for. First, the high price of eggs is in …