Trump Corruption

Forbes reports: Chinese social media users—and even some Chinese government officials—are using AI-generated memes to troll President Donald Trump, as his steep tariff hike against Chinese imports prompted retaliatory levies and stoked fears of an all-out trade war. Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s ministry of foreign affairs, posted a meme on X Thursday morning depicting the cost of Trump’s “Make …

CBS News reports: Some enterprises, from small businesses to nationally recognized brands, have already announced higher prices, citing President Trump’s tariffs. While others, from footwear companies to furniture brands, are warning consumers to brace for increased costs to come. Although the tariffs and retaliatory moves by other countries have yet to hit economic growth, U.S. businesses aren’t waiting around. Some …

CBS News reports: Amid a tumultuous and controversial campaign of executive orders targeting major law firms, the Justice Department is now adding the American Bar Association to its target list, according to a memo obtained by CBS News. In the memo dated Friday and shared with Justice Department employees, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche ordered that “the Department of Justice …

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration did not comply with a federal judge’s order setting a Friday morning deadline for officials to lay out steps for the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador, calling it “impracticable” to adhere to a time limit set hours after the Supreme Court affirmed much of the …

The Wall Street Journal editorial board writes: It’s all going according to plan, says the White House, and you almost have to smile at this spin in trying to sell President Trump’s partial tariff reversal this week as a triumph. The reality is that Mr. Trump is making it up as he goes, and it would help if he had …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump is undergoing his annual physical on Friday, potentially giving the public its first details in years about the health of a man who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president. “I have never felt better, but nevertheless, these things must be done!” Trump, 78, posted on his social …

Newsweek reports: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) quickly deleted a social media post Thursday that claimed that its mission is not just to keep out illegal immigrants, money, and products, but “ideas” as well. Appearing as the latest tough-on-immigration social media post from the Trump administration, the graphic stated: “If it crosses the U.S. border illegally, it’s our job …

The New Republic reports: A federal judge on Thursday denied Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss a new defamation lawsuit from the Central Park Five. In a 20-page filing, Pennsylvania District Court Judge Wendy Beetlestone ruled that Trump’s recent comments about the group of five Back and Hispanic men, who were wrongly convicted of assault and rape in 1989, could not …

The Wall Street Journal editorial board writes: President Trump says trade wars are easy to win. Investors think otherwise, and on Wednesday Mr. Trump decided maybe investors are right. Markets celebrated with a stock-market rally on hope that perhaps Mr. Trump isn’t entirely oblivious to the damage he’s causing. The rout in dollar assets reversed, at least somewhat, and the …

TechCrunch reports: The cuts that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency made at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in February “disproportionately affected” employees working on vehicle automation safety, according to The Financial Times. One of the workers who was fired, who is not named in the story, told the outlet that the DOGE cuts would “certainly weaken NHTSA’s ability …

Mediaite reports: With the most punitive of his tariffs on hold for now, President Donald Trump is focusing his ire on sanctuary cities, saying he’s working on yanking federal funding for any municipalities that limit cooperation with government immigration enforcement. Last month, Trump called for the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg, who ordered the White House to cease deporting migrants …

Via press release from the White House: UNDOING THE LEFT’S WAR ON WATER PRESSURE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure and make America’s showers great again. The Order directs the Secretary of Energy to immediately rescind the overly complicated federal rule that redefined “showerhead” under Obama and Biden. President …

CBS News reports: Just over a month ago, retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster received an unexpected call on his personal cell, four sources told CBS News. It was from the White House and he was instructed by the voice on the other end to stand by for the president. McMaster, who had served as national security adviser during President Trump’s …

The New York Times reports: Behind the scenes, senior members of Mr. Trump’s team had feared a financial panic that could spiral out of control and potentially devastate the economy. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and others on the president’s team, including Vice President JD Vance, had been pushing for a more structured approach to the trade conflict that would focus …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday punishing the law firm that helped Dominion Voting Systems obtain a $787.5 million settlement from Fox for lies about the 2020 election. The order against the firm, Susman Godfrey, marks the latest effort by the president to punish attorneys and firms who have opposed his interests. The order seeks …

Mother Jones reports: Leading Democrats are raising questions about whether insiders profited from the market swing that followed Trump’s sudden reversal on sweeping tariffs he recently announced on imports from foreign countries. “Who in the administration knew about Trump’s latest tariff flip flop ahead of time?” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) asked in a Bluesky post. “Did anyone buy or sell …

CNN reports: As Tulsi Gabbard completed her transformation from a Hawaii Democratic politician to a MAGA surrogate last year, she put down stakes in a far redder state. Gabbard and her husband bought a home outside of Austin and declared under oath last June that they were “resident(s) of the State of Texas.” But a few months later, Gabbard voted …

“It was somebody that went out and wrote a book and said all sorts of terrible things or all lies. And it was like he was this gentleman or that gentleman, like I dealt with him all the time. I had no idea who this guy was. I said, ‘Who the hell is Miles Taylor?’ “And he made a living …

CNBC reports: Stocks surged Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a pause in some of the ‘reciprocal’ tariffs, causing a market that’s been under extreme pressure for the last week to explode higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced nearly 3000 points, or 8%, also its biggest advance since 2020. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 12.4%, its largest one-day jump in decades. …

Newsweek reports: President Donald Trump explained his decision to pause reciprocal tariffs for 90 days, telling reporters at the White House that people were “getting a little bit yippy.” “Well, I thought that people were jumping a little bit out of line,” the president said when a reporter asked him to elaborate on his decision-making. “They were getting yippy, you …