Trump Corruption

The Guardian reports: House Democrats on Tuesday demanded that the justice department release documents related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking case that mentions or references Donald Trump, citing a comment by Elon Musk after he fell out with the president this year. The House Judiciary Committee’s ranking member, Jamie Raskin, together with 15 other Democrats sent a six-page …

“He was worth four or five billion dollars. Most of it’s– half of it’s in cash. And he wants to have lunch with me over one million dollars. You know the guy. He wants to have lunch– I said, ‘You know, one million dollars is not a lot. You’re worth five or six billion dollars. You’re much richer than that. …

“It has been brought to my attention that the Great State of Florida, which I won BIG three times, and where I am a proud Resident, has renamed an important four-mile stretch of Southern Boulevard, in Palm Beach County, to ‘PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BOULEVARD.’ Thank you to Palm Beach County, Governor Ron DeSantis, and all of Florida’s great State …

Axios reports: Copper prices notched record highs Tuesday after President Trump signaled plans to impose a 50% tariff on the commodity. The price of copper figures into a wide variety of goods, including building construction, electronics, transportation equipment and industrial machinery. Copper futures were up more than 9.5% at 3:08pm to $5.51 per pound. At one point today, the commodity …

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: In letters to Japan’s Prime Minister and South Korea’s President, Mr. Trump huffs and puffs again about bilateral trade deficits, which he mistakenly thinks are a sign of foreign exploitation. “We must move away from these longterm, and very persistent, Trade Deficits,” he says. Hence the new 25% tariffs, starting Aug. 1. What …

Bloomberg News reports: President Donald Trump said his administration is weighing whether to take control of the city of Washington, DC, to help combat crime, in a move that would represent a dramatic upheaval to the capital’s half-century of home rule. “We could run DC. I mean, we’re looking at DC,” Trump said during a cabinet meeting Tuesday, where he …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump was apparently all buddy-buddy with President Barack Obama at the late Jimmy Carter’s funeral, even imploring his erstwhile nemesis to play golf with him. The High Lord of MAGA apparently tried to woo his Democratic predecessor by “enticing him with descriptions of Trump’s courses around the world,” according to an advance copy of …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Tuesday said he would not provide an “amnesty” program that would offer help to farms and migrant farm workers, but did announce a new program intended to support the agriculture industry. Trump has heard complaints from the agriculture industry in recent weeks that massive raids have disrupted their businesses. “There’s no amnesty,” Trump said. …

Axios reports: President Trump on Tuesday insisted the August 1 tariff deadline set this week in letters to U.S. trading partners is firm and won’t change. Why it matters: It’s the opposite of what he said Monday night. “There has been no change to this date, and there will be no change. In other words, all money will be due …

The Times of Malta reports: A top “Maltese” aide to US President Donald Trump was actually born in the Soviet Union, documents show. Questions have been swirling in Washington D.C about the true origins of Sergio Gor, after US media reported his reluctance to reveal his place of birth to journalists, other than to say it was “not Russia”. Property …

Reuters reports: Within hours of taking office in January, President Donald Trump boasted about attracting $3 trillion in new corporate investments to the United States. Since then, Trump has said the investments have swelled to $14 trillion, or roughly half of the nation’s annual gross domestic product. The White House calls it “The Trump Effect” and features a rolling list …

CBS News reports: President Trump on Monday said the U.S will impose 25% tariffs on goods from South Korea and Japan by August 1, while also threatening to hit a dozen other nations with steep import duties by next month. Trump on Monday afternoon also announced separate tariffs on an additional 12 trade partners. Myanmar and Laos face a 40% …

Reuters reports: Trump Media & Technology Group launched its TV streaming platform, Truth+, globally on Monday, featuring the cable channel Newsmax to support the company’s expansion. The move also allows conservative news outlet Newsmax, which went public in March, to increase its presence outside the United States. Trump Media said users can now access streaming channels and on-demand video through …

CNBC reports: The United States will impose 25% blanket tariffs on imports from Japan and South Korea starting Aug. 1, President Donald Trump revealed Monday. Trump, in a pair of Truth Social posts, shared screenshots of letters apparently sent to Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung dictating the new tariff rates. Both letters say that …

The Washington Post reports: Since February, the Trump administration has been touting a $5 million visa to wealthy foreigners to get into the United States with lofty promises of an immediate rollout. Aboard Air Force One in April, President Donald Trump flashed a laminated, golden prototype to reporters and announced that it would become available “in about less than two …

“Brazil is doing a terrible thing on their treatment of former President Jair Bolsonaro. I have watched, as has the World, as they have done nothing but come after him, day after day, night after night, month after month, year after year! “He is not guilty of anything, except having fought for THE PEOPLE. I have gotten to know Jair …

The Meidas Touch reports: Homeland Security Secretary and former Republican Governor Kristi Noem spent the day pushing her department’s assistance in rescue operations in Texas following severe flooding resulting in several deaths. Noem took to Instagram to ask her followers which portrait should become her official Governor’s portrait to hang in the South Dakota State Capitol. She posted three images, …

The Christian Post reports: As rescue crews in Texas continued to search for 41 people still missing, including 10 girls and a counselor from a Christian camp, after catastrophic floods left at least 82 dead across Central Texas, the White House Faith Office released a statement late Sunday calling on Americans to pray, quoting Psalm 34:18. In a statement sent …

The Hill reports: President Trump threatened to impose an additional 10 percent tariff on countries “aligning” themselves with the BRICS bloc of developing nations. “Any Country aligning themselves with the Anti-American policies of BRICS, will be charged an ADDITIONAL 10% Tariff. There will be no exceptions to this policy. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump wrote in …

“This July 4th weekend I want to give a big ‘THANK YOU!’ to the Heroic ICE Officers fighting every day to reclaim our Sovereignty and Freedom. One of the most exciting parts of the ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT’ is that it includes ALL of the Funding and Resources that ICE needs to carry out the Largest Mass Deportation Operation …