Trump Corruption

Yahoo News reports: U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has said she intends to seek a 20-year prison sentence against a Colorado man accused of firebombing a Tesla dealership. Cooper Jo Frederick, 24, was arrested in Fort Collins earlier this month on suspicion of throwing an incendiary device between two vehicles outside a dealership in nearby Loveland on March 7. “I’ve …

USA Today reports: Sen. Cory Booker has kicked off what he promises to be a marathon speech on the Senate floor. Starting at 7 p.m. ET on Monday, Booker began criticizing President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. “I’m heading to the Senate floor because Donald Trump and Elon Musk have shown a complete disregard for the rule of law, the …

NBC News reports: Trump said this evening that people have been asking him to run for a third term and repeated claims that there is a method to do so, but he hasn’t explored it. “Now people are asking me to run,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “They do say there’s a way you can do it, but …

ABC News reports: A group of advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging Donald Trump’s recent executive order seeking to overhaul the U.S. election system, accusing the president of trying to enact “unlawful actions” to enforce “lawless mandates.” The lawsuit alleges that Trump’s unilateral efforts to reshape voting in federal elections — including requiring proof of citizenship when registering …

The Telegraph reports: We might think of him as a tax-cutter, an enemy of big government, and an instinctive ally of businesses and consumers, and in his first term he certainly was. And yet as his second term takes shape, President Trump is morphing into something very different. The final details of “Liberation Day” on Wednesday still have to be finalised. …

“It’s funny to me that journalists ask the president this question, he gives an honest and candid answer, and then they spiral about his answer. He was asked this and you heard him and he’s right. People love the job this president is doing. And as he said, we are focused on this term. We have four more years to …

The Hill reports: A federal employee union has sued to block a Trump administration order that would strip bargaining rights at 18 departments, arguing the president abused a limited national security authority to attack unions. President Trump last week signed an order that directed agencies to terminate already-signed collective bargaining agreements and to “cease participating in grievance procedures.” The Civil …

The Meidas Touch reports: Nicholas Jacobs, chair of the Wisconsin College Republicans and a rising GOP operative, has locked his Twitter account following intense backlash over his acceptance of a $1 million check from Elon Musk. The controversial payout has fueled accusations that he was being rewarded for his political influence rather than as an impartial voter. Critics across social …

The Daily Beast reports: The Trump family has dived even deeper into the crypto world, as the president’s two oldest sons get into the mining game. After President Donald Trump launched a memecoin in January and a stablecoin earlier this month via World Liberty Financial, Eric and Donald Trump Jr. are turning prospectors as they bolster the Trump digital currency …

The BBC reports: Donald Trump has labelled people accused of vandalising the Trump Turnberry golf resort as “terrorists”. Grafitti was sprayed on the clubhouse in red paint and the course was dug up and daubed with the words “Gaza is not for sale” The US president said those who caused damage at the Ayrshire resort should be “treated harshly” by …

Axios reports: President Trump on Friday pardoned two startup founders convicted of investor fraud, and three crypto exchange co-founders who had plead guilty to violating anti-money laundering laws. There’s never been a better time to be a white-collar crook. Pardon 1: Trevor Milton, co-founder and CEO of bankrupt electric truckmaker Nikola Motors. His most egregious act may have been sharing …

ABC News reports: Just hours after the state Supreme Court rejected Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul’s effort to block Elon Musk from handing out $1 million checks on Sunday night, the billionaire took the stage at a town hall in Green Bay and gave away two $1 million checks to attendees in his latest effort to support conservative candidate Brad …

Politico Playbook reports: 48 hours out from what Trump has called “Liberation Day” — a moment of protectionism so significant Steve Bannon wants it to be made a federal holiday — there’s still no real clarity about what’s coming. Every business leader and K Street lobbyist will tell you that the thing they hate most is uncertainty. And once again, …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump said Sunday that “I’m not joking” about trying to serve a third term, the clearest indication he is considering ways to breach a constitutional barrier against continuing to lead the country after his second term ends at the beginning of 2029. “There are methods which you could do it,” Trump said in a …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump has confirmed the White House will remove a magnolia tree from the property that is said to have been planted by President Andrew Jackson nearly 200 years ago. The seed from the southern magnolia, Trump said, came from Jackson’s home, The Hermitage, in Tennessee. But with the tree in a “terrible condition” and …

The New York Times reports: The United States will not take control of Greenland, the island’s new prime minister said on Sunday in response to President Trump’s latest assertion that he wants to annex the territory. “President Trump says that the United States ‘will get Greenland,’” Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who was sworn in on Friday, said on social media. …

FOX HOST SHANNON BREAM: Investopedia says this, ‘If dealerships pass on the full cost to consumers, that would mean an additional $5,000 to $15,000 on imported cars. And because parts that are imported and end up U. S. cars, they could go up substantially some estimates by thousands of cars as well. You heard reporting there where the president says …

Politico reports: A former prime minister of Denmark said Sunday she is befuddled by President Donald Trump’s attitude toward her country and its territory of Greenland, given Denmark’s long alliance with the United States. Speaking on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” former Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said, “This whole talk about Denmark not being a good ally, that is simply not …

Mediaite reports: “Have you been presented with any potential plans that would allow you to serve a third term?” NBC host Kristen Welker asked. Trump replied, “There are plans. There are methods which you could do it, as you know.” Welker threw out a hypothetical scenario in which Vice President JD Vance would run for president in 2028. And if …

Wired reports: The DOGE world, as it stands, seems to break down into roughly three categories: former Trump officials, conservative lawyers, and imports from the Silicon Valley area. In that first category we find people like DOGE spokesperson Katie Miller, the wife of White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller. In that second category are people like …