Trump Corruption

The Times Of Israel reports: US President Donald Trump says he will cut federal funding to any educational institution “that allows illegal protests,” in a post on his Truth Social platform. Trump does not specify what an “illegal protest” entails, but appears to be referring to anti-Israel demonstrations that broke out on US university campuses following the October 7, 2023, …

The Heartland Signal reports: Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) reportedly threatened a former Department of Veterans Affairs worker for asking a question during work hours in an exchange on LinkedIn over the weekend. Van Orden responded by telling the worker he would “be referring you to DOGE as it seems that at 13:46 on a Monday you should have been …

From the Wall Street Journal editorial board: President Trump likes to cite the stock market when it’s rising as a sign of his policy success, so what does he think about Monday’s plunge? The Dow Jones Industrial Average took a 650-point header after he announced that he’ll hit Mexico and Canada on Tuesday with 25% tariffs. Mr. Trump said at …

“I have been told by a senior official here that nothing is gonna happen with this minerals deal until Zelenskyy goes in front of cameras and makes an explicit public apology for the way he behaved in the Oval Office with that meeting.” – Fox News reporter Peter Doocy, reporting today from the White House. Doocy: “I have been told …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed a spate of contentious town halls that congressional Republicans have faced in recent weeks as being the work of “paid ‘troublemakers.’” Trump’s Truth Social post came after a new round of Republican-hosted town halls grew heated in recent days, with Rep. Keith Self (Texas) and Sen. Roger Marshall (Kan.) among those who …

“So many people across the country celebrating the strong leadership that President Trump and Vice President Vance demonstrated in the Oval Office. “Something we have not seen over the last four years of the Biden administration, where we finally have a president who’s going to stand up strongly and fiercely and unwaveringly for the cause of peace and freedom for …

CBS News reports: An Oval Office showdown between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would have been cheered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who served as Mr. Trump’s national security adviser during his first administration. The U.S. imposed sanctions on Russia and provided aid to Ukraine after the war began but last month, …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump has said the U.S. should prioritize curbing illegal migration rather than “worrying about Putin”, days after the president’s explosive row with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnky. Trump took to his Truth Social platform Sunday evening for his first comments on the Russia-Ukraine war since the president and Vice President JD Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of …

The New York Times reports: Rather than boycott President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, some Democratic lawmakers are inviting former federal workers to the speech on Tuesday as a way to protest the mass firings and funding cuts that have defined Mr. Trump’s first month back in office. Federal workers’ treatment by Elon Musk’s Department of Government …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk portray themselves as near-absolutists when it comes to free speech, engaged in an epic fight to let Americans speak openly again after years of enduring liberal efforts to shut down conservative voices. But since taking office, the president has mounted what critics call his own sweeping attack on …

Rolling Stone reports: Elon Musk’s satellite business Starlink may not have officially taken over Verizon’s $2.4 billion contract with the Federal Aviation Administration yet to upgrade the systems it uses to manage America’s airspace. However, on Friday, FAA officials ordered staff to begin finding tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal, according to a source with knowledge of …

Reuters reports: President Donald Trump announced the names of three cryptocurrencies to be included in a new U.S. crypto strategic reserve on Sunday, spiking the value of each in market trading. Trump said on social media that his January executive order on digital assets would create a stockpile of currencies including XRP (Ripple) , SOL (Solana) , and ADA (Cardano). …

The Washington Post reports: A federal judge on Saturday said President Donald Trump cannot summarily fire the head of an independent watchdog agency, setting up a likely Supreme Court battle over Trump’s sweeping attempt to reshape the federal workforce and expand presidential power. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s ruling blocks the removal of Hampton Dellinger as head of the …

The New York Times reports: The extraordinary scene in Washington — in which Mr. Trump lambasted President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine — was broadcast as the top story on state television in Russia on Saturday morning. It played into three years of Kremlin propaganda casting Mr. Zelensky as a foolhardy ruler who would sooner or later exhaust the patience of …

Politicus reports: Vice President JD Vance thought that he was going to attack democracy and be able to go on a nice, quiet family ski vacation in Vermont. He was very wrong. Vance arrived in Vermont and was met by hundreds of protesters. Fox News reported that Vance was forced to flee to an undisclosed location after protesters met him …

“Major League Baseball didn’t have the courage or decency to put the late, great, Pete Rose, also known as ‘Charlie Hustle,’ into the Baseball Hall of fame. Now he is dead, will never experience the thrill of being selected, even though he was a FAR BETTER PLAYER than most of those who made it, and can only be named posthumously. …

The Washington Post reports: The FBI on Friday returned at least some of the materials it seized from Donald Trump’s Florida Mar-a-Lago residence and private club during a court-authorized search in August 2022, White House spokesperson Steven Cheung said. The search was part of the federal investigation into Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left the White House …

The Washington Post reports: Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws under a Trump administration push to shrink the workforce, weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights. The Social Security Administration this week announced it was closing its Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity, where …

CNN reports: After President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky got into an extraordinary shouting match, Trump huddled with his key advisers inside the Oval Office. Trump consulted Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his other top advisers after the dramatic showdown where Trump and Vance accused Zelensky of being ungrateful for …

The New York Times reports: The lawsuit, which was jointly filed by the three national Democratic committees in federal court in Washington, D.C., is the first time the party has sued Mr. Trump in his second term. It comes as Democrats are embroiled in an internal debate over their strategy for opposing Mr. Trump’s overhaul of the federal government. The …