Trump Corruption

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration is using personal data normally protected from dissemination to find undocumented immigrants where they work, study and live, often with the goal of removing them from their housing and the workforce. At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for example, officials are working on a rule that would ban mixed-status households — …

The New York Times reports: President Trump threatened Harvard’s tax status in a post on social media, escalating a showdown between the federal government and the nation’s wealthiest university. Mr. Trump’s post came a day after the Trump administration said it would freeze $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard, which is refusing demands that it make changes to policies and …

The Guardian reports: Some of Donald Trump’s biggest campaign donors and investors, who collectively have hundreds of millions of dollars in financial ties to the US president, are positioned to potentially profit from any American takeover of Greenland. The administration is in part aiming to secure rare minerals that are essential for the US tech industry and national security, and to …

“Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions – rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope other institutions follow suit.” – Former President Barack Obama, in an X post that …

Mediaite reports: Pam Bondi refused to say on Monday whether Trump’s proposal to send American citizens to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prison was “legal” after being pressed on the matter by Fox News host Jesse Watters. Watters asked, “The president was musing about sending some of the most horrible people in this country down to that mega-prison. You know, people that …

The Daily Beast reports: Media giant Warner Bros. Discovery was reportedly offered a way into President Donald Trump’s good graces: give his son Donald Trump Jr. his own show. Specifically, someone in the “Trump orbit” told the company that the first son would like to host a nature show on Discovery, according to a sprawling new profile of WBD’s CEO, …

NBC News reports: A group of five small businesses on Monday sued President Donald Trump, seeking to block new tariffs that he has imposed on foreign imports in recent weeks. The lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade alleges that Trump has illegally usurped Congress’ power to levy tariffs. “Congress has not delegated any such power,” the suit says. …

The Associated Press reports: Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains. “I’m looking at something to help some of the car companies with it,” Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office. He said automakers needed time to …

The New York Times reports: Harvard University said on Monday that it had rejected policy changes requested by the Trump administration that would have placed “unprecedented” demands on the institution, setting up a showdown between the administration and the nation’s wealthiest university. A letter to Harvard from the Trump administration on Friday demanded that the university reduce the power of …

The Daily Beast reports: U.S.-bound European Union executives will be given burner phones and laptops to mitigate the risk of espionage, a strategy usually reserved for officials headed to China and Eastern Europe. Ahead of important annual meetings next week in Washington, D.C., there is real fear that the U.S. government could infiltrate European Commission devices, according to sources who …

The Associated Press reports: Despite a court order, a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press were barred from an Oval Office news conference on Monday with President Donald Trump and his counterpart from El Salvador, Nayib Bukele. Last week’s federal court decision forbidding the Trump administration from punishing the AP for refusing to rename the Gulf of Mexico was …

The Hill reports: A new lawsuit filed in federal court in D.C. accused the Trump administration of violating federal law last month when the online database overseen by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) “went dark, without explanation.” The lawsuit, brought by nonprofit Protect Democracy Project, names OMB and its director, Russell Vought, as defendants. “Congress mandated prompt transparency …

Via press release from the White House: This Holy Week, Melania and I join in prayer with Christians celebrating the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ—the living Son of God who conquered death, freed us from sin, and unlocked the gates of Heaven for all of humanity. Beginning with Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm …

The Daily Beast reports: Trump’s personal attorney is the one who has negotiated almost $1 billion in free legal services from firms the president has targeted with executive orders as part of his revenge campaign. Instead of meeting with government attorneys, Big Law firms that the administration has targeted have hashed out deals with Boris Epshteyn, the lawyer who led …

The New York Times reports: President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador rejected any notion that he would return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the United States, saying it would be akin to smuggling “a terrorist” into the United States. In fact, the Trump administration has said in court that the deportation of Mr. Abrego was an “administrative error.” Stephen Miller, …

“The War between Russia and Ukraine is Biden’s war, not mine. I just got here, and for four years during my term, had no problem in preventing it from happening. President Putin, and everyone else, respected your President! “I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS WAR, BUT AM WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO STOP. “If the …

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump on Monday is hosting El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, the self-described “world’s coolest dictator” who has become a key ally in the administration’s controversial migrant deportations. The two men will greet each other at the White House for a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office. There, they will likely face reporter questions on the …

CNN reports: Five former prosecutors who worked on criminal cases stemming from the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol are urging the disciplinary office governing lawyers in Washington, DC, to open an investigation into President Donald Trump’s controversial pick to be the district’s top prosecutor. The filing is the latest turn in the nomination of Ed Martin to …

EuroNews reports: Non-profit Penguins International is making the most of unexpected attention from Trump’s tariffs to organise a protest march – and to raise awareness on the penguin species becoming extinct. Flippers up! Despite a 90-day pause on “reciprocal” tariffs, economic turmoil persists following Donald Trump’s antics, and the penguins aren’t happy about it. In case you missed it, Trump somehow …

The Daily Beast reports: A Wall Street Journal columnist placed his bets on a future Trump impeachment after the president’s chaotic tariff rollout sent markets spiraling last week. Holman W. Jenkins Jr., a columnist and editorial board member at The Journal, wrote in a blistering opinion piece Friday that President Donald Trump appears to be asking for impeachment with his …