Trump Corruption

Politico reports: The Trump administration touted a nearly $1 billion plan Wednesday to combat the spread of avian flu and mitigate skyrocketing egg prices as the outbreak rips through poultry flocks. But the measures come as the Agriculture Department is struggling to rehire key employees working on the virus outbreak. The dismissals have already helped trigger a shutdown at research …

The Washington Post reports: The Federal Aviation Administration is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract to overhaul a communications system that serves as the backbone of the nation’s air traffic control system and awarding the work to Elon Musk’s Starlink, according to two people briefed on the plans. The move to cancel a major contract in favor of a …

Forbes reports: Donald Trump Jr. made $813,000 in 2024 as a director of Trump Media & Technology Group—roughly a quarter of the company’s annual revenue—despite attending just two of the board’s five meetings, according to a filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. He did, however, attend Trump Media’s poolside party celebrating its success in March at …

The Associated Press reports: Federal agencies must develop plans to eliminate employee positions, according to a memo distributed Wednesday by Trump‘s administration that sets in motion what could become a sweeping realignment of American government. The memo expands the Republican president’s effort to downsize the federal workforce, which he has described as an impediment to his agenda. Thousands of probationary …

Yahoo Finance reports: President Donald Trump urged Apple to “get rid” of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies a day after the company’s investors voted down a proposal to scrap them. “APPLE SHOULD GET RID OF DEI RULES, NOT JUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THEM. DEI WAS A HOAX THAT HAS BEEN VERY BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY. DEI IS GONE!!!” …

“As a President who is being given credit for having the Best Opening Month of any President in history, quite naturally, here come the Fake books and stories with the so-called ‘anonymous,’ or ‘off the record,’ quotes. “At some point I am going to sue some of these dishonest authors and book publishers, or even media in general, to find …

Popular Information reports: On June 6, 2023, the SEC filed charges against Coinbase, a crypto trading platform, alleging that the company was operating as an unregistered securities broker. The failure to register, according to the SEC, “deprived investors of significant protections.” On February 21, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wrote on X that Coinbase and the SEC had “reached an agreement …

The Independent reports: DOGE boss Elon Musk once again called for judges to be impeached hours after the Trump administration was handed three losses in court over the president’s dismantling of federal agencies. In the span of 90 minutes, judges in Washington, D.C. and Seattle blocked President Donald Trump’s directive to freeze federal grants and loans, ordered the administration to …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump has sent social media into an absolute tizzy as he dropped an AI-generated video depicting a surreal vision for Gaza, reimagining the war-torn territory as a glitzy, Dubai-style resort, complete with towering skyscrapers — and a golden statue of himself. Among the video’s more bizarre moments in the video Trump shared without comment on Tuesday: …

“We’re going to be doing something else that’s going to be very, very good. We’re going to be selling a gold card. You have a green card. This is a gold card. We’re going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million. And that’s going to give you green card privileges. “They’ll be wealthy and they’ll …

The far-right Moonie Times reports: FBI leadership is starting an investigation into the origins of the agency’s plan a decade ago to infiltrate the campaign of presidential candidate Donald Trump using two female undercover “honeypot” agents. The off-the-books investigation, launched in 2015 by FBI Director James B. Comey, was revealed by an agency whistleblower in a protected disclosure to the …

The New York Times reports: President Trump plans to punish a prominent Washington law firm that has aided the former special counsel Jack Smith, seeking to strip security clearances from lawyers and end any federal government work the firm may have, according to people familiar with the matter. The proposal, signed by Mr. Trump on Thursday, targeted the international white-shoe …

Axios reports: A federal district court judge on Tuesday granted a motion to enforce his temporary restraining order against the Trump administration over its foreign aid freeze. It comes days after U.S. District Court Judge Amir Ali said the administration had “not complied” fully with his order pausing the freeze on foreign aid. Ali ordered the Trump administration to pay …

CNN reports: The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to use SpaceX’s Starlink internet system to upgrade the information technology networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflicts of interest for CEO Elon Musk in one of his other roles, that of recommending funding cuts at federal agencies, including the FAA. The size of this contract was …

Politico reports: The White House announced on Tuesday that the administration — not an independent group of journalists — will determine which outlets have access to the president as part of a pool allowed into the Oval Office, aboard Air Force One and into other meetings. The decision comes a day after the administration won a temporary ruling allowing it …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump voiced support for Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments by the end of Monday or risk getting fired, an edict that has spawned new litigation and added to turmoil within the government workforce. “What he’s doing is saying, ‘Are you actually working?’” Trump said in the Oval Office during …

TMZ reports: Rudy Giuliani’s taking his time picking a new hair dye … eyeing the ingredients on the back with suspicion — and, he’s got good reason to be cautious. The former mayor of New York City hit up a Walmart in Secaucus, New Jersey Saturday afternoon pulling up in a mobility scooter with an aide by his side. The …

CNN’s Brian Stelter writes in today’s newsletter: Reporters usually have to rely on anonymous sources, background interviews and documents (sometimes obtained years after the fact) to divine what a president was really thinking and feeling. But not with the Trump administration. President Trump names his enemies and signals what “should” happen to them on Truth Social, where everyone can see, …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump shared a SpongeBob Squarepants meme mocking federal workers for allegedly subpar productivity and taking issue with his administration’s Elon Musk-led efforts to lay off tens of thousands of people within their ranks. The image, posted to the president’s Truth Social account on Sunday afternoon, contains an edited screenshot from an episode of the …

Politico Europe reports: After spending the past two weeks trashing European politicians and ripping up America’s commitments to the continent’s security, the president of the United States offered warm congratulations to Germany’s election winners on Sunday. And somehow, he also managed to claim some credit for himself. After two weeks of repeated attacks from the White House on European politicians, …