Trump Corruption

Wired reports: Guests are paying millions of dollars to dine and meet with President Donald Trump at special events held at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. Business leaders can secure a one-on-one meeting with the president at Mar-a-Lago for $5 million, according to sources with direct knowledge of the meetings. At a so-called candlelight dinner held as recently …

The New York Times reports: President Trump will address the joint session of Congress on Tuesday night at 9 p.m., expected to lay out his aggressive agenda for remaking the federal government and shifting U.S. foreign policy during his first televised prime-time speech of his second term. Mr. Trump is expected to speak about the sweeping staff firings affecting nearly …

The New York Times reports: In an interview on Fox News on Sunday, Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, suggested that he planned to change the way the government reports data on gross domestic product in order to remove the impact of government spending. “You know that governments historically have messed with G.D.P.,” he said. “They count government spending as part …

“This is where President Trump does have to walk very carefully. Inflation killed Joe Biden’s presidency. If you wish to see President Trump be successful, he needs a booming economy. He cannot have a recessionary economy. “If tariffs continue to drive up prices and if wages do not increase sufficient to meet those prices, you’re going to be in exactly …

Agence France-Presse reports: Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to raise tariffs on Canadian goods further to match retaliation by Ottawa, hours after slamming 25 percent duties on all products from the United States’ northern neighbor. “Please explain to Governor Trudeau, of Canada, that when he puts on a Retaliatory Tariff on the U.S., our Reciprocal Tariff will immediately increase by a …

Florida Politics reports: A Tallahassee mother who became prominent during gender identity fights will watch President Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday night with First Lady Melania Trump. Parental rights advocate January Littlejohn will be one of several guests invited by Melania Trump, according to the White House Communications Office (WHCO). The WHCO describes Littlejohn as “a mother and parents’ rights advocate …

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 …