Trump Lies

Axios reports: The Supreme Court should intervene after a federal trade court’s Wednesday ruling that blew up much of President Trump’s tariff regime, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday. Wednesday’s surprise decision threw the rules of global commerce into chaos, adding urgency into the appeals process. The administration filed a notice of appeal just minutes after the ruling. …

“What this really shows is that the global deep state is real, this legal deep state. This is their last line of defense, where you have these unelected judges who are trying to force their own will when it comes to tax policy, trade policy, and all matters of the economy. “In fact, all you have to do is look …

NBC News reports: A federal judge on Thursday extended a temporary order blocking the Trump administration’s revocation of Harvard’s ability to enroll international students. The extension came after the Trump administration said it would give the university 30 days to challenge the revocation, according to a letter attached to a Wednesday night court filing. The court document states that the …

NOTUS reports: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says his “Make America Healthy Again” Commission report harnesses “gold-standard” science, citing more than 500 studies and other sources to back up its claims. Those citations, though, are rife with errors, from broken links to misstated conclusions. Seven of the cited sources don’t appear to exist at all. Epidemiologist Katherine Keyes is …

The Huffington Post reports: The White House deepened its attacks on the judiciary on Wednesday as it hit back at a federal court decision striking down President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs. “[Trade] deficits have created a national emergency that has decimated American communities,” White House spokesperson Kush Desai told HuffPost in a statement. “It is not for unelected judges to …

Bloomberg Law reports: The board that issues the Pulitzer Prize can’t use Donald Trump’s own ability to claim immunity from civil litigation while president to stop him from suing over alleged defamation, a Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday. The Pulitzer Board members argued that presidential prerogative to seek stays of litigation against them while serving should also prevent the officeholders from …

Hartford’s NBC affiliate reports: Trump has pardoned former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, who was convicted in two federal criminal cases. In July 2004, Rowland resigned less than halfway through his third term as governor rather than testify before a special House Committee of Inquiry, after a ruling by the state Supreme Court. Once the nation’s youngest governor, Rowland was elected …

The Washington Post reports: Despite claims by the Defense Department to the contrary, legal teams representing the U.S. and Qatari governments have not finalized an agreement for transferring the luxury Boeing 747-8 jetliner that President Donald Trump wants for Air Force One amid outstanding requests by Qatar for Washington to clarify the transaction’s terms, said officials familiar with the matter. …

The Wall Street Journal reports: A month into negotiations between Paramount Global and President Trump to settle his lawsuit against CBS News, the parties remain far apart on terms. Paramount Global in recent days has offered $15 million to settle, according to people familiar with the situation. Trump’s team wants more than $25 million and is also seeking an apology …

The Washington Post reports: An advisory committee of diverse historians helps ensure that the record of America’s history — especially classified and covert actions — remains unbiased, transparent and thorough. President Donald Trump just fired all of the members of the committee. These advisers help oversee the exhaustive publication series called the Foreign Relations of the United States — or …

The Washington Post reports: Janet Zamora never had the chance to visit D.C. with her husband. They talked about it, longing to meander down the National Mall and see the Vietnam Veterans Memorial up close. But he was too sick to travel, she said, riddled with illness from exposure to Agent Orange during his five years with the Air Force …

NOTUS reports: President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, the infamous former gang leader from Chicago, according to a White House official. Hoover, the co-founder of Chicago gang Gangster Disciples, has been serving multiple life sentences since the 1970s. He has multiple state and federal convictions, including for murder and founding a criminal enterprise. Hoover has been …

The New York Times reports: President Trump announced Wednesday that he would nominate Emil Bove III, the polarizing and widely feared top Justice Department official responsible for strong-arm tactics in enacting Mr. Trump’s immigration agenda, to be a federal appeals judge. Mr. Bove, 44, is a former criminal defense lawyer for Mr. Trump. He would fill a vacancy on the …

Politico reports: All remaining staff at Voice of America are expected to receive reduction-in-force notices this week, likely closing the book on the network founded 80-plus years ago to combat Nazi disinformation during World War II. Employees are anticipating termination notices to go out this week to all full-time staff at the embattled news network, according to four VOA employees …

The Daily Mail reports: President Donald Trump snapped at a reporter after getting a “nasty” question about “chickening out” by repeatedly threatening tariffs only to relax or postpone them. A reporter asked Trump about a new acronym making the rounds on Wall Street about the “TACO trade,” which stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out.” The president has made a habit …

“Trump Media and Technology Group, that is the parent company of Truth Social, said it would raise $2.5 billion dollars from institutional investors to invest in Bitcoin. So they’re moving away from their social media play originally, and they’re moving into a financial services and crypto play. “Now Trump Media’s largest shareholder is President Trump. They’re gonna raise $1.5 billion …

Salon reports: Tulsi Gabbard’s latest foray in generating red meat to stoke the paranoia of Trump supporters isn’t just dishonest, but downright dangerous. Late last week, without the mainstream media noticing, Gabbard started pushing the flat-out lie that President Joe Biden was labeling Americans as “terrorists” because they opposed COVID-19 mitigation measures like masks and vaccines. Biden did no such …

The Palm Beach Post reports: President Donald Trump is escalating his ongoing battle with Harvard University. The fierce fight has led to questions about Trump’s personal history with the university. For example, some have wondered whether Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump’s son Barron Trump, 19, was rejected from the university. No. According to the first lady’s office, he …

Reuters reports: The United States on Wednesday announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals who “censor” Americans. “It is unacceptable for foreign officials to issue or threaten arrest warrants on U.S. citizens or U.S. residents for social media posts on American platforms while physically present on U.S. soil,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. He …

Mediaite reports: Wall Street traders have developed a biting new acronym for a strategy that’s become surprisingly lucrative for President Donald Trump’s whiplash-inducing trade policy: TACO – “Trump Always Chickens Out.” Reportedly first coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong, the term has quickly gained traction among investors who are profiting from what they say is a predictable pattern: Trump …