Trump Lies

CBS News reports: The White House will undergo a $200 million extensive renovation of its East Wing, President Donald Trump’s latest construction project of the executive mansion. Construction will begin in September on an approximately 90,000 square foot White House state ballroom with a 650-person seating capacity. Trump and other “patriot donors” will pay for the $200 million-dollar renovation, according …

“On the peace front, President Trump helped deliver an immediate and unconditional ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia. The two countries were engaged in a deadly conflict that had displaced more than 300,000 people until President Trump stepped in to put an end to it. The president spoke directly on the phone with the acting prime minister of Thailand and the …

“He’s going to see a massive defeat coming, and he’ll try to do anything he can to extricate himself in that defeat, and I would not put it at all past him to try to call martial law or declare that there’s some kind of national emergency in the country or anything like that, because the hoof prints are coming, …

ABC News reports: Brown University agreed Wednesday to a $50 million deal with the Trump administration after months of negotiations over its frozen medical and health sciences funding. The voluntary agreement, worth $50 million over 10 years, will go to state workforce development organizations operating in compliance with anti-discrimination laws. The administration alleged Brown failed to combat antisemitism and discrimination …

“I don’t care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care. We have done very little business with India, their Tariffs are too high, among the highest in the World. Likewise, Russia and the USA do almost no business together. Let’s keep it that way, and tell Medvedev, the failed former …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump will be joined by professional athletes on Thursday to sign an executive order that will expand on his council on sports, fitness and nutrition, including by reviving the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools. The event, which will feature golfer Bryson DeChambeau, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker and former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence …

“Tariffs are making America GREAT & RICH Again. They were successfully used against the USA for decades and, coupled with really dumb, pathetic, and crooked politicians, we’re having a devastating impact on the future, and even the survival, of our country. Now the tide has completely turned, and America has successfully countered this onslaught of Tariffs used against it. ONE …

The Washington Post reports: The lawmakers say in the complaint that they each “attempted to obtain information about conditions at a DHS [Department of Homeland Security] facility used to detain or otherwise house noncitizens … by visiting a facility in person, or by giving DHS notice of imminent plans to do so, for the purpose of conducting realtime oversight of …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump looked as though he was on the verge of falling asleep as a key member of his administration helped him launch a new health-tracking system at the White House. In somewhat bemusing scenes, the 79-year-old president’s eyes kept drooping as he tried to listen to his own Medicare administrator, Dr. Mehmet Oz, talk …

The New York Times reports: A federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred the Trump administration from imposing penalties on two law professors over their involvement with the International Criminal Court, finding that the threat violated their First Amendment rights. In a 22-page opinion, Judge Jesse M. Furman of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York concluded …

The Advance reports: Vice President JD Vance faced a grilling from social media users on Wednesday after posting about California’s congressional district map. In a post on X, Vance wrote that the “gerrymander in California is outrageous.” Texas Republicans on Wednesday unveiled their new U.S. House map, which would follow through on President Donald Trump’s goal of adding more winnable …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump signed executive actions on Wednesday implementing a crippling 50% tariff on Brazil as well as a 50% tariff on certain copper products, the White House said, in the latest escalation of his administration’s aggressive trade war. Trump had previously threatened to impose the 50% tariff on Brazil effective August 1 in a letter he sent …

Axios reports: President Trump has extracted more than $1.2 billion in settlements from 13 of the most powerful players in academia, law, media and tech, according to an Axios analysis. If finalized, a potential $500 million deal with Harvard would represent the largest scalp to date. America’s most elite institutions have largely succumbed to the Trump administration’s cultural crackdown, opting …

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump went on a rollercoaster re-posting spree on his Truth Social platform Wednesday during which he shared a number of off-the-wall memes — including several alluding to the imprisonment of his political enemies. The president began re-posting shortly before 7 a.m. ET Wednesday — in all sharing 30 memes and other posts from his followers. The …

CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale writes: President Donald Trump told a story on Monday about how he “made a correct prediction” about the outcome of the United Kingdom’s 2016 Brexit referendum while he was visiting his golf course in Scotland “the day before the vote.” “You remember?” he asked reporters. They couldn’t have remembered. It didn’t happen. Trump actually visited Scotland …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump said Wednesday that India will pay a tariff of 25% beginning Aug. 1, in addition to a “penalty” for what he views as unfair trade policies and for India’s purchase of military equipment and energy from Russia. “Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively little business with them because …

“Chuck Grassley, who I got re-elected to the U.S. Senate when he was down, by a lot, in the Great State of Iowa, could solve the ‘Blue Slip’ problem we are having with respect to the appointment of Highly Qualified Judges and U.S. Attorneys, with a mere flick of the pen. Democrats like Schumer, Warner, Kaine, Booker, Schiff, and others, …

NBC News reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has privately discussed the idea of running for political office next year in Tennessee, according to two people who have spoken directly with him about it. If Hegseth were to follow through on the discussions, it would amount to a major leadership shake-up at the department that oversees the American military and millions …

Raw Story reports: President Donald Trump railed against a particular Fox News host he has a problem with on Tuesday, taking to his Truth Social platform to vent his frustration. “I can’t stand Jessica Tarlov of THE FIVE. A real loser!!!” wrote Trump. Just before Trump posted his online rant against her, Tarlov weighed in on the mass shooting in …

NBC News reports: Trump said that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “stole” Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago club, a stunning admission that could increase scrutiny of his relationship with the late financier — even as his administration seeks to change the subject from Epstein. “He took people that worked for me. And I told him, ‘Don’t do it anymore.’ And …