Trump Lies

Just in via press release: Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression sued Secretary of State Marco Rubio, challenging two federal immigration law provisions that give him unchecked power to revoke legal immigrants’ visas and deport them for protected speech. “In the United States of America, no one should fear a midnight knock on the door for voicing the …

The New York Times reports: President Trump may have moved out of New York City, but he has privately discussed whether to intercede in its fractious race for mayor to try to stop Zohran Mamdani. The president has been briefed by Mark Penn, a pollster who has worked for Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Andrew Stein, a former New York …

The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration pushed to unveil a highly classified document on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election after an intense behind-the-scenes struggle over secrecy, which ended in late July when Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released a minimally redacted version of the report. Gabbard, with the blessing of Trump, overrode arguments from the CIA and …

Via press release from Interior Sec. Doug Burgum: Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is restoring common sense to American energy policy by reversing the Biden administration’s misguided, last-minute push to approve the Lava Ridge Wind Project, an enormous and unpopular 1,000-megawatt wind facility in southern Idaho, during the final days of the former president’s term. Under President Donald …

Just in via press release: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem today announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will waive age limits for new applicants so even more patriots will qualify to join ICE in its mission to arrest murderers, pedophiles, gang members, rapists, and other criminal illegal aliens from America’s streets. All ICE law enforcement recruits …

Indianapolis’s NBC affiliate reports: DHS confirmed on Tuesday a new partnership with Indiana government to expand detention space for people arrested by ICE. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the initiative nicknamed “Speedway Slammer” will use 1,000 beds at the Miami Correctional Center near the Miami County town of Bunker Hill, Indiana. That’s about a 75-minute drive north of Indianapolis …

CNBC reports: The White House announced Wednesday that it is imposing an additional 25% tariff on India, bringing the total levies against the major United States trading partner to 50%. “I find that the Government of India is currently directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil,” President Donald Trump said in an executive order. “Accordingly, and as consistent with applicable …

The Florida Phoenix reports: Attorneys for the Pulitzer Prize Board are before the Florida Supreme Court trying for a delay of a defamation lawsuit Donald Trump filed after it recognized reporting about alleged collusion between his 2016 campaign and Russia. Trump filed the defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer board, the group that decides who wins Pulitzer prizes, after it bestowed …

The New York Post reports: An attorney for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs confirmed Tuesday that his legal team has approached the Trump administration about a pardon — even as the president has signaled he’s leaning against letting the rapper off the hook. Nicole Westmoreland, a member of Combs’ defense team, said his legal posse has reached out to the Trump administration …

CNN reports: Top Trump administration officials will gather at the vice president’s residence Wednesday evening as they continue to weigh whether to publish an audio recording and transcript of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent conversation with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. The administration’s handling of the Epstein case, as well as the need to craft a unified response, is …

The New Republic reports: Last week, Representative Delia Ramirez, a Guatemalan American representing Illinois’s 3rd district, spoke at the second Panamerican Congress in Mexico City. A snippet of her remarks has infuriated MAGA commentators, lawmakers, and even the Department of Homeland Security. But the outrage stems from an apparent mistranslation by right-wing news site The Blaze, which reported that Ramirez …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump said he would consider using the military at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics to keep the Games “safe,” though he did not specify a plan for doing so. Trump made the remark while announcing an executive order forming a White House task force to oversee preparation for the Games. The task force — …

Fox News reports: Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is under criminal investigation for mortgage fraud, a Trump administration source told Fox News. Fox News host Laura Ingraham broke the news on Tuesday night on “The Ingraham Angle,” saying the source said a criminal investigation is being conducted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maryland on possible charges involving mortgage fraud. The …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump is establishing a task force on the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. “The L.A. Olympics is shaping up to be a wonderful moment for America. It’s going to be incredible. It’s so exciting,” Trump said Tuesday as he signed an executive order at the White House establishing the task force. Trump praised …

The Associated Press reports: The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary and a longtime vaccine critic, announced in a statement Tuesday that $500 million worth of vaccine development projects, all using …

Indianapolis’s Fox affiliate reports: The next Alligator Alcatraz is coming to Indiana. Gov. Mike Braun announced that the state will work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house illegal immigrants at the Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, north of Kokomo. Kristi Noem, director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said Tuesday that up to 1,000 beds will …

“Crime in Washington, D.C., is totally out of control. Local ‘youths’ and gang members, some only 14, 15, and 16-years-old, are randomly attacking, mugging, maiming, and shooting innocent Citizens, at the same time knowing that they will be almost immediately released. They are not afraid of Law Enforcement because they know nothing ever happens to them, but it’s going to …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump has turned his TV kiss of death on a new target: CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King. The president reposted a New York Post article that quoted a source claiming King was in danger of losing her job at CBS amid falling ratings for the morning show and internal fears over their “woke” coverage. Trump …

Reuters reports: A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from diverting money funds from a multibillion-dollar grant program aimed at providing infrastructure to protect communities against natural disasters. The injunction was issued by U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston, following a July 31 hearing. Twenty mostly Democratic-led states sued the administration last month, …

The Hill reports: President Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose tariffs of up to 250 percent on pharmaceutical imports, the highest rate he’s discussed to date. “We’ll be putting a, initially small tariff on pharmaceuticals,” Trump told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “But in one year, one in a half years maximum, it’s going to go to 150 percent, and then it’s …