Trump Lies

Wired reports: A Venmo account under the name “Michael Waltz,” carrying a profile photo of the national security adviser and connected to accounts bearing the names of people closely associated with him, was left open to the public until Wednesday afternoon. A WIRED analysis shows that the account revealed the names of hundreds of Waltz’s personal and professional associates, including …

“We need Greenland for international safety and security. We need it. We have to have it. I hate to put it that way, but we’re going to have to have it. We have to have that land because it’s not possible to properly defend a large section of this Earth, not just the United States, without it. It’s an island …

The Associated Press reports: The Social Security Administration is partially backtracking on a plan that would require all new and existing beneficiaries to travel to a Social Security field office to verify their identity. The Social Security Administration on Wednesday said that people applying for Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare, or Supplemental Security Income who are not able to use …

The New York Times reports: President Trump said he would impose a 25 percent tariffs on cars that are imported into the United States on Wednesday. The tariffs will apply to finished cars and trucks that are shipped into the United States, including American brands whose automobiles are assembled overseas, and could raise prices for consumers significantly. Nearly half of …

CNN reports: A divided federal appeals court has maintained a temporary block on President Donald Trump’s ability to use the Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that a pair of lower-court orders blocking Trump’s use of the sweeping wartime authority can stand while a legal challenge …

Semafor reports: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told a Cabinet meeting Monday that the department would move to “eliminate” the government’s disaster relief agency, days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing state and local governments to “play a more active and significant role” in responding to catastrophes. Noem, whose department oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has …

The Washington Post reports: The top Republican and Democratic senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee are asking the White House to expedite a Defense Department review of the Trump administration officials’ group chat on Signal about an imminent U.S. attack on Houthi militants in Yemen. Chairman Roger Wicker [photo] (R-Mississippi) told reporters Wednesday that the top Democrat on the …

The Hill reports: The White House has asked Elon Musk and his team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to help investigate how a journalist was included on a Signal chat with national security officials. “The National Security Council, the White House Counsel’s Office, and also yes, Elon Musk’s team,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters when asked who …

NEWSMAX HOST GREG KELLY: “The Tesla violence, have you heard anything about billionaires on the left, whether it’s Soros or somebody else, have you ever heard anything about planning, coordination, funding for these attacks?” TRUMP: “I believe that that is part of it, yeah. There are some of them that were involved with my trials that were, I think, probably …

The New York Times reports: An exchange between Representative Jimmy Gomez, Democrat of California, and John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, briefly devolved into a shouting match as Gomez asked witnesses whether or not “Pete Hegseth had been drinking before he leaked classified information.” “I think thats an offensive line of questioning — the answer’s no,” Ratcliffe shot back. During his …

“So, let’s me get this straight. The Atlantic released the so-called ‘war plans’ and those ‘plans’ include: No names. No targets. No locations. No units. No routes. No sources. No methods. And no classified information. “Those are some really shitty war plans. This only proves one thing: Jeff Goldberg has never seen a war plan or an ‘attack plan’ (as …

The New York Times reports: Doctors in West Texas are seeing measles patients whose illnesses have been complicated by an alternative therapy endorsed by vaccine skeptics including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary. Parents in Gaines County, Texas, the center of a raging measles outbreak, have increasingly turned to supplements and unproven treatments to protect their children, many of …

Politico Europe reports: Sometimes it’s better not to know what your so-called friends say behind your back. Case in point: When your closest ally calls you “PATHETIC,” accuses you of “free-loading” and says you should be made to pay for something you never knew they were going to do. British and European officials and diplomats reacted with a mix of …

Mediate reports: Moments after the bombshell publication of the leaked text messages in which top officials candidly discussed plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen, The White House employed some bizarre spin — in an apparent attempt to downplay or dismiss the messages. In a post to X, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to claim victory by sharing …

CBS News reports: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe will return to Capitol Hill to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday as they face blistering criticism over a group chat in which top Trump officials discussed sensitive plans to strike targets in Yemen. Gabbard and Ratcliffe are set to appear alongside FBI Director …

Agence-France Presse reports: Denmark on Wednesday welcomed a White House decision to limit the scope of a planned visit to Greenland by the United States Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance. The vice president said that he and his wife would only visit the US’ Pituffik Space Base to meet with US service members based …

“I’m looking forward to holding the hearing tomorrow at 10 a.m. where we will be shining an intense spotlight on how Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars have been used by PBS and NPR, and the type of public broadcasting programs and radio shows they have been pushing across the country for decades. “It has leaned further and further left, so much …

The Hill reports: A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Kari Lake and the Trump administration from moving to defund Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth found that the administration and Lake, who oversees U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which funds the radio station and Voice of America (VOA), likely violated the law by attempting …

“Somehow, this guy ended up on the call. There was no classified information. There was no problem and the attack was a tremendous success. Somebody that was on the line with permission, somebody that worked with Mike Waltz at a lower level, had Goldberg’s number or call through the app, and somehow this guy ended up on the call.” – …

Mediaite reports: On Tuesday, Trump appeared on Newsmax, where Greg Kelly asked him about reparations for the rioters. The host first pointed to a lawsuit against the federal government filed by the family of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by a police officer as she attempted to break through a door. Kelly noted that the Department of Justice is …