Trump Lies

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump has ordered that swathes of America’s forests be felled for timber, evading rules to protect endangered species while doing so and raising the prospect of chainsaws razing some of the most ecologically important trees in the US. The president, in an executive order, has demanded an expansion in tree cutting across 280m acres (113m hectares) …

Politico reports: The top spokesperson at HHS has abruptly quit after clashing with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his close aides over their management of the agency amid a growing measles outbreak. Thomas Corry announced on Monday that he had resigned “effective immediately,” just two weeks after joining the department as its assistant secretary for public affairs. The sudden …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump said Monday that 25% taxes on imports from Mexico and Canada would start Tuesday, sparking renewed fears of a North American trade war that already showed signs of pushing up inflation and hindering growth. “Tomorrow — tariffs 25% on Canada and 25% on Mexico. And that’ll start,” Trump told reporters in the Roosevelt …

The New York Times reports: Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has deleted hundreds more claims from its mistake-plagued “wall of receipts,” erasing $4 billion in additional savings that the group said it had made for U.S. taxpayers. Late Sunday night, the group erased or altered more than 1,000 contracts it had claimed to cancel, representing more than 40 percent …

“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 …

The CBC reports: Newly re-elected Premier Doug Ford doubled down Monday on his threat to cut off electricity flowing from Ontario to several American states if the U.S. moves ahead with tariffs. “If they want to try to annihilate Ontario, I will do anything — including cutting off their energy — with a smile on my face,” Ford said during …

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 Guardian reports: Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, said on Sunday that US tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect on Tuesday, but the president would determine whether to stick with the planned 25% level. “That is a fluid situation,” Lutnick said. “There are going to be tariffs on Tuesday on Mexico and Canada. Exactly what they are, …

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 Portland Tribune reports: Democratic Oregon U.S. Sen/ Ron Wyden has announced he will be skipping President Trump’s first first speech to Congress in his second term to hold an online town hall. During his constitutionally-required address to a joint session on Tuesday, March 4, Trump is expected to layout his legislative agenda before Congress. Wyden will instead be “choosing …

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 …

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 Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump signed on Saturday an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States. The order allows government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer documents and services in language other than English. “Establishing English as the official language will not only streamline communication …

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 …

Politicus reports: Vice President JD Vance thought that he was going to attack democracy and be able to go on a nice, quiet family ski vacation in Vermont. He was very wrong. Vance arrived in Vermont and was met by hundreds of protesters. Fox News reported that Vance was forced to flee to an undisclosed location after protesters met him …

“Major League Baseball didn’t have the courage or decency to put the late, great, Pete Rose, also known as ‘Charlie Hustle,’ into the Baseball Hall of fame. Now he is dead, will never experience the thrill of being selected, even though he was a FAR BETTER PLAYER than most of those who made it, and can only be named posthumously. …