Trump Lies

The Daily Beast reports: Grok, Elon Musk’s troublemaking AI chatbot, has bestowed a new title on Donald Trump that might just deepen the rift between the president and his former “First Buddy.” The response came after an X user asked Grok whether violent crime in D.C. was in decline, with another user chiming in to inquire who, exactly, the “most …

Axios reports: Trump has long criticized D.C.’s management and sought more federal control of the city during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. He showed Monday that his desire to score political points in the Democrat-run city — and dramatically exaggerate its problems — is very much alive. White House insiders said Trump’s move also was prompted by his …

The New York Times reports: Harvard University and the Trump administration are nearing a potentially landmark legal settlement that would see Harvard agree to spend $500 million in exchange for the restoration of billions of dollars in federal research funding. The talks could still collapse, as President Trump and senior Harvard officials need to sign off on the terms of …

The New Republic reports: President Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C., was directly inspired by the homeless people he saw from his motorcade window on the way to his golf course. “We’re having a News Conference tomorrow in the White House. I’m going to make our Capital safer and more beautiful than it ever was before. The Homeless have to move …

CNN reports: Roughly 800 DC National Guard soldiers will provide administrative and logistical support, as well as physical support to law enforcement, during their mobilization in Washington, DC, a statement today from the Army said. “There will be about 800 Soldiers activated. During this activation, between 100-200 Soldiers will be supporting law enforcement at any given time,” the statement said. …

The Washington Post reports: Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) called President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the D.C. police department “unsettling and unprecedented,” her first public statement since Trump announced the move, along with a deployment of National Guard troops, earlier Monday. “I can’t say that given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we’re totally surprised,” Bowser said. …

The Hill reports: Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee blasted President Trump for “dictator-level stuff” as he launched his crime crackdown and law enforcement takeover in Washington, D.C., on Monday. “Deploying the military on DC’s streets only creates fear and chaos,” members wrote in a post on the social platform X as Trump outlined the effort during …

The Daily Beast reports: A lengthy investigation from The New Yorker estimates Trump and his family will have enriched themselves by more than $3.4 billion by the end of his second term, much of it from deals, transactions, and investments that almost certainly wouldn’t have happened if he’d never been president. The haul includes lucrative commercial projects in the Persian …

“I’ve instructed them and told them whatever happens, you know — they love to spit in the face of the police as the police are standing up there in uniform. They’re standing and they’re screaming at them an inch away from their face, and then they start spitting in their face and I said, ‘You tell them you spit and …

Playbook reports: The president can federalize the Metropolitan Police Department in 48-hour increments. Typically, the MPD is under the control of the mayor, but under the Richard Nixon-era Home Rule Act, the president retains the power to supersede city hall for discrete periods of time. This has never happened before. When the law was written, they envisioned it being used …

The Daily Mail reports: Donald Trump was branded “embarrassing” after seemingly accidentally saying he was going to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia on Friday. Their meeting is slated to take place in Alaska. The slip-up came as Trump held a press conference in the Oval Office to discuss his promised crackdown on crime in Washington. “It’s embarrassing for …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump announced Monday that he would place the D.C. police under direct federal control and deploy the National Guard to the streets of Washington to fight crime and clear the city of its homeless population, an extraordinary flex of federal power that could expose residents of the nation’s capital to unpredictable encounters with a …

The New York Times reports: For nearly 40 years, a special federal court system has compensated Americans who prove they were harmed by vaccines while also protecting the manufacturers from litigation. Now Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to overhaul the program, saying he will make it more efficient and speedier for Americans seeking payment. He said in a …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump said on Truth Social today that DC “will be LIBERATED today.” Ahead of his press conference, in just over an hour, the president said that “crime, savagery, filth, and scum will disappear” from the city. He added: ‘I will, MAKE OUR CAPITAL GREAT AGAIN! The days of ruthlessly killing, or hurting, innocent people, are OVER! …

CNBC reports: A federal judge in New York on Monday rejected a request by the Justice Department to unseal grand jury transcripts related to the criminal investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted procurer for notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Justice Department sought the unsealing of grand jury material related to Maxwell and Epstein after harsh criticism of the Trump …

“‘Congresswoman’ Jasmine Crockett is a Low (Very!!!) I.Q. Individual, much in the mold of the AOC Plus Three Gang of Country Destroying Morons – Only slightly dumber. Each of these political hacks should be forced to take a Cognitive Exam, much like the one I recently took while getting my ‘physical’ at our GREAT Washington, D.C., Military Hospital (WR!). As …

Bloomberg reports: Last week’s country-specific levies varying from 10% to 50% landed with a one-two punch: additional red tape issued by Customs and Border Protection, and a need to increase customs bonds — guarantees that companies must buy from surety providers to ensure the government receives its tariff revenue, other taxes and any potential penalties. Big firms often have in-house …

The Washington Post reports: The FBI has begun dispatching agents in overnight shifts to help local law enforcement prevent carjackings and violent crime in Washington, according to two people familiar with the matter, as President Donald Trump threatens a federal takeover of the nation’s capital and considers calling up the National Guard. A decision on calling up the Guard could …

“Another crazy thing that I had no idea about, but everybody, even Democrats actually admit this, that the census in 2020 had a major statistical error and what that meant is that you actually undercounted a few states that are Republican. California has way more House seats than it should because they have such a high population of illegal aliens, …

British tabloid The Mirror reports: The official White House X account is causing controversy again, after a video was posted depicting Border Czar Tom Homan as the sun from the popular UK children’s television show, Teletubbies. In the video, Homan appears to be superimposed into a picture of the Sun from Teletubbies, which in the show is depicted as a …