Trump Lies

404 Media reports: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is urgently looking for a company to help it “dominate” digital media channels with advertisements in an attempt to recruit 14,050 more personnel, according to U.S. government contracting records reviewed by 404 Media. The move, which ICE wants to touch everything from social media ads to those played on popular streaming services …

The Associated Press reports: As Trump’s tariffs take effect, Americans will see an average tax of 18.6% for imported products, the highest rate since 1933, according to the Budget Lab at Yale, a non-partisan policy research center. The Budget Lab estimated prices will increase 1.8% in the short term as a result of the trade war the U.S. waged this …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump has suggested The New York Times “rigged” its own best-seller list because a book about him isn’t at the top. His attacks on the paper have reached a bizarre new level, evident in one of the president’s most recent Truth Social posts. The president appeared miffed that Butler: The Untold Story of the …

The New York Times editorial board writes: President Trump treats facts in the same way that he treats people: He expects them to line up in support of his goals, and if they don’t, he seeks to get rid of them. Countries that fudge statistics are basically lying to themselves, and they suffer the consequences, as Ben Casselman documented in …

The New York Times reports: Oliver Burckhardt came prepared for the dinner that President Trump hosted for a small group of major donors at his private Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida on March 1. A week earlier, one of Mr. Burckhardt’s biotech companies had donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., a pro-Trump political committee, that paved the way for him …

The Huffington Post reports: Intel’s shares are tumbling before markets opened Thursday after President Donald Trump said in a social media post that the chipmaker’s CEO needs to resign. “The CEO of Intel is highly CONFLICTED and must resign, immediately,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “There is no other solution to this problem. Thank you for your attention to this …

“I have instructed our Department of Commerce to immediately begin work on a new and highly accurate CENSUS based on modern day facts and figures and, importantly, using the results and information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024. People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS. Thank you for your attention to this …

The New York Times reports: The imposition of punishing tariffs for roughly 90 countries on Thursday signified the latest evolution of Mr. Trump’s tariff agenda, a plan that has seen many twists and turns since he first proclaimed “Liberation Day” this spring. The president’s latest long list of import taxes are expected to drive up prices for American consumers and …

The Guardian reports: JD Vance’s team had the Army Corps of Engineers in Louisville, Ohio, take the unusual step of changing the outflow of a lake to accommodate a recent boating excursion on a family holiday, the Guardian has learned. The request from the US Secret Service was made to “support safe navigation” of the US vice-president’s security detail for …

Reuters reports: The president said Wednesday that he will impose a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely raising the cost of electronics, autos, household appliances and other goods deemed essential for the digital age. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that the new tariff rate would apply to “all chips and semiconductors coming into the United States,” but would …

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 …