Trump Lies

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 …

The New York Times reports: The Trump administration is preparing to terminate $7 billion in federal grants intended to help low- and moderate-income families install solar panels on their homes, according to two people briefed on the matter. The Environmental Protection Agency is drafting termination letters to the 60 nonprofit groups and state agencies that received the grants under the …

Raw Story report: Trump’s agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, doubled down in a Fox Business interview on Tuesday on prior comments that people at risk of losing their health coverage due to new Medicaid restrictions should just go work on farms. “You’ve suggested that Medicaid people, if they got a work requirement under the new rules, they should go work on …

ABC News reports: One full “day” on the moon is two weeks of light followed by approximately two weeks of darkness (in Earth time). Nuclear energy, referred to as fission surface power, or FSP, in the directive, is a “sustainable” and “high-powered” energy source that can survive through the lunar night and be deployed on other celestial bodies, like Mars, …

“They brought down their tariffs, so they paid $600 billion and because of that, I reduced their tariffs from 30% down to 15%. They gave me $600 billion and that’s a gift. They gave us $600 billion that we can invest in anything we want. The details are $600 billion to invest in anything I want. Anything. I can do …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump said Republicans deserve to redraw the Texas electoral map. “I got the highest vote in the history of Texas, as you probably know. And we are entitled to five more seats,” he said Tuesday in an interview with CNBC. The Texas state legislature will reconvene Tuesday for a second straight day without dozens …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would “probably not” run for a third term. “I’d like to run,” he said when asked about the possibility on CNBC’s Squawk Box. “I have the best poll numbers I’ve ever had.” Trump has previously declined to rule out a third term, telling NBC in March there “are methods” to assume office …