May 19, 2025 Immigration, Trump Administration
The Washington Post reports: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to cancel temporary protections that have allowed nearly 350,000 Venezuelans to remain in the United States for humanitarian reasons. Trump officials had asked the justices to lift a lower-court order that barred the administration from ending the temporary protected status while litigation over the matter continues. The …
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May 19, 2025 Republicans, Trump Corruption
CNN’s MANU RAJU: “Trump has taken a lot of controversial actions, some of which you may support. Some of which maybe you don’t support. You talk about speaking candidly to the American public. Which one of what he has done has caused you the most concern?” SEN. JOHN CURTIS: “If we’re not careful, we’ll destroy small businesses with tariffs. And …
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May 19, 2025 Media, Television
The Hollywood Reporter reports: Netflix is stepping in to save Sesame Street. The streaming giant has inked a deal with Sesame Workshop for new episodes of the long-running children’s show, just months after Warner Bros. Discovery opted not to renew its output deal for the program in a strategic shift at its streaming service Max (which will soon return to …
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May 19, 2025 Immigration, Trump Administration
The Associated Press reports: The Department of Homeland Security has asked for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist with immigration roundups across the country, and the Pentagon is reviewing the unusual request, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press. DHS asked for the troops to help carry out President Donald Trump’s “mandate from the American people to arrest and …
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May 19, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
CBS NEWS: “Over the weekend, as you know, the president posted that Walmart ‘should eat the tariffs and not charge the value customer anything. I’ll be watching and so will your customers.’ So does he acknowledge that if companies don’t absorb the full cost, Americans will have to pay?” KAROLINE LEAVITT: “Well, first of all, the CEO of Walmart made …
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May 19, 2025 Business, News
CNBC reports: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced it will acquire “substantially all” of 23andMe’s assets for $256 million. The drugmaker participated in a bankruptcy auction for 23andMe, a once high-flying genetic testing company that filed for for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March. Regeneron is buying 23andMe’s Personal Genome Service, Total Health and Research Services business lines, according to a …
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May 19, 2025 Media, Trump Lies
The New York Times reports: CBS News faced another shock wave on Monday after its president, Wendy McMahon, abruptly said that she would exit her post, the latest development in an ongoing showdown between the news division and President Trump. Ms. McMahon, whose full title was president of CBS News and Stations, said in a memo that “it’s become clear the …
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May 19, 2025 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
NBC News reports: It’s “eat the tariffs” vs. “everyday low prices.” Walmart has indicated that consumers will soon start seeing higher costs as Trump’s tariffs have begun to take effect. And retailers broadly have tried to warn consumers about impending price hikes. But the president has sought to aggressively counter those warnings, instead putting the blame for cost increases on …
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May 19, 2025 Trump Administration, Trump Lies
FOX NEWS: “What does President Trump mean when he says that Taylor Swift is no longer hot?” KAROLINE LEAVITT: “Look, he is speaking about Taylor Swift’s political views and how perhaps it has impacted the support of the American public for her work. And I will leave it at that.” DOOCY: What does President Trump mean when he says Taylor …
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May 19, 2025 Republicans, Trump cultists
Mediaite reports: Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) accused the Biden White House of a “political cover up” following former President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis while also offering best wishes to the former president on Monday. The take came after Biden’s team announced Sunday that he’d been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had already metastasized to the bone, …
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