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The Independent reports: Retiring DOGE hatchet man Elon Musk rushed to the Middle East during Donald Trump’s visit there earlier this month to block a massive American AI partnership with the United Arab Emirates backed by the president – unless it included him, according to a new report. That apparently explains the tech billionaire’s sudden appearance at a Trump meeting …

Politico reports: Elon Musk, growing tired of Vivek Ramaswamy and eager to push him out of the Department of Government Efficiency, telephoned Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine earlier this year with a request: appoint Ramaswamy to the Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect J.D. Vance. Initially, according to a person familiar with the call, Musk urged DeWine to send Ramaswamy …

Politico reports: Elon Musk seems to be unhappy with the sweeping spending bill narrowly passed by the House at the urging of President Donald Trump. Musk, in unusual criticism of a cause favored by his ally the president, said in an interview excerpt released Tuesday that the Trump-backed “Big Beautiful Bill” contradicts the goals of his Department of Government Efficiency. …

The Hill reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) criticized Congress Tuesday for not moving to codify cuts implemented by President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DeSantis’s comments come ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline to avoid a government shutdown and fund the government for the 2026 fiscal year. Earlier this year, Trump voiced support for Congress approving a rescission …

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: “I’m a Christian, an imperfect sinner saved by grace and faith in Jesus. I’m a nationalist, a proud American, who loves my country and wants to make our home nation is the best place for all American citizens and future generations to come. I’m a mother, thankful for the blessings and responsibility God gave me with my …

JOSH HAWLEY: “The Senate’s going to want to put its own stamp on this. We’ll write our own version of the bill. I talked to the president about this last night, and his instructions were pretty clear. Don’t cut Medicaid.” RAND PAUL: “This will be the greatest increase in the debt ceiling ever, and GOP owns this now.” MSNBC: “Senator, …

“Apparently Donald Trump Jr. is now hinting that he wants to run for president at some point in the future. I’m just gonna put it out there right now. No. No! Dynasties are un-American. They are not good. George W after George H W was not great for the country. The idea of Michelle Obama for Barack Obama, not great …

The New Republic reports: One House Republican is calling out the Trump administration’s lies that the “big, beautiful” budget bill won’t raise the deficit. Speaking to CNN’s Manu Raju on Tuesday, Representative Thomas Massie said that “Under the policies of this bill, we’re going to add $20 trillion dollars to the debt over the next 10 years, which is three …

“I don’t think that we’re out of the woods and I do think that the biggest threat with regard to this sort of stuff is less the tariffs than the feeling of uncertainty for investors as to what comes next. And that’s where the pharmaceutical EO starts to come in or the negotiations over the tax bill. What actually makes …

MARIA BARTIROMO: “You said Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. People don’t believe it.” KASH PATEL: “Well, I mean, listen, they have a right to their opinion, but as someone who has worked as a public defender, as a prosecutor, who’s been in that prison system, who has been in the Metropolitan Detention Center. Who’s been in segregated housing. You know a …

NBC News reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized President Donald Trump’s approach to tariffs, as well as several foreign policy initiatives, in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press” airing Sunday. “The initial reciprocal tariffs that he unveiled would be the largest peacetime tax hike on the American people in the history of this country,” Pence told moderator …

The Hill reports: Fiscal hawks on the House Budget Committee on Friday blocked the panel from advancing the bill full of President Trump’s domestic priorities. The 16-21 vote marks a major setback for leadership hoping to get the bill to the Senate before Memorial Day. The Budget Committee must advance the 1,116-page bill, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” before …

“The problem is it’s asking conservatives, like myself, to raise the debt ceiling $5 trillion dollars. That’s historic. No one’s ever raised the debt so that much. It will be a record for Congress to raise the debt $5 trillion dollars. But, also it indicates that this year the deficit will be over 2 trillion, but it means they’re anticipating …

Politico reports: A planned Friday vote in the House Budget Committee to advance the GOP megabill is increasingly in peril, with at least three hard-liners pledging to oppose the party-line legislation. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), who sits on the Budget Committee, told reporters he will vote against the package of tax cuts and extensions, border security investments, energy policy and …

“Accepting gifts from foreign nations is never a good practice. It threatens intelligence and national security. Especially when that nation supports a terrorist organization and allows those terrorist regimes to live on its soil. Regardless of how beautiful the plane may be, it opens a door and implies the President and US can be bought. If this were Biden, we …

“Taking sacks of goodies from people who support Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, al-Jazeera, all the rest — that’s not America First! Like, please define America First in a way that says you should take sacks of cash from the Qatari royals who are behind al-Jazeera. “It just isn’t America First in any conceivable way. So back to the original question: …

The Christian Post reports: “Every Easter, the Lord will take me to Hell. Not my choice. He wants to do it and I don’t like it. The Lord allowed me to sit in front of demons and ask them questions,” Vineyard Church’s Micah Turnbo claimed in a May 3 episode of his podcast. “I’m with God. You know, the Father, …

“This is arguably Witch Craft. I want to know which one of President Trump’s geniuses chose a woman who literally talks to trees and spiritual mediums and who doesn’t even have an active medical license to be the US Surgeon General.  “I would call her a Witch Doctor, but she doesn’t even have a valid active medical license. So I’m …

The Daily Beast reports: New York’s Catholic bishops—led by Trump‘s favorite cardinal—sharply rebuked the president over an AI-generated photo he posted of himself as pope. “There is nothing clever or funny about this image, Mr. President,” the New York Catholic Conference of Bishops said in a post on X Saturday. “We just buried our beloved Pope Francis and the cardinals …

Augusta’s CBS affiliate reports: Marjorie Taylor Greene fired back after a religious group called for her censure over an online post that followed the death of Pope Francis. “Today there were major shifts in global leaderships,” it reads. “Evil is being defeated by the hand of God.” The congresswoman then doubled down in a lengthy statement issued Wednesday, demanding an …