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The Independent reports: President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Friday evening that as part of his annual physical, he took a cognitive test. “I got every answer right,” he announced. Speaking with the White House traveling pool accompanying him to Florida, Trump fielded questions on a number of topics but was keen to talk about his …

Politico reports: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s visit to the FDA Friday was supposed to introduce him as a trusted leader to agency employees. It did anything but. Over the course of 40 minutes, Kennedy, in largely off-the-cuff remarks, asserted that the “Deep State” is real, referenced past CIA experiments on human mind control and accused the employees he …

The Hill reports: A portrait of President Trump that depicts him raising his fist immediately following the attempt on his life last summer at a Butler, Pa., rally is replacing an image of former President Obama in a prominent spot inside the White House. Dan Scavino, the White House deputy chief of staff, posted side-by-side photos on social media of …

Forbes reports: Chinese social media users—and even some Chinese government officials—are using AI-generated memes to troll President Donald Trump, as his steep tariff hike against Chinese imports prompted retaliatory levies and stoked fears of an all-out trade war. Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s ministry of foreign affairs, posted a meme on X Thursday morning depicting the cost of Trump’s “Make …

CBS News reports: Some enterprises, from small businesses to nationally recognized brands, have already announced higher prices, citing President Trump’s tariffs. While others, from footwear companies to furniture brands, are warning consumers to brace for increased costs to come. Although the tariffs and retaliatory moves by other countries have yet to hit economic growth, U.S. businesses aren’t waiting around. Some …

CTV News reports: U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff fight has triggered a rise in Canadian pride across the country, with everything from businesses to government offices seeking to distance themselves from our neighbour to the south. The city of Vaughan has joined the chorus and has proposed renaming America Avenue “to celebrate our Canadian identity.” The city is pitching to …

The Wall Street Journal editorial board writes: It’s all going according to plan, says the White House, and you almost have to smile at this spin in trying to sell President Trump’s partial tariff reversal this week as a triumph. The reality is that Mr. Trump is making it up as he goes, and it would help if he had …

The New York Times reports: Last month, Mr. Trump posted a slick 90-second video on social media celebrating the “blood and bravery” of U.S. troops who took positions on the island during World War II to prevent a feared Nazi invasion after Germany occupied Denmark. Although Denmark hoped that American forces would leave after the war, they never did, and …

Wired reports: An unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service (USDS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) provides significant insight into the evolving working protocols between DOGE and federal agencies. Notably, the agreement, obtained by WIRED, calls for the DOL to reimburse the USDS up to $1.3 million for work done by four DOGE affiliates, or “a slightly different number,” …

NBC News reports: President Donald Trump suggested at a Cabinet meeting Thursday that undocumented people working on farms and in hotels would be allowed to leave the country and return as legal workers if their employers vouched for them. Trump said at the meeting with reporters present that “we have to take care of our farmers, the hotels and, you …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump is undergoing his annual physical on Friday, potentially giving the public its first details in years about the health of a man who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president. “I have never felt better, but nevertheless, these things must be done!” Trump, 78, posted on his social …

The New York Times reports: President Trump’s longtime goal of claiming Greenland for America has shifted from rhetoric to official U.S. policy as the White House moves forward on a formal plan to acquire the Arctic island from Denmark. The plan mobilizes several cabinet departments behind Mr. Trump’s years of talk about wanting Greenland, whose economic and strategic value has …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump this week upended not just his tariff strategy but his trade team. Former hedge fund manager and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent — the White House’s main conduit to beleaguered financial markets — is now at the helm, with populist Peter Navarro relegated to the sidelines and Wall Street punching bag Howard Lutnick recast into the …

CNBC reports: Stocks fell Thursday, giving back some of the gains from the historic rally seen in the previous session after Trump announced a 90-day reprieve on some of his “reciprocal” tariffs. Investors worried that even with the short pause on some of the duties, economic activity will be slowed by Trump’s singling out of China with a much higher …

The New Republic reports: A federal judge on Thursday denied Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss a new defamation lawsuit from the Central Park Five. In a 20-page filing, Pennsylvania District Court Judge Wendy Beetlestone ruled that Trump’s recent comments about the group of five Back and Hispanic men, who were wrongly convicted of assault and rape in 1989, could not …

The Wall Street Journal editorial board writes: President Trump says trade wars are easy to win. Investors think otherwise, and on Wednesday Mr. Trump decided maybe investors are right. Markets celebrated with a stock-market rally on hope that perhaps Mr. Trump isn’t entirely oblivious to the damage he’s causing. The rout in dollar assets reversed, at least somewhat, and the …

Axios reports: The Trump administration has withdrawn the nomination of Kathleen Sgamma to be director of the Bureau of Land Management, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Mike Lee said Thursday. The withdrawal of Sgamma, longtime president of the Western Energy Alliance, is a sudden setback for the White House hoping to lean on the land bureau to expand fossil …

USA Today reports: A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador’s notorious prison, according to documents reviewed by USA TODAY. A report approved by the police-officer-turned-prison-contractor claimed the Venezuelan man was a member of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang. But the credibility of Charles Cross, Jr., …

The Hill reports: Dozens of House Democrats are demanding President Trump confirm that Elon Musk will leave his role in the administration by May 30. A group of 77 lawmakers, led by Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), sent a letter to Trump on Wednesday, emphasizing the tech billionaire can only serve in his role as a special government employee for 130 …

Mediaite reports: With the most punitive of his tariffs on hold for now, President Donald Trump is focusing his ire on sanctuary cities, saying he’s working on yanking federal funding for any municipalities that limit cooperation with government immigration enforcement. Last month, Trump called for the impeachment of Judge James Boasberg, who ordered the White House to cease deporting migrants …