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The New York Times reports: Saudi Arabia gave President Trump a lavish welcome on Tuesday, rolling out an honor guard, a team of Arabian horses and a delegation of royals and business leaders to kick off the president’s four-day tour through the Gulf, the first major overseas trip of his second term. Mr. Trump stepped off Air Force One at …

The Associated Press reports: The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) said Monday that it is “disturbed” over the exclusion of reporters from three major wire services from traveling with US President Donald Trump on Air Force One to the Middle East. In a statement, the WHCA said reporters from The Associated Press, Bloomberg News and Reuters were not allowed to …

Reuters reports: While their joint statement in Geneva didn’t mention the de minimis duties, the White House order released later said the levies will be reduced to 54% from 120% for items valued at up to $800 sent from China via postal services, with a flat fee of $100 to remain, starting from May 14. Carriers can pay either the …

The Washington Post reports: President Donald Trump on Monday praised Qatar for offering his administration a free luxury jet, but current and former U.S. military, defense and Secret Service officials said he will likely have to waive existing security specifications to be able to use the plane. Flight records show that the Qatari jet was moved five weeks ago to …

Glorious Leader keeps expanding our vocabulary: Donald Trump has had a fascination with words recently. First, it was groceries. On Monday, the president claimed he invented a “new word” while talking about his proposal to lower drug prices by 80%. “Basically, what we’re doing is equalizing. There’s a new word that I came up with, which is probably the best …

Above The Law reports: There’s a new “Axis of Evil” in the Trump administration cosmology and it’s not al Qaeda or North Korea. Instead, the preeminent threat to national security, according to the hapless folks at Donald Trump’s personal law firm, is anyone who ever donated money to LGBTQ civil rights organization GLAD. At least that’s the government’s new working theory …

The Washington Post reports: A group of nearly 50 White South Africans landed at Dulles International Airport on Monday as refugees, coming to the United States under a humanitarian designation meant for people fleeing war or persecution that the Trump administration has suspended for all other groups worldwide. Trump has said the Afrikaners are facing racial discrimination due to a …

NewsNation reports:  In a press briefing on Monday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blamed the Biden administration for the current issues at Newark, adding that he will be requesting an investigation by the Office of Inspector General into why a radar center that controls the airport’s airspace was moved to Philadelphia. Duffy announced that copper wires at Newark, JFK and LaGuardia …

Axios reports: President Trump will name deputy attorney general Todd Blanche to be the acting Librarian of Congress, a Justice Department official confirmed to Axios. Blanche, who represented Trump in his hush money trial, already holds the number two position at the Justice Department. His interim appointment represents another example of administration officials juggling multiple posts. Trump recently ousted former …

The New York Times reports: President Trump signed an executive order that asks pharmaceutical companies to voluntarily lower drug prices. But it was not clear what legal authority Mr. Trump would invoke, and he threatened to “use the power of the federal government” if companies do not comply. Trump also asserted that a reduction in drug prices will be part …

Agence France-Presse reports: US President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed ethics concerns over his plans to receive a new Air Force One plane as a gift from Qatar. “It’s a great gesture,” he said when asked if Qatar would expect anything in exchange. “I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer. I mean, I could …

Steve Benen writes for MSNBC: In Donald Trump’s first term, the president cultivated an unexpectedly amusing list of incidents related to airplanes. I actually maintained a list, documenting a curious array of stories in which the Republican suggested that F-35s are literally invisible, whined about the complexity of piloting, referenced F-52s that didn’t exist outside of video games, complained to …

Reuters reports: Qatar has offered to donate a plane to the United States and details are still being worked out, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Monday. “The Qatari Government has graciously offered to donate a plane to the Department of Defense. The legal details of that are still being worked out,” Leavitt said in an interview with Fox …

“BREAKING: Trump raised tariffs on the world, the markets, particularly the bond market — which we need to finance our debt–rebelled. Trump then was forced to back off. End of story. Film at 11 of the president spinning this as a major victory. Ok sorry, I couldnt help myself. But what we have seen is a little lesson on how …

“So the fact that the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, so bothers the Crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane. Anybody can do that! The Dems are World Class Losers!!! …

Politico Europe reports: The United States is becoming less popular globally in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, according to new data. The 2025 Democracy Perception Index summarizes attitudes toward democracy, geopolitics and global power players, and canvassed more than 110,000 respondents across 100 countries. A majority of people surveyed had an overall negative perception of the …

The Daily Beast reports: Democrats, who have long accused Trump of blurring the lines between public service and personal profit, are decrying the gift as outright corruption. Trump reportedly plans to transfer the roughly $400 million plane to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation shortly before leaving office. “This isn’t a good idea even if the plane was being donated to …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he plans to resurrect a controversial policy from his first term that aims to reduce drug costs by basing payments for certain medicines on their prices in other countries. His prior rule, called “Most Favored Nation,” was finalized in late 2020 but blocked by federal courts and rescinded by then-President Joe Biden …

Mediaite reports: Trump went on a social media tear today, posting a blizzard of ancient brags, including his 99% approval rating from CPAC 2025. Trump threw up a slew of posts to his Truth Social app, several of which were screenshots of news from his first 100 days in office, including his approval rating at CPAC 2025 back in February. …

The Washington Post reports: Federal judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries to jurists’ homes that began in February may number in the hundreds across at least seven states, prompting increased security concerns and a demand from a Senate leader for a Justice Department investigation. Many of the deliveries have gone to judges presiding over lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s policies. The …