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The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump is vowing to wrest key spending powers from Congress if elected this November, promising to assert more control over the federal budget than any president in U.S. history. The Constitution gives control over spending to Congress, but Trump and his aides maintain that the president should have much more discretion — including the authority …

From a 2020 PolitiFact report: President Donald Trump exaggerated his contributions to historically Black colleges and universities during the final presidential debate, claiming he “saved” the minority institutions when he signed a bill to permanently extend a stream of federal funding beyond 2019. Trump’s insistence that he “saved” HBCUs goes too far. His debate-night claim also ignored that HBCUs received …

The Hill reports: President Biden’s reelection campaign dropped an ad that hits former President Trump over his rhetoric about veterans on the week of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. The one-minute video, entitled “What Trump Thinks,” includes quotes of Trump making negative comments about military members, some of which he has denied since they were first …

CNN’s indefatigable fact-checker Daniel Dale writes: In a Fox News interview on Wednesday, Trump said, “Hard to believe, they have some states passing legislation where you can execute the baby after birth. It’s crazy.” Facts First: Trump’s claim is false. No state has passed or is passing a law that allows the execution of a baby after it is born. …

Mediate reports: Former President Donald Trump boasted that a new Natasha Owens song has proclaimed him “The Chosen One” — that “God has chosen President Trump to push back against the evil in our country.” Hot on the heels of the jury in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial returning “guilty” verdicts on all 34 felony counts comes a new …

“Well, revenge does take time, I will say that. And sometimes revenge can be justified, Phil, I have to be honest. Sometimes it can. I think the country is really worse for what they’ve done, and I think you see that when you look at the poll numbers. When you see that almost $400 million has poured in since this …

“It is a Total and Complete American Tragedy that the Crooked Joe Biden Department of Injustice is so desperate to jail Steve Bannon, and every other Republican, for that matter, for not SUBMITTING to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, made up of all Democrats, and two CRAZED FORMER REPUBLICAN LUNATICS, Cryin’ Adam Kinzinger, and Liz ‘Out of Her Mind’ …

NBC News reports: A federal judge on Thursday ordered former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to report to prison on July 1 to begin a four-month prison sentence for defying subpoenas from the Jan. 6 Committee after a higher court rejected his appeal. Bannon was found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress in July 2022 for defying the committee’s …

The Independent reports: On Wednesday, Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity, “Look, when this election is over, based on what they’ve done, I would have every right to go after them, and it would be easy because it’s Joe Biden.” After a five-week trial in New York, Trump was found guilty for falsifying business records to pay adult film star …

Axios reports: The Democratic National Committee is escalating its attacks on former President Trump as a “convicted felon,” with a billboard that will greet him outside of Phoenix today when he attends his first post-conviction event there, Axios has learned. It’s the DNC’s first paid ad using “convicted felon” — and another clear indication that Biden’s campaign will seize upon …

CBS News reports: The Georgia Court of Appeals temporarily halted proceedings in the 2020 election case involving former President Donald Trump while it reviews a trial judge’s ruling that allowed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the case. The stay issued by the court applies only to Trump and the eight co-defendants who sought to have Willis …

NBC News reports: Donald Trump’s search for a running mate is intensifying, as the former president awaits sentencing on felony charges and prepares for next month’s Republican National Convention. Vice presidential contenders recently received vetting materials, five sources familiar with the process told NBC News. Trump’s search, according to one source, is heavily concentrated on four top prospects: North Dakota …

“You heard me say long before the verdict that Mother Teresa couldn’t get a fair trial here. I said that, and no, you couldn’t. I never saw a glimmer of a smile from the jury. No, this was a venue that was very unfair. It’s a tiny fraction of the people [who] are Republicans, and it’s very unfair. And then …

NBC News reports: Fresh off last week’s historic guilty verdict, former President Donald Trump had a warning for his political opponents on Tuesday. In an interview with the conservative outlet Newsmax, Trump seemed to float the possibility of imprisoning his political opponents if he becomes president again. “So, you know, it’s a terrible, terrible path that they’re leading us to, …

“Crooked Joe Biden, the worst president in the history of our country by far, has totally surrendered our southern border. His weakness and extremism have resulted in a border invasion like we have never seen before. “Other countries have emptied out their prisons, insane asylums and mental institutions [FALSE] and sent us drug dealers, human traffickers, and terrorists. “Millions of …

“They want Donald Trump, above all, off the campaign trail. They want him — whether it’s in home detention in Trump Tower, or whether it’s Rikers Island, they are capable of that evil. They know that Donald Trump out on the road speaking freely, raising hundreds of millions of dollars, pulling record crowds to his rallies, and counter-punching against these …

“We’re working on that right now. I’m actually going up to Milwaukee this week and we’re going to have a series of conversations. But look, we expect that Donald Trump is going to be in Milwaukee and he’s going to be able to accept that nomination. “And if not, we will make whatever contingency planning we need to make for …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump ‘s campaign and the Republican National Committee say they raised $141 million in May, a massive fundraising haul that includes tens of millions of dollars raised in the aftermath of his guilty verdict in his criminal hush money trial. Trump’s campaign is not required to publicly disclose its fundraising to the Federal Election Commission …

ProPublica reports: Nine witnesses in the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, and a grant of shares and cash from Trump’s media company. The benefits have flowed from Trump’s businesses and campaign committees, according to a ProPublica analysis of public disclosures, court records and …

British tabloid The Mirror reports: Stormy Daniels today implores Melania Trump to leave her crooked husband – not because he slept with the porn star but because he’s now a convicted felon. During the ex-president’s six-week trial, the former First Lady was conspicuously absent from his side, never once appearing in court. Now Stormy, the woman who the businessman, 77, …