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Donald J. Trump White House 2nd Term Page 10
Story by Christiaan Hetzner

No country holds more provable Treasury debt than Japan with roughly $1.1 trillion, equivalent to a quarter of its entire economy. Since dumping U.S. sovereign bonds would severely hurt both Japan and the United States, investors view the threat as a psychological tactic to exert pressure as the clock ticks down on Trump's 90-day tariff pause.

Call it the nuclear option—a last resort that could unleash mutually assured financial destruction for two allies joined at the hip. Japan is prepared to use its role as America’s single largest creditor as a bargaining chip in ongoing trade negotiations with the Trump administration.

On Friday, a senior member of the government said the stockpile, primarily maintained to periodically intervene in foreign exchange markets, would also serve as an emergency deterrent to protect against maximal demands from the White House.

“We obviously need to put all cards on the table in negotiations. It could be among such cards,” finance ministers Katsunobu Kato was quoted as saying. “Whether we actually use that card, however, is a different question.”
Rolling Stone reports that even members of the Trump administration are hoarding food, household supplies, and cash over fears about the impact of the president’s trade war. One Trump aide explained to Rolling Stone: “Because it would be stupid not to!”
US judge says clients may have ‘reservations’ about law firms that reached deals with the government
Kaye Wiggins in New York and Sujeet Indap in Claremont, California

US law firms were warned about the risks of striking deals with Donald Trump when a Washington DC judge permanently blocked the president’s executive order targeting Perkins Coie, saying it violated the US constitution.

“Some clients may harbour reservations about the implications of such deals for the vigorous and zealous representation to which they are entitled from ethically responsible counsel,” wrote Judge Beryl Howell on Friday night.

Howell declared Trump’s order against Perkins “null and void”.

The published terms of those deals “appear only to forestall, rather than eliminate, the threat of being targeted”, she added, as she cited other filings which said lawyers must be able to advance their clients’ interests without fear of reprisal from the government.

The president’s order, issued in March, suspended security clearance for Perkins Coie’s employees and forced a review of its government contracts. It cited the firm’s work for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race.

“From an esteemed judge, the signal sent to the law firm community is unmistakable,” said Ryan Goodman, professor at the NYU School of Law.
Story by Sarah Fortinsky

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) sharply criticized President Trump on Thursday following reports that 17 family members of Sinaloa Cartel leaders were allowed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal with the Trump administration.

In floor remarks on Thursday, Schumer accused the president of being “soft on crime” and of “rolling out a welcome mat to El Chapo and his family and inviting them into our country.”

“If you’re related to El Chapo, Donald Trump says, ‘Come right in. Welcome to America.’ He’ll roll out the red carpet,” Schumer said on Thursday.
Story by Maryam Khanum

Social media users are mocking President Donald Trump for claiming that his proposed cuts to government funded food assistance programs would actually give Americans more access to food by helping decrease food prices nationwide.

Trump attended a meeting with House Republicans on Monday at Capitol Hill, after which he was asked about his plans for food assistance programs by reporters.

"You campaigned on lowering the price of groceries. How can you justify cutting food assistance?" one reporter asked Trump.

"The cut is going to give everybody much more food because prices are coming way down, groceries are down, eggs. You told me about eggs, you asked me a question about eggs in my first week," The President began. "I said 'I just got here, tell me about eggs.' Eggs now are way down, everybody's buying eggs. Groceries are down, energy is down, they're buying gasoline now for $1.99. If you look back, you'll see $3.50, $4."
Story by Steve Corbin

As of May 1 – 101 days into the Trump 2.0 administration – the highly credible Bloomberg News reported over 328 lawsuits have been filed against Mr. Trump's executive orders, proclamations, and policy decisions and Cabinet members' actions. On May 13, Fox News gave cameo details on 208 of the lawsuits; virtually all lawsuits are individually cited in a recent Litigation Tracker report, published by Just Security of the Reiss Center on Law and Security at the New York University School of Law.

The 47th president leads the pack with over 75 lawsuits filed against him, followed by at least 39 cases challenging unelected Elon Musk and his non-Congressional approved Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). More than 40 other lawsuits over funding cuts and agency firings also mention DOGE.

Just Security notes that 21 lawsuits have been filed against the U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi's Department of Justice and 12 lawsuits reveal Linda McMahon's Department of Education as the litigant. Legal challenges have been placed against each of the 21 Cabinet members' respective endeavors. This news, in and of itself, lays bare the fact that the majority of our 100 Senators failed to do their due diligence in approving Mr. Trump's nominees for Cabinet positions.

The volume of legal battles poses significant long-term risks to American democracy, let alone the cost to Americans like you and me who will have to pay attorney fees to defend Donald J. Trump, Cabinet members, and other officials' actions.

In an email to intelligence officials, Tulsi Gabbard's chief of staff Joe Kent, wrote, “We need to do some rewriting” and more analytic work “so this document is not used against the DNI or POTUS,” according to a New York Times report.
Story by Kieran Kelly, Natasha Leake

Donald Trump has banned Harvard from enrolling international students in his administration’s latest battle with America’s oldest and wealthiest university.

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) said thousands of current students must either transfer to another institution or leave the United States.

US officials have accused Harvard of fostering an unsafe environment for Jewish students by allowing “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators” to threaten and assault them on campus.

The administration also alleged that Harvard had co-ordinated with the Chinese Communist Party, including providing training to a Chinese paramilitary group as recently as 2024.

The move is part Mr Trump’s wider restrictions on elite universities he accuses of harbouring Left-wing ideologies and turning a blind eye to anti-Semitism.
Story by Reuters

(Reuters) -Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Friday over President Donald Trump's decision to revoke the Ivy League school's ability to enroll international students.
Story by Matt Laslo, Martin Pengelly

WASHINGTON – Veteran members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) say the Trump administration has moved from offensive to straight racist with its decision to welcome white South Africans as refugees.

Amid continuing controversy over President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration by people of color, one senior Black House Democrat lamented “the most blatant show of white supremacy in America in the history of the world.”

“It is a slap in the face to every African American and every person in this country who believes in the rule of law,” added Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), ahead of Congress’ Memorial Day recess.

Afrikaners are the descendants of Dutch colonists who underpinned South Africa’s racist apartheid regime until 1994, when the African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison, became his country’s first Black president.

Now, the Trump administration claims Afrikaner farmers are the victims of government-sponsored genocide — claims Trump spewed live on TV last week in a widely decried Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Trump’s conspiratorial claims were rejected by Ramaphosa — and easily debunked.

A picture Trump claimed showed farmers being buried was from the Democratic Republic of Congo. An image Trump claimed showed “burial sites” of “over a thousand of white farmers” showed a memorial to one murdered couple.

Megan Twohey, New York Times Investigative Reporter joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss her reporting in the New York Times detailing potential drug use by Elon Musk on the 2024 campaign trail while supporting Donald Trump, NBC News has not been able to independently verify the New York Times reporting.
Seven of the 12 countries on President Trump’s new list are on the continent, where some said the policy was discriminatory and would unfairly affect their future.
By Ruth Maclean and Saikou Jammeh
Reporting from Dakar, Senegal

When Africans woke up to the news this week that seven of the 12 countries on President Trump’s new travel ban list were African nations, the response, for many, was a mix of resignation and anger.

Resignation because several African nations were previously banned during Mr. Trump’s first term, including Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country.

Anger because they were unsure what African governments could do to get the ban lifted, if it would lead to family separations and how exactly each country landed on the list in the first place.

“I think it’s a discriminatory decision, a decision he’s taken out of racism,” Narciso Edjang, a 19-year-old medical student in Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, said of Mr. Trump’s
He spoke with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.
By Jonathan Karl

In a phone interview Friday morning, hours after his blistering exchange with Elon Musk, President Donald Trump sounded remarkably unconcerned about their feud, as if it weren't even the most interesting thing that happened Thursday.

Speaking on a phone call Friday morning shortly before 7 a.m., ABC News asked him about reports he had a call scheduled with Musk for later in the day.

"You mean the man who has lost his mind?" he asked, saying he was "not particularly" interested in talking to him right now.

He said Musk wants to talk to him, but he's not ready to talk to Musk.

Trump then talked for a couple of minutes about other things -- referring to inflation (down), foreign investment (up) and his plans for a visit to China (huge).
By Dana Bash, CNN

CNN — President Donald Trump told CNN on Friday he is “not even thinking about” billionaire Elon Musk and won’t be speaking to him in the near future.

“I’m not even thinking about Elon. He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem,” Trump said in a brief phone call.

The comments come after a day Trump and Musk traded barbs on social media as their relationship deteriorated in spectacular public fashion.

Trump said Thursday he was “very disappointed” with the tech billionaire for criticizing his massive tax and spending cuts package while Musk fired back that “Trump would have lost the election” without him.

In his call with CNN Friday morning, Trump talked about the forthcoming jobs report, which has since been released, inflation and gas prices. Asked if he had a call with Musk, the president responded: “No. I won’t be speaking to him for a while I guess, but I wish him well.”
If they don’t broker a peace deal, their squabble could get messier and more expensive for both of them
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

The falling-out between the world’s richest person and the president of the world’s largest economy will have consequences – for both of them.

Elon Musk, as the boss of multiple companies including Tesla, and Donald Trump, who has benefited from Musk’s support in his journey to the White House, have had a mutually beneficial relationship up until now.

Here are 10 ways in which Musk and Trump could hurt each other if they fail to broker a peace deal.

What Trump could do to Musk
Cancel government contracts related to Musk’s businesses

Responding to Musk’s criticism of his tax and spending bill, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Thursday that cancelling the billionaire’s government contracts would be a straightforward way to save money.

“The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I was always surprised that Biden didn’t do it!” Trump said.

What Musk could do to Trump
Turn X against the White House

Musk used his X platform, and his more than 220 million followers on it, to rally support for Trump’s victory in the 2024. It also provided a platform for far-right views that helped publicise the Maga agenda.

Theoretically, Musk could at least use his own X account to criticise Trump with as much regularity as he pumped the president’s policies (the Tesla chief executive is a prolific user of his own platform).

However, this also depends on Musk’s influence with the US electorate. Five out of 10 US adults say they have an unfavourable view of Musk, according to the Pew Research Center. But it should be noted that seven out of 10 Republicans or Republican-leaning adults hold a favourable view – he’s not going to sway many Democrats who dislike Trump anyway.
Opinion by Malcolm Ferguson

Elon Musk spent his evening calling Steve Bannon a “retard” after Bannon called for Trump to seize Musk’s companies and deport him following their fallout over the budget bill.

Musk and Trump had a highly publicized spat on Thursday that saw the president expressing his “disappointment” in Musk’s opposition to his “big, beautiful bill” on live TV, chalking the conflict up to Musk losing his government Tesla subsidies. The Silicon Valley right came to Musk’s side, while Bannon and the deep MAGA right rallied around their leader.

“He doesn’t know anything. He’s a know-it-all. He knows some engineering, don’t get me wrong, but he doesn’t know anything about the real world,” Bannon said of Musk on his Thursday show. “Any fanboys that still exist … understand that DOGE, he didn’t find any fraud. There’s plenty of fraud out there. This is President Trump’s first complaint. Was this all BS with the DOGE?”

Bannon continued.

“Space X … President Trump should be taking immediately. When he threatens to take one of the big programs out of Space X, President Trump tonight should sign an executive order calling for the defense production act and seize Space X tonight before midnight,” Bannon said, responding to Musk’s threats to pull his Space X programs from the Trump administration.
Dave Lawler, Ben Berkowitz

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke about trade issues for more than an hour Thursday, and Trump said teams from both sides would meet again soon.

Why it matters: Washington and Beijing have accused each other of violating the 90-day trade truce reached three weeks ago, under which both dramatically lowered tariffs and promised further dialogue.

What they're saying: "There should no longer be any questions respecting the complexity of Rare Earth products. Our respective teams will be meeting shortly at a location to be determined," Trump posted on Truth Social.
Story by Evan Williams

Washington DC - Donald Trump's former advisor Steve Bannon urged the president to deport Elon Musk and cancel his government contracts after the two former allies started an all-out feud.

"They should initiate a formal investigation of his immigration status, because I am of the strong belief that he is an illegal alien, and he should be deported from the country immediately," Bannon said, according to the New York Times.

Politico also ran an interview with the far-right strategist, who said "MAGA's done" with Musk.
Story by Pablo R. Suanzes

He reiterates that he has no intention of speaking with him, that the "relationship is broken," and suggests that "he is a big -time drug addict," according to The Washington Post.

Donald Trump is very hurt. The President of the United States is used to being hated, to firing and dismissing collaborators, even to having members of his inner circle leave and criticize him harshly. But the unilaterally launched crusade by Elon Musk has surprised him, affected him, and days after the public clash, he still hasn't fully reacted.

This Saturday, in a phone interview, the president stated that he has no desire to repair their relationship. "No," Trump clearly said when asked if he was considering it. When asked if he believed his relationship with the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX had ended, Trump replied: "I suppose so (...) 'm too busy doing other things", he said, and added: "I have no intention of speaking with him," accusing him of disrespecting the institution of the presidency. "I think it's very bad because it's very disrespectful. You can't disrespect the office of the president," he added.

Additionally, he threatened his former partner if he dared to use his enormous fortune to support the campaigns of White House-favored candidates. Musk dedicated 275 million of his fortune to Trump's reelection, and not only has he given much more to other politicians, but above all, he formed an alliance with the president to threaten any rebellious Republican who does not blindly support all the leader's proposals by financing the campaigns of other hand-picked candidates. "If he does, he'll have to pay the consequences for that," Trump told NBC News in a phone interview about the possibility that now, out of resentment or revenge, the businessman may consider confronting him.
Al Jazeera

Liz Oyer, a lawyer with the United States Department of Justice handling pardons for a long time, was fired by the Trump administration in March. Since then, Oyer has publicly criticised the administration, including its approach to pardons.

In an April 30 video on TikTok, Oyer took issue with many of Trump’s pardons, not only because they short-circuited the justice system but also because of their financial impact.

“President Trump has granted pardons that have wiped out over $1bn in debts owed by wealthy Americans who have committed fraud and broken the law,” claims Oyer, who said she was fired because she opposed a pardon to restore gun rights to actor Mel Gibson, a Trump supporter who was convicted on misdemeanour domestic violence charges in 2011.

US Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, shared her post on May 31 on Instagram, saying Trump is “selling pardons to criminals who dump money on him and ingratiate themselves to his ego. They not only get out of jail, but they get out of the money they owe to make restitution for their crimes. This is wrong.”

Oyer’s Substack includes a running list of Trump’s pardons, along with a dollar figure for each that she says the pardon erased. The dollar figures on her list include fines – a financial penalty for being convicted of a crime – and restitution, which is designed to compensate victims for their losses.
National Guard In LA To Curb Immigration Protests
BBC News

A senior Los Angeles city official has told CBS, the BBC's US partner, that the National Guard is deployed at the federal buildings in downtown LA and Westwood.

"There are going to be several protests today in the city of Los Angeles. The city and police are monitoring those," the official says.

The official also says the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has made 29 arrests, almost all for failing to disperse, which is a misdemeanour offence.

They add that city officials "are supportive of immigrant rights" and called the situation a "no win" for the police.

If federal officials ask for help with public safety, LAPD will respond, the official says.

But they add: "They will not respond or engage in any immigration policy enforcement issue."

During a runway press gaggle yesterday, Donald Trump reveals that it is solely up to him on whether or not military force should be used to stop protests. When asked by a reporter what the bar is for sending US Marines to stop the protests in LA, Trump ominously remarks, 'the bar is what I think it is.'
Story by Ian Millhiser

On Friday, the Supreme Court handed down a brief order permitting the Department of Government Efficiency, the enigmatic White House entity that billionaire Elon Musk previously ran, to access a wide range of sensitive information kept by the Social Security Administration — including many individuals’ bank account numbers and medical records. All three of the Court’s Democrats dissented from the Court’s order in Social Security Administration v. AFSCME.

Realistically, it was always likely that the Trump administration would eventually prevail in this case. As Solicitor General D. John Sauer argues in the administration’s brief, the plaintiffs in AFSCME “do not contend that their information has been shared with parties outside the government.” Rather, this case boils down to whether the courts can second-guess the executive branch’s decisions about which government employees may see data that is already held by the government. These sorts of internal management decisions typically are not subject to judicial review.

Yet, while the result in AFSCME isn’t surprising, the case reveals a schism within the Court — and it highlights how the Trump administration has managed to successfully circumvent normal court procedures to quickly get their grievances before a largely sympathetic Supreme Court.
Opinion by Rex Huppke, USA TODAY

President Donald Trump and his band of faux-macho nogoodniks keep poking the city of Los Angeles, hoping it will squeal and create the kind of violent theater that gives right-wing media its life force.

First they sent in the National Guard to address predominantly peaceful anti-ICE protests, but the sprawling city failed to adequately burn. Now they're sending in U.S. Marines to get the job done.

It's an intentional, dangerous and wholly unnecessary provocation. And based on how Trump and other Republicans have reacted to the ongoing protests, we should all be clear on the administration's new rules for protesting in America.

Rule No. 1: No protesting unless it's something Trump wants you to protest
For those who engage in liberal activities like reading and “seeing things with your own eyes and believing they’re real,” it might seem odd that the man who praised Jan. 6 insurrectionists as "great patriots" and then pardoned them all has the gall to call LA protesters “insurrectionists.”

Technically, there’s nothing about the California protests that would make them an insurrection, while everything about the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, an effort to overturn a free-and-fair election, made it an actual insurrection.

But that kind of fact-based thinking is now illegal, and protesters in Los Angeles and elsewhere need to understand that the First Amendment only applies to things Trump and Republicans want to hear.
Story by Janna Brancolini

Bulldozers have begun ripping up the grass and digging the foundation for a new flagpole in the White House Rose Garden lawn, making good on President Donald Trump’s plan to install a Mar-a-Lago-style patio.

Employees with the National Park Service, which maintains the White House grounds, began work Monday on the project. They expect to finish sometime during the first half of August, the Associated Press reported.

Trump walked over to inspect the work and told reporters he was installing two “beautiful” flagpoles “paid for by Trump” because the grounds have “needed flagpoles for 200 years,” according to the AP. The White House already flies the American flag and the POW/MIA flag on the roof every day.
Story by Anna Cooban, CNN

Elon Musk said Wednesday that he regrets some of his recent social media posts about President Donald Trump.

“I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Musk said in a post on X.

Musk’s relationship with Trump deteriorated in a spectacular, public fashion last week as the two men traded jibes on their respective social media platforms.

Until recently, Musk was Trump’s close ally in government and co-head of his administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, where the tech billionaire spearheaded mass layoffs of federal workers.

But their relationship soured when Musk slammed Trump’s massive tax cut and domestic policy bill, labeling it a “disgusting abomination” for its anticipated negative impact on US government finances.

The Tesla CEO stepped up his criticism by sharing years-old comments from Trump and other Republican lawmakers that raised concerns about US government spending and the budget deficit.

Shares of Tesla (TSLA) rose following Musk’s walk-back on X, rising 2% in premarket trading.

Among Musk’s posts on X last week was a claim that Trump would have lost last year’s presidential election without him and – in the most incendiary missive – that Trump is “in” the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Story by Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact

“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper.”

Russell Vought stated on June 1, 2025, in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Responding to charges that President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans, Trump administration officials misleadingly counter that it targets only waste, fraud, and abuse.

During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Russell Vought, the administration’s director of the Office of Management and Budget, framed Medicaid as sagging under the weight of improper payments.

An “improper” payment refers to payments made erroneously to beneficiaries and their providers or without sufficient documentation.

Pressed June 1 by CNN host Dana Bash about concerns that low-income Americans would suffer if the bill becomes law, Vought called such arguments “totally ridiculous.”

“This bill will preserve and protect the programs, the social safety net, but it will make it much more commonsense,” Vought said. “Look, one out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid [payments] is improper.”

That would mean Medicaid’s improper payment rate is 16% to 20%.

In a 2024 report covering the years 2022, 2023, and 2024, Medicaid’s parent agency — the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — said the rate was about 5.1%.
Story by Rhian Lubin

A U.S. Marshal was mistakenly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at a courthouse because they “fitt[ed] the general description” of someone being sought by the agency.

The brief detention took place at Tucson’s immigration court in Arizona and was due to a case of mistaken identity, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

“A Deputy US Marshal who fit the general description of a subject being sought by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) was briefly detained at a federal building in Tucson after entering the lobby of the building,” the U.S. Marshals Service said in a statement, the Arizona Daily Star reports. “The Deputy US Marshal’s identity was quickly confirmed by other law enforcement officers, and he exited the building without incident.”

The Independent has contacted the U.S. Marshals Service and ICE for further comment.

No details were given about when the detainment took place or what prompted the ICE agents to swoop on the law enforcement officer.
Story by Matthew Chapman

President Donald Trump's approval ratings have been underwater since February — but it's not just within America that his image is struggling. Around the globe, his behavior has caused a rapid deterioration of the entire country's global image, Politico reported on Wednesday.

"Pew Research Center surveyed people in 24 countries, including 10 in Europe, from late February through early April. It found that the share of respondents who view the U.S. favorably has dropped in most of them compared to the spring of 2024," said the report. Additionally, "Respondents have little confidence in Trump as a world leader or in his ability to address global challenges, from wars in Ukraine and Gaza to climate change and U.S. immigration policies."

Just about the only good news for Trump in the poll is that a majority of respondents worldwide also see him as a "strong leader" — they just don't agree with his policies on virtually anything, and also view him as "dangerous" and "arrogant."

President Donald Trump telegraphed that there would be Russian interference in the 2016 Election during the primary debates. Trump claimed he would do 'everything within his power' to beat Hillary Clinton.
Story by Anna Fratsyvir

U.S. President Donald Trump on June 12 praised Russia's role in World War II, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin is "confused" why everyone "hates" Moscow.

Speaking at a White House press conference, Trump recounted a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron about World War II commemorations.

"I said, 'You're celebrating our victory?' He said, 'Yes.' I said, "Your victory?'" Trump said.

"And then I spoke to President Putin at the time. He lost 51 million people. He (sic!) fought with us in World War II. Russia did fight. It's interesting, isn't it? It fought with us in World War II, and everyone hates it.

"And now everybody hates Russia and loves Germany and Japan. It's a strange world."

Trump said Putin had expressed confusion over the West's treatment of Russia post-war, citing the Soviet Union's wartime alliance with the U.S. and U.K.

"We were your ally," Putin allegedly told Trump. "Now everybody hates Russia."

Trump's remarks align with a Kremlin propaganda narrative that downplays the Soviet Union's World War II non-Russian casualties. According to Ukraine's Institute of National Remembrance, Ukraine alone lost more than 10 million people during the war and suffered immense destruction on its territory — a fact often overlooked in Kremlin-led historical revisionism.
A little-noticed letter from vulnerable House Republicans acknowledges the flaw at the heart of Trump’s mass deportations. Democrats: Seize on this!

This week, President Donald Trump admitted on Truth Social that his mass deportations are hurting farmers and the economy. Those removals are “taking very good, longtime workers away” from farms and hotels, Trump declared, adding that those workers are proving “impossible to replace.” To be clear, Trump was talking about his own immigration policies.

That’s a stunning acknowledgment that Trump’s forced mass removals are targeting hard-working folks and that those undocumented immigrants aren’t taking Americans’ jobs.

But it’s also functionally an admission of political vulnerability. Trump plainly grasps that his deportations are now perceived—accurately—as needlessly targeting good people who are contributing vitally to our economy and society, and not primarily the violent “criminal migrant” class that Trump and Stephen Miller keep insisting they’re removing.

If you doubt this, then go listen to vulnerable House Republicans on the matter. In a new letter that’s gotten almost zero media attention, six of them effectively reveal that they now see Trump’s deportations as a political problem along exactly those lines. Democrats who worry about taking on this issue should ask themselves: If even Republicans are showing fear on it, isn’t it time to drop the skittishness and engage already?

The letter—which six House Republicans sent to acting Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons—openly calls on ICE to redirect its deportation resources toward “convicted criminal aliens” and away from undocumented immigrants who are not convicted criminals.
Alex Henderson

On Saturday morning, June 14, reporters were busy covering President Donald Trump's military/birthday parade in Washington, DC and the many No Kings Day protests opposing it when some shocking news came out of Minnesota: State Sens. John Hoffman and Melissa Hortman, both Democrats, had been shot in their homes.

Gov. Tim Walz, at a press conference, told reporters, "This was an act of targeted political violence." According to Minnesota officials, a manhunt was underway for a suspect — who impersonated law enforcement and drove a vehicle that was made to look like a police car. The suspect, they said, had a "manifesto" in the vehicle and what looked like a hit list of people who were targeted for attack.

Early that Saturday afternoon — as the No Kings Day protests were underway in a long list of U.S. cities and the developments in Minnesota continued to unfold — the Daily Beast's Erkki Forster reported that "just months ago," analysts at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "warned that high-profile officials were increasingly 'vulnerable to attack' at their own homes as potential attackers shift away from traditional targets such as government buildings and corporate offices."
Peter Dreier

I must admit, if Trump wasn't such a power-hungry demagogue, a danger to democracy, a sexual predator, racist, sociopath, pathological liar, bully, and impulsive and unstable megalomaniac, I might feel sorry for him.

He has no real friends, just sycophants. All his relationships are transactions, including with his three wives and his children. When people are no longer useful to him—wives, lawyers, advisors, Cabinet members—he discards them.

His current wife Melania is transactional, too. She married him for his money. She obviously doesn't love or respect him and she occasionally displays her disdain for him in public. She didn’t even campaign for him last year, except to make a few public appearances.

Trump hardly ever laughs. He has an almost-constant angry scowl on his face. To Trump, the world is a dark and foreboding place, where, like him, people are consumed by greed and lust. He relies on money and intimidation to get what he wants because he has no capacity for empathy or love—or any belief that people can be motivated by idealism and compassion.

Trump grew up in a world of vast privilege, but that doesn't mean that he wasn't emotionally wounded.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Demonstrators gathered in parks and plazas across the U.S. to protest against President Donald Trump.

The “No Kings” rallies were organized in nearly 2,000 locations nationwide, including cities, towns, and community spaces.

These protests followed recent unrest over federal immigration raids and Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles, where tensions escalated with protesters blocking a freeway and setting vehicles on fire.

The US economy contracted for the first time in three years as businesses rushed to import goods before tariff implementation. Markets responded negatively while economists debate whether this signals the beginning of a broader economic downturn.
Parade held on Trump’s birthday draws huge protests, with crowds denouncing authoritarianism and demanding democracy.
Aljazeera

The grand military parade that United States President Donald Trump had been wanting for years barrelled down Washington, DC’s Constitution Avenue, with tanks, troops and a 21-gun salute, the spectacle played out against a counterpoint of protests around the country by those who decried the Republican leader as a “dictator” and “would-be king”.

Trump, also celebrating his 79th birthday, sat on a special viewing stand south of the White House to watch the display of US military might, which began early on Saturday and moved swiftly as light rain fell and clouds shrouded the Washington Monument.

The procession, with more than 6,000 soldiers and 128 tanks, was one Trump tried to hold in his first term after seeing such an event in Paris in 2017, but the plan never came together until the parade was added to an event recognising the US Army’s 250th anniversary.
Story by David McAfee

Donald Trump's administration on Saturday was accused of promoting the Russian flag, on Flag Day.

The Department of Defense over the weekend wished social media a "Happy Flag Day!"

"Let us honor the emblem of our nation and the stars and stripes that unite us all. As we display our nations flag and reflect on the values it represents, let’s celebrate the freedom, courage and resilience that makes our country great," the department stated Saturday.

The image attached to the post included two small images that appear to represent the Russian flag.

The internet reaction came quickly.

Geopolitics expert Jessica Berlin said, "Nothing to see here, just the United States Dept of Defense wishing everyone a happy Russian flag day."
Story by J Oliver Conroy in Washington

On Saturday, as a crowd of thousands of people near the Washington Monument listened, a loudspeaker dramatically announced the names of America’s secretary of defense, vice-president and president. The final name received a modest roar that surely flushed the watching commander-in-chief with validation. With that, and with the boom of a 21-gun salute, the military parade that Donald Trump had coveted for years finally began.

A protester, Nicky Sundt, kept a lonely and mostly silent vigil at the side of the road. She held a sign depicting a cartoon Trump brushing back his comb-over to reveal a swastika emblazoned on his forehead. The placard said “Save our democracy”. Standing near her – as a “counterprotest to the counterprotest to the protest, or something,” as one of them put it – a group of pro-Trump men held court. One was draped in an American flag. Another had a giant picture of Trump, in a crown, with the exhortation “Trump for king”.

For the next couple of hours, in heat and occasional drizzle, spectators watched as the US army celebrated its 250th birthday – and, although he claims it is a coincidence, Trump’s 79th – with America’s largest and most controversial military parade in decades. Troops marched. Tanks and armored personnel carriers rolled. Helicopters clattered. Paratroopers plunged out of the overcast sky.
Story by J Oliver Conroy in Washington

On Saturday, as a crowd of thousands of people near the Washington Monument listened, a loudspeaker dramatically announced the names of America’s secretary of defense, vice-president and president. The final name received a modest roar that surely flushed the watching commander-in-chief with validation. With that, and with the boom of a 21-gun salute, the military parade that Donald Trump had coveted for years finally began.

A protester, Nicky Sundt, kept a lonely and mostly silent vigil at the side of the road. She held a sign depicting a cartoon Trump brushing back his comb-over to reveal a swastika emblazoned on his forehead. The placard said “Save our democracy”. Standing near her – as a “counterprotest to the counterprotest to the protest, or something,” as one of them put it – a group of pro-Trump men held court. One was draped in an American flag. Another had a giant picture of Trump, in a crown, with the exhortation “Trump for king”.

For the next couple of hours, in heat and occasional drizzle, spectators watched as the US army celebrated its 250th birthday – and, although he claims it is a coincidence, Trump’s 79th – with America’s largest and most controversial military parade in decades. Troops marched. Tanks and armored personnel carriers rolled. Helicopters clattered. Paratroopers plunged out of the overcast sky.
Travis Gettys

The uncle of Stephen Miller said the White House adviser and President Donald Trump are using Nazi-style tactics to dehumanize immigrants and minorities.

Dr. David Glosser, a retired neuropsychologist, denounced his nephew and the president as hypocritical bigots in an essay for Politico, describing how the families of both Miller and Trump had benefitted from immigration policies they want to end.

"I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, who is an educated man and well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country," Glosser wrote.
Putin 'speaks to me, nobody else' after G8 expulsion, Trump says

President Donald Trump took questions from reporters at the G7 summit in Canada and said that Russian President Vladimir Putin was insulted after being thrown out of the G8 summit. Trump went on to say he understands that Putin took offense and stated that Putin "doesn't even speak to the people that threw him out."
Minnesota shooting suspect's roommate says Boelter liked Trump, listened to "Infowars" podcast

A man who says he lived with Vance Boelter, the suspect in custody for the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, spoke with CBS News' Lilia Luciano about his friend, who he said was a fan of President Trump and listened to the "Infowars" conservative conspiracy podcast.
Trump executive order lets VA doctors deny care to Democrats or unmarried veterans
Story by Anna Carlson

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that allows the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to refuse healthcare to veterans based on their political beliefs and marital status, sparking fears that Democratic or single veterans could be denied medical services. It comes as Trump's parade embarrassment was so pitiful it sickened Melania.

On January 30, Trump signed an executive order titled "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government." While its primary aim was to roll back federal protections for transgender people, it also brought about sweeping changes within the VA.

Medical professionals are warning that the consequences of these policy shifts could be profound. Dr. Arthur Caplan, the founding director of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU's Grossman School of Medicine, called the new rules "extremely disturbing and unethical." He added: "It seems on its face an effort to exert political control over the VA medical staff. What we typically tell people in healthcare is: 'You keep your politics at home and take care of your patients.'" It comes just days after an embarrassing humiliation for Trump.
Why does Trump always defend Putin?

US president said Ukraine war would not have happened if Moscow had not been thrown out in 2014 over Crimea
Patrick Wintour in Banff

Donald Trump has displayed his disdain for the collective western values supposedly championed by the G7 group of industrialised countries by again demanding that Russia be readmitted to the group. He also said the war in Ukraine would not have happened if Moscow had been kept in the club.

Trump made his remarks in front of media, alongside Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, who is hosting the G7, at the start of the summit’s first round of talks.

Russia was thrown out of the G8 after it invaded Crimea in 2014, and Trump’s defence of Vladimir Putin came a day before the US president is scheduled to meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the fringes of the summit. It will be the first meeting between the two men since Pope’s Francis’s funeral in April.
Story by Emilia Randall

Donald Trump has removed Dr Martin Luther King’s bust from the oval office as the president continues to host a right wing “activist” who labelled the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a “huge mistake”.

The tribute to the iconic “I have a dream” speech maker that sat front and centre during Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s presidencies has been re-shuffled to Trump’s private dining room, according to Black Press USA.

It comes as Trump, just days after an embarrassing humiliation, undoes the efforts of Biden’s government and restore several more Army base names that originally honored Confederate military figures, undoing a renaming process ordered by Congress. Trump was also accused of 'fascism' after 'unacceptable' behavior.

Images of the Oval Office showed that the bust was present during Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s visit in April but disappeared soon after, according to Meidas Touch News.

The bust of the civil rights leader may have been sidelined as Trump continues to host Charlie Kirk, who claims the Civil Rights movement has contributed to erasure of white people claiming that viewing black people as equal to white people under the law has created a "permanent DEI-type bureaucracy" that is "diminishing and decreasing white demographics in America".
Does Putin own Trump

U.S. president shrugs off EU and U.K. call for more action over Ukraine war, telling Europe: “Let’s see them do it first.”
By Stefan Boscia

KANANASKIS, Alberta — Donald Trump suggested he will not hit Russia with more sanctions at the G7 summit, saying Europeans should "do it first" and that "sanctions cost us a lot of money."

The EU and U.K. are both pushing for more coordinated sanctions against Vladimir Putin's regime at the Canada-hosted gathering of leaders, but the U.S. president has so far refused to sign up to fresh action.

When asked by POLITICO Monday whether he was united with Europe on new sanctions over Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Trump said “well Europe is saying that, but they haven't done it yet."

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei firmly rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for an unconditional surrender, warning that Iran would not be coerced into peace or war.

In his first public response since the latest escalation, Khamenei delivered a sharp rebuke through a statement read on state television Wednesday, according to Reuters.

“Intelligent people who know Iran, the Iranian nation, and its history will never speak to this nation in threatening language because the Iranian nation will not surrender,” he said.

Khamenei added that any American military action would come at a steep cost.

“The Americans should know that any U.S. military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by irreparable damage,” he warned.

The comments came amid reports that thousands of civilians were fleeing Tehran after Israeli warplanes bombed the city overnight. A source familiar with internal U.S. deliberations said Trump and his advisers are weighing a range of responses, including joining Israel in targeted strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Iran has issued its own warning. Ali Bahreini, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, said Tehran would retaliate against any direct U.S. involvement in the conflict and accused Washington of already being 'complicit in what Israel is doing.'
Story by Reanna Smith

Joe Rogan, who publicly endorsed Donald Trump just hours before the 2024 presidential election, appears to have turned on the president as he joins the growing list of MAGA figureheads opposing US intervention in the Israel-Iran conflict.

The podcaster took to X on Tuesday to share a Mark Twain quote that read:"History doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes."

He accompanied the post with a link to a YouTube video for a song titled "Getto boys - F--- a war". The song includes the lyrics: Motherf--- a war, that's how I feel, sendin' me to the desert to get killed 'cause two suckas can't agree on something. It comes after a lip reader exposed Melania's secret comment to Trump.

"A thousand motherf------ dying for nothing. You can't pay me to join an army camp or any other motherf------' military branch of this United goddman States of that b---- America. Be a soldier, what for?"

It comes Trump declares the US "has control over Iranian skies" and demands "unconditional surrender" as the president is said to be considering a US strike on Tehran.
Story by Mike Bedigan

A flag associated with far right groups that was used by January 6 rioters was flown above a government agency headquarters in Washington D.C. last week.

A picture of the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, flying just below the U.S. flag was shared by Kelly Loeffler, the former senator from Georgia and current administrator of the Small Business Administration on June 11.

“Today at SBA’s Flag Day Ceremony, we proudly raised a new AMERICAN MADE flag over our headquarters in Washington,” Loeffler wrote. “It is a privilege to serve under its Stars and Stripes - on behalf of the 34 million small businesses who represent the best of America.”

The “Appeal to Heaven” flag, also known as the “Pine Tree flag”, dates back to the Revolutionary War, and in recent years has become linked to Christian Nationalists. Others use it to show their identification with a patriotic movement that focuses on the founding fathers and the American Revolution.

Sources told WIRED that the “Appeal to Heaven” flag above the SBA building was raised for less than a day. It is unclear who raised it, an unnamed staffer told the outlet.
Story by Peter Rubinstein

Donald Trump broke his deafening silence on Thursday evening regarding the federal holiday Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S., by writing a post on social media calling for fewer non-working federal holidays. The strategically timed complaint comes as a sharp about-face from his previous stance on the holiday, which he publicly praised each year of his first term and once said he himself made "very famous."

The call for fewer federal holidays contrasts with his own behavior while in office, according to one website that tracks the days Trump has spent golfing while serving as president. According to Trump Golf Track, he has spent at least part of 33 days out of his 150 days in office on a golf course, or about 22% of his presidency.

Social media users were quick to call out Trump for his hypocrisy about non-working holidays, with some taking their criticisms further.

"BREAKING: Trump complains there are too many holidays—on Juneteenth—a holiday he didn’t make but once bragged he made 'very famous' after scheduling a rally on it in Tulsa," one commenter wrote on X. "You can’t make this up: First he tries to take credit for it. Now he’s mad people have the day off. Pick a lane, Donnie."
Story by Catherine Bouris

President Donald Trump unleashed one of his traditional holiday rants on Thursday, threatening to scrap the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery.

Trump chose Juneteenth to claim that there are “too many non-working holidays in America.”

Refusing even to name the holiday, he continued: “It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed. The workers don’t want it either! Soon we’ll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year. It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also downplayed the holiday, requesting that the Pentagon take a “passive approach” with its Juneteenth messaging this year.

The newest federal holiday, which was introduced in 2021 under President Biden, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. It’s the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared in 1983.
Story by Hayley Hoatson

In a stunningly swift overnight change, some Texas farm operations had to shut down after losing virtually all of their workforce, an exodus triggered by the increase in immigration raids and increased enforcement. The ripple effects of these raids are the gift that keeps on giving and will be felt nationwide: unpicked crops are now left unharvested, livestock were left untended, and rural economies are on edge.

This story isn’t just a tale of woe for Texan farms; it's a warning for American agribusiness, food prices, and the communities that keep food on our plates. So, let's examine what effect these raids have on agriculture, livestock, workers, and the American public.

The Night the Fields Went Silent
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The heart of Texas agriculture skipped a beat when, overnight, “almost 100%” of farm workers failed to show up for work, leaving fields eerily still and machines quiet.

Social media was ablaze with videos and eyewitness accounts, as the hashtag #TexasFarmCrisis went viral, taking the news cycle beyond rural Texas. The sudden mass disappearance left a heavy feeling that something greater than a mere labor standstill was at play, and the repercussions would be astounding.

Why Did the Workforce Vanish? The Reason for the Exodus
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The reason is simple: an increase in immigration enforcement, including high-profile ICE raids, shook Texas farm workers to their core. The news filtered fast that workers—regardless of legal status—chose safety over a salary.

Farmers, who had been working with their crews for decades, described the loss as "devastating" and "unprecedented." This is alarming as most farms are founded upon immigrant labor, both legal and illegal, creating a domino effect for the food system as a whole.
Story by Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News

Millions of Americans who have waited decades for fast internet connections will keep waiting after the Trump administration threw a $42 billion high-speed internet program into disarray.

The Commerce Department, which runs the massive Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, announced new rules in early June requiring states — some of which were ready to begin construction later this year — to solicit new bids from internet service providers.

The delay leaves millions of rural Americans stranded in places where health care is hard to access and telehealth is out of reach.

“This does monumental harm to rural America,” said Christopher Ali, a professor of telecommunications at Penn State.

The Biden-era program, known as BEAD, was hailed when created in 2021 as a national plan to bring fast internet to all, including millions in remote rural areas.

A yearlong KFF Health News investigation, with partner Gray Media’s InvestigateTV, found nearly 3 million people live in mostly rural counties that lack broadband as well as primary care and behavioral health care providers. In those same places, the analysis found, people live sicker and die earlier on average.

The program adopts a technology-neutral approach to “guarantee that American taxpayers obtain the greatest return on their broadband investment,” according to the June policy notice. The program previously prioritized the use of fiber-optic cable lines, but broadband experts like Ali said the new focus will make it easier for satellite-internet providers such as Elon Musk’s Starlink and Amazon’s Kuiper to win federal funds.

Story by Carl Gibson

Even though he refrained from mentioning Juneteenth by name, President Donald Trump spent part of his evening on June 19th complaining about people not working on federal holidays.

"Too many non-working holidays in America," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account on Thusday. "It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed. The workers don’t want it either! Soon we’ll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year. It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Bulwark contributor Sam Stein posted a screenshot of Trump's post and observed that during his 2020 bid for the presidency, he ran on making Juneteenth a federal holiday. One X user also made that observation and openly wondered what happened to Trump's so-called "Platinum Plan" for Black Americans, which included an official declaration of Juneteenth — which commemorates the official end of chattel slavery in the United States - as a federal holiday.

Banking regulations are shifting under Trump's oversight, with the FDIC potentially losing its independence.
Opinion by David Kurtz

The Absence Of News Is News
A key storyline through the first five months of the Trump administration is how the judicial branch has held up to the challenge of an autocratic president. While on balance the judiciary has fared better than it might have, one group of cases has been particularly vexing: the unlawful removals of foreign nationals in defiance of court orders.

The courts have either been slow, too solicitous of the executive branch, or wrong-headed in their approaches. That has yielded lethargic outcomes that don’t provide justice to the wrongfully deported or sufficient accountability for the bad-faith defiance by the administration.

A quick accounting of some of the most notable cases where detainees have fallen into and remain in an interminable legal limbo:

Alien Enemies Act
Who? The CECOT detainees remain the single biggest cluster of wrongfully removed foreign nationals. They are a group of 137 Venezuelan nationals sent to a maximum security prison in El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) without the due process that U.S. courts – including the Supreme Court – have since nearly universally found to have been required.

When? The CECOT detainees were removed on two flights from Texas on March 15 despite a court order that they not be removed and that the planes should be turned around.
Story by Mayur Joshi

In a major development, the United States joined hands with Israel in launching direct airstrikes on three of Iran’s most important nuclear sites — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

Sudden Bombing Campaign with Stealth Bombers
This marks the first time the US has openly intervened with military power in the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict.

The US used advanced B-2 stealth bombers to drop powerful bombs known as “bunker busters” on Fordow. These bombs are specially designed to destroy underground facilities. Six bunker buster bombs were used in the attack on Fordow, which is buried deep under the surface. Along with that, about 30 Tomahawk missiles were fired at the other two nuclear sites — Natanz and Isfahan.

The B-2 bombers are the only aircraft in the US arsenal capable of carrying the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a 30,000-pound bomb meant to destroy heavily fortified underground targets. These bombers are designed to avoid radar detection and fly long distances without refueling.

Deftechtimes has earlier reported that these bombs are likely to be used in this war.
Story by Sean Seddon - BBC News

Iran has launched missiles at a US military base in Qatar, in what it said was retaliation for American strikes against its nuclear sites over the weekend.

Witnesses have reported hearing loud bangs in the sky above Qatar, while video shows bright flashes in the sky as air defence systems attempt to intercept missiles.

It is the latest escalation in a conflict involving Iran, Israel and the US which has seen tensions in the Middle East soar to unprecedented levels in recent days.

Details of this latest attack are still emerging. Here is what we know so far.

What did Iran target and why?
Iranian missiles targeted the largest US military base in the Middle East, Al Udeid Air Base.

About 8,000 US citizens live there, according to the State Department.

It is home to US military's headquarters for all its air operations in the region. Some British military personnel also serve there on rotation.

The Qatari government said no one had been killed or injured in the attack, and that the base had been evacuated before the attack.
Story by Julia Ornedo

President Donald Trump is posting through the pain after a preliminary assessment by his own intelligence community cut short his victory lap over the U.S. strikes on Iran.

A classified report leaked to CNN and The New York Times on Tuesday revealed that Trump’s much-touted attacks on three Iranian nuclear enrichment sites over the weekend did not kill the country’s nuclear program. At worst, they only set the program back by a few months, which counters the president’s repeated claims of “complete and total obliteration.”

Trump was livid at the two news outlets and let them know in a late-night Truth Social post.

“FAKE NEWS CNN, TOGETHER WITH THE FAILING NEW YORK TIMES, HAVE TEAMED UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEMEAN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MILITARY STRIKES IN HISTORY,” he wrote.

“THE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED! BOTH THE TIMES AND CNN ARE GETTING SLAMMED BY THE PUBLIC!”
Story by Tiago Ventura

Donald Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize nomination has been withdrawn by a senior Ukraine politician who accused the US president of appeasing Vladimir Putin.

Oleksandr Merezhko, chairman of Ukraine’s foreign affairs committee, said he had lost “any kind of faith” in Mr Trump’s ability to end the war.

He nominated Mr Trump in late 2024, revealing to The Telegraph that he believed it would encourage the president-elect to follow through on a pledge to end the war.

Since then, Mr Trump has largely abandoned peace talks after repeated rounds of failed negotiations and a very public falling out in the Oval Office with Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president.

“This appeasement of aggression encourages Putin to continue the attack. Trump just turns a blind eye to all of it,” Mr Merezhko said in a letter to the Nobel committee.

“I lost any kind of faith that Trump will deliver in any of his promises.”
David Edwards

Attorney General Pam Bondi's Department of Justice reportedly argued that President Donald Trump's pardon covered grenades and stolen classified information found at the home of Jan. 6 defendant Jeremy Brown, a member of the Oath Keepers.

In a 2023 press release, the U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida, said Brown was sentenced to prison for over seven years "for possession of unregistered short-barrel firearms, possession of unregistered explosive grenades, improper storage of explosive grenades, and retention of classified information."

"In addition, he was ordered to forfeit the unregistered devices traceable to the offense, pay child support arrears and a special assessment in the amount of $525," the document said.
By TIM SULLIVAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER

WASHINGTON (AP) — The legal battle over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is far from over despite the Republican administration’s major victory Friday limiting nationwide injunctions.

Immigrant advocates are vowing to fight to ensure birthright citizenship remains the law as the Republican president tries to do away with more than a century of precedent.

The high court’s ruling sends cases challenging the president’s birthright citizenship executive order back to the lower courts. But the ultimate fate of the president’s policy remains uncertain.

Here’s what to know about birthright citizenship, the Supreme Court’s ruling and what happens next.
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