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Kristi Noem quietly removed from Trump envoy role amid admin reshuffling: reportKristi Noem is no longer serving in the diplomatic role President Donald Trump gave her after removing her as Homeland Security secretary, CBS News reported Thursday. Her designation as a special envoy for the Shield of the Americas expired last month, a State Department official told the network. She remains in the MAGA administration, working on the…
White House 'money laundering operation' exposed by ex-DOJ pardon attorney: 'Shady'After records revealed the donors behind President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer called the project “basically a money laundering operation.” Oyer made the charge Thursday in a YouTube video reacting to a Washington Post investigation published that morning. The Post obtained an internal…
Fact-checkers wreck Trump's 'phony' inflation claims from all angles: 'He's misstating'President Donald Trump is citing precise inflation numbers on the campaign trail that CNN’s Daniel Dale says can’t be squared with the data, and the White House hasn’t said where they came from. At a Tuesday rally in Alaska , Trump said inflation had been “1.7” over the last three months and that former President Joe Biden had “real inflation of 19…
Chaos engulfs Education Dept over Trump’s ‘cartoon’ student loans plan: reportThe Trump administration’s rush to spin off the Education Department’s student loan office has thrown the agency into chaos, with one official involved in the planning dismissing the effort as “basically just a cartoon,” The Washington Sun reported Thursday. Current and former officials told The Sun the department is taking a chaotic approach that is…
‘Something is up’: Ex-GOP operative alarmed as shady Trump deal points to Ukraine blackoutFormer Republican strategist Tim Miller says several recent developments, taken together, suggest closer coordination among President Trump, Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin heading into the midterms. He stressed he isn’t alleging a plot or speculating beyond what he sees — but that the timing of everything is suspicious. On a podcast for The Bulwark ,…
Trump officials’ ‘bad weather’ excuse threatens to blow scandal wide open: ex-DHS officialA former Trump administration official says a flimsy excuse from U.S. officials could crack open a new scandal over President Donald Trump’s dealings with Russia. In a Thursday column , Miles Taylor, who served as chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security in Trump’s first term, argued that a string of events over the past week amounts to…
GOP analyst comes unglued over nonsensical Trump 'blood money' plan: 'Nefarious!'A GOP analyst came unglued on CNN on Thursday while discussing President Donald Trump's plan to send "blood money" to Russia in exchange for a little diesel fuel. Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, told CNN's Boris Sanchez that Trump's plan to import Russian diesel fuel in an attempt to offset high costs ahead of the…
Trump narrowly avoids judge's wrath in 'certainly troubling' case against ex-CIA bossPresident Donald Trump appears to have narrowly avoided a judge's wrath in a lawsuit that he filed against a former CIA boss who investigated the president's ties to Russia. Former CIA Director John Brennan sued Trump and several high-ranking administration officials in July, arguing that the administration has vindictively prosecuted him for allegedly…
Trump admits to 'very severe problems' before scrambling for correction: 'I set myself up'President Donald Trump turned remarks about drug addiction into a bizarre admission about his own personal problems Thursday before realizing he might have fueled the media with something to talk about. Speaking at a Rose Garden event honoring first responders, Trump was discussing the dangers of drug and alcohol addiction when he abruptly shifted the…
Trump deploys 'nuclear option' to shield himself amid 'missing' Kennedy Center fundsPresident Donald Trump invoked executive privilege to shield his Kennedy Center records as the White House examines claims that a multimillion-dollar donation went missing. White House deputy counsel Joshua Hoyt formally asserted the privilege in a declaration filed Wednesday in a federal lawsuit brought by Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) over the crusade to…
'Screw this decision!' MAGA fans furious at Trump for canceling firing squad livestreamThe announcement from Donald Trump that he is overruling Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan to livestream a military firing squad execution fueled a backlash among some of his MAGA faithful. The president’s decree, posted to Truth Social on Thursday, both angered and disappointed some of his fans, with more than a few suggesting they would be willing…
Kristi Noem implicated in MAGA smear campaign against fired FEMA veteran: reportFormer Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and her adviser Corey Lewandowski personally fed false information to far-right activist Laura Loomer to smear a career FEMA official the department had just fired, a federal judge has found. The finding came in a ruling Tuesday by U.S. Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick, who officially cleared the name…
Trump said to 'make Pete Hegseth look weak' with new retreat: 'Tactical error'President Donald Trump scrapped Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, and critics pounced on his reversal. In a Truth Social post that didn’t mention Hegseth, Trump said Hasan “will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed," and while…
Trump aide’s firm quietly pocketed millions from crypto giant his law now governs: WSJA Trump White House crypto adviser's family business quietly collected millions from a company with everything riding on the law he was shepherding. Bo Hines , who led the Trump administration's push for the Genius Act stablecoin law, kept a one-third stake in his consulting firm Nxum while Tether, the world's largest stablecoin issuer, steered millions…
DOJ insiders spot fatal flaw in Trump White House’s revenge probe over public snub: reportThe White House helped steer a Justice Department probe into major TV networks, but some inside the department doubt it will survive. The White House was a driving force behind the DOJ's antitrust investigation into the networks' brief suspension of pooled presidential coverage, three people familiar with the matter told Semafor on Wednesday. Some inside…