Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost
Associated Press - Mon Feb 10, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin. More»
First Female Coast Guard Commandant, Linda Fagan, Evicted from Home After 3-Hour Notice
Democracy Now - Sun Feb 9, 2025
This comes as the Trump administration on Tuesday evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her home with three hours of notice — without enough time to even gather her personal belongings. More»
Musk Seizes Control of Social Security Check System
Daily Beast - Mon Feb 3, 2025
Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency team have reportedly gained full access to the federal payment system, which contains sensitive personal information on millions of Americans, according to a report. More»
Canada and Mexico Face 25% Tariffs on Saturday, Trump Says
BBC - Fri Jan 31, 2025
US President Donald Trump has said he will follow through with his threat to hit imports from Canada and Mexico with 25% border taxes, known as tariffs, on 1 February. More»
Federal Employees are Told to Name Colleagues Who Work in DEI Roles or Risk 'Adverse Consequences'
NBC - Thu Jan 23, 2025
WASHINGTON — Federal employees received emails Wednesday warning that they could face repercussions if they do not report on co-workers who work in diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility positions that might have gone unnoticed by government supervisors. More»
Trump Orders US to Leave World Health Organization
BBC - Tue Jan 21, 2025
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). More»
Trump Signs Death Penalty Order Directing Attorney General to Help States Get Lethal Injection Drugs
Associated Press - Tue Jan 21, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a sweeping execution order Monday on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal injection drugs to carry out executions. More»
Trump Tells America The Comeback Begins 'Now' as He is Sworn in as President: 'The decline is over'
Daily Mail - Mon Jan 20, 2025
Donald Trump promised a 'new golden age of America' after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday. More»
Trump Vows to End Birthright Citizenship
BBC - Mon Dec 9, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has said he will look at pardons for those involved in the 2021 US Capitol riot on his first day back in office next month. More»
Joe Biden Issues ‘Full and Unconditional’ Pardon to Son Hunter
The Guardian - Mon Dec 2, 2024
Joe Biden has issued “a full and unconditional” pardon to son Hunter Biden covering his son’s convictions on federal gun and tax charges, the US president explained in a statement released by the White House on Sunday. More»
Pentagon Officials Discussing How to Respond if Trump Issues Controversial Orders
CNN - Sat Nov 9, 2024
Pentagon officials are holding informal discussions about how the Department of Defense would respond if Donald Trump issues orders to deploy active-duty troops domestically and fire large swaths of apolitical staffers, defense officials told CNN. More»
Trump: Immigrants Have Brought ‘Bad Genes’ Into The Country
Huffington Post - Tue Oct 8, 2024
The Republican presidential candidate has long been obsessed with the racist talking point that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of America. More»
Trump tells supporters they won’t have to vote in the future: ‘It’ll be fixed!’
The Guardian - Sat Jul 27, 2024
Donald Trump has ignited alarm among his critics after telling a crowd of supporters that they won’t “have to vote again” if they return him to the presidency in November’s election. More»
Trump Supporters Doxx Jurors and Post Violent Threats after his Conviction
NBC News - Fri May 31, 2024
WASHINGTON — The 34 felony guilty verdicts returned Thursday against former President Donald Trump spurred a wave of violent rhetoric aimed at the prosecutors who secured his conviction, the judge who oversaw the case and the ordinary jurors who unanimously agreed there was no reasonable doubt that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee falsified business records related to hush money payments to a porn star to benefit his 2016 campaign. More»
Donald Trump Found Guilty On All 34 Felony Counts
NBC News - Thu May 30, 2024
NEW YORK, New York - A New York jury has found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, marking the first time a former US president has ever been convicted of a crime. More»
Trump Praises Fictional Serial Killer Hannibal Lecter During Rally Speech
The Guardian - Sun May 12, 2024
WILDWOOD, New Jersey - Donald Trump on Saturday praised fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter “as a wonderful man” before segueing into comments disparaging people who have immigrated into the US without permission. More»
Man sets himself on fire outside Trump trial in horrific scene as onlookers watch wild blaze
Daily Mail - Fri Apr 19, 2024
NEW YORK, New York - Horrifying scenes unfolded outside Donald Trump's hush money trial on Friday after a man set himself on fire in an act of extreme political protest. More»
Espionage - Russian-American Charged with Acting as Illegal Russian Agent in the US
CNN - Wed Mar 9, 2022
A dual Russian-American citizen has been charged with acting as a spy in the US, according to court filings that say she ran organizations that "sought to spread Russian propaganda". More»
Biden Calls a Fox News Reporter "Stupid Son of a Bitch"
Yahoo News - Mon Jan 24, 2022
President Biden was caught on a hot mic Monday appearing to call Fox News reporter Peter Doocy a "stupid son of a bitch" in response to a question asked at the start of a White House event on lowering the prices of consumer goods. More»
Biden condemns Trump as a threat to democracy in speech marking one year since January 6 attack
CNN - Thu Jan 6, 2022
President Joe Biden on Thursday marked the first anniversary of the January 6 insurrection by forcefully calling out former President Donald Trump for attempting to undo American democracy, saying such an insurrection must never happen again. More»
Mark Meadows: House Votes to Recommend Criminal Contempt Charges Against Trump Ex-Chief of Staff
The Guardian - Tue Dec 14, 2021
The US House of Representatives has approved a measure recommending criminal contempt charges against Mark Meadows, the former chief of staff to Donald Trump, a week after he ended his cooperation with the chamber’s committee investigating the Capitol insurrection. More»
Trump adviser Steve Bannon indicted by federal grand jury for contempt of Congress
NBC News - Fri Nov 12, 2021
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was indicted by a federal grand jury Friday, charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions from the House Committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot. More»
Trump social network given 30 days to stop breaking software license
Washington Examiner - Fri Oct 22, 2021
Former President Donald Trump's new social media platform, TRUTH Social, has been given 30 days to comply with the software's terms of license before its access is terminated. More»
CIA officials under Trump discussed assassinating Julian Assange
The Guardian - Mon Sep 27, 2021
Senior CIA officials during the Trump administration discussed abducting and even assassinating WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, according to a US report citing former officials. More»
The Orange Shit-Gibbon Calls Cops "Pussies"
Daily Beast - Fri Jul 30, 2021
In the months since the US Capitol assault, Donald Trump has led the GOP efforts to distort and dismiss the realities of the anti-democratic and deadly riot that the former president himself instigated. More»
Capitol Police Officer Testifies To The Racism He Faced During The Jan. 6 Riot
NPR - Tue Jul 27, 2021
As pro-Trump insurrectionists poured into the US Capitol on January 6, a Black Capitol Police officer passionately testified Tuesday that he faced racist epithets, the likes of which he had never heard while serving in uniform. More»
Trump ally Tom Barrack charged with acting as an agent of a foreign government
CNN - Tue Jul 20, 2021
Tom Barrack, a former adviser to former President Donald Trump, was charged Tuesday with illegal foreign lobbying on behalf of the United Arab Emirates for what federal prosecutors in Brooklyn described as an effort to influence the foreign policy positions of both the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and the subsequent incoming administration. More»
Trump 'is telling people he will be reinstated as president by August'
Daily Mail - Tue Jun 1, 2021
Former President Donald Trump is telling people that he will be reinstated as president by August according to a report, after his original National Security Advisor Michael Flynn said a Myanmar-style coup 'should happen'. More»
Activists and ex-spy said to have plotted to discredit Trump ‘enemies’ in government
New York Times - Fri May 14, 2021
WASHINGTON - A network of conservative activists, aided by a British former spy, mounted a campaign during the Trump administration to discredit perceived enemies of President Donald Trump inside the government, according to documents and people involved in the operations. More»
Biden issues executive order following mounting cyberattacks
Axios - Wed May 12, 2021
President Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to improve the country’s cybersecurity following a series of high-profile cyberattacks in both the public and private sectors. More»