President Donald Trump remains “committed” to sending each American a $2,000 dividend check to be distributed from tariff revenue, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday. White House officials are exploring ways to execute the plan put forward by Trump in a social media post over the weekend, Leavitt added, but she did […]
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House Democrats release new Epstein emails referencing Trump
Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein referred to Donald Trump as the “dog that hasn’t barked” and told his former companion Ghislaine Maxwell that an alleged victim had “spent hours at my house” with Trump, according to email correspondence released Wednesday by Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. “I want you to realize […]
Trump says he has ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over speech edit
Watch: Trump says he has “obligation” to file BBC lawsuit US President Donald Trump has said he has an “obligation” to sue the BBC over the way a section of his speech was edited in a Panorama documentary. Speaking to Fox News, he said his 6 January 2021 speech had been “butchered” and the way […]
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, other key figures allegedly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election
President Donald Trump issued a sweeping pardon to key figures allegedly involved in the plan to arrange an alternate slate of electors and “expose voting fraud” during the 2020 election, according to U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin. Trump pardoned high-profile individuals allegedly involved in his attempt to overturn the election, including Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, […]
BBC boss Tim Davie resigns after criticism over Trump speech edit | Media News
Davie’s exit caps a week of attacks on Britain’s public broadcaster, with Trump’s press secretary describing BBC as ‘100 percent fake news’. The director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has resigned after a row over the editing of a speech made by US President Donald Trump on the day of the 2021 attack on […]
Trump directs states to ‘undo’ full November SNAP benefits : NPR
Jen Janecek Hartman helps prepare bagged meals for a food bank for students at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in New Town, N.D. John Locher/AP hide caption toggle caption John Locher/AP The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must “immediately undo” any actions they have made to provide benefits to […]
Trump says boat crews are narco-terrorists. The truth is more nuanced, AP finds : NPR
Robert Sánchez dropped out of school as a teenager and like many others in the region became a fisherman like his father, according to friends and relatives. Peter Hamlin/AP Illustration hide caption toggle caption Peter Hamlin/AP Illustration GÜIRIA, Venezuela — One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another […]
Judge permanently blocks deployment of National Guard to Portland, saying Trump exceeded his authority
A federal judge ruled on Friday that Donald Trump “exceeded the President’s authority” when he sent federalized National Guard troops into Portland. In a 106-decision, Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut made permanent an order she issued last month blocking the deployment into the city. “The evidence demonstrates that these deployments, which were objected to […]
Trump gives Hungary one-year exemption from Russian energy sanctions
Donald Trump has exempted Hungary from sanctions over its continued purchases of Russian oil and gas for one year, a White House official confirmed to BBC News. Earlier, the US president said he would consider an opt-out for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close Trump ally who has maintained good relations with Russia throughout […]
Trump demands supreme court intervene after judges reject bid to halt Snap funding | US federal government shutdown 2025
The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly food stamp benefits amid a US federal government shutdown, and was denied later the same day. Now, the administration must continue to follow the orders of a lower court. Moments after that ruling came […]