In January, Trump said “we’re in charge” of Venezuela. Amid a humanitarian crisis, they’re merely “our new and great friends.” The post Trump Claimed to Run Venezuela. After Earthquakes, He’s Walking That Back. appeared first on The Intercept.
Mr. Bolton admitted to mishandling classified information and could face time in prison, in an inquiry that spanned the Trump and Biden administrations.
Bolton pleads guilty to charges that he unlawfully retained sensitive national security information in agreement that includes $2.25m fineSign up for the Breaking News US emailAs we’ve been reporting, the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool will have to be drained again. Donald Trump has blamed vandalism for the failure to keep the water “American flag blue”. But what if this small body of water is proof that the president can’t outrun the truth?In the latest edition of our Politics Weekly America podcast, Jonathan Freedland speaks to Arwa Mahdawi about why this project, which has cost the taxpayer millions of dollars, is proving to be such an embarrassing failure for a man obsessed with image. Continue reading...
A Republican lawmaker upended the rationale for President Donald Trump's legislative obsession.The 80-year-old president is demanding congressional Republicans pass his SAVE America Act to prevent widespread election fraud, which he continues to insist cost him the presidency in 2020, but Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) called those claims absurd."I think it's a distraction from our real problems," Massie said. "I think it's ironic that we control the House, the Senate, the Supreme Court and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections."Massie lost his Republican primary race last month to the Trump-endorsed Ed Gallrein after the congressman angered the president for successfully pushing for the release of the Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein, the notorious sex offender and longtime Trump friend.Trump abruptly canceled a scheduled signing of bipartisan legislation intended to bring down housing costs, and he repeated his demand that he would not sign anything until Congress approves the SAVE America Act, which critics say would disenfranchise millions of voters.
President Donald Trump's economic advisers are giving Warsh space as the new Fed chairman on interest rates as the president repeats calls to cut.
Former national security adviser John Bolton is expected to plead guilty in federal court on Friday to one count of retaining national security information.
House conservatives' push to force Senate action on the SAVE America Act has stalled the chamber, drawing sharp backlash from fellow Republicans.
Hopefully, this will speed up the process to remove millions of migrants who were previously shielded by “Temporary Protected Status.” {Ruling Here} In a 6-3 decision Thursday, the Supreme Court said the administration can strip temporary protected status (TPS) from migrants who arrived from Islamist Syria and the ‘sh!thole‘ nation of Haiti. Given the ridiculous […] The post Supreme Court TPS Decision Paves Way for Trump Administration to Send Migrants Back to Haiti, Syria and Beyond appeared first on The Last Refuge.
