Wife of ‘nerdy gamer’ accused of beating ‘Trump House’ owner to brink of death reveals violent past
The horrified wife of a Navy veteran who allegedly viciously beat an elderly Trump superfan described his dark and violent past.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are fuming this week as President Donald Trump's latest corrupt cash grab has thrown a massive wrench into the prolonged process to pass a vital budget bill, per The Hill.This week, the Justice Department announced it would settle Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS by establishing a $1.776 billion fund to pay out to individuals the government has supposedly targeted for their political beliefs. This setup has been interpreted by many as a means to hand out more cash to Trump, his allies and his supporters. The settlement also included the unprecedented promise that the IRS would never again audit Trump or any members of his family.The announcement quickly became a lightning rod for controversy, with a growing chorus of Republicans either calling for the fund to be killed or expressing intense skepticism about it. On Friday, The Hill reported that GOP lawmakers had raked acting Attorney General Todd Blanche over the coals at a hearing, and also "made it clear that a budget reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement won’t move until their concerns are resolved.""GOP senators pressed Blanche during a tense meeting in the Capitol’s Mansfield Room to accept guardrails to limit who could get paid by the fund and vented their anger over the attorney general’s refusal during a hearing Tuesday to rule out the possibility that people convicted of crimes related to Jan. 6, 2021, could receive payouts, according to several people familiar with the meeting," the outlet explained. "But Blanche resisted the Republican lawmakers’ demands to limit who would be eligible to get paid by the fund, further fueling the frustrations of senators in the room."One anonymous GOP senator described the hearing as "a screaming-fest," with The Hill noting that it also became a chance for infuriated lawmakers to rip into a top Trump administration official "over a litany of issues that they believe have made it tougher to defend their majority in the upcoming midterm election." The anonymous Republican also singled out Trump's endorsement of scandal-ridden Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate primary as "the straw that broke the camel’s back" for many lawmakers growing fed up with him, given that the move makes it increasingly likely that Democrats will be able to win the seat in November.Another source close to the situation called the confrontational meeting "toxic," adding that Sen. Thom Tillis "was really going in on him," as well as Sen. Rand Paul.“The fund is an issue but it turned into a general airing of grievances, like the administration’s priorities keep shifting,” the source said. “There’s also been a lack of communication between the hill and the executive [branch] on a number of issues.”“Imagine that, a fund that is set up to compensate people who assaulted Capitol police officers and other responding agencies. People that had pled guilty to physical acts... may actually be able to get compensated," Tillis said prior to the hearing. "How absurd does that sound coming out of my mouth?” “So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops? Utterly stupid, morally wrong – Take your pick,” former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement following the hearing.
The horrified wife of a Navy veteran who allegedly viciously beat an elderly Trump superfan described his dark and violent past.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick dropped $5 million on the main House Republican super PAC just four weeks after lawmakers arranged to interview him about his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — making him the first Trump cabinet official to make a seven-figure disclosed federal donation since being confirmed.The April 1 donation went to the Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC backing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and House Republican incumbents — including those who sit on the very committee scrutinizing Lutnick. The closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee took place on May 6 and lasted more than four hours.Lutnick's Epstein entanglement has dogged him since January, when the DOJ released millions of documents tied to the late financier. His name appeared in more than 250 of those files. The Times found he had traveled to Epstein's private Caribbean island in 2012, years after he claimed to have cut contact with Epstein following a 2005 encounter in which Epstein made suggestive comments about a massage table.In the closed-door interview, Lutnick downplayed his interactions with Epstein as "virtually nonexistent," telling investigators the three encounters he acknowledged "do not constitute a relationship." Committee Democrats called the testimony evasive. Victims' attorney James Marsh said the hearing "does not provide any real substance" for identifying alleged perpetrators of Epstein's network.A Commerce Department spokeswoman said Lutnick "made a political donation in his personal capacity, just as many Cabinet Secretaries from both parties have done in the past."The super PAC declined to comment.
Gabbard is the fourth cabinet member to leave under Trump's second term
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard resigned Friday, citing her husband’s battle with a rare form of bone cancer. “My husband, Abraham, has recently been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer. He faces major challenges in the coming weeks and months. At this time, I must step away from public service to…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, whose anti-war views spurred tension with the White House, said she was resigning from the post to help her husband confront a bone-cancer diagnosis.
Critics were left dumbstruck on Friday after President Donald Trump characterized a taxpayer-funded settlement he reached as an act of selflessness, a remark that some noted had also severely undercut his own past remarks.On his social media platform Truth Social, Trump complained Friday morning that he “gave up a lot of money” after agreeing to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for a nearly $1.8 billion settlement, with the funds earmarked for payouts to those who allege to have been unfairly targeted by the Biden administration’s Justice Department.Trump said that in lieu of a personal payout that could have been an “absolute fortune,” he instead opted to “help others” who were “badly abused by an evil, corrupt and weaponized Biden administration.” His remarks also come after he previously claimed to not be “involved” in the creation of the fund.Trump’s framing of securing a nearly $1.8 billion payout from taxpayers to potentially secure payments for the president’s donors or violent Jan. 6 Capitol rioters, critics argued, was stunning.“Not content to just rip us all off, he expects praise for it,” noted author Jennifer Erin Valent in a social media post on X.Others, like podcast host “Hal for NY,” whose videos on YouTube have amassed more than 71 million views, pointed to what appeared to be a glaring contradiction Trump made in his remarks.“Funny, because he told us he had nothing to do with it. Now he wants a thank you?” they wrote in a social media post on X to their nearly 18,000 followers.And Joanne Carducci, a prominent Democratic political commentator, wrote to her more than 1 million followers on X: “I thought he said he had nothing to do with the slush fund?”I thought he said he had nothing to do with the slush fund? 🧐— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) May 22, 2026
'Abraham has been my rock throughout our eleven years of marriage — standing steadfast'
Tulsi Gabbard notified President Trump she is resigning as DNI, citing her husband Abraham's diagnosis with an extremely rare form of bone cancer.