Treasury secretary says banknote would celebrate US’s 250th anniversary but Democrats vow to block moveThe White House is pushing Congress to approve a $250 bill bearing Donald Trump’s portrait, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said, which would require changing longstanding federal law that prohibits any living person from appearing on US currency.Speaking from the White House at a news conference, Bessent said the bill would be in celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary of independence, and that the treasury has already started preparing for the possibility of the new currency. Continue reading...
DOJ is probing a nonprofit run by billionaire Reid Hoffman that funded a portion of E. Jean Carroll's civil litigation against President Trump, several sources said.
Treasury Secretary Bessent backed the idea, which would require legislation allowing a living person to appear on currency.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed Thursday that 6 million American children are enrolled in the about-to-launch "Trump Accounts" while brushing off what he called "short-term challenges" to the economy.
An expert in Middle East affairs shared a startling prediction about President Donald Trump's latest peace plan for the region during a new podcast interview on Thursday. Trump has demanded that more Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East sign on to the Abraham Accords, a bilateral agreement the first Trump administration struck with some Middle Eastern countries in 2020, as part of the peace deal for the war in Iran. Reporting from Politico suggests that the idea has been met with "laughter, dismissal and, often, silence" from leaders in Middle Eastern countries. Malcolm Nance, a former intelligence officer, said on a recent episode of the "PolitiCon" podcast that the idea is "mindless" and could lead to a resurgence of extremist groups the U.S. fought to defeat during the War on Terror. "Trump seems to think that if I allow Israel to use force or Iran to use force, I can coerce you into doing something which technically could start the revival of ISIS and al-Qaeda in the Muslim world," Nance said. The war in Iran has metastasized from an isolated conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran into a regional conflict over the last three months. Iran retaliated to American and Israeli bombing campaigns by striking Israel, Saudi Arabia, and other U.S. allies in the region. In turn, Trump appears to be using Iran's strikes as leverage to get more Middle Eastern countries to sign on to the Abraham Accords, Nance suggested. "Trump is so absolutely desperate to get something out of this war with this little trick," Nance said. "I can't wait to read who was the person to come up with this crazy plan that we're losing the Iran war.""It's really bizarre. This is Bizarro World," he added.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's son, Philip Alito, has been working as a political appointee attorney at the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of the General Counsel since the early months of President Donald Trump's second administration, raising serious conflict of interest concerns.According to reports by NOTUS, Philip Alito's presence was treated as something close to a government secret. "If people were introducing themselves by first and last name, he'd just say 'Phil,' not Phil Alito," said one former official. "He's a pretty soft-spoken guy."Four former government officials also claimed he maintains no public resume or LinkedIn profile. As an attorney-adviser in the general counsel's front office, he was briefed on important Treasury matters and provided legal feedback at the highest levels. The Treasury Department's general counsel's office handles legal matters related to taxation, economic policy, and law enforcement, including potential cases challenging Trump's anti-weaponization fund that could reach the Supreme Court. A tariff lawsuit naming the Treasury as defendant was argued before the justices in November, with Philip Alito's employment never disclosed in court documents. Justice Alito did not recuse himself from the case, nor did he respond to a request for comments by NOTUS.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
A bizarre post from the White House about a dead gorilla has triggered many of the president's critics, who are imploding with great fury and outrage.Harambe was a 17-year-old western lowland silverback gorilla who was shot and killed by officials of the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016 in order to protect a child who had made his way into the animal's enclosure.'F**k it, Iran just launch the nukes, put us out of our misery, you’d be doing us a favor.' The gorilla died but lived on in memes and jokes that turned him into a hero of the manosphere and other online communities.On Wednesday, the White House social media account remembered Harambe as a "legend" and a patriot."He became a symbol of loyalty, strength, chaos, unity, and the strange beauty of the internet bringing millions of people together for one cause: never forgetting Harambe," the post read."Everyone remembers where they were when they heard the news," the White House continued. "And somehow, a decade later, his legacy still lives on. Gone, but never forgotten."Not surprisingly, the outrage online has been hysterical."This is really abhorrent. And this will go in the National Archives," read one popular response. "It is just more evidence, that you have zero decency, understanding, nor regard for subject matter. You are mocking the death of this animal, who deserved better in life, and now, in remembrance. It further shows how you have no respect for the responsibility you hold.""So many people are losing rights and our government is talking about f**king harambe, what are we doing bro," read another reply."F**k it, Iran just launch the nukes, put us out of our misery, you’d be doing us a favor at this point this is EMBARASSING," said an account with pronouns in the profile.The post from the White House garnered more than 27 million views on social media in only 18 hours.RELATED: Trump admin. mocks outrage of 'unhinged leftists' over White House ballroom construction Former Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters, who presided over the case, said that it was the most tumultuous incident he experienced in terms of the social media response."We've had much worse cases, believe me. We've had serial killers. We've had tons of other cases, but in terms of the effect of social media in a particular case, this took the prize by a long shot," he said to WCPO-TV 10 years later.He added that it was an easy decision not to charge the mother of the child for negligence because he didn't think a jury of her peers would have convicted her.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!