Trump knocks ‘chirping’ from ‘political hacks’ amid Iran negotiations

Trump on the hook for 205 'murders' – and will face 'historic consequences': ex-official

A former senior Trump administration official issued President Donald Trump and those around him an ominous warning on Monday about what they said were “historic consequences” they’ve yet to face, but undoubtedly will – and soon.That former official was Miles Taylor, a security expert who served as a Homeland Security senior advisor in the first Trump administration, and his warning was about the Trump administration’s ongoing operation in the Caribbean targeting suspected drug traffickers, an operation that critics have called illegal and as of Monday has killed 205 people.“More than 200 people have now been killed in Trump’s campaign against ‘drug boats’ since it began in early September,” Taylor wrote in an analysis published on his Substack Monday. “I can tell you from firsthand experience that all of them could have been arrested instead. In other words, the murders are a choice – and one that will have historic consequences.”As Trump’s deeply unpopular war against Iran continues to dominate news headlines, the administration has simultaneously begun ramping up its attacks on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean, and without providing evidence to the public proving that those killed were drug traffickers.And, while the Trump administration has yet to face any legal consequences for what even Republican lawmakers have described as “extrajudicial killings,” Taylor warned that consequences were, in fact, coming, and soon enough that “the people who carried this out should be calling their lawyers.”“First, Democrats are very likely to retake at least one chamber of Congress. The day they do, they get subpoena power, and the first thing a serious oversight committee will do is start pulling the thread on the obvious crimes committed by the Trump administration. This boat-strike campaign is top of the list,” Taylor wrote.“Second, congressional investigators will ask the only questions that matter in any abuse-of-power inquiry: who knew, and when did they know it? They will go looking for the paper trail, and they will undoubtedly find it.”

Ex-Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell sounds alarm over political interference

Powell says central bank has been facing ‘stress test’ under Trump, as supreme court weighs decision on Fed governor that president tried to fireSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailJerome Powell, the former chair of the Federal Reserve, has warned that a single act of political interference in monetary policy could permanently destroy public trust in the central bank.As Donald Trump’s administration continues to test the Fed’s longstanding independence, Powell said in a speech on Sunday night that the institution was in the midst of a “stress test”. Continue reading...

Iran's Regime Fires on U.S. Troops, Then Accuses Israel and U.S. of Ceasefire Violations

Iran halting US talks, threatens Strait of Hormuz closure: Report

The Islamic Republic is reportedly stopping exchanges with the U.S. through mediators over attacks on Lebanon.

'Get help': MAGA lawmaker said to have 'crashout' after getting snubbed by Trump

In the three days since getting snubbed by President Donald Trump in her bid for South Carolina governor, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) has gone on a social media posting blitz, publishing several dozen messages defending her record in Congress in what some critics described as a “crashout.”“Should we be genuinely worried about her?” asked novelist and podcast host John Daly in a social media post on X.A fierce defender of Trump, Mace had drawn the ire of the president in recent months for having pushed for the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein and for having criticized the president’s deeply unpopular war against Iran. And last Friday, Trump decided not to endorse her in her race for South Carolina governor, instead giving his blessing to Pam Evette, the state’s lieutenant governor.In the days since, Mace has posted dozens of times on social media, though one post in particular drew heightened attention.“IRON LADY,” Mace wrote Sunday night, along with an image of what appears to be a campaign poster featuring herself in front of the South Carolina State Capitol with her hair in a traditional bouffant, a hairstyle popular in the 1950s and 1960s.“So, we can all see she’s having a mental breakdown, right?” asked political writer and anti-disinformation activist Jim Stewartson on Monday in a social media post on X to his nearly 150,000 followers. "Anyway, please get help Nancy."Even conservatives were taken aback by what onlookers characterized as Mace’s bizarre post.“You’re watching a person completely lose touch with reality in real time,” wrote Justin Evans, senior vice president of Big Dog Strategies and GOP political consultant. “You’ve never witnessed a crashout this severe in your life.”Should we be genuinely worried about her? https://t.co/fa4iNNvdAV— John A. Daly (@JohnDalyBooks) June 1, 2026

Powell warns against political pressure on Fed

Former chair Jerome Powell on Sunday warned against political pressure on the Federal Reserve, saying that the central bank “has been undergoing a stress test.” “If any administration finds a way to remove Fed officials over policy differences, then future administrations will do so as well. The public would lose faith that the central bank…

Trump DOJ wants noisy sex judge to withdraw from election case

The DOJ argued that Judge Ross' attendance at the event raised questions about her ability to remain impartial.

'Dude, stop it!' Data analyst laughs at Trump's focus on 'greatly unpopular' priority

President Donald Trump has prioritized making sweeping changes to Washington, D.C., but a data analyst found those plans are strikingly unpopular.The president raged at length over the weekend at a federal judge who ordered his name removed from the Kennedy Center, and his other planned projects – from the White House ballroom to painting the Reflecting Pool blue – have faced legal challenges of their own, but CNN's Harry Enten found little public support for those efforts."I'm just going to quote Michael Jordan here: 'Stop it, just stop it,'" Enten said. "The American people are saying to the president of the United States, you could see right here, kids laughing off there on the side. I mean, just look at this, naming government buildings after Trump, acceptable right now as he is president of the United States of America. Just 9 percent, just 9 percent. Literally, you can put it on your two hands. When you can put something on your two hands, you know, it's a very small section of the public. My little footnote on here includes just 17 percent of Republicans, 50 percent say not acceptable at all – the clear plurality here, and then you get this additional 21 percent who say, you know, it's okay to put President Trump's name on government buildings, but only after he leaves office.""But the bottom line is this, greatly unpopular, President Trump or the government putting his name on government buildings," he added. "I think the American people are standing up and applauding the fact that Trump is leaving this aside, because the American people, simply put, are not with it."Single-digit support is obviously low, Enten said, but he tried to number into context with other topics."Americans who believe it's okay right now to name government buildings for Trump, just 9 percent," he said. "To put that into some perspective, 10 percent of Americans believe that the earth is flat, and 12 percent of Americans think that the moon landing was faked, which of course it was not, and of course, the earth is actually round. So fewer Americans think it's acceptable right now to put President Trump's name on government buildings than believe two conspiracy theories, either the earth is flat or the moon landing was fake, and when you're lower than that, you know that you're doing something quite, quite unpopular."Voters backed Trump for a second term because he promised to tackle inflation, but consumer costs remain high and he has seemingly focused his attention on unrelated topics."President Trump got elected to a second term to deal with inflation," Enten said. "Of course, right now, what we're talking about is President Trump getting record low ratings on inflation, not just for himself, but for any president, and it just goes back to this. Trump on issues facing most Americans focused enough, just 29 percent, just one in three Americans say that President Trump is focused enough on the issues facing most Americans. The clear majority, the supermajority, more than two and three, 68 percent, say, no, he's not focused enough, and that is why his approval rating has been falling in the 30s in multiple polls, because he's focused on the wrong issues.""He's focused on putting his name on the government buildings," Enten added. "They're talking about, what was that, that $250 commemorative bill that we're talking about right there. Dude, again, just to quote Michael Jordan, stop it, stop it. Focus on inflation, focus on the economy, and then maybe your approval ratings will actually get above 40 percent." - YouTube youtu.be