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House passes Ukraine aid bill in another GOP rebuke of Trump’s foreign policy
The vote comes after the House passed a resolution earlier this week against President Donald Trump’s war against Iran.
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Trump Says Pulte Will Only Be Temporary Intelligence Director (Q&A)
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President Donald Trump said that Bill Pulte will only serve as national intelligence director on an acting basis, adding that he is interviewing permanent candidates for the position. “He’s not going to be permanent, because, you know, I don’t think he’d want to be permanent,” Trump told reporters Thursday of Pulte, a loyalist who currently serves as the nation’s housing finance chief. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Judge orders The Kennedy Center to remove Trump's name from its venue by June 12
The Kennedy Center is moving to comply with a federal court order to remove President Donald Trump's name from the iconic Washington arts venue. The center's general counsel instructed staff to immediately change email signatures, letterhead, and documents to reflect the original name — the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — with interior and exterior signage to be changed by June 12, according to reports by CBS News. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled the Trump-appointed board overstepped its authority when voting in December to rename the venue "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts," according to NBC News. Judge Cooper said, "Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it." In addition to its name change, the center remains undecided about whether to proceed with a $257 million renovation scheduled to begin July 5. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum initially resisted compliance. During an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union", Burgum explained he wasn't sure whether the order would be appealed and called it "controversy on both sides."Trump subsequently posted he would withdraw from the center, calling it "broken, unsafe and busted," according to Spectrum News 1. Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
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Mercedes, Bentley, and McLaren cars seized in BUST of $30 million Medicaid fraud scheme, feds say
Federal prosecutors said that four suspects turned themselves in after an investigation into a $30 million Medicaid fraud scheme.Two Ohio state employees and two co-conspirators were indicted in the scheme that fraudulently billed the federal government for children's behavioral health services, according to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.'These initial suspensions mark a critical step forward in ensuring accountability and deterring abuse within the Medicaid system.'Two of the defendants falsely claimed to provide the medical services through behavioral health organizations that they owned and operated, according to Blanche.The four suspects were hit with 32 counts in the indictment.The fake services provided included behavioral therapy and psychotherapy for young people who attended summer camps, church groups, and recreational programs. They allegedly diagnosed the kids with a behavioral adjustment disorder, but no tests were performed, and the children received no actual care.Among the 14 luxury vehicles seized in the investigation were a Maserati, six Mercedes Benz, a Jaguar, a Bentley, and a McLaren.Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel added that $600,000 was seized through seven bank accounts.The investigation was a part of the administration's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, led by Vice President JD Vance."It is disgusting that fraudsters were allowed to deprive essential developmental services from American children in need," a spokesperson for Vance said to CBS News."Countless lives could have been made better by the millions of tax dollars stolen, but instead they were used to purchase luxury cars," the spokesperson added. "This is another example of the type of fraud the vice president's task force is putting a stop to."RELATED: Newsom lashes out at report of MASSIVE fraud in California Also on Thursday, Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's administration announced the suspension of Medicaid payments to 49 businesses providing home health care that were flagged for waste, fraud, or abuse. "These initial suspensions mark a critical step forward in ensuring accountability and deterring abuse within the Medicaid system," said the Ohio Department of Medicaid Director Scott Partika. "We will continue using advanced analytics and enforceable action to protect Ohioans and preserve program integrity."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
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Trump DOJ may lose 'powerful arrow' as judge challenges conviction: analyst
The Trump administration has a "very serious chance" of losing a powerful weapon against judges, predicted legal journalist Adam Klasfeld. In a recent episode of Legal AF, Klasfeld spoke about the case against Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee circuit court judge who distracted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while she sent the immigrant they were seeking out a side door."It's a shocking thing when a judge is arrested," Klasfeld reflected. "It showed the Trump administration's priorities to go after any judge that they believe is standing in the way of ICE enforcement.She was convicted by a jury of obstructing an official proceeding in December, but her legal team filed a motion for an acquittal of that charge. "She has a very serious chance of an acquittal here," Klasfeld said, explaining that recent cases have changed the legal precedent establishing ICE arrests with an administrative warrant as an official proceeding. If a federal judge agrees to acquit Dugan, it will take away "one of the most powerful arrows in the quiver of the Trump DOJ to target judges who want to preserve the integrity of their courthouse," Klasfeld said. "It can deprive the Trump DOJ of one of the few victories it has had in a high-profile case, particularly a politically charged high-profile case," Klasfeld added. "If an ICE arrest based on an administrative warrant is not a proceeding, then that sword of Damocles hanging over local county and state judges around the country, that is removed. That is removed from the Trump DOJ's quiver."
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Trump’s Name Is Disappearing From More Than Just the Kennedy Center
Lawyers are ordering staff to remove Trump from email signatures, letterhead, webpages, brochures, promotional materials, press releases, signs, and more.
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Trump DOJ arrests Oklahoma man for alleged death threats against John Thune: report
An Oklahoma man has been arrested on nine felony charges for allegedly making death threats against Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).According to Politico, while the motive of 63-year-old David Shuck has not been publicly released, the Justice Department "described the case as part of an initiative related to an order President Donald Trump signed last September, known as NSPM-7, targeting 'domestic terrorism and organized political violence'" — with an emphasis specifically on "Antifa" and other left-wing protest activity.NSPM-7 has raised alarm bells from legal observers, who have warned it could be used to target Trump's political critics.Another criticism of the operation, per the report, is that it characterizes Antifa "as an organized entity when it is a vague label applied to a wide range of dissenting groups and people."Shuck, who, according to the report, previously served 18 months in prison for a marijuana grow operation, is out of jail on $10,000 bond as of press time.Death threats against public figures have been an ongoing issue for years, and have targeted officials in both parties. In one of the most bizarre recent examples, a U.S. Senate candidate was arrested last month over threats to kill President Donald Trump.
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Alleged $30M fraud ring involving children's health services busted, officials say
Federal authorities have busted what they say is a $30 million fraud conspiracy involving billing for children's behavioral health services that were never provided, officials announced.
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The Gateway Pundit
(VIDEO) Trump Says He Couldn’t See Biden’s Cognitive Decline and That Biden Was “Fine” – “He Was the Same Guy… He Was Never the Sharpest Guy”
President Trump on Thursday told reporters that Joe Biden was "the same guy I had been watching for a long time" when he last met with Biden in 2024, denying that he was having cognitive health issues. Clearly, Biden was out to lunch for four years, but Trump says he was just "never the sharpest guy." This is a departure from Trump's previous antics of imitating Biden on stage at his rallies. The post (VIDEO) Trump Says He Couldn’t See Biden’s Cognitive Decline and That Biden Was “Fine” – “He Was the Same Guy… He Was Never the Sharpest Guy” appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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