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Trump Pardons Tax Cheat After Mom Donates $1M: Report

White House claims he was targeted by Biden administration due to 'conservative politics'

(Newser) - Paul Walczak was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $4.4 million in restitution last month after he admitted using millions of dollars meant to pay his employees' taxes to fund an extravagant lifestyle. The sentencing judge specifically noted there "is not a get-out-of-jail-free...

'Disappointed' Musk Breaks With Trump on Spending Bill

DOGE master says the 'Big Beautiful Bill Act' will inflate federal deficit, undermines DOGE work

(Newser) - Elon Musk says he's stepping back a bit from helping the Trump administration slash federal spending via his Department of Government Efficiency, and he's also now stepping back a bit in supporting the Trump agenda—at least when it comes to the "big beautiful" spending package recently...

Judge Blocks Trump's Order With 'Tone of Open Fury'

Federal judge strikes down president's executive order sanctioning WilmerHale

(Newser) - President Trump's attempts to punish law firms for political reasons failed for the third time this month when a federal judge on Tuesday struck down his executive order sanctioning WilmerHale. And Judge Richard Leon did it with flair, notes CNBC , which writes that Leon "suffused his 73-page order...

Trump: Canada Still 'Considering' Statehood

By joining the US, Canada will get Golden Dome for free, he says

(Newser) - Canada's participation in President Trump's $175 billion Golden Dome missile defense project will cost the country $61 billion—or nothing, Trump announced Tuesday. As King Charles III told Canada's Parliament that a "confident Canada" can "give themselves far more than any foreign power can ever...

Trump Set to Pardon Reality TV Stars
Trump Grants
Full Pardons to
Reality TV Stars
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May 28, 2025 1:30 AM CDT

Trump Grants Full Pardons to Reality TV Stars

Julie and Todd Chrisley were found guilty of bank fraud, tax evasion in 2022

(Newser) - President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Julie and Todd Chrisley of reality TV fame, as he'd promised to do, People reports. "My parents get to start their lives over!" their daughter Savannah posted on Instagram Live. "My phone is going bananas right now, but President Trump gave...

Trump Issues Another Warning to Putin

'He's playing with fire!'

(Newser) - President Trump had harsh words for Russia's president again on Tuesday. "What Vladimir Putin doesn't realize is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD," Trump wrote in a Truth Social...

NPR Sues White House Over 'Textbook Retaliation'

Broadcaster says Trump administration isn't being subtle about cutting off funding, 'comes as a wolf'

(Newser) - National Public Radio promised to fight a presidential executive order cutting off its federal funding, and now that's exactly what it's doing. The public broadcaster—which, along with PBS, was targeted by President Trump's executive order earlier this month accusing them of being "biased media"—...

Ex-Sheriff Gets a Presidential Pardon for Bribery Sentence

Trump issues pardon for Scott Jenkins, about to begin 10 years behind bars in Virginia on Tuesday

(Newser) - President Trump says he's pardoning Scott Jenkins, the former sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, who was due to start a 10-year prison sentence on Tuesday for accepting more than $75,000 in bribes. Jenkins, 53, was convicted last year of conspiracy, honest services fraud, and multiple bribery charges...

Trump Threatens to Give Trade Schools Harvard's Grants
Trump Issues
New Threat to Harvard
May 26, 2025 3:07 PM CDT

Trump Issues New Threat to Harvard

He says grants could go to trade schools instead

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday escalated his war on Harvard, threatening to redirect $3 billion in grants for scientific and engineering research from the university to trade schools. The president posted on Truth Social that he's considering taking the grants away "from a very antisemitic Harvard" and giving them...

Trump Honors America's 'Best and Bravest'

President placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier before delivering remarks

(Newser) - President Trump honored fallen service members during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, calling them "great, great warriors" who were "America's best and bravest." We just revere their incredible legacy." Trump said. "We salute them in their eternal and everlasting...

Syria to Help Locate Missing Americans

Move follows sanctions relief and direct talks between the two countries

(Newser) - For the first time since the Syrian civil war began, the Syrian government has pledged to help the US locate missing Americans—an unexpected move reflecting rapidly warming ties between the two countries. Syria's new government has agreed to assist the US in locating and returning Americans who...

Trump Rails Against 'Scum' in Memorial Day Post

President slams 'incompetent' Biden and 'USA hating judges' on border policy

(Newser) - "Happy Memorial Day!" President Trump wrote on Monday morning. A bit later came the fiery elaboration, reports USA Today : "Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum that spent the last four years trying to destroy our country through warped radical left minds," Trump wrote in...

Russia Downplays Trump's Slam of Putin

Everyone is 'emotional' right now, says a Kremlin spokesman

(Newser) - President Trump complained on Sunday that Vladimir Putin has gone "absolutely crazy" given his continued assaults on Ukraine. On Monday, the Kremlin responded in what the BBC describes as a "pointedly polite" manner:
  • "This is a very important moment which is connected to an emotional overload of
...

Johnson to Senate: Don't Ruin My 'Balance'

Speaker warns against changes to spending package being pushed by Rand Paul and others

(Newser) - Fiscal hawks in the House nearly derailed the "big beautiful bill." Now, the legislation—which is crucial to President Trump's domestic agenda—is facing the same threat in the Senate. Two prominent Republicans suggested over the weekend they would defy Trump and hold up the bill in...

Trump: I'll Delay 50% EU Tariff
Trump: I'll Delay
50% Tariff on EU
May 26, 2025 1:30 AM CDT

Trump: I'll Delay 50% Tariff on EU

US president says he got a call from the president of the European Commission

(Newser) - President Trump announced Sunday that he would delay his threatened 50% tariff on the European Union to July 9. "I received a call today from Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, requesting an extension on the June 1st deadline on the 50% Tariff with respect to...

Trump on Putin: He's 'Gone Absolutely CRAZY'

US president has some of his harshest words yet for Russian counterpart

(Newser) - President Trump on Sunday delivered some remarkably harsh comments on the subject of his Russian counterpart. Asked by reporters as he was preparing to board Air Force One from New Jersey back to Washington, DC, for an update on the Russia situation, Trump responded, "Yeah, I'll give you...

Newborns May Soon Get 'Trump Accounts'
American Babies May
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May 25, 2025 2:45 PM CDT

American Babies May Soon Get 'Trump Accounts'

House spending bill includes plan to seed $1K saving accounts for newborns

(Newser) - One of the measures tucked into the massive spending package that cleared the House on Thursday is a plan to set up newborns with $1,000 savings accounts. More specifically, these would be for babies born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Jan. 1, 2029, the dates covering the bulk of...

Trump Tells West Point Class He's Rebuilt the Military

Commencement address includes criticism of previous presidents

(Newser) - President Trump delivered the commencement address at West Point on Saturday, attacking political opponents, diversity efforts, and the nation's most recent commander in chief while welcoming the graduating cadets to a military he said he's rebuilt "better than ever before." Wearing a red "Make America...

After Waltz Exit, Another 'Shake-Up' at the NSC

Sources say White House is set to shrink the National Security Council, oust political appointees

(Newser) - President Trump is ordering a major overhaul of the National Security Council that will shrink its size, lead to the ouster of some political appointees, and return many career government employees back to their home agencies, according to two US officials and one person familiar with the reorg. The number...

Trump Announces 'Partnership' Between US Steel, Nippon

Merger blocked by Biden might be cleared, but few details are released

(Newser) - President Trump announced a deal on Friday between US Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel, which have been seeking approval to merge, but the scope of the agreement wasn't revealed. The president posted on Truth Social that the companies will enter into a "planned partnership" that will keep...

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