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Reopening Alcatraz Won't Be Cheap
Reopening Alcatraz
Won't Be Cheap
May 5, 2025 11:49 AM CDT

Reopening Alcatraz Won't Be Cheap

President Trump says it would symbolize law and order

(Newser) - Alcatraz, the former island prison in California's San Francisco Bay, hasn't accepted inmates in 60 years. The prison was closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate, "costing three times as much as most other federal prisons," per the San Jose Mercury News . It...

Former Proud Boys Leader Recounts Chat With Trump

Enrique Tarrio was at Mar-a-Lago with his mother

(Newser) - President Trump has countless meet-and-greets with guests at Mar-a-Lago, but one such encounter over the weekend stood out. Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and his mother spoke with Trump while at the Florida resort on Saturday night, reports the New York Times . Tarrio says he thanked the president for...

Trump's Surprise Tariff: Foreign Movies

President promises penalty on films made in 'foreign lands'

(Newser) - President Trump announced a new round of surprise tariffs Sunday, this time on the entertainment industry. "I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that...

Trump: We're Making Alcatraz a Prison Again

Though it's not clear how president's plan might be carried out

(Newser) - President Trump announced Sunday that he's moving to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the former prison on an island in California's San Francisco Bay that shut its doors in 1963 and is currently a popular tourist destination. In a post on Truth Social, Trump directed federal agencies—including...

Trump Discounts Recession, Says 'I Don't Know' on Due Process

President also addresses a third term and dolls and strollers in interview

(Newser) - President Trump in an interview aired Sunday pushed back against analysts' predictions about a recession, said he might abandon Ukraine-Russia peace talks, and, despite the oath he took on Inauguration Day, deferred to his lawyers about whether the president is obligated to uphold the Constitution's due process guarantee. He...

Trump Budget Would End National Endowment for Arts
Trump's Next Target:
Arts Funding
May 3, 2025 4:35 PM CDT

Trump's Next Target: Arts Funding

Nonprofits receive emails saying their grants are canceled

(Newser) - President Trump already had eliminated most grants by the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities this term, after trying to shut them down in his first term. He returned to that goal in the budget proposal for the next fiscal year released Friday, the...

In a First, Judge Knocks Down Trump Order Against Law Firm

Action against Perkins Coie for political reasons is unconstitutional, ruling says

(Newser) - For the first time, a court has permanently blocked President Trump from punishing a law firm for political reasons. US District Judge Beryl Howell issued an injunction late Friday prohibiting the enforcement of any portion of Trump's order targeting Perkins Coie, along with a strong denunciation, NBC News reports....

Trump's Late-Night Pic of Himself as Pope Riles Internet

One self-described Trump supporter called the AI-created image 'disrespectful and insulting'

(Newser) - Just days after Pope Francis died last month, Donald Trump riffed that he'd like to be the next leader of the Catholic Church. Now, as the Vatican is gearing up for the conclave starting Wednesday that will select a new pontiff, the US president is extending the joke, this...

Republicans Rip Trump Budget, Especially the Defense Part

Senators say Congress will have to increase military spending

(Newser) - Three senior Republican senators responded with sharp criticism and sarcasm to President Trump's proposed 2026 budget on Friday, comparing the numbers to their party nominee's campaign promises about a strong national defense. The senators also suggested that since the final decision isn't Trump's, they'll take...

Trump Calls for $163B in Cuts Next Year

President also wants to increase defense spending

(Newser) - President Trump unveiled a 2026 budget plan on Friday that calls for sweeping cuts to federal programs and an increase in defense spending. Some key highlights follow, though the Wall Street Journal offers a reminder that any presidential blueprint is largely a "symbolic wish list" meant to lay out...

Trump Says He'll Rename Veterans Day

'We are going to start celebrating our victories again'

(Newser) - President Trump says he is renaming Veterans Day to celebrate victory—and he's giving Victory in Europe Day a new name as well. "Many of our allies and friends are celebrating May 8th as Victory Day, but we did more than any other Country, by far, in producing...

Trump: We're Pulling Harvard's Tax-Exempt Status

Expect a big legal fight to ensue

(Newser) - The fight between the Trump administration and Harvard escalated yet again on Friday, with the president promising a big move in a Truth Social post : "We are going to be taking away Harvard's Tax Exempt Status. It's what they deserve!" Trump has floated the idea previously,...

Trump Moves to Cut Funding for 2 Media Outlets

No more federal cash for NPR, PBS, per new executive order against 'biased media'

(Newser) - President Trump has long made clear his disdain of the mainstream media, but now he's putting more teeth on that by closing the government's wallet on two major broadcasters. The commander in chief on Thursday added to his record-breaking executive-order blitz with yet another EO, this time directed...

Trump to Grads: You're Graduating Into 'Golden Age'

Counter-protesters stage rally to oppose Alabama speech

(Newser) - President Trump delivered a characteristically combative speech Thursday to University of Alabama graduates, offering words of encouragement alongside campaign-style broadsides, the AP reports. Addressing students at an optional pre-commencement event, not the official graduation, Trump described the students as "the first graduating class of the golden age of...

AP Gets a Look at Plans for Trump's Military Parade

Parade has not been finalized, but plans call for 6.6K soldiers to march on Trump's birthday

(Newser) - Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Trump's birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands, and possibly a couple thousand civilians, the AP has learned. The planning documents, obtained by the AP, are dated April...

Emmys Disagree With Trump Over Story's Editing

60 Minutes ' Harris interview is nominated for that very aspect

(Newser) - The editing of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris that President Trump's lawsuit calls deceptive was rendered Emmy-worthy on Thursday. The segment that CBS aired in October, when Harris was the Democratic presidential nominee, was nominated for an Emmy in the category of outstanding edited interview, Axios reports....

Judge: Trump's Use of Alien Enemies Act 'Unlawful'

Federal judge in Texas bans administration from deportations under wartime law in his district

(Newser) - A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law and said President Trump's invocation of it was "unlawful." US District Court Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. is the first judge to rule that the Alien Enemies...

White House Launches Site With a Very Familiar Look

New portal dedicated to pro Trump news closely resembles the Drudge Report

(Newser) - The White House has a new website to highlight pro-Trump news, and it looks pretty familiar. Dubbed "White House Wire," the portal features a large photo at the top of the page, underneath which are a bunch of headlines that link to full news articles singing the praises...

Kamala Harris: Yes, Things Will Probably Get Worse First

Former VP, presidential candidate emerges to give big anti-Trump speech

(Newser) - Former Vice President Kamala Harris used a high-profile speech Wednesday to sharply criticize President Trump amid speculation about whether she will mount another presidential campaign or opt to run for California governor. In her most extensive public remarks since leaving office in January following her defeat to Trump, Harris said...

Trump Cabinet Meeting Was a Lovefest

Officials drenched president with praise

(Newser) - In a two-hour game of one-upmanship at the White House on Wednesday, top Cabinet officials took turns drenching President Trump with praise that went beyond even the usual levels of adulation. Near the end of the marathon meeting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted that the US has brought home...

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