Month: August 2025

A chronicle of Donald Trump's Crimes or Allegations

Rock Star Gives Brutal, Unexpected Take On Trump-Zelenskyy Meeting

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-bound singer just put the president on blast.

Woman charged with threatening Trump’s life

An Indiana woman accused of posting threatening messages about President Trump on social media is facing federal criminal charges after prosecutors say she admitted to Secret Service officers that she was set on “killing” Trump to “avenge” lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nathalie Rose Jones, 50, of Lafayette, Ind., was arrested during a protest…
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Trump administration considering stake in Intel, Lutnick says

The Trump administration is considering taking a stake in Intel as a means of boosting the struggling U.S. chipmaker, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Tuesday.  Lutnick indicated the money for the stake would come from previously allocated Biden-era funding. Media reports have suggested the government is considering a 10 percent stake using CHIPS and Science…
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Greene rips State Department move to halt Gaza visitor visas

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday ripped the State Department for halting visitor visas for people from Gaza. “We need to be the America that allows war torn children to come here for life-saving surgeries and the America that never releases a foreign child sex predator that our great LEO’s caught,” Greene wrote in…
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Trump’s Election Almost Convinced Mark Hamill To Make Extreme Move

The “Star Wars” icon revealed how the 2024 election left him considering a major life change during a new interview with The Times of London.

Trump Shows Off His ‘4 MORE YEARS’ Hat To Zelenskyy During Baffling White House Detour

Social media users slammed the president for showing the Ukrainian leader his collection of MAGA hats amid a high-stakes meeting on Monday.

An appeal to President Trump: Help my mother’s fight for freedom in Rwanda

After brokering a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in June, President Trump is expected to finalize the truce with Rwandan President Paul Kagame.  I appeal to Trump to use this diplomatic moment, marking an important step towards peace in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, to also call for justice for…
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Raskin: Trump’s National Guard DC deployment is ‘recipe for chaos’

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Monday said President Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., using the National Guard is “a recipe for chaos.” “Now they’re mobilizing the National Guard, they’re bringing the National Guard in from South Carolina, from Ohio, from West Virginia, from all these states, why?” Raskin, whose congressional district borders the…
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USDA limits funding for solar, wind on farmland

The Agriculture Department is curtailing its support for solar and wind energy on farmlands. In a Monday post on the social media platform X, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the department “will no longer deploy programs to fund solar or wind projects on productive farmland, ending massive taxpayer handouts.” The department, on Tuesday, said that wind and…
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Judge hands Trump administration partial win in Alligator Alcatraz fight

A federal judge late Monday dismissed portions of a lawsuit brought by Alligator Alcatraz detainees, handing the Trump administration a partial win in its pushback on allegations that the migrants aren’t being given sufficient access to attorneys.  U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz agreed the administration’s new designation of a Miami-based immigration court to handle the detainees’ cases makes their…
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Trump says he discussed missing children with EU chief

President Trump said late Monday he is in discussion with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, over the issue of missing children — a key concern for Ukrainians after 3 /12 years of war against Russia.   “Ursula von der Leyen, the distinguished and Highly Respected President of the European Commission,…
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Watch live: White House holds briefing as Russia-Ukraine war dominates Trump agenda

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief the press Tuesday afternoon as peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine war have largely dominated President Trump’s agenda in recent days. The briefing comes after Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a group of European leaders in subsequent meetings Monday in the Oval Office to discuss…
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Bessent: Trump’s Putin meeting like showing off ‘gun case’ to ‘uncontrollable neighbor’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday commended President Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week. “Alaska was a show of force by President Trump. He invited President Putin to land that the Russians used to own. He displayed a huge amount of military hardware and then did a flyover,” Bessent said…
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Some prices to rise at Home Depot despite earlier stance, CFO says

(NEXSTAR) – Three months ago, Home Depot said it didn’t expect to raise prices, claiming that its ability to diversify its sources would help it dodge tariffs. That’s about to change, at least for some items. CFO Richard McPhail told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that customers will see “some modest price movement for…
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Ukraine’s window of opportunity

NewsNation national Correspondent Robert Sherman has found himself on the front lines of some of the world’s biggest stories: from Ukraine to Israel and across the United States. He shares what he’s seeing on the ground. Subscribe to his newsletter: Frontlines with Robert Sherman here.  Greetings from Ukraine, which feels like the center of the universe…
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HHS will allow emergency use of animal drugs in New World screwworm fight

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) became authorized Tuesday to allow the use of animal drugs to treat or prevent infestations caused by the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that has recently disrupted the cattle industry.   A declaration from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will allow the FDA to issue…
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Trump Thinks He Knows What Will Get Him Into Heaven

“I’m hearing I’m not doing well,” the president told Fox News. “I am really at the bottom of the totem pole.”

Stephen A. Smith: Trump ‘opened his mouth and deposited checks his a‑‑ can’t cash’

Stephen A. Smith on Monday slammed President Trump for not securing a peace deal with Russia and Ukraine despite his promises on the campaign trail. “The reality is, and excuse my language, he opened his mouth and deposited checks his a‑‑ can’t cash. That’s really what it comes down to,” Smith said during a Monday…
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Obama-era ambassador: ‘Major progress’ after Trump-Zelensky meeting

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul on Monday lauded the Trump administration for its push for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine as well as European leaders’ unified show of support for Kyiv during their White House visit. McFaul, who served in the Obama administration, said during an appearance on NBC News where he…
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6,000 student visas revoked: State Department

More than 6,000 foreign students saw their visas revoked since the start of the second Trump administration, the State Department revealed Tuesday. A spokesperson for the department said the visas were rescinded for overstays and “law violation,” the “vast majority” consisting of assault, DUI, burglary and support for terrorism.   Roughly 4,000 of the individuals…
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In Alaska, Putin who took Trump for a ride in ‘the Beast’

Let us be blunt: The Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska was an embarrassment and very likely will prove to be a disaster. The hype proceeding the summit stressed that the first step in ending the Ukraine war was a cease-fire. President Trump probably anticipated more than gaining only some agreement on Ukraine. Otherwise, the Treasury secretary and…
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Elise Stefanik faces jeers at NY event

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who is expected to run for New York governor next year, was shouted down by protestors during an Upstate event on Monday, with videos of the encounter shared across social media. Stefanik, who is the House GOP leadership chair, was met with loud jeers, as she took the mic in Plattsburgh,…
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Newsom account knocks Dana Perino over criticism of posts: ‘They still don’t get it’

A social media account run by the press office of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) knocked Fox News anchor Dana Perino after she criticized the Democrat’s press strategy. “ALMOST A WEEK IN AND THEY STILL DON’T GET IT,” the governor’s office wrote Monday on social platform X in response to a segment on Fox’s daytime table…
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Macron pitches Switzerland for Putin-Zelensky meeting

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday suggested Switzerland as a possible host nation for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In an interview that aired Tuesday on French news channel LCI, Macron said the bilateral talks could take place in Europe, though he specified they would not be held in France.…
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Russia rules out ‘any scenarios’ deploying NATO troops to Ukraine

Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Monday warned NATO leaders against deploying troops in Ukraine as world leaders work to bring about an end to the nearly three-years long war. “We reiterate our repeatedly expressed position that we deny any scenarios that envisage the deployment of a military contingent to Ukraine with the participation…
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