Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann was aghast over new reporting that President Donald Trump intervened directly to broker a sweetheart settlement for the Live Nation concert monopoly case.Live Nation’s anticompetitive practices, partly carried out through its subsidiary Ticketmaster, have u…
A feud has erupted between two prominent MAGA figures over allegations that individuals seeking presidential pardons from Donald Trump are being charged for access to the clemency process. The war of words ratcheted up Monday after Trump pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson warned of “scammers” falsely c…
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson lost patience with her colleagues who moved on Monday to lift restrictions on President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting.The order directs the U.S. Postal Service to create new rules that would prevent the delivery of mail-in ballo…
President Donald Trump’s new plan to import hundreds of thousands of tons of beef will spell nothing but disaster, said John Boyd Jr., a cattle and soybean farmer who heads up the National Black Farmers Association, on MS NOW Monday.”I believe that this is a raw deal,” Boyd told anchor Katy Tur, not…
The Pentagon offered clarification Monday on how a prominent MAGA activist who previously received journalist credentials began working for the department. Jennica Pounds, who operates the influential pro-Trump DataRepublican account on X, now serves at President Donald Trump’s Department of Defense…
Department of Homeland Security head Markwayne Mullin’s attempt to park a friend in a high-ranking position is running into a roadblock.Senior members of his department are hoping Senate Republicans will spike the nomination.According to a report from Politico, some officials inside DHS, which house…
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President Donald Trump delivered a speech in the Rose Garden on Monday that praised first lady Melania Trump’s work on improving the foster care system.One conspicuous detail, however, was that the first lady wasn’t there to receive the praise.”President Trump at education event … highlights the h…
Before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent could flee reporters after announcing plans for an economic war on Iran, one reporter called him out over his “D-Day” analogy.Prior to his press availability, Bessent had previewed his plan by claiming, “Today, at President Trump’s direction, the United States…
A federal judge excoriated ICE over the weekend after the agency reported it expects to turn over records about potentially deploying agents at polling places next June — well past the November midterm elections.Judge Beryl A. Howell’s order, issued on Aug. 22, found that U.S. Immigration and Custom…