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Trump: I Created 345,000 Jobs in 100 Days
Tariff talk has
overshadowed economic achievements of the second Trump administration
through its first 100 days, according to a White House memo.
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Nearly 350,000
jobs have been created and prices have declined in several key sectors
since President Donald Trump was sworn into office Jan. 20, according
to an economic memo released by the president's Council on Economic
Advisers Staff.
Cardinals Run the Media Gauntlet Ahead of Conclave
Catholic
cardinals will be locked up for the papal conclave but for preparatory
meetings this week they must run the gauntlet of journalists desperate
for insights into who will be the next pope.
"Your Eminence!
Your Eminence!" shout reporters in front of Bernini's colonnade, a few
steps from the majestic St Peter's Square, as the "Princes of the
Church" meet every morning at 9:00am.
Trump Dismisses Climate Change Report's Authors
President
Donald Trump's administration Monday disbanded the authors of the
United States' premier climate report, a move scientists said threatens
to derail a critical assessment mandated by Congress and vital to the
nation's preparedness against global warming.
In an email
sent to contributors of the Sixth National Climate Assessment (NCA6),
the administration said the report's "scope" was being "reevaluated"
and informed participants they were being "released from their roles,"
with no timeline offered for potential reengagement.
The decision
follows mass firings earlier this month at the U.S. Global Change
Research Program (USGCRP), the federal body overseeing the
congressionally required report, and marks the latest flashpoint in
Trump's sweeping efforts to reshape the federal government,
particularly in the realm of science.
Ethics complaint against Letitia James calls for NY state courts to investigate Trump admin fraud claims
New York
Attorney General Letitia James is the subject of a new state-level
ethics complaint filed by pro-Trump legal nonprofit America First Legal
(AFL).
The AFL
complaint filed last week adds to the recent woes for James, who's also
facing a criminal referral from the Trump administration related to
accusations of mortgage fraud.
"For a state
prosecutor who has maligned the President of the United States for
political gain, public accountability will serve as a cure to Letitia
James’ endless lawfare and abuse of power," AFL Vice President Dan
Epstein said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
The complaint
was filed with the New York State Unified Court System's Committee on
Professional Standards, the state-level entity that handles discipline
matters for attorneys whose principal office is in the Albany region.
The complaint requests that the attorney grievance committee open an
investigation into James over accusations of mortgage fraud levied
against her earlier this month by the Federal Housing Finance Agency
(FHFA).
Wisconsin Judge Has ‘No Viable Defense’ Against Charges For Aiding Illegal Immigrant
Fox News legal
analyst Gregg Jarrett said Monday a Wisconsin judge who was arrested
after allegedly helping an illegal immigrant evade United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents would face great
difficulty mounting a defense due to multiple witnesses to her conduct.
FBI agents
arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan Friday on
obstruction charges after she allegedly misdirected ICE agents seeking
to arrest an illegal immigrant who had a hearing before her April 18
before escorting the illegal immigrant out through a back door. Jarrett
said that the multiple witnesses to Dugan’s actions in the incident
would “incriminate” her at trial.
“The protesters
were marching and chanting in their own liberal echo chamber. Their
words tend to bounce off the bubble they live in. I’m not sure it
affects anybody else and I suspect these are the same people who, in
the past, screamed that a president is not above the law, meaning
Donald Trump, but apparently, they now think that judges are above the
law,” Jarrett told “Fox and Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones. “Some of
the placards hailed Judge Hannah Dugan as a hero. Well, I’ve got news
for them, there is nothing heroic about breaking the law.”
Putin agrees to Trump's ceasefire proposal, but insists on two conditions - Russian Foreign Minister
Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov, in an interview for CBS News, reported that in
March, US President Donald Trump proposed an unconditional ceasefire in
Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly agreed to this,
but with conditions.
"President
Putin immediately supported President Trump's proposal few weeks ago to
establish a 30 day ceasefire provided- provided we do not repeat
mistakes of the last 10 years, when deals were signed and then Ukraine
would violate those deals with the support and with encouragement from
Biden administration and from European countries," Lavrov claimed,
mentioning the Minsk agreements and the talks in Istanbul.
It is important
to note that Trump’s idea was to halt the fighting without any
conditions. Ukraine agreed to this on March 11. However, after the
conversation between Trump and Putin, Russia only agreed to a 30-day
partial ceasefire (concerning energy infrastructure), which it
ultimately violated. Moscow has ignored a full ceasefire for nearly 50
days.
White House blasts ‘China-aligned’ Amazon over tariff surcharge label: ‘This is a hostile, political act’
White House
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Amazon for being a
“China-aligned company” after a report indicated that the e-retailer
planned to place a tariff surcharge label on products — a move she
called a “hostile, political act.”
“This is a
hostile and political act by Amazon,” Leavitt said at a Tuesday press
conference at the White House, according to Fox News. “Why didn’t
Amazon do this when the Biden administration hiked inflation to the
highest level in 40 years?”
Leavitt said
she “just got off the phone” with President Trump about Amazon’s
announcement, though she added that she “will not speak to the
president’s relationships with [company founder] Jeff Bezos.”
Alarmed by CBS disaster, Bill Belichick insiders say girlfriend Jordon Hudson is a ‘runaway train’
Even before
this past weekend’s embarrassing CBS interview — in which Jordon Hudson
made it clear who wears the pants in her romance with Bill Belichick —
the legendary football coach’s friends were “shaking their heads,” one
insider told The Post. “They are talking to him about her, but very
gently because they know how deep in he is.
“She saw an
opening and she took it,” the insider added of how Hudson, 24, has
inserted herself into every aspect of her 73-year-old boyfriend’s life
and career.
The consensus
among people around Belichick, another source said, is that this
relationship is “alarming” and Hudson “is a runaway train.”
She has been
heavily criticized and mocked after interfering in the former Patriots
coach’s interview with “CBS Sunday Morning” about his new book, “The
Art of Winning” — shutting down the conversation when correspondent
Tony Dokoupil asked how the couple met.
Only nine illegal immigrants released into US during Trump’s first 100 days — 99.99% drop from same period under Biden: Homan
Just nine
illegal migrants were released into the US during President Trump’s
first 100 days in office — compared to 184,000 in the same period last
year then-President Biden, border czar Tom Homan said Tuesday.
The stunning
figures came as the White House marked a 99.99% decrease in so-called
“gotaways” — unlawful entrants not turned back whom the administration
called “the top threat to public safety.”
“In that same
time frame that we released nine, [the Biden administration] released
184,000 illegal aliens in the country,” Homan said on “Fox and Friends”
early Tuesday.
President Trump won’t ink a bad deal with Iran
A bad deal would destroy Trump’s legacy
It seems as
though President Donald Trump wakes up every morning and checks the
calendar. If the date is an odd number he threatens Iran with bombing
if the Islamic Republic does not dismantle its nuclear enrichment
facilities and abandon its ballistic missile production.
On even days,
the president makes an optimistic statement or post about the
likelihood of a deal that accomplishes meaningful, verifiable and rapid
disarmament by Iran of its nuclear and missile programs.
Trump is, of
course, negotiating with the mullahs via the open-source yo-yo of
statements. The effect on friends of Israel is, however, disconcerting.
They can only remember the betrayal of Israel that was President
Obama’s and then Secretary of State John Kerry’s "Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action" ("JCPOA"). The JCPOA was agreed to July 14, 2015 by the
P5+1 —China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the
United States), the European Union (EU), and Iran, a plan that
purported to guarantee that Iran’s nuclear program will be exclusively
peaceful.
At White House Correspondents’ Dinner, fake remorse over Biden ‘mistakes’
Imagine a neurological disease that changed your perceptions in subtle, damaging ways.
Stubbing your toe would bring pleasure. Rotten meat would taste delicious. Deadly cold would feel comfy.
Meanwhile, a gentle neck massage would make you feel sick, and fresh food would taste disgusting.
You wouldn’t last long with such a disease. But our society is facing something similar.
The news media, which are supposed to act as a sort of nervous system for the body politic, instead give us misinformation.
