Author: Robert Jones
NEW YORK (AP) — The parent company of President Donald Trump’s social networking site Truth Social says it lost $400.9 million last year and its annual revenue declined 12% to $3.6 million.Trump Media & Technology Group reported its earnings late Friday, blaming the losses in part on a revenue-sharing agreement with an undisclosed advertising partner.After winning the U.S. presidential election in November, Trump in December transferred all of his shares — worth around $4 billion on paper — as a “bona fide gift” to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Trump’s shares amounted to more than half of the company’s…
The Trump administration will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that ordered a government ethics watchdog reinstated to his post after the president fired him.Hampton Dellinger, leader of the whistleblower protection agency the Office of Special Counsel, sued the Trump administration after he was fired this month. A district judge had ordered Dellinger, a Biden appointee, to be temporarily reinstated during ongoing legal proceedings. A panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., denied the Trump administration’s request to overturn the district judge’s order on procedural grounds Saturday. The Justice Department plans…
President Donald Trump is looking to vastly expand immigrant detention in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.Trump hopes to eventually detain up to 30,000 immigrants at Guantánamo, which would require a massive investment in infrastructure, given that existing immigrant detention facilities are only designed to hold about 120 people. The Trump administration has already sent a few dozen immigrants — those deemed high-risk — to Guantánamo. That includes 13 known members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which the federal government designated last year as a “transnational criminal organization.”Trump’s team is reportedly planning to ramp up to at least one military flight…
Sergey Mikheyev, a Russian political scientist, recently warned on state television that the Kremlin could strike three European capitals that belong to member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) following a notable shift in U.S. policy on NATO support under the Trump administration.Why It Matters Since taking office, President Donald Trump has signaled a major change in the U.S. position on Ukraine, a close ally that receives substantial American aid, amid its ongoing war with Russia.The administration has suggested that NATO membership for Ukraine is not probable and has emphasized prioritizing U.S. security and border protection over NATO…
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadians on Saturday marked the 60th anniversary of the inauguration of their flag with a defiant sense of patriotism that people said was prompted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of tariffs and suggestions that the country become the 51st U.S. state.Deborah Weismiller said she decided to hang a Canadian flag in the window of her Edmonton home for the first time.“We share a passion for our country and although we have a reputation as being discreetly patriotic, we are suddenly driven to announce it loudly and clearly,” said Weismiller, 69, a retired journalist.“Certainly the…
CNN — The Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter Friday threatening the federal funding of any academic institution that considers race in most aspects of student life. The letter — geared toward all preschool, elementary, secondary and postsecondary educational institutions, as well as state educational agencies that receive financial assistance from the federal government — laid out a sweeping and controversial interpretation of federal law following the 2023 Supreme Court decision that gutted affirmative action. It’s almost certain to draw legal challenges. “Federal law thus prohibits covered entities from using race in decisions pertaining to admissions, hiring, promotion,…
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The Logoff is a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here.Welcome to The Logoff. Hope you had a good weekend. Today I’m focusing on the Trump administration’s efforts to erase a consumer watchdog agency, both because the agency has an important mission and because the fight for its future has ramifications for the broader struggle over President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the government.What’s going on? The administration is trying to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the federal agency that polices financial services companies…
On Friday night, Senate Commerce Committee chairman Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, revealed to Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade that he warned Denmark, a fellow member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), that if the United States doesn’t take ownership of Greenland soon, it could become independent from the Danes and then “Denmark gets nothing.”Newsweek reached out to Cruz’s office and Denmark’s foreign affairs ministry via email for comment on Sunday morning.Why It MattersTrump has repeatedly said that he wants to take ownership of Greenland—an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark—even before he took office. In late December 2024,…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration fired 20 immigration judges without explanation, a union official said Saturday amid sweeping moves to shrink the size of the federal government.On Friday, 13 judges who had yet to be sworn in and five assistant chief immigration judges were dismissed without notice, said Matthew Biggs, president of the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, which represents federal workers. Two other judges were fired under similar circumstances in the last week.It was unclear if they would be replaced. The U.S. Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, which runs the courts and oversees…