Trump Considering Blagojevich for Ambassador to Serbia

Feb 7, 2025 | TRUMP

The former governor of Illinois, whose corruption conviction sentence Trump commuted, chaired a group called Serbians for Trump in the 2024 election. President Donald Trump is considering nominating former Illinois Gov. (Democrat) Rod Blagojevich, who served eight...

Donald Trump Pardon Recipients Are Being Charged With New Crimes

Feb 7, 2025 | TRUMP

At least 12 people pardoned by President Donald Trump in his first and second terms—including two last week—have since been apprehended by the police. At least 10 people pardoned between 2016 to 2021, and two people pardoned last week, were charged again on new crimes...

White House Opens Funding Spigot for DOGE Expenses

Feb 5, 2025 | ECONOMY, TRUMP

But what was once thought of as an outside advisory board is now very much inside the federal government and drawing an official salary, so to speak. Nearly $7 million has been “apportioned” over the past week to cover the agency’s expenses, while the administration...

Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base

Feb 5, 2025 | TRUMP

Overnight, Wired reported that, contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at the Treasury Department are limited to “read only” access to department payment systems, this is not true. A 25-year-old DOGE operative named Marko Elez in fact has admin privileges...

Trump Wants to Ethnically Cleanse Palestine

Feb 5, 2025 | TRUMP

Keep in mind that Trump took hundreds of millions of dollars from the Adelsons during both of his campaigns for president. So it is no surprise that Trump has suggested that all Palestinians, people who have lived in in that region for centuries, should be moved...

How Much RFK Jr. Paid a Sexual Misconduct Accuser to Stay Silent

Feb 4, 2025 | TRUMP

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. paid nearly $1 million to settle a sexual misconduct case brought by one of the employees at his anti-vax nonprofit, Children’s Health Defense. The woman who accused Kennedy was roped into a nondisclosure agreement in 2020, according to sources...