Thursday, May 29, 2025
Murdoch Paper Accused of Pro-Trump ‘Catch and Kill’ Scheme
https://www.thedailybeast.com/murdoch-paper-accused-of-pro-trump-catch-and-kill-scheme/
The New York Post faces being sued by one of its own reporters who claims it “caught and killed” a critical story about one of Donald Trump’s controversial picks.
One of the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid’s longest-serving journalists claims that the paper’s editor-in-chief personally killed off a story which would have revealed key questions over Trump’s candidate to lead the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Veteran business reporter Josh Kosman told the Daily Beast he had worked for weeks on a tip that Terry Cole, Trump’s DEA nominee, had been involved in missions which resulted in the unnecessary deaths of U.S.-backed operatives overseas.
But eventually it was killed off by the paper’s editor-in-chief, Keith Poole, in an email saying “Nope. Not running this.” Weeks later Trump said Poole should replace Emma Tucker as editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal, posting on Truth Social, “It’s an easy move for Rupert, and he’ll love the results.”
Trump responds to TACO trade criticisms: ‘You call that chickening out?’
https://thehill.com/business/5321877-trump-defends-trade-strategy-taco/
President Trump on Wednesday bristled when asked about a new Wall Street term based on his tendency to reverse his tariff threats, defending his approach and dismissing the question as “nasty.”
A reporter asked Trump in the Oval Office about what was dubbed by a Financial Times columnist as the TACO trade, an acronym that stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out.”
As supplement use increases, so do cases of liver failure linked to them
https://san.com/cc/as-supplement-use-increases-so-do-cases-of-liver-failure-linked-to-them/
A 2017 study by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases found 20% of liver toxicity cases in the U.S. could be linked to dietary or herbal supplements.
A study published last year by researchers from the University of Michigan found six common ingredients can be tied to toxic hepatitis: turmeric, green tea extract, ashwagandha, garcinia cambogia, red yeast rice and black cohosh.
The study’s authors said about 15 million Americans take at least one of those supplements.
Trump Says His New Jet Gifted by Qatar Is ‘Much Too Big’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-his-new-jet-gifted-by-qatar-is-much-too-big/
President Donald Trump shrugged off ethics and security concerns to accept a new luxury plane from Qatar—now he’s complaining about its size.
“It’s too big,” Trump told reporters Wednesday. “Frankly it’s too big, much too big.”
Moreover, one reason Trump apparently wanted the new plane so badly is that the size of the current Air Force One made him feel insecure when parked next to jets owned by Middle Eastern royals.
Trump commutes sentence for donor Imaad Zuberi
The New York Times previously reported that Zuberi donated over $1.1 million in the three months following Trump’s first election to committees linked with the president and the GOP after previously backing former President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in her 2016 bid for the presidency.
With Israeli Intel, Lebanon Is Dismantling Hezbollah in the South
Lebanon’s army has largely disarmed Hezbollah in its southern strongholds—in part with the help of Israeli intelligence—as the country’s new government moves to enforce a cease-fire that halted an intense wave of fighting with Israel last year.
Big Law Firms 3, Trump 0
Three judges across the political spectrum have now said the President’s punitive executive orders are unconstitutional.
Trump confirms he told Netanyahu not to act against Iran in private talks
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-855795
US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he had warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week not to take actions that could disrupt nuclear talks with Iran.
"I told him this would be inappropriate to do right now because we're very close to a solution now," Trump told reporters. "That could change at any moment."
This comes after the N12 news site reported on Tuesday that the US president had warned Netanyahu not to take any action that could disrupt nuclear talks with the Islamic Republic.
Netanyahu confirms: Mohammed Sinwar was eliminated
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/409121
During a heated Knesset debate initiated by the opposition, Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected claims of government failure, highlighting military gains and vowing to return all hostages while accusing rivals of undermining the war effort for political gain.
Court of International Trade blocks Trump’s tariffs in sweeping ruling
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5322889-court-rules-trump-tariffs/
A federal court ruled Wednesday that an emergency law does not provide President Trump with unilateral authority to impose tariffs on nearly every country, blocking a series of tariff announcements dating back to February that have rattled financial markets.
The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade unanimously ruled Congress did not delegate “unbounded” tariff authority to the president in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA), the linchpin of Trump’s legal defense.
Wednesday’s ruling blocks Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day” tariffs, which placed a 10 percent levy on all imports and higher reciprocal tariffs for dozens of countries. It also blocks earlier orders that imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China. Many had been adjusted as or delayed as stocks fell and Treasury yields rose in the wake of Trump’s trade shifts.
The judges gave the Trump administration 10 days to issue any administrative orders needed to effectuate their ruling.
Elon Musk's Bromance With Donald Trump Appears to Sour
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-donald-trump-bromance-appears-sour-2077886
The relationship that has defined the second Trump administration is breaking down, according to those closest to the president.
The partnership of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has been central to White House operations since the administration took office in January, but with Musk now stepping away from the limelight, there are signs that the personal bond between the two has frayed.
It appears that Musk's departure from his public-facing role at DOGE has coincided with increasing frustrations between him and the president.
"He's finished, done, gone. He polls terrible. People hate him," an anonymous source close to the Republican Party told Politico. "He'd go to Wisconsin thinking he can buy people's votes, wear the cheese hat, act like a 9-year-old. … It doesn't work. It's offensive to people."
Trump pardons criminals with MAGA credentials or big money
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/trump-pardons-chrisley-walczak-jenkins
Ed Martin, who Trump originally nominated to be D.C.'s top prosecutor but is now serving as Trump's pardon attorney, posted in a thread about Jenkins' pardon, "No MAGA left behind."
Martin's comment sends the message that the pardon power is being "totally and thoroughly politicized" Liz Oyer, the former DOJ pardon attorney, told PBS.
One thing that is easy to see is, setting aside the January 6 clemencies, that there's really been a focus on grants to people who committed financial crimes," said Mark Osler, a law professor at the University of St. Thomas and a former federal prosecutor.