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After Fed Move, Trump Slams 'Fool' Powell

President rails against decision not to cut interest rates

(Newser) - The Federal Reserve did not cut interest rates on Wednesday as President Trump wished, and Trump vented on Truth Social early Thursday about the head of the central bank:
  • "'Too Late'" Jerome Powell is a FOOL, who doesn't have a clue," Trump wrote . "Other
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US Strikes First Trade Deal, and Markets Are Happy

Trump says White House reached a trade agreement with the UK

(Newser) - The US and the UK have struck a deal on trade after President Trump's imposition of tariffs, the first of what could be dozens to follow, reports the Washington Post . Details are scant at the moment, but President Trump plans to address it at a 10am Eastern news conference....

Judge Intervenes as Some Migrants Told They're Going to Libya

Judge says US must not do so without first allowing migrants a court challenge

(Newser) - Following a report that the Trump administration was planning to deport migrants to Libya, some migrants have indeed been told that's where they're being sent—despite the fact that they're not from Libya, and the North African nation has a history of human rights violations against migrants....

After Spying Report, Denmark Wants a Word With US Ambassador

'It worries me greatly because we do not spy on friends,' says foreign minister

(Newser) - Denmark wants answers after sources came forward to report that the US will ramp up its spying efforts in Greenland. The Danish foreign minister told reporters Wednesday that he will summon the US ambassador to Copenhagen and ask him to explain the report, which he called "somewhat disturbing,"...

That's Not My Budget, Patel Tells House Panel

FBI director says he disagrees with Trump's proposed cuts

(Newser) - FBI Director Kash Patel broke with the Trump administration Wednesday over its budget proposal that would dramatically slash funding for the bureau, telling confused lawmakers he doesn't agree with the cuts. "We need more than what has been proposed," Patel told a House Appropriations subcommittee, the AP...

WSJ: Trump Admin Takes 'Concrete Step' in Push for Greenland

Denmark responds after sources say intelligence agencies told to ramp up spying

(Newser) - Amid the Trump administration's ongoing rhetoric regarding a possible takeover of Greenland , two sources tell the Wall Street Journal the US is ordering its intelligence agencies to increase spying in the semiautonomous Arctic territory. Specifically, the administration wants information on Greenland's independence movement as well as how residents...

SCOTUS Says Transgender Military Ban Can Proceed

Court's 3 liberal justices dissent

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Trump's administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military while legal challenges proceed. The court's three liberal justices said they would have kept the policy on hold, the AP reports. The court acted in the dispute over a...

After Halting Air-Quality Tests, a 180 by NPS

WaPo report on shuttering of monitoring in all 63 national parks seems to have changed NPS' mind

(Newser) - The Trump administration has halted air-quality monitoring at every national park in the country, though following media reporting, there are indications the stoppage will now be short-lived. The National Park Service falls under the Interior Department, which issued stop-work orders last week to the two contractors who run the monitoring...

US Intelligence Refutes Trump Claims on Tren de Aragua

Memo states gang is not directly tied to Maduro government, unlikely a national security threat

(Newser) - To justify invoking the Alien Enemies Act, which he's used to deport hundreds of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador, President Trump claimed the US was under invasion by a hostile foreign nation. He said Tren de Aragua, a criminal gang controlled by Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro,...

MTG Suggests Trump Is Being Manipulated

'They think they can manipulate the president, but you can't manipulate the base'

(Newser) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is not happy with the direction of the Trump administration, warning people "in the president's ear" are "lying to him." The Georgia Republican appeared on Steve Bannon's War Room on Monday and expanded on an X post from over the weekend,...

Trump Administration Makes Surprise Move on Mifepristone

Department of Justice is continuing Biden administration's legal course in lawsuit

(Newser) - In a perhaps surprising move from the Trump administration, the Department of Justice is continuing a legal course first plotted by the Biden administration in a case involving the abortion drug mifepristone. As CBS News reports, when the Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling in favor of the abortion pill...

No Future Grants, Either, Administration Tells Harvard
Trump Makes
Harvard Freeze Total
May 5, 2025 7:23 PM CDT

Trump Makes Harvard Freeze Total

McMahon tells university it won't receive grants in the future, either, unless demands are met

(Newser) - Education Secretary Linda McMahon informed Harvard on Monday that the university will receive no new federal grants until it meets the Trump administration's demands. The administration already froze $2.2 billion in federal research grants, and President Trump said he wants to pull the school's tax-exempt status . "...

Reopening Alcatraz Won't Be Cheap
Reopening Alcatraz
Won't Be Cheap
May 5, 2025 11:49 AM CDT

Reopening Alcatraz Won't Be Cheap

President Trump says it would symbolize law and order

(Newser) - Alcatraz, the former island prison in California's San Francisco Bay, hasn't accepted inmates in 60 years. The prison was closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate, "costing three times as much as most other federal prisons," per the San Jose Mercury News . It...

White House Makes $1K Offer to Migrants

DHS will pay $1K to those here illegally who self-deport

(Newser) - The Trump administration says it will pay migrants in the US illegally $1,000 to return to their home country voluntarily. The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it will also help with travel expenses, and that those who use an app called CBP Home to tell the...

Trump's Surprise Tariff: Foreign Movies

President promises penalty on films made in 'foreign lands'

(Newser) - President Trump announced a new round of surprise tariffs Sunday, this time on the entertainment industry. "I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that...

Trump: We're Making Alcatraz a Prison Again

Though it's not clear how president's plan might be carried out

(Newser) - President Trump announced Sunday that he's moving to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the former prison on an island in California's San Francisco Bay that shut its doors in 1963 and is currently a popular tourist destination. In a post on Truth Social, Trump directed federal agencies—including...

Trump Brings DOGE-Social Security Fight to SCOTUS

Administration's emergency appeal wants access for Musk's Department of Government Efficiency

(Newser) - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to clear the way for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans. The emergency appeal is the first in a string of applications to the high court involving DOGE'...

Trump Calls for $163B in Cuts Next Year

President also wants to increase defense spending

(Newser) - President Trump unveiled a 2026 budget plan on Friday that calls for sweeping cuts to federal programs and an increase in defense spending. Some key highlights follow, though the Wall Street Journal offers a reminder that any presidential blueprint is largely a "symbolic wish list" meant to lay out...

Trump Moves to Cut Funding for 2 Media Outlets

No more federal cash for NPR, PBS, per new executive order against 'biased media'

(Newser) - President Trump has long made clear his disdain of the mainstream media, but now he's putting more teeth on that by closing the government's wallet on two major broadcasters. The commander in chief on Thursday added to his record-breaking executive-order blitz with yet another EO, this time directed...

Rubio Now Has 4 Jobs in Trump's Administration

He's the first since Kissinger to be secretary of state, national security adviser at the same time

(Newser) - Marco Rubio was widely expected to get a position in the Trump administration after the president's election victory in November. He wasn't expected to get four. Trump named the secretary of state to replace Mike Waltz as national security adviser Thursday, making him the first person to hold...

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