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After the 29-year-old Kilmar Abrego Gracia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, made the first appearance since his arrest, US President Donald Trump took to social media to share an alleged altered photo of Kilmar's hand and linked it to the MS-13 gang, stating he is “not fine and innocent”. The photo of Abrego Garcia w/Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) from Thurs clearly shows no “MS-13” tattoo shop on either hand - nor in earlier photos”. Another said, ”Why did Donald Trump just lie to the American people even more about Kilmar Ábrego García being a gang member? Just...

VICE President JD Vance has fumbled college football's biggest award.

President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted there will be no exemptions in the tariffs after there was some confusion when it came to electronics. 'NOBODY is getting “off the hook” for the unfair Trade Balances, and Non Monetary Tariff Barriers, that other Countries have used against us, especially not China which, by far, treats us the worst!' the president posted on Truth Social. A notice released late on Friday suggested gadgets would avoid Trump's 125 percent import tax on Chinese goods and even his sweeping 10 percent global tariffs. But his administration clarified on Sunday that electronics would be subject...

Tariffs are advertised in the name of helping American workers, but what do you know? They turn out to favor the powerful and politically connected. That’s the main message of President Trump’s decision to exempt smartphones and assorted electronic goods from his most onerous tariffs. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) late Friday issued a notice listing products that will be exempt from Mr. Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs that can run as high as 145% on goods from China. The exclusions apply to smartphones, laptop computers, hard drives, computer processors, servers, memory chips, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and other electronics. The CBP...

The Trump administration’s move to exempt smartphones, computers and other electronics from sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs is only a temporary measure, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday, indicating those devices would be covered by upcoming sector-based tariffs. “This is not like a permanent sort of exemption. [Trump’s] just clarifying that these are not available to be negotiated away by countries. These are things that are national security, that we need to be made in America,” Lutnick told ABC’s “This Week.” Customs and Border Protection, which handles the collection of tariffs, posted a notice late Friday that certain electronics would be exempted...

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the Trump administration was negotiating trade policy with 130 countries. Host Jake Tapper said, “What do you say to small business owners or even big business owners who say they’re having difficulty making long-term business decisions because the country seems right now to be run by capricious whim?” Hassett said, “Oh, I don’t think at all that it’s run by a capricious whim. The way that I would think about it is that in the previous administration, you could sort of say, if you’re thinking...

When his camera stopped working on his iPhone recently, New Yorker Richard Medina didn't waste any time. With the threat of tariff-fuelled price hikes on smartphones bearing down, he quickly called his phone company for a new one. "I said, 'We've got to switch this out now,'" the 43-year-old recalled. "Let's take care of it." The move was a sign of the pressure rising across the US, where households are being buffeted by what could be staggering price rises, and even possible shortages triggered by the sweeping tariffs that US President Donald Trump announced this month. Some are trying to...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/trump-administration-faces-lawsuit-law-firm-that-secured/The law firm Susman Godfrey LLP—the same firm that secured a staggering $787.5 million defamation settlement from Fox News on behalf of Dominion Voting Systems—is now suing President Trump and nearly every major federal agency in a brazen effort to overturn a recent executive order targeting the firm for its politicized legal activism.Susman Godfrey, a Houston-based firm of leftist legal elites, filed a 66-page lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, hysterically claiming that President Trump’s Executive Order targeting their firm is an unconstitutional “retaliation” for their work defending the “integrity” of the 2020 election.The complaint...

TJ Semanchin is the co-owner of Wonderstate Coffee, a Wisconsin-based coffee roaster. Donald Trump's 10% blanket tariffs mean Semanchin's company will have to make some hard decisions. Wonderstate typically imports 40,000 pounds of coffee in one transaction. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 51-year-old TJ Semanchin, the co-owner of Wonderstate Coffee. Business Insider has confirmed Semanchin's identity and role at the company. The piece has been edited for length and clarity. I've been in the coffee business for the last 25 years. Before that, I was living in Latin America studying issues around sustainable development in coffee...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by tech billionaire Elon Musk, has revealed that California, New York, and Massachusetts are responsible for the majority of fraudulent unemployment claims in the United States, amounting to a staggering $305 million.In a statement posted Thursday via X, DOGE disclosed that the bulk of these improper claims date back to 2000, with California alone accounting for 68% of unemployment benefits disbursed to parolees on terrorist watchlists or those with serious criminal records.“California, New York, and Massachusetts accounted for most of these improper claims, totaling $305M,” DOGE stated. “California also accounted for 68% of...

Tulsi Gabbard says her team found proof that electronic voting machines are vulnerable to hacking!She’s calling for a nationwide return to paper ballots to safeguard election integrity.The revelation has triggered new investigations into voting system security.Election officials are now under pressure to respond. Looks like millions of “conspiracy theorists” are about to be vindicated.

New trade talks emerge, but Trump’s resistance hints at a much bigger strategy shift.Key Takeaways:Trump is rejecting 0%-tariff deals, citing deeper issues like nontariff barriers.Experts suggest tariffs may aim to push down Treasury yields amid looming debt.$9.2 trillion in U.S. debt refinancing could be influencing broader economic tactics.Corporate leaders warn of a confidence crisis and stagflation risks.Investors should prepare for conflicting signals and ongoing market turbulence.Though the gains have reversed and turned to losses as I write Tuesday afternoon, stocks ripped higher this morning on hopes that trade deals will be getting done.From The Wall Street Journal:Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a televised presidential cabinet meeting Thursday that his agency will investigate and identify the cause of rising autism rates in the U.S. by September, though scientists have said a large part of the jump in rates are linked to improvements in autism awareness and diagnoses. Kennedy said the Health and Human Services Department has started a “massive testing and research effort” involving “hundreds of scientists from around the world” that will allow the government to know by September the cause behind the jump in autism rates, adding “we’ll be...

President Trump says trade wars are easy to win. Investors think otherwise, and on Wednesday Mr. Trump decided maybe investors are right. After a flight from U.S. assets and a rout in the bond market, Mr. Trump announced a pause for 90 days on the worst of his “liberation” tariffs on most countries, China excepted. Markets celebrated with a stock-market rally on hope that perhaps Mr. Trump isn’t entirely oblivious to the damage he’s causing. The rout in dollar assets reversed, at least somewhat, and the rise in the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield eased. It would be hard to find...

Business tycoon Elon Musk floated the idea that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is somehow profiting off of government fraud, though the lawmaker has pushed back. "Chuck, I’m starting to think you’re getting a piece of the action with the government fraud. But no, that couldn’t possibly be the reason, could it?" Musk posted early Tuesday morning. Musk, who has been spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort to expose waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government, made the comment in response to a Monday post in which Schumer accused DOGE of "sabotaging" Social Security, Medicare and...