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Gabbard considering ways to revamp Trump's intelligence briefing
May 31, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s intelligence chief is exploring ways to revamp his routine intelligence briefing in order to build his trust in the material and make it more aligned with how he likes to consume information, according to five people with direct knowledge of the discussions. As part of that effort, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard has solicited ideas from current and former intelligence officials about steps she could take to tailor t ...
Chinese invasion of Taiwan 'imminent,' warns US
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan “could be imminent” Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, has warned, as he claimed Beijing was “credibly preparing” to use military force to upend the “balance of power in the Indo-Pacific”. “The threat China poses is real and it could be imminent,” Mr Hegseth said at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a security conference attended by defence officials from around the world. Mr Hegseth warned the Chinese forces were building the capabilities to invade Taiwan and “rehears ...
'I am NOT taking drugs!' Musk denies damning report
Elon Musk on Saturday denied a report that he used ketamine and other drugs extensively last year on the 2024 campaign trail. The New York Times reported Friday that the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump used so much ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, that he developed bladder problems. The newspaper said the world's richest person also took ecstasy and mushrooms and traveled with a pill box last year, adding that it was not known whether Musk also took drugs while heading the so-cal ...
Trump's deals with law firms are like deals 'made with a gun to the head,' lawyers say
May 31, 2025 5:00 AM ET Veteran lawyers have reached a curious conclusion about President Trump's deals with big law firms this year: they do not appear to be legally valid. Trump since coming to office has punished certain firms for their past clients or causes, stripping them of security clearances and government contracts, while trumpeting deals with others, including titans like Kirkland & Ellis and Latham & Watkins. The White House said the nine firms it's settled with agreed to provide ...
Ernst doubles down on Medicaid comment with sarcastic video 'apology'
05/31/25 3:16 PM ET Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) doubled down on a recent quip about Medicaid in a Saturday post on her Instagram story. “Hello, everyone. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize for a statement that I made yesterday at my town hall,” Ernst said in the clip, with a sarcastic tone. On Friday, the Iowa Republican was jeered after brushing aside life or death concerns about cuts to Medicaid, a public health insurance program for low income families and individu ...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says Trump told her he would not pardon men convicted in kidnapping plot
Updated 5:34 PM EDT, May 30, 2025 MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says President Donald Trump would be going back on his word to her if he pardoned two men who are serving prison sentences for leading a 2020 plot to kidnap her. Whitmer, a Democrat, told Michigan Public Radio on Thursday that Trump asked her about a month ago how she would feel if he pardoned the two men. “I said, ‘I think it would be the wrong decision,’” Whitmer recounted. “I would oppose it an ...
Trump administration to prioritize 'patriotic Americans' for federal jobs
05/30/2025 05:20 PM EDT As President Donald Trump moves to slash the size of the federal workforce, his administration unveiled a plan to ensure that any new hires are “patriotic Americans” who vow to advance the president’s policy priorities. The White House and the agency that serves as the government’s human resources arm Thursday released directives for departments to use when recruiting employees in a memo that represents a dramatic shift in federal hiring procedures. The administration ...
Alarmed by Trump Cuts, Scientists Are Talking Science. For 100 Hours.
May 30, 2025 Updated 5:06 p.m. ET Before he started livestreaming a presentation on the history of climate research at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies from its New York City lab, David Rind gave viewers a small heads-up. "If you hear any noise in the background, this place is literally being torn apart with us still in it," he said. Researchers were told to vacate the office and transition to remote work after NASA said it had ended the lease, as a result of vast federal ...
Trump administration ending multiple HIV vaccine studies, scientists and officials say
May 30, 2025 / 7:37 PM EDT The Trump administration has moved to end funding for a broad swath of HIV vaccine research, saying current approaches are enough to counter the virus, multiple scientists and federal health officials say. Notifications that the funding would not be extended were relayed Friday to researchers, who were told by National Institutes of Health officials that the Department of Health and Human Services had elected "to go with currently available approaches to elimina ...
NAACP calls for emergency shutdown of Musk's supercomputer in Memphis
May 30, 2025, 5:45 PM EDT Local regulators should immediately stop Elon Musk’s supercomputer project from operating in South Memphis because it's out of compliance with environmental rules, the NAACP wrote in a letter sent Thursday to Shelby County officials. The civil rights group addressed the request to Dr. Michelle Taylor, director of the Shelby County Health Department, and to the commissioners of Memphis Light Gas and Water. The health department is responsible for implementing federal ...
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'I am NOT taking drugs!' Musk denies damning report
4 hrs ago - Elon Musk on Saturday denied a report that he used ketamine and other drugs extensively last year on the 2024 campaign trail. The New York Times reported Friday that the billionaire adviser to President Donald Trump used so much ketamine, a powerful ... (AFP)
Ernst doubles down on Medicaid comment with sarcastic video 'apology'
4 hrs ago - 05/31/25 3:16 PM ET Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) doubled down on a recent quip about Medicaid in a Saturday post on her Instagram story. “Hello, everyone. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize for a statement that I made yest ... (The Hill)
Trump reignites feud with CBS over 'deleted' Colbert interview - years after his claim was debunked
4 hrs ago - Saturday 31 May 2025 13:41 EDT President Donald Trump posted a video claiming that CBS “deleted” his 2015 interview with Stephen Colbert, resurfacing a debunked claim against one of his favorite recent rivals. Late on Friday, the president ... (The Independent)
EU Commission 'Strongly' Regrets Trump's Threat To Increase U.S. Steel Tariffs
4 hrs ago - May 31, 2025, 01:27 PM EDT The European Commission said on Saturday that it “strongly” regrets an announced increase of U.S. tariffs on steel imports and that the European Union is prepared to impose countermeasures. U.S. President Donald T ... (Huff Post/Reuters)
Army says Trump's military parade could cause $16 million in damage to Washington streets
5 hrs ago - May 31, 2025, 12:49 PM EDT The cost to repair Washington, D.C., streets after the upcoming military parade celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary could cost as much as $16 million, according to U.S. military officials. That’s part of an e ... (NBC News)
RFK Jr. Swaps Made-Up Studies in His Report for More Made-Up Studies
5 hrs ago - Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s error-laden Make America Healthy Again report was updated Friday to remove citations to several nonexistent studies—as well as some perfectly real ones—and replace them with citations that still ... (The New Republic)
New German leader Friedrich Merz will meet Trump at the White House next week
5 hrs ago - Updated 11:37 AM EDT, May 31, 2025 BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington next week to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, with the war in Ukraine and trade tensions among the items on the agenda, the German gover ... (AP)
Hamas responds to ceasefire proposal, reiterates demands
6 hrs ago - Hamas said it has submitted a response to the latest ceasefire proposal by U.S. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff to mediators on Saturday, reiterating its key demands. Hamas' key demands are "to achieve a permanent ceasefire, a complete withdrawal fro ... (ABC News)
Chinese invasion of Taiwan 'imminent,' warns US
6 hrs ago - A Chinese invasion of Taiwan “could be imminent” Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, has warned, as he claimed Beijing was “credibly preparing” to use military force to upend the “balance of power in the Indo-Pacific” ... (MSN)
Popular Mexican band Grupo Firme cancels U.S. show, saying Trump administration suspended their visas
6 hrs ago - Updated on: May 31, 2025 / 1:10 PM EDT The popular Mexican regional music band Grupo Firme announced on Friday that it was canceling a performance in a music festival in California over the weekend after the United States government suspended the mus ... (CBS News/AP)
Lawsuit challenging Kentucky's near-total ban on abortions is withdrawn
7 hrs ago - May 31, 2025, 10:35 AM Attorneys for a woman who sued Kentucky seeking to restore the right to an abortion have dropped their challenge to the state's near-total ban on the procedure. The attorneys filed a motion Friday to voluntarily dismiss the law ... (ABC News/AP)
White House plans to pull nomination for NASA administrator
7 hrs ago - 05/31/2025 03:17 PM EDT The White House is planning to withdraw the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a White House official confirmed to POLITICO. The sudden move comes days b ... (Politico)
Trump's deals with law firms are like deals 'made with a gun to the head,' lawyers say
8 hrs ago - May 31, 2025 5:00 AM ET Veteran lawyers have reached a curious conclusion about President Trump's deals with big law firms this year: they do not appear to be legally valid. Trump since coming to office has punished certain firms for their past clie ... (NPR)
Drag artist network Qommittee says it's here to stay, despite Trump, GOP
8 hrs ago - 05/31/25 6:00 AM ET A year after launching, Qommittee, a national network of drag artists, says it’s just getting started. The group’s latest project, issued ahead of Pride, is a 43-page manual called the Drag Defense Handbook, documenting ... (The Hill)
Gabbard considering ways to revamp Trump's intelligence briefing
9 hrs ago - May 31, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s intelligence chief is exploring ways to revamp his routine intelligence briefing in order to build his trust in the material and make it more aligned with how he likes to consu ... (NBC News)
FDA approves new Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
9 hrs ago - 4 hours ago The Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna's next-generation COVID-19 vaccine for adults 65 and older and those 12 to 64 years old with at least one underlying condition that could put them at risk of severe infection, the company ... (Axios)
Paris probes antisemitic vandalism targeting synagogues and a Holocaust memorial
10 hrs ago - PARIS (AP) — Authorities in Paris have launched an investigation after several Jewish sites across the capital were defaced with green paint. The vandalism, discovered early Saturday morning, targeted the Shoah Memorial, two synagogues and a Jew ... (AP News)
Universities quietly negotiating with White House aide to try to avoid Harvard's fate, source says
10 hrs ago - Published 6:00 AM EDT, Sat May 31, 2025 CNN — College and university leaders have been privately negotiating with a deputy to top Trump aide Stephen Miller in hopes of avoiding the same aggressive targeting of Harvard University, a person fami ... (CNN Politics)
OPEC+ oil producers stick to their guns with another big hike for July
11 hrs ago - May 31, 2025 10:17 AM EDT Updated 2 hours ago LONDON/MOSCOW, May 31 (Reuters) - The world’s largest group of oil producers, OPEC+, stuck to its guns on Saturday with another big increase of 411,000 barrels per day for July as it looks to wrestle ... (Reuters)
Pride events face budget shortfalls as US corporations pull support ahead of summer festivities
13 hrs ago - Posted 8:58 AM, May 31, 2025 Many U.S. corporations this year stopped supporting Pride events that celebrate LGBTQ+ culture and rights, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in budget shortfalls ahead of the summer festivities and raising questio ... (Scripps News)
