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🚨IRAN REJECTS: Trump Call For Surrender
🚀U.S. BUNKER BOMBS: Next?
🎢YOUR 401K: Markets Spooked As War Drums Beat
👨⚖️KAREN READ: Not Guilty Killing Cop Boyfriend
🧑🏭LA: National Guard Ping-Pong
💻STREAMING: Beats Broadcast, Cable Combined
📱TRUMP MOBILE: Pres Now In Cell Phone Biz
🚨IRAN REJECTS: Trump Call For Surrender
President Trump has told senior aides he approved of attack plans for Iran, but was holding off to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program according to the Wall Street Jounal.
Trump demanding Tehran unconditionally surrender in its conflict against Israel
But Iran's supreme leader has answered President Trump's demand …The answer is NO, and he says if America joins the Israeli attacks there will be "irreparable damage."
Trump is weighing whether the U.S. should enter the fray by helping Israel destroy the deeply buried nuclear enrichment facility at Fordo, which only America’s biggest “bunker buster,” dropped by American B-2 bombers, can reach.
Iranian state television was broadcasting live on Monday when a massive explosion rocked the studio, with the anchor fleeing her desk amid smoke and rubble. The broadcast then went dark. Israel said it shelled the broadcaster due to provocative propaganda.
The Israelis informed the Trump administration in recent days that they had developed a credible plan to kill Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. After being briefed on the plan, the White House made clear to Israeli officials that Trump was opposed to the Israelis making the move.
The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard was killed by Israel and dozens of targets were hit in an operation that pushes the region into new conflict.
Top officials warned of a potential prolonged conflict, noting that Tehran had the power to inflict significant pain upon Israel.
Over 200 Israeli Air Force aircraft were involved in the opening strikes, and fighter jets dropped over 330 munitions on some 100 targets, the IDF said.
The U.S. Navy sent the destroyer USS Thomas Hudner from the western Mediterranean toward the eastern Mediterranean after Israel’s strikes.. A second and third aircraft carrier group is also heading to the area.
The U.S. has moved refueling tankers—a mix of KC-46s and KC-135s—to bases in Europe. Such tankers could be crucial in refueling long-range bombing missions, such as any from Diego Garcia, where bombers capable of carrying bunker-busting bombs are based, some 3,300 miles from Iran.
Stock going nowhere at the close, after losing ground in the previous session on Mideast worries. Markets are closed Thursday for Juneteenth.
By the Numbers:
Dow Flat
Nasdaq Flat
S&P500 Flat
As the Fed left interest rates unchanged for the fourth straight meeting, with its leaders projected weaker growth and higher inflation than they envisioned three months ago — but they continue to expect two rate cuts later this year.
🎢TRUMP TARIFFS: Sideline Talks at G7 Summit
Meetings on the sidelines between Trump and leaders looking for a trade deal took place at the G7 summit in Canada. Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to complete a trade deal within 30 days, according to a report of the leaders' G-7 meeting provided by Canada.
It comes as Trump says the newest trade deal with China will provide the U.S. the full necessary supplies of rare earth materials. China says its only for six months, than new terms will be considered.
Posting on his Truth Social platform, Trump said China would supply critical rare earths and magnets "up front," and Chinese students would be able to attend U.S. colleges and universities. "WE ARE GETTING A TOTAL OF 55% TARIFFS, CHINA IS GETTING 10%," he added.
Trump’s Tariffs still may Put The Brakes On U.S. Car Manufacturing.
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🏪TARIFF FALLOUT: What Your Biz Should Do
American and Chinese firms are racing to clear a backlog of orders during this 90 day ceasefire in trade war hostilities.
President Trump has formally raised steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% from 25%. The President says the move would add more protection for the domestic steel industry.
Trump's tariffs hitting the shelves at Walmart and Target. Walmart employees have been sharing photos recently on the Walmart subreddit showing sharp price increases of as much as 45% at the retail giant. Some items have also seen price increases at rival retailer Target.
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👨⚖️KAREN READ: Not Guilty Killing Cop Boyfriend
A jury found Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the 2022 death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, a case that attracted legions of true crime followers who erupted in cheers when word of the acquittal spread outside court.
The same jury found her guilty of a lesser charge of drunken driving. The jury handed down its decision after deliberating for at least 22 hours since June 13.
Cheers from the crowd outside could be heard in the courtroom as the verdict was read. With cheering supporters, Read departed the courthouse with her attorneys and family.
“No one has fought harder for justice for John O’Keefe than I have,” Read said.
🚨POLITICAL ASSASSINATION ALERT: Latest In Minnesota
Authorities and lawmakers on alert over the rise in political assassinations and violence. Officials in at least three states are investigating or prosecuting people for making threats against politicians, in wake of Minnesota arresting and charged a man over the assassination of a state lawmaker.
Minnesota House Democratic leader Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot in their home, state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife survived the assassin’s attack at their house, in a targeted act of political violence.
Authorities identified the suspect as 57-year-old Vance Boelter.
Officials said the suspect left a list of politicians at the scene. A person who has seen the list said it included several abortion rights supporters, including lawmakers.
It comes as the FBI is investigating a "targeted terror attack" where 12 people were set on fire in Boulder, Colorado.
The attack took place near an event put on by "Run for Their Lives," a grassroots organization that calls for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
Boulder Police Chief Steve Redfearn said a man is in custody, identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, an Egyptian national is charged with hate crimes.
Witnesses heard Soliman yell “Free Palestine!” as he used a makeshift flamethrower and threw an incendiary device, the authorities said.
Meantime, Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago faces charges including murder, after 2 young Israeli Embassy aides were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in downtown Washington, by a man who shouted ‘Free Palestine’ after he was arrested.
The close-range shooting occurred shortly after 9 p.m. on Wednesday on a street outside the Capital Jewish Museum, where the American Jewish Committee was hosting a reception for young diplomats. The area is the heart of official Washington, packed with federal buildings, embassies and museums.
The number of antisemitic episodes in the United States in 2023, in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel, was the highest ever recorded in a one-year period, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
💻STREAMING: Beats Broadcast & Cable Combined
Nielsen reports for the first time last month, streaming viewership in the U.S. eclipsed both cable and broadcast combined.
Streaming's assent has been rapid over cable in particular. When Nielsen first started measuring monthly TV consumption by medium in September 2021, cable represented 38% of viewership, while streaming only represented 28%.
Last month, streaming represented 44.8% of all TV viewership, its largest share of viewing to date. Both broadcast and cable fell to near all-time lows.
📱TRUMP MOBILE: Pres Now In Cell Phone Biz
Nope, we’re not kidding.
The new service, Trump Mobile, will offer a $47.45-per-month plan that includes unlimited talk, text and data, as well as roadside assistance and a “Telehealth and Pharmacy Benefit,” according to its website.
The company, owned by President Donald Trump, also announced it will sell a “T1” smartphone, which appears to feature a gold-colored metal case etched with an American flag.
👑NO KINGS: Protests
More than 5 million people took part in "No Kings" demonstrations in over 2,100 cities and towns across the country. It was a stark counter-protest to the president's Washington, D.C., military parade.
Organizers said the widespread movement marked the biggest single-day anti-President Trump protest during his second administration.
While most rallies passed peacefully, there were reports of clashes between police and protesters during a Los Angeles "No Kings" rally, where days-long fiery demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids have been taking place.
🧑🏭L.A. PROTESTS
A federal judge on Thursday granted California Gov. Gavin Newsom's request to block the Trump administration from federalizing the National Guard for deployment to Los Angeles amid protests over federal immigration raids. The judge ordered the national guard returned to California control, but another judge stayed the order.
The administration has activated some 4,000 National Guard members and mobilized hundreds of Marines in response to protests in the area sparked by federal immigration raids.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has imposed an 8 p.m. curfew for a section of the city’s downtown after several days of unrest in the blocks around the federal building.
“California may be first, but it clearly won’t end here,” Gov. Newsom said. “Other states are next. Democracy is next.”
The New York Times reports discussions taking place inside the Trump administration about deploying National Guard or active-duty troops to cities beyond Los Angeles.
And if that’s not enough: 700 Marines have been deployed to L.A., the administration says it’s to protect federal buildings and personnel.
There were scattered demonstrators after authorities fired tear gas at hundreds of people protesting immigration raids in Los Angeles Sunday. On Saturday, a day after President Trump ordered at least 2,000 National Guard troops in, with demonstrators protesting I.C.E. workplace raids. Protesters swarmed the streets, some jumping in front of law enforcement vehicles, others blocking freeways.
Flight trackers and aircraft data show that an MQ-9 Reaper, a military-rated drone often employed in foreign combat areas, flew over LA during the political protests.
Governor Newsom is warning that President Trump’s use of troops where state and local officials don’t want them is actually a test, one the Republican president may seek to replicate across other American towns and cities as part of his mass deportation effort. “We’re getting word that he’s looking to operationalize that relationship and advance significantly larger-scale ICE operations in partnership and collaboration with the National Guard.”
More than 200 people were arrested in Los Angeles after they failed to leave the one-square-mile section of downtown where Mayor Karen Bass enforced an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew,
Demonstratiins are spreading to other cities including Boston, Houston, Atlanta and Philadelphia. In Dallas, hundreds of protesters gathered for a rally which police declared was “unlawful.” Authorities said one person was arrested.
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The "Posse Comitatus Act” generally prevents the military, including the Marines, from enforcing federal, state, or local laws. However, the "Insurrection Act” allows the president to deploy federal troops, including the Marines, to suppress insurrections.…is this an insurrection?
It all comes as this Saturday, President Trump’s birthday, he’s planning a giant military parade in Washington, to celebrate the Army’s 250th anniversary. Tanks have been photographed en route to the city, the Lincoln Memorial in the background, like an image from some Hollywood movie.
Los Angeles has helped Trump change the narrative from his messy breakup with Elon Musk last week, as well as from the debate over Medicaid cuts in the tax and spending bill he is urging Congress to approve.
👮U.S.Senator Handcuffed At DHS Newsconference
U.S. senator Alex Padilla from California was forced to the floor, handcuffed and removed by federal agents after interrupting a news conference by the homeland security secretary in Los Angeles. It was the latest sign of the rising political tensions as authorities across the country geared up for more demonstrations and California and the Trump administration prepared to meet in federal court.
🎸BEACH BOYS: Brian Wilson’s Dead
🍿MUSK/TRUMP: Elon Apologizes, But…
Elon Musk said in a social media post early Wednesday that he regretted some of his posts and comments about President Trump last week, which had led the president to disparage the tech billionaire, a feud that played out in real time on social media.
Musk said on his X platform that some of his posts about Trump “went too far.”
"You mean the man who has lost his mind?" Trump said when asked about the reported phone call. The president explained that Elon Musk was ready to chat, but said that he was "not particularly" interested in speaking.
Trump, earlier publicly addressing Musk’s attacks on his signature tax bill for the first time, said he was disappointed in his former White House adviser and suggested he was suffering from “Trump derangement syndrome.” Trump threatened to cut the billions of dollars in federal contracts and tax subsidies for Musk’s companies, escalating a feud that unfurled on social media in remarkably public and rapid fashion.
Musk, who spent hundreds of millions of dollars to help get Trump re-elected, shot back in real time on social media that the president was ungrateful and wouldn’t be sitting in the Oval Office without his support.
Musk called Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax and spending package a “disgusting abomination,” stepping up his criticism just as the Senate is trying to quickly pass the measure and get it signed into law by July 4th.
“Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it,” said Musk, in comments on his X social-media platform. Musk, who left the administration last week, called the package a “massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill.”
Musk launched another broadside against the legislation, demanding his over 200 million followers on X call senators and House lawmakers to “KILL the BILL.”
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the broad bill would add $2.4 trillion to the already soaring national debt over the next decade
💸TRUMP ECONOMY: Inflation 🆙
President Trump calls Fed chief Powell a ‘numbskull’ as he urges interest rate cuts.
The consumer price index, a broad-based measure of goods and services across the sprawling U.S. economy, increased 0.1% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 2.4%
The number of people who said they were unemployed in May jumped to an 8-year high , excluding the pandemic era, offering clear evidence that jobs have become harder to find during a chaotic period for the economy.
The Trump administration's immigration crackdown may already be affecting the job market, with slower employment growth in industries relying on unauthorized workers like fast food, landscaping and construction.
Last month some 7.24 million people said they were unemployed, the government reported, meaning that they were looking for work but couldn’t find a job. Just a few years earlier, the number of unemployed had fallen to a 23-year low of 5.75 million.
Hiring slowed last month, a sign employers grew more cautious about hiring amid uncertainty over tariffs and the nation’s economic outlook.
Meantime a Fed report shows the economy has contracted over the past six weeks as hiring has slowed with consumers and businesses worried about tariff-related price increases.
🐓Trump Takes Offense At ‘TACO’ Trade
Stock see-saw as concerns about the economy persist, driven by tariffs.
Wall Street last closed mixed after a 4-day losing streak on the so called ‘TACO’ trade, which is short for Trump Always Chickens Out. The term describes the pattern in which markets tumble after Trump makes tariff threats, only to rebound when he relents and gives countries more time to negotiate deals.
In the latest example, the President said he would delay threatened tariffs on the EU until July 9th, giving Europe a reprieve from his threat for 50% tariffs on the 27-nation bloc that were set to go into effect on June 1st.
When asked about the term, Trump denied that he had ever backed down and suggested that his moves have helped the U.S. gain ground in trade negotiations.
“After I did what I did, they said, ‘We’ll meet anytime you want,’” Trump asserted of the EU.
“You call that chickening out?” Trump asked, “It’s called negotiation,” he added, after criticizing the question as “nasty.”
✈️UKRAINE: Drones Attack Russian Planes
Russia planning to hit back after Ukraine drones smuggled deep inside Russian and hidden inside trucks hit 41 Russian heavy bombers at four airfields across the country.
The operation — codenamed "Spider web" and a year-and-a-half in the planning — appears to have dealt a major blow to the aircraft Moscow uses to launch long-range missile attacks on Ukraine's cities.
"The SBU first transported FPV drones to Russia, and later, on the territory of the Russian Federation, the drones were hidden under the roofs of mobile wooden cabins, already placed on trucks," the source said.
"At the right moment, the roofs of the cabins were opened remotely, and the drones flew to hit Russian bombers."
✈️Summer Of Hell For Airlines
Memorial Day signaled what is expected to be a summer of hell for airlines with one problem after another.
The FAA issued another ground-stop on all flights at Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday evening as New York City's second-busiest airport continued to struggle with staffing shortages.
Air traffic control problems are causing flight delays and cancellations, feeding into traveler worries over safety that began in January with the worst US air crash in decades. A global trade war and other economic concerns are driving down the value of the dollar, making overseas travel more expensive for Americans.
About 1.9 million foreigners arrived at the U.S.’s main airports in the past four weeks, down 6% from the same period last year, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Airline bookings data for the summer suggest things won’t be picking up soon. Flight bookings to the U.S. from Europe are down by about 12% through August.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says that Newark airport will see “several weeks” of reduced capacity as officials grapple with spiraling delays and safety lapses at one of the country’s busiest hubs, add to that problems at Washington Reagan and Denver’s airport.
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☕️COFFEE PERK: Study Finds Healthy Aging
Go ahead, have that second and third cup…
In a new study scientists have found that coffee may offer long-term benefit of healthy aging.
The study has not been peer-reviewed or published, but it was rigorous and included a large number of women who were followed for many years. It also adds to a large body of evidence linking coffee to longer lives and various health advantages, including lower risks of certain chronic diseases .
Many other studies have linked drinking coffee regularly to a lower risk of early death. In a study of more than 46,000 U.S. adults published in May, researchers found that those who consumed one to three cups of coffee per day were about 15 percent less likely to die within the next nine to 11 years than those who didn’t drink coffee.
🍿MOVIES: Memorial Day Record Box Office
A Memorial Day weekend for the box office record books.
Movie theaters across the country were jammed as “Lilo & Stitch” and Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” fueled the largest Memorial Day holiday in history — and established several other benchmarks in the process.
Families turned out in force for Disney’s live-action “Lilo & Stitch” remake, which collected a blockbuster $145.5 million in its opening weekend and an estimated $183 million through Monday. Those ticket sales defied projections and cemented a Memorial Day opening weekend record, overtaking a different Cruise tentpole, 2022’s “Top Gun: Maverick,” with $126 million over the weekend and $160 million through the four days. “Lilo & Stitch” also secured the second-largest start across any four-day holiday weekend, behind only 2018’s “Black Panther,” which amassed $242 million over Presidents’ Day.
🎹BILLY JOEL: Brain Disorder
Billy Joel has canceled all of his upcoming concerts, including a large-scale tour scheduled for this year and next, because of a brain disorder known as normal pressure hydrocephalus, he announced on Friday.
“This condition has been exacerbated by recent concert performances, leading to problems with hearing, vision and balance,” said a statement that was posted to the singer’s social media accounts. “Under his doctor’s instructions, Billy is undergoing specific physical therapy and has been advised to refrain from performing during this recovery period.”
✈️TRUMP-FORCE ONE: $400 Million Gift
The Defense Department formally accepted a luxury 747 jumbo jet from Qatar to temporarily serve as the new Air Force One for President Donald Trump, one of the biggest foreign gifts ever given to the US.
The move fulfills Trump’s desire for a new presidential aircraft, after years of delays in the government’s contract with the aerospace giant for new planes to serve that role. Still, the gift raises ethical and security concerns, with politicians from both parties questioning the president’s decision.
“The Secretary of Defense has accepted a Boeing 747 from Qatar in accordance with all federal rules and regulations,” chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement. “The Department of Defense will work to ensure proper security measures and functional-mission requirements are considered for an aircraft used to transport the President of the United States.”
📺PARAMOUNT/CBS: Bribing Trump In Order To Sell?
Senators are seeking information about Paramount efforts to settle a lawsuit by President Trump against the company’s CBS News, probing whether the company risks violating a federal bribery law.
In a letter to Paramount Global Chair Shari Redstone, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) said they are concerned that the media company “may be engaging in improper conduct involving the Trump Administration in exchange for approval of its merger with Skydance Media.”
Trump is suing CBS News for $20 billion over how the network’s “60 Minutes” edited an interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris last October. The suit alleges the interview was deceitfully edited to make her sound better. CBS has said it was neither doctored nor deceitful.
🪙PENNY: No More Pennies For Your Thoughts
The US government is ending production of the penny, citing drastically decreased demand and immediate savings.
The Treasury Department said in a statement that it made its final order of penny blanks this month, and the US Mint will stop making pennies when the inventory of blanks is depleted.
President Donald Trump announced in February that he was directing the Treasury secretary to halt production of the one-cent coin as part of a broader effort to cut waste in the national budget.
“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents,” he said in a Truth Social post. “This is so wasteful!”
👩💻GOOGLE: Takes On AI Bots
Google fights back against new AI rivals.
The search giant said it was introducing a new feature in its search engine called A.I. Mode. The tool will function like a chatbot, allowing people to start a query, ask follow-up questions and use the company’s A.I. system to deliver comprehensive answers.
“It’s a total reimagining of search,” said Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Google, in a press briefing ahead of the company’s annual conference for software developers. In tests of the feature, he said, people dramatically “changed the nature of how they are interacting with search.”
🩺BIDEN: How Did White House Doctors Miss Cancer
Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones. The diagnosis came after Biden reported urinary symptoms, which led doctors to find a “small nodule” on his prostate.
The last time Biden received a PSA test was in 2014 according to a spokesman. /But we do know that both 0bama, Trump and Clinton received prostate tests from the White House physician.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government-backed volunteer panel of experts that makes preventive health recommendations, advises against PSA screening for men ages 70 and above, based on concerns about false positives and overtreating low-risk forms of the disease. Other groups advise older men to make the decision about whether to continue screening in consultation with their doctors.
📘Biden Cover Up—Bombshell New Book
A rapidly aging Joe Biden couldn’t even recognize George Clooney at a Democratic fundraiser in Los Angeles during the 2024 campaign — leaving the Hollywood star “shaken to his core,” a bombshell new book claims.
The troubling incident, which unfolded at a star-studded fundraiser co-hosted by Clooney, was laid bare in the forthcoming book “Original Sin” by Alex Thompson and Jake Tapper, which chronicles the attempt to cover up Biden’s decline while in office.
“The original sin of Election 2024 was Biden’s decision to run for re-election — followed by aggressive efforts to hide his cognitive diminishment,” Tapper and Thompson write. On the evening of June 27, 2024, Democratic voters watched the first presidential debate in amazement and horror: A red-faced Donald Trump let loose a barrage of audacious whoppers while Biden, slack-jawed and pale, struggled to string together intelligible rebuttals.
⛵️MEXICAN NAVY Ship Smashes Into Brooklyn Bridge, 2 Dead
Two are dead after Mexican sailors were seen dangling from a navy training vessel's main mast moments after the ship smashed into the Brooklyn Bridge.
The sailors had been standing atop the Cuauhtémoc's 150-foot masts in the lead up to the ship striking the iconic structure on Saturday as part of a traditional greeting.
The massive Navy vessel, reportedly carrying nearly 300 passengers, hit the iconic New York City bridge, triggering a colossal rescue response and leaving two dead and dozens more severely injured.
📱China’s TikTok: Will It Be Sold Now?
President Trump had extended the deadline to sell TikTok after China insisted on a trade deal first.
TikTok owner ByteDance, had agreed to a proposed deal and was preparing to announce it when the company told administration officials that China insisted on the negotiations first, according to the Washington Post.
Amazon has put in a bid to acquire TikTok, as it approaches a deadline to be separated from its Chinese owner or face a ban in the United States. AppLovin, the mobile technology company that provides a platform for app developers to grow their businesses, also jumped into the race, as has Oracle which hosts TikTok in the U.S.
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🏡MORTGAGES: Back Above 7%
Home selling season off to a slow start, Mortgages back above 7%.
Home Sales in March Fell 5.9%, their Biggest Drop Since 2022. Then in early April, President Trump rolled out his tariff policy, causing fresh economic anxiety and the stock market to sell off. All giving buyers reasons to stay away. Now bond rates pushing mortgages above 7%.
➡️Housing Expert Rick Sharga says the American Dream is turning into the American Nightmare
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📺CBS NEWS CEO: Pushed Out
Embattled CBS News boss Wendy McMahon was pushed out on after less than two years – in wake of a $20 billion lawsuit brought by President Trump that has stalled parent company Paramount’s $8 billion merger with Skydance Media.
McMahon, who was given the title of CEO of CBS News, Stations, and CBS Media Ventures in 2023, has opposed settling the lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris in the heat of the presidential campaign that Trump alleges was deceptively edited to aid the former vice president.
“It’s become clear that the company and I do not agree on the path forward,” McMahon said in a memo sent to shell-shocked staff.
🎸TRUMP Calls Springsteen “Obnoxious Jerk”
Doesn’t Donald Trump have something better to do?
President Trump fired back at criticism from Bruce Springsteen insisting he "never liked" the New Jersey native or his music, despite having used Springsteen songs at his campaign rallies, calling the boss “an obnoxious jerk”.
Trump's Truth Social rant came after Springsteen took aim at the president while on his European tour, calling the administration "corrupt, incompetent and treasonous" during a May 14 concert in Manchester, England.
Springsteen told the British crowd before the night's first song "The Land of Hope and Dreams," that "the mighty E Street Band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock 'n' roll in dangerous times."
Trump also blasted staunch Democrat Taylor Swift as "no longer hot". Yep this is what we want to hear from our President!?!
‼️IMMIGRATION GAMES
The Department of Homeland Security is considering being part of a television show in which immigrants would compete for U.S. citizenship.
The pitch for the proposed show comes from Rob Worsoff, a producer and writer whose credits include the “Duck Dynasty” reality show.
“This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants,” Worsoff said. Immigrants already in the system would compete in various contests including potentially on American history and science. Worsoff stressed that losing contestants wouldn’t face deportation. “This is not, ‘Hey, if you lose, we are shipping you out on a boat out of the country.”
👩⚖️DIDDY: Jury Views ‘Freak-Off’ Pix
The jury in the Sean Diddy Combs trial viewed sexually explicit pictures of the so called ‘freak-offs’ performed by Cassie Ventura.
Cassie described for jurors the first time Diddy got violent with her when they were on a car ride in 2007.
Cassie said she shrugged her shoulders at Combs after she saw him flirting with someone else inside a restaurant and then he retaliated against her once they got in the car.
"When we got in the car, he knocked me around," said Cassie -- who would have been around 21 at the time and have recently started becoming romantic with him.
They were inside an Escalade SUV and Combs' security guard and driver were there for the vicious beating, she said.
"He hit me on the side of the head, he knocked me the floor of the car," Cassie said.
She said she was "shocked" and didn't understand why Combs had gotten so angry.
Cassie described another time when they were driving in an Escalade in Los Angeles and she hit Combs for calling her a name, "slut or b---h or something."
Combs' "eyes went black" and he started "stomping on my face with his foot."
The ride lasted 10 minutes and Combs was attacking her as she tried "to defend" and "cover" herself.
"I had never experienced anything like that, when I was really badly beaten," Cassie told the jury.
She said she bolted down the street but Combs' security guard caught up to her.
Once inside Combs' house, she looked at herself in the mirror.
"I didn’t look like myself at all. I was swollen, everything, it was horrible," Cassie said.
📺BAD MANAGEMENT: HBO MAX Is Back
What’s in a name?
For company logos just about everything! Which is why Warner Bros. Discovery’s continuing name-game is awful business!
HBO became HBO Max, and then it became Max. Now, it will be HBO Max again.
Warner Bros. Discovery is renaming its streaming platform again starting this summer, restoring a name it ditched just two years ago.
Warner Bros. Discovery first launched its stand-alone streaming service HBO Max in 2020 when the brand was still owned by AT&T.
The “Max” moniker was added to signify that the platform would have a wide array of content, from reality TV, documentaries, kids programming and movies, as well as the prestige branding of HBO titles.
At the time, leadership believed HBO had too small of an audience, much of which was U.S.-based, and that there was more value in making HBO a sub-brand within a larger streaming offering.
The service was later renamed Max in 2023. That change came after the merging of Discovery Communications and WarnerMedia, which was divested from AT&T in 2022. Content from Discovery+ was added to HBO Max under the new name.
Now, two years later, Warner Bros. Discovery has reversed course.
⚾️HALL OF FAME: Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Eligible
Major League Baseball has removed Pete Rose and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson – two of the sport’s most famous players who were previously kicked out of baseball for gambling on the game – from the league’s permanently ineligible list.
The historic decision by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred allows them to be considered for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, an honor that had been ruled out as part of the settlement Rose reached with Major League Baseball. Rose died in September, and Manfred ruled that his lifetime ban ended with his death.
💨AMERICAN POPE
Pope Leo, in his first address to the media, called for an end to a polarizing “war of words” made of partisan and ideological attacks and not give space to fanaticism and hatred.
Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.
Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV.
U.S. Catholics tend to lean Republican, but they had overwhelmingly positive views of Francis — even though he clashed with President Trump over issues like immigration.
In February, a social media account under Prevost’s name expressed criticism of Vice President JD Vance, sharing an article that called the vice president’s interpretation of Christian doctrine “wrong.”
🚨HAMAS RELEASES: Last American Hostage
Hamas has released Edan Alexander, a dual U.S. and Israeli citizen believed to be the last living U.S. citizen who remains captive in Gaza, weeks after saying it had lost contact with the group holding him hostage.
His release is part of “the steps being taken to achieve a ceasefire, open the crossings, and allow aid,” Khalil al-Hayya, head of Hamas’ negotiating team, said in a statement Sunday. Al-Hayya did not provide information on Alexander’s condition.
‼️TRUMP: Uncertain About Constitution
President Trump asked about his constitutional obligations, "Don't you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?" Trump replied, "I don't know."
Trump argued in an interview on “Meet the Press” that fulfilling his ambitious campaign promise to rapidly carry out mass deportations may take precedence over giving immigrants the right to due process under the Constitution, as required by courts.
A central part of Trump’s agenda has been implementing the “largest deportation operation” in U.S. history, as he vowed during the 2024 campaign. In service of that goal, his administration has pressed the courts to allow the immediate removal of immigrants it accuses of being members of a Venezuelan gang, without giving them a chance to plead their case before a judge.
In an interview last month with “Meet the Press,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “Yes, of course,” when asked whether every person in the United States is entitled to due process.
Trump, however, isn’t so sure.
“I don’t know. I’m not, I’m not a lawyer. I don’t know,” Trump replied when asked by “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker whether he agreed with Rubio.
📺FOX’s PIRRO: Now U.S. Attorney
President Trump says he will appoint Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
Trump announced the pick in a post on Truth Social.
The selection comes as Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday that Ed Martin, who is currently serving as D.C.'s interim top prosecutor, would not be taking the position permanently after losing support among top Republicans in the Senate.
Pirro has been a longtime ally of Trump, dating back to her time as a prominent prosecutor in New York. She was an early supporter of his 2016 campaign and publicly defended him during the "Access Hollywood" tape scandal.
Following Trump's loss in the 2020 election, Pirro pushed false allegations of election fraud involving voting machines and was later among the Fox News employees named in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false claims about the company. Fox News eventually settled for $787.5 million and admitted the statements were false.
💸WARREN BUFFET
94 year old Billionaire Warren Buffett shocked an arena full of shareholders by announcing that he will retire as CEO at the end of the year, bringing the curtain down on a six-decade run leading Berkshire Hathaway that made him the most influential investor in the world. Buffett will remain Chairman
Buffett said he will recommend to Berkshire Hathaway’s board that Vice Chairman Greg Abel should replace him.
“I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the chief executive officer of the company at year end,” Buffett said.
Abel has been Buffett’s designated successor for years, and he already manages all of Berkshire’s noninsurance businesses. But it was always assumed that he would not take over until after Buffett’s death. Previously the 94-year-old Buffett always said he had no plans to retire.
Buffett announced the news at the end of a five-hour question and answer period without taking any questions about it. He said the only board members who knew this was coming were his two children, Howard and Susie Buffett. Abel, who was sitting next to Buffett on stage, had no warning.
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🔻TRUMP POLL: Lowest 100-Day Approval In 80-Years
Donald Trump has the lowest 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years, with public pushback on many of his policies and extensive economic discontent, including broad fears of a recession, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll.
Thirty-nine percent of respondents in this ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll said they approve of how Trump is handling his job as president, down 6 percentage points from February, while 55% said they disapprove.
The previous low in approval for a president at or near 100 days in office, in polls dating to 1945, was Trump's 42% in 2017.
🇨🇦 CANADA: Mark Carney’s Liberal Party Wins Election
Prime Minister Carney’s party looked headed for a crushing defeat until. President Trump started attacking Canada’s economy and threatening its sovereignty, suggesting it should become the 51st state. Polls had the Conservatives with comfortable leads only months ago.
📺 ‘60 MINUTES’: Criticizes Its Bosses On-Air
CBS News' "60 Minutes" show ended by taking aim at parent company Paramount over former executive producer Bill Owens' who resigned last week.
Scott Pelley said in the segment that Paramount "is trying to complete a merger" the Trump administration "must approve" and it "began to supervise our content in new ways," adding: "None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires."
🪙DIMES: Coins Spill, Shut Down Road H
Millions of dimes on the road.
The aftermath of an accident in which an 18-wheeler had rolled onto its side in Alvord, Texas, a town about 50 miles north of Fort Worth.
What had spilled out was part of a load of eight million dimes,
The truck was carrying the freshly minted coins for the U.S. Mint, according to the Wise County E.M.S. Rescue, which responded to the rollover at 5:15 a.m. The driver and the passenger suffered injuries that were not life-threatening and were later released from a hospital, officials said. There were no other injuries.
🚘MUSK: Stepping Back From DOGE After Tesla Losses
Tesla CEO Elon Musk began his company’s earnings call on Tuesday by saying that his time spent running President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency will drop “significantly” starting in May.
Musk, who has watched Tesla’s stock tumble by more than 40% this year, said he’ll continue to support the president with DOGE “to make sure that the waste and fraud that we stop does not come roaring back.”
Musk’s comments came after Tesla reported disappointing first-quarter results, including a 20% year-over-year slump in automotive revenue and 71% plunge in net
👜NO KIDDING!: Homeland Security Secy’s Handbag Stolen
Get this — the woman in charge of America’s security can’t guard her own pocketbook
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Bag, with Security Badge and $3,000 in cash was Stolen while dining at a Washington, D.C., restaurant. She also lost her passport and keys.
‼️TEXT-GATE: Excuses, Lies & Coverups
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s personal phone number, the one used in a recent Signal chat, was easily accessible on the internet and public apps as recently as March, potentially exposing national security secrets to foreign adversaries, according to rge New York Times.
He apparently did it a second time —Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used his personal phone to send information about U.S. military operations in Yemen to a 13-person Signal group chat, including his wife and his brother, according to reports.
Asked by reporters if he still had confidence in his defense secretary, President Trump defended Pete Hegseth. “He’s doing a great job — ask the Houthis how he’s doing,” he said, referring to the rebel group in Yemen. The Houthis were the target of strikes about which Hegseth shared information in a private Signal group.
The development comes about a month after it became public that Hegseth shared details of strikes in Yemen in a separate Signal chat with top administration officials. The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was mistakenly
🔥ARSON : Jewish PA Governor Attacked on Passover
Police say a suspected arsonists has been arrested and will be charged with terrorism after Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and his family were evacuated from their home after a fire broke out.
Shapiro, a Democrat and a Jew, said on Facebook that the Pennsylvania State Police woke his family by banging on the door around 2 a.m. to warn them of the fire which significantly damaged the Governor’s residence. He said no one was injured.
Hours before the fire, Gov. Shapiro wrote on social media that he and his family were marking Passover, which began at sunset on Saturday.
🏛️HARVARD: Hits Back At Trump
President Trump threatened Harvard University’s tax-exempt status after the school hit back at his administration’s demands for a series of policy changes.
The threat came a day after the Trump administration halted more than $2 billion in federal funding for Harvard because the university rejected changes to its hiring and admissions practices and curriculum.
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” says Alan Garber, Harvard’s president.
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👙HOOTERS BANKRUPT: Inflation or Deflation?
Hooters, the restaurant chain known for its all-female serving staff in revealing outfits has filed for bankruptcy in a Texas court, the company announced on Monday.
Under the bankruptcy agreement, a group that includes the company’s founders — who independently run about a third of the franchised locations in the United States — will buy the company-owned restaurants in the United States from the private equity firm that owns the chain.
The complicated bankruptcy filing is a way to keep many of the restaurants open.
📺YOUTUBE: Tops TV Viewing
YouTube commanded more TV time than any other media provider in February, and its top ranking was thanks in part to viewers over the age of 50.
The service accounted for 11.6 percent of all TV use in the country in Nielsen‘s rankings of media distributors for the February period (which ran from Jan. 27-Feb. 23). That’s an all-time high for YouTube and the second time it has placed atop the distributor rankings; it previously did so in July 2024.
YouTube improved from 10.8 percent of TV use in January and passed Disney (10 percent) for the overall spot among TV content distributors. Nielsen notes that the rise for YouTube was fueled partly by a somewhat surprising source: people over 50, who accounted for about 36 percent of all time spent watching YouTube on TV screens — more than the combined 28 percent for teenagers and adults 18-34. The media distributor rankings don’t include viewing on computers or mobile devices, which means the demographics Nielsen cited might not be fully representative of YouTube’s total usage across all devices.
🧪23andMe: Files Bankruptcy-Your DNA Safe?
23andMe filed for bankruptcy late Sunday night and announced the resignation of its chief executive, capping a precipitous fall for the DNA-testing company.
So, is that DNA you gave them, and information garnered from it safe?
More than 15 million people provided the company with their DNA samples, a virtually unprecedented repository of human genetic information that could be sold in bankruptcy proceedings.
California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta issued an alert to consumers in his state, reminding them of their right to delete their information, a step some may scramble to take due to concerns over who may ultimately own their personal genetic data.
🇺🇦UKRAINE: Trump Fails To Get Putin To Agree To Ceasefire
President Trump spoke with Russian President Putin on a plan to halt fighting in Ukraine for 30 days.
Putin agreed to a limited cease-fire against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, but remained defiant to a full ceasefire.
It comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his Oval Office blowup with President Donald Trump was “regrettable,” adding that he stands ready to work under Trump’s “strong leadership” to get a lasting peace.
The shouting match blew up plans to sign a minerals deal.
Exiger’s Kit Conklin tell’s NewsNation the US really needs those minerals.
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💻AI Chips Made In The USA
The world’s most sophisticated computer-chip maker invests in the US.
Exiger’s Brandon Daniels tells NewsNation it’s just part of a changing global supply chain.
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💻U.S. Government Prohibited From Using Chinese AI
Congressional and other government offices have been warned not to use the Chinese AI app DeepSeek, due to worries about security.
Lawmakers plan to introduce a bil that would ban DeepSeek’s chatbot application from government-owned devices, over new security concerns that the app could provide user information to the Chinese government.
Meta and Microsoft are talking up their AI strategies and saying they are sticking with ambitious investments despite the investor panic this week over the rise of the cheaper to develop Chinese AI model.
SupplyChain expert, Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels and a panel of experts with the DeepSeek fallout on NewsNation
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🛫Airplane Safety Worries For Your Next Trip
Two people were found dead in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane from New York City after it landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the airline said Tuesday. It’s the latest in a string of incidents that have raised concerns over airline security.
A Jeju Airlines plane burst into a deadly fireball during a failed belly landing in South Korea, killing 179 people.
If your fear of flying has ramped up in recent months you’re not alone. More than half of travelers say recent news of aircraft and airline incidents has affected the way they book travel.
The latest problem: turns out new Boeing and Airbus jets have parts made from titanium, sold using fake documentation.
Exiger President Carrie Wibben tells NewsNation it raises concerns about the structural integrity of those planes.
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💻Hackers Take Advantage Of Airline Computer Glitch
It keeps getting worse!
Regulators are investigating how Delta Air Lines is treating passengers affected by canceled flights after the airline’s global tech outage, which forced Delta to cancel more than 5000 flights.
CrowdStrike now warning its customers: hackers are trying to exploit the computer outage.
➡️Exiger’s Katie Arrington with the fallout:
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🚌Childcare Economic Crisis
The Cost of Childcare Is Out Of Control. What Will President Trump Do?
Debbie Bermudezof IMAGINE EARLY LEARNING with the problems on NewsNation
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🎯 Chinese Slave Labor Making Your iPhone
Republican Vice Presidential nominee JD Vance says that shiny-new iPhone you want to buy may be made by Chinese slave labor. Vance named China the biggest threat to the U.S. & Democratic VP Candidate Tim Walz agrees.
While Apple denies it uses slave labor, China and Supply Chain expert, Exiger CEO Brandon Daniels tells NewsNation many US companies unknowingly use Chinese slave labor, and that needs to stop now.
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🤖AI—Latest Battleground For US & China
Artificial Intelligence—the latest battleground for the U.S. and China.
Exiger’s JC Herz tells NewsNation China already knows how to hack American Water Systems and Electrical Grids.
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