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Turnberry, president’s Scottish golf resort in Ayrshire, was covered in red spray paint and slogans, with prized greens dug up
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Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in Scotland has been vandalized over his recent remarks about the future of Gaza beyond any ceasefire agreement with Israel.
The president has been accused of using “ethnic cleansing” rhetoric. Activists responded by covering the Ayrshire property with red spray paint and digging up the prized greens.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration revealed on Friday that it’s withdrawing $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia University because of what the administration says is the school’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment.
The announcement came after Columbia established a disciplinary panel and increased its own investigations into students who have made critical statements about Israel, to the dismay of advocates for free speech. But the school didn’t do enough according to the federal government.
Trump said Friday that he’s “strongly considering large-scale sanctions” on Russia until a peace agreement is reached with Ukraine, but stoked anger saying it is easier to deal with them as Moscow again bombs Kyiv.
Trump also sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in an effort to reach a deal with Tehran to restrict its nuclear program. Iran said it would not respond to “bully” pressure.
President Donald Trump asked “alarmed” aides for the original Declaration of Independence to be moved to the Oval Office, according to a report.
The historic and treasured document is displayed at the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., where it has been housed since 1952 behind an argon-filled glass case under heavy security.
In recent days, Trump asked those in his inner circle about moving it to the Oval Office, according to the Atlantic, citing people familiar with the conversations.
Rhian Lubin has the story.
Troy Edgar was sworn into office today as Deputy Homeland Security Secretary by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, two days after his 53-43 Senate confirmation.
Fresh off of her interview with President Donald Trump, MAGA-boosting Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo warned her viewers that there are warning signs that the American economy could be heading for a “recession,” but that it would not be the president’s fault.
“It would be Biden’s recession,” she declared, pointing the finger directly at Trump’s predecessor.
Justin Baragona reports.
Politico reports that President Donald Trump is nominating his close allies to serve on the board of visitors for the U.S. Naval Academy, one month after dismissing the previous board.
Included on the list is Walt Nauta, a Navy veteran who has served as Trump’s bodyman and was federally indicted alongside the now-president in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Trump also nominated his former press secretary, Sean Spicer, former White House physician Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas, and former Navy SEAL Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin.
In February, Trump dismissed the board of visitors for the Naval Academy, along with the boards for the Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard. These boards act as advisory panels to oversee programs and student life at the military academies.
The Biden administration also removed former Trump appointees in 2021.
Donald Trump has signaled his approval for congressional Republicans’ continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded.
“All Republicans should vote (Please!) YES next week,” the president wrote on Truth Social after returning from his Saturday golf game.
He implored: “We have to remain UNITED — NO DISSENT — Fight for another day when the timing is right.”
Imprisoned crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly landed in solitary confinement after he praised the GOP in a jailhouse interview with Tucker Carlson in an apparent ploy to win a pardon from Donald Trump.
Bankman-Fried ended up in solitary after he failed to obtain permission for the interview from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, The New York Times reported Friday. The interview took place on a video call in a side room of the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center on Thursday, which was Bankman-Fried’s 33rd birthday.
Mary Papenfuss has the details.
House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through September 30, pushing ahead with a go-it-alone strategy that is likely to provoke a significant confrontation with Democrats regarding government spending priorities.
The 99-page bill would offer a modest increase to defense programs while reducing nondefense programs below the levels set for the 2024 budget year. This stance is expected to be a non-starter for most Democrats, who have long argued that defense and nondefense spending should align.
Congress must act by midnight Friday to prevent a partial government shutdown.
Speaker Mike Johnson is preparing the bill for a vote on Tuesday, despite the absence of support from Democrats, effectively challenging them to oppose it and risk a shutdown. He is also counting on Republicans to push the legislation through the House primarily on their own.
Democrat House Appropriations Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut says: “I strongly oppose this full-year continuing resolution, which is a power grab for the White House and further allows unchecked billionaire Elon Musk and President Trump to steal from the American people.”
“By essentially closing the book on negotiations for full-year funding bills that help the middle class and protect our national security, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have handed their power to an unelected billionaire.”
“Elon Musk and President Trump are stealing from the middle class, seniors, veterans, working people, small businesses, and farms to pay for tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations.”
With reporting from the Associated Press
Rhian Lubin writes:
Mobsters, a mysterious man with an umbrella, Ted Cruz’s dad — and aliens.
Conspiracy theories about the assassination of President John F Kennedy on that fateful day on November 22, 1963, have swirled for decades. But experts agree that the imminent release of the long-awaited JFK files, along with unreleased documents about the killings of Robert F Kennedy and civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr, is unlikely to quell the paranoia surrounding any of their murders.
President Donald Trump’s deadline for officials to submit a plan for the release of the files is this weekend, according to the executive order he issued 43 days ago.
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