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'Schrödinger’s deal': Internet ridicules Scott Bessent's trade war promise fails

Critics mocked Treasury secretary Scott Bessent's trade war promises when interrogated by Fox News's Bill Hemmer on Friday.

The interview came after President Donald Trump threatened 50% tariffs on the European Union and 25% tariffs on Apple iPhones that are not made in the United States. His Truth Social announcement caused the stock markets to plummet.

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'Fairy tale': Experts 'skeptical' Trump's threats against Apple are 'feasible'

President Donald Trump has been ramping up pressure on Apple CEO Tim Cook to build the company's iPhones in the U.S.

The president last week said he had "a little problem" with the tech mogul and threatened Friday to slap 25-percent tariffs on the phones unless they were built in the U.S., but analysts say Trump's demand is logistically daunting and economically unfeasible, reported CNBC.

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'Radical Republicans' went 'nuclear' by 'twisting' rules to attack blue states: analysis

The US Senate undermined California’s ability to set its own standards governing air pollution from automobiles on Thursday, according to a Vox report.

According to the outlet, the Senate voted along party lines, 51-44, “to revoke a waiver the Environmental Protection Agency approved allowing the Golden State to implement and enforce a de facto ban on the sale of gasoline-powered cars by 2035.”

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'Gobsmacking': Former GOP lawmaker blasts Trump's new 'incoherent' tariff attack

President Donald Trump went after Apple on Friday in a Truth Social post, threatening to impose a 25% tariff on its iPhones if they don't relocate manufacturing to the United States. One former GOP lawmaker called it "incoherent."

Speaking to MSNBC on Friday, former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) agreed that making an iPhone more expensive to nearly half of Americans who use them is both an economic and political problem.

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Kennedy Center loses Yo-Yo Ma to alternative venues after Trump takeover: report

The hits keep coming for the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, more commonly known as the Kennedy Center, as Donald Trump's stewardship has driven away more acts.

Since the president supplanted former Board Chair David M. Rubenstein with himself, and tapped MAGA ally Richard Grenell to oversee operations, the world famous venue has seen multiple acts cancel and ticket sales plummet after Trump made his case to rid the center of "woke" acts.

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'Lol': Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked on X after being 'roasted' by Musk's AI bot

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) got into an argument with Elon Musk's artificial intelligence tool about God.

The Republican congresswoman made a post Friday morning on X stating her views on Christianity, patriotism and family, which she then asked the platform's Grok chatbot to explain – and she didn't like what the AI tool had to say about her platitudes.

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MAGA-verse lashes out as federal judge blocks Trump's new order: 'Insanity'

The MAGA-verse is outraged after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's ability to enroll foreign students.

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs called the order a "blatant violation" of the U.S. Constitution Friday afternoon. The ruling came just hours after Harvard filed their complaint in Boston federal court.

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'Unlawful many times over': Judge issues 'big win for Harvard' in Trump lawsuit

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from revoking Harvard University's ability to enroll foreign students, calling the order a "blatant violation" of the U.S. Constitution.

Harvard filed a complaint Friday morning in Boston federal court, and U.S. District judge Allison Burroughs issued a temporary restraining order hours later freezing the policy.

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Trump’s unconstitutional act will 'Make China Great Again': Watergate prosecutor

President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s latest moves against Harvard will “Make China Great Again,” according to lawyer and former Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York, Nick Akerman’s latest Substack post.

“Noem’s order revoked Harvard University’s ability to maintain and enroll foreign students. This order affects approximately 7,000 Harvard students, or about 25% of its student body,” Akerman said.

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Mike Johnson shamed for 'lack of courage' as he hides GOP's 'lowest moment'

A Democratic congressman shamed his Republican colleagues for their refusal to honor law enforcement personnel who defended the U.S. Capitol from rioters during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

A plaque honoring those officers as heroes was approved by Congress, but more than three years after its installation was signed into law by former President Joe Biden, the tribute remains stashed away in a utility room because House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) hasn't instructed Capitol architect to do it, reported the Washington Post.

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Retailers issue 'warning' to Trump that higher prices are coming soon: report

Retailers are likely to raise prices "in the coming weeks" due to President Donald Trump's tariffs, according to a report in The New York Post.

Business editor and Fox correspondent Charles Gasparino wrote Friday, "The retail industry is alerting President Trump that they can’t 'eat' his tariffs forever – and price increases are likely to hit in the coming weeks."

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White House claim puts Trump 'potentially outside the immunity shield': attorney

An attempt by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to blow off ethical and legal concerns about Donald Trump's crypto dinner on Thursday night might come back to haunt her boss.

Thursday afternoon Leavitt lectured reporters in the Brady Briefing Room about the dinner which was to include foreign investors at a Donald Trump golf resort in Virginia, telling NBC's Garrett Haake, "Well, as you know, Garrett, this question has been raised with the president. I have also addressed the dinner tonight. The president is attending it in his personal time. It is not a White House dinner, it’s not taking place here at the White House. But certainly I can raise that question and try to get you an answer for it."

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George Conway exposes crucial flaw in Trump White House’s 'personal time' claim

During a press conference on Thursday, May 22, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told NBC News' Garrett Haake that President Donald Trump would be attending a political dinner "in his personal time" — noting that it was "not a White House dinner" and would not be "taking place here."

Leavitt's use of the term "personal time" got the attention of Never Trump conservatives, including attorney George Conway and The Bulwark's Tim Miller (a frequent guest on MSNBC and former GOP strategist).

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