Top Stories Daily Listen Now
RawStory

Trump News

Pam Bondi moves into military base amid threats from cartels and irate Americans: report

Attorney General Pam Bondi has moved into military housing after facing growing threats from cartels and irate Americans, according to a new report.

The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Bondi moved out of her Washington, D.C. apartment and moved into a military base in the area. The report noted that Bondi has been facing numerous threats since the Trump administration's decision to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro in January. At the same time, a growing number of Americans are increasingly frustrated with Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to the report.

Keep reading... Show less

Trump ally raises eyebrows with startling admission on Fox News: 'Cover-up isn't new'

One of President Donald Trump's allies in Congress left political analysts aghast on Tuesday after making a startling admission during a Fox News interview.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) joined Jesse Watters on "Jesse Watters Prime Time," where the two discussed the ongoing investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's ranch in New Mexico. The 7,600-acre property, known as Zorro Ranch, was mentioned in multiple allegations against Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. It was recently sold to a Trump ally named Don Huffines, a Republican state representative in Texas.

Keep reading... Show less

Trump's latest MAHA ally just hung 'a big warning sign' on her nomination: analyst

President Donald Trump's latest pick to become the nation's next surgeon general just hung "a big warning sign" on her nomination, according to one analyst.

Two weeks ago, Casey Means testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee, which is tasked with determining whether her nomination can move to a full vote. At one point in the hearing, Means seemed reluctant to acknowledge that the flu vaccine is safe and effective, which Johnathan Cohn of The Bulwark argued in a new article suggested that Means was "tailoring her statements to avoid political blowback."

Keep reading... Show less

Probe of Trump's 'attack dog' may ensnare another MAGA ally: expert

New ethics charges filed against President Donald Trump's "attack dog" could expose another one of Trump's allies, according to one expert.

On Tuesday, the D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel formally accused Ed Martin, Trump's pardon attorney at the Department of Justice, of ethical violations over threatening letters he sent to Georgetown University's law school regarding its diversity policies. What Martin is being accused of in the letter could also apply to another one of Trump's favorite prosecutors, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro in Washington, D.C., former federal prosecutor Harry Litman suggested during a new podcast interview.

Keep reading... Show less

MAGA acolyte fears Trump's war plans just backfired: 'Things may have gotten worse'

Matt Gaetz, a former MAGA lawmaker and ally of President Donald Trump, was stunned on Tuesday after learning who had been selected as the new Supreme Leader in Iran.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was selected by Iran's Assembly of Experts as the country's next leader. Khamenei has been described by experts as "his father on steroids," and the New York Times described the new Khamenei's reign as a "show of open defiance to Iran’s attackers."

Keep reading... Show less

Legal expert astonished as another Trump revenge case poised to implode

A legal expert appeared astonished on Tuesday by a new report that President Donald Trump's hand-picked prosecutor in Miami is struggling to indict one of the president's political foes.

CNN reported on Tuesday that U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones in the Southern District of Florida and officials in Trump's Department of Justice have been pushing to indict former CIA Director John Brennan over his involvement in the 2016 investigation into Russia's interference in the general election. However, that push has been thwarted by weak evidence against Brennan, CNN reported.

Keep reading... Show less

Trump mocked for taking credit for Biden-era investment: 'He's having waking nightmares'

President Donald Trump was brutally mocked by political analysts and observers on Tuesday after he announced a new oil refinery would open in Brownsville, Texas.

Earlier in the day, Trump claimed that his administration had attracted a new $300 billion investment from an Indian oil company, Reliance, to build a new refinery. However, some analysts and observers noted that Trump appeared to take credit for an investment announced under the previous Biden administration.

Keep reading... Show less

Trump admin may be forced to reveal military-election plot with new lawsuit

The Democratic National Committee on Tuesday sued the Trump administration to force it to give up its election plans, according to The New York Times.

The Trump administration has not denied whether armed federal agents or military personnel would be stationed at polling places or election offices in the United States, The Times reported. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., outlines how multiple Freedom of Information Act requests sent to the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security in October have not yet received any responses.

Keep reading... Show less

Trump announces America is opening its first new oil refinery in 50 years

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. is opening the first domestic oil refinery in the last half-century.

Trump claimed in a new post on Truth Social that the refinery will be located in Brownsville, Texas, and will be built using funds from a more than $300 billion investment deal struck with an Indian oil company called Reliance.

Keep reading... Show less

Susie Wiles now caught in crosshairs as Rubio forced to testify against longtime pal

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's longtime confidant and colleague has come under fire for his alleged lobbying ties to Venezuela, and the ordeal has now captured both President Donald Trump's closest allies, Rubio and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, in the legal crosshairs.

David Rivera, who has been a friend to Rubio for 20 years, was slated to stand trial in Miami federal court over allegations that he acted as a federal agent for Venezuela and now Rubio, who serves as secretary of state, is scheduled to testify against him as a government witness, according to a report Tuesday from The Lever.

Keep reading... Show less

'Madness': Analysts aghast as Trump's uncorks 'insane' new threat against Iran

Political analysts and observers were aghast on Tuesday after President Donald Trump uncorked his latest threat against Iran.

On Truth Social, Trump threatened that there would be "military consequences" for Iran if the country placed mines around the Strait of Hormuz. He made the threat just a day after Trump proclaimed the war in Iran was over.

Keep reading... Show less

'Nuts!' Joe Rogan hits Trump over 'insane' Iran war

Podcaster Joe Rogan slammed President Donald Trump for waging an "insane" series of strikes in Iran after running for election by promising not to start wars for regime change.

During a Tuesday conversation on Rogan's podcast, author Michael Shellenberger said he had scrapped a column on the war in Iran because Trump's reasoning was unclear.

Keep reading... Show less

Internet fumes at Karoline Leavitt's Iran 'lie': 'Trump's bombing based on his feelings'

The internet erupted Tuesday after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt snapped at CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes and insisted President Donald Trump wasn't "making anything up" when it came to the ongoing war with Iran.

Cordes had asked Leavitt to clarify Trump's decision to launch military strikes with Israel on Iran.

Keep reading... Show less