RawStory
RawStory

Trump News

'What could possibly go wrong?' Trump's new veterans initiative draws swift ridicule

President Donald Trump boasted about a new program to transition veterans into truck driving, prompting the internet to question his remarks.

Trump announced Freedom Haulers, a new initiative to open pathways for military veterans to become commercial truck drivers, during a White House event. Standing next to a large commercial truck, he announced the new plan and claimed it would be a speedy process to replace "unqualified migrant truck drivers."

Keep reading... Show less

GOP lawmaker caves after backlash to horrifying allegations reaches fever pitch

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) dropped a domestic violence case against his ex-wife amid growing backlash over allegations he scalded her with hot water and held a gun to her head.

A Cuyahoga County judge formally dismissed the case Wednesday against Emily Moreno, daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), after Miller moved to drop it in May.

Keep reading... Show less

Red flags fly after conservative harassment network targeting teachers exposed: 'Chilling'

A shadowy network of conservative activist groups, backed by Koch-linked dark money, is deploying hidden cameras and mass public-records requests to hunt down and destroy the careers of college professors and administrators — and it's working.

An investigation from Columbia's Tow Center found that right-wing groups including Accuracy in Media, the Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project, and the "pink-slime" news network Metric Media have flooded universities nationwide with Freedom of Information Act requests demanding syllabuses, emails and course materials containing words like "diversity," "queer" and "Indigenous." Metric Media alone filed more than 9,000 FOIA requests across all 50 states in a single year, disguising the campaign as accountability journalism through sites masquerading as local news outlets.

Keep reading... Show less

Trump judge caught in pardon scandal after vacation with convicted fraudster

A Trump-appointed federal judge has been drawn into a pardon scandal after photos surfaced of her on the balcony of George Cottrell, a British fraudster seeking a presidential pardon.

U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich, appointed to the bench by Trump in 2018, is the widow of former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich. She sits on the Phoenix court that oversaw Cottrell's 2017 wire fraud conviction, the Arizona Republic reported.

Keep reading... Show less

Epstein pal lobs veiled threat at lawmakers over probe: 'Very dangerous road to go down'

Lawmakers investigating the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and a high-powered corporate lawyer ended up on the receiving end of a veiled threat.

Based on transcripts from a closed-door meeting between members of the House Oversight Committee and attorney Kathy Ruemmler, the former Goldman Sachs general counsel gave her questioners an earful.

Keep reading... Show less

Trump's own judge flags 'shortcomings' in ruling on 'mandatory detention'

President Donald Trump's efforts to expand "mandatory detention" for long-time but undocumented U.S. residents were slapped down Thursday by a judge he appointed.

Judge Daniel Bress, appointed by the president in his first administration, joined a slew of other federal courts in rejecting Trump's claim to precedent.

Keep reading... Show less

MAGA Republican abruptly ends presser rather than disavow son-in-law's Nazi posts

A Senate candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump fled a rural Georgia press conference Thursday rather than answer questions about his son-in-law, white nationalist influencer David Alan Scheer II.

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) abruptly ended the event after reporters peppered him with questions about a CNN report that found Scheer had built a large online following promoting white nationalist ideology, sharing Nazi imagery, and posting antisemitic conspiracy theories.

Keep reading... Show less

GOP senator snaps at 'mistaken' Trump as Todd Blanche turmoil heats up

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) fired back at President Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying opposition to his IRS tax settlement runs far deeper than just two senators.

At 11:15 AM, Trump wrote on Truth Social that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was "a STAR" with the potential to be "one of the Greatest Attorney Generals of All Time."

Keep reading... Show less

'More about botox than bombs': GOP candidates have a Hegseth headache — Dems are delighted

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's blunders and bluster are about to become a central argument against Republican lawmakers in the upcoming midterm election, according to a new report.

Democratic candidates and campaign strategists consider the controversial Donald Trump Cabinet member to be a target-rich subject when it comes to putting their GOP opponents back on their heels, Politico reported Thursday.

Keep reading... Show less

Trump folds on Blanche as GOP senators hand him devastating defeat

President Donald Trump conceded Thursday he may pull his own attorney general nominee rather than give two outgoing Republican senators what they are demanding.

Trump made the admission on Truth Social after the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a vote on acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination Wednesday night. The vote was canceled when it became clear two Republicans would block it.

Keep reading... Show less

'Begging!' Cornyn-bashing panel erupts in laughter at standout Republican's 'courage'

Sen. John Cornyn’s demands of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche provoked roaring laughter on MS NOW on Thursday morning.

A fit of giggles overtook the “Money Power Politics” panel as they tried to discuss Republican senators balking on Blanche — and whether or not he should replace Pam Bondi.

Keep reading... Show less

Trump panics over E. Jean Carroll's 'irretrievable' plans for $5M payout

President Donald Trump took urgent court action this week against writer E. Jean Carroll, arguing that her use of a $5 million sexual abuse defamation payout would make the funds "irretrievable."

A 2023 jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in 1996 and defaming her when she went public with the allegations, according to the AP.

Keep reading... Show less

'Prepared to vote no': GOP Senate holdout drops live-TV bomb on Trump

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) made it clear during an impromptu interview on MS NOW that he is prepared to stop acting Attorney General Todd Blanche from assuming the permanent position.

As MS NOW host Stephani Ruhle was discussing Blanche’s travails at getting out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, she broke away to Ali Vitali, who had flagged the unaccompanied Cornyn down in a hallway.

Keep reading... Show less

Don't Sit on the Sidelines of History. Join Raw Story Investigates and Go Ad-Free. Support Honest Journalism.