Project Freedom “will be paused for a short period of time to see whether or not the Agreement can be finalized and signed,” Trump wrote, CNBC reported.

In a letter Monday, 30 Democrats wrote it's unsustainable for Trump to collaborate with Netanyahu on a military campaign against Iran, with the stated goal of preventing the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, without publicly acknowledging Netanyahu possesses the bomb, The Guardian reported.

"The mission of the Church is to preach the Gospel, to preach peace," said the pope. "If someone wants to criticize me for preaching the Gospel ... I hope simply to be listened to because of ‌the value ⁠of God's words."

“And by the way, no government funds,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office last November, NBC News recalled. “These are all private individuals that put up a lot of money to build the ballroom,” he added. "Not one penny is being used from the federal government."

Less than a year ago, the FIFA president promised an economic boon equal to “104 Super Bowls”—but that “was not true when it was said and it’s not going to come true now.”

Just end it before something especially stupid(er) happens.

So... the Justice Dept just walked back a public statement from Todd Blanche about the Southern Poverty Law Center The SPLC alleged Blanche made "false statement" about lack of evidence the SPLC shared info w/ law enforcment Here's the clean-up statement.. just filed in court

April 26: Trump tells Fox that his blockade is going to work very quickly to cause Iran to surrender because they have no place to store the oil so their wells are going to explode in 3 days and be permanently damaged.

NEW proposal from Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans would set aside $1 billion in taxpayer money for the security upgrades in Trump's East Wing project

Tesla reported owing $0 in federal income taxes for all but ONE of the past 20 years. In that period, Tesla made $264 billion in revenue. But thanks to some shady loopholes , Musk likely saved hundreds of millions on taxes. Our tax system is built for corporations & the wealthy.

Sad thing is, I expect most Americans to not know about this.

"The Supreme Court has kicked the can down the road, perhaps hoping to keep the issue’s salience to a minimum ahead of the elections," writes Moira Donegan. "The right will seek a nationwide ban; with the federal judiciary on their side, they already have what they need to get it."

Texas voters just sent the book banners packing. Not in California. Not in New York. In Texas. Across the state, voters went to the polls and threw out right-wing school board members who built their local political brands on book bans, anti-LGBTQ policies and Christian nationalist culture-war panic

From the Can't Make This Stuff Up desk... Building nuke plants in order to build data centers. It's like being stuck in a sci-fi thriller that never was published because the writer didn't have a clue how it all ended.

White House staffers shuttle the press out of the Oval Office as Donald Trump continues to whine about Obama and Biden. Embarrassing.

Trump pushes the big lie while surrounded by kids: "It was a rigged election"

Wall Street is sending a signal to Trump today: we like the restraint you are showing and the de-escalation rhetoric from your war council. It's been an unpopular war since the moment it began, and disapproval has only increased as the economic fallout of the war flows into the global supply chain.

The average price of a gallon of gas in the U.S. increased by nearly three cents overnight to $4.48, AAA reported. The average price of a gallon of gas in the U.S. two days before Trump and Netanyahu attacked Iran was $2.98 #IranWar #EndlessWar #SenselessWar #InflationNation

Remember when they told everyone taxpayers wouldn’t pay a penny?

Former Paul Weiss Chair & Jeffrey Epstein pal, Brad Karp, admits to Harvard Law students he bent the knee to Trump because he didn’t want to lose money. My take on how profits over people is the name of the game & how those law firms began the domino effect of capitulation youtu.be/fXlbiasgzjU?...

In the past year alone, Jeff Bezos's net worth has increased by $75 billion. That’s $205,479,452 per day $8,561,643 per hour $142,694 per minute $2,378 per second The median American’s weekly earnings is $1,235 ($64,220/yr).

"And while the messenger behind these ads urging a boycott of the 2026 Met Gala may have felt unclear, their message was unmistakable: Jeff Bezos, the billionaire owner of Amazon and various other companies that touch the lives of millions of Americans, is no good," writes Kevin Dolak.

"If you give the rich tax breaks, they'll lower prices for everyone else." No, they won't. Want proof? Every single MLB team owner is in the richest 0.1% and receives hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax breaks every year. And it now costs an average $225 to attend a game.

Rumours are circulated that Republicans want to pardon Maxwell so she can testify. Why not simply release remaining Epstein files and listen to the victims?

Whereas local prosecutors in Minneapolis charged at least one immigration agent there with assault for their alleged actions during that crackdown, a Cameron County grand jury declined this spring to indict officers in Ruben’s slaying, The Texas Tribune reported. #ICEcold

Congrats to Julie K. Brown! She was awarded a #Pulitzer Prize special citation today for her groundbreaking reporting in 2017 & 2018 for the Miami Herald exposing Jeffrey Epstein's systematic abuse of young women and the justice system & powerful network of associates that protected him for years.

These primaries come the week after a Supreme Court decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and could pave the way for GOP-led states to eliminate majority-minority districts in the South as part of a larger redistricting arms race that has upended politics for 2026 and beyond, NPR reports.

Indiana is voting today in primaries. Trump is looking to punish a handful of Republicans who didn't support his demand that Indiana join his gerrymandering effort.

Data centers cost the U.S. about $25 billion in pollution and health costs last year, according to an analysis by Carnegie Mellon economist Nicholas Muller, who analyzed data for about 2,800 data centers operating in the U.S. in 2025, according to U.S. News & World Report. #AI #DataCenters

Oil hit its highest closing price of the year on the first day of President Donald Trump's operation to guide stranded ships through the blocked Strait of Hormuz, underscoring the intense uncertainty that still dogs the global energy trade. https://cnn.it/4tlMFTn

The pipeline would eventually cross 234 miles of tribal land. The hearing initiating the project caught community members off guard.

“As the Postal Service is still in the deliberation phase of determining how to implement the Executive Order, we have not yet published a proposed rule, nor have we reached any final decisions about the substance of a proposed rule,” wrote Steven Monteith, USPS chief customer and marketing officer.

At a rowdy meeting repeatedly interrupted by opponents of the data center, commissioners unanimously approved plans proposed by celebrity investor Kevin O'Leary. "We're already struggling with water. The Great Salt Lake is in trouble," said Joy Beightol, of Salt Lake City, KSL reported. #AI

Eight days after communities from all over the state gathered at the Capitol in St. Paul to call for a statewide moratorium on the construction of data centers, the Lonsdale council passed a city ordinance restricting “location, establishment or construction” of data centers for one year. #AI

"Durham is the first, not the only, of North Carolina's major communities to do this," said Nate Baker, a city council member, WRAL reported. "We see hyper-scale data centers are having detrimental impacts in communities across the state, the United States and the South." #AI #DataCenters

"The U.S. administration's decision not to station cruise missiles in Germany after all is dangerous," said Metin Hakverdi, a senior SPD member of German parliament in the ruling coalition headed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Politico reported. "It creates a gap in NATO’s deterrence against Russia."

"A couple of weeks ago, when it was clear that Spirit Airlines’ future was in doubt, Donald Trump did what he too often does: He tried to avoid blame for a looming setback by shifting responsibility to one of his Democratic predecessors," writes Steven Benen. #IranWar #JetFuelPrices #InflationNation

“We knew that the demolition of the East Wing and the changes to East Potomac were legally toxic; now we know they’re environmentally toxic as well,” said Norm Eisen, Democracy Defenders Fund chair. Trump plans also threaten a mini-golf course and road popular with cyclists and runners, NYT said.

"In the worst outcome," said another former Fed official, who also spoke to CNBC on condition of anonymity to speak candidly, "the Fed's balance sheet becomes an arm of foreign aid."

Notably, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was among government lawyers who submitted the apology, Law & Crime reported. DOJ separately released a statement to correct "media accounts" that claimed the judge knew Gomez was wanted for murder in the Dominican Republic when she ordered his release.

Trump Media & Technology Group stock closed at $9.39 on May 1, 2026, down 76% from the $38.94 it traded at on March 1, 2024. Over the past year, DJT has shed 62%, 24/7 Wall St. said. Founders held shares acquired at near-zero cost. Retail investors who chased headlines absorbed almost all downside.

The Turning Point team, which included a local organizer, set up a rally for a Trump-backed primary challenger, with lawn signs and fliers, and a playlist titled “Trump Rally” blaring at the outdoor amphitheater. Four people showed up, three of whom were part of the same family, NOTUS reported.

US launched an escort operation with over 800 ships and about 20,000 crew members trapped in the Gulf, dragging the region back to the brink of full-scale war, The Guardian reported. Tehran responded with attacks on ships and targets in UAE. Both sides threatened to escalate hostilities. #IranWar

“The administration should take the hint and stop these illegal attacks on projects that will help meet surging electricity demand and bring down costs for consumers," Kit Kennedy, managing director for power at the Natural Resources Defence Council, said in a statement, oilprice.com reported.

The private detention centers ICE contracts with to hold thousands of people — including journalists it arrests — shouldn’t be off-limits to FOIA requests. Use our action center to tell your member of Congress: FOIA should apply to private facilities.

After Scott Bessent earlier urged China to help the U.S. open the Strait of Hormuz, despite claiming the U.S. had "absolute control" over the Strait, Trump is now asking South Korea to help.

A survivor of the Kent State Massacre rings the bell on campus today, May 4, at exactly 12:20, the moment his classmates fell, 56 years ago.

The order signed by Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor, AP reported. Those rules had been in effect for several years until a federal appeals court imposed new restrictions last week.

NEW: Staffing crisis is metastasizing inside Trump Admin Dept of Justice youtu.be/vnt1U23-DHY?...