Are Republicans slowly starting to grow a baby spine? First, they speak up against Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund. Then they criticize his unqualified DNI pick, Bill Pulte. And now they have rejected Trump’s endorsed candidate for Iowa governor, Randy Feenstra. Probably just a coincidence. 😒

CBS News has fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley.

Republicans criticize Bill Pulte, Trump's pick for DNI: Senate Republican Leader John Thune: “We don’t need a weaponized DNI; we need professionals there.” Senator John Cornyn (R-TX): “I see no evidence of any qualifications for that job.”

MAGA Republicans love to play tough guy — lifting weights, doing pull-ups, and now hosting a UFC cage match at the White House — but they're afraid to stand up to the bully in their midst.

Bill Pulte, the unqualified 37-year-old man Trump just chose to be director of national intelligence, was so shady that he was kicked off the board of his family's construction company. Now he owns some run-down trailer parks in Florida.

Trump has named his personal henchman, Billl Pulte, to be acting director of national intelligence. Pulte abused his position as chairman of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to send baseless criminal referrals against Letitia James and Lisa Cook. He has no experience in national intelligence.

The Justice Department says it will “abide by” a federal court ruling not to proceed with Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund. The announcement on social media did not indicate whether DOJ would still seek to appeal the court’s decision.

But I thought he said the war was ending soon.

A former Accenture employee is suing the company for firing him because of his dreadlocks. Joseph Nelzy had an “exemplary performance record" at Accenture but was fired two months after the company eliminated its diversity and inclusion goals last year when Trump took office.

Two Black families whose children died after they were used as test subjects in a vaccine trial without their parents’ consent have sued the federal government. But if you know your history, you know this has happened before.

A federal judge has reopened Trump’s case against the IRS to investigate “grievous allegations” that his $1.776 billion deal was “premised on deception.” The judge noted that the IRS had a 25-page memo of defenses to Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit but DOJ never raised the arguments in court.

Louisiana Republicans have passed a new congressional map to eliminate a majority-Black House district. The bill, once signed by Republican Governor Jeff Landry, would eliminate the district represented by Rep. Cleo Fields, a Black Democrat.

A federal judge has ordered Trump to remove his name from the Kennedy Center and halt his plan to close the venue for two years. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit from Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH).

Two Black families whose children died after they were used as test subjects in a vaccine trial without their parents’ consent have sued the federal government. Sample tissues from the boys’ autopsies were stolen to develop the RSV vaccine that is now used around the world.

Dell gets a a $9.7 billion Pentagon contract after Trump buys more than $1 million of the company’s stock.

The Treasury Department is designing a new $250 bill with Trump’s face on it for the 250th anniversary of America. Under federal law, no living person is allowed to appear on US currency, so either Trump is planning to die or they plan to break the law to honor the first criminal as president.

Trump building a UFC stadium at the White House, painting the reflecting pool blue, and erecting a billion dollar ballroom while Americans are struggling to pay for groceries, health care, and gas is exactly what you’d expect for a rich old white guy who’s out of touch with reality.

When quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee in a silent protest about the murder of Black people, Trump pressured NFL owners to fire him. But when quarterback Jaxson Dart spoke at a Trump rally last week, suddenly it was okay for NFL players to do politics again.

Trump tore down Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC and put up statues of racist enslavers around the city. This is just a warning shot of the backlash to come.

The Congressional Black Caucus is calling on US companies to keep their promise on voting rights. Back in 2021, Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Tesla, Target, PayPal, Intel, and Starbucks all demanded Congress pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. So where are they now?

America will pay reparations to anybody but Black people.

If the US can prosecute former Cuban President Raúl Castro for the extrajudicial killings of four people in international airspace 30 years ago, then Trump should be prosecuted for the extrajudicial killings of nearly 200 people in international waters in the past year.

Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, two police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the January 6 insurrection, are suing to block Trump’s $1.8 billion payout to himself and his fellow insurrectionists. The lawsuit calls Trump’s fund “the most brazen act of presidential corruption this century.”

Former Congressman Barney Frank has died at 86. He was the first member of Congress to come out as gay and the first to enter a same-sex marriage. He was a co-author of the Dodd-Frank law. And on a personal note, he wrote a blurb for the back cover of my first book in 1996. May he rest in peace.

BREAKING: Four Republicans break with Trump as the US Senate votes 50-47 to advance a resolution that would force Trump to end the war on Iran without congressional authorization.

One day after paying himself $1.8 billion to settle a frivolous lawsuit, Trump forces the IRS to drop all tax claims against him, his family, and his company. The U.S. government is “forever barred and precluded” from examining or prosecuting them. An astonishing level of corruption in two days.

Trump has endorsed scandal-plagued Ken Paxton over incumbent Senator John Cornyn in the Texas Republican Senate primary. Cornyn voted with Trump 99% of the time, and even introduced a bill to name a highway after him. Let this be a lesson to Republicans. Trump has no loyalty to anyone except Trump.

They still don’t get it.

The United States government just agreed to pay $1.8 billion to the United States president, approved by the president's own personal lawyer who represented him when he was convicted of 34 criminal counts. This is the biggest scandal in all of American political history.

Trump announced on Monday that he plans to bring in 10,000 more white people from South Africa into the United States at a cost of $100 million. The move came on the same day he announced $1.8 billion in reparations to white people.

Trump just paid $1.8 billion in REPARATIONS to himself and his allies. And now that he’s set the precedent, it’s time to pay Black people too.

Even by Trump’s crooked standards, this is outrageous. It’s not just corrupt to steal taxpayer money for his personal needs, it is treasonous to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States. Trump should be thrown out of office, prosecuted, and put in prison.

As America races to dismantle 70 years of civil rights protections, one well-known Black man is enabling them.

Trump is planning to pay $1.7 billion in REPARATIONS to white people. Yes, that’s exactly what this is. The same government that refuses to compensate Black people for hundreds of years of slavery and second-class citizenship now wants to pay reparations to Trump’s cronies. Straight up racism.

60 years ago, Malcolm X gave America a choice: the ballot or the bullet. Today, as Republicans launch a coordinated assault on Black voting rights, his words feel less like history and more like prophecy.

"The majority has broadened the meaning of the word 'election,' as used in the Virginia Constitution, to include the early voting period. This is in direct conflict with how both Virginia and federal law define an election." — Virginia Chief Justice Cleo Powell, dissenting in today's 4-3 decision

The Virginia Supreme Court struck down a voter-approved congressional redistricting plan, handing a setback to Democrats who hoped to fight back against Trump’s Republican gerrymandering in red states.

In other words… We want the white people voting.

This morning's jobs report shows 419,000 fewer Black Americans are working today than when Trump took office. Jan 2025 20.9M Black people employed Apr 2026 20.4M Black people employed Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. data.bls.gov/timeseries/L...

FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly travels with a supply of personalized branded bourbon. The bottles bear the imprint of the Kentucky distillery Woodford Reserve, and are engraved with the words “Kash Patel FBI Director,” and a rendering of an FBI shield.

Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, has died at 87.

Republicans all across the South are racing to turn back the clock, just days after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. In Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, and Tennessee, they’ve already started the process to eliminate Black districts, Black elected officials, and Black voting power.

Oil prices jumped on Monday as Trump’s war on Iran drags on and the navigability of the Strait of Hormuz remained uncertain.

Spirit Airlines has shut down. The struggling carrier could not survive with rising jet fuel costs from Trump’s war on Iran. The closure could cost 14,000 to 17,000 jobs. “To our Guests: all flights have been cancelled, and customer service is no longer available.”

Louisiana Republicans have eliminated a city clerk position in New Orleans days before a Black man was set to take office. “It’s a sad thing to see the state government repeating what happened to Black public officials during Reconstruction,” said Calvin Duncan, who was set to take office Monday.

Following the Supreme Court’s decision weakening the Voting Rights Act, Republican governors in Tennessee and Alabama plan to redraw their state congressional maps to eliminate majority-Black congressional districts.

Gas prices jumped to $4.39 a gallon today, the biggest one day jump since the casefire in Trump’s war on Iran.

The majority of white voters voted for Donald Trump in all three of his elections. The majority of white voters voted against Barack Obama in both of his elections. That tells you everything you need to know about America.

Maine Governor Janet Mills has dropped out of the race for the U.S. Senate. Mills, 78, had the backing of Chuck Schumer but struggled to raise money to compete with her Democratic opponent, Graham Platner, 41, who is endorsed by Bernie Sanders. Democrats seek to oust Republican Susan Collins.

Oil prices soar to a $120 a barrel as Trump’s failed war on Iran drags on.