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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote. Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation Trump Announces 'Full and Comprehensive' Trade Deal With UK  President Donald Trump announced in an Oval Office ceremony Thursday that the US and UK have reached an agreement on trade and tariffs. "It's a very big deal right now," Trump told reporters at the White House, adding there would be adjustments made to the pact going forward. The deal affirms that "reciprocity and fairness is a vital principle of international trade" and increases access for U.S. agricultural products, Trump said, though he added that the final details were still being written up. Trump Considers Releasing Biden-Hur Audio  Trump administration officials are preparing to release the audio from special counsel Robert Hur's interview with former President Joe Biden during the mishandling of classified documents investigation. Hur said he did not criminally charge Biden with mishandling documents due to the president's age and mental acuity following the October 2023 interview. In May 2024, Biden asserted executive privilege over audio of the interview. The transcript had been released two months earlier. Biden and his staff are girding for the possible release, though it remained unclear whether President Donald Trump and his advisers have made a final decision to make the audio public, Politico reported Wednesday night. "The Hur audio will confirm what is one of the biggest cover-ups in American history," Mike Davis, an occasional Trump adviser, told Politico.
Masked anti-Israel agitators who stormed Columbia library handed out pamphlets lionizing alleged Palestinian terrorist Bassel al-Araj  The masked anti-Israel rabble-rousers who stormed Columbia University’s library passed out flyers lionizing alleged Palestinian terrorist Bassel al-Araj as a “militant intellectual,” The Post has learned. The pamphlets were masterminded by the notorious radical activist organization Unity of Fields, sources told The Post. Anti-Israel protesters stormed the university's library on Wednesday. Netanyahu: 'Israel Will Defend Itself by Itself'  Israel will continue to defend itself by itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared, one day after President Donald Trump's surprise announcement of a ceasefire with the Houthi terror group. Netanyahu on Wednesday again talked to the Israeli public in a short video, answering several questions posed by one of his aides, including about the issue of the ongoing attacks by the Yemeni Houthis. "First of all, we are dealing with it, and the rule that I have set is: Israel will defend itself by itself," Netanyahu said. According to the Jerusalem Post, Israel's leadership was blindsided by Trump's announcement, which came after the U.S. had struck the Houthis almost daily since March 15, hitting over 1,000 targets. Biden Team Sought to 'Get Rid' of Netanyahu for Opposing Its Gaza Plans
Trump admin yanks $2.2 billion in federal funding from Harvard in legal battle over antisemitism on campus  The Trump administration has canceled $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University amid an escalating legal battle over the Ivy League institution’s failure to crack down on antisemitism, according to a senior White House official. National Institutes of Health (NIH) director for extramural research Michelle Bulls fired off a May 6 letter to Harvard president Alan Garber first informing him of the withdrawn funds, claiming the billions of dollars had not been used “to benefit the American people and improve their quality of life.” In addition to knocking Harvard’s failure to halt “widespread abuse of Jewish and Israeli students” by demonstrators on campus, the letter alleged that the school “continues to engage in race discrimination including in its admissions process.” Alan M. Garber was named president of Harvard University on August 2, 2024 after serving as interim president since January 2, 2024. Pakistani Military: India Fired Drones Into Pakistan  India fired attack drones into Pakistan on Thursday, with one wounding four soldiers, the Pakistani military said, a day after missiles struck several locations and killed more than two dozen people. Several drones were shot down, officials said. Hours after the first drone attacks, India’s Defense Ministry said it targeted air defense systems in several locations in Pakistan, but did not say whether it used drones. Tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors have soared since gunmen killed 26 people, mostly Indian Hindu tourists, in India-controlled Kashmir last month. India accused Pakistan of being behind the assault. Islamabad denies that. Moratorium on Gain-of-Function Research 'Very Important'  Dr. Robert Redfield, the former director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told Newsmax on Wednesday that he fully supports President Donald Trump's moratorium on gain-of-function research, calling the funding freeze for such experiments "very important." On Monday, Trump signed an executive order aimed at curbing gain-of-function research — which he blames for creating the COVID-19 pandemic — by halting funding to countries where such research takes place. The president's order named China as an example of a "country of concern." Federal judge blocks Trump admin from dismantling 3 agencies Judge McConnell previously blocked Trump from implementing a federal funding freeze A federal judge is blocking President Donald Trump from shuttering three federal agencies that assist public resources, minority businesses and mediation services. Nearly two dozen Democratic-led states sued to stop Trump from closing the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). U.S. District Judge John McConnell, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, sided with the states on Tuesday, affirming their arguments that the closings violated the separation of powers. "It … disregards the fundamental constitutional role of each of the branches of our federal government; specifically, it ignores the unshakable principles that Congress makes the law and appropriates funds, and the Executive implements the law Congress enacted and spends the funds Congress appropriated," McConnell wrote. FBI opens formal criminal probe into New York AG Letitia James over alleged mortgage fraud  The Federal Bureau of Investigation and US Attorney’s Office in Albany have launched a criminal investigation into mortgage fraud claims against New York Attorney General Letitia James, a source familiar with the probe told The Post. The investigation, first reported by the Times Union, follows a federal criminal referral sent by Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte to the Justice Department earlier this month. Pulte’s letter alleges James “falsified records” to obtain favorable home loans on a home she purchased in 2023 in Virginia and a Brooklyn brownstone she’s owned since 2001. The allegations further detail James indicated the Virginia home would be her “principal residence” while acting as New York’s top cop, and that she misrepresented the number of units in her Brooklyn residence. House votes to make Trump Gulf of America name change permanent Trump ally Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced the bill mirroring President Donald Trump's EO The House of Representatives voted 211-206 to make President Donald Trump's name change for the Gulf of America permanent on Thursday morning. No Democrats voted for the bill, as was expected. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., was the only Republican to vote against the bill. The legislation was led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a vocal ally of Trump's in Congress. "This is such an important thing to do for the American people. The American people deserve pride in their country, and they deserve pride in the waters that we own, that we protect with our military and our Coast Guard and all of the businesses that prosper along these waters," Greene said during debate on the bill. Nix the taxpayer-funded legal defense slush fund for Letitia James— and any other state pol facing federal investigation Holy chutzpah! State lawmakers have quietly tucked a sweetheart measure into one of the must-pass budget bills that would put taxpayers on the hook for legal bills Attorney General Letitia James racks up facing federal probes. The $10 million criminal defense slush fund would seemingly cover any state employee 1) facing any federal “legally compulsive process” (e.g., subpoenas and so on) as of Jan. 1, 2025, 2) who can claim the federal probe is “a result of the employee’s New York State employment or duties.” Insiders are clear that it would cover James, even though nothing official links her day-job work to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s criminal referral over her private real estate affairs. You might not like the solution to the debt crisis, but here's how to fix America's spending problem This is just common sense Let’s not sugarcoat this: the national debt is out of control. We all know it, but nobody wants to budget on how to really fix it. We’re staring down the barrel of almost $37 trillion dollars in debt and an annual deficit projected to be north of $2 trillion dollars a year. Interest payments alone are projected to exceed $1 trillion a year—more than we spend on the defense budget right now. And that means one thing: the American house is on fire, and we can’t keep pretending it's just a warm fireplace. As a proud fiscally responsible money guy for the past thirty years, I believe in free markets, personal responsibility, and limited government. But I also believe in arithmetic—and the math is telling us something must give. If we want to preserve American capitalism, keep Social Security and Medicare solvent, and avoid a full-blown fiscal crisis, then yes—we’re going to need more revenue. The question is, where do we get it from every year? |
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