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#10 Trump, Saudis Secure $600B Investment Deal to Include Billions in US Defense Weapons - Alex Gangitano for The Hill, The White House, Capt Kyle, Rod D. Martin, Charlie Kirk, and Ahmed Al Omran on X
President Trump on Tuesday secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia to invest in the United States along with a multibillion-dollar defense partnership following a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. The investment, according to a White House fact sheet, will strengthen energy security, defense, technology, and access to global infrastructure and critical minerals. It includes a $142 billion defense and security deal that equips Saudi Arabia with state-of-the-art war equipment provided by dozens of U.S. firms...
#9 Ben & Jerry’s Co-founder Tossed From RFK Jr. Hearing During Protests - Phillip M. Bailey for USA TODAY, Savannah Hernandez, Paul A. Szypula, Malicrin/Medea Benjamin, Mari/Howard Mortman, and Alex Jones on X
Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen was among the roughly half-dozen people yanked out of a May 14 Senate hearing for protesting Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy. Within minutes of Kennedy's testimony, five people in the audience rose from their seats and began charging towards the front of the room near the members of President Donald Trump's Cabinet. "RFK kills people with AIDS," the group chanted. Capitol Police quickly removed the protestors, including Cohen, from the room by force. The ice cream company, which is known for supporting liberal causes and candidates, did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment...
#8 NJ Democrats Who Confronted ICE Should Be Censured, Noem Says - April Rubin for Axios, Grace Chong, MBI, Tim Burchett, Congressman William Timmons, Laura Loomer, and Buzz Patterson on X
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday said New Jersey Democrats should be censured for an altercation with immigration enforcement officers. The lawmakers could be penalized for what they said was exercising their oversight authority."They don't deserve to be in the House," Noem said on Fox News' Jesse Watters Primetime. "They should be censured by it." House Democrats clashed with a group of protesters outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday...
#7 Trump Wanted to End Social Security Taxation. Republicans in Congress Have Other Ideas - David Lightman for The Sacramento Bee, NWRain-Judi, Mark Lynch, Grace Chong, MBI/Steve Bannon/Ways and Means Committee, Steve Ferguson/Speaker Mike Johnson, and Wendy Patterson on X
President Donald Trump’s proposal to end Social Security benefits taxation is not in the big Republican tax bill. Instead, the GOP is crafting legislation this week that would provide an additional $4,000 federal income tax deduction for lower—and middle-income seniors 65 and over. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, argued that the break would help those who needed it most. “Seniors, like my aunt who had to take a job as a door greeter at Walmart to supplement her Social Security income after the loss of her husband, will receive much-needed tax relief,” he said. However, while senior activist groups liked the new break, they had concerns about other related issues...#6 Trump Says He Doesn’t Want Apple Building Products in India - Arjun Kharpal for CNBC, News 18, Roshan Rai, SOFT DREAMER, India Infra Report, and Special Situations Research Newsletter on X
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he doesn’t want the tech giant to build its products in India, taking shots at the company’s moves to diversify production away from China and urging him to pivot Stateside. “I had a little problem with Tim Cook yesterday,” Trump said. “I said to him, ‘my friend, I treated you very good. You’re coming here with $500 billion, but now I hear you’re building all over India.’ I don’t want you building in India.” Trump was referencing Apple’s commitment of a $500 billion investment in the U.S., which was announced in February...
#5 Debbie Dingell Appears to Sleep in House Meeting; Drops Fiesty Reply - David Komer for Fox 2 Detroit, Collin Rugg, Alec Lace, Charlie LeDuff, and America First Patriot on X
The 71-year-old was caught on camera with her eyes closed, tilted back in her chair during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday. Video from the meeting had many accusing the Democrat, who has served in the House since 2015, of sleeping during the meeting."Rip Van Dingel," posted Leland Whaley. "MI Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D, NapTime) asleep on the job. Literally," posted the account Sweet Home Michigan. But Dingell shot back at the claims, by quoting the video post on X with her spicy response, taking a moment to spotlight her Medicaid concerns...
#4 Hillary Clinton Breaks Silence on Trump’s Controversial $400M Qatari Jet - Joe Sommerlad for Independent, MAZE, RealRobert, Kristen Mag, MJ Truth Ultra/Hillary Clinton, and Doodles on X
Hillary Clinton has reacted with disdain to President Donald Trump’s decision to accept a $400m Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet as a gift from Qatar’s royal family, warning him that the givers will expect something “in return” for their generosity. “No one gives someone a $400 million jet for free without expecting anything in return. Be serious,” the former U.S. first lady, secretary of state, and Democratic presidential candidate wrote on X on Wednesday. Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election to Trump – a period that saw his supporters chant “Lock her up!” at his rallies – but she has remained a thorn in his side ever since, often pouring scorn on his actions from the sidelines as a pundit...
#3 US Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Trump’s Order to End Birthright Citizenship - Bernd Debusmann Jr for BBC, Justin Fox, Pablo Manriquez, Eagle Wings, The First, South Florida Sun Sentinel, and The Vigilant Fox on X
Donald Trump's push to end birthright citizenship is set to be argued at the US Supreme Court, in a case that could help further his agenda on immigration and other issues. The court will hear arguments on Thursday about whether lower court judges can block presidential orders for the entire country. Trump moved to end birthright citizenship within hours of returning to the White House in January, signing an order that said children who are born in the US to undocumented immigrants are not citizens. Three federal judges stopped it from taking effect, part of a pattern of courts blocking Trump's executive orders. Trump contends they did not have the power to issue the nationwide injunctions...
#2 Dr. Aseem Malhotra has Joined MAHA as Chief Medical Advisor - Emily Joshu Sterne for Daily Mail, Dr Aseem Malhotra, MAHA Action, Mike Fairclough, Sudden and Unexpected, and Humanspective on X
A newly appointed health advisor to the Trump-aligned Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative has unveiled a bold plan to overhaul the nation's health. British cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra, a long-time ally of MAHA leaders like health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and NIH head Dr Jay Bhattacharya, has joined the movement as Chief Medical Advisor. As a cardiologist and former advisor to the UK government, Dr Malhotra helped campaign for taxes on sugary drinks, worked to lower the amount of Brits taking statins unnecessarily, and worked with government leaders to remove ultraprocessed foods from hospitals and schools...
#1 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial Recap: Cassie Ventura Testifies She Was Blackmailed With ‘Freak-Off’ Sex Videos - NBC News, Good Lawgic, MJTruthUltra, Jason Whitlock, Ada Lluch, Julie Grant, Megan Basham, and Matthew Rife on X
Cassie Ventura returned to the stand today for more bombshell testimony as the government's highest-profile witness in the trial against Sean "Diddy" Combs. Combs' ex-girlfriend told the court that she was frequently physically abused by the rap mogul, suffered multiple medical issues as a result of constant "freak offs" — the drug-fueled orgies allegedly orchestrated by Combs — and was blackmailed with sex videos. She testified that Combs raped her in 2018. Ventura returns to the witness stand tomorrow, when the defense will begin their cross-examination. The jury was shown security video showing Combs assaulting Ventura at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016, as well as sensitive video and still images documenting the injuries she sustained after the alleged incidents of abuse...
