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Musk Drops the &#39;Really Big Bomb&#39;
Musk Drops the
'Really Big Bomb'
Jun 5, 2025 3:09 PM CDT

Musk Drops the 'Really Big Bomb'

He says Trump is in the Epstein Files

(Newser) - As his war of words with President Trump heated up on Thursday, Elon Musk said it was time to "drop the really big bomb." Trump "is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public," he said in a post...

Trump: I Asked Elon to Leave
Trump: I Asked Elon to Leave
Jun 5, 2025 2:18 PM CDT

Trump: I Asked Elon to Leave

President says the easiest way for government to save money is by cutting Musk's contracts

(Newser) - Elon Musk's days as the "first buddy" may be permanently over. After criticizing Musk during an Oval Office meeting on Thursday, Trump let loose on Truth Social, saying he had asked the billionaire to leave his administration and threatening his government contracts.
  • "Elon was 'wearing thin,
...

Trump: &#39;I&#39;m Very Disappointed in Elon&#39;
Trump Fires Back at Musk
Jun 5, 2025 12:09 PM CDT

Trump Fires Back at Musk

He says billionaire might have 'Trump derangement syndrome'

(Newser) - "I'm very disappointed in Elon. I've helped Elon a lot," President Trump said Thursday, firing back after the billionaire spent days heavily criticizing the "Big Beautiful Bill." Musk has called the bill a "disgusting abomination," pointing to the increase in the federal...

Trump Finally Gets Xi on the Phone
Trump Finally Gets
Xi on the Phone
Jun 5, 2025 10:00 AM CDT

Trump Finally Gets Xi on the Phone

President calls it a 'very good' talk

(Newser) - President Trump reportedly believes he can bring about a breakthrough in trade talks by getting China's president on the phone, and now, he has his chance. The leaders spoke Thursday morning on a call initiated by Trump, according to China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy...

World Cup, Olympic Athletes Are Exempt From Travel Ban

Other exemptions include Afghans who helped the US

(Newser) - The new travel ban announced by President Trump affects 19 nations, but also includes some notable exceptions, including:
  • Afghans who helped the American government during its long mission in the country, reports the New York Times .
  • Athletes coming to the US to play in the soccer World Cup in 2026
...

Trump Institutes New Travel Bans
Trump Institutes
New Travel Bans
Jun 4, 2025 9:44 PM CDT

Trump Institutes New Travel Bans

Nationals from 12 countries will be banned outright, another 7 face partial bans

(Newser) - President Trump on Wednesday announced travel bans barring nationals from 12 countries from entering the United States. Another seven countries were also placed under travel restrictions, though not outright bans, NBC News reports. The restrictions, which hearken back to travel bans on Muslim-majority countries Trump instituted during his first term,...

New Trump Portrait Breaks With Tradition

He's the first in front of a plain background since Nixon

(Newser) - The White House has unveiled a new official presidential portrait of President Trump—the second of his second term. Like the portrait introduced during the transition, but unlike the smiling photo from his first term, Trump has a serious expression reminiscent of his famous 2023 mugshot, the Washington Post reports....

Trump: I Just Got Off the Phone With Putin

President says the two discussed Ukraine, Iran

(Newser) - President Trump spoke with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and then quickly told the world as much. In a Truth Social post that was later deleted (the White House has it here ), Trump shared what transpired during their 75-minute conversation, which touched on Ukraine's Sunday attack on bombers on...

CBO: Budget Bill Slashes Taxes by $3.7T, Adds $2.4T to Deficit

White House preemptively pushes back against report, calling office 'historically wrong'

(Newser) - President Trump's big budget bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.7 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The analysis comes at a crucial moment in...

Elon Musk Extends His Criticism Into the Night

He's clearly no fan of the spending bill

(Newser) - After calling the Big Beautiful Bill that passed the House to pay for President Trump's domestic agenda a "disgusting abomination" on Tuesday, Elon Musk didn't exactly move on. The Daily Beast reports a "flurry" of new X posts followed into the wee hours of Wednesday morning,...

Trump Discovers It's Not So Easy Making a Deal With China

Xi Jinping is 'extremely hard to make a deal with,' he complained at 2am

(Newser) - President Trump may have authored The Art of the Deal, but he's having trouble keeping up his dealmaker reputation when it comes to China. "I like President XI of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!...

Trump: Powell 'Must' Lower Interest Rates

President piles on the pressure following ADP report

(Newser) - President Trump demanded Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell cut interest rates on Wednesday after payroll processing firm ADP reported its lowest private-sector jobs number since March 2023. Payrolls increased 37,000 in May, far below the Dow Jones forecast for 110,000, per CNBC . "'Too Late' Powell must...

Neil Young Extends an Invite to Trump

Rock legend says 'if there's not martial law,' Trump should come to one of his shows

(Newser) - Neil Young wants to keep on rockin' in the free world, emphasis on the "free" part. The 79-year-old singer is about to set off on a summer concert tour around the country, and he's extending an invite to President Trump to come to one of his shows, kick...

Trump&#39;s Punishing Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Kick In
Trump's Punishing
Steel, Aluminum
Tariffs Kick In
the rundown
Jun 4, 2025 7:53 AM CDT

Trump's Punishing Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Kick In

President announced jump from 25% to 50% on Friday

(Newser) - Steel and aluminum imports into the US just got hit with a heavy blow, with President Trump doubling tariffs to 50% at 12:01am Wednesday and challenging America's trading partners to strike last-minute deals or face stiffer penalties in July. The heightened duties, which CNN reports were announced...

Greene: I Would Have Voted No If I Knew What Was in Bill

Leading some critics to suggest she maybe should have read all of it first

(Newser) - Marjorie Taylor Greene apparently admitted to not reading all of President Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" before voting for it in the House of Representatives. "Full transparency, I did not know about this section on pages 278-279 of the OBBB that strips states of the right to...

Man Arrested at Mar-a-Lago Said He Wanted to Marry Kai

Kai Trump is the president's 18-year-old granddaughter

(Newser) - A Texas man was arrested at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, shortly after midnight Tuesday. Police say the man was trespassing, and that when he was apprehended, he admitted to having climbed over the wall surrounding the property, NBC News reports. He also allegedly said his...

Trump Slams Rand Paul, Who Doubles Down

They are bickering over the 'Big Beautiful Bill' spending package

(Newser) - The political fighting over the "Big Beautiful Bill" is intensifying by the day. Tuesday featured not only a scathing condemnation from Elon Musk of the spending package favored by President Trump, but also some back and forth between Trump and GOP Sen. Rand Paul. Like Musk, Paul hates the...

Trump Pardons Divers Who Freed 19 Sharks

Men believed they had stumbled upon an illegal fishing line

(Newser) - Two South Florida shark divers convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman's longline several miles from shore have been pardoned by President Trump, the AP reports. Pardons for Tanner Mansell and John Moore Jr. were signed Wednesday. They had been convicted in...

'TACO' Isn't a Slam: It's Key to Trump's Success

Russ Douthat says what critics see as 'chickening out' explains the president's resiliency

(Newser) - President Trump bristled last week when asked about the nickname of TACO—standing for "Trump Always Chickens Out" in regard to tariffs and the like. He might have instead taken it as a compliment, suggests conservative columnist Russ Douthat in the New York Times .
  • "The willingness to swerve
...

'Medicaid Moderates' Speak Up Within GOP

Small group of Senate Republicans opposed to cuts hold sway over the 'big beautiful bill'

(Newser) - The Senate returns to business on Monday, with the biggest item on the agenda being debate over the "Big Beautiful Bill" that passed the House. Senate GOP leader John Thune can afford only three defections within the Republican ranks if he hopes to get the spending bill—crucial to...

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