GA Senator Jon Ossoff slams Trump’s band of billionaires: ‘They are literally the elites they pretend to hate’
Trump was joined at the NCAA finals by his right-hand man Elon Musk as well as Representative Jim Jordan and Senators Dave McCormick and Markwayne Mullin
Senator Jon Ossoff told a crowd of Georgia constituents that the Trump administration is filled with the mega-rich who “are literally the elites they pretend to hate.”
He made the comments the same day that President Donald Trump was greeted by a wildly supportive crowd at the NCAA men’s wrestling championship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
“We’re going to the big fight. The reason I’m going is in Philadelphia. They have the NCAA, world, wrestling for college. And I’ve always supported the wrestlers,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House on Friday evening.
Trump’s right-hand man, Elon Musk, as well as Representative Jim Jordan and Senators Dave McCormick and Markwayne Mullin were also in attendance in the president’s floor-level booth.
It is the second time in three years the president has attended the NCAA wrestling championships and the latest sports-related trip Trump has embarked on since he took office. Trump attended the Super Bowl in New Orleans and the Daytona 500 in Florida.
Trump is a fan of attending public sporting events and has often used them to bolster his political persona.
Before attending the fight in Pennslyvania, the president flew to New Jersey to spend time at his golf club in Bedminster. The president has used most of his weekends to play golf at his club in Mar-a-Lago
Which Ukrainian nuclear power plants could Trump take as part of the ceasefire deal?
Donald Trump has floated the idea of taking control of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, in a phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
The conversation on Wednesday was described as positive by both sides and was mainly aimed at securing a truce between Ukraine and Russia on aerial attacks against one another’s energy infrastructure.
Tom Watling reports from London.
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How many white South Africans are interested in U.S. asylum
Nearly 70,000 people have expressed interest in relocating to the U.S. as refugees under President Donald Trump's controversial plan to offer refuge to a white South African minority group.
The U.S. Embassy in South Africa confirmed receiving the list of names from the South African Chamber of Commerce in the U.S., which acted as a point of contact for inquiries about the program.
The chamber clarified that the list does not represent formal applications.
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Almost 70,000 white South Africans interested in Trump’s US asylum plan
Trump began dismantling Department of Education in a mock classroom
Richard Hall writes:
Donald Trump gathered school children in a mock classroom scene at the White House on Thursday afternoon to witness the signing of an executive order aimed at dismantling the Department of Education.
As the children watched from their small desks, each with their own replica executive orders to sign along with Trump, the president began his remarks with an update on the horrors of Ukraine’s war.
“Hopefully we can save thousands of people a week from dying. That's what it's all about. They're dying… so unnecessarily,” he said grimly, forgetting his young audience.
It’s not uncommon for teachers to veer off-topic in the later days of the week, but the president was quick to return to the matter at hand.
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Trump created a mock classroom in the White House to dismantle the Dept of Education
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Kari Lake takes jab at former opponent during chance run-in
Failed Arizona gubernatorial and senatorial candidate Kari Lake, now a special advisor to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, took a jab at her most recent opponent, Democratic Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego, during a chance run-in at Ned’s Club near the White House in downtown Washington, D.C.
The private club is known as a place where cable news personalities can be seen holding meetings alongside Democrats and Trump administration officials away from prying eyes.
Gustaf Kilander reports from Washington, D.C.
Kari Lake takes jab at former opponent during chance run-in
Sen. Schmitt hails Boeing fighter contract as big win for Missouri
Republican Senator Eric Schmitt is thrilled with the decision to award Boeing the contract for the next generation of U.S. fighter jet, which will be built in his state.
He wrote on X: “President Trump and Secretary Hegseth just announced that Boeing in St. Louis will build the new 6th generation fighter, the F-47 – a huge win for Missouri and for the country. I’m proud to have fought for the NGAD program, and proud that Missouri will play a critical role in our national defense.”
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Judge orders suspended trans service members be returned to work
The heated hearing over the future of transgender service members in the U.S. military continued, and Judge Ana Reyes grew increasingly impatient with the lack of argument from the Trump administration’s lawyers.
Government attorneys have given up after failing to answer any of the judge’s questions about why, exactly, the administration is banning trans people from the military.
Jean Lin, a lawyer for the Justice Department, characterized the judge’s ruling this week that blocked the policy as “your opinion about what the policy should be.” Judge Reyes snapped.
“Every single sentence in my opinion was supported by a case cite or a record cite,” Judge Reyes said.
he invited lawyers to find any instance of her ruling that wasn’t supported by evidence.
“Fair enough, your honor,” Lin said.
A long painfully awkward silence followed.
Judge Reyes discussed one of the plaintiffs, a trans service member with a history of treatment for gender dysphoria who is in active combat. Why would she be recalled and discharged?
Lin said, basically, that it’s the policy of the administration, and the concern is “what kind of impact that would have.”
Reyes has had enough.
“We have potentially hundreds if not thousands of people in the military … and they’ve had no problem,” she said. New Pentagon policy tells them they are “inherently, mentally and physically unfit to serve,” and yet the Justice Department can’t say how they determined that or who decided.
Lin, admitting defeat, and unable to say anything else, asks the judge to extend a pause on the judge’s order that blocks the policy. She immediately fired back: “I’m not extending the stay.”
Reyes is further ordering, immediately, that any of the 20 plaintiffs who have been put on administrative leave be returned to work.
“Now. That’s what I want. I’m not staying any order as to them,” she said.
Trump claims law says he has authority to round up and deport people with no evidence
President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter in the Oval Office: “Do you think you have the authority to round up people, deport them, and then you're under no obligation to a court to show the evidence against them?”
The president responded: “Well, that's what the law says. And that's what our country needs.”
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