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
IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts at agency
The IRS is bracing for a $500 billion drop in revenue as an increasing number of taxpayers could skip submitting their filings in the wake of Department of Government Efficiency layoffs, according to a report.
Rhian Lubin reports:
IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts
Pope Francis set to be discharged from hospital on Sunday
Pope Francis will be discharged from hospital on Sunday, one of the doctors treating him has confirmed.
He will need two months of rest at the Vatican and full recovery will take “a lot of time” as he is not fully healed, they added on Saturday.
"The recommendation for a period of convalescence of at least two months is very important," Sergio Alfieri, head of the pope's medical team, told the press conference.
He is also advised against having meetings with large groups of people.
The 88-year-old pontiff was admitted to the hospital on 14 February with a severe respiratory infection that has required evolving treatment.
Police investigating after former U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber, 43, found dead at Virginia home
Police are investigating after former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jessica Aber, was found dead at her Virginia home on Saturday morning.
At 9:18 a.m on Saturday, police responded to reports of an unresponsive woman and found her deceased, according to a statement from Alexandria Police.
She was later identified as Aber, who was nominated to the U.S. Attorney role in 2021 by former president Joe Biden. Aber was 43 years old.
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Former U.S. Attorney Jessica Aber, 43, found dead at Virginia home
Jon Ossoff slams Trump administration for being filled with 'elites'
Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff told a crowd of people in Georgia that the Trump administration is filled with “elites” who “do not care” about average Americans.
“They just do not care. They do not care. Trump’s cabinet is worth like $60 billion, that’s not even including Elon. They are literally the elites they pretend to hate,” Ossoff said.
Trump reportedly wants a "Golden Dome" defense system for the U.S., report claims
U.S. military officials are trying to come up with a Donald Trump-requested “Golden Dome” missile defense system that can protect the nation from long-range missile attacks, according to sources who spoke to CNN.
The officials have reportedly been told by the Trump White House that no expense will be spared in the development of the missile defense system.
The name “Golden Dome” is a reference to Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense program.
Trump has reportedly demanded that spending for the dome is included in budget estimates for 2026 to 2030.
Republican Congresswoman urges Trump to allow migrants "protections" they were promised
Republican Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar is urging Donald Trump to allow Central and South American migrants who entered the country under a “humanitarian parole” during the Biden administration to stay in the U.S. and enjoy the protections they were promised.
Salazar made the comments in a post on X and avoided criticizing Trump’s draconian actions towards migrants by blaming everything on former President Joe Biden and “failed communist regimes.”
On Saturday, Trump announced he was revoking the protections for 530,000 migrants who traveled to the U.S. from Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua, and other parts of Central and South America.
Salazar’s post, translated from Spanish, appears below:
“Trump is correcting the immigration mess left by Biden. There's no doubt: the legal limbo Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans face today is a direct consequence of the Biden administration's empty promises. These people fled failed communist regimes hoping to find freedom and opportunity in the United States, only to be betrayed by incoherent and mismanaged policies. The Trump administration should acknowledge this reality and not punish them for Biden's mistakes. Let's give them the opportunity to access the protections they were promised.”
DHS pulls legal status for 500,000 Cubans, Venezuelans and others in latest Trump immigration crackdown
More than 500,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans had their temporary legal status revoked in the latest move by the Donald Trump administration to push his changes on immigration.
Homeland Security revokes temporary status 500,000 migrants
Trump accuses U.S. district court judge grounding his migrant flights of 'conflict of interest' for standing near Kamala Harris's husband in a photo
Donald Trump accused U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg — the same judge who grounded his migrant deportation flights — of a “conflict of interest” in a post on Truth Social on Saturday evening.
His evidence was a photo from a 2022 mock trial in which Boasberg was pictured standing in a line of people. The man standing next to him in the photo is Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Emhoff is an attorney.
House Speaker Mike Johnson says 'activist judges' will face Republican-led hearing
On Saturday, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that Republicans are planning to subject “activist federal judges” to a “high profile hearing.”
He also warned that Republicans are preparing legislative action to counter members of the judiciary who have ruled against the executive actions taken by Donald Trump since returning to the Oval Office.
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