The Latest Breaking News from Donald Trump

Congress may again curtail ‘America First’ funding request for State

The Trump administration is reviving its effort to secure billions of dollars in State Department funding in a wide-ranging account with few guardrails that was met with resistance from Democrats last year, who accused the administration of setting up a foreign policy slush fund.  This week, appropriators will give an…

Roll Call · Apr 20

Ford CEO says Tesla doesn’t have an ‘updated vehicle,’ and now he’s pivoting to catch up with his real competitor: China’s BYD

Ford CEO Jim Farley drove a Chinese EV for six months and liked it so much he didn’t want to give it back. Now he’s overhauling Ford.

Fortune · Apr 20

FBI director Kash Patel files $250m defamation suit against The Atlantic

According to The Atlantic, Patel's job as head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is in jeopardy in part because of what it said were "bouts of excessive drinking" and "unexplained absences".

Euronews · Apr 20

Mexico's Sheinbaum demands explanations after US Embassy officials die in Chihuahua

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she was unaware of any collaboration between the U.S. and local authorities in Chihuahua after four officials died in an accident over the weekend

The Independent UK · Apr 20

Environmental groups sue Trump administration over approval of new ultra deep-water drilling project

Environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Monday over its approval of oil company BP’s ultra deep-water drilling project in the Gulf of Mexico

The Independent UK · Apr 20

Trump Administration Opens Portal For Importers To Claim Billions In Tariff Refunds

The Trump administration begins accepting applications Monday for the return of more than $166 billion in tariffs that the Supreme Court ruled illegal earlier this year.

International Business Times · Apr 20

US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN

Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20

Former NCTC pleads with Trump to pull out of Iran: ‘Don’t double down on failure’

Former National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Joe Kent urged President Donald Trump to leave Iran. To date, no comprehensive peace deal has been achieved.

The Mary Sue · Apr 20

Donald Trump just made a stunning claim about China and Iran that has intelligence officials going silent

President Donald Trump announced that China has “agreed” not to send weapons to Iran on Wednesday. China has long denied allegations of sending weapons to Iran but has still been buying sanctioned oil even during the war.

The Mary Sue · Apr 20

A former VP torches Donald Trump for gas prices but their old quote about the ‘price of democracy’ returns to haunt them

Kamala Harris is calling out Donald Trump for soaring gas prices, but an old quote from her own past is making the rounds again. This week, Harris posted on social media that “gas prices are too high” and blamed Trump’s “war of choice in Iran” for the pain at the…

The Mary Sue · Apr 20