Day: May 30, 2025

Trump Says No More ‘Mr. Nice Guy’ After Short-Term Trade Deal with China

The Center Square
Donald Trump

President Donald Trump accused China on Friday of breaking a short-term trade deal with the U.S.

Earlier this month, the two countries reached a 90-day deal to reduce high tariffs on trade between the world’s two largest economies. The global superpowers agreed to slash tariffs that had been so high that nearly all trade between the two nations stopped. The U.S. reduced its tariffs on China from 145% to 30% while the two nations continued to talk. China cut its levies on U.S. imports from 125% to 10%.

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Trump Admin Creates Merit-Based Hiring Plan, Ending DEI Federal Hiring

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The Trump administration has created a merit-based hiring plan, ending the use of race, sex, and religion data for diversity, equity, and inclusion purposes in hiring for federal jobs.

The Office of Personnel Management released a “Merit Hiring Plan” that was sent Thursday to heads and acting heads of departments and agencies, directing them to not use race, sex, ethnicity, national origin statistics or “the broader concept of ‘underrepresentation’” to hire or recruit.

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Planned Parenthood Used American Taxpayer Dollars to Train Educators That Biological Sex Is a ‘Myth’

Daily Caller News Foundation
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America’s eighth-largest school district handed taxpayer cash to Planned Parenthood to train teachers that biological sex is a “myth,” according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Philadelphia School District (PSD), which oversees almost 200,000 students, paid Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania (PPSP) nearly $40,000 in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HIV grant funds to provide up to 70 trainings which decry biological sex as a “myth,” support medical child sex-changes and normalize men in women’s sports, according to documents obtained by the DCNF through a public records request.

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CDC Contradicts RFK Jr. on COVID Vaccine for Kids

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Axios   The Centers for Disease Control is recommending that children over six months old can get COVID shots after a consultation with a medical provider, contradicting HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s push to drop the shots for healthy kids. An update the CDC posted online late Thursday adds a new wrinkle to shifting federal recommendations on the shots, and Kennedy’s efforts to do away with a COVID booster strategy for healthy children. The CDC now says healthy from six months to 17 years old may get COVID vaccines but that decision should be “informed by the clinical judgment of a healthcare provider and personal preference and circumstances.” READ THE FULL STORY              

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Trump Says Biden Autopen Could Become One of the ‘Great Scandals’

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Washington Examiner   President Donald Trump hit his predecessor over autopen use on Friday, predicting that it could become a legendary scandal in time. “I think the autopen is going to become one of the great scandals of all time,” Trump said during an Oval Office press conference with Elon Musk. Republicans allege that former President Joe Biden was not in control of his own administration and that his aides may have been behind executive orders and pardons signed with an automatic pen device. READ THE FULL STORY                 

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Donald Trump Gifts Elon Musk Key to White House in Send-Off Presser

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Breitbart   President Donald Trump gifted Elon Musk a key to the White House for leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) during his send-off press conference in the Oval Office on Friday. Friday marks the end of Musk’s special government employee tenure, which is capped at 130 days. Trump lauded Musk for the work that DOGE has done in exposing waste, fraud, and abuse. “Today, it’s about a man named Elon, and he’s one of the greatest business leaders and innovators the world has ever produced. He stepped forward to put his very great talents into the service of our nation, and we appreciate it,” Trump said. READ THE FULL STORY                 

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Nashville Democrats Reportedly Contemplate Recall for Councilman Who Appeared with Rep. Andy Ogles

Tom Pappert
David Benton

Two reports published Friday indicate Democratic activists in Nashville are considering an attempt to recall Metro Nashville Council Member David Benton due to his recent appearance with U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05), as well as a collection of state lawmakers and federal immigration officials, at a press conference announcing the congressional probe into Mayor Freddie O’Connell for his actions in response to federal immigration enforcement.

Both The Nashville Banner and The Tennessee Lookout published reports on Friday claiming a possible recall effort could be underway targeting Benton, with The Lookout specifically reporting that “Nashville Democrats” are behind the effort.

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Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell ‘Puzzled’ by DHS Sanctuary City Designation, ‘Not Particularly Concerned’ over Congressional Probe

Tom Pappert
Freddie O'Connell

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell said during a Friday press conference that he was “puzzled” by the decision by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to designate Nashville a sanctuary city, claiming that the Metro government worked to comply with a Tennessee law banning such cities in the Volunteer State. 

The mayor also told reporters he is “not particularly concerned” over the congressional probe unveiled by U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) on Friday, which seeks information from the mayor and Metro Nashville over his actions in response to recent federal immigration enforcement in Tennessee, including O’Connell’s executive order mandating Metro employees report interactions with federal immigration officials, and the new “Belonging Fund” for illegal immigrants which received seed funding from nonprofits awarded Biden-era stimulus money by Nashville.

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Senator Marsha Blackburn Calls on AG Pam Bondi to Investigate Nashville Mayor’s Doxing of ICE, HSI Agents

Kaitlin Housler
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U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell and the Metro government’s Office of New Americans for publishing the names of federal law enforcement officials and their interactions with local law enforcement and emergency services.

Earlier this month, O’Connell amended his Executive Order 30 to mandate that Metro Nashville employees report contacts with federal immigration officials to him and the Office of New Americans.

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Nashville and Shelby County Identified by DHS as ‘Sanctuary Jurisdictions’ for Protecting Illegal Aliens

Kaitlin Housler
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified Nashville and Shelby County as Tennessee’s only “sanctuary jurisdictions” actively obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws.

On Thursday, DHS published a list identifying all sanctuary jurisdictions in the U.S. that are “deliberately and shamefully obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws endangering American communities” as mandated by President Donald Trump’s executive order titled, “Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens.”

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Congress Officially Probes Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, Seeks Documents and Records Related to Immigration Resistance

Tom Pappert
Red Andy Ogles

U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) on Friday published a letter sent by Congress to Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, informing the mayor of a congressional probe investigating his actions in response to the recent federal immigration enforcement in Middle Tennessee which netted nearly 200 arrests.

O’Connell, in response to the recent joint operation between U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), signed an executive order requiring rapid Metro Nashville employees to rapidly inform the mayor and the Office of New Americans of any interactions with federal immigration officials. He also announced a new “Belonging Fund,” which received seed money from nonprofits that were awarded millions in Biden-era stimulus money by Metro Nashville. 

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Metro Nashville Government ‘Knows It’s in Trouble’ With Response to ICE Operations, Reporter Believes

Kaitlin Housler
MPL and Pappert

Tom Pappert, lead reporter at The Tennessee Star, said he believes the Metro Nashville government, specifically Mayor Freddie O’Connell, realizes it is facing serious legal consequences as a result of its efforts to thwart federal immigration enforcement operations.

O’Connell, following an immigration enforcement operation conducted in Nashville earlier this month that resulted in the arrests of 196 criminal illegal aliens, has worked to shield illegal aliens from law enforcement by launching a “Belonging Fund” to “support immigrants in Nashville during moments of crisis” and by amending his Executive Order 30 to mandate that Metro Nashville employees report contacts with federal immigration officials to him and the Office of New Americans.

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‘Betrayed The Public Trust’: Federal Bureaucrat Charged for Alleged Massive Food Stamp Fraud Scheme

Daily Caller News Foundation
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged six individuals, including one federal employee, in an alleged multi-million dollar food stamp fraud case.

The defendants allegedly defrauded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, according to a press release Thursday from the DOJ. The scam, involving a USDA employee, reportedly amassed over $66 million in transactions through the use of unauthorized Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) terminals at retail locations and with the assistance of fraudulent codes provided by the employee to redeem SNAP uses at stores, the agency stated.

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