"Busy" Trump Treats Melania To Birthday Dinner Aboard Air Force One

04/26/25 9:12 AM

US President Donald Trump said he has been too busy to buy First Lady Melania a present for her 55th birthday on Saturday, so he is treating her to a romantic dinner on Air Force One instead.

"There Is Tension Between India, Pakistan But...": Donald Trump On J&K Attack

04/26/25 12:23 AM

India and Pakistan will figure out relations between themselves, US President Donald Trump said on Friday as tensions soared between the two neighboring countries after a terror attack in Jammu & Kashmir's Pahalgam.

"Worsening Climate Of Fear" For Pak Minorities: US Religious Freedom Body

04/26/25 9:50 AM

Finding "a worsening religious and political climate of fear, intolerance, and violence" for minorities in Pakistan, US Commission on International Religious Freedom has asked Trump's administration to take strong measures against Islamic Republic.

'Big story': Business reporter warns empty shelves on the horizon for Americans

04/24/25 8:23 PM

A business reporter warned that Americans are a few weeks away from seeing empty shelves in stores due to President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war with China. Christine Romans, senior business correspondent for NBC News, provided an update on the market's response to Trump's shift in language with China. "The thing here is that the tone is the only thing that has changed," Romans explained, saying that the news is focusing on the "words" and "attitude" of the president changing. "There's not actual concrete details to be reacting to," she said. "So, the market is responding to a tone shift from the president, where just a week or so ago, he was saying, 'If you don't want to tariff, make it in America.' It's my way or the highway. And now he's saying, well, no, it's not going to be 150%. So, the market is up today. It was up yesterday."ALSO READ: 'We’ve made a mistake': Trump’s trade war sends GOP into frenzyShe explained that Trump's "Liberation Day" press conference at the beginning of April happened in conjunction with a Dow over 42,000. "So, you've seen these huge moves in the market. Put it in perspective, you're down 7% since this trade war began, with no meaningful difference here, especially with China," Romans said. "China is the big story here. No meaningful progress or difference here — other than the words the president is saying and the tone he is taking."However, she also issued a warning that Americans can expect to see it beyond just an increase in prices. "The shippers are saying — one major shipper this morning confirming that there are 30% fewer containers on the water today than a year ago, 30% fewer!" she added. "There's no way Americans don't feel that and see that in store shelves in the coming weeks."See the comments below or at the link here. - YouTube youtu.be

'Bluster and lies': Diplomat shocked by Trump's question time

04/24/25 7:28 PM

American diplomat Ned Price, who served as deputy to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, blasted President Donald Trump's "pernicious lies" made at a Thursday Oval Office news conference with Norway's prime minister. MSNBC anchor Chris Jansen introduced Price by recapping Trump's comments about giving Crimea plus 20 percent of Ukraine over to Russia, but stopping Putin from "taking the whole country." "Do you hear a deal there that's acceptable?" she asked. "Let's be clear about what we just heard," Price began. "It was a lot of bluster and a lot of lies. And I'm glad you started where you did, because I think one of the most pernicious lies that we just heard was this idea that President Trump is putting pressure on President Putin." ALSO READ: 'Alarming': Small colleges bullied into silence as Trump poses 'existential threat' Price continued, "President Trump is right that he is exerting a strategy of carrots and sticks. The problem is that it's all carrots for Russia, and it's all sticks for Ukraine. And I say that because, going back to the start of this process...you might recall, President Zelensky's visit to that very room, the Oval Office, when he was berated by President Trump, thrown out of the White House, and after that, the administration halted security assistance." Price claimed that the gap in security and intelligence assistance "had a practical impact on the ground, and it cost Ukrainian lives." Regarding the peace deal, Price claimed, "The problem is that this would not be a just peace, this would be, again, capitulation; this would be appeasement rather than peace." Price warned that as it stands, the U.S.-brokered deal "would do nothing but incentivize President Putin, and dictators, and wannabe dictators the world over to attempt to undertake the same type of territorial aggression that has cost Ukraine so much in terms of blood and treasure." Watch the clip below via CNN.

'Boeing should default China': Trump lashes out as trade negotiations stall

04/24/25 4:18 PM

President Donald Trump may not be engaging in formal talks with China to negotiate tariffs, but he was lobbing threats against the rival economic giant on social media.China's foreign ministry denied any suggestion it was involved in active negotiations with the Trump administration over tariffs, saying there had been no progress on the matter, and hours later the U.S. president issued taunts from his Truth Social account."Boeing should default China for not taking the beautifully finished planes that China committed to purchase," Trump posted. "This is just a small example of what China has done to the USA, for years… And, by the way, Fentanyl continues to pour into our Country from China, through Mexico and Canada, killing hundreds of thousands of our people, and it better stop, NOW!"ALSO READ: 'Dictatorship, not a town hall': Families 'distraught' as MTG disruptors tased and jailedChina has indicated they won't take delivery of up to 50 planes that had been set aside for the Chinese market this year, according to the company's CEO Kelly Ortberg, and analysts said the trade war would accelerate Boeing's already steep decline in that country.Chinese airlines would also pay higher prices for maintenance of their existing Boeing fleets due to the tariffs, which would increase parts for engines made by General Electric or Pratt & Whitney, analysts said.

'Bye!' Budget stores post new tariff prices — and get immediate backlash

04/25/25 9:59 PM

The cheap online retailers AliExpress, Shein and Temu officially raised prices this week, citing President Donald Trump's tariffs on China. Currently, the tariff on Chinese imports is 145%. The Verge reported Friday that Chinese imports are impacting consumers for products like electronics, cars and clothing.Shein and Temu warned shoppers last week that the increases were coming on April 25th. The report claimed Shein had just modest increases; however, not all of the items had an increase. "A pair of kid's fleece pants that were $8.29 on April 17th are now $10.19, The Verge wrote. "A women’s plus-size dress that was $22.39 is now $27.51. A pair of pants that were $13.99 have gone up to $17.09. Shein’s inventory and prices change daily so it’s impossible to pinpoint why an item has changed in price, but Shein shoppers have noticed their shopping carts and wish lists getting more expensive."Bright Data told The Verge that Shein's price hikes were "modest" when compared to prices in late 2024. ALSO READ: 'We’ve made a mistake': Trump’s trade war sends GOP into frenzyShein also provided a note for shoppers letting them know, “Tariffs are included in the price you pay." The pop-up also promises, "You’ll never have to pay extra at delivery." There are additional taxes set to begin May 2nd, it also said. Those costs aren't included yet in the amount. "Beginning then, packages valued under $800 that previously entered the US duty-free will be subject to new taxes of either a $100 flat rate or 120 percent of the value of the package," The Verge said. It’s not clear if this round of Shein price increases accounts for the tariffs that will be placed on low-value packages beginning in May, and Shein didn’t immediately respond to The Verge’s questions.In a Shein subreddit, shoppers were asking questions about "hidden" or additional costs. Others were frank that they were no longer shopping on the site. “Bye Shein time to buy somewhere else,” The Verge cited one Reddit user with a screen capture of three items totaling $74.Shoppers on Temu were also reporting price jumps, the report said, citing other Reddit users. AliExpress took a different approach, prominently displaying the Trump tariffs on its website. The site offers a diverse range of products, including clothing and large items like tiny homes. Some of those listings now have “import charges and other taxes” below an item.Read the full report here.

'Cruel irony': Skeptical analyst trounces White House claim that Trump 'follows science'

04/24/25 5:38 PM

CNN's chief climate correspondent Bill Weir scoffed Thursday at the White House assertion that President Donald Trump 'follows science.' This week the Trump administration put out a statement, titled, "On Earth Day, We Finally Have a President Who Follows Science." CNN's Dana Bash read part of the statement, saying the Trump administration was "leveraging environmental policies rooted in reality to promote economic growth while maintaining the standards that have afforded Americans the cleanest air and water in the world for generations." The words were eyebrow-raising for Weir. Bash continued, "So, the president, his first 100 days, he has reversed a lot of what the federal government has been trying to do across parties, across presidents, to slow the fight against the climate crisis." ALSO READ: Violent J6er who broke into Capitol announces run for Congress in East Texas "And it's not just climate crisis work...it is air pollution, it is every kind of environmental protection is under the the DOGE chainsaw these days," Weir said. "And that headline about 'finally, a president that follows the science' is just cruel irony to the hundreds, thousands of scientists across different agencies that are being purged right now, from NOAA to NASA to even the department of education." Weir listed off how the Trump administration has been "trying to attack any sort of environmental regulations," including firing 280 EPA staffers on Earth Day and cancelling green energy grants.. "What we're seeing is just ideological purging that really doesn't make any sense," Weir continued. "It's incoherent for the science. For example, he put out an executive order to prop up coal mining. Well, the only reason the country is not mining more coal is it would be more expensive. You would lose millions of dollars opening a new coal-fired power plant. Texas is the greenest state in the country when it comes to wind and solar and storage, not because they're woke. It's because the economics now, those are the cheapest forms of energy these days." Weir was astounded that Trump also wanted to end "the forced use of paper straws because, according to a new report, paper straws contain dangerous PFAS chemicals that are bad for human health." "Well, how about going after the PFAS chemicals or the microplastic pollution that is such a scourge globally?" Weir exclaimed. "None of that. So, it's cherry-picked to favor certain industries." Watch the clip below via CNN or click the link.

'He has no idea what he doesn't know': Trump's envoy undercut for 'dropping the ball'

04/25/25 12:55 PM

A former State Department official had little good to say about Donald Trump's chief envoy to the world's hot spots and ripped into him on MSNBC for "dropping the ball" multiple times.Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Matthew Miller, who served as the spokesperson for the State Department after heading the Office of Public Affairs at the DOJ, was asked about Steve Witkoff's performance with MSNBC regular Mike Barnicle pointedly noting the Trump appointee is a real estate lawyer with no international negotiation experience to speak of.Barnicle pointed out, "He [Witkoff] gets very high marks here in New York City from people who know him in the real estate business but this isn't the real estate business," and then asked, "Have you ever heard of a single presidential envoy being involved in so many hotspots around the world, and so many flashpoints around the world?"ALSO READ: 'Promoted our tormenter': MAGA fans vent disgust at Trump official's latest move"Steve Witkoff does seem like a very capable individual to me, a very smart individual," Miller responded. "The problem, I think, is that he has no idea what he doesn't know. He doesn't have the experience in these fields, he doesn't have the background, he doesn't have the diplomatic knowledge and, from all reports, he doesn't have anyone around him who can tell him what he doesn't know.""And so you see him go to Russia and meet with Vladimir Putin and then come back and do an interview where he says, 'So the five regions that Russia is either wholly or partially occupying. I can't remember the names of all five of them. Nevertheless, I know that the people there want to be part of Russia," he recalled with a smirk before exclaiming, "No they don't! There's no evidence that they do.""But he's heard that from Putin, and he doesn't know enough about the backstory, he doesn't know enough about the history, he doesn't know enough to push back on that when he hears it from Putin," he explained. "And the problem with him being stretched so thin as, as you note, is, you can't do all of those things.""You can't negotiate peace in Ukraine and Iran deal and into the war in Gaza which you might recall was his initial portfolio, the thing that he was initially designed to do," he added. "And he has completely dropped the ball on –– you look at just what's happened in Gaza. This administration was handed a cease fire that we spent a lot of effort trying to get over the finish line, and we got over the finish line in the last days of the [Biden] administration, the entire conceit of that cease-fire, the way it was designed, was that the incoming administration would spend the six weeks of phase one to try to get it to phase two, and they have completely dropped the ball, haven't spent any diplomatic time, haven't spent any, spent any diplomatic muscle trying to get that to an end, get that to an end to the war.""It's a complete catastrophe and they have completely lost focus on it, I suspect, because Witkoff is busy working on other matters," he suggested.You can watch below or at the link. - YouTube youtu.be

'He's humiliating Trump': Ukrainian official flags 'direct challenge' from Putin

04/25/25 2:16 PM

Ukrainian officials believe Vladimir Putin is "humiliating" U.S. President Donald Trump by continuing Russia's bombing campaign and refusing to sign the U.S.-brokered peace deal, according to CNN's Jim Sciutto. Sciutto appeard alongside Maj. Gen. James "Spider" Marks on Friday's News Central to discuss the continued attacks that killed at least eight people over night. Anchor John Berman asked, "What evidence have we seen that the Trump administration has applied any sticks to Russia, in the whole 'carrot-and-stick' metaphor?" "We haven't seen the evidence, frankly," Sciutto began. "And I spoke to a Ukrainian member of parliament yesterday — the chair of the equivalent of their foreign affairs committee — and he said, in his words, that Putin is humiliating Trump, because Trump, of course, has been pushing the ceasefire for more than a month now, and Vladimir Putin — Russia has not signed off on it. And, in fact, by their actions, these strikes that we've been seeing on an almost daily basis, those are direct challenges to Trump's ambition there." ALSO READ: 'Promoted our tormenter': MAGA fans vent disgust at Trump official's latest move Sciutto said the question remains whether Trump will back up his "Vladimir, STOP!" social media post "with genuine action" in the form of economic pressure. Marks predicted that "the warfare we're seeing right now is going to be the long-term engagement, which is the Russian way of war, which is the use of incredible amounts of artillery, dumb bombings, incredible destruction on the receiving end of all of that and the application of manpower at tremendous cost." Marks continued, "Look, the Russians have lost close to a million men. I mean, just think about that for a second. Marinate in that number. And Stalin made the comment 50 years ago, 70 years ago...'The loss of one individual is a tragedy. The loss of a million is simply a statistic.' And that's where we are." Watch the clip below via CNN or click the link.