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'I'm in ruins': MAGA MyPillow CEO insists he 'doesn't have 5 cents' to pay court tab

April 16, 2025 6:35PM ET MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell told a court this week he's broke and won't be able to write a check for all of the sanctions he's been ordered to pay. Lindell claimed in court Wednesday that he and his company had "a combined $70 million in debt." He said the IRS is also garnishing him. “Nobody will borrow me anymore. Not one dime,” Lindell said. “I’m in ruins.” "Last month, the voting systems company Smartmatic asked a federal judge in D.C. to hold Lindell ...

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Temu and Shein will raise prices for US customers due to Trump's tariffs

Updated 7:18 PM EDT, April 16, 2025 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — China-founded e-commerce sites Temu and Shein say they plan to raise prices for U.S. customers starting next week, a ripple effect from President Donald Trump’s attempts to correct the trade imbalance between the world’s two largest economies by imposing a sky-high tariff on goods shipped from China. Temu, which is owned by the Chinese e-commerce company PDD Holdings, and Shein, which is now based in Singapore, said in separate but n ...

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Republicans consider increasing taxes on the rich in break from party orthodoxy

04/17/25 6:00 AM ET Republicans in Congress are considering increasing taxes on the rich as a part of President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” of ambitious legislative priorities, a striking development that breaks with decades of party orthodoxy and is spurring alarm bells from traditional conservatives. The discussions are in the early stages, and lawmakers say it is possible that no tax hike makes it in the final legislation. But the once-inconceivable consideration of tax increases undersco ...

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US Army engineers decide to fast-track Great Lakes tunnel permits under Trump energy emergency order

Updated 5:20 PM EDT, April 16, 2025 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists’ fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive region and perpetuate fossil fuel use. The move comes after President Donald Trump issued an executive order in January declaring that the U.S. has become too dependent on fo ...

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The Chamber decides against a lawsuit on Trump tariffs

04/16/2025 04:16 PM EDT The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has no immediate plans to join the growing number of lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s so-called Liberation Day tariffs, two people with direct knowledge of discussions confirmed to POLITICO. The business group, one of the most influential trade associations in Washington, will instead focus on lobbying the Trump administration on the tariffs directly, said the people, who were granted anonymity to divulge sensitive and develop ...

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US senator says El Salvador denied request to meet Kilmar Abrego Garca

Wed 16 Apr 2025 15.17 EDT Last modified on Wed 16 Apr 2025 15.22 EDT Maryland’s Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen says the government of El Salvador has denied his request to visit Kilmar Ábrego García, his constituent who was wrongly deported to the Central American country last month. Van Hollen traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday with the intention of meeting Ábrego García at the Terrorism Confinement Center (Cecot), where US authorities have said that the Maryland resident is being held ...

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Trump admin releases docs allegedly linking Kilmar Abrego Garcia to MS-13 gang

Posted 1 hour and 34 minutes ago and last updated 1 hour and 30 minutes ago The Trump administration has released numerous documents allegedly linking Kilmar Abrego Garcia -- a Maryland man who was recently deported to El Salvador -- to the notorious MS-13 gang. Attorney General Pam Bondi shared arrest records to social media Wednesday, which claim Abrego Garcia was identified as an active member of MS-13 after being arrested in 2019 in connection to a murder investigation. One of the docum ...

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Trump administration asks IRS to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status

April 16, 2025 at 5:27 p.m. EDT The Trump administration has asked the Internal Revenue Service's top attorney to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status, according to three people familiar with the situation, amid President Donald Trump's row with the institution over its handling of antisemitism and diversity practices. The directive is a significant escalation of the president's feud with Ivy League institutions and other nonprofit groups his administration views as "woke," ...

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United flight makes emergency landing after apparent rabbit strike, video shows engine fire

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 10:22AM An unusual animal encounter causing a scare in for passengers on a United Airlines flight. A rabbit somehow made it into the right engine of flight UA2325 from Denver to Edmonton on Sunday. The possible wildlife strike happened as the Boeing 737 with 159 people on board was taking off. "There was a loud bang and a significant vibration in the plane we proceeded to still climb," passenger Scott Wolff said. ...

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GOP's legal threats sink Democrats' billboard attacks over Medicaid

04/16/25 12:19 PM ET The House GOP’s campaign arm in recent weeks has successfully pressed three advertising companies to pull down Democratic billboard displays bashing vulnerable Republicans over Medicaid — a setback to Democratic campaigners hoping to make health care a liability for battleground Republicans around the country. In a series of cease and desist letters, the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) said the imposing roadside ads — sponsored by a splinter group of the top ...

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This 'College Protester' Isn't Real. It's an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops

7 min ago - American police departments near the United States-Mexico border are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on "colleg ... (404 Media)

Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield

36 min ago - Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said. Musk's rocket and satellite company is partnering with ... (Reuters)

America's struggling wine industry is getting crushed by global tariffs and Canada's retaliation to them

59 min ago - April 17, 2025, 5:00 AM EDT Canada’s break from American-made wine and the Trump administration’s global tariffs have compounded the struggles of the United States’ already-stressed wine industry to the point that it may be difficult f ... (NBC News)

A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

1 hr ago - An E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce ripped across 15 states in November, sickening dozens of people, including a 9-year-old boy in Indiana who nearly died of kidney failure and a 57-year-old Missouri woman who fell ill after attending a fun ... (NBC News)

Trump's FCC Commissioner Threatens Comcast's License Over 'News Distortion'

1 hr ago - Apr 16th, 2025, 10:38 pm Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr threatened news outlets owned by Comcast and suggested the company’s “licensed operations” could be in jeopardy because of its immigration coverage. On Wedn ... (MEDIAite)

Trump blasts Fed chair Powell and looks forward to his 'termination'

2 hrs ago - April 17, 2025 at 8:33 a.m. EDT President Donald Trump blasted the Federal Reserve for not lowering interest rates and said the central bank chair's "termination cannot come fast enough," ratcheting up the White House's public pressure on the central ... (Washington Post)

Judge says labor unions' lawsuit over DOGE access to Labor Department systems can move forward

2 hrs ago - Updated 10:35 PM EDT, April 16, 2025 A federal judge says he won’t dismiss a lawsuit from labor unions seeking to block Elon Musk’s team from accessing systems at the Labor Department. The labor unions say that allowing Musk’s Departm ... (AP)

Republicans consider increasing taxes on the rich in break from party orthodoxy

3 hrs ago - 04/17/25 6:00 AM ET Republicans in Congress are considering increasing taxes on the rich as a part of President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” of ambitious legislative priorities, a striking development that breaks with decades of party ... (The Hill)

Trump DOJ opposes letting Jan. 6 defendant 'examine and publish' footage, evidence and discovery surrounding Capitol

3 hrs ago - Apr 16th, 2025, 7:43 pm A Jan. 6 defendant from Texas who ran for Congress last year and is reportedly attempting another political run has been granted permission to “examine and publish” footage, evidence and discovery from his criminal ... (Law & Crime)

Temu and Shein will raise prices for US customers due to Trump's tariffs

4 hrs ago - Updated 7:18 PM EDT, April 16, 2025 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — China-founded e-commerce sites Temu and Shein say they plan to raise prices for U.S. customers starting next week, a ripple effect from President Donald Trump’s attempts to correct ... (AP)

Education Department clarifies upcoming changes to income-driven loan repayment

4 hrs ago - Posted 7:03 PM, Apr 16, 2025 The Department of Education amended a student loan payment policy this week that could come as reassurance for some borrowers who were concerned their payments were about to go up. A court declaration from the department ... (Scripps News)

'I'm in ruins': MAGA MyPillow CEO insists he 'doesn't have 5 cents' to pay court tab

5 hrs ago - April 16, 2025 6:35PM ET MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell told a court this week he's broke and won't be able to write a check for all of the sanctions he's been ordered to pay. Lindell claimed in court Wednesday that he and his company had "a combined $70 ... (Raw Story)

US Army engineers decide to fast-track Great Lakes tunnel permits under Trump energy emergency order

5 hrs ago - Updated 5:20 PM EDT, April 16, 2025 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmenta ... (AP)

US State Department closing office aimed at countering foreign disinformation

6 hrs ago - April 16, 2025 4:57 PM EDT Updated 12 hours ago WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday he was shutting down a State Department office that had sought to counter foreign disinformation, accusing it of ce ... (Reuters)

Trump plans to make it easier to build in areas protected by Endangered Species Act, White House official says

6 hrs ago - Updated on: April 16, 2025 / 4:41 PM EDT President Trump plans to overhaul the Endangered Species Act to make it easier to build in the U.S. where endangered species live, a White House official confirmed Wednesday. The president has voiced frustrati ... (CBS News)

Thomson Reuters drops 'diversity' for 'inclusion' as Trump pressures press

7 hrs ago - 04/16/25 4:19 PM ET Thomson Reuters said that it would be dropping “diversity” from company language and would replace it with the word “inclusion” in an effort to comply with a January executive order from President Trump on dive ... (The Hill)

The Chamber decides against a lawsuit on Trump tariffs

7 hrs ago - 04/16/2025 04:16 PM EDT The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has no immediate plans to join the growing number of lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s so-called Liberation Day tariffs, two people with direct knowledge of discussions confirmed t ... (Politico)

Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project

10 hrs ago - The Trump administration issued an order Wednesday to stop construction on a major offshore wind project to power more than 500,000 New York homes, the latest in a series of moves targeting the industry. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed the Bu ... (Associated Press)

Ex-CISA chief Chris Krebs leaving SentinelOne following Trump pressure

10 hrs ago - Christopher Krebs, whom President Donald Trump fired as head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in 2020, said on Wednesday he is leaving cybersecurity company SentinelOne (S.N), opens new tab following pressure from the White Hou ... (Reuters)

Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump's proposed health cuts

11 hrs ago - The Trump administration is seeking to deeply slash budgets for federal health programs, a roughly one-third cut in discretionary spending by the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a preliminary budget document obtained by The Wash ... (Washington Post)

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