‘The Call Came From the White House’: Trump Aide Secured $620 Million Pentagon Loan for Firm Tied to Don Jr.

‘The Call Came From the White House’: Trump Aide Secured $620 Million Pentagon Loan for Firm Tied to Don Jr.

  The president’s eldest son had taken a stake in the rare-earth magnet firm three months before the loan was announced. Three months after Donald Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took a stake in a small North Carolina rare-earth magnet firm, a Pentagon department tasked with boosting rare-earth manufacturing for national defense purposes expedited a request for a loan […]

Trump Loyalist Ken Paxton—Dubbed ‘Most Corrupt Politician in America’—Wins Texas Senate Primary

Trump Loyalist Ken Paxton—Dubbed ‘Most Corrupt Politician in America’—Wins Texas Senate Primary

  “Ken Paxton embodies the broken political system that we’re running against,” said James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for the Senate seat. Ken Paxton, the scandal-plagued Texas attorney general backed by President Donald Trump, handily won a Republican US Senate primary runoff on Tuesday, ousting incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and setting up a critical race with Democratic nominee James Talarico—who […]

Trump Aide Claims Americans ‘Spending More Money on Everything’ Shows They’re ‘Optimistic’ About Economy

Trump Aide Claims Americans ‘Spending More Money on Everything’ Shows They’re ‘Optimistic’ About Economy

  Multiple consumer surveys have shown that Americans have never been more pessimistic about the state of the economy. For the second time in a month, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Tuesday claimed that Americans spending more money on gasoline and other goods is a sign of strength for the US economy—rather than evidence of […]