April 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM EDT
These 6 corporations with 'enormous political influence' ducked $278 billion in taxes

Analysts accuse big U.S. tech firms of paying almost $278 billion less corporate income tax in the past decade compared with the statutory rate for U.S. companies making the same profits. The Guardian reveals Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft --the "Silicon Six"-- generated a combined $11 trillion in revenue and $2.5 trillion in profits over the last decade. But they paid an average of just 18.8% in combined national and federal corporation taxes, compared with an average 29.7% in the U.S., according to the Fair Tax Foundation (FTF).

April 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM EDT
DHS agents grumble Noem's 'desire for publicity' makes it harder for them to do their jobs

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem hasn't been shy about being the face of the agency during President Donald Trump's second term. And some agents are privately wishing she would stay out of the way. That's according to a Monday article in the Wall Street Journal, which reported that the former South Dakota Republican governor's repeated photo-ops and media availabilities have been ruffling the feathers of some unnamed DHS agents. The Journal's Michelle Hackman wrote that ahead of a January 28 raid that agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were conducting, Noem tweeted a photo of herself getting into a car while wearing an ICE baseball cap at 4:43 AM with the text: "Live this AM from NYC. I'm on it."

April 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM EDT
'War on due process': George Conway says there is 'no limit' to Trump's 'moral depravity'

Attorney and activist George Conway warned a panel on "MSNBC Prime" that President Donald Trump will not stop at detaining legal immigrants like Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who is currently held offsite against judicial order: He asserted that what the president truly wants is a change in U.S. law. "When Donald Trump says something depraved, we should believe it and we haven't reached bottom yet with him because there is no limit to his moral depravity, "said Conway, "Listen, you have to take this seriously. This is not a war on terrorists. There's no evidence this man is a terrorist. This isn't a war or a battle on the college campuses against antisemitism. That's not what this is about. This is a war on due process. He wants to be able to dictate the fates of individuals, including American citizens, without having to go to a court."

April 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM EDT
'Likely to do severe damage': Conservative group sues Trump for 'unprecedented power grab'

A conservative, pro-business nonprofit group is now taking President Donald Trump's administration to court, alleging that he is stepping outside the bounds of his authority to set new tariff rates. The Daily Beast reported Monday that the libertarian-leaning Liberty Justice Center (LJC) is representing five small business owners in a lawsuit challenging Trump's use of emergency powers to bypass Congress and unilaterally impose tariffs on most of the world. The plaintiffs are arguing that Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1997 is unprecedented, as no prior president has used it to implement new trade duties.

April 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM EDT
'Don't you see what's happening?' Experts call Trump's latest moves 'full blown fascism'

President Donald Trump's recent escalating rhetoric and actions across multiple fronts have alarmed political experts, who are now warning that the United States is not just drifting but accelerating toward fascism""and may have already crossed the threshold. "He's threatening media companies who are critical of him," warned Republican Sarah Longwell, a political strategist and publisher of The Bulwark. "He's talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He's signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don't you see what's happening here?"

April 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM EDT
'We're very close': Almost two-thirds of CEOs fear a recession by this fall

A wide majority of America's top business executives are now already preparing for a recession later this year, according to a new poll. NBC News reported Monday that 62% of roughly 300 American CEOs polled in April believe that because of President Donald Trump's trade war, the U.S. economy could be in an official recession in the next six months. That's a significant increase from March's survey, in which 48% of CEOs feared a recession in 2025.

April 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM EDT
Senator gives ultimatum to El Salvador's government in case of wrongfully deported man

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has requested a meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele during his current visit to the United States to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to an infamous Salvador prison due to an "administrative error" by the Trump administration. In a letter to the Salvadoran ambassador to the U.S. Milena Mayorga written Monday, Hollen said U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported to a prison in El Salvador.

April 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM EDT
Trump's top DOJ prosecutor blames 'crazy Black ladies' for being fired from CNN

The diverse city of Washington D.C. may have an additional problem with President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney of the District of Columbia. "I was a CNN contributor/commenter for about a year. I got fired because the crazy Black ladies demanded I be fired because I didn't take their nonsense. Literally that happened," said interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin on TNT's Lembit Opik Show.

April 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM EDT
'Quite a metaphor': JD Vance brutally mocked after dropping national championship trophy

Vice President JD Vance appeared to accidentally break the College Football Playoff national championship trophy on the White House lawn during the Ohio State University football team's visit to the White House on Monday to celebrate their win over Notre Dame in January. A clip showing Vance dropping the trophy went viral on social media, with some users like attorney T. Greg Doucette calling it a "quite a metaphor" for the Trump administration's handling of government affairs.

April 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM EDT
'Clear choice': Experts say Trump 'openly defying' Supreme Court may doom future elections

President Donald Trump's misrepresentation of the Supreme Court ruling on Kilmar Abrego Garcia -- falsely claiming that the court ruled 9-0 in the administration's favor -- has raised concerns among some analysts, who are calling it a "constitutional crisis." During a press conference alongside El Salvador President Nayib Bukele in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump claimed that the Supreme Court had ruled 9-0 in his favor and that the ruling in the case meant that the U.S. government would have to provide a plane only if the Salvadoran president chose to return Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man wrongfully deported to an infamous Salvadoran prison.

April 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM EDT
'Liar and clown': Gov. Hobbs lashes out at Republican engaged in 'partisan witch hunt'

The Republican gatekeeper standing in the way of the Democratic governor's nominees to head state departments said this week that those directors need to have a "neutral, fair" approach to regulation. But Sen. Jake Hoffman is using the committee to exact political vengeance on Gov. Katie Hobbs by unfairly targeting her nominees, said Christian Slater, the governor's chief spokesman. He called Hoffman a "liar and a clown" who is "engaged in a partisan witch hunt."

April 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM EDT
Trump rages against critics -- all but silent on alleged terror attack on Dem governor

Nearly 36 hours after the Pennsylvania Governor's Residence was firebombed in what some have described as a possible assassination attempt and anti-Semitic terror attack targeting Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro, President Donald Trump has yet to publicly condemn the act of violence""which has been charged as attempted murder, arson, and terrorism""committed as the governor and his family slept. Just days after he was sworn in to office in January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order denouncing what he called "an unprecedented wave of vile anti-Semitic discrimination, vandalism and violence," as NPR reported January 29. He also declared that U.S. policy "shall be" to use "all available and appropriate legal tools to prosecute, remove, or otherwise hold to account the perpetrators of unlawful anti-Semitic harassment and violence."