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Jared Kushner has pulled out of a planned Trump-branded development in Belgrade after the project sparked protests and the indictment of a senior Serbian politician.

On Monday, a special prosecutor indicted a cabinet minister and three other officials over the project.
After Backlash, Jared Kushner Drops Plan to Build a Trump Hotel in Serbia
For more than two years, the U.S. president’s son-in-law had sought to build a complex of towers in a central Belgrade site once bombed by NATO.
www.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Trump just refused to express condolences for the murder of Rob Reiner: "I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all. I thought he was very bad for our country."
December 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Trump now seeming to justify the murders of Rob and Michelle Reiner, saying online that the couple died, "reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME."
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Rep. Ilhan Omar says her adult son was pulled over by ICE agents Saturday in Minnesota and asked to provide proof of citizenship.
December 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A federal judge has ordered the Trump Justice Department to return data it seized and obtained in 2017 from a longtime friend of James Comey, concluding that prosecutors had violated Daniel Richman's constitutional rights and misused his material in their quest to indict Comey.
Court orders DOJ to return data seized from Comey friend
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled the material obtained from law professor Daniel Richman was handled with “callous disregard” for his rights.
www.politico.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Stephen Miller shares worth $50,000 to $100,000 in the mining company MP Materials following a lucrative deal between the company and the Trump admin.

The sale came just one month after the admin announced measures to support MP Materials. The deal led MP Materials' share price to skyrocket.
Stephen Miller’s Stock Sale Raises Questions, Ethics Experts Say
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The four Democrats on the Gang of Eight are demanding Pete Hegseth release the full, unedited tape of the controversial September 2nd double-tap boat strike before Congress leaves town for the year at the end of this coming week. tinyurl.com/4h8nb8ea
December 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene may be resigning from Congress next month, but she's weighing one last act of defiance: a longshot bid to topple Mike Johnson.

In recent days, she has been working behind the scenes to gauge whether there's support for a motion to vacate the chair.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s farewell gift to Mike Johnson: a longshot plot to oust him
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been gauging whether there's enough support among her GOP colleagues to remove Rep. Mike Johnson from the speakership.
www.ms.now
December 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Just 31% of Americans approve of Trump's handling of the economy, according to a new AP-NORC poll.
December 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump sued by preservationists seeking architecture review and congressional approval over White House ballroom project.
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"It is time to end this White House cover-up and bring justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his powerful friends," said Ranking Member Robert Garcia. "…We will not rest until the American people get the truth. The Department of Justice must release all the files, NOW."
BREAKING:

House Oversight Democrats just release a small batch of 95,000 photos received from the Epstein estate.

Images include: Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Woody Allen, Larry Summers, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates.

Redactions have been made by the Committee.
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
BREAKING:

House Oversight Democrats just release a small batch of 95,000 photos received from the Epstein estate.

Images include: Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Woody Allen, Larry Summers, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates.

Redactions have been made by the Committee.
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Breaking:

A federal judge just blocked the government from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia again at a scheduled ICE check-in this morning.

Abrego was detained during a similar scheduled check-in in August.
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves immigration detention after federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
BREAKING:

The Indiana Senate just REJECTED the gerrymandered congressional map that Trump and his allies pressured Republicans to support.

The GOP-controlled chamber voted down the map, 31-19.
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
BREAKING on MS NOW:

A grand jury just rejected the Trump Justice Department's third attempt to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on allegations she engaged in mortgage fraud, according to two sources familiar with the presentation.
December 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Reuters Exclusive: The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, according to six sources familiar with the matter. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Exclusive: US preparing to seize more tankers off Venezuela's coast after first ship taken, sources say
The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, six sources fami...
www.reuters.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Two peace deals that Trump took credit for appear to be unraveling at the same time:

Fighting has not abated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or between Cambodia and Thailand in the wake of Trump-backed "agreements".
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Two peace deals Trump took credit for appear to unravel at the same time
Fighting has not abated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or between Cambodia and Thailand in the wake of Trump-backed agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reuters: U.S. JUDGE ORDERS SALVADORAN MIGRANT KILMAR ABREGO RELEASED FROM IMMIGRATION CUSTODY
December 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Judge Emil Bove, Trump's former personal lawyer who Trump then appointed to the federal bench, has been hit with an ethics complaint for attending Trump's rally last night.

"[T]his was a highly charged, highly political event that no federal judge should have been within shouting distance of."
Judge Bove Faces Complaint Over Trump Rally Attendance - Law360 Pulse
U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, who previously served as President Donald Trump's personal defense attorney and a top official at the U.S. Department of Justice, has been hit with a judicial misconduct ...
www.law360.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Breaking:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the Maduro government.
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Senate Armed Services Dems are calling the Pentagon investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly "an outright, brazen abuse of power" in a letter to the Navy Secretary.

They say the probe amounts "to a purely political exercise seeking to threaten legitimate and lawful actions by a duly elected Senator."
Senate Democrats call Kelly investigation 'brazen abuse of power'
The letter says an investigation into Mark Kelly following a Nov. 18 video telling military members to refuse illegal orders is 'patently political.'
www.usatoday.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reuters: U.S. JUDGE BLOCKS TRUMP'S NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT IN LOS ANGELES - COURT FILING
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Breaking:

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal judge grants Justice Department's request to unseal records from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking case.
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Democrat Eric Gisler just flipped a state House seat in Georgia — scoring an unexpected upset in a district Trump won last year by 12 points.
georgiarecorder.com/2025/12/09/d...
Democrat flips northeast Georgia state House seat, pulling off special election upset • Georgia Recorder
A Watkinsville Democrat defeated a Republican in a two-way race Tuesday, flipping a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives.
georgiarecorder.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM