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DATE: MONDAY, 05.12.25
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Trump...

Trump to sign prescription drug executive order that he says could lower costs up to 80%
Trump says he will be instituting a "most favored nation’s policy whereby the United States will pay the same price" as the nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the world.

Wall Street Journal knocks Trump on expanding drug price controls
“Drug price controls are a Democratic perennial,” the Journal wrote. “If Republicans go along with Mr. Trump’s most-favored-nation plan, Democrats will invariably extend it to Medicare and the commercial market next time they control Congress.”

Trump’s Envoys Tease China Trade Breakthrough, Stress How ‘Quickly’ It Came Together
After two days of talks in Switzerland, Trump’s envoys touted what they said was significant movement toward reaching a trade deal with China. “We will be giving details tomorrow, but I can tell you that the talks were productive,” Bessent said on Sunday.

CNN: US and China set to announce progress made during marathon trade talks
Washington played up progress toward a “deal” on Sunday after the talks concluded, while Beijing touted mutual agreement to begin a formal economic and trade negotiation process.

WaPo: Trump’s funding cuts are unofficially halting government operations
Across the federal government, Trump officials are halting a wide range of operations by declining to approve key funds. This unofficial hold on many activities has incapacitated many agencies’ divisions, even though they remain technically intact.

Trump Defends $400 Million ‘Flying Palace’ Offered As Gift From Qatar
White House commits to "full transparency" on what Trump calls "FREE OF CHARGE" gift.

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71% of Democrats Want Elon Musk in Jail
“The fact that a majority of Democratic voters would support imprisoning Elon Musk for trying to make government more efficient is a shocking indictment of the modern left, which has become increasingly more tyrannical in recent years,” said Justin Haskins, senior fellow at the Heartland Institute and the poll’s primary author.

Bill Gates claims Musk-led USAID cuts will kill millions
Gates told his leftist media pals that USAID cuts championed by Elon Musk and the Trump administration could lead to “over a million" deaths.

Scared leftists slap apology stickers on their Teslas to avoid attacks from their own side
Once proud and annoying EV owners are now begging for mercy with bumper stickers like “I bought this before Elon went crazy,” terrified their fellow leftists will trash their cars for liking the wrong billionaire.

John Roberts Is The Judicial Supremacist The Founders Warned Us About
If courts can "strike down" the other branches’ actions, as Roberts claims, then that isn’t "co-equal." It’s judicial supremacism.

Newark Liberty Airport suffers third system outage in less than 2 weeks, impacting hundreds of flights
As of late Sunday night, there have been more than 250 delays and at least 80 cancellations, impacting domestic and international flights.

NY Times: Justice Department to Investigate Muslim Development in Texas, Cornyn Says
The planned development outside of Dallas, organized by members of a local mosque, has drawn intense scrutiny from Republicans.

DOJ faces May 20 deadline to decide on releasing Biden-Hur interview audio
Groups suing for the tape say it could reveal more about Biden’s mental state than the edited transcript, which omitted key stumbles and answers from his lawyers.

Detroit dad ditches 11-year-old daughter during botched home invasion
Prosecutors say Andre Broadenax used his daughter to help burglarize a 75-year-old man’s home, then fled on foot and left her behind when the homeowner returned.

NJ home suddenly explodes, killing two people — destruction all caught by doorbell cameras
Neighborhood doorbell cameras captured the moment the South Jersey home suddenly exploded around 2 a.m., with the house completely engulfed in flames in just minutes as first responders raced to the scene.

Politics...

CNN: What the House GOP is proposing in its first draft of Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package
House Republicans have started releasing some details about the most consequential and controversial parts of their sweeping tax and spending cuts package, otherwise known as President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”

Politico: Trump Is Already Obsessed with the Midterms
Early in Donald Trump’s first term, the president received what he now views as bad advice: Don’t worry about the midterms, some advisers whispered back then.

Devine: Old Joe Biden haunts Demented Dems as they desperately try to flip the script claiming Trump is ‘losing his mind’
Having ignored Joe Biden’s cognitive meltdown the last four years, Democrats and their media handmaidens now are claiming that Donald Trump is “senile, nuts, or something worse,” as the Daily Beast put it.

Top Republican Senator Responds To Trump’s Suggestion For Higher Taxes On Rich
"I'm a conservative, and I don't want to increase taxes on anybody," said Majority Whip John Barrasso.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasts GOP Elites While Passing On Georgia Senate Run
“Jon Ossoff isn’t the real problem. He’s just a vote. A pawn. No different than the Uniparty Republicans who skip key votes to attend fundraisers and let our agenda fail. Someone once said, ‘The Senate is where good ideas go to die.’ They were right. That’s why I’m not running. I won’t fight for a team that refuses to win."

Jasmine Crockett Says Dem Donors Want the ‘Safest White Boy’ Possible for 2028: ‘There Is One Specific Candidate’
"So far. And I think that that’s a natural fear because we just want to win. So there’s a lot of people that are like, you know what? Like, let’s go find the safest white boy we can find. I mean, I’m just saying."

Dems have abandoned men who just want to ‘get laid and have fun,’ vice DNC chair David Hogg says
"They feel like they have to walk on eggshells around constantly because they’re going to be judged or ostracized or excommunicated.”

NY Court Greenlights Even-Year Voting Law That Republicans Say Rigs Elections Against Them
Democrats' law to shift local elections into crowded federal cycles survives legal challenge, prompting GOP leaders to accuse Albany of rigging turnout and silencing local voices.

Economy...

Lutnick says 10% baseline tariff will stick around for 'foreseeable future'
Lutnick rejected the idea that consumers would take on increased costs from the tariffs, saying instead that “the business and the countries” will pay.

Dow futures jump 400 points as traders await details on US-China trade deal
U.S. stock futures jumped early Monday after the Trump administration announced a “trade deal” with China following negotiations over the weekend in Switzerland.

Salena Zito: American manufacturer welcomes level playing field with China
Nine Line Apparel founder Tyler Merritt says Trump’s crackdown on trade loopholes gives U.S. companies a fighting chance against Chinese firms that exploit slave labor and avoid import taxes.

American innovation is dying — and Congress is the culprit
Forcing companies to amortize R&D and underfunding critical tax credits has choked off the investment needed to compete with China and revive U.S. manufacturing.

CNBC: Powell may have a hard time avoiding Trump’s ‘Too Late’ label even as Fed chief does the right thing
History suggests that President Trump’s new “Too Late” nickname for Fed Chair Jerome Powell has a strong chance of coming true.

Immigration...

New Jersey Dem Says ICE ‘Manufactured’ Body-Cam Footage To Frame Her
"I don't know anything about anybody hitting back at those large and weaponized officers."

Latin America...

Rubio revives Monroe Doctrine to crush China’s grip on Latin America
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is aggressively reasserting U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere, cutting deals, rescuing opposition leaders, and warning China to back off America’s backyard.

USDA halts live animal imports through US-Mexico border
The suspension responds to the detection of New World screwworm larvae, a parasitic fly causing severe, often fatal damage to livestock and wildlife found about 700 miles south in Mexico.

Israel - Iran...

Trump envoy confirms that Hamas has agreed to release last living US hostage in Gaza
Hamas said Sunday that the last living American hostage in Gaza, Edan Alexander, will be released as part of efforts to establish a ceasefire, reopen crossings into the Israeli-blockaded territory, and resume the delivery of aid.

Ukraine - Russia...

Zelenskyy Willing to ‘Personally’ Meet with Putin in Istanbul, but Demands Ceasefire Before Talks
“We await a full and lasting ceasefire, starting from tomorrow, to provide the necessary basis for diplomacy. There is no point in prolonging the killings. And I will be waiting for Putin in Türkiye on Thursday. Personally. I hope that this time the Russians will not look for excuses.”

Canada...

The Great Reset just got a North American enforcer in Ottawa
Mark Carney’s rise to power wasn’t democratic — it was strategic. With deep ties to Davos, banking, and climate mandates, he’s now enforcing globalist goals from the Great White North.

Election meltdown proves Western adults never grew up
Canadian voters blaming Trump for their own election choices is the latest example of a generation of emotionally stunted adults refusing to grow up — clinging to fantasy, safetyism, and victimhood to avoid personal responsibility.

Europe...

UK Police block white males from attending workshops that help minority and female officers gain promotion
Scotland Yard is openly giving minority and female officers exclusive access to coaching and workshops to boost their promotions, while white male officers are deliberately shut out based solely on their skin color and sex.

Asylum seekers accused of Hermes heist from luxury London shop
Four men, including two Caribbean migrants claiming coercion, are on trial after a knife-wielding gang raided Knightsbridge’s Design Exchange, stealing designer handbags and stashing them in a fruit truck driven by a man who says he was just giving friends a ride.

Metal detector enthusiast finds nearly 1,500 ancient Roman coins in Romanian field
Solo hobbyist Marius Mangeac recalled the exciting story, “I took my detector and went out alone, as I often do."

Asia...

India, Pakistan Agree To ‘Full and Immediate’ Ceasefire After US-Brokered Talks, Trump Announces
“After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE,” Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday.

LGBTQIA2S+...

11% of Columbia Library Arrestees Identify as They/Them — Nearly 7 Times America's Trans Population
A staggering number of arrestees from Columbia’s pro-Hamas library takeover identify with “they/them” pronouns, reinforcing the growing link between radical leftist activism and gender ideology.

Pittsburgh gay bar raid sparks outrage as left blames Trump for enforcing fire codes
LGBT activists erupted after a police task force raided a Pittsburgh gay bar over occupancy violations, claiming the Trump administration’s rhetoric emboldened the action despite the mayor admitting it was a routine ordinance check.

Education...

As ‘Grading for Equity’ Movement Grows, More Teachers Are Pushing Back
Method focuses on what students know and allows them to retake tests and turn in assignments late.

Health...

OpenAI and the FDA Are Holding Talks About Using AI in Drug Evaluation
High-ranking OpenAI employees have met with the FDA multiple times in recent weeks to discuss AI and a project called cderGPT.

Drug-resistant fungus Candida auris reported in these 17 states
In the past, the CDC estimated that “based on information from a limited number of patients, 30–60% of people with C. auris infections have died. However, many of these people had other serious illnesses that also increased their risk of death.”

Religion...

New pope, Leo XIV, in early days of papacy, appears to be winning over church's wary traditionalists
Church insiders think Pope Leo XIV's biggest test could be on gender issue, on which he has yet to speak.

Unearthed comments from new pope alarm LGBTQ+ Catholics
Previous negative remarks by Pope Leo XIV about "homosexual lifestyle" at odds with papacy of Pope Francis.

Why Pope Leo XIV Will Probably Not Be Francis 2.0
For Catholics, the new pope’s disposition toward the Latin Mass will tell us far more about his pontificate than his views on immigration.

New York Times discovers cross necklace, mistakes Christianity for a fashion trend
The Times was baffled to see Americans wearing crosses, treating the thousand-year-old Christian symbol as a sudden accessory craze.

Technology...

Google to pay $1.4 billion to settle Texas data privacy lawsuit
The settlement puts an end to the legal attack from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has aggressively prosecuted the company and other Big Tech firms for years. It comes at a time when Google is under heavy legal and commercial pressure.

Science...

Humans have only seen 0.001% of the ocean floor
But there’s another major problem in this knowledge gap: What little we’ve seen is biased toward ocean regions selected by just five nations.

Soviet-era spacecraft plunges to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit
Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking. The Russians indicated it came down over the Indian Ocean, but some experts were not so sure of the precise location.

Sports...

Charles Barkley torches Stephen A. Smith's White House dreams: 'Come on man, stop it'
Barkley mocked the idea of a Smith presidential run, saying Americans are already sick of seeing him on every TV show from "Law & Order" to "General Hospital."

Phil Mickelson torches Newsom over Trump EV lawsuit with brutal sarcasm
The golf legend slammed California's governor for suing Trump over electric vehicle funds, mocking Newsom to "show him our great high-speed railway system" in a scathing post.

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