Former President Donald Trump completed a remarkable reversal of his one-time policy to force China to divest from TikTok or ban the platform domestically. In August 2020, Trump issued an executive order that would have banned TikTok if the company was not sold within 45 days by its Chinese owners, Bytedance, which he accused of spying on American citizens and harvesting data in a way that threatened U.S. national security. The order was eventually blocked in U.S. court and not until this past weekend had it been taken up again, when the House passed a bipartisan measure that would force the ..read more

Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx Federal inmate and disbarred attorney Michael Avenatti claimed former President Donald Trump is a “victim of the system” in a Fox News Digital interview from behind bars. Avenatti’s comments were published on Monday, which marked another day in a Manhattan court for Trump in his hush money trial. He’s facing dozens of charges related to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair. The former president has denied any knowledge of such a payment and that the affair ever happened. “I certainly see him as a victim of t ..read more

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow described Donald Trump as “annoyed” and “miserable” after being in a Manhattan courtroom with him on Monday for his hush money trial. Trump is facing more than 30 counts related to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to cover up an alleged affair. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has accused Trump of falsifying business records to conceal money given to Daniels through disbarred attorney Michael Cohen. Trump has denied any wrongdoing, as well as the affair. After court was adjourned early on Monday, Maddow described the room as a “dingy c ..read more

Andrew Harnik/AP New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has vowed to stop donating to Columbia University as heated protests continue on its campus. Since last week, hundreds have occupied a lawn on the university’s campus — forming the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.” The protest calls for an end to Columbia’s ties to corporations they claim are benefitting from Israel’s war in the territory. Members of the Jewish community have called the demonstration anti-Semitic, claiming protestors have chanted calls for violence against them. Amplifying that volatility was the arrival of police who arre ..read more

Ex-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) penned an op-ed in the New York Times on Monday urging the Supreme Court to quickly rule on former President Donald Trump’s immunity claims so that the country may see “all this evidence” related to his actions on January 6th ahead of the November election. Cheney predicted that Trump’s claims, which will be heard on Thursday, will likely be shot down by the court. “It is likely that all — or nearly all — of the justices agree that a former president who attempted to seize power and remain in office illegally can be prosecuted,” Cheney wrote, adding: I suspect that ..read more

Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman called out Stephen A. Smith for claiming Black people relate to former President Donald Trump because of his legal issues. Smith appeared on Hannity last week discussing Trump’s ongoing hush money trial. In response to the former president previously saying Black people like him because he’s being “discriminating against,” Smith agreed. “As much as people may have been abhorred by Donald Trump’s statement weeks ago talking about how Black folks,” he said on Hannity, “he’s hearing that Black folks find him relatable because of what he is going through is similar to w ..read more

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) called for his colleague, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), to be brought in to lead Harvard University out of this current “mad season of antisemitism.” Fetterman, who has bucked the progressive base of his party to staunchly stand with Israel during the current conflict, shared an op-ed in the Washington Post that made the case for Romney to be brought in to “clean up” the “mess” at Harvard. “As an alumnus of Harvard, and after this mad season of antisemitism at Columbia, I co-sign,” Fetterman wrote on Monday, while sharing an image of the o ..read more

Screenshot via Fox News Isra Hirsi, daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) claimed she’s basically “homeless” after being suspended from school over a pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University. Hirsi was seen being detained by police last week for her involvement in the encampment. She announced that Barnard College, one of multiple undergraduate schools under Columbia University,” suspended her. Barnard told Mediaite they could not comment on “confidential student conduct proceedings,” but pointed to a statement noting students were given multiple warnings about the protest. Hirsi spoke ..read more

(Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times via AP, Pool) Among the many gossip and rumor moments in media during the first week of Donald Trump’s criminal “hush money” trial in New York City, an extensive amount of attention went to multiple reports the ex-president was falling asleep in court — and one extremely viral claim that paired flatulence with the somnolence. In a clip that took off on the left side of X and spawned the hashtag #OdorInTheCourt, MeidasTouch founder Ben Meiselas claimed that “credible sources” informed him Trump was “actually farting in the courtroom and that it’s very stin ..read more

Fox News’ Howard Kurtz pushed back on former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for seeming to suggest the current president should “meddle with the justice system” in former President Donald Trump’s favor by postponing his hush money trial until after the November elections. On Sunday’s MediaBuzz, Kurtz read a statement Joe Biden gave about Trump’s legal problems: His lack of ethics has nothing to do with me. I have not once talked to anyone in my administration about Trump’s legal problems. “What proof do you have to the contrary?” Kurtz asked McCarthy. “Isn’t it come out before, too, whe ..read more