Thune Casts Doubt on Trump Settlement Fund Plan

The top Senate Republican cited “blowback” to the idea, while the chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee questioned its legal basis.

By Megan Mineiro

FirstFT: Trump claims Xi promised not to send weapons to Tehran

Also in today’s newsletter: Google unveils new version of AI model and Japan and South Korea agree to deepen energy co-operation

Trump’s extraordinary $1.8 billion legal fund to his allies

Why the enomorous fund is so controversial.

By Amber Phillips

Trump's endorsement in Republican Senate contest in Texas changes race in final days

A week out from the Texas Republican Senate runoff, President Trump endorsed Attorney General Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, as early voting is underway.

By Andrew Schneider

DOJ bars IRS from auditing Trump’s prior tax returns in settlement order signed by Blanche

Acting Attorney General Blanche signed an order Tuesday preventing the IRS from examining President Trump’s prior tax returns and barring the agency from pursuing pending claims.

Putin is pushing for a blockbuster oil and gas deal in China. Will he get it?

Last week, US President Donald Trump landed in China aiming to secure the kind of blockbuster trade deals he championed nine years ago – spanning everything from soybeans to aircraft and energy. By the time he departed, it was clear that reality would fall far short of expectations. Despite Trump hailing a “fantastic deal”, China did not announce the massive buying spree that many had anticipated. Now, just days after Trump’s exit, Russian President Vladimir Putin is arriving in China with...

By Ji Siqi

IRS will not pursue Trump for back taxes under settlement agreement

The US Internal Revenue Service will not pursue President Donald Trump, his family or the Trump Organisation for back taxes under an agreement announced by the Justice Department on Tuesday. Trump, his sons Eric and Donald Jr., and the Trump Organisation sued the IRS in January over leaked tax returns, seeking $10 billion in damages.

By FRANCE 24

Trump Returns To X: Attacks ‘Horrible’ Thomas Massie - Forbes

Trump Returns To X: Attacks ‘Horrible’ Thomas Massie  Forbes

Trump’s DOJ promises that Trump’s IRS will no longer investigate Trump and his companies over unpaid taxes

IRS is ‘forever barred and precluded’ from investigating the president, his family and companies as part of lawsuit settlement

By Alex Woodward

The DOJ's sweeping Trump settlement bars the IRS from pursuing any unpaid taxes claims it may have against Trump

President Donald Trump Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images The DOJ's settlement of Trump's lawsuit related to his leaked tax returns includes a sweeping pledge, POLITICO reports. The IRS is "forever barred" from pursuing "examinations" of Trump, "related or affiliated individuals," and related businesses. The waiver specifically encompasses "tax returns filed before the effective date" of the settlement, which was Monday. The Justice Department on Tuesday expanded the just-announced settlement of ...

US government agrees to drop tax claims against Trump in broadening of IRS lawsuit settlement

Trump says Iran wants a peace deal but warns US may strike again

President Donald Trump warns the US may strike Iran again, a day after he claims he held off a major assault in hopes of a peace deal.

Trump backs loyalist Paxton in Texas Senate race 

US President Donald Trump called Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton "a true MAGA Warrior" and said Senator John Cornyn was "very late" to support his 2024 campaign.

The Chicks’ Natalie Maines Blasts Donald Trump in Scathing Message: ‘Our Democracy Is Disappearing Right Before Our Eyes’

Maines calls Trump a "fugly slut" in her Instagram caption.

By Jessica Nicholson

Trump’s visit to Beijing: New balances in US-Chinese relations

U.S. President Donald Trump visited China for a three-day official trip, marking the first visit by a U.S. president in nearly nine years. His previous visit to Beijing was in 2018...

Trump Announces Expansion Of TrumpRx With 600 New Generic Drugs

Trump Announces Expansion Of TrumpRx With 600 New Generic Drugs Via American Greatness, President Donald Trump announced Monday that the administration is dramatically expanding the number of medications available through TrumpRx.gov, adding more than 600 generic drugs in what the White House described as another push to lower prescription costs for Americans. Trump unveiled the expansion during remarks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, ca...

By Tyler Durden