Corruption & Crime

Meta executives convened a series of calls among themselves to discuss strategy after being repeatedly asked to give money to various Trump funds. The company has donated to the inauguration, the ballroom and two Easter events. About $22 million of Meta’s money went to the library after the social-media company agreed to settle a lawsuit Trump had filed for suspending his accounts.

“Trump is shattering all fundraising paradigms in regards to hitting up corporate America for donations. The scope is mind-bogglingly large,” said Douglas Brinkley, a presidential historian at Rice University. “We used to talk about the Lincoln bedroom being for sale, but this is just a wholesale money trough that’s totally different.” Critics alleged in the 1990s that the Clinton administration allowed overnight stays in the White House’s Lincoln bedroom in exchange for campaign contributions.

At a meeting with tobacco executives in May at Trump’s golf club in Jupiter, Fla., the president promised to do much of what executives wanted on policy related to vaping and the Food and Drug Administration. He also took in millions of dollars in contributions for his political committees. O’Rourke sat in on the meeting. Shortly after the meeting, the FDA lifted restrictions on some flavored vaping products, and the FDA’s chief was gone.

"Government-subsidized grocery stores = Communism," Rep. Jim McGovern said in a Wednesday social media post. "Government-run gas stations = Freedom. Got it."

We don’t just go out and investigate every time an officer is forced to defend himself against somebody putting his life in danger

Hegseth says Pentagon will review Mark Kelly’s US weapons stockpile remarks Defense secretary accuses senator of disclosing classified info but Kelly says ‘that’s not classified, it’s a quote from you’