Donald Trump's conflicts of interest are the worst since there were slave owners in the White House, a former presidential ethics adviser has said. Richard Painter, who was chief White House ethics lawyer from 2005-2007, said Mr Trump's business empire " spanning hotels, real estate, crypto currency and social media " meant he was more compromised than any president in post-Civil War history.
Israeli Cabinet ministers approved the plan in an early morning vote, hours after the Israeli military chief said the army was calling up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers. read more
Egg prices reached another record high last month. It now costs American shoppers an average of $6.23 for a dozen eggs -- nearly a five-fold increase since 2020.
Mike Waltz, the former Florida congressman who ascended to be President Donald Trump's national security adviser, resigned on Thursday, becoming the first Cabinet official to fall in this administration. read more
U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., a Trump appointee, said the rarely used law can only be invoked when an "organized, armed force" is entering the United States, rejecting the president's claims that he can use it against alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). The ruling from Rodriguez offered a historical deep dive into the rarely used statute " used just three times prior in U.S. history, and all during times of war " while parsing terms central to igniting the power.
