‘Can’t imagine’: Trump defends ‘honorable’ allies — but can’t rule out insider trading
President Donald Trump defended his administration following reports that White House officials may have tipped off Wall Street executives about a possible upcoming trade deal with India, The Washington Post reported.
Trump made the comments Friday while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, where he admitted it was impossible for him to know for certain, given the thousands of people who work for him.
“I can commit to myself, that’s all I can commit,” Trump said. “You know, I have thousands of people that work for me, but I can’t imagine anybody doing that.”
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He added: “I have very honorable people, that I can say.”
Trump was en route Friday afternoon to join other world leaders in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis.
‘You will be prosecuted’: Trump’s ‘border czar’ sends ominous message after judge’s arrest
President Donald Trump's so-called "border czar" sent threats on social media following the arrest of a judge.
Tom Homan posted threats on X after the FBI arrested a Wisconsin judge who authorities said helped an immigrant by allowing them to exit a different part of the courtroom. The government alleged it was her way of obstructing justice.
Homan claimed this would continue to be the case for anyone they believe is in their way.
"Nobody should be surprised by the arrest of two judges," Homan wrote. "I have said many times within the past few months, that people can choose to support illegal immigration and not assist ICE in removing criminal illegal aliens from our communities, BUT DON’T CROSS THAT LINE. If you actively impede our enforcement efforts or if you knowingly harbor or conceal illegal aliens from ICE you will be prosecuted. These actions are felonies. More to come…"
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He signed the note with his name and role.
Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, "after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week," FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X. He later deleted the post, however.
Sources told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that ICE agents came to Dugan's courtroom the day Eduardo Flores-Ruiz appeared, and the judge allegedly directed the defendant and his attorney to a side door in the courtroom and through a private hallway and into a public area.
‘In a bind’: Right-wing Supreme Court justices squirm as case puts them in awkward spot
The Supreme Court is set to hear an Oklahoma case that will force the justices to choose between allowing more religious control of public schools or "respecting the wishes of the Founding Fathers," according to a new article in The Atlantic.
History professor Adam Laats laid out how, "In 2023, the Oklahoma government approved an application from the Catholic Church to create a virtual charter school. Like other charter schools, this one would be funded by taxpayers. But unlike other charter schools, this one would be explicitly religious, teaching students Catholic doctrine."
Laats wrote that Oklahoma’s state attorney general objected on the grounds that the approval violated the state constitution, as well as the U.S. Constitution.
He explained that the Founding Fathers foresaw "he death of public schooling if schools came under the authority of any specific religious denomination, or even if a school appeared to favor one denomination over another."
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"Oklahoma’s plan for a public school run by the Catholic Church would...fly in the face of the Founding Fathers’ intentions and go against two centuries of American tradition," Laats wrote. "And it puts the six members of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority in a bind. In previous decisions, they have insisted that they will be guided by history, using that rationale to allow for more religion in public schools. In this case, however, if they want to follow their own rules, they must decide in the other direction."
Laats wrote that members of the religious right are "hopeful" about the case that the Supreme Court will hear next week, since SCOTUS has given them "some significant victories in recent years" that were guided by the justices' understanding of history.
"But the case from Oklahoma makes claiming history as a justification harder for the conservative justices," he wrote. "In this case, the history is unambiguous: The Founding Fathers would never have approved of a public school that taught the religious doctrines of one specific kind of Christianity."
