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A currently vacant building under heavy renovation at an address associated with a contribution to President Donald Trump, is photographed May 2, 2025, in Washington.
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Trump wants an investigation of Democrats’ fundraising. His own campaign has issues

By BRIAN SLODYSKO and STEVE PEOPLES
Updated 10:08 AM CDT, May 27, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump directed his attorney general last month to investigate online fundraising, he cited concerns that foreigners and fraudsters were using elaborate “schemes“ and “dummy accounts” to funnel illegal contributions to politicians and causes.

Instead of calling for an expansive probe, however, the president identified just one potential target: ActBlue, the Democrats’ online fundraising juggernaut, which has acknowledged receiving over 200 potentially illicit contributions last year from foreign internet addresses.

Trump’s announcement contained a glaring omission — his political committees also received scores of potentially problematic contributions.

An Associated Press review of donations to Trump over the past five years found 1,600 contributions from donors who live abroad, have close ties to foreign interests or failed to disclose basic information, often making it difficult, if not impossible, to identify them and verify the legality of their donations Among those was $5,000 linked to a derelict building, and $5,000 from a Chinese businessman who listed a La Quinta Inn as his address. Another sizable donation — $1 million — was made by the wife of an African oil and mining magnate.

It’s against the law for U.S. candidates and political committees to accept contributions from foreign nationals. Laws also place strict limits on donation amounts and prohibit the laundering of contributions to get around legal caps. For the most part, such donations have been policed by campaigns and the Federal Election Commission, with only the most egregious examples being targeted by federal law enforcement. ...

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Trump pardons former GOP congressman Michael Grimm

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump has signed off on a full pardon for former Rep. Michael Grimm of New York, according to a White House official.

Grimm, a Republican, was convicted in November 2014 of tax fraud and related charges stemming from his ownership of a Manhattan restaurant before joining Congress. Prosecutors said he underreported wages and revenue to the government, and that he filed false tax documents. Grimm was sentenced to eight months in prison.

Grimm, who joined Congress in 2011, resigned from Congress in January 2015.

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Tanks, trucks, howitzers from Texas are headed to DC for Trump's military parade

  • News source: Adam Tuss, News4 Anchor & Transportation
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We're just a few weeks away from what's expected to be a massive military parade in D.C. President Donald Trump is planning the parade for June 14 to coincide with the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army. It's also his birthday.

New details are taking shape as the date gets closer.

The parade is expected to take place along Constitution Avenue between 15th and 23rd streets, with more than 100 military vehicles expected to be part of it.

For the first time, we're starting to get a look at some of those military vehicles. Huge tanks are being loaded...
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Trump says he will meet with Putin, Zelenskyy 'if necessary' amid negotiations to end war

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump said he would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksyy in the coming weeks "if necessary."

The president’s comments come just after he condemned Russia’s recent large-scale strike against Ukraine.

Russian forces launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight Sunday. The attack, which has been called the largest aerial attack of the war so far, targeted the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.

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Planned Parenthood using 'loophole' to get minors gender transitions without parents' OK: watchdog

  • News source: FOX News
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FIRST ON FOX: The conservative watchdog group American Principles Project is sounding an alarm over what the group is describing as a "massive loophole" being utilized by Planned Parenthood to give transgender hormone therapy to minors.

In a wide-ranging report chronicling how Planned Parenthood is propping up the trans agenda, the American Principles Project accused the group and its affiliates across the country of manipulating the definition of contraception in order to provide transgender hormone therapy to minors without parental consent...
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US judge blasts Trump lawyers for 11th-hour tactics in MS-13 deportation case

  • News source: FOX News
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A federal judge in Maryland scolded Trump administration lawyers on Tuesday for waiting until the eleventh hour to seek an extension in the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the Salvadorian migrant and alleged MS-13 member deported to El Salvador in what officials have acknowledged was an administrative error.

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis denied the Justice Department’s 30-day extension request, noting that Trump administration lawyers waited until "the very day" their response was due to file. She also said they "expended no effort in...
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Trump nominates former defense attorney Emil Bove for federal appeals court vacancy

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump announced he is nominating Justice Department official and his former defense attorney Emil Bove to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, a controversial nomination that would come as he continues to attack so-called "activist" judges for blocking his agenda.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump praised Bove as "SMART, TOUGH, and respected by everyone."

"He will end the Weaponization of Justice, restore the Rule of Law, and do anything else that is necessary to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN," Trump added.

There...
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Illegal immigrant arrested after allegedly threatening to assassinate Trump in handwritten letter

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an illegal immigrant Mexican national in Wisconsin last Thursday after he allegedly mailed a handwritten note to an ICE officer threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump.

Ramon Morales-Reyes, 54, entered the U.S. illegally on a minimum of nine separate occasions between 1999 and 2005. His criminal record includes arrests for felony hit-and-run, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct with a "domestic abuse modifier," according to the Department of Homeland Security. He said...
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Giant of African literature Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o dies aged 87

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Kenyan author sent shockwaves through African literature by refusing to write in English.
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ICE unlawfully detained Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos, judge says

  • News source: Kathy McCormack | The Associated Press
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A federal judge in Vermont on Wednesday released a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher from immigration custody as she deals with a criminal charge of smuggling frog embryos into the United States.

Colleagues and academics also testified on Kseniia Petrova's behalf, saying she is doing valuable research to advance cures for cancer.

“It is excellent science,” Michael West, a scientist and entrepreneur in the biotech industry, testified on Petrova's research papers. He said he does not know Petrova, but has become acquainted with...
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Judge takes step toward possible release of detained Russian Harvard scientist accused of smuggling

  • News source: FOX News
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A federal judge in Vermont ruled in favor of a Russian Harvard scientist who was detained by ICE and accused of smuggling goods into the U.S. on Wednesday.

Kseniia Petrova, 31, was first detained by ICE before being transferred to criminal custody earlier this month. Wednesday's ruling ensures that if she is granted bail and released at her criminal hearing next week, ICE cannot detain her once again.

President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to deport Petrova back to Russia following her detention at Boston's Logan Airport in February...
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Senate Republican campaign committee 'grills' Chuck Schumer on National Hamburger Day

  • News source: FOX News
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The National Republican Senatorial Committee is revisiting a much-maligned year-old photo from Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

The NRSC, which is the campaign arm of the Senate GOP, marked National Hamburger Day on Wednesday with a new video titled, "We Grill Right," which spotlights Schumer's viral social media post from last year's Father's Day.

In the photo that appeared in the 2024 post, Schumer appeared to place a slice of cheese on an uncooked burger patty.

ONLY ON FOX NEWS: SENATE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN CHAIR REVEALS HOW MANY SEATS...
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Blagojevich roasts Dems: Calls Schiff the ‘Elvis’ of liars, says party preferred 'coma' patient to Harris

  • News source: FOX News
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich lambasted his Democratic Party as an unethical organization that collectively bolstered a "coma" patient over other contenders in order to advance their own political ends, and that they feature a "Hall of Fame for Liars" headlined by Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

Asked by Fox News’ Jesse Watters about his response to characterizations that Democrats preferred to cover-up former President Joe Biden’s infirmities rather than move on from him or accept President Donald Trump, Blagojevich said, "I’d say that guy hates...
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Trump will "take a look at" pardons in Whitmer kidnapping case

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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President Trump said Wednesday he will "take a look at" pardoning a group of men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, calling the case — which has resulted in two convictions and two guilty pleas — a "railroad job."

"I will take a look at it. It's been brought to my attention," Mr. Trump said at a swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Attorney in D.C. Jeanine Pirro.

"I did watch the trial. It looked to me like somewhat of a railroad job, I'll be honest with you," Mr. Trump said. "It looked to me like some people said...
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Critically ill 4-year-old ordered to self-deport to Mexico

  • News source: Karla Rendon
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A 4-year-old girl with a life-threatening medical condition could die if she gets deported, according to her doctors at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
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Obama-nominated judge allows lawsuit targeting Musk's role with DOGE to proceed, drops claims against Trump

  • News source: FOX News
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An Obama-appointed federal judge has largely rejected the Trump administration's request for the dismissal of a DOGE-related legal challenge, though she did dismiss President Donald Trump as a defendant, while otherwise allowing the wranglings to proceed.

"Defendants seek to dismiss President Trump as a defendant because the court may not enjoin the President in the performance of his official duties," a memorandum opinion notes, adding, "The court agrees."

The memorandum opinion and order are signed by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District...
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