The president acknowledged “there may have been some contractor difficulty” but said he disagreed with U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro for dropping a criminal charge against a former Olympian.
The president blamed two GOP senators for resisting Todd Blanche, his pick to run the Justice Department, suggesting he would resurrect his controversial “anti-weaponization” fund in response.
A shortage of Navy destroyers, used to defend against Iranian ballistic missile attacks, will force the head of U.S. European Command to prioritize the U.S. homeland instead, officials said.
The former congressman agreed to pay $35,000 to settle charges by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which cited trades he made on Kalshi regarding whether he would attend the State of the Union address.
Legal experts say that changes to a deal would ordinarily be put in writing, but the acting attorney general says the administration’s word should be enough.
The president criticized a GOP senator, a Democratic governor and Iranian leaders at what he said was the first televised Cabinet meeting from the retreat.