Trump Lies

CNBC reports: Denny’s will temporarily add surcharges to meals that contain eggs as Americans contend with a shortage of the staple food item, the restaurant chain said Monday. The company said the size of the surcharge will vary across its approximately 1,500 locations. It marks the latest shift for consumers and businesses alike as they grapple with the bird flu’s …

Sky News reports: Donald Trump Jr. took to X to criticize Maine Gov. Janet Mills, sharing an old video of her participating in a drag show. Calling Mills an “absolute clown,” Trump Jr. questioned whether the people of Maine truly wanted her as their leader. “Is this really what the people of Maine want in their Governor??? What an absolute …

Reuters reports: U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping foreign aid freeze has stalled a United Nations program in Mexico aimed at stopping imported fentanyl chemicals from reaching the country’s drug cartels. It’s one of several U.S. counternarcotics efforts in Mexico derailed in recent weeks by the stop-work order. The initiative provided Mexico’s Navy with training and equipment to improve screening of …

TMZ reports: Rudy Giuliani’s taking his time picking a new hair dye … eyeing the ingredients on the back with suspicion — and, he’s got good reason to be cautious. The former mayor of New York City hit up a Walmart in Secaucus, New Jersey Saturday afternoon pulling up in a mobility scooter with an aide by his side. The …

CNN’s Brian Stelter writes in today’s newsletter: Reporters usually have to rely on anonymous sources, background interviews and documents (sometimes obtained years after the fact) to divine what a president was really thinking and feeling. But not with the Trump administration. President Trump names his enemies and signals what “should” happen to them on Truth Social, where everyone can see, …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump shared a SpongeBob Squarepants meme mocking federal workers for allegedly subpar productivity and taking issue with his administration’s Elon Musk-led efforts to lay off tens of thousands of people within their ranks. The image, posted to the president’s Truth Social account on Sunday afternoon, contains an edited screenshot from an episode of the …

Politico Europe reports: After spending the past two weeks trashing European politicians and ripping up America’s commitments to the continent’s security, the president of the United States offered warm congratulations to Germany’s election winners on Sunday. And somehow, he also managed to claim some credit for himself. After two weeks of repeated attacks from the White House on European politicians, …

Penn Live reports: The Philadelphia Eagles have not made an official public announcement, but reports Sunday about the team’s decision on whether to visit the White House after winning the Super Bowl already had folks fuming. Others, of course, were delighted. The reports are that the Eagles will, in fact, skip out on visiting Donald Trump. And, if that is …

San Francisco’s ABC affiliate reports: The White House is looking to sell the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building on 7th Street. The Trump administration says it will save money by avoiding maintenance on the building, selling the property, then leasing office space for federal workers. Former Congresswoman Jackie Speier says it’s just about vengeance. “It’s another example of how he is …

“He [Biden] had this incredible ability. He could barely walk in the sand. Somebody thought he looked great in a bathing suit. And he’d walk in the sand, pulling a thing that weighed about six ounces. You know those aluminums? The aluminum is very good. It’s meant for children and very old people to lift, right? So he would put …

Politico reports: Elon Musk promised to deliver a “maximally transparent” government efficiency program. What he’s disclosed so far is a messy and inaccurate accounting of his group’s early work. The first comprehensive public listing of the billions of dollars in purported savings Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is making across federal contracts is filled with errors, according to a POLITICO …

Mediaite reports: Trump took to Truth Social on Saturday and posted about CPAC, the southern border, and Elon Musk needing to be “more aggressive” in his role as head of DOGE. The president also blasted MSNBC once again, using his past nickname for them: “MSNBC, COMMONLY KNOWN AS MSDNC, IS A THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY. SUCH LYING AND MISREPRESENTATION. BAD …

Reuters reports: The United States has threatened to cut off Ukraine’s access to Starlink satellite internet terminals if Kyiv does not reach a deal with the U.S. regarding critical mineral resources, Reuters reported on Feb. 21, citing three sources familiar with the negotiations. U.S. and Ukrainian officials are currently negotiating the terms of a revised minerals deal after President Volodymyr …

“Let me just tell you that I have today the highest poll numbers I’ve ever had. I have today the highest poll numbers of any Republican president ever. We haven’t even checked the Democrats, but that’s what I was just told. And they like the job that we’re doing. They like the job that Elon’s doing. He’s doing something that …

The Washington Post reports: A federal judge in Maryland on Friday temporarily blocked key portions of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the federal government and corporate America. U.S. District Judge Adam B. Abelson granted a preliminary injunction, blocking portions of Trump’s orders to cancel federal contracts concerning DEI and make government contractors …

The New York Times reports: The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that President Trump cannot, for now, remove a government lawyer who leads a watchdog agency while the lawyer’s challenge to his firing moves forward. But the court’s brief, unsigned order indicated that it may soon return to the issue, noting that a trial judge’s temporary restraining order is set …

Bloomberg News reports: President Donald Trump said he is weighing a move that would absorb the US Postal Service, an independent agency, into the Department of Commerce, a sweeping change that comes as his administration looks to overhaul the US federal government. Asked about a move to shift the agency into the Commerce Department, Trump said the idea he is …

“Michael Wolff is a lying sack of shit and has been proven to be a fraud. He routinely fabricates stories originating from his sick and warped imagination, only possible because he has a severe and debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has rotted his peanut-sized brain.” – White House spokesperson Steven Cheung. Cheung is responding to excerpts from Wolff’s …

The Hill reports: In remarks Friday afternoon, Trump repeated the false claim that two female Olympic boxers were transgender and touted a recent order meant to ban trans athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports, including at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He asked Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who attended Friday’s event, whether she would direct her …

The Hill reports: Mass firings are set to hit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) “imminently,” a source with knowledge told The Hill. The person, who asked to speak anonymously due to fear of reprisal, said the agency had not yet been subjected to the steep cuts announced elsewhere due to the then-pending confirmation of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. …