President Donald Trump took action on Monday to stop federal money going toward gain-of-function research, a controversial practice linked to the COVID origins debate, in China and other countries.
The move came in the form of an executive order, which Trump showed off in the Oval Office of the White House, with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, and others in attendance.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a big deal,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;It could have been that we wouldn&#8217;t have had the problem we had if we had this done earlier,&#8221; he continued, alluding to the COVID pandemic, which began during Trump&#8217;s first term.
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🚨 BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> just signed an executive order protecting Americans from dangerous gain-of-function research.
The order:
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The <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/improving-the-safety-and-security-of-biological-research/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">order</a> halts federal funding for &#8220;dangerous&#8221; gain-of-function research conducted in China — which is believed to be ground zero for the COVID-19 outbreak in 2019 that led to millions of deaths and various lockdowns around the world — and other foreign countries with &#8220;insufficient&#8221; levels of oversight, citing risks to public health and national security.
Gain-of-function research — in which viruses are enhanced by scientists, often to study potential treatments or prepare for future outbreaks — has become a major focus of the lab leak theory <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cia-assesses-chinese-lab-leak-responsible-for-coronavirus-pandemic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increasingly</a> favored by U.S. agencies.
Last year, the federal government <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hhs-moves-to-defund-ecohealth-alliance-says-action-needed-to-protect-the-public-interest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspended</a> funds to EcoHealth Alliance, a U.S.-based nonprofit group that was receiving <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/health/ecohealth-alliance-peter-daszak-nih-grants.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">millions</a> of dollars in grant money as it faced intense scrutiny for its collaboration with a lab in Wuhan, China, suspected in the COVID outbreak.
Dr. Anthony Fauci denied under oath that NIH funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan, but he did not convince Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who accused the longtime health official of lying to Congress with a criminal <a href="https://x.com/RandPaul/status/1685370259451109376" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referral</a> to the Department of Justice.
While President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-issues-last-minute-pardons-for-fauci-mark-milley-and-jan-6-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued</a> Fauci a preemptive pardon before leaving office, the Trump administration may yet have more to say on the matter. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-reveals-when-her-team-will-pinpoint-exact-moment-of-covid-lab-leak" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> her team is working with Bhattacharya and hoped to release information &#8220;very soon&#8221; on gain-of-function and the COVID outbreak.
Trump&#8217;s executive order also mandates stricter oversight, transparency, and enforcement mechanisms for federally funded life-science research, while demanding frameworks for regulating non-federally funded research and nucleic acid synthesis to prevent misuse.
&#8220;Anthony Fauci essentially restarted the bio-weapons arms race and did it under the pretention [sic] of developing vaccines — eventually moving his experiments offshore, mainly to the Wuhan Lab,&#8221; Kennedy <a href="https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1919543281349734858" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X. &#8220;[The president] today moved to shut down this kind of research in this country and to stop funding it abroad.&#8221;

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On Sunday, President Donald Trump criticized how journalists have framed Mike Waltz&#8217;s transition from national security adviser to nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Several media outlets <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flurry-of-reports-claim-mike-waltz-out-as-national-security-adviser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last week that Waltz, a former Republican congressman from Florida and Green Beret veteran, was ousted from his White House role after he took responsibility for the &#8220;Signalgate&#8221; controversy. However, when <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX2TDnN5F4Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> by reporters aboard Air Force One during a flight from Florida to Washington, D.C., Trump rejected the notion that Waltz stepped down, let alone was forced out.
&#8220;I just moved him. There was no resignation,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;You people are so bad. You&#8217;re trying to make a big deal out of something that&#8217;s not.&#8221;
In fact, the president insisted moments earlier, Waltz had been promoted.
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s an upgrade,&#8221; Trump said.
Trump dismissed the suggestion that appointing Waltz as his national security adviser was a mistake.
&#8220;He was fine and, where he is, he&#8217;ll do a good job,&#8221; Trump said.
Trump also shut down a reporter who asked what made him lose confidence in Waltz.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t lose confidence in him. Why did I lose confidence? He&#8217;s going to the United Nations — to me, I think it&#8217;s — personally, if I had to choose for myself &#8230; I&#8217;d rather have that job than the other,&#8221; Trump said.
The &#8220;Signalgate&#8221; controversy began after The Atlantic&#8217;s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported in late March that he had inadvertently gained access to a Signal group chat in which leading Trump administration officials discussed plans for airstrikes on Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen.
In the ensuing fallout, Waltz took responsibility for the breach, which has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/so-damn-dangerous-signal-chat-breach-linked-to-automated-suggestion-feature-on-iphone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">linked</a> to the “automated suggestion” feature on his iPhone. But the Trump administration denied there was classified information in the conversation, and the president had stood by Waltz.
On May 1, hours after a flurry of reports <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flurry-of-reports-claim-mike-waltz-out-as-national-security-adviser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Waltz was out as national security adviser, Trump delivered a surprise announcement in which he revealed that he was nominating Waltz to become U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a move that followed Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-pulls-stefanik-nomination-united-nations-ambassador" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrawn</a> as the original nominee.
Unlike with his role as national security adviser, Waltz will have to go through a Senate confirmation process to be affirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Senate Democrats are predicting a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-democrats-predicting-brutal-un-ambassador-confirmation-hearing-mike-waltz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;brutal&#8221;</a> confirmation hearing, whenever one is scheduled.
As Waltz prepares for his new role, Trump is already looking ahead to fill the vacancy left by Waltz’s departure from the national security adviser position.
On Air Force One, the president <a href="https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/1919217781846708651" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters that he aims to pick a new national security adviser in the next six months. When asked if he is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-trump-white-house-aide-in-running-to-take-post-vacated-by-mike-waltz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considering</a> White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Trump said Miller is &#8220;at the top of the totem pole&#8221; and &#8220;indirectly, already has that job.&#8221;
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President Donald Trump and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced on Monday that the 2027 NFL draft would be held at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., as the nation&#8217;s capital prepares for the Washington Commanders, formerly Redskins, to return to the district.
The National Mall is home to iconic American monuments and memorials. Trump was joined by Goodell, D.C. Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser, Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum for the announcement in the Oval Office.
&#8220;The draft is a celebration of one of our country&#8217;s most cherished cultural institutions and the annual highlight for football fans everywhere,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Everyone in the world is going to be watching.&#8221;
&#8220;Not only are these announcements great for the NFL, but they also advance the mission of making Washington D.C. safe and clean and beautiful,&#8221; the president added.
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Goodell said that he believes the draft in D.C. will draw more than one million people over three days, adding, &#8220;The draft has become one of the great entertainment and sports events.&#8221;
&#8220;It will not just be an event. It will be something that will show the world how far the nation&#8217;s capital has come and where it&#8217;s going,&#8221; the NFL commissioner said.
For decades, the NFL draft was held at different venues in New York City, but beginning in 2015, the league allowed cities to bid on hosting the draft, an event that now draws hundreds of thousands of people. Last year, Detroit <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2025/04/25/2025-nfl-draft-attendance-round-1-green-bay-detroit/83250827007/#:~:text=Green%20Bay%20hosted%20approximately%20205%2C000,during%20the%20three%2Dday%20event." target="_blank" rel="noopener">set the record</a> with 775,000 people coming to the three-day event, <a href="https://detroitsports.org/news/2024/7/11/general-visit-detroit-and-the-detroit-sports-commission-announce-record-setting-2024-nfl-draft-generated-213-6-million-in-economic-impact.aspx#:~:text=%22Visit%20Detroit%20and%20the%20Detroit,Co%2DChair%20of%20the%20Detroit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">generating</a> more than $200 million for the city&#8217;s economy. The 2025 draft in Green Bay last month drew an estimated 600,000 fans.
Professional football is making a comeback in the nation&#8217;s capital as the Commanders will return to playing within the district&#8217;s borders in 2030. The team is also led by Jayden Daniels, an exciting young quarterback who took Washington to the NFC championship game last season. The team appears poised to be a serious contender for years to come. Last week, the Commanders, alongside D.C. Mayor Bowser, announced the construction of new domed stadium in the district, built on the site of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, where the Redskins played for 36 seasons before moving to Prince George&#8217;s County, Maryland, in the late 1990s.
Trump previously <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/trump-touts-commanders-stadium-deal-hopes-lead-less-crime-dc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the new stadium deal a &#8220;HUGE WIN for Washington, D.C., and for the Team’s incredible fan base.&#8221;
&#8220;It will also boost Economic Development, create more Jobs and, hopefully, lead to less Crime in the area,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We are making Washington, D.C., GREAT AGAIN, one step at a time!&#8221;

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President Donald Trump blistered Democrats in Congress in a Monday morning post on X, citing the latest impeachment filing against him as proof that members of the opposition party had &#8220;lost everything, especially their minds!&#8221;
Trump laid out his thoughts in a lengthy post, arguing that those who would attempt to impeach him — again — were &#8220;total LOWLIFES&#8221; who had no interest in making the country better, only in attacking him for &#8220;cleaning up the MESS&#8221; left behind after four years under former President Joe Biden.
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&#8220;The Democrats are really out of control. They have lost everything, especially their minds! These Radical Left Lunatics are into the &#8216;Impeachment thing&#8217; again,&#8221; Trump began, referencing impeachment articles filed by Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI). &#8220;They have already got two &#8216;No Name,&#8217; little respected Congressmen, total Whackjobs both, throwing the &#8216;Impeachment&#8217; of DONALD J. TRUMP around, for about the 20th time, even though they have no idea for what I would be Impeached.&#8221;
Thanedar&#8217;s filing, which came just ahead of the president marking his first 100 days in office, accused Trump of obstruction of justice, abuse of power, violation of power, bribery and corruption, citing the deportation of illegal alien gang member Kilmar Abrego-Garcia to his home country of El Salvador and claiming that the Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was usurping congressional authority. Rep. Al Green (D-TX), who was censured for disrupting Trump&#8217;s address before a joint session of Congress, has also promised to introduce impeachment articles.
Trump went on to offer sarcastic suggestions as to possible reasons he might be facing yet another impeachment filing: &#8220;Maybe it should be for cleaning up the MESS that they left us on the Border, or the Highest Inflation in our Country’s History or, perhaps, it should be the incompetent Withdrawal from Afghanistan, or Russia, Russia, Russia/Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine, or the Attack of Israel on October 7th that only proceeded because they allowed Iran to regain Great Wealth.&#8221;
&#8220;These Congressmen stated that, they didn’t know why they would Impeach me but, &#8216;We just want to do it,'&#8221; Trump continued, suggesting that it was the Democrats who were actually guilty of crimes worth addressing. &#8220;The Republicans should start to think about expelling them from Congress for all of the crimes that they have committed, especially around Election time(s). These are very dishonest people that won’t let our Country heal! Why do we allow them to continuously use Impeachment as a weapon against the President of the United States who, by all accounts, is working hard to SAVE OUR COUNTRY.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s the same playbook that they used in my First Term, and Republicans are not going to allow them to get away with it again. These are total LOWLIFES, who hate our Country, and everything it stands for,&#8221; Trump concluded, tossing a barb at Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) and the last-minute blanket pardon he&#8217;d received from former President Biden. &#8220;Perhaps we should start playing this game on them, and expel Democrats for the many crimes that they have committed — And these are REAL crimes. Remember, &#8216;Shifty&#8217; Adam Schiff demanded a Pardon, and they had to use the power of the Auto Pen, and a Full Pardon, for him and the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, to save them from Expulsion, and probably worse!&#8221;

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Trump Blisters 'Out Of Control' Democrats Over Latest Impeachment Filing: 'Total Whackjobs'

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White House aides considered getting then-President Joe Biden a cognitive test months before he dropped out of the 2024 election, but decided against it, according to a new book.
The book is titled “2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America” and was co-written by Tyler Pager of The New York Times, Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal, and Isaac Arnsdorf of The Washington Post. It is set to be released in July.
Biden’s aides were confident that the elderly president would ace a cognitive test, but worried that taking it would only raise more suspicion about Biden’s mental acuity and health, the book says, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/us/politics/joe-biden-cognitive-test-age.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
Discussions around a possible cognitive test for Biden were taking place in February 2024, the same month special counsel Robert Hur released a report on an investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents. In the report, Hur <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/special-counsel-biden-willfully-retained-disclosed-classified-materials-but-no-criminal-charges-warranted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">concluded</a> that Biden’s memory appeared impaired.
“Mr. Biden’s memory was significantly limited, both during his recorded interviews with the ghostwriter in 2017, and in his interview with our office in 2023,” the <a href="https://www.justice.gov/storage/report-from-special-counsel-robert-k-hur-february-2024.pdf">report</a> said. Hur cited Biden’s memory problems in the special counsel’s determination not to bring charges against Biden for mishandling classified information.
“We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” the report said.
Biden later ended his bid for re-election, catapulting Vice President Kamala Harris into the Democratic nomination after he appeared feeble and, at times, incomprehensible during a debate with then-Republican candidate Donald Trump.
The White House, Democratic lawmakers, and media pundits maintained that Biden’s mind remained sharp until the former president’s debate against Trump. After the debate, there was intense pressure in the media and among Democratic donors for Biden to step aside and let someone else run for president.
Former Biden senior adviser Mike Donilon, who had worked with Biden for decades, told <a href="https://theharvardpoliticalreview.com/michael-donilon-interview/#google_vignette" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Harvard Political Review</a> in March that he still believes Biden should be president.
“On the topic of his age, I thought the best answer was going to be performance. I saw him every day. If you watched his farewell address, I think he had as clear and cogent an assessment of where the country is and the threats of the country as anyone’s ever given,” he said. “It was kind of bizarre that, on the one hand, there was this narrative that he was too old for the job when that very day, he was doing something that very few presidents have ever done.”

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President Donald Trump said Sunday that Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is so afraid of drug cartels that &#8220;she can&#8217;t even think straight,&#8221; and that&#8217;s why she rejected his proposal to send American troops into Mexico to fight them.
Trump made the comments after he was asked whether news that he had made the offer was true. On Saturday, Sheinbaum said that she had turned down Trump&#8217;s offer because it would impugn Mexican sovereignty.
&#8220;It&#8217;s true,&#8221; Trump told reporters. &#8220;[The cartels] are horrible people that have been killing people left and right. They&#8217;ve made a fortune on selling drugs and destroying our people. We lost 300,000 people last year to fentanyl and drugs. They are bad news.&#8221;
&#8220;If Mexico wanted help with the cartels we would be honored to go in and do it,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I told her that, &#8216;I&#8217;d be honored to go in and do it.&#8217; The cartels are trying to destroy our country. They are evil! And you know, we had 300,000 people die last year from fentanyl and all that. We had millions of people brought into this country that shouldn&#8217;t be here. The cartels brought them in.&#8221;
He said that he thought Sheinbaum was nice but that she refused American help because she was scared of the cartels.
&#8220;So if she said that I offered to do that, she&#8217;s 100 percent right,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;She&#8217;s so afraid of the cartels she can&#8217;t walk so you know, that&#8217;s the reason. And I think she&#8217;s a lovely woman. The president of Mexico is a lovely woman. But she is so afraid of the cartels that she can&#8217;t even think straight.&#8221;
On Friday, it was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-pressures-mexico-to-allow-u-s-military-to-lead-fight-against-drug-cartels?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Pressures+Mexico+To+Allow+U.S.+Military+To+Lead+Fight+Against+Drug+Cartels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Sheinbaum and Trump got into a heated phone call last month after he pushed for the U.S. military to lead in the fight against cartels.
&#8220;He said, &#8216;How can we help you fight drug trafficking? I propose that the United States military come in and help you.&#8217; And you know what I said to him? &#8216;No, President Trump,'&#8221; Sheinbaum <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-sheinbaum-mexico-drug-cartels-c2113e74cfc122f8f5a9e162644a470f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Saturday, confirming the conversation.
&#8220;Sovereignty is not for sale. Sovereignty is loved and defended,&#8221; she added. &#8220;We can work together, but you in your territory and us in ours.&#8221;
Trump has designated cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-it-is-time-for-america-to-wage-war-on-the-cartels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promised</a> in a speech before Congress to &#8220;wage war&#8221; on them.
White House National Security Council spokesman James Hewitt said Saturday that while the United States-Mexico border had largely been secured, Mexico still needed to do more to crack down on drug cartels.
&#8220;Dangerous Foreign Terrorist Organizations, however, continue to threaten our shared security and the drugs and crime they spread threaten American communities across the country,&#8221; Hewitt said. &#8220;The President has been crystal clear that Mexico must do more to combat these gangs and cartels and the United States stands ready to assist and expand the already close cooperation between our two countries.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump may tap White House Deputy Chief of Staff <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-is-child-torture-stephen-miller-lays-out-trump-plan-to-end-barbaric-child-gender-transitions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen Miller</a> to serve as his next National Security Adviser, Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/stephen-miller-national-security-adviser-candidate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Friday.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ive-never-seen-anything-like-it-stephen-miller-blasts-jb-pritzker-for-inciting-violence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miller</a>, who currently serves as the Trump administration&#8217;s Homeland Security adviser, is one of the few key players who has been with the president through his entire first term in office and into the second — and Axios cited five sources who suggested Miller was a likely choice to move into the position vacated by former Congressman (R-FL) and Green Beret veteran Mike Waltz.
One obvious reason for the move would be the fact that Trump trusts Miller to advance his agenda — and Axios cited one source who noted that Miller was already known within the administration for his efficiency, having ensured that the White House Homeland Security Council runs &#8220;like clockwork.&#8221; The source also noted that despite having a smaller staff, Miller&#8217;s HSC is &#8220;infinitely more effective than the NSC [National Security Council].&#8221;
Other sources noted that Miller&#8217;s ability to work well with Secretary of State Marco Rubio — who currently is doing multiple jobs within the administration including taking up the National Security Adviser role until Waltz&#8217;s permanent replacement is found — could be a key factor as well.
&#8220;Marco and Stephen have worked really closely on immigration and it might be a perfect match,&#8221; one said.
Another added, &#8220;Given how well he&#8217;s worked with Marco, many see him as the perfect person to restore the role of the NSA to a staff-level policy role that reports to the chief of staff, instead of some inflated Cabinet position.&#8221;
The speculation regarding Miller comes after President Trump delivered a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/curveball-amid-rumors-that-mike-waltz-was-fired-trump-gives-him-another-top-admin-post" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surprise staffing shake-up</a> on Thursday, announcing after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/flurry-of-reports-claim-mike-waltz-out-as-national-security-adviser" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rumors swirled</a> all day that Waltz had been fired that he instead planned to appoint the former Florida Congressman to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

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Top Trump White House Aide In Running To Take Post Vacated By Mike Waltz

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Every time there is a change in the White House or the cabinet, it often seems as though President Donald Trump fills in the holes in his staff by giving extra responsibilities — and occasionally job titles as well — to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
When it happened again on Thursday — President Trump dropped a surprise announcement that he&#8217;d be nominating his National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to serve instead as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, saying that in the meantime, Rubio would assume the national security adviser&#8217;s duties — Vice President JD Vance could not resist throwing one more suggestion into the mix.
&#8220;I think he could take on a bit more. If only there was a job opening for a devout Catholic …&#8221; Vance posted via X, clearly suggesting that Rubio — who is a practicing Catholic — should be considered as a potential replacement for the late Pope Francis.
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I think he could take on a bit more.
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Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) appeared to be on the same page as Vance, sharing an AI-generated image of Rubio as the Pope.
&#8220;I’m just saying. He can wear many hats,&#8221; Lee quipped.
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I’m just saying
He can wear many hats <a href="https://t.co/5gwiKMZ8de">pic.twitter.com/5gwiKMZ8de</a>
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1918125313860751856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The conversation around Rubio&#8217;s many jobs within the Trump administration came up during a Thursday evening interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on his eponymous show — and Rubio noted that there was one major barrier to him ever taking on the rope of Pope: his wife.
&#8220;Rubio joked tonight about all the roles he plays in the Trump admin. On the idea of seeking role as pope, too, @SecRubio said you have to be an unmarried Catholic male. &#8216;I&#8217;m happily married,&#8217; he told @seanhannity,&#8221; Jennifer Jacobs posted.
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Rubio joked tonight about all the roles he plays in the Trump admin. On the idea of seeking role as pope, too, <a href="https://twitter.com/SecRubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SecRubio</a> said you have to be an unmarried Catholic male. &#8220;I&#8217;m happily married,&#8221; he told <a href="https://twitter.com/seanhannity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@seanhannity</a>.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1918123006468972605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Semafor&#8217;s Burgess Everett listed Rubio&#8217;s job titles in a post, saying, &#8220;I believe Marco Rubio is now: Secretary of State, National Security Adviser, Acting USAID admin, Acting archivist.&#8221;
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I believe Marco Rubio is now: 
Secretary of State 
National Security Adviser 
Acting USAID admin 
Acting archivist
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) <a href="https://twitter.com/burgessev/status/1918008871932584269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Marco at the next cabinet meeting <a href="https://t.co/mG5siaaycc">https://t.co/mG5siaaycc</a> <a href="https://t.co/mwdY00Woc6">pic.twitter.com/mwdY00Woc6</a>
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) <a href="https://twitter.com/HashtagGriswold/status/1918283152830902440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump Keeps Giving Secretary Of State Rubio Extra Jobs — And Now JD Vance Has One To Add

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JD Vance

Pope Francis

Social Media

President Donald Trump said Friday that Harvard University would lose its tax-exempt status, ramping up his fight with the Ivy League institution to a new level.
Trump&#8217;s comments come amid a funding fight with the university as his administration has frozen more than $2 billion in federal funds to Harvard over its pushback on his administration&#8217;s efforts to target diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and handling of anti-Israel protests. Last week, Trump called Harvard a “far left institution” and “a threat to Democracy.”
&#8220;We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114437989795464761" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on his social media platform Friday morning.
The announcement comes after repeated pressure from Trump for Harvard to comply with his executive orders on education or face the consequences. Last month, the Washington Post <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-wants-irs-to-quash-harvards-tax-exempt-status-report?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Wants+IRS+To+Quash+Harvard’s+Tax-Exempt+Status%3A+Report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the Treasury Department had asked the IRS to revoke Harvard&#8217;s tax-exempt status.
“Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity if it keeps pushing political, ideological, and terrorist inspired/supporting ‘Sickness?’ Remember, Tax Exempt Status is totally contingent on acting in the PUBLIC INTEREST!” Trump posted on Truth Social on April 15.
At the time, White House spokesman Harrison Fields said that any probes into entities over their tax-exempt status had begun before that social media post.
“Any forthcoming actions by the IRS will be conducted independently of the president, and investigations into any institution’s violations of its tax status were initiated prior to the president’s TRUTH,&#8221; he said.
Trump took another shot at Harvard on Thursday night during his commencement speech at the University of Alabama.
&#8220;The next chapter of the American story will not be written by the Harvard Crimson. It will be written by you, the Crimson Tide,&#8221; Trump said, saying that Harvard&#8217;s billions of dollars in federal funding wouldn&#8217;t be &#8220;so forthcoming&#8221; now.
Harvard <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvard-renames-dei-office-amid-funding-battle-with-trump-admin?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Harvard+Renames+DEI+Office+Amid+Funding+Battle+With+Trump+Admin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rebranded</a> its DEI office this week, renaming it the “Community and Campus Life” and changing its focus to “expanding cross-cultural engagement programs, supporting first-generation and low-income students, and creating more opportunities for dialogue across differences,” according to The Harvard Crimson. The university has also changed its chief diversity officer position, which has been renamed and will now be called the Chief Community and Campus Life Officer.
On Monday, the Trump administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-launches-probe-into-harvard-law-review-over-treatment-of-white-contributors?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Admin+Launches+Probe+Into+Harvard+Law+Review+Over+Treatment+Of+White+Contributors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that it would investigate Harvard and the student-run Harvard Law Journal over its treatment of white contributors.
The Trump administration specifically cited reports that a Harvard Law Review editor said it was “concerning” that four out of five individuals who wanted to reply to an article on police reform were &#8220;white men.” The administration provided another example of an editor saying “that a piece should be subject to expedited review because the author was a minority.”

US-POLITICS-EDUCATION

‘What They Deserve’: Trump Says He’s Ending Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status

Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Education

Harvard University

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Giving the commencement address at the University of Alabama on Thursday night, President Donald Trump brought roars from the crowd when he praised the graduates while ripping Harvard University.
Trump has targeted Harvard for its lackadaisical attitude regarding antisemitism and its general adherence to leftist ideologies; on Wednesday, he <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-suggests-us-may-not-give-more-grants-harvard-university-2025-04-30/">suggested</a> the federal government might stop giving grants to the university. The Trump administration has frozen $2.3 billion in federal funds for Harvard and begun a formal review into roughly $9 billion in funding for the university.
“We believe the South is beautiful, Alabama is great, and America is our home,” Trump told the Alabama graduates. “We believe in the SEC [the Southeastern Conference] and the USA. Graduates of the Alabama Class of 2025, standing here before you in this magnificent arena, it is clear to see the next chapter of the American story will not be written by the Harvard Crimson. It will be written by you, the Crimson Tide.”
As the exultant crowd roared its applause, Trump repeated, “That’s true. That’s true.”
“I thought that was rather clever,” he quipped. “If you look at what’s going on now, they get their $5 billion a year that is not going to be so forthcoming.”
“This is Alabama, and in Alabama you fight, fight, fight, and you win, win, win, that’s what you know how to do,” he told the cheering crowd.
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Earlier, he declared, “Now, exactly 200 years after the first patriots stood and fought at Lexington and Concord, we are in the midst of another kind of revolution; a revolution of winning and a revolution of common sense. Everywhere you look, broken systems, corrupt institutions, entire dogmas are being swept away by the tide of history; ancient wisdom is being rediscovered and the best and strongest traits of America are coming back for all to see.”
“God only created one of you; remember that,” he instructed the graduates. “God created one of you; you’re all different; somewhere close, but nobody is the same. You’re one of a kind. So don’t try to be someone else, just be yourself. And finally, and most importantly, never, ever, give up.”

President Trump Addresses University Of Alabama Graduating Class

Trump Tells Exultant Alabama Graduates They Are The Future, Not Harvard

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University of Alabama

On Thursday, President Donald Trump took a step conservatives had been hoping for through many presidencies, issuing an executive order to end the taxpayer subsidization of National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
The directive instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting&#8217;s board of directors to &#8220;cease federal funding&#8221; to both outlets.
In mid-April, the White House released a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/the-npr-pbs-grift-has-ripped-us-off-for-too-long/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> delineating its grievances with the two nonprofit public broadcasting organizations, suggesting eliminating taxpayer funding for them.
“For years, American taxpayers have been on the hook for subsidizing National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news,’” the report stated.
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For years, Americans have been on the hook for subsidizing NPR and PBS as they spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as “news.”
As <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> has said, funding their biased content is a waste.
🧵 Here are some examples of the trash that passes for “news” at NPR and PBS: <a href="https://t.co/7xlZOKGay1">pic.twitter.com/7xlZOKGay1</a>
&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1911929632846213532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trump’s executive order <a href="https://x.com/rapidresponse47/status/1918134250236461197?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a>: “Unlike in 1967, when the CPB [Corporation of Public Broadcasting] was established, today the media landscape is filled with abundant, diverse, and innovative news options. Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence. At the very least, Americans have the right to expect that if their tax dollars fund public broadcasting at all, they fund only fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan news coverage. No media outlet has a constitutional right to taxpayer subsidies, and the Government is entitled to determine which categories of activities to subsidize.”
“The CPB&#8217;s governing statute reflects principles of impartiality: the CPB may not ‘contribute to or otherwise support any political party,’” the order continues. “The CPB fails to abide by these principles to the extent it subsidizes NPR and PBS.  Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter. What does matter is that neither entity presents a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens. I therefore instruct the CPB Board of Directors (CPB Board) and all executive departments and agencies (agencies) to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS.”
In 2021, Katherine Maher, who had just left her position as CEO and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation and later became the CEO of NPR, said at a <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/katherine_maher_what_wikipedia_teaches_us_about_balancing_truth_and_beliefs/transcript" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TED talk</a>, “Seeking the truth and seeking to convince others of the truth might not be the right place to start. In fact, our reverence for the truth might be a distraction that&#8217;s getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things done.  I think our reverence for the truth might have become a bit of a distraction that is preventing us from finding consensus and getting things done.”
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“I think our reverence for the truth might have become a bit of a distraction that is preventing us from finding consensus and getting important things done.”
— Katherine Maher (NPR CEO) <a href="https://t.co/nCfDcyPbtH">pic.twitter.com/nCfDcyPbtH</a>
&mdash; The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRabbitHole84/status/1856340038574907449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In April 2024, former NPR Editor Uri Berliner published an <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/npr-editor-how-npr-lost-americas-trust">essay</a> in which he admitted, “An open-minded spirit no longer exists within NPR, and now, predictably, we don’t have an audience that reflects America. &#8230; At NPR, we hitched our wagon to Trump’s most visible antagonist, Representative Adam Schiff.” He continued:
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By my count, NPR hosts <a href="https://www.npr.org/2017/03/09/519382847/rep-adam-schiff-on-trumps-wiretapping-claims-and-russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interviewed Schiff</a> 25 times about Trump and Russia. During many of those conversations, Schiff alluded to purported evidence of collusion. The Schiff talking points became the drumbeat of NPR news reports. But when the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/robert-mueller-report-public/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mueller report</a> found no credible evidence of collusion, NPR’s coverage was notably sparse. Russiagate quietly faded from our programming. &#8230;
In October 2020, the New York Post published the <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/10/21/hunter-biden-laptop-linked-to-fbi-money-laundering-probe-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explosive report</a> about the laptop Hunter Biden abandoned at a Delaware computer shop containing emails about his sordid business dealings. With the election only weeks away, NPR turned a blind eye. 
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Berliner wrote of former NPR CEO John Lansing’s attitude in the wake of the death of George Floyd: “In confessional language he said the leaders of public media, ‘starting with me—must be aware of how we ourselves have benefited from white privilege in our careers. We must understand the unconscious bias we bring to our work and interactions.’ &#8230; He declared that diversity—on our staff and in our audience—was the overriding mission, the ‘North Star’ of the organization. &#8230; Race and identity became paramount in nearly every aspect of the workplace.”
He concluded, “What’s notable is the extent to which people at every level of NPR have comfortably coalesced around the progressive worldview. And this, I believe, is the most damaging development at NPR: the absence of viewpoint diversity.”

DOGE Considers Cutting Funding to National Public Radio And The Public Broadcasting Service

Trump Defunds NPR And PBS: ‘No Media Outlet Has A Constitutional Right To Taxpayer Subsidies’

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Funding

National Public Radio (NPR)

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed during Wednesday&#8217;s cabinet meeting that former President Joe Biden&#8217;s State Department had kept dossiers on the social media posts of American citizens — including one person who was &#8220;sitting at this table today.&#8221;
Rubio explained that the office — which appeared to have been created for the sole purpose of censoring American citizens — had been monitoring the social media posts of numerous individuals who were referred to as &#8220;vectors of disinformation.&#8221;
WATCH:
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🚨This is NUTS: Secretary Rubio just announced that he found DOZENS of files kept by Joe Biden&#8217;s State Department that classified American citizens as &#8220;vectors of disinformation&#8221; — with the intention of censoring them.
That&#8217;s not all.
Marco Rubio says that there&#8217;s someone in… <a href="https://t.co/Q8FcrNp9M9">pic.twitter.com/Q8FcrNp9M9</a>
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1917630441546240121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We had an office in the Department of State whose job it was to censor Americans,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;And by the way, I&#8217;m not going to say who it is, I&#8217;ll leave it up to them, there&#8217;s at least one person at this table today who had a dossier in that building of social media posts to identify them as purveyors of disinformation. We have these dossiers. We are going to be turning those over to these individuals —&#8221;
Vice President JD Vance interrupted with a question: &#8220;Was it me or Elon?&#8221;
Laughter erupted around the table as Rubio continued, &#8220;Well, we are going to turn over these dossiers to the individuals, and they will decide whether they want to disclose it or not. But just think about it — the Department of State of the United States had set up an office to monitor the social media posts and commentary of American citizens, to identify them as vectors of disinformation, when we know that the best [way] to combat disinformation is freedom of speech and transparency.&#8221;
&#8220;And so that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to be in the business of doing, we&#8217;re not going to have an office that does that,&#8221; Rubio concluded.

Marco Rubio Sworn In As US Secretary Of State

Rubio Says Biden State Dept Had A Dossier On ‘One Person At This Table,’ And JD Vance Has Questions

Rubio Says Biden State Dept Had A Dossier On 'One Person At This Table,' And JD Vance Has Questions

Censorship

Elon Musk

State Department

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