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- Reporter Details Bizarre Trump Demand: ‘It Was Important to Him To Have a Full...
President Donald Trump demanded that White House staff ensure the Residence was equipped with a full carpeted bathroom upon taking office again, according to the authors of a new book. New York Times reporters Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman discussed their book, Regime Change, on Wednesday’s All In on MS NOW, where host Chris Hayes read an excerpt describing the unusual request. “New carpet was laid in the bathroom on Inauguration Day, as before,” the authors wrote. “Trump’s preference for a fully carpeted bathroom had posed a challenge for the Residence staff during his first term. The portion nearest the shower would often be soaked through; the staff was never quite sure why, but they worried about mold growing underneath.” Hayes confessed that he had not seen such an arrangement. “I’ve never in my life encountered carpeting in the bathroom, but this apparently is a real Donald Trump must-have,” he said. “Yes,” Swan replied. “It was important to him to have a fully carpeted bathroom and Residence staff solution to the damp problem, or the potential mold problem was to get essentially a small piece of carpet and overlay it as if it was a bath mat on top of the carpet in front of the shower, and then substitute and rotate that carpeting. So, we do have some details from inside the residence, including some disputes and tensions between the president and the First Lady over the interior decorating and renovating.” Swan and Haberman reported that the president and First Lady Melania Trump repeatedly clashed over the interior decorating in the White House. “I think it was a pretty one-sided battle,” Haberman told CNN last week. “But it is absolutely true that while she was not there, in the early stages of this second presidency, the president was very focused, as he has been a lot, on decorating and decor, and she had items in the center hall of the residence that were put where, as the residence staff understood, she wanted them to be.” She added that when the First Lady was absent, Trump would take some of the items and put them in his room or the Oval Office. Watch above via MS NOW.The post Reporter Details Bizarre Trump Demand: ‘It Was Important to Him To Have a Fully Carpeted Bathroom’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - Trump Voter Tells MS NOW the President ‘Has Enough Money Already’ and to ‘...Two individuals who voted for President Donald Trump in 2024 told MS NOW on Wednesday that he “should just concentrate on being the president,” adding that he “has enough money already.” The interview, conducted by MS NOW’s Laura Barrón-López, took place at Trump’s Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., where sparse crowds have drawn widespread attention in recent days. Barrón-López asked the voters about Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure report, which went public this week, and revealed the president earned roughly $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency ventures last year. “Do you think that’s appropriate for the president to be doing while he’s in office?” the MS NOW reporter asked. “I actually don’t,” replied one of the voters. “No. I don’t think that’s appropriate. I think, you know, if you’re in the office, take your salary; your investments are in the hands of third parties that you don’t have any influence over.” “I think he should just concentrate on being the president,” the other voter added to MS NOW. “I think he has enough money already.” MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace went on to repeat the comment that Trump “has enough money already,” adding, “I do too, but those folks are people who voted for Donald Trump 18 months ago.” Those voters aren’t the only ones raising concerns. The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board published a pointed critique of the Trump family’s financial dealings on Wednesday, accusing them of “cashing in on the Presidency in big and sketchy ways.” The piece pointed to the family’s crypto earnings, foreign business ties, and investments connected to government-backed projects before arguing that, even if legal, the arrangements amounted to “an unseemly display of using the Presidency for family profit.” “Americans, and especially his supporters, deserve better from this or any President,” the WSJ editorial board concluded. Watch the full clip above via MS NOW.The post Trump Voter Tells MS NOW the President ‘Has Enough Money Already’ and to ‘Just Concentrate’ on Job first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago
- WSJ Editorial Board Accuses Trump Family of ‘Cashing In on the Presidency in B...
AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File President Donald Trump and his family’s financial dealings drew sharp criticism from The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board on Wednesday, with the conservative newspaper accusing the Trumps of “cashing in on the Presidency in big and sketchy ways.” The editorial centered on Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure report, arguing that while many Americans continue to struggle economically, the president and his family have amassed enormous wealth through a series of business ventures tied to the crypto industry and other investments. “The Trump clan is cashing in on the Presidency in big and sketchy ways,” it began. According to the Journal, the report shows Trump earned roughly $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency ventures last year. The editorial says that included $635 million in royalties from Trump’s memecoin, which launched shortly before his inauguration, as well as another $593 million from token and equity sales connected to World Liberty Financial. The publication noted that the company was co-founded by Trump, his sons, and special envoy Steve Witkoff, while Witkoff’s son, Zach Witkoff, serves as CEO. The editorial also revisited concerns about World Liberty Financial’s overseas business relationships, citing previous reporting on deals involving foreign entities that it said “may have been trying to buy influence with the Administration.” Among the examples cited were DWF Labs, a crypto company based in the United Arab Emirates, and the government of Pakistan. The board also highlighted Abu Dhabi’s use of World Liberty’s stablecoin in an investment involving Binance. Beyond cryptocurrency, the Journal argued that members of the Trump family have also benefited financially from investments tied to industries receiving federal backing. It pointed to parts of the disclosure showing gains from shares in critical minerals company MP Materials, as well as investments by Donald Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm in Vulcan Elements before the company received a $620 million government loan. The editorial additionally noted that a firm partly owned by Trump Jr. and Eric Trump invested in a company supporting a tungsten mining project in Kazakhstan before the administration announced a minerals agreement with the country. “Assuming all of this is legal, it’s still an unseemly display of using the Presidency for family profit,” the editorial board wrote. “It’s hard to believe the Trump boys would be able to do the same deals if Dad wasn’t in the Oval Office.” “If Democrats take back the House or Senate this November, they will… [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago - Illinois Approves Bill to Protect Journalists From University Review
Illinois State Capitol Building on May 11. Credit: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Illinois lawmakers have approved a bill designed to protect the editorial independence of public radio and TV stations affiliated with the state’s colleges and universities. It’s the first state in the U.S. that has approved such legislation, according to the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council. In Illinois, the schools affilated include University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois University and public community colleges subject to the Public Community College Act. House Bill 4420 was sponsored by Sen. Dave Koehler (D-Peoria) and signed into law by Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker on June 26. It modifies the existing College Campus Press Act to shield public media editors and reporters from prior review by university officials. The change in law allows an employee or agent of an entity that creates or distributes public media at a state-supported institution of higher learning to bring a civil action for injunctive or declaratory relief if the act is violated. “Denying editorial independence to our aspiring journalists and professional journalists on campus is denying our communities honest stories about the real events taking place on and off campus,” Koehler said. The bill was first introduced last year but failed to pass, according to Current. The law takes effect Jan. 1. The Illinois Public Broadcasting Council represents 12 public radio and television stations across the state. [Do you receive the Radio World SmartBrief newsletter each weekday morning? We invite you to sign up here.] The post Illinois Approves Bill to Protect Journalists From University Review appeared first on Radio World. [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago - Jake Tapper Confronts Comer About ‘Eye-Popping $2.2 Billion’ Trump Made Last...CNN’s Jake Tapper questioned Rep. James Comer (R-KY) about the staggering amounts of money President Donald Trump made last year, about $2.2 billion to be exact. In a 927-page disclosure released on Tuesday, the president revealed that he made more than $1 billion in his crypto ventures last year, including $636 million via a Trump Organization affiliate responsible for the $TRUMP memecoin and nearly $600 million in income at World Liberty Financial, which Trump and his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump co-founded. About half of WLF was purchased last year by an investment firm backed by the United Arab Emirates. Overall, Trump made at least $2.2 billion in 2025. Comer appeared on Wednesday’s episode of The Lead, where Tapper pointed to the closure and noted that Comer – as head of the House Oversight Committee – had investigated the Biden family over alleged self-dealing and influence-peddling: TAPPER: President Trump, as is required by law, filed his financial disclosures for 2025 and revealed he had made an eye-popping $2.2 billion last year, including more than $1 billion from crypto-related ventures. Today, he’s showing off the new Air Force One, gifted by Qatar that was retrofitted using taxpayer funds and is probably going to end up with him in Florida, perhaps at the Trump library. He’s denying any conflict-of-interest concerns. Obviously, you investigated the Biden family over potentially improper financial activities related to, ties to power, whether Biden, as vice president or president. Do any of President Trump’s activities concern you? COMER: Well, first of all, the difference in Trump and Biden is Trump’s putting him on his disclosure form. So, he’s being transparent about, uh, the great amount of wealth that he’s accumulated over the past 12 months. Whereas the Biden family were not transparent and to this day have not admitted what I believe you, and I have talked about before. They were taking money from other countries. Now, uh, do I like what President Trump’s doing? I mean, that’s, uh, you know, obviously another discussion. But at the end of the day, what he’s what he’s done is he’s filled out his disclosure form. And I don’t think he’s left anything out. Uh, so he’s, he’s in compliance with the law. I think the laws should be looked at with respect to what assets and what type of income a president and their family should be allowed to earn while the… [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
- Trump Recalls ‘Conversation’ With Theodore Roosevelt — Who Died 27 Years B...President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he once had a “conversation” with former President Theodore Roosevelt about the Panama Canal, even though Roosevelt died in 1919 — nearly three decades before Trump was born in 1946. During a speech at the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota, Trump said, “I even had a conversation with Theodore Roosevelt. I said, ‘What do you think about the Panama Canal? Do you consider that your greatest achievement? How do you feel about the fact that the Democrats gave the Panama Canal away to Panama for $1?” Yet according to Trump’s communications advisor, Margo Martin, it seems the president was actually referring to an artificially generated Roosevelt on display in the new library. Martin’s Wednesday post on X shows Trump, alongside Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, asking questions of the AI rendition before his speech. President Trump asks AI President Roosevelt…“Do you consider the Panama Canal your greatest achievement?” pic.twitter.com/zvfDCL2sKS — Margo Martin (@MargoMartin47) July 1, 2026 Nonetheless, the president again repeated the unfounded claim that the canal was sold to Panama for $1, a detail that no parts of the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties, negotiated by former President Jimmy Carter, mention. After Trump made the claim once more on Wednesday, the crowd booed audibly, not at the president but at “the Democrats” who “gave the Panama Canal away to Panama for $1.” Trump continued of Roosevelt, “You know, he built the Panama Canal, preceded, really, by a man who was actually, he was the ‘Tariff King,’ [former President] William McKinley. He was the president, and they took his name off Mount McKinley, and I put it back on because it deserved it.” Also during Wednesday’s speech, Trump fantasized about joining Roosevelt as part of a father-son duo to receive the Medal of Honor, joking that he would simply award the nation’s highest military decoration to himself and one of his sons. Of his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, both in the audience, the president said, “We’ll have a threesome. I’ll pick out one of the two [to award the medal].” Watch the clip above via Fox News.The post Trump Recalls ‘Conversation’ With Theodore Roosevelt — Who Died 27 Years Before He Was Born first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.6 hours ago
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