Searchable News & Info From Reliable Online Sources.
- Trump Flips Out at Gas Companies Over ‘Totally Illegal’ Gouging: ‘DROP YOU...
AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana President Donald Trump warned energy companies on Monday to lower gas prices and accused them of “totally illegal” price gouging. As of Monday, the national average for a gallon of gas was $3.86 after hitting about $4.50 in recent months. Crude oil, meanwhile, is hovering around $70 a barrel after topping $100 on several occasions since February, when the U.S. and Israel launched the war against Iran. In response, Iran effectively shuttered the Strait of Hormuz, where 20% of the world’s oil flows. The war is technically ongoing, but the U.S. and Iran are currently in a tenuous ceasefire that apparently has investors feeling optimistic. Over on Truth Social, Trump escalated his attacks on gas retailers and demanded that they lower their prices. He alleged that the companies are engaged in “totally illegal” price gouging (which he spelled ‘gauging’), and said if prices do not come down, there will be “big problems ahead”: Gasoline Retailers must get their Prices down, IMMEDIATELY! They’re too high considering that Oil is now at $68 a Barrel, and heading south. The Retailers must quickly react to this statement, and do what they know is right — DROP YOUR PRICE FOR OUR GREAT AMERICAN PEOPLE! There will be no gauging, which is totally illegal. If Retailers don’t do this, big problems lie ahead! Start targeting around the $2.50 a Gallon number, and California should stop charging such heavy Taxes on their Gasoline. Soon the Tax will be higher than the Product itself, and the United States will not stand for it, nor will the People of California, who are being abused by these ridiculous Taxes, and by their own Government. President DONALD J. TRUMP Last week, the president claimed his administration was “doing a big investigation” into gas prices. “It’s ExxonMobil, it’s Chevron, it’s, uh, Shell, it’s, uh, BP, it’s a lot of ’em,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday. “The gasoline, or the oil prices, have come down so much, and we are not seeing anything at the pump by comparison to what it should be. We should be, in my opinion, at $2.25 right now at the pump.” In late May, Trump downplayed gas prices, which were markedly higher then. “Look, as soon as this war is over, gas is going to– you know, I had gasoline down to $1.85 in Iowa,” he said at… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Trump Names Replacement for Labor Secretary He Ousted Amid Embarrassing Allegati...
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin President Donald Trump has nominated Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling to take on the job permanently, which will need Senate approval. Sonderling has been in the acting role since April 2026, when former scandal-plagued Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned. Among the allegations against her, which she has repeatedly denied, are the mishandling of department funds, inappropriate relations with staff, and drinking on the job. While the White House and Labor Department initially called the allegations against her “baseless,” those denials became more muted over time as further reports of wrongdoing emerged. A New York Times report released just days before her resignation stated that the Labor Department’s inspector general was investigating Chavez-DeRemer, her top aides and family members for regularly sending personal requests and messages to young staff members. Sonderling served as Chavez-DeRemer’s deputy for more than a year before her resignation and served as acting administrator of the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division during Trump’s first term. The president announced his nomination of Sonderling for the permanent position on Truth Social, writing: It is my Great Honor to announce that I am nominating Keith E. Sonderling, the outstanding Acting United States Secretary of Labor, to be permanent. Keith previously served as Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer and, during my First Term, worked at the U.S. Department of Labor as the Acting and Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. Throughout his career, Keith has proven his dedication to delivering strong results for the Hardworking People of our Country, and I know he will do an incredible job in his new role. Thank you for your attention to this matter! The position requires Senate approval. Sonderling was confirmed to be Deputy Secretary of Labor last year in a 53-46 vote along party lines. The post Trump Names Replacement for Labor Secretary He Ousted Amid Embarrassing Allegations first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - At Least 100 Venezuelans Deported by U.S. Are Missing in Earthquake Rubble After...
Screenshot via CNN At least 100 people deported from the U.S. hours before deadly earthquakes struck Venezuela are missing beneath rubble amid the ongoing search for survivors, according to a new report by the Associated Press. The death toll has surpassed 1,700 after major back-to-back 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck the country on June 24. Five days later, rescuers are miraculously still pulling survivors out from the rubble, including a 21-year-old man. One hundred and forty-six Venezuelans, seven children and nineteen women among them, were reportedly on a deportation flight from Miami that landed in Venezuela just hours before the first earthquake. They were taken to Hotel Santuario La Llanada in La Guaira, which collapsed amid the earthquakes. More than one hundred of the deportees remain missing. AP spoke to one survivor, Lisbeth Portillo, who escaped the hotel rubble with approximately 20 others and reported seeing people running naked and barefoot through the streets as they also escaped the rubble. “We walked about five kilometers, and I cried and cried … there was no communication,” Portillo told AP in a phone interview from Maracaibo, Venezuela, as she added through tears, “I was born again. God gave me a second chance. I am traumatized.” When the earthquakes struck, Portillo said she was in a second-floor hotel room with sixteen other women. “I fall and end up buried and covered by a beam, but the shaking shifted everything where I was buried and I was able to get out,” Portillo, who is now covered in bruises, told AP of her experience as the second earthquake hit. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not respond to a request for comment, per AP. Citing the ICE Flight Monitor, created by the Human Rights Initiative, AP reported there have been 288 deportation flights to 38 countries since May 2026, including 12 deportation flights to Venezuela in the month of May alone. Up until February 2025, there had been a break in deportation flights to Venezuela.The post At Least 100 Venezuelans Deported by U.S. Are Missing in Earthquake Rubble After Hotel Collapse first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - CNN’s Daniel Dale Shreds Trump’s ‘Long-Debunked Lies’ on Latest Supreme ...
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File CNN senior reporter Daniel Dale is a frequent recycler of his fact checks, and did so again on Monday in the wake of several rulings from the United States Supreme Court — and some “long-debunked lies” issued in response by President Donald Trump. The nation’s highest court issued four opinions Monday: Watson v. Republican National Committee (holding that nothing in the federal election laws prohibits a state from counting absentee ballots postmarked on Election Day and received up to five days after), Trump v. Cook (preventing Trump from firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, allowing her to remain in her position while her litigation progresses), Chatrie v. United States (a “geofence warrant” of Google’s location data from cellphones was a search for Fourth Amendment purposes), and Trump v. Slaughter (overturning major restraint on the president’s power to fire FTC commissioner). Trump gloated over the Slaughter ruling, writing a Truth Social post crowing that the opinion was “greatly increasing Presidential Power at a time when it is most needed!” He had the opposite reaction to Watson, voicing his displeasure during an Oval Office chat with reporters Monday. The president had “repeated long-debunked lies” during his remarks, wrote Dale, specifically regarding the Watson ruling and the opinion on birthright citizenship, which will be released on Tuesday. President Trump repeated long-debunked lies while talking about the Supreme Court ruling today on mail-in ballots and the ruling expected tomorrow on birthright citizenship. Quick fact check of some of his claims: 1) Falsely claimed mail-in voting is “really dishonest"; it's a… — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 29, 2026 Dale wrote a “[q]uick fact check of some of his claims”: 1) Falsely claimed mail-in voting is “really dishonest”; it’s a legitimate voting method used by legitimate voters, including Trump himself. to cast legitimate ballots. All evidence shows fraud rates are tiny even though they’re slightly higher than with in-person voting. 2) Falsely described what Jimmy Carter and a Carter-led 2005 commission said about mail-in ballots; Carter didn’t say “you can’t have them” and the commission didn’t say cheating was inevitable when they’re used. Though the commission was skeptical of mail-in voting, it also: highlighted how Oregon was holding successful mail-only elections by introducing key safeguards; offered recommendations for making mail-in voting more secure; said further research was needed on the pros and cons. 3) Falsely claimed of bithright… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - MAGA Raves About Controversial Anti-Immigrant Movie Banned in Germany: ‘A Must...
Screenshot The MAGA base has been celebrating the unexpected success of a controversial anti-immigrant film that was banned in Germany. Citizen Vigilante, director by German filmmaker Uwe Boll, was released June 19. The movie follows an American man living in Europe who acts as a vigilante killing criminals. The man is played by Armie Hammer, who rose to fame for his role at the Winklevoss twins in the 2010 movie The Social Network. He was blacklisted from Hollywood following sexual abuse allegations in 2021, police ultimately decided not to charge him. Prior to the film’s premiere, Citizen Vigilante was already making headlines when it was not given a rating in Germany — effectively banning it from releasing in the country. Critics have accused the film of glorifying violence against Muslim immigrants, with one scene showing Hammer’s character shooting and killing an unarmed family inside a home. The discourse surrounding the movie eventually got the attention of Elon Musk. As a show of support for Boll’s work, Musk posted Citizen Vigilante in its entirety on X/Twitter in a now-deleted tweet. Others have since reposted it, making the movie available to watch for free on the site. Supporters of the movie have since taken to social media to encourage others to watch it. Political pundit Patrick Bet-David claimed Citizen Vigilante “taps into the rage millions of people feel when their own government won’t protect them or their kids.” “No wonder Germany and several other countries banned it,” Bet-David said. “A must watch.” Watched Citizen Vigilante last night. There's a reason it's the #1 movie on Apple. It taps into the rage millions of people feel when their own government won't protect them or their kids. No wonder Germany and several other countries banned it. A must watch. pic.twitter.com/PZxxz9MvAz — Patrick Bet-David (@patrickbetdavid) June 29, 2026 Popular right-wing account Libs of TikTok posted a screenshot showing the movie had become a top seller on Amazon. The account called the movie’s success “the biggest F U to Germany and the open border globalists who really don’t want you to see this movie.” Citizen Vigilante just hit #1 on Amazon Prime! This is the biggest F U to Germany and the open border globalists who really don’t want you to see this movie https://t.co/f7f7RIwjxg pic.twitter.com/JckbaE3Qf4 — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 28, 2026 Countless other accounts praised Citizen Vigilante… [TheTopNews] Read More.4 hours ago - Burgum Bungles U.S. History on Fox News With Erroneous Claim About the Founding
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum botched a bit of U.S. history on Monday, claiming that George Washington was president on the country’s first birthday. For good measure, the secretary also bungled a bit of trivia about Theodore Roosevelt. Burgum appeared on America Reports on Fox News, which was broadcasting live from the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump has promoted the event to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American founding, which, of course, will be on July 4. On Monday, Trump said his administration did “a fantastic job” putting the event together on the National Mall. Though the president said the venue was “packed with happy people,” attendance has been sparse so far. “Get out and visit one of our amazing parks,” Burgum said, referring to U.S. national parks, before crediting Theodore Roosevelt for establishing several national parks during his administration. The secretary then launched into a timeline of notable anniversaries of the country’s founding and the presidents that marked them, stating: And [Theodore Roosevelt] was president [for] the 125th,” Burgum said. “So, I think we had Washington in the first. We had T.R. at the 125th, and we got President Trump at the 250. All three of them, remarkable change-makers moving our country forward. The U.S. was founded in 1776, but Washington did not become the first president until 1789, after the Constitution was ratified the previous year. Before the Constitution, the country was governed by the Articles of Confederation, which provided for a weak federal government that lacked the ability to levy taxes and could not provide basic functions. Additionally, the country’s 125th birthday occurred on July 4, 1901. At the time, William McKinley was president. Two months later, he was assassinated in Buffalo, New York, and his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, was sworn into office. Watch above via Fox News.The post Burgum Bungles U.S. History on Fox News With Erroneous Claim About the Founding first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.5 hours ago
The Searchable USWebDaily.com and TheTopNews NewsBank Helps You Be Better Informed, Faster! Spread The Word.
