Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.
“Following public outcry, the U.S. Department of Education has restored funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, about a month after cutting it.”
“Immigration and Customs Enforcement saw one of its deadliest years on record in fiscal year 2025, with 21 immigrants dying in the agency’s detention centers across the country.”
“[F]ederal agents, in an effort to block the ambulance’s departure, stood directly in front of the vehicle… the ambulance operator put the vehicle into park, causing it to lurch forward slightly…the federal agents did not like this—so much so that an agent threatened to shoot and arrest the driver.”
“Hegseth has railed against ‘woke garbage’ and purged department materials of any mention of [DEI]. But in 2013, as a Harvard Kennedy School masters student, Hegseth advocated for the creation of a public high school… that would ‘emphasize equity’ and prioritize a ‘diverse student body.’”
“A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism has left the US, a day after he was blocked from boarding a flight to Spain, following a White House event where Donald Trump promised ‘very threatening’ steps against antifa activists.”
“[L]ast Friday, the administration quietly published guidance from the Agriculture Department saying that states must implement the new SNAP requirements by November 1, an impossibly tight deadline. The fast turnaround almost certainly means states will struggle to meet it and could make mistakes.”
“But at least one team at Immigration and Customs Enforcement isn’t going into work: the Office of Detention Oversight, which inspects detention centers to ensure they meet federal standards for the safe and humane treatment of immigrants.”
“Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE, 404 Media has learned… Eyes Up, meanwhile, was more of an aggregation service pooling together information to preserve evidence in case the material is needed in the future in court.”
The filing of the class action lawsuit has received no coverage in the mainstream media. CNN, NBC News, the New York Times, and Marketwatch ignored the story.
And yet, over the last few days, all of those outlets published one or more articles promoting Prime Day sales to their readers.
In July, Popular Information published an exposé about Amazon’s Prime Day, demonstrating how the retailer deploys deceptive tactics to exaggerate its markdowns.
In September, two customers filed a federal class-action lawsuit in Washington against Amazon, citing the same practices.
“On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart.”
“Professors decided to delay lessons that contained those terms, in part because ‘there isn’t a synonym for transgender.’ But they were concerned: Removing such instruction would undercut the school’s mission to prepare health workers for underserved West Texas communities, the professor said.”
“States that embrace renewable energy are far more likely to save money for electricity consumers than those relying on fossil fuels or nuclear power… findings that undermine one of the Trump administration’s main justifications for its aggressive rollback of federal clean energy policies.”
The two companies that will operate the mine are South32 Limited and Trilogy Metals. Trump also announced that the U.S. will purchase a 10% stake in Trilogy Metals.
Paulson owns 14,326,996 shares of Trilogy Metals, about 8.7% of the company, making him the company’s third-largest shareholder.
John Paulson has been hosting high-dollar fundraisers for Trump since 2016. On October 6, Trump returned the favor.
In a Presidential Memorandum, Trump announced that he was approving the construction of a road through the Alaskan wilderness that will allow for the mining of valuable minerals.
The push to ban TikTok in the U.S. began with allegations that it was undermining the Israeli government.
It now seems poised to end with tech oligarch Larry Ellison, a close ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, overseeing the video platform’s powerful algorithm.
“Michael Ellis, the deputy director of the C.I.A., has abruptly demoted a career lawyer who had been serving as the agency’s acting general counsel since January and installed himself in that role, according to people familiar with the matter.”
A Popular Information review of The Free Press’ work, however, reveals that the publication repeatedly distorted the truth to conform to its right-wing ideological agenda.
In 2021, Weiss founded The Free Press. Along with hiring Weiss, Paramount purchased The Free Press for a reported $150 million.
In her initial note to CBS News staff, Weiss said that she was committed to producing journalism that was “fair,” “factual,” and “tell[s] the truth plainly.”
On Monday, Paramount announced that it would hire former NYT opinion columnist and anti-woke crusader Bari Weiss to be the new editor-in-chief of CBS News. She has no experience in broadcast news.
“President Trump on Sunday revealed a new detail about the hyped UFC fight set to take place on the South Lawn of the White House: It’ll occur on June 14, which is also his 80th birthday.”
“Several journalists resigned this week from three newspapers in Alaska after the publications’ corporate owner made significant edits to an article about Charlie Kirk’s death, appearing to yield to pressure from a Republican state lawmaker who had criticized the coverage.”
