President Donald Trump’s feud with Elon Musk showed no sign of reconciliation Friday. Recent reports revealed that the president considered giving away his Tesla in response to Elon’s public attacks on Trump’s spending bill and accusing him of being in the Epstein files.  Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy reported that in the face of Musk’s outburst on X, Trump is contemplating what to do with his Tesla. “We are being told that Tesla is still sitting there—The red Tesla with Florida tags is either being given away or sold off,” Doocy’s said on Fox. “Trump bought it during a Tesla demo on the South Lawn a few months to try and help Elon Musk’s business.”  Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, there have been numerous cases of vandalism targeting Tesla drivers, vehicles, dealerships and charging stations across America amid protests against Musk and his role in the administration.  Doocy addressed claims that Trump’s staffers were scheduling a phone call with Musk in an attempt to deescalate the feud, saying that was not something they were tracking. “It is possible that some staffers might try to talk to Musk, but no Trump and Musk call.”  Moreover, Trump himself is showing no interest in talking with Musk right now. “I’m not even thinking about Elon. He’s got a problem. The poor guy’s got a problem,” Trump said during a phone call with CNN. “No. I won’t be speaking to him for a while I guess, but I wish him well.” The response from the president came after Musk accused him on X of being in the Epstein files, explaining that this is “the real reason they have not been made public.”   Musk started to show signs of discontent on Tuesday when he angrily criticized the dubbed the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” deeming it a “disgusting abomination” on X.  Trump responded Thursday to the tantrum saying on Truth Social that he would have preferred for Musk to criticize him personally instead of going after the spending package.  “I don’t mind Elon turning against me, but he should have done so months ago. This is one of the Greatest Bills ever presented to Congress,” Trump said. “It’s a Record Cut in Expenses, $1.6 Trillion Dollars, and the Biggest Tax Cut ever given. If this Bill doesn’t pass, there will be a 68% Tax Increase, and things far worse than that.”  Following the escalation of the feud, Tesla stock fell 4.2% Thursday to $284.70. This marks the 11th-worst single trading day for Tesla since the company went public in 2010.  The post As the Feud Persists, Trump Considers Giving Away His Tesla  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Some House Republicans say they would rather use Department of Government Efficiency savings to pay off the national debt than to hand out the funds to taxpayers. President Donald Trump floated giving $5,000 stimulus checks to taxpaying households in February, saying: “We’re thinking about giving 20% back to the American citizens, and 20% down to pay back debt.” Investment CEO James Fishback first proposed the idea of a one-time payment of $5,000 for eligible taxpayers. The checks were to be funded with 20% of the $2 trillion in federal budget cuts Elon Musk said could be achieved, meaning around $400 billion split between 79 million taxpaying households. Fishback “continue[s] to advise the effort from the outside and will fight to ensure that a chunk of identified savings are sent back to hard-working American,” he told The Daily Signal in an email. But fiscal conservatives in the House of Representatives would rather see DOGE savings entirely go toward paying off the debt, some tell The Daily Signal. Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., said he is not a fan of using the DOGE cuts as a rebate. “We kind of got in the situation that we’re in by just sending checks to people, and we got a $36 trillion debt headed toward 37 rapidly,” Harris told The Daily Signal. “It’s going to make far more sense for any savings that we find to make sure that we get that debt under control, bend that curve, and make sure that we get our country on a really fiscally sound financial footing.” “What is going to help us get there is what I’m interested in, which is why I’m a big fan of doing this reconciliation package and the rescission package that’s going to be coming our way,” Harris continued. At this time, the Trump administration is focused on passing the “big beautiful bill,” which cuts taxes to make sure Americans have more money in their pockets, a White House official told The Daily Signal. The White House has no plans to pursue DOGE stimulus checks at this time, the official said. Harris said taxpayers are better served by cutting away at the debt and improving the economy, than by getting a check in the mail. “When we’ve got this huge debt, and we found this wasted spending, why would we not take that and pay it off?” Harris asked. “It’s kind of like paying your credit card off before you start buying the vacation home. The American people overall, most of them recognize the benefit that we have from from really getting our nation on a more stable financial footing.” The North Carolina congressman speculated that Elon Musk himself would likely oppose DOGE stimulus checks. “He’s pretty sound now in the idea that we’ve got to control our spending, and the idea of spending more money just to send out checks to the taxpayer, is maybe something that would be more concerning to him,” Harris said. Musk has called Trump’s “big beautiful bill” a “massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill” and “a disgusting abomination,” arguing it doesn’t lower the national debt. Harris’ Republican colleagues are more concerned with solidifying DOGE cuts than with authorizing stimulus checks, Harris said. “We all ran on the issue of doing government differently,” Harris said. “We all ran on moving the president’s agenda forward. We all ran on getting our fiscal house in order. And I think that that’s what people are most interested in, at least here on the hill, is making some wise decisions to do what we need to do.” Historically speaking, to authorize the checks, Congress would have to pass a tax credit, similar to the process of distributing funds during the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provided Economic Impact Payments of up to $1,400 for eligible individuals or $2,800 for married couples filing jointly. The “big beautiful bill” will be stimulative on its own, Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., told The Daily Signal. “It doesn’t need an additional cash infusion to folks, which could potentially be inflationary,” Huizenga said. “To me, with $36 trillion in debt, the most responsible thing that we can do is is apply that,” he continued, “and start trying to tackle our massive debt.” For Rep. Mike Cloud, R-Texas, the priority is decreasing the debt so it’s not passed on to the next generation. Checks aren’t the best way to stimulate the economy, he said. “What we can do, and President Trump’s great at this, is find creative ways to grow the economy and and grow our way out of this, while we get a hold of in Congress our federal spending, that’s way out of hand, to get rid of our spending addiction,” Cloud said. “That’s the only way that we’re going to correct course, and the only way that we’re going to pass on the assumptions of prosperity and the liberties that we’ve inherited to our kids and our grandkids.” Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, agreed that the “big beautiful bill” is the best way to deliver on promises to voters. “DOGE savings coupled with tax cuts will ensure Iowans and Americans can keep more of their hard earned money in their pockets while also restoring fiscal sanity and addressing deficit spending,” inson told The Daily Signal. The post ‘Pay the Credit Card Before the Vacation’: Conservatives Prefer Debt Payoff to DOGE Checks appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Lauren Jackson started off Wednesday’s edition of the New York Times newsletter “The Morning” with anti-Israel bias: “Deadly Aid Deliveries in Gaza -- Israel’s troops have repeatedly shot near food distribution sites.” Jackson previously covered the United Nations, and knee-jerk favoritism for her old beat, and distrust of anything said by Israel, is peppered throughout the report. On top of that, according to her resume on LinkedIn, Jackson worked for the United Nations as a research fellow in 2016. Jackson’s piece was shot through with hostility toward the Israel point of view, stacked with loaded assumptions with dubious sourcing from the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, and made extremely dubious claims with no evidence that Israeli Defense Forces attacked Gazans scrambling for food at aid centers. The subhead provided the flavor: “Israel’s decision to change how food is distributed in Gaza hasn’t just been disruptive -- it has been deadly.” The war has decimated farmland that once grew wheat and olives, and without crops or food shipments, Gaza has become the “hungriest place on Earth,” according to the U.N. As the first cardboard boxes of food arrived, people sprinted, scaled barriers and joined surging crowds to get them. And Israeli troops stationed near the aid sites have repeatedly opened fire. Nearly 50 people have been killed and dozens wounded, according to Red Cross officials. Jackson “explains” things through the lens of the Israeli-hostile United Nations. Aid groups say their work has been unsafe and constrained: Israel has targeted aid convoys and facilities that it erroneously determined to be a threat and repeatedly blocked deliveries. At the same time, Israel said some aid workers had ties to Hamas. And it claimed that Hamas had diverted many of the supplies. (That couldn’t be verified by The Times, and the U.N. said it was exaggerated.) Well if the U.N. says so! The U.N. has admitted that aid workers had ties to Hamas – it’s not just something “Israel said.” So last week, Israel implemented a new system. It transferred the responsibility to a private group called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which pays American contractors to deliver food. Israel conceived of the plan and said the process would be “neutral” and “independent,” but the group’s leader said he didn’t think that was possible, so he resigned. Let's pause to consider the wonder of one war combatant providing food to the other -- an enemy that would wipe Israel off the map if they could. Hungry Palestinians have walked for miles and gathered before dawn at the distribution sites. The crowds have panicked and shoved in the dark for a chance to get one of the limited cardboard boxes of food. Israeli soldiers stationed near the sites have repeatedly opened fire. The circumstances are contested, but the Red Cross reported that at least 27 people were killed yesterday morning and at least 21 people were killed in a shooting on Sunday. It was as if only Hamas and the Red Cross were to be taken at face value, not Israel’s explanations. In response to one shooting, the military said the troops had fired near “a few” people who it said had strayed from the designated route to a food site and who did not respond to warning shots. The statement said these people had “posed a threat” to soldiers, though a military spokeswoman declined to explain the nature of the threat. One of the causes of the “chaos,” according to Jackson, was to blame Israel’s military strategy, and again she took the word of the operationally anti-Semitic United Nations. Military strategy: Israel says the new system is needed to stop Hamas stealing, stockpiling and selling food, all of which could help the group, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization, sustain its power. The U.N. claims Israel may have another goal -- displacing people from northern Gaza by concentrating aid sites in the south.

The Stephens Family YMCA in Champaign, Illinois, will host a disturbing program centered around the sexuality of young children.To make matters worse, the supposed Christian nonprofit has partnered with an activist organization that is willing to provide "gender affirming" clothing to "any age."The Stephens Family YMCA proudly boasts a diversity, equity, and inclusion policy on its website and says it is "prioritizing equity" in all that it does.'Stephens Family YMCA is a nonprofit association committed to a mission of putting Christian principles into practice ...'With a commitment to implementing DEI programs, the organization seems to be working in line with its mission statement with its 2025 summer camp called "Camp Kaleidoscope."The summer camp is for "LGBTQ+ youth or youth who are part of LGBTQ+ families" and promises to provide children with a "safe space," where they can "experience character growth and development."There are two four-day camps: June 23 to 27 for 2nd to 5th graders and July 14 to 18 for 6th to 9th graders. Both cost $250.The goal of the camp, the guide states, is to let youth "who are part of the LGBTQ+ community to be authentically themselves."RELATED: 'Honey, I'm a woman': Mom says she, her 7-year-old girl saw naked male in YMCA female locker room who brushed off her protest Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe gay camp will run in collaboration with Uniting Pride of Champaign County, an activist group that provides sex- and gender-based literature aimed at children and cross-dressing clothing to "any age."As reported by the Daily Wire, Uniting Pride openly says it will provide free chest binders, waist cinchers, or "tucking underwear" to "anyone of any age."Chest binders are meant to flatten women's breasts to make them appear more masculine, while waist cinchers are to narrow a man's waist. Tucking underwear is meant to conceal a man's genitals.The organization welcomes donations of used undergarments but requests they are in "generally good condition and be free of stains and scents of any kind."Additionally, the organization offers "free sizing consultations" for the garments.RELATED: Ex-NFL player rescues 80-year-old man from near-fatal beating in YMCA locker room Uniting Pride also loans out gender ideology literature aimed at children. Titles include: "A Kids Book About Being Transgender," "Drag Teen," and "You Be You! The Kid’s Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family."The pro-transgender organization is certainly a peculiar one for the Stephens Family YMCA to partner with given its mission statement that positions itself as a Christian nonprofit."Stephens Family YMCA is a nonprofit association committed to a mission of putting Christian principles into practice through programs that build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all," the website reads.The location allegedly has a chapel, too. In late 2024, a local reporter from WCIA News reminisced about how she often spent time in the YMCA's chapel when she had two young children, bringing her kids there as she completed school work.The nonprofit's mission statement is doubly confusing when taking some of the location's policies into consideration.In the Stephens Family YMCA membership handbook, locker room policies state that all members will have access to "restroom and locker room facilities that correspond to their self-identified, self-reported gender identity to the extent permitted by applicable law."Yet at the same time, parents with children of the opposite gender are to use the family locker room."The YMCA's prioritization of gender ideology over child safety ought to gravely concern any parent considering sending their child to summer camps or activities," Alleigh Marré, executive director of American Parents Coalition, said in a statement to Blaze News.She added, "Children deserve activist- and agenda-free summer fun, and parents deserve transparency from the organizations they entrust to care for their children."Stephens Family YMCA did not respond to Blaze News' request for comment.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Anti-Semitic threats and acts of violence in the U.S. are surging amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, fueled by supporters of the terrorist group Hamas.Such threats pushed organizers of an annual pro-Israel gathering in Texas to abruptly and indefinitely postpone their event.'The first [summit] was held in Nashville and, ironically, was nearly canceled due to threats from pro-Hamas thugs.'The Israel Summit — hosted by HaYovel and its media initiative, the Israel Guys — was scheduled to be held in Dallas, Texas, from June 9 to 11.HaYovel expected to host over 1,000 attendees but instead announced this week that it would postpone the summit, after the organization received numerous threats from American pro-Palestine and pro-Hamas groups.Luke Hilton, HaYovel's chief operating officer, told Blaze News that the heightened threat levels forced the organization to switch venues twice mere days before the event. RELATED: Firebombing terror suspect recorded himself declaring jihad is greater than Zionists before heinous attack: Report Israel Summit 2024. Image Source: HaYovel"Indirect and direct threats were issued both against our organization, the Israel Summit, and against the venue who were hosting us," Hilton stated. The organization estimated that the "overwhelming security burden" would have cost "hundreds of thousands of dollars." HaYovel highlighted the "sobering reality" that "peaceful, pro-Israel gatherings in America increasingly require extraordinary security measures to remain viable."The second venue, which initially agreed to cover the needed security, pulled the plug days ahead of the event, citing "escalating safety concerns and mounting external pressures," according to HaYovel.Despite "full cooperation and assistance" from the sheriff's department, the Texas Rangers, and the FBI, the organization felt it had no choice but to postpone the summit.Hilton revealed further details about the threats to Blaze News, noting that they began with pro-Palestinian activist groups on social media."Then, according to law enforcement and intelligence, they moved to the dark web to avoid further detection," he explained. "The threats used language such as 'we need to target' the Israel Summit and the host venue.""Statements to target any Jew or Christian who is standing with Israel cannot be understood any other way than a direct call for violence," Hilton stated, citing the recent deadly shooting in Washington, D.C., of two Israeli embassy staffers and the terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, that caused multiple injuries.The organization still hopes to host the event on a new date and at a different venue within the coming months. Yet, this is not the first time the Israel Summit has faced threats."Next week's summit was set to be our second annual event. The first one was held in Nashville and, ironically, was nearly canceled due to threats from pro-Hamas thugs. Dave Ramsey stepped in at the last minute, hosting the summit at his headquarters in Franklin, [Tennessee]," Hilton told Blaze News.'The ongoing Israel-HAMAS conflict may motivate other violent extremists and hate crime perpetrators with similar grievances to conduct violence against Jewish and Israeli communities and their supporters.'David Friedman, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and the founder of One Jewish State, was one of the speakers slated to present at the 2025 Israel Summit. He reacted to its postponement in a post on X."This is America in 2025. A pro-Israel conference scheduled for Dallas this week (where I was scheduled to speak), which sold over 1000 tickets, was forced to cancel because of threats from violent Jihadists," Friedman stated. "When [President Donald Trump] says we need to take our country back, this is a good example of what he means!"RELATED: Father of leftist accused of gunning down Israeli embassy staffers was Democrat's guest Israel Summit 2024. Image Source: HaYovelTrump had previously pledged to vigorously combat the nation's escalating anti-Semitism by "aggressively" prosecuting terrorist threats against the Jewish community and deporting Hamas sympathizers.On Thursday, Trump's FBI released a public service announcement regarding elevated threats toward Israeli and Jewish communities, noting the murder of the embassy staffers and the attack in Boulder. "The ongoing Israel-HAMAS conflict may motivate other violent extremists and hate crime perpetrators with similar grievances to conduct violence against Jewish and Israeli communities and their supporters," the agency warned. "Foreign terrorist organizations also may try to exploit narratives related to the conflict to inspire attacks in the United States. The FBI and DHS therefore urge the public to remain vigilant and to report any threats of violence or suspicious activity to law enforcement."When reached for comment about the threats posed against the Israel Summit organizers and host venues, the FBI Dallas Field Office told Blaze News, "The FBI works with our law enforcement partners every day to detect and stop acts of targeted violence. Our goal is always to get ahead of threats. We remind members of the public that if you observe any suspicious activity to quickly report it to law enforcement. The FBI remains committed to working with our partners to protect our communities against acts of violence and other threats."Hilton called the escalating anti-Semitic threats a "wake-up call for Americans.""We believe that this is a wake-up call for Americans to take action and come together to publicly stand with Israel and the Jewish people in the U.S. today," he told Blaze News.The Dallas County Sheriff's Department, the Dallas Police Department, and the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.Joseph MacKinnon contributed to this story.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk traded jibes on Thursday, which escalated over the course of the afternoon and culminated in threats of creating a new political party as well as of SpaceX contract cancellations. Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck spoke on Friday to Russell Vought, the director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, about the spat as well as about the president's "big, beautiful bill." 'But look, Glenn, we're moving forward, and Elon has been an important ally and patriot throughout all of this, and we've got a job to do.' Beck refrained from beating around the bush and asked at the outset whether a reconciliation was imminent — not legislatively but between the world's richest man and the world's most powerful leader. Vought responded with a strong hint. Prior to Vought jumping onto the call, Beck noted, "Boy, yesterday was just a wild, wild ride. And I hate to see it. You know, kids don't like to see Mommy and Daddy fight — and they're both so important. We need both of these guys, but we also need the truth on the big, beautiful bill."Beck had also posted on X on Thursday that the disagreement between Trump and Musk was "sad to see" and that he hoped the two "patriots" who "have done heroic things" can make amends and help America "see our way forward to find a win win." RELATED: I was against Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' — Stephen Miller changed my mind Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI,ALLISON ROBBERT/AFP via Getty Images With Vought on the phone on Friday, Beck asked, "Yesterday was a tough day. Do you know — has the president had his phone call yet? Are they coming back together?" "Well," responded Vought, "I think the president made some comments to the press this morning that, you know, he's not looking to have a phone call any time soon." "I think he expressed disappointment yesterday with regard to ... some of the comments made by Elon," continued Vought. "But look, Glenn, we're moving forward, and Elon has been an important ally and patriot throughout all of this, and we've got a job to do." — (@) The OMB director stressed that the priority now is getting the bill across the finish line, making improvements where possible. Whereas Vought was diplomatic in his response, when asked whether he had a call scheduled with Musk for later in the day, Trump told ABC News on Friday morning, "You mean the man who has lost his mind?" The president suggested he was "not particularly" interested in having that conversation at the moment. Musk now appears willing to mend fences. When hedge fund manager Bill Ackman suggested that Trump and Musk "should make peace for the benefit of our great country" and that "we are much stronger together than apart," Musk responded, "You're not wrong." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un attended the communist regime's launch ceremony of the second of its two new Choe Hyon-class destroyers at the Cheongjin shipyard in eastern port city of Chongjin on May 21. The side-launch went really, really poorly.Jong Un looked on as his brand-new, 5,511-ton, 144-meter warship immediately capsized. After laying on its side for weeks, North Korean state media now claims the ship was been righted. Nevertheless, the damage has been done — both literally and figuratively.'Criminal act caused by sheer callousness, irresponsibility, and unscientific empiricism.'The Korean Central News Agency attributed the failure to "inexperienced command and operational carelessness in the course of the launch," claiming that "the launch slide of the stern departed first and stranded as the [hydro-pneumatic catapult] failed to move in parallel, holes made at some sections of the warship's bottom disrupted its balance, and the bow failed to leave the slipway, leading to a serious accident."Ahn Chan-il, a North Korean defector who helms the World Institute for North Korea Studies, told the Guardian, "It appears the dock was hastily constructed, and multiple issues may have arisen during the shipbuilding process."Jong Un rushed to the conclusion that the incident was a "criminal act caused by sheer callousness, irresponsibility, and unscientific empiricism, which should never occur and could not be tolerated."RELATED: Nancy Pelosi outraged after Defense Sec. Hegseth orders removal of gay icon's name from naval ship Photo by Contributor/Getty ImagesWhile the communist regime lost face over the accident, the individual it scapegoated — Ri Hyong Son, vice department director of the Munitions Industry Department of the Party Central Committee — will likely lose a great deal more. Son was arrested and deemed "greatly responsible," according to state media. 38 North, a project of the Stimson Center, a peace-oriented think tank, indicated that in the wake of the accident, there were desperate efforts in recent days to manually right the ship. Satellite imagery revealed that numerous barrage balloons were employed to keep the communist ship afloat while cables were fastened to the destroyer to stabilize its position.Additional satellite images reportedly indicate damage to the sonar bow section, which will require significant repairs at a dry dock.State media claimed Friday — and satellite imagery confirms — that the ship had been balanced and launched the previous day and can now stay afloat, moored at the pier.The South Korean military reportedly indicated that the battered and bruised vessel may have been developed with the help of the Russians in exchange for the regime sending soldiers to fight in Ukraine.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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