Michael Cohen admits stealing $30,000 from the Trump Organization . . . The star witness against former President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, admitted Monday that he stole $30,000 from the Trump Organization, further damaging his credibility.
Mr. Cohen, a former Trump attorney and now his chief antagonist, said he pocketed $30,000 of a $50,000 payment to Red Finch, a technology company that did work for Mr. Trump and his company.
Mr. Cohen said he handed over only $20,000 cash in a paper bag to Red Finch. Washington Times
Seems like being a thief and a liar who is on a vendetta against the accused might damage a witness's credibility . . .
Trump trial fuels his first fundraising win over Biden . . . Being a defendant in Manhattan criminal court might be bad news for Donald Trump from a legal perspective. But it has been good for his campaign coffers. On April 15, the start of Trump's New York hush-money trial, the former president's campaign raised more than $361,000 in individual donations—better than most days in recent weeks. That fundraising contributed to more than $76 million in total contributions last month, according to his campaign and new data. His campaign and related committees raised about $25 million more than Biden's last month, new data show. Wall Street Journal
Education Department shared activists' memo on mobilizing voters . . . Biden administration officials circulated and discussed a memo authored by a coalition of liberal groups aimed at getting more college students to participate in elections as part of the Education Department's presidentially ordered voter-registration efforts, newly surfaced emails show. Groups that donated millions to elect Democrats submitted a list of recommendations to the Education Department in 2021 outlining ways the department could get college students, a historically liberal demographic, to vote more. Daily Signal
Tim Scott helps Trump the most with voters . . . A recent poll found that voters say they would be more likely to support former President Donald Trump if Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is on the ticket in 2024. Scott leads the field of possible vice presidential contenders, including former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York and former independent Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, according to a recent Harvard-Harris Poll. Scott drew 25% among voters who said they were more likely to vote for Trump if he was on the ballot, followed by 23% for Ramaswamy and 22% for Rubio. Daily Caller
Director of Trump biopic smears him as a "fascist" . . . The director of The Apprentice smeared former President Donald Trump as a fascist at the movie's world premiere Monday at the Cannes Film Festival. Immediately after the screening at the festival's main venue, a clearly excited Ali Abbasi addressed the crowd of global cinema elites, who enthusiastically applauded the movie. "When we did this movie, everyone said, why do you want to make a movie about Trump? If you want to tell something about the world, do it in a nice way, in a metaphorical way," the director said, before adding: "There is no nice metaphorical way to deal with the rising wave of fascism." Breitbart
Rashida Tlaib has paid $435,000 to firm of activist for terrorism-tied groups . . . "Squad" Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars since being elected to Congress to a consulting firm led by an anti-Israel activist working on behalf of groups linked to Palestinian terrorist factions, records show. The routine cash transfers from Rashida Tlaib for Congress and Rooted in Community Leadership PAC to Unbought Power underscore how the congresswoman has aligned herself with activists helping to coordinate operations for entities sharing connections to Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and other terrorist factions. Washington Examiner
Biden falsely tells college grads cops killing black men in the streets . . . President Joe Biden asked students at historically black Morehouse College in Atlanta what the point of democracy is if cops are killing black men "in the street," but a cursory review of police-involved shootings in 2024 showed Biden's remarks were extremely misleading. "You started college just as George Floyd was murdered and their was a reckoning on race. What is democracy if black men are being killed in the street?" Biden said. Of the 74 black men who died as a result of a police shooting in 2024, only three were identified as being unarmed in The Washington Post's database for tracking fatal police shootings in America. Daily Caller
NY Times interviews 2 dozen black Philadelphia voters; just 8 are voting for Biden . . . Only eight out of nearly two dozen black Philadelphia voters interviewed by the New York Times last week plan to vote for President Joe Biden. Voters' gripes about Biden resembled those heard at Trump rallies and echoed by Trump's America First policy platform. The issues cited included "immigration, the cost of living and their sense that Mr. Biden was more focused on crises abroad than on fixing problems in their neighborhoods," per the outlet. Breitbart
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National Security
State Department offers condolences after death of Iranian president . . . The U.S. State Department issued a statement offering condolences to Iran after the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, also known as the "Butcher of Tehran." State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement on Monday that the U.S. "expresses its official condolences" for the death of Raisi, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials who had been on board a helicopter that had crashed in a mountainous region of Iran on Sunday. Breitbart
Yes, these are "official" condolences, not expressions of grief. But would a Trump State Department have offered them?
International
Biden says what's happening in Gaza is not genocide . . . President Joe Biden on Monday sought to reassure Jewish voters that he stands firmly with Israel, calling for the full defeat of Hamas and denouncing the International Criminal Court's assertion that Israel's leaders are guilty of war crimes. "What's happening is not genocide. We reject that," Biden said during a speech in the Rose Garden. The president avoided any past criticisms of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to launch a larger-scale invasion of Rafah. "I will always ensure Israel has everything it needs to defend itself against Hamas and all their enemies," said Biden. Politico
Biden's threats have failed to dissuade Israel from moving to eliminate Hamas. So now he's walking it back.
Amal Clooney helped drive ICC to target Netanyahu . . . Amal Clooney on Monday said she helped weigh the evidence that led to the International Criminal Court's decision to seek arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The high-profile British human rights lawyer has frequently appeared before the global tribunal and the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and has represented hundreds of victims of violence and mass atrocities. Washington Post
Money
Microsoft's AI chatbot will 'recall' everything that you do on a PC . . . Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you're doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next. The software giant on Monday revealed a new class of AI-imbued personal computers as it confronts heightened competition from Big Tech rivals in pitching generative AI technology that can compose documents, make images and serve as a lifelike personal assistant at work or home. Associated Press
Companies like Microsoft will push AI relentlessly to make money. But do they care enough about making its evolution safe for humanity?
Conservative group partners with gas stations to highlight 'Biden's war on American energy' . . . On Monday, Americans for Prosperity will host the first of a series of events that will roll back gas prices from coast to coast "to get a pre-Bidenomics break at the pump." More than 20 gas stations will participate throughout this week, temporarily reducing prices to as low as $2.38 per gallon – near the average price per gallon of gas on the day President Biden assumed office. Fox Business
Culture
SCOTUS won't hear case on school district hiding students' 'gender identity' from parents . . . The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider a case challenging a Maryland school district policy that hides information from parents about their child's "gender identity." Under the Montgomery County Board of Education's guidelines, parents deemed "unsupportive" will not be told if their child is undergoing a "gender transition" at school, according to court filings. The justices declined to hear an appeal by three parents who challenged the plan, leaving in place a lower court ruling that found they did not have standing to challenge the policy. Daily Signal
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Elvis Presley's iconic Graceland to be auctioned amid foreclosure . . . Elvis Presley's legendary Graceland mansion is on the verge of being sold at a foreclosure auction on Thursday — sparking a dramatic legal battle from his granddaughter, Riley Keough, who called the pending sale "fraudulent." A notice from the Shelby County Courthouse states that Graceland and its surrounding property in Memphis, Tennessee, will be auctioned off to the highest bidder for cash on May 23, WREG-TV News reported. New York Post
Looks like Graceland is turning into Heartbreak Hotel.
Bob Barr elected to lead the NRA . . . Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr was elected on Monday to head the National Rifle Association as the beleaguered gun-rights group struggles to find footing after its top leaders were found liable in February for engaging in financial misconduct and corruption. It will be up to him to turn around the NRA's fortunes after a Manhattan jury found the organization and former CEO Wayne LaPierre engaged in corrupt practices. Washington Examiner
Part of Oregon wants to secede, join Idaho . . . A secession plan known as the "Greater Idaho Movement" is gaining momentum in Oregon as some residents feel they no longer belong in the liberal-run state and would be better served by their neighbor to the east. If successful, the Greater Idaho Movement would move Oregon's eastern border west by 200 miles, allowing some rural parts of the state to combine with neighboring Idaho. In Crook County, Oregon, home to about 26,000 people, residents are set to vote on joining dozens of other counties in the Eastern portion of the state to join a succession measure. Washington Examiner
Guilty Pleasures
A short history of the cockroach . . . The German cockroach — a species found worldwide — actually originated in southeast Asia, likely evolving from the Asian cockroach around 2,100 years ago. The research was published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The cockroaches then globe-trotted via two major routes. They traveled west to the Middle East about 1,200 years ago, perhaps hitchhiking in soldiers' breadbaskets. And they may have stowed away on Dutch and British East India Company trade routes to get to Europe about 270 years ago, according to scientists' reconstruction and historical records. Associated Press
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