Gavin Newsom calls out Donald Trump's 'corruption' as he insists 'billions' were lost

Trump’s niece traces ‘history of corruption’ back to grandfather

President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure reveals he made over a billion dollars from cryptocurrency in his first year back in office. His niece, Mary Trump, tells CNN’s Anderson Cooper that the Trump family has a “history of corruption” that can explain Trump’s profiteering during his second term in office. Also, CNN’s Abby Phillip and her NewsNight panel debate a new Trump family business venture and compare the scale Trump’s presidential money making to Hunter Biden’s scandals. 0:00 Trump responds to criticism of his crypto profits 0:39 Mary Trump on her family’s history of “illicit financial schemes” 3:50 Where did the Trump family wealth come from? 6:53 Trump’s “grifting on steroids” Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #Trump #crypto #News

CNN Panel Laugh in Flailing MAGA Pundit’s Face

Screengrab/CNNMembers of a CNN panel laughed in the face of MAGA political commentator Ben Ferguson after he desperately tried to defend Donald Trump’s mammoth cash grab while in office.During a typically argumentative debate on NewsNight with Abby Phillip, the panel discussed revelations that Trump’s income soared by 2.2 billion in 2025, including more than 1.4 billion from his family’s cryptocurrency ventures.The New York Times also revealed that the 80-year-old president’s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, became linked to a major tungsten mining project in Kazakhstan as the Trump administration was preparing to award it 1.6 billion in federal financing.Read more at The Daily Beast.

"MAGA Inc.": CorpWatch on Trump's World of Tech Titans, Crypto Czars & Prison Profiteers

A new report by CorpWatch titled ”MAGA Inc.” reveals which allies of President Trump are profiting off of the administration’s policies. Pratap Chatterjee, executive director of CorpWatch, says that prison companies and Big Tech companies have cashed out on policies of mass deportation. “The people that we think are profiting the most out of MAGA [are in] the business of deportation, the business of gathering data,” says Chatterjee. Palantir, in particular, has provided the government with information to support the surveillance of immigrants and data to support war efforts. The Trump family is also expanding their fortune through cryptocurrency, according to the report. “These are schemes by which you can move money anonymously around the world, something that drug dealers, gun manufacturers or gun dealers and criminals love,” says Chatterjee. “This is the sort of business that is now benefiting the Trump family.”

Federal investigation triggers political firestorm as Newsom blows up at Trump

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio discusses the US federal investigation against California Governor Gavin Newsom. “Let’s talk about Gavin Newsom … he and his wife are now under federal investigation in relation to tax-related conduct,” Ms De Giorgio said. “True to form, he’s turned to a well-trodden strategy, making political hay out of confrontation with Donald Trump. “He claims that Donald Trump was behind this Justice Department probe because ‘I am considering running for president’. “If he is indeed considering a run for president, well, lay it on the line, be transparent, if you’ve got something to show, show it, otherwise don’t back away.”

‘There’s No Money In Politics If You’re Straight’: How Farage’s Words Are Coming Back To Haunt Him

The Reform UK leader once claimed that only the corrupt could make money in politics. Now questions about his own multi-million pound fortune threaten to bring him down

DOGE sunsets, though White House hasn’t formally ended it

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued on Saturday his July Fourth address that he teased a day earlier —and nearly all eight minutes of it was spent talking about US President Donald Trump. Newsom’s office had shared some excerpts of the speech ahead of time he tries to grow his national brand in advance of a []...Click to read more

Fact-check: Trump credits stock market for $2B increase in wealth in 2025

Asked about a financial disclosure showing a 2 billion increase in his wealth, President Donald Trump said: Well, you know why I'm profiting? Because the stock market's going up — everybody's profiting. Do you have a 401(k)? So we're all profiting.

Newsom Wants the Jacobins Cheering and the Billionaires Staying

Gavin Newsom has discovered the limits of his own revolution. After the California governor’s opposition failed to keep a union-backed wealth tax off the ballot, he had to explain himself to voters he has spent years training to believe billionaires are the problem. He chose Substack. There, in the same political breath, Newsom opposed a California billionaire tax while...

‘I’m profiting because…’ – Trump defends $1bn crypto earning

Asked about criticisms that he was using his position to enrich himself, the billionaire president said his earnings were placed in blind trusts to ensure that he could not do so. The post ‘I’m profiting because’ – Trump defends 1bn crypto earning appeared first on Vanguard News.

California Gov. Newsom Calls Wealth Gap A ‘Five-Alarm Fire,’ Demands Tax On Billionaires

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for a comprehensive overhaul of the American economic system, proposing a “national billionaires’ tax” and a “true economic reset” to prevent the consolidation of inherited wealth. In a Substack post titled “It’s Time For a National Billionaires’ Tax and a New Social Compact,” Newsom argued that federal, corporate, and [] California Gov. Newsom Calls Wealth Gap A ‘Five-Alarm Fire,’ Demands Tax On Billionaires

Gavin Newsom Takes Coward’s Way Out On Major Left-Wing Demand

Rather than risk his own state’s economy by backing a California billionaire tax, Gavin Newsom tried to placate the socialists on Friday by backing a dead-end “national billionaire tax” instead. On Monday, Newsom told the New York Times that he was working relentlessly behind the scenes to make sure the measure was not on the ...

Trump's $2B income in 2025 raises fresh questions about profiting off presidency

President Trump's latest financial disclosure shows his various businesses generated more than 2 billion in income in 2025, his first year back in the White House. That is more than triple his reported income from the year before. The biggest gains came from the Trump family's cryptocurrency ventures. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Eric Lipton of The New York Times.

Governor Newsom Urges a National ‘Billionaires’ Tax’ While Fighting One Here in California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who is considering a run for president as he approaches the end of his term, called for a national billionai...

Elon suffers another day short of trillionaire status

Right now he's merely a several-hundred-billionaire, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index.

Gavin Newsom Blames Democrat Messaging Breakdown For No One Knowing Joe Biden’s Many Triumphs

Gavin Newsom Blames Democrat Messaging Breakdown For No One Knowing Joe Biden’s Many Triumphs

Gavin Newsom Got Testy With Reporters Who Asked About His Tax Returns

Gavin Newsom Got Testy With Reporters Who Asked About His Tax Returns

7/7/2026 Kyle Kulinski Show BREAKING: Trump WIRE FRAUD To Steal America’s 250th Bday Funds EXPOSED!!

Donald Trump is a lifelong conman who defrauds, scams, and cheats other people to benefit from it. The post 7/7/2026 Kyle Kulinski Show BREAKING: Trump WIRE FRAUD To Steal America’s 250th Bday Funds EXPOSED!! first appeared on Attack the System.

Judge shoots down Trump’s homeless funding shift:  ‘The hallmark of unreasoned decision making’

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California scored another win against the Trump administration in their battle over how to address the homelessness crisis here and nationwide. A federal judge this week shot down the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2025 attempt to divert money away from []

Why Is Trump Taking Cues From Gavin Newsom?

This isn't what we voted for, Mr. President.

California Dems Thought Now Would Be a Good Time for Another Gas Tax Hike. Where's Gavin Newsom?

California Dems Thought Now Would Be a Good Time for Another Gas Tax Hike. Where's Gavin Newsom?

Newsom Investigation is Serious Business

California Governor Gavin Newsom is under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice. He claims it is a nothing burger concocted by President Trump as part of a political revenge campaign. Of course, he claims that. And that excuse may work at least for a while in the court of public opinion. But the facts [] The post Newsom Investigation is Serious Business appeared first on The Punching Bag Post.

Billionaires And Corporations Are Not Your Friends

You do not need to carry water for Xbox, PlayStation, or Taylor Swift

All of Its Defects, None of Its Virtues

So manly, so decisive, so corrupt: President Trump’s 2.2 billion in personal earnings during his presidency has been met largely with silence from his MAGA base, which has been increasingly willing to revolt against policies they view as an abandonment of his promises to put everyday Americans first. Far-right members of Congress, prominent media pundits and [] The post All of Its Defects, None of Its Virtues appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.

Trump Having Tungsten Threesome With His Two Beautiful Sons

Rounding up the week's Trump financial corruption, fraud, crime, and grifting stories.

Trump says he doesn't manage his investments after $1.2B crypto earnings disclosure

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is not involved in managing his finances, insisting outside funds handle his investments. While disclosures show he made about $1.2 billion from cryptocurrency ventures last year, Trump said rising stock market gains have boosted his wealth. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Democrats seize on Trump earnings to go after GOP on affordability

President Trump raked in billions of dollars while in office over the past year, setting up a split screen ahead of the midterm elections as Americans confront rising prices and a lackluster jobs environment. Financial disclosures released Tuesday show the president made more than 2 billion in 2025, including 1.2 billion in cryptocurrency related income. It’s giving new ammunition to Democrats who want to contrast Trump’s economic experience over...

Trump has revealed how much money he made last year, and it’s unprecedented

The US president raked in billions, including revenue from crypto ventures, in an unheard-of moneymaking flex by a sitting US president.

[Photo] 🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — Trump via Truth Social:The headline in the Corrupt and Failing New York Time [...]

— Trump via Truth Social:The headline in the Corrupt and Failing New York Times: “What Changed After Almost 4 Months of War? Analysts Say Not Much.” REALLY? Their Military is DONE, their Navy is GONE, their Air Force is GONE, their Launching Pads, Missiles, Drones and Manufacturing of same, is almost GONE, their top two sets of Leaders are GONE, their Inflation is at 250, their Economy is BROKEN, their Soldiers aren’t being paid, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN, THE OIL IS GUSHING, and the U.S. Stock Market and Jobs are at record HIGHS. That’s what’s CHANGED, you corrupt and unethical cowards, and MORE!!!@IntelSlava

Stephanie Ruhle breaks down what to know about Trump’s financial disclosures

“All of this would be a major conflict of interest — a huge scandal — if it were any other presidency,” the “Money, Power, Politics” host argued. The post Stephanie Ruhle breaks down what to know about Trump’s financial disclosures appeared first on MS NOW.

LILLEY: United Arab Emirates unlikely to walk away from plan to invest $70B in Canada

Reports of funding being paused fake news, says Jean Charest, co-chair of Canada-U.A.E. Business Council

Newsom Claims to Support National Tax on Billionaires While Opposing It in CA

“Newsom does not want to tax billionaires,” said the Billionaire Tax Now campaign, “but he wants you to think he does.”

Marjorie Taylor Green ‘blown away’ by President Donald Trump after previously ‘attacking’ the Bidens for ‘corruption’

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, once one of President Donald Trump‘s fiercest defenders in Congress, said on The View she was “blown away” by the wealth the Trump family has accumulated since his return to the White House in January 2025 — the same type of financial activity she once condemned as “corruption” when it...

Dems Seizing on President's Soaring Wealth as Campaign Opportunity...

Dems Seizing on President's Soaring Wealth as Campaign Opportunity... (First column, 1st story, link) Related stories:Gifted diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, rubies for tariff relief?Nearly a Million Investors Lost 3.8 Billion on His Crypto Coin...