The Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the United States illegally $1,000 plus travel costs if they leave voluntarily as it accelerates its mass deportation agenda. The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that people who use the CBP Home app to announce their 鈥渟elf-deportations鈥 would get the money and be 鈥渄eprioritized鈥 for detention and removal.
made announcements in late Sunday 鈥 he said he鈥檚 ordered federal agencies to reopen and expand , the notorious and crumbling former island prison in San Francisco Bay. And he threatened , leaving unclear how that could possibly be implemented.
Earlier on Air Force One, he accused Mexican of being too fearful of drug cartels after she . And in an that aired Sunday, Trump said he doesn鈥檛 know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve constitutionally guaranteed due process rights.
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No final decisions made on Trump鈥檚 foreign film tariffs, White House says
A White House spokesperson said the administration is exploring all options.
鈥淎lthough no final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made, the Administration is exploring all options to deliver on President Trump鈥檚 directive to safeguard our country鈥檚 national and economic security while Making Hollywood Great Again,鈥 spokesperson Kush Desai said in a statement.
Trump announced said Sunday he has authorized the Commerce Department and U.S. Trade Representative鈥檚 office to .
Trump鈥檚 border czar suggests Alcatraz could ease migrant detention crunch
Border Czar Tom Homan says of Trump鈥檚 idea , 鈥淲e need detention beds.鈥
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 certainly an option, especially for the significant public safety threats and national security threats,鈥 Homan told reporters outside the White House. 鈥淚t should be on the table.鈥
The administration has called for more space to hold detained migrants.
Homan also said 鈥渢here鈥檚 talks underway with countries鈥 in addition to El Salvador that could take migrants deported from the U.S. But he refused to say how many other nations might be interested.
Asked about the Trump administration $1,000 plus travel assistance to self-deport and return their home countries, Homan said, 鈥淚 think we鈥檒l have some movement鈥 and that migrants were 鈥渟tarting to get the message鈥 that self-deportation can be a good option.
Warren Buffett says spending cuts are a must because US fiscal deficit is 鈥榥ot sustainable鈥
鈥淚t鈥檚 a job I don鈥檛 want but it鈥檚 a job that should be done and Congress does not seem to be doing it,鈥 the influential investor said, drawing sustained applause from an arena full of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders on Saturday.
Buffett stopped short of praising Elon Musk鈥檚 cost-cutting efforts across the federal government. Since Trump took office, Musk has mercilessly slashed the federal workforce and cut spending across the board.
But Buffett said at his annual meeting that cuts need to be made because 鈥渂ureaucracy is something that is amazingly prevalent and contagious even in our capitalist system.鈥
He also said it鈥檚 important make sure the United States never experiences runaway inflation.
Trump describes his phone call with the Turkish president
Trump鈥檚 post on his Truth Social media network on Monday says he and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the wars in Ukraine and Gaza during their call.
The Turkish leader invited him to travel to Turkey and will come to Washington to visit the White House, Trump added.
Trump said he and Erdogan have an 鈥渆xcellent鈥 relationship and that he looks forward to working with him to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Treasury Secretary says Ukraine minerals deal adds US leverage against Russia
Scott Bessent said the recently signed U.S.-Ukraine agreement is a 鈥渢acit security guarantee because of the economic partnership.鈥
It was Trump鈥檚 idea 鈥渁nd he believed it would do several things,鈥 Bessent said at a Milken Institute event on Monday. 鈥淚t would create more leverage for him with the Russian leadership鈥 and the deal would show 鈥渘o a daylight between the U.S. and Ukrainian people.鈥
鈥淲hat it is not is one of these rapacious Chinese deals 鈥 they put in assets and we put in capital.鈥 He said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 equity, not debt.鈥
Trump personally promotes gala dinner with 100s of top $TRUMP memecoin investors
The president used his social media site to champion just before his inauguration and promote the May 22 dinner at Trump 春色直播 golf club.
Trump has denied he鈥檚 profiting from the presidency, even as he continues to promote that deliver to his family.
A set of ethics standards released by the Trump Organization before Inauguration Day stated that the president wouldn鈥檛 directly manage his real estate and branding empire while his family promote business ventures, even with foreign governments.
鈥淚鈥檓 not profiting from anything. All I鈥檓 doing is, I started this long before the election. I want crypto,鈥 Trump with NBC taped last week.
Democratic senators press Trump to protect endangered species
They say a proposed rule to eliminate habitat protections would be 鈥渁n end run around the .鈥
Senators Adam Schiff, Sheldon Whitehouse and Cory Booker鈥檚 letter Monday to the Interior and Commerce departments asks whether industry helped draft the rule and how the administration plans to protect species if it takes effect.
At issue is the Act鈥檚 long-standing definition of 鈥渉arm,鈥 which includes altering or destroying places where species live 鈥 the No. 1 cause of extinction. The Fish and Wildlife and 春色直播 Marine Fisheries services saying habitat modification isn鈥檛 intentionally targeting a species so shouldn鈥檛 be considered harm.
鈥淚t is widely understood that a species cannot live without a safe place to call home,鈥 the letter reads.
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Trump administration offers travel money and a $1,000 stipend for 鈥榮elf-deportation鈥
The Department of Homeland Security said in a news release Monday that the financial travel assistance and stipends would go to people who use to tell the U.S. government that they plan to return home. These people will then be 鈥渄eprioritized鈥 for detention and removal as immigration enforcement accelerates Trump鈥檚 .
鈥淚f you are here illegally, self-deportation is the best, safest and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest. DHS is now offering illegal aliens financial travel assistance and a stipend to return to their home country through the CBP Home App,鈥 Secretary Kristi Noem said.
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Mexico鈥檚 president doesn鈥檛 want dialogue with Trump to play out in press
Sheinbaum said Monday that she doesn鈥檛 want her communication with Trump to become an exchange of media statements.
She was asked about Trump鈥檚 comment that she鈥檚 too afraid of cartels to accept his offer to send U.S. troops to Mexico.
鈥淚 told him 鈥榥o, President Trump, not that,鈥欌 Sheinbaum said. 鈥淲e can collaborate in many things within the framework of our sovereignty and territoriality that corresponds to us.鈥
Sheinbaum has been widely credited with maintaining a civil and productive relationship with Trump that has enabled Mexico to avoid the worst of the tariffs he鈥檚 applied to many trade partners.
Trump accuses other nations of stealing US movie-making
Trump has had more to say about his social media threat to impose a 100% tariff 鈥渙n any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.鈥 He told reporters that if producers aren鈥檛 鈥渨illing to make a movie inside the United States we should have a tariff on movies that come in.鈥
Films both large and small commonly include production in U.S. as well as other countries. The upcoming was shot around the world. U.S.-produced movies overwhelmingly dominate the domestic market. Motion Picture Association data show they also produced $22.6 billion in exports and a $15.3 billion trade surplus in 2023.
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Trump to meet with Ksenia Karelina, who was released in a prisoner swap
Trump plans a White House meeting on Monday with a Russian-American woman who was freed in a prisoner swap last month, according to a White House official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
Ksenia Karelina, a former ballet dancer, was arrested in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg in February 2024 and convicted of treason. She was accused of donating about $52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.
She was released in exchange for a Russian-German man who鈥檇 been jailed in the U.S. on smuggling charges.
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鈥楥hoose Europe for Science鈥 drive welcomes researchers as Trump freezes funding
The European Union hopes to attract scientists and researchers unmoored by the Trump administration鈥檚 freezing of that it says involved diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
鈥淎 few years ago, no one would have imagined that one of the biggest democracies in the world would cancel research programs under the pretext that the word diversity was in this program,鈥 French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday. 鈥淏ut here we are.鈥
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said a 鈥渟uper grant鈥 program will 鈥渕ake Europe a magnet for researchers,鈥 and that the EU will 鈥渆nshrine freedom of scientific research into law.鈥
鈥淪cience has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party,鈥 she said. 鈥淲e believe that diversity is an asset of humanity and the lifeblood of science. It is one of the most valuable global assets and it must be protected.鈥
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Oil prices tumble on OPEC+ decision to open spigots ahead of Trump visit
Oil prices fell to a four-year low and U.S. benchmark crude fell as much as 4% overnight before recovering somewhat early Monday.
The OPEC+ group of eight oil producing nations said it will raise output by 411,000 barrels per day as of June 1. It cited strong fundamentals. Analysts suspect a desire to curry favor with Trump before his visit to the Middle East this month.
Prices have already fallen nearly 20% in the past three months as traders gauge the global economic impact of Trump鈥檚 trade policies. Lowering gas prices has been a key presidential talking point.
鈥淲ashington wants cheap energy, and Gulf producers still lean on U.S. security guarantees; the White House bears down, they listen,鈥 Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said. 鈥淚n that sense the U.S. president has become an unofficial swing vote inside OPEC+.鈥
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Trump鈥檚 trade demands go beyond tariffs to target perceived unfair practices
The Trump administration says the goal of his sweeping tariffs is simple: Force other countries to drop barriers to U.S. goods. But Trump鈥檚 definition of trade barriers includes a slew of issues well beyond tariffs. They include:
1. agricultural safety requirements
2. tax systems
3. currency exchange rates
4. product standards
5. legal requirements
6. red tape at the border.
He鈥檚 given countries three months to propose concessions before tariffs of 10% to more than 50% take effect. are already in effect. On many issues it will be difficult, or in some cases impossible, for many countries do this.
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Former Vice President Pence defends Constitution as he's awarded for his Profile in Courage
It鈥檚 what 鈥渂inds us all together,鈥 Pence said as he was honored by the JFK Library Foundation.
The award recognizes Pence鈥檚 refusal to go along with 鈥減utting his life and career on the line to ensure the constitutional transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021,鈥 the foundation said.
鈥淲hatever differences we may have as Americans, the Constitution is the common ground on which we stand. It鈥檚 what binds us across time and generations. .... It鈥檚 what makes us one people,鈥 Pence said Sunday night.
Caroline Kennedy said what Pence did shows Americans they can鈥檛 take democracy for granted.
鈥淗is act of courage saved our government and warned us about what could happen and is happening right now,鈥 she said.
The White House announced these events on the president's Monday schedule:
7. 1:00 p.m. eastern: Trump is scheduled to deliver 鈥渁 sports announcement.鈥
8. 3:00 p.m.: Trump is set to sign executive orders
9. 3:30 p.m.: Trump will welcome home a returned citizen
10. 6:55 p.m.: Trump will depart the White House and head to Trump 春色直播 Golf Club
11. 7:30 p.m.: Trump will attend a dinner for MAGA Inc.
1. 9:20 p.m.: Trump is due to head back to the White House
Trump will announce NFL draft site in White House announcement, AP source says
The , a person familiar with the details told The Associated Press on Sunday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because President Trump is set to make the announcement on Monday at the White House. The NFL declined to comment.
Washington hosting the draft two years from now is the latest off-field victory for the Commanders, a week since they reached an agreement with the D.C. government on the old RFK site. That is still pending council approval.
