Rapper 50 Cent is determined to stop P. Diddy from receiving a presidential pardon, as an old feud between the two hip-hop stars continues.
The outspoken "In Da Club" rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, said he will try to convince President Trump against pardoning Sean "Diddy" Combs, who is facing charges in New York for sex trafficking. Combs has pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutors say Combs used violence and blackmail to keep women under his control so he could abuse them in depraved orgies that he filmed, called "freakoffs."
His lawyers say the sex was consensual and that prosecutors are attempting to criminalize his hedonistic lifestyle. The charges have rendered Combs a pariah in the entertainment industry in which he once moved as a power player.
When asked about a pardon Friday, Trump said he has not been following the highly publicized case closely enough to make a decision.
“Nobody’s asked. But I know people are thinking about it. I know they’re thinking about it. I think some people have been very close to asking,” Trump said.
“First of all, I’d look at what’s happening, and I haven’t been watching it too closely, although it’s certainly getting a lot of coverage,” he added.
50 Cent has mocked Combs over his legal woes, poking fun at the massive stash of lubricant that he kept for his drug-fueled sex romps. Jackson is also producing a Netflix documentary about Combs and the case against him.
The two rap stars have been feuding since their glory days in the 2000s. In 2006, 50 Cent released a diss track accusing the Bad Boy Records founder of knowing who murdered his former protege Biggie Smalls.
Their beef was mentioned in Diddy's trial last week, when his former assistant testified that Combs had threatened to shoot 50 Cent. After leaving an MTV event, Combs allegedly said he would rather use guns than words to get back at his rival.
“Wait a minute PUFFY’s got a gun, I can’t believe this I don’t feel safe,” Jackson wrote in a mocking reply on Instagram.
In response to Trump's pardon comments, 50 Cent said he would try to persuade Trump by appealing to the president's pride.
“He [Combs] said some really bad things about Trump, it’s not ok. I’m gonna reach out so he knows how I feel about this guy,” Jackson wrote.
“Donald doesn’t take well to disrespect, and doesn’t forget who chooses to go against him,” he wrote.
Trump has pardoned several rap stars before, including, most recently, NBA Youngboy, who was sentenced to two years on gun charges.
Given the nature of the offenses Combs is charged with, a pardon would certainly prompt public backlash. But Trump is no stranger to making controversial decisions, and at the end of the day, only he can make that call.
President Donald Trump is about to trigger Democrats on Capitol Hill once more when he uses his powers to cut back spending previously approved by Congress.
According to The Washington Times, Trump and his White House "will soon send Congress a package of $9.4 billion in cuts to current federal spending, including NPR and PBS and a chunk of foreign aid from the U.S. Agency for International Development."
The maneuver is known as rescissions legislation, and it's sure to cause a stir in Washington D.C. this week.
Many of the cuts in the rescissions legislation were identified by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) would take a massive hit, as the move eliminates all of its programs with the exception of AMBER Alerts and tornado warnings.
Democrats have already pushed back, hard, arguing that cutting CPB is an attack on free speech, and ending other programs would eliminated "valuable" services and "harm" American citizens.
President Trump explained that the rescission cuts were just the first phase of the DOGE cuts becoming permanent.
“We’re totally committed to making the DOGE cuts permanent. … Most of it is going to come later," Trump said during a special ceremony honoring Musk for his service in leading DOGE. Musk is stepping away from the position to focus on his other companies.
On Monday, President Trump is sending a Rescissions Package to Congress to cut $9.4 BILLION in wasteful spending.
That includes cuts to USAID, NPR, and PBS.
No more taxpayer dollars for left-wing propaganda or woke foreign aid.
Promise Made, Promise Kept!!
— Rep. Mary Miller (@RepMaryMiller) May 31, 2025
The Washington Times noted:
The president said the rescissions package was just the first bite of the DOGE cuts and that more would come in the Big Beautiful Bill Act and other spending measures.
“We’re going to have it codified by Congress,” the president said. “It’s hundreds of billions of dollars.”
Users across social media reacted to the news of Trump's cuts to Congress.
"Exactly what I voted for!" one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Promises only kept if it passes. Do something. Tired of the talk."
It'll be interesting to see to what extent Democrats freak out when it's sent to Congress.
President Donald Trump doesn't mess around when it comes to firing people who no longer serve his mission or have opposing viewpoints, as he places top priority on loyalty to his cause.
According to The Hill, the president authorized the firing of National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet, noting that she's "highly partisan" and a "supporter" of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
It's the latest effort by the Trump administration to weed out the DEI nonsense that took over the U.S. government under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Financial and election records backed Trump's claim of Sajet's partisanship, with documents showing her donations to a long list of high-profile Democrats, including former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump released a statement on Sajet's firing, claiming that "many" people -- presumably advisers and staffers -- requested that he terminate her employment due to her obvious liberal ideology.
"Upon the request and recommendation of many people, I am herby terminating the employment of Kim Sajet as Director of the National Portrait Gallery," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
He added, "She is a highly partisan person, and a strong supporter of DEI, which is totally inappropriate for her position. Her replacement will be named shortly."
BREAKING: Trump terminated Director of the National Portrait Gallery, Kim Sajet
“She is a highly partisan person and a strong supporter of DEI” pic.twitter.com/rRLGvFxzii
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 30, 2025
The Hill noted:
The Federal Elections Commission reported that she financially supported Democratic nominees including former President Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, (D-N.Y.), former Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison (D-S.C.) and others through ActBlue.
Sajet's firing was the latest in the Trump administration's mission to quash any remaining DEI elements in government, following the firing of Librarian of Congress, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the U.S. Coast Guard Commandant for similar reasons, the Hill noted.
Users across social media applauded the president for making the call to get rid of Sajet.
"They are probably in a court room right now getting a judge to say he can’t do this it violates her rights to free speech or something like that…" one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Congratulations on cleaning up the trash."
Sajet may be the latest to get her walking papers, but she probably won't be the last.
President Donald Trump has decided to pause the Job Corps, the Great Society work training program that costs taxpayers $1.7 billion a year with little to show for it.
The move -- which was first reported by Fox News -- is sure to come as a shock in Washington D.C., where the Job Corps has long enjoyed broad support in Congress despite its flaws.
The Job Corps was established half a century ago as part of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Meant to lift poor young people into stable careers, the program has been failing its students for years -- and even putting them in harm's way.
A new analysis from the Labor Department found the average graduation rate is a meager 38%, and most of those who do complete their training are not moving up in life, with an average salary of $16,695 after graduation. Meanwhile, the average cost of training a Job Corps graduate is a steep $155,600.
There have also been issues with crime and drugs at the Job Corps centers, where many students live while they train.
There were 14,913 "serious incidents" in 2023 alone, including 372 sexual incidents, 1,764 violent acts, 1,167 breaches of safety of security, 2,702 instances of drug use, and 1,808 hospital visits. For context, the Job Corps enrolls 25,000 students.
Past investigations into the Job Corps have also found evidence of fraudulent reporting designed to inflate the success of its students. A CBS report from 2014 found that many job placements -- up to 85% -- were fake, and officials often failed to report criminal activity.
The program has also been on shaky financial footing for years, leading to "constant uncertainty for participants and administrators," a Department of Labor official told Fox News Digital.
The Trump administration's pause will take effect by June 30 at the 99 Job Corps centers operated by private contractors. The other 24 centers are managed by the Department of Agriculture.
"Job Corps was created to help young adults build a pathway to a better life through education, training, and community," Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer told Fox News Digital. "However, a startling number of serious incident reports and our in-depth fiscal analysis reveal the program is no longer achieving the intended outcomes that students deserve."
"We remain committed to ensuring all participants are supported through this transition and connected with the resources they need to succeed as we evaluate the program’s possibilities," she added.
There will be "an orderly transition" and current students will be connected with employment and training opportunities through state and local workforce partners, the administration said.
Trump cannot dissolve the Job Corps, which was established by law, without an act of Congress. Despite its financial, safety, and performance issues, the Job Corps has defenders in both parties who say it remains a lifeline of opportunity for disadvantaged young people.
Senate Appropriations chair Susan Collins, a Republican representing the largely rural state of Maine, said the two Job Corps centers in her state "have become important pillars of support for some of our most disadvantaged young adults."
Collins added, “That’s why at an Appropriations hearing just last week, I urged Secretary Chavez-DeRemer to resume enrollment at Maine’s two Job Corps centers and to reverse the Department’s proposed elimination of the Job Corps program."
Michael Sumler, a member of the iconic R&B group Kool & the Gang, died in a car crash on Saturday. He was 71.
The beloved entertainer died at the scene of the collision, which happened before midnight Saturday in Cobb County, Georgia. The 33-year-old driver of the other vehicle was not hurt.
At their peak in the 1970s and 1980s, Kool & the Gang released several hits including "Jungle Boogie," "Get Down On It," and the pervasive party anthem "Celebration," which has enjoyed a long commercial afterlife at countless birthdays and weddings.
Known for his energetic stage presence, "Chicago Mike" was the band's hype man and wardrobe valet.
“We’re deeply saddened to hear about the passing of our longtime wardrobe valet, Mike Sumler,” Kool & the Gang said in a statement. “Mike worked alongside Kool & the Gang from 2004-2015, making sure the guys looked their best onstage every night.”
“He also hyped the crowd with his energy and dance moves at the top of the show. Most recently, Mike helped Kool with LeKool champagne events,” they went on.
The mayor of Mableton, Michael Owens, also paid tribute to the "music legend."
“The City of Mableton, City Council and I join his friends, family and fans in mourning his loss,” Owens added.
Kool & the Gang have never disbanded since forming in 1964 as the Jazziacs, although the members have changed significantly over the years.
The group started out playing instrumental jazz, later adding vocals as they developed the danceable funk sound that led to their first success on the 1973 album Wild and Peaceful.
Sumler joined the group after striking up a friendship with their security guard, he recalled in a 2018 interview.
“I had a local band out of Chicago called Power Pac,” Sumler told the Kelly Talk Show. “One of the Kool and the Gang security guys caught our act in the club in Chicago and we became friends, and he decided… he said, ‘Hey, you’d like to meet my group?’ And I said ‘Sure.'”
“So I started off doing moves on the stage, and so that was the opening for the band. And then they said, ‘Well we need you a little more,'” he said. “So I started coming on doing background singing and just working the whole show… just creating even more moves for the band.”
Kool & the Gang have sold millions of albums and have received numerous honors, including two Grammys. The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2024, although sadly, only one original member was still alive to witness the achievement: Robert "Kool" Bell.
Donald Trump Jr. is expected to ring the New York Stock Exchange bell for online gun retailer GrabAGun, which is set to go public in June.
Ahead of the initial public offer (IPO), the president's son will be joined by anti-woke investor Omeed Malik and GrabAGun CEO Marc Nemati for a lunch and private dinner in Midtown Manhattan next week with hedge fund managers, the New York Post reported.
Trump Jr., an avid hunter and Second Amendment activist, is expected to join GrabAGun's board when the company goes public with the playful stock ticker "PEW."
It's part of an effort to establish conservative businesses that have long been sidelined by "woke" investors. Trump Jr. is also a partner at Mailk's conservative venture capital firm 1789 Capital.
“The gun space has been one of the spaces most attacked by woke corporate America,” Trump told The New York Post in January. "People are more concerned for their security than ever.”
“It shows our business model — we are giving a company that has been ostracized bandwidth to operate,” Trump said.
Trump Jr. previously partnered with Malik to set up Public Square, which bills itself as "America’s largest marketplace and payments ecosystem for consumers and businesses that value life, family, and liberty."
In a similar vein, GrabAGun aims to support the Second Amendment by making it easy to purchase guns and ammo "just like you can on Amazon," Malik said in a recent appearance at the Qatar Economic Forum.
"That’s an entire area that’s been starved of funding in the United States for ideological purposes,” Malik added.
GrabAGun aims to fills a gap in the retail firearms market, which has long been driven by in-store sales even as more Americans, particularly young people, are buying stuff online.
"We no longer shop the way we used to, and the retail firearms market needed a change. We believe people should be able to use their computers, phones, and tablets to shop for firearms the same way they purchase everything else," the company's site says.
GrabAGun will be acquired by Malik's special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Colombier Acquisition Corp II, which will take the gun retailer public.
Firearms companies have long had a small presence in the stock market - only two famous manufacturers, Smith & Wesson and Ruger, are publicly traded.
When GrabAGun goes public next month, Trump Jr. will have the honor of ringing the ceremonial bell on Wall Street.
President Trump pardoned an ex-Virginia sheriff who was convicted of taking bribes in exchange for badges.
Trump issued the shock pardon just one day before Scott Jenkins, the 53-year-old former sheriff of Culpeper County, Virginia, was due to report to prison.
Jenkins was accused of appointing businessmen as auxiliary deputy sheriffs in exchange for money. But in a social media post, Trump decried Jenkins' prosecution as an example of politically motivated "weaponization" of justice.
"In fact, during his trial, when Sheriff Jenkins tried to offer exculpatory evidence to support himself, the Biden Judge, Robert Ballou, refused to allow it, shut him down, and then went on a tirade," Trump wrote. "As we have seen, in Federal, City, and State Courts, Radical Left or Liberal Judges allow into evidence what they feel like, not what is mandated under the Constitution and Rules of Evidence."
Prosecutors said Jenkins accepted a combination of cash and campaign contributions, totaling over $60,000, from wealthy clients who were seeking to exercise special privileges, like get out of traffic tickets and carry concealed firearms without a permit. Two undercover FBI agents also paid Jenkins $15,000.
One co-defendant, Rick Rahim, testified that he paid Jenkins, and also gave him a loan that was never repaid, in exchange for a badge and the restoration of his gun rights.
At his trial, Jenkins testified that the payments were simply campaign donations, and he denied there was any connection between the payments and the badges.
His lawyer similarly denied there was any quid pro quo, claiming Jenkins deputized untrained civilians as a "creative" way to circumvent gun control laws in Virginia.
A jury in December convicted Jenkins of one count of conspiracy, four counts of honest services fraud, and seven counts of bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds.
The former sheriff was sentenced to 10 years in prison in March, and was set to begin his prison stay on Tuesday before Trump intervened at the 11th hour.
"This Sheriff is a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice, and doesn’t deserve to spend a single day in jail," he added.
"He is a wonderful person, who was persecuted by the Radical Left ‘monsters,’ and ‘left for dead.’ This is why I, as President of the United States, see fit to end his unfair sentence, and grant Sheriff Jenkins a FULL and Unconditional Pardon."
Jenkins was first elected in 2011 and won re-election twice before losing his office in the wake of the indictment.
The hateful left is up in arms after President Trump exposed the appalling treatment of white farmers in South Africa during a recent Oval Office meeting - but others are praising Trump for highlighting an issue that has long been swept under the rug.
During his meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa last week, Trump played video clips of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema chanting "Kill the Boer" and imitating the sound of gunfire.
But it was Trump's calling out brutal farm murders that led to the most furious response. Trump has suggested that white farmers in South Africa are being slaughtered in a silent "genocide" as the government looks the other way.
Whether or not whites in South Africa are being killed disproportionately is hotly disputed, but the vile incitement of political figures like Malema cannot be denied. It should be easy to condemn, but Ramaphosa was reluctant to do so during his sit-down with Trump.
"That is not government policy. We have a multiparty democracy in South Africa that allows people to express themselves," Ramaphosa said.
Ramaphosa's government has also enacted a new law that permits the state to seize land from white farmers. This racist policy has been dressed up as a response to lingering inequities from the time of apartheid.
In a short video, top South African rabbi Warren Goldstein said that Trump was correct to call out the "criminal incitement" that has been normalized by leaders like Malema and President Ramaphosa.
"Everyone knows it is wrong, except President Ramaphosa who has never publicly condemned the chanters' hate speech, even in the Oval Office when he had every opportunity and motive to do so," Goldstein said.
Unfortunately, tolerance of this murderous hatred is not limited to the political leadership. The Constitutional Court, which is South Africa's top court, recently issued a final ruling affirming that "Kill the Boer" is not hate speech.
Goldstein condemned the court's ruling, saying the judges should "hang their hands in shame."
While disagreeing with Trump that whites are the victims of "genocide," Goldstein said it is "damning" that Ramaphosa had no response other than to point out that South Africa suffers from high crime across the board. Indeed, South Africa is one of the most dangerous nations in the world, with more than 26,000 murdered in 2024.
South Africa's longtime ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has failed to protect blacks and whites alike, Goldstein said.
"What is happening in South Africa is a genocide. It is not a white genocide, it is not a black genocide, it is a human genocide. Every South African knows this," Rabbi Goldstein said. "Now, thanks to the spectacle in the White House, the world does too."
Whether it ought to be called a "genocide" or something else, it is clear that whites in South Africa are being targeted with violent incitement and other forms of cruel, discriminatory treatment. That should be enough to warrant the world's attention, and it more than justifies Trump's decision to accept white refugees seeking safety and peace.
Clint Eastwood and his colleagues from countless westerns and other movies were shocked to learn of the death of a staple in the industry.
According to Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health revealed that actress Mara Corday has died. She was 95.
The actress appeared in several hit films, including the classic cult horror film "Tarantula," and alongside Eastwood in a number of movies.
Corday once described Eastwood as a "Godsend" for her career in the movie industry.
The Washington Post obtained a death certificate via the L.A. County Department of Health confirming that Corday died in early February at her residence in Valencia, California.
According to Corday's formal death certificate, the late actress died of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
RIP Mara Corday who has passed away at the age of 95 🕊💔 pic.twitter.com/vR3Mp95c0l
— ClassicActorsOfHollywood (@CAOH110291) May 25, 2025
The Hollywood Reporter noted:
A onetime contract player at Universal-International, Corday also worked in many Westerns, among them Drums Across the River (1954), starring Audie Murphy; King Vidor’s Man Without a Star (1955), starring Kirk Douglas; and The Quiet Gun (1957), starring Forrest Tucker.
Notably, Corday was married to actor Richard Long from 1954 to 1974, until he passed away due to heart issues.
Corday once gave an interview regarding her hit horror film, Tarantual, noting that movies like that at the time really boiled down to the special effects side of the production.
The outlet noted:
There’s not much of a plot,” Corday said in an interview for Tom Weaver’s 1996 book It Came From Horrorwood. “You’re at the mercy of the ‘fright,’ the ‘horror,’ or whatever. You’re at the mercy of the special effects people, because if they don’t do a good job, then the whole picture goes in the toilet. For instance, The Giant Claw!”
Given her Hollywood status and resume, it shouldn't come as a surprise that many of her fans across social media paid tribute to her.
"RIP Mara Corday, 95. Of course, we love her for TARANTULA, THE GIANT CLAW and THE BLACK SCORPION, but here she is in a low-budget 1956 Ron Ormond-produced Western, with a title that would serve Leslie Nielsen well decades later," one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Our farewell tribute to the beautiful Universal actress of colorful westerns and creature features."
Clearly, her legacy will live on and her films will be enjoyed for a long time to come.
President Donald Trump and his administration continue to clean out the halls of Washington D.C. with a new round of dismissals, suspensions and reassignments.
According to Newsweek, the Trump administration made quite an overhaul at the National Security Council by dismissing dozens of workers, placing others on administrative leave, and issuing reassignments for some.
The shake-up at the White House's NSC came in the wake of the exit of Mike Waltz as the head of the agency in the wake of the Signal chat scandal that caused some level of embarrassment for the administration.
As it stands, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is the acting adviser of the NSC until a replacement can be confirmed by the Senate.
President Trump and his administration are undertaking a massive reorganization of the NSC, which will include firings, suspensions and recalling some of the employees back to their home stations, reports noted.
The overhaul has been described as a sort of "liquidation" of the agency.
Newsweek noted:
NSC Chief of Staff Brian McCormack informed members of the NSC that they had 30 minutes to remove their belongings and exit the building, which is located next to the White House.
Dennis Wilder, a former top NSC official in George W. Bush's administration, told the FT there was "no question that the NSC in the Biden administration had become bloated and was high-handedly trying to implement foreign policy rather than doing its traditional role of co-ordinating the implementation by the rest of the national security establishment."
A major part of the overhaul is that the Trump administration believes the NSC is riddled with those who aren't in line with Trump's agenda.
Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are apparently behind the massive changes, according to Fox News.
The outlet noted:
A White House official involved in the planning said Trump and Rubio are driving the change in an attempt to target Washington’s so-called "Deep State."
"The NSC is the ultimate Deep State. It's Marco vs. the Deep State. We're gutting the Deep State," a White House official told Axios.
The NSC is actually located within the White House, and it functions to serve the president's office, guiding it on national security, military and foreign affairs matters.
The NSC will still exist, though massively shrunk down in size.
A vast majority of Trump's supporters are in favor of gutting the agency, along with several others.
Only time will tell how the new level of efficiency will serve the government and the American people.