David Gilmour

1 month ago | mediaite.com | David Gilmour

Police in Texas have released dramatic bodycam footage showing the arrest of two fugitives who escaped from a New Orleans jail earlier this month — along with eight other inmates. Leo Tate and Jermaine Donald, who had been on the run since the May 16 breakout from the New Orleans Justice Center, were captured near Highway 190 and Geneva Road in Huntsville, Texas. Their arrests were confirmed by the Deputy U.S. Marshal. The manhunt for two other escapees continues.

1 month ago | mediaite.com | David Gilmour

First Lady Melania Trump issued a rare public rebuttal Tuesday to swat down a conspiracy theory that her son, Barron Trump, was rejected by Harvard – a claim that, some suggested, motivated President Donald Trump’s escalating campaign against the Ivy League university.

1 month ago | mediaite.com | David Gilmour

President Donald Trump issued a full pardon to a convicted tax cheat — just weeks after the man’s mother attended a $1 million-a-head fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago, raising fresh questions about how the president is using his clemency powers. Paul Walczak, a Florida nursing home executive, had been sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $4.4 million in restitution after pleading guilty to siphoning employee tax payments to fund a luxury lifestyle that included a $2 million yacht.

1 month ago | mediaite.com | David Gilmour

Elon Musk hit out at President Donald Trump’s White House for the second time in a week, accusing the administration of making his government-slashing Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) its “whipping boy.” Speaking from the Starbase SpaceX facility in Texas, Musk offered a sharp critique of the administration he once helped bankroll, claiming DOGE was being scapegoated for problems it had “nothing to do with.” “DOGE is just becoming the whipping boy for everything,” Musk told The...

1 month ago | mediaite.com | David Gilmour

Wall Street traders have developed a biting new acronym for a strategy that’s become surprisingly lucrative for President Donald Trump’s whiplash-inducing trade policy: TACO – “Trump Always Chickens Out.” Reportedly first coined by Financial Times columnist Robert Armstrong, the term has quickly gained traction among investors who are profiting from what they say is a predictable pattern: Trump threatens steep tariffs, the markets plunge, and days later he backs off in a way that prompts a...