Trump News for Sunday, May 31, 2026

Colombia presidential runoff pits leftist senator against pro-Trump rival

BBC News

Left-wing senator Iván Cepeda will face Trump admirer Abelardo de la Espriella at the final ballot on 21 June.

NAACP Leader Booed After Calling for Black and Brown Solidarity...

Anita Bennett, Urbanhollywood411.com

NAACP Leader Booed After Calling for Black and Brown Solidarity... (Second column, 8th story, link) Related stories:Socialism's next test: Swing states... Mamdani plans to spend $5.2M on propaganda office...

Colombia run-off election set: Leftist vs. right-wing firebrand...

Megan Janetsky, Astrid Suárez, Associated Press

Lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and peace-builder Iván Cepeda are leading the vote counts in the first round of Colombia’s presidential elections and will face off in a presidential runoff in the South American nation later in June. De la Espriella, a newcome…

Broadcom Inc (AVGO) Launches Broadband Chip With AI Capabilities

Neha Gupta, Yahoo Entertainment

Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) is one of Renaissance Technologies’ top semiconductor stock picks. Broadcom shares have gained more than 20% year-to-date and...

Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) Deepens Enterprise AI Adoption Through ePlus Partnership

Neha Gupta, Yahoo Entertainment

Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) is one of Renaissance Technologies’ top semiconductor stock picks. Nvidia shares have gained around 60% over the past year. Nvidia ...

Adient plc (ADNT) Releases China Business Update

Bob Karr, Yahoo Entertainment

Adient plc (NYSE:ADNT) is one of the Best Undervalued Stocks to Buy According to the Financial Media. On May 20, the company released its China business...

Trump seeking edits to US-Iran deal, US media report

BBC News

The requested changes are related to the Strait of Hormuz and the removal of highly enriched uranium, according to US media.

DHS says most immigrants won’t need to leave US to obtain green card

Laura Romero, Abcnews.com

The Department of Homeland Security appears to be downplaying impact of policy directive issued last week that prompted concerns among immigrant advocates and lawyers.

Western Digital Corporation (WDC): Leopold Aschenbrenner Is Selling This Stock

Usman Kabir, Yahoo Entertainment

We just covered the From Fired Researcher to $13.7 Billion King: How Leopold Aschenbrenner Broke the Hedge Fund World and Western Digital Corporation...

Trump Says He 'Saved' Crypto, But Did Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP Actually Benefit?

Parshwa Turakhiya, Yahoo Entertainment

President Trump on Wednesday posted on Truth Social that he saved the American crypto industry from Gary Gensler’s “Anti-Crypto Army,” declaring America is...

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (TSEM): Leopold Aschenbrenner Is Bearish on This Company

Usman Kabir, Yahoo Entertainment

We just covered the From Fired Researcher to $13.7 Billion King: How Leopold Aschenbrenner Broke the Hedge Fund World and Tower Semiconductor Ltd...

Here’s the biggest news you missed this weekend

Amina Kilpatrick, Kayla Hayempour, Mark Hodge, NBC News

Family visitation at a New Jersey immigration detention center is set to resume after being suspended amid days of protests, arrests and clashes outside the facility, Gov.

Atherton spent $145K to delay train electrification. The rest of us paid $400M

Peninsulaforeveryone.org

The Town of Atherton's lawsuit against Caltrain electrification is the clearest case study we have of how a tiny, wealthy minority can hijack a regional public project — and stick everyone else with the bill.

Bartiromo Wants To Destroy Social Security To Pay For Forever Wars

John Amato, Crooksandliars.com

North Korean propagandist -- I mean Fox News host -- Maria Bartiromo spewed the most vicious anti-American hatred towards the working class in this country when she claimed Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security were destroying the country and Trump needs to …

Heritage Foundation President Brags About Trump Implementing Their Agenda

Heather, Crooksandliars.com

So much for that b.s. that Trump didn't know anything about Project 2025. Here's Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts on this Friday's Washington Journal on CSPAN, bragging about how many of their projects he's implemented. BRAWNER: Did the president…

Trump's latest reason for his new ballroom: A rooftop 'DronePort'

Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, USA Today

Trump said that if a judge doesn't approve the new White House ballroom, he'll be "held responsible for the Death and Destruction."

Newark mayor imposes curfew at Delaney Hall immigration detention centre

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill has called for the establishment of protest zones to minimise clashes with police.

Syria's Sharaa holds phone call with Trump, Syrian presidency says

Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment

May 31 (Reuters) - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa held a phone call with U.S.

Diamond Ring Or Nosebleed Seat? Knicks Finals Tickets Cost More Than Manhattan Rent, Mortgages, More

Ty Roush, Forbes Staff, Ty Roush, Forbes Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/, Forbes

The Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, drawing high demand for seats inside Madison Square Garden.

Trump’s latest spending defense springs a leak

CK Smith, Salon

Trump claims Obama and Biden spent "hundreds of millions" on similar renovations, but records show otherwise

Medical Marijuana Is Off Limits To Truckers And Pilots Despite Trump Administration's Reclassification

staff@jalopnik.com (Logan K. Carter), Jalopnik

Weed is not an FDA-approved drug, thus it is not permitted to show up on drug tests for employees in safety sensitive transportation roles.

Out-Of-Touch Bessent Dismisses Gas Price Hikes As No Biggie

NewsHound Ellen, Crooksandliars.com

Another Trump mouthpiece tried to gaslight Americans into disbelieving their own financial struggles. In this case, it was Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisting that our economic woes are a Democratic/news media hoax. As inflation just hit a three-year h…

Trump Reacts to Artists Ditching Freedom 250 Concert: ‘Cancel It’

Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone

Initially on the lineup, Martina McBride, Morris Day, Young MC and more announced they would not perform at Washington, D.C. event after learning about organizers' Trump ties

US measure to deepen Israel military cooperation faces bipartisan pushback

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie say they will try to remove the pro-Israel section from US defence bill.

US Congress moves to deepen military ties with Israel: Why it matters

Caolán Magee, Al Jazeera English

Analysts say the plan would weave Israeli military interests more deeply into the fabric of US national security policy.

Trump posts AI-generated images of a "DronePort" he wants on top of the new White House ballroom

Jack Brewster, Yahoo Entertainment

President Trump posted two AI-generated images on Truth Social Sunday showing a "DronePort" on top of his planned White House ballroom.

Santos, Lindell, Proud Boys eye Trump’s $1.8B fund

CK Smith, Salon

"Anti-weaponization" compensation attracts claims from Jan. 6 defendants, political allies, and election deniers

Opinion - Trump has turned Republicans into the anti-Black party

A. Scott Bolden, opinion contributor, The Hill

The Republican Party, led by President Trump, has embraced white Christian nationalists and is working to reduce the number of Black House members through...

10 times Trump or his administration posted AI-generated content online

Rae Deng, Snopes.com

In the president's AI-generated world, he's poop-bombed protesters, served as the pope and walked alongside a shackled alien.

'Cancel it', Trump says after artists drop out of US Freedom 250 festival

BBC News

Trump suggests holding a "Make America Great Again" rally instead after most headliners drop out of White-House-linked event.

“Totally unacceptable”: Pence calls slush fund for Jan. 6 rioters “deeply offensive”

Alex Galbraith, Salon

The former vice president was inside the Capitol when it was stormed by Trump supporters.

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Tina Brown, Substack.com

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'Elvis' Trump Thinks He's Perfect Replacement For ‘Freedom 250’ Singers

NewsHound Ellen, Crooksandliars.com

Donald Trump’s “Freedom 250” concert has fallen apart like it's one of his Iran war-ending plans. In this case, almost all the singers have backed out because they do not want to be associated with him. And while the lying Trump administration has claimed it’…

Colombians head to the polls to choose President Gustavo Petro’s successor

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

The contest is largely a three-horse race between a left-wing senator, a businessman and a right-wing lawmaker.

Sen. Booker says he's 'absolutely expecting' more Republican opposition to Trump

Ford McCracken, Abcnews.com

Democratic Sen. Cory Booker says he expects Republican opposition to Trump's agenda to grow after his push to create anti-weaponization fund, among other actions.

Andy Beshear says ‘Texas is in play’ after Ken Paxton wins Senate GOP primary

Alexandra Marquez, NBC News

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., on Sunday said the Texas Senate race is “in play” for Democrats after state Attorney General Ken Paxton beat incumbent John Cornyn in last week’s Senate Republican primary.

Could Democrats be shut out of the California governor’s race?

Adam Shanks, Al Jazeera English

California is a Democrat stronghold, but thanks to the state's jungle primary, Republicans are frontrunners to advance.

Newark sets curfew around ICE jail after more clashes between cops and protesters

Michael Sol Warren, Gothamist

Protestors and New Jersey State Police clash outside Delaney Hall, a private prison being used as an ICE detention center, in Newark ICE agrees to restore visitation for detainees at Delaney Hall, which had been suspended more than a week. [ more › ]

A Baltic Pressure Campaign For President Trump To End Russia’s War

David A. Deptula, Contributor, David A. Deptula, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/davedeptula/, Forbes

President Trump has an opportunity to end Russia’s war against Ukraine by leading a Baltic air and maritime pressure campaign that moves Putin to the bargaining table.

U.S. strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in Pacific Ocean, in fourth attack this week

The Associated Press, NPR

The U.S. military said it carried out another strike on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing three in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205.

Trump says cognitive test proves “extreme intelligence,” doctors disagree

CK Smith, Salon

Doctors say MoCA is screening tool for cognitive impairment, not intelligence test, despite Trump’s intellect claim

Trump sent back Iran deal text with changes

Yahoo Entertainment

Wisconsin Republican Carries BidenWisconsin Republican Carries Biden's Water

Heather, Crooksandliars.com

Trump's gaslighting Agriculture Secretary downplayed the pain farmers are experiencing now due to Trump's Iran war while taking credit for a taking credit for a new ammonia plant which will be funded by -- you guessed it -- a program created under Biden. Duri…

Here is why OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. (OPHC) is among the Best Growth Stocks to Buy with Low P/E Ratios

Sajjl Nooranne, Yahoo Entertainment

With a forward P/E ratio of 5.87, OptimumBank Holdings, Inc. (NYSEAMERICAN:OPHC) is among the 10 Best Growth Stocks to Buy with Low P/E Ratios. On May 13...

Palmer Square Capital BDC (PSBD) Expands Its Buyback Program As Confidence Grows

Sajjl Nooranne, Yahoo Entertainment

With a forward P/E ratio of 7.63, Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc. (NYSE:PSBD) is among the 10 Best Growth Stocks to Buy with Low P/E Ratios. On May 21, Palmer...

Is Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (OLPX) among the Best Up and Coming Penny Stocks to Buy Now?

Sajjl Nooranne, Yahoo Entertainment

With a stock price of $2.04, Olaplex Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:OLPX) is among the 8 Best Up and Coming Penny Stocks to Buy Now. Olaplex Holdings, Inc...

Caribou Biosciences (CRBU) Gets A Higher Target As Confidence In Its Pipeline Grows

Sajjl Nooranne, Yahoo Entertainment

With a stock price of $2.36, Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRBU) is among the 8 Best Up and Coming Penny Stocks to Buy Now. Caribou Biosciences, Inc...

Why Richtech Robotics’ (RR) Latest Collaboration Could Change The Conversation

Sajjl Nooranne, Yahoo Entertainment

With a stock price of $3.02, Richtech Robotics Inc. (NASDAQ:RR) is among the 8 Best Up and Coming Penny Stocks to Buy Now. On May 7, Richtech Robotics Inc. (...

NeOnc Technologies (NTHI) Could Be Targeting A Challenging Market With A Different Strategy

Sajjl Nooranne, Yahoo Entertainment

With a stock price of $4.64, NeOnc Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTHI) is among the 8 Best Up and Coming Penny Stocks to Buy Now. On May 19, Alliance...

M.I.A. sues Kid Cudi for More Than $2.8M After Being Kicked Off Tour

Travis Bland, Consequence.net

The British rapper claimed Kid Cudi booted her from the tour to get publicity and sell tickets. M.I.A. sues Kid Cudi for More Than $2.8M After Being Kicked Off Tour Travis Bland

Dell exploded 255% since Trump told Americans to 'buy a Dell' — and his account held it before a $9.7B Pentagon deal

Rudro Chakrabarti, Yahoo Entertainment

Trump's comments on Dell have drawn criticism. Yet the company has also been a major beneficiary of the AI boom.

Mike Pence says the Trump administration has ‘departed’ from conservative principles

Alexandra Marquez, NBC News

Former Vice President Mike Pence said the second administration of President Donald Trump has “departed” from traditional conservative principle in the president’s second term.

TD Securities and Scotiabank Take Different Views on Nutrien (NTR) after Q1 Results

Vardah Gill, Yahoo Entertainment

With an annual dividend yield of 3.18%, Nutrien Ltd. (NYSE:NTR) is included among the Top 10 High Dividend Stocks to Invest In According to Analysts. On May ...

Bath & Body Works (BBWI) Draws Mixed Analyst Reactions from Telsey and TD Cowen

Vardah Gill, Yahoo Entertainment

With an annual dividend yield of 3.93%, Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE:BBWI) is included among the Top 10 High Dividend Stocks to Invest In According to...

Stephens Reaffirms Overweight Rating on Papa John’s (PZZA) Despite Operating Challenges

Vardah Gill, Yahoo Entertainment

With an annual dividend yield of 5.47%, Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ:PZZA) is included among the Top 10 High Dividend Stocks to Invest In...

Trump’s White House UFC Cage Match Is Another Big, Fat Grift

NewsHound Ellen, Crooksandliars.com

Donald Trump is pretending to give America the present of a UFC cage match on his birthday but the real gift recipient is sure to be his own self. “Trump purchased between $15,001 and $50,000 of stock of TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of UFC, on March…

Protesters want to send ‘fascists to Mars’ aboard mock rocket

Al Jazeera English

Environmental activists in Rome built a mock rocket with caricatures of Giorgia Meloni and Donald Trump.

WHO Chief Says 5 Patients In Africa’s Ebola Outbreak Have Recovered (Live Updates)

Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes Staff, Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/, Forbes

There have been more than 220 suspected deaths since the start of the Ebola outbreak.

John Cornyn’s defeat could be the end of the GOP establishment

Carolina Lumetta, TheBlaze

As soon as polls closed in Texas on Tuesday, the Associated Press called a decisive victory for state Attorney General Ken Paxton, presumably ending Sen. John Cornyn’s 35-year political career. The 30-point margin was also another feather in Donald Trump’s ca…

Mike Pence says 2nd Trump term ‘departed’ from ‘conservative agenda’: Full interview

NBC, Yahoo Entertainment

Former Vice President Mike Pence tells Meet the Press he believes the “populist right” is pushing President Trump away from the conservative agenda.

Do Americans really know how much the world hates us?

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon

The global romance with America turned sour years ago. Now the world's ready for a divorce

Japan rejects ‘new militarism’, says China is rapidly arming

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Japan accuses China of lacking military transparency and stresses the importance of dialogue for regional stability.

Resolution Copper Mine Promises To Boost America’s Energy Security

David Blackmon, Senior Contributor, David Blackmon, Senior Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/, Forbes

Resolution Copper, a major brownfield mining project in Arizona, promises to give a big boost to America's ability to reshore its domestic copper needs.

All Eyes on US and Iran as Potential Peace Deal Looms

NBC, Yahoo Entertainment

United States and Arab officials have been indicating for days that a deal is close to being finalized to end the Iran war. On Friday, President Donald Trump...

Trump Says He Will Headline Freedom 250 After Artists Drop Out

NBC, Yahoo Entertainment

President Donald Trump is suggesting the 16 day Freedom 250 event to celebrate the nation’s birthday should be canceled after several artists dropped out of...

Vance: 'You Can't Boo Me. I'm The Vice-President'

Chris capper Liebenthal, Crooksandliars.com

The Air Force Academy pulled the short straw this year and got stuck with J Dvian Vance as their commencement speaker. As he was giving his speech, he tried to make a funny: “You know, this is the only commencement speech that I’m giving this year, and so I’v…

Los Angeles Voters Have No Good Option

Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic

The mayoral race is a staging ground for three of the most unfortunate tendencies in American politics.

DAN HODGES: Blair has lost his mind. He used unchecked immigration as a tool to lower people's wages - yet he STILL has no humility. And this is the shocking plan for Britain zealots like him are trying to force through next...

Dan Hodges, Dailymail.com

I used to worship Tony Blair. I once bought a fawn-coloured suit because that's what Tony had taken to wearing, in radical defiance of Westminster convention.

The Arc of the Voting Rights Act

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, The Atlantic

Louisiana Republicans erased a majority-Black congressional district.

Applicants For Trump’s $1.8B Fund Include Proud Boys Leader, J6 Rioters And George Santos

Sara Dorn, Forbes Staff, Sara Dorn, Forbes Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/, Forbes

The fund is broadly unpopular among both parties—a majority of Republicans in an Economist/YouGov survey released this week said they oppose it.

U.S. faces foreign crises with a hollowed out diplomatic corps

Abigail Williams, NBC News

Hundreds of diplomats have been forced to retire or were laid off in the Trump administration

How Trump squandered the economic recovery

Heather Digby Parton, Salon

In January 2025, the president was set up for success. Instead, he blew it

Tennessee’s attempt to whitewash “Roots” was stopped — for now

Chauncey DeVega, Salon

The attack on Alex Haley’s landmark work is part of a sweeping assault on Black history

White House intervened to get a $620 million deal for a company tied to Donald Trump Jr.

Robert Faturechi, Salon

Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in Vulcan Elements before Pentagon announced deal.

Trump tightens terms on Iran war deal, US media say

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

US officials indicate Tehran may take days to respond to Trump's tougher terms on a potential peace agreement.

Shutting Down Federal Bee Labs Threatens Bees, Beekeepers and the US Food System

Conor Gallagher, Nakedcapitalism.com

Is the country's food supply being destroyed intentionally?

Colombia votes in presidential election that could redefine relations with US

BBC News

The election is held after months of public recrimination between current left-wing President Gustavo Petro and his US counterpart Donald Trump.

Iran war day 93: Trump won’t ‘rush’ deal; Israel expands Lebanon invasion

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Donald Trump says talks with Iran are progressing 'slowly but surely', as Israel intensifies operations in Lebanon.

Guest Contribution: “Americans can’t afford Trump’s inflationary policies”

Menzie Chinn, Econbrowser.com

Today, we present a guest post written by Jeffrey Frankel, Harpel Professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and formerly a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. A shorter version was published in Project Syndicate.   May 31, 2026 …

Trump pushes for last-minute changes to Iran peace draft – media

RT

Donald Trump has reportedly ordered last-minute revisions to the Iran peace roadmap, demanding stronger nuclear concessions Read Full Article at RT.com

“How to Sell a Genocide:” Gaza Reporting’s Double Standards

The Conversation, Juancole.com

The IDF engaged in “medicide” namely, the targeted destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system and the killing of more than 1,500 healthcare workers<

Trump DIthers and Betting on Re-Opening by July 1st Crashes

Menzie Chinn, Econbrowser.com

Not quite the lowest odds ever, but pretty close; betting odds have retraced to just before “imminent”. Source: Kalshi, accessed 5/30/2026, 10PM CT.

WATCH: Special roadside delivery in Oklahoma

ABC News, Abcnews.com

Shelbee Dugger-Kemp's Memorial Day weekend delivery was the early arrival of twins.

WATCH: Mysterious loud booms shake East Coast

ABC News, Abcnews.com

The mysterious loud booms were heard, over the past several days, from New England to South Carolina.