Videos show Trump and Noem lied about ICE killing of U.S. citizen
Several videos show that President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristie Noem both lied when they claimed that the 37-year old U.S. citizen who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis was a terrorist who attacked and ran over ICE agents with her car. The woman was identified as 37-year old Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three young children. Videos clearly show ICE agents assaulting her as she sat in her car. She tried to slowly drive away by turning her car away from the ICE agents. Videos show one of the ICE agents fired a shot at her through the left side of the windshield and then fired two more shots through the open driver’s side window at close range as the car was driving away. A separate video shows that an ICE agent refused to allow a doctor to provide medical aid to the woman.
Federal commission to begin looking at Trump’s ballroom plan
Today, construction of Donald Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House comes under discussion by the National Capital Planning Commission, the official planning agency for federal land and buildings. Trump appointed a trio of political loyalists to the commission last year, installing White House staff secretary Will Scharf as its chairman, Office of Management and Budget official Stuart Levenbach as vice chairman, and current Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair as commissioner. Their appointments mark a departure from prior presidential appointees, who have traditionally had substantive expertise in architecture, historic preservation, or urban planning. The commission also includes Defense Secretary Hegseth, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, and House Oversight Chairman James Comer. Phil Mendelson, chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia and an ex-officio member of the commission, told CNN that he expects the project to be fast-tracked by the president’s allies to please their boss.
Trump’s policy statements about business
Donald Trump issued two new policy statements about business yesterday in an effort to influence what some companies do. Trump posted on the internet that large institutional investors should be barred from buying single-family homes. Housing stocks fell and Blackstone, one of the largest institutional investors in America’s housing market, tumbled 5.6% Wednesday. In his second statement, Trump complained that defense contractors are making enormous profits off their largest customer, the U.S. government, and they’re using that money to directly reward shareholders and executives rather than Americans. Trump demanded improvements to products that he griped are too slow to ship and operations he called too poorly maintained. He said his administration would block contracts to defense contractors that pay their executives more than $5 million a year.
Oil tanker seized by U.S.
U.S. forces boarded and seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker on Wednesday after tracking it across the Atlantic for weeks. The aging vessel, originally called the Bella 1, was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2024 for operating in a “shadow fleet” transporting illicit Iranian oil. Last month, the U.S. Coast Guard attempted to seize the ship near Venezuela while it was under the Guyana flag, but U.S. forces did not board it after the vessel turned around and fled. In a separate operation on Wednesday, the U.S. also seized a tanker called Sophia in international waters near the Caribbean, describing it as a “stateless, sanctioned” vessel engaged in illicit activities.
Venezuela death count revealed
At least 100 people were killed in the U.S. military operation on Saturday that captured Venezuela’s ousted President Nicolás Maduro, the country’s interior minister said. Maduro has since appeared in a New York federal court, with his next hearing expected in March. Venezuelans are now trying to return to their daily lives, but many are stockpiling food and medicine amid heightened security, with checkpoints and guards seen around key buildings. President Trump has suggested the U.S. could have long-term oversight of Venezuela”s affairs, even as the Senate prepares to vote on a measure that would limit his powers in the country.
Steny Hoyer retiring from Congress
Maryland Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer has told The Washington Post that he is going to retire from Congress. Hoyer is 86 and has served in Congress for more than four decades. Hoyer formerly served as House majority leader. The lawmaker bemoaned the state of American politics, telling the Post it’s been deteriorating for decades. Hoyer put much of the blame on President Donald Trump, pointing to Trump’s pardoning of those convicted in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. “His people don’t care whatever he does, pardoning 1,600 people who committed treason,” Hoyer said. “Just astounding, and then he gets away with it.”
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