Trump reacts after Middle Eastern royal family offers to donate jumbo jet ahead of his international trip
Qatar’s royal family offered to donate a jumbo jet to the Department of Defense that could serve as Air Force One, but a White House official said the offer has not been accepted, Fox News has learned.
Earlier Sunday, ABC News reported that President Trump “was poised to accept” the $400 million Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet and would use it until the end of his term, when it would be given to his presidential library. Trump is believed to be frustrated with Boeing’s delays in producing a new presidential plane.
A White House official told Fox News the gift will not be presented or accepted when Trump visits Doha this week. But the White House stopped short of denying altogether that Trump may take possession of the plane at some point.
“Any gift given by a foreign government is always accepted in full compliance with all applicable laws,” said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “President Trump’s Administration is committed to full transparency.”
Trump confirmed the offer in a Truth Social post Sunday night.
“So the fact that the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, so bothers the Crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane,” Trump wrote. “Anybody can do that! The Dems are World Class Losers!!! MAGA.”
Trump is headed to the Middle East this week and is expected to meet with leaders in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
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Trump reportedly toured the plane when it was on the tarmac of the West Palm Beach Airport in Florida in February, ABC News reported. The outlet, which was the first to report on the matter, noted that the plane is so opulently outfitted that it is known as “a flying palace.”
The gift has reportedly been tied up with legal reviews as the White House counsel’s office and the Department of Justice reviewed the legality of the president accepting such a pricey gift from a foreign nation.
The current Air Force One fleet includes two planes, with Trump awarding Boeing a $3.9 billion contract in 2018 under his first term to manufacture two new jets. The construction of the jets, however, is not expected to be completed until 2029.
“Boeing is proud to build the next generation of Air Force One, providing American Presidents with a flying White House at outstanding value to taxpayers. President Trump negotiated a good deal on behalf of the American people,” Boeing said in 2018 after ironing out a deal with Trump for the creation of the new fleet.
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When not in office as president, Trump travels in his private Boeing 757 jet, dubbed Trump Force One. That jet is famously emblazoned with Trump’s last name and was frequently seen in the backdrop of campaign rallies.
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Trump purchased the 757 jet in 2011 and outfitted it with luxury fixtures, such as 24-karat gold-plated seat belt buckles. The plane received a total revamp ahead of his 2024 presidential run.
Trump to shake up the US drug industry ‘almost immediately’ with new executive order
President Donald Trump announced he plans to sign an executive order on Monday that will reduce the cost of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals “almost immediately, by 30% to 80%.”
Trump made the announcement on Truth Social Sunday.
“For many years the World has wondered why Prescription Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in the United States States of America were SO MUCH HIGHER IN PRICE THAN THEY WERE IN ANY OTHER NATION, SOMETIMES BEING FIVE TO TEN TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE SAME DRUG, MANUFACTURED IN THE EXACT SAME LABORATORY OR PLANT, BY THE SAME COMPANY???” Trump wrote. “It was always difficult to explain and very embarrassing because, in fact, there was no correct or rightful answer.
“The Pharmaceutical/Drug Companies would say, for years, that it was Research and Development Costs, and that all of these costs were, and would be, for no reason whatsoever, borne by the ‘suckers’ of America, ALONE. Campaign Contributions can do wonders, but not with me, and not with the Republican Party,” the president continued.
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“We are going to do the right thing, something that the Democrats have fought for many years,” Trump added. “Therefore, I am pleased to announce that Tomorrow morning, in the White House, at 9:00 A.M., I will be signing one of the most consequential Executive Orders in our Country’s history. Prescription Drug and Pharmaceutical prices will be REDUCED, almost immediately, by 30% to 80%.
Trump noted that the cost of drugs will rise throughout the World, but for the first time in many years, he added, it will “bring FAIRNESS TO AMERICA!”
“I will be instituting a MOST FAVORED NATION’S POLICY whereby the United States will pay the same price as the Nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the World,” Trump said. “Our Country will finally be treated fairly, and our citizens Healthcare Costs will be reduced by numbers never even thought of before. Additionally, on top of everything else, the United States will save TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS.”
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Trump signed another executive order last month to standardize Medicare payments for prescription drugs, including those used for cancer patients, no matter where a patient receives treatment. The White House said in a fact sheet at the time that the order could lower prices for patients as much as 60%.
Likewise, the order calls to match the Medicare payment for certain prescription drugs to the price that hospitals pay for those drugs, up to 35% lower than what the government pays to acquire those medications, the White House said.
The order also takes steps to lower insulin prices. Specifically, the order calls for lowering insulin prices for low-income patients or those who are uninsured to as little as 3 cents and injectable epinephrine for treating allergic reactions to as low as $15, coupled with a “small administrative fee,” according to a White House fact sheet.
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Additionally, the order attempts to drive down states’ drug prices by “facilitating importation programs that could save states millions in prescription drug prices,” as well as bolstering programs that assist states secure deals on sickle-cell medications in Medicaid, the fact sheet said.
The order requires Health and Human Services, which is lead by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to seek comment on the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, which the Biden administration authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act and allows Medicare to directly engage in hashing out prescription prices with drug companies.
Drug prices have significantly spiked in recent years. Between January 2022 and January 2023, prescription drug prices rose more than 15% and reached an average of $590 per drug product, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Of the 4,200 prescription drugs included on that list, 46% of the price increases exceeded the rate of inflation.
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Previous efforts under the first Trump administration to curb prescription drug prices included installing a cap on Medicaid prescription drug plans for insulin at $35.
Two more top US government officials receive their last emails from the Trump admin
President Donald Trump’s administration fired the top copyright official in the U.S. – just days after terminating the Librarian of Congress.
Shira Perlmutter was in charge of the U.S. Copyright Office, which is overseen by the Library of Congress, until she was abruptly fired on Saturday.
The U.S. Copyright Office told Fox News Digital that Perlmutter received an email from the White House, stating, “your position as the Register of Copyrights and Director at the U.S. Copyright Office is terminated effective immediately.”
Trump fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who was the first woman and first African American to be Librarian of Congress, on Thursday. The termination was part of the administration’s ongoing purge of government officials who are perceived to be opposed to Trump and his agenda.
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The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment on the matter.
Hayden tapped Perlmutter to lead the Copyright Office in October 2020.
Like Perlmutter, Hayden was notified of her firing in an email, according to The Associated Press.
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“Carla,” the email from the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office reportedly began. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as the Librarian of Congress is terminated effective immediately. Thank you for your service.”
Perlmutter’s office recently released a report examining whether artificial intelligence companies can use copyrighted materials to “train” their AI systems.
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The report followed a review that started in 2023 with opinions from thousands of individuals, including AI developers, actors and country singers.
The Copyright Office clarified its approach in January, as one based on the “centrality of human creativity” in authoring a work that warrants copyright protections. The Copyright Office takes in about a half a million copyright applications each year, covering millions of creative works.
“Where that creativity is expressed through the use of AI systems, it continues to enjoy protection,” Perlmutter said in January. “Extending protection to material whose expressive elements are determined by a machine… would undermine rather than further the constitutional goals of copyright.”
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Perlmutter, who holds a law degree, was previously a policy director at the Patent and Trademark Office and worked on copyright and other areas of intellectual property.
She also previously worked at the Copyright Office in the late 1990s.
Trump admin takes action against deadly threat looming beyond southern border
The Trump administration is temporarily banning imports of cattle, horses and bison through ports along the southern border because of the rapid northern spread of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Mexico.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the suspension in an X post on Sunday.
“Due to the threat of New World Screwworm I am announcing the suspension of live cattle, horse, & bison imports through U.S. southern border ports of entry effective immediately,” she wrote. “The last time this devastating pest invaded America, it took 30 years for our cattle industry to recover. This cannot happen again.”
The USDA said in a press release the first case of NWS in Mexico was reported to the U.S. in November 2024.
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The problem is when NWS fly maggots burrow into the flesh of living animals, they can cause serious and often deadly damage to the animal, the USDA said. The types of animals NWS maggots can infest include pets, livestock, wildlife, birds, and in rare cases, humans.
According to the USDA, NWS was recently detected in remote farms with minimal cattle movement as far north as about 700 miles from the U.S. border.
The U.S. and Mexico are working together to eradicate NWS before the deadly parasitic fly works its way to the southern border.
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Effective immediately, the USDA said, the agency’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection are restricting the imports of live animal commodities originating from or transiting through Mexico.
The suspension will continue on a month-to-month basis, until “a significant window of containment is achieved,” the USDA said.
Livestock currently being held for entry into the U.S. will be processed normally, the USDA added, and will be inspected by a port veterinary medical officer and treated to ensure they are not carrying NWS.
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“Secretary Berdegué and I have worked closely on the NWS response; however, it is my duty to take all steps within my control to protect the livestock industry in the United States from this devastating pest,” Rollins said of the work she had done with her Mexican counterpart. “The protection of our animals and safety of our nation’s food supply is a national security issue of the utmost importance. Once we see increased surveillance and eradication efforts, and the positive results of those actions, we remain committed to opening the border for livestock trade. This is not about politics or punishment of Mexico, rather it is about food and animal safety.”
The U.S. and Mexico are taking a three-pronged approach toward achieving the eradication of NWS, which includes field surveillance with education and outreach that ensures prevention, treatment and early detection. The approach also includes controlling animal movement to limit the spread of NWS and sustained sterile insect dispersal.
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This is not the first time the need to eradicate NWS has occurred. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said NWS was eradicated in the U.S. in the 1960s and in Mexico in the 1970s.
However, the eradication of the deadly worm cost billions of dollars and took decades.
Reporter absolutely rips NBA star for playing ‘victim’ with ‘angry Black man’ comments
NBA reporters shared their blunt reactions to Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green’s plea to the media to stop painting him to be an “angry Black man” after Game 2 of the team’s NBA playoffs series against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Green made his comments in the locker room. He picked up what was his fifth technical foul of the playoffs. He said there was an “agenda” to portray him as an “angry Black man.”
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ESPN reporter Tim McMahon made pointed comments on an episode of “The Hoop Collective” after Game 2 was finished.
“Oh, God. You know what? Go away, Draymond. Shut up, dude. Do not play victim here. Don’t play the victim here. Stop doing flagrant stuff. We’re sick of it. We’re sick of you doing stupid, flagrant crap on a regular basis. It’s not an agenda, Draymond,” McMahon said. “You get break after break after break after break, and you keep on pushing the line.
“It was not an agenda to make you look angry when you punched your teammate in the face. It was not an agenda to make you look angry when you grabbed Rudy Gobert and put him in a sleeper hold. It was not an agenda to make you look angry when you punched or smacked, or whatever you want to call it, Jusuf Nurkic upside the head.”
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McMahon also pushed back on the notion that Green had leaned into counseling off the floor.
“Draymond is full of crap. He’s just so full of crap that his breath stinks. Like what are we talking about here, dude? Please,” he added.
Green was hit with the technical foul in the second quarter of Game 2.
“I’m not an angry Black man. I am a very successful, educated Black man with a great family, and I am great at basketball and great at what I do,” he said after the game. “The agenda to try to keep making me look like an angry Black man is crazy. I’m sick of it. It’s ridiculous.”
He had two points, four assists, two rebounds and two steals in the Game 3 loss. He fouled out with 4:38 in the game.
Green has a long history of flagrant and technical fouls in the NBA.
He put Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert in a chokehold during the 2023-24 season. In the same season, he swung and hit Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic in the face.
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He punched Jordan Poole in a Warriors practice in 2022. He was suspended for Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron James engineered a comeback to win the championship.
Crockett claims Dems looking to run ‘safest white boy’ in 2028 — hints at specific candidate
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said Democrats were eyeing the “safest White boy” in the 2028 presidential race, hinting at “one specific candidate” being floated by the party’s donors, during a podcast conversation this week.
“It is this fear that the people within the party, within the primary system, will have about voting for a woman because every time we voted for a woman, we’ve lost, so far,” she said in a clip posted to Instagram. “And I think that that’s a natural fear because we just want to win.”
SiriusXM host Clay Cane posted the clip to Instagram on Friday, noting that the discussion was part of a SiriusXM “Urban View” town hall. The full conversation is set to air on May 15.
“So there’s a lot of people that are like, ‘You know what? ‘Let’s go find the safest White boy we can find,’” Crockett added. “I mean, I’m just saying.”
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“No, for real. And to be clear, when we talk about them, I can tell you that there is one specific candidate,” the Texas lawmaker said. “I had a donor on the phone with me telling me that all the donors are lining up behind that candidate. So I can tell, and I tell you, it’s not a Black person, nor a woman, OK?”
She referred to Democratic donors as “they” during the discussion, suggesting they were the same people who backed former President Joe Biden.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and former Vice President Kamala Harris, despite her 2024 loss, are among the names being floated as 2028 Democratic contenders.
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Harris headlined a lofty Democratic National Committee fundraising dinner on Tuesday, marking her latest step back into the political spotlight.
Crockett is seeking support from fellow Democrats with her eyes on a possible run for the top Democratic spot on the House Oversight Committee, according to reports from Semafor and Politico.
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Politico reported that Crockett told her colleagues she is “made for the moment,” citing people familiar with the matter and referring to the Democratic Party’s desire to resist Trump in a more forceful way. The congresswoman has made several attention-grabbing remarks in recent months and is one of the faces of the Democratic Party’s opposition to Trump.
Fans chant ‘Sell the team!’ after beatdown marks worst shutout loss in franchise history
The Colorado Rockies’ abysmal start to their 2025 campaign hit a new low on Saturday, as they fell to the San Diego Padres, 21-0, at Coors Field, marking the team’s worst shutout loss in franchise history.
As the Padres poured it on, MLB fans couldn’t believe what they were watching, and their voices were heard on social media
The on-field product has been atrocious all year, as their 6-33 record is by far the worst in MLB. But a football score was on the board at Coors Field, and the Rockies fans in the stands, who were vastly outnumbered by Padres supporters, were chanting for change.
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“The Rockies are losing 19-0 at the bottom of the fifth,” one X user posted. “The crowd is chanting, ‘Sell the Team, Sell the Team.’”
It’s not the first time Rockies owner Dick Monfort has heard chants to sell his team, as they haven’t had a winning record since 2018, losing over 100 games in each of the last two seasons.
Longtime Denver Gazette columnist Woody Paige gave his take after watching Saturday’s game.
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“Delusional Dick Monfort said before season in rare form Rockies could have the best defense in history of baseball,” Paige wrote on X. “Roxhead was just a bit outside. Rockies lead MLB in errors and are last in fielding percentage. Go back to Greeley, Dick, and take the stink with you.”
A young kid held up a sign in the stands that read, “My arm is rested if needed!” showing how desperate fans are to see a good product.
“Send the Rockies to Triple-A,” another X user posted.
“Leagues should step in and take teams from inept ownership, McCourt style,” another wrote. “Rockies ownership is just not worthy of having that team anymore. The [Nolan] Arenado trade was the absolute end.”
On the other hand, some noticed that there were still a lot of fans in the stands despite the horrendous deficit. Just look at the crowd when Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. smacked a three-run homer to make it 19-0.
One fan gave a perspective on why Monfort would never sell.
“It’s 20-0 #Padres in the sixth inning and fans are doing the wave having the time of their lives,” an X user posted. “This is why the Monforts won’t sell the #Rockies. Fans don’t care. Good weather, beer, etc. Pathetic for a true baseball fan.”
One of those true baseball fans urged Rockies supporters to stop going to games after watching last night.
“As a Colorado native it is absolutely embarrassing that people still go to the games then complain how bad they are,” he wrote. “…YOU ARE THE REASON THE MONFORTS WONT SELL. STOP ATTENDING AND GIVING THEM MONEY.”
In the end, at least the Rockies’ social media team is trying to find a way to make light of the situation.
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The MLB record for most losses in a single year – 121 – was set by the Chicago White Sox in 2024.
The Rockies appear headed to rivaling that woeful record.
Archaeologists stunned by royal discovery behind ‘massive’ granite false door
Archaeologists confronted by a false door at an excavation site were stunned to find that it led to the tomb of Egyptian royalty.
The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery in a recent Facebook post in April.
The tomb was found at the Saqqara archaeological site in the Giza Governorate of Egypt.
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The tomb belonged to a prince named “Userefre” or “Waser Ef Ra,” the son of King Userkaf.
Userkaf was the founder of the Fifth Dynasty, which lasted from the early 25th century B.C. until the mid-24th century B.C.
The tomb was concealed by a “massive false door,” according to Egyptian officials, and was made of pink granite.
The door measures roughly 14 feet high and roughly 3.7 feet wide.
The discovery marks the first time a door of this type was found, officials said.
The tomb was concealed by a “massive false door.”
The door was “adorned with hieroglyphic inscriptions detailing the prince’s name and titles,” according to the Facebook post.
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It described him as a “hereditary prince, regional governor of Buto and Nekheb, royal scribe, minister, judge, and chanting priest.”
Archaeologists also found statues of King Djoser, his wife and his 10 daughters in the tomb, plus a red granite table with a list of funerary offerings.
A large black granite statue was also found, along with another tomb entrance which was also made of pink granite.
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“To the north of the lintel, a discovery considered the first of its kind in the Saqqara area was made, where a group of 13 pink granite statues seated on a high-backed bench was found,” said the Facebook post, which was translated from Arabic to English.
“There are also statue heads at a higher level than the rest of the statues, representing the wives of the tomb owner seated in the middle, with two headless statues to the left, in front of which another black granite statue was found, overturned, measuring approximately 1.35 meters in height.”
Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy expressed happiness over the discovery, and said that it helps “unveil new secrets of this significant historical period in the history of ancient Egyptian civilization.”
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The latest discovery is one of many ancient Egyptian finds uncovered this year.
In March, archaeologists announced that they’d uncovered a 3,000-year-old mining complex, complete with remnants of ancient homes, workshops and baths.
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In an even more significant achievement, an archaeologist from the University of Pennsylvania found the long-lost tomb of an unknown Egyptian pharaoh.