Timothy Mellon identified as donor behind $130 million gift to Pentagon during shutdown
The anonymous donor who gave $130 million to the Pentagon to pay troops during the government shutdown has been identified as Timothy Mellon, a reclusive billionaire and a major financial backer of President Donald Trump, according to a report.
Trump announced the donation on Thursday, but declined to reveal the donor’s identity, only describing him as a “patriot” and a friend. The president again refused to name the person on Friday while talking to reporters aboard Air Force One shortly after departing Washington for Asia, calling the donor “a great American citizen” and a “substantial man.”
“He doesn’t want publicity,” Trump said on Friday. “He prefer that his name not be mentioned, which is pretty unusual in the world I come from, and in the world of politics, you want your name mentioned.”
But the two people familiar with the matter told The New York Times that the man is Mellon, a wealthy banking heir and railroad magnate.
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It remains unclear how long the donation will cover the troops’ salaries. The Trump administration’s 2025 budget asked for about $600 billion in total military compensation, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
The $130 million donation would equal about $100 a service member, according to The New York Times.
Mellon, a grandson of former Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon, is a backer of Trump who gave tens of millions of dollars to groups supporting the president’s 2024 campaign. Last year, he gave $50 million to a super PAC supporting Trump, making it one of the largest single contributions ever disclosed, the newspaper noted.
The billionaire was not a prominent Republican donor until Trump was first elected but has given hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years into supporting the president and the GOP.
He is also a significant supporter of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who also ran for president in 2024, first as a Democrat and later as an independent before dropping out to endorse Trump. Mellon donated millions to Kennedy’s presidential campaign and has also given money to the secretary’s anti-vaccine nonprofit, Children’s Health Defense, according to The New York Times.
Despite his political contributions, Mellon has sought to keep a low profile.
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In an autobiography published in 2015, Mellon described himself as a former liberal who moved from Connecticut to Wyoming for lower taxes and fewer people.
The Pentagon said it accepted the donation under the “general gift acceptance authority.”
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“The donation was made on the condition that it be used to offset the cost of service members’ salaries and benefits,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement to The New York Times.
But the donation may be a potential violation of the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits federal agencies from spending money in excess of congressional appropriations or from accepting voluntary services.
Viral Newsom claim about elections backfires after Trump official steps in: ‘Calm down’
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s rebuke of the Justice Department’s move to monitor the November election in his state is getting strong pushback, including from a DOJ official who noted the move is not out of the ordinary.
“Donald Trump’s puppet DOJ has no business screwing around with next month’s election,” Newsom posted on Friday in response to news the DOJ plans to send federal election watchers to California and New Jersey for their closely watched elections next month.
“Sending the feds into California polling places is a deliberate attempt to scare off voters and undermine a fair election. We will not back down. Californians decide our future — no one else.”
Many on social media, including DOJ Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, quickly pointed out that the Justice Department has a long history of sending election monitoring resources to areas that have a history of issues to ensure election laws are being followed.
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“Lol calm down bro,” Dhillon posted on X. “The @TheJusticeDept under Democrat administrations has sent in federal election observers for decades, and not once did we hear that this was voter intimidation from states such as California. Do you really want to go there? Isn’t transparency a good thing?”
Dr. Houman Hemmati posted on X, “Hey @GavinNewsom WHY would any legitimate voter be “scared off” by having federal election observers? Most people think legitimate voters would be more likely to vote because they’d trust the process.
“But clearly you’re afraid of something. I wonder what that is…”
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a Republican candidate for governor in California to replace the term-limited Newsom, wrote on X, “Gavin sure seems worried about people seeing how he’s handling elections.”
The Republican parties in both California and New Jersey requested the federal observers as California votes on a ballot measure aimed at redrawing the state’s congressional map in favor of Democrats to counter states like Texas that have redrawn its map favoring Republicans. New Jersey votes in a highly watched gubernatorial election.
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The Department of Justice sent election monitors to California twice during the Biden administration, during the 2022 general election and the 2024 general election.
“This is not a federal election,” Newsom’s press office posted on X. “The US DOJ has no business or basis to interfere with this election. This is solely about whether California amends our state constitution.
“This administration has made no secret of its goal to undermine free and fair elections. Deploying these federal forces appears to be an intimidation tactic meant for one thing: suppress the vote.”
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The Biden Justice Department sent election resources to several non-federal elections as well, including Alaska municipal elections in October 2023, a New Jersey off-year general election in 2023 and a Mississippi off-year general in 2023.
Fox News Digital reached out to Newsom’s office for comment.
“In recent elections, we have received reports of irregularities in these counties that we fear will undermine either the willingness of voters to participate in the election or their confidence in the announced results of the election,” California GOP Chairwoman Corrin Rankin wrote in a letter to Dhillon on Monday.
The New Jersey GOP sent a similar letter about Passaic County, which is heavily Latino and once favored Democrats but voted for Trump in 2024.
The state GOP alleged a “long and sordid history” of vote-by-mail fraud.
Democrats in both states have pushed back against the decision.
New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin called the move “highly inappropriate” and said the DOJ “has not even attempted to identify a legitimate basis for its actions.”
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Los Angeles County Clerk Dean Logan said election observers are standard practice across the country and that the county, with 5.8 million registered voters, is continuously updating and verifying its voter records.
“Voters can have confidence their ballot is handled securely and counted accurately,” he said.
During the 2024 election, multiple Republican-led states pushed back on the Biden administration’s efforts to send federal resources to monitor elections, arguing the state measures in place were satisfactory.
Election monitors are lawyers who work for the Justice Department, including in the civil rights division and U.S. attorney’s offices across the country. They are not law enforcement officers or federal agents.
For decades, the Justice Department’s civil rights division has sent attorneys and staff members to monitor polling places across the country in both federal and non-federal elections. The monitors are tasked with ensuring compliance with federal voting rights laws.
The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division enforces a number of statutes protecting the right to vote. That includes the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits intimidation and threats against those who are casting ballots or counting votes. And it includes the Americans with Disabilities Act, which mandates that election officials ensure people with disabilities have the full and equal opportunity to vote.
Car owner arrested after confronting young thief who admitted breaking into vehicle
An Atlanta carjacking victim was arrested after allegedly shooting a boy who was breaking into his car.
Officials told affiliate FOX 5 Atlanta police responded just before 3 a.m. to a person shot in Fairburn Mays, approximately 20 miles south of the city center.
When Atlanta Police Department officers arrived, they found a boy under the age of 18 with a gunshot wound to his foot, according to the report.
Police said the boy admitted he was shot after breaking into a car. He was taken to a local children’s hospital and is expected to survive.
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Yoshay Carter, 51, who owns the car, told authorities the shooting happened when he confronted the boy, the outlet reported.
Carter was later arrested and is charged with aggravated assault, according to police. He was booked into the Fulton County Jail.
Under Georgia law, there is a statute that covers “use of force in defense of property other than a habitation.”
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A person is justified in threatening or using force when they reasonably believe it’s necessary to prevent or stop criminal interference with property they lawfully possess, according to the statute.
However, the use of force that is intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm is not justified to protect property, unless the person using the force reasonably believes such force is necessary to prevent a “forcible felony,” according to Georgia law.
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Georgia also has a “no-duty to retreat” statute, which says those using force as self-defense, defense of habitation, or defense of property, do not need to retreat.
Police did not confirm if self-defense laws apply in Friday’s case, according to the report.
Stylish man in three-piece suit steals spotlight at crown jewels theft scene
Now that’s arresting style.
A man who stepped into a photo taken outside the Louvre in Paris amid the investigation into the recent brazen crown jewels heist at the famous museum has gone viral.
The mystery man, who was dressed in a three-piece suit with a dark-colored jacket and a gold vest topped with a fedora and an umbrella used as a walking stick, had social media buzzing, comparing him to Inspector Clouseau from the “Pink Panther” and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot.
Many seemed to believe that the dashing man was the chief inspector on the case, while some even speculated his dapper appearance hinted at an elegant criminal who was involved in the heist somehow.
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One X user wrote of the photo: “Actual shot (not AI!) of a French detective working the case of the French Crown Jewels that were stolen from the Louvre” and another claimed the man, “who looks like he came out of a detective film noir from the 1940s is an actual French police detective who’s investigating the theft.”
A third wrote: “The detective working the Louvre Jewel heist is the guy in the fedora. Do the French do everything better.”
But the Associated Press photographer who snapped the curious shot last Sunday claimed that he had no reason to believe the man had anything to do with the Louvre investigation, but rather he was just someone who stepped into the frame.
The photographer, Thibault Camus, told his outlet he believed the man added a bit of Parisian “I don’t know what” to his photos.
“He appeared in front of me, I saw him, I took the photo,” Camus says. “He passed by and left.”
Parisian authorities also decided to add a little French intrigue to the mystery when asked by AP if they could identify the man.
“We’d rather keep the mystery alive ;)” the Paris prosecutor’s office answered.
Last Sunday morning, four masked criminals stole several priceless pieces from the Louvre’s crown jewels collection after breaking into a gallery soon after the museum opened.
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The thieves fled on scooters and have yet to be caught.
A tiny island was just ranked safest in the Caribbean — here’s why travelers love it
If safety is at the top of your vacation checklist, one tiny Caribbean island just earned top honors for peace, calm beaches — and a world-class food scene.
Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory just north of St. Maarten and east of the Virgin Islands, was named the safest destination in the Caribbean, according to a 2025 ranking from World Population Review, which evaluates crime, policing and political stability based on data from the Global Peace Index.
“Anguilla crime rates are the lowest in the Caribbean, with very few violent or petty crimes to mar its reputation as a tropical oasis,” the report found. “Tourists can feel safe and at ease in tranquil Anguilla.”
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While the review noted that drug-related offenses are “moderate,” it added that such crimes rarely affect visitors.
The U.S. Department of State also lists Anguilla at a Level 1 travel advisory — the lowest possible risk level — advising tourists to simply exercise normal precautions.
“Here, peace isn’t found, it’s felt,” the Anguilla Tourist Board wrote on social media after the report was released. “From 33 beaches to the warmth of our community, safety is simply part of island life on Anguilla.”
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Following Anguilla in the World Population Review’s safety ranking were Barbados, St. Barts, Martinique, the Cayman Islands and Aruba.
John Rose, chief risk adviser for ALTOUR, a global travel management company, said Anguilla’s ranking stems from several distinct advantages. “Its isolation and limited access points also reduce cross-border criminal activity, and tourism is managed in a more controlled, boutique environment,” Rose told Fox News Digital.
The designation is a meaningful recognition not only for traveler confidence but also from a tourism economics perspective, he added.
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It’s also not the first time Anguilla has earned international praise for its appeal.
Anguilla was also recognized by Travel + Leisure’s 2025 World’s Best Awards as one of the top islands globally — and the highest-ranked in the Caribbean — earning praise for its friendly hospitality, diverse cuisine and luxury resorts.
Experts and travel blogs often highlight Anguilla as a remote, exclusive escape free of shopping malls, cruise ships and high-rises where travelers can soak up crystal-clear waters, white sand beaches and fresh seafood feasts.
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According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the island “is noted for its easy-going atmosphere and magnificent beaches and waters.”
Erin Schroeder, an Atlanta-based travel adviser and founder of Major Traveler, told Fox News Digital she agrees that Anguilla stands out as one of the best destinations in the Caribbean.
“The island of Anguilla being named the safest country in the Caribbean is an incredible win,” Schroeder told Fox News Digital. “Safety in the Caribbean is a top-three deciding factor when travelers are weighing various islands.”
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In addition to safety, travelers also seek destinations that offer easy transportation and walkability — both of which Anguilla has, she added.
“I personally love the ability to walk along the beach at night to local restaurants, or exercise on the island’s flat roads, knowing that it’s safe to do so,” Schroeder said.
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She noted that Anguilla’s exclusive, off-the-beaten-path appeal also makes it a little harder to reach, with only one direct flight option from the United States. “There’s a high price of entry, as travelers have to fly to St. Maarten and take a boat, which costs about $115 per person each way for a shared ferry,” she said.
Rose offered additional travel tips — take a “layered” approach to safety by reviewing local advisories, checking with hosts or advisers for up-to-date information, and practicing common-sense precautions such as limiting displays of wealth and using registered transportation.
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“Safety is dynamic, not static,” he said. “The best travelers prepare by gathering accurate information before they go, monitoring while they’re there and staying ready to respond if something changes. That’s how you travel smart, not scared.”
‘I really don’t care’: Dakota Johnson dismisses critics of her revealing dresses
Dakota Johnson couldn’t care less what people have to say about her fashion choices.
During a recent interview with Vogue Germany for its cover story, the 36-year-old “Materialists” star was asked if she’s ever nervous “about whether a naked dress might be too sexy,” and she didn’t hold back in her response.
“I really don’t care,” she told the outlet. “I’ve been able to wear some of the most beautiful dresses, and I feel beautiful in them, so I wear them.”
Johnson’s love for the naked dress dates back to 2021, when she arrived at the Venice Film Festival in a custom sheer Gucci gown dripping with jewels and silver fringe. She then made waves when she wore a sheer black gown with spider web designs at the 2024 premiere of “Madame Web.”
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She credits her mom, actress Melanie Griffith, with giving her the confidence to wear these gowns, saying Griffith “was just very open about the topic of bodies.”
“She taught us how to take care of our bodies and love them, and that our bodies are beautiful,” she told Vogue Germany. “And I think that’s something really important for a young girl because we’re constantly told that we’re not good enough.”
“I’ve been able to wear some of the most beautiful dresses, and I feel beautiful in them, so I wear them.”
The actress called the confidence her mom instilled in her “a huge gift she gave me,” noting “it can really break you” when you are “not told from a young age by the woman you look up to the most that you’re perfect and smart and special and strong and brave.”
Most recently, Johnson wore two revealing gowns to different red carpets. She first wore a sheer black Gucci dress in floral-embroidered lace, which showed off her black bra and underwear, while at the Kering Foundation’s Caring for Women dinner in September.
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She then went braless in a long-sleeve blue Gucci gown featuring a high neckline and sheer lace bodice at the Zurich Film Festival later that month.
“Sometimes those dresses look good on me. But there are also some we’ve tried on that didn’t look good at all. It depends on the shape, the finish, the color and everything else. So, if I find a beautiful dress that I feel comfortable in, of course I want to wear it. And it’s fun to wear a sexy dress.”
The “Fifty Shades of Grey” star’s daring style has gotten her in trouble a few times. Most recently, Johnson wore a black minidress with a plunging neckline while on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” a choice she instantly regretted.
“Oh God,” Johnson said, when she realized the dress showed more than she bargained for when she sat down. “This is the wrong outfit.”
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After asking host Jimmy Fallon to let her know “if there’s a problem” and later asking for a blanket to cover up, Fallon gave her a tissue to place in her cleavage.
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“That’s perfect. No one will even know the difference,” said Fallon. “You look great.”
US women’s gymnastics team delivers historic disappointment at World Championships
The U.S. women’s gymnastics team won just two medals at the World Championships in Jakarta this past week. It was the country’s lowest medal total in the international competition since 2001.
The U.S.’s only two medalists were Leanne Wong, who won an all-around silver, and Joscelyn Roberson, who won bronze on vault.
China finished ahead of the U.S. with three women’s medals, while neutral athletes competing on behalf of Russia also won three.
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U.S. program lead Chellsie Memmel addressed the team’s underperformance.
“It was rough,” Memmel said, according to Olympics.com. “There were some very good pieces, but then there was rough. I didn’t feel like there was an attack of their events and their skills overall. There were still good things, but I have work to do.
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“We’ll talk it over, but not beat it to death,” Memmel continued. “They know what happened. They know they didn’t perform at their best, so they’re going to want to come in and go into training and reset.”
The U.S. is used to regular dominance in the women’s category in international gymnastics. This was only the third year since 2006 in which the U.S. didn’t finish with the most women’s medals since 2006, aside from 2017 and 2021, when it tied with Japan and Russia for most.
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This year, the team was without superstars Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles.
If this past week is any indication, it could spell trouble for the U.S. gymnastics women’s dynasty heading into the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
“For me, it means going into each turn with the intent that it’s going to be great, and being confident with it,” Memmel explained. “Believing in that – believing in themselves – to do that and know that they can perform it when the time comes to raise their hand.”
Former EMT’s ‘dark side’ tied to murders of women, missing TV anchor across Midwest
Authorities revealed this week that a man once named a person of interest in the disappearance of Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit was responsible for the 2006 killing of a Wisconsin woman and may have been responsible for other murders.
The Wood County Sheriff’s Office announced that Christopher Revak was behind the death of Deidre Harm, officially closing a case that had gone unsolved for nearly two decades.
On Oct. 20, the Wood County Sheriff’s Office shared a letter from District Attorney Jonathan Barnett on Facebook stating that he would have filed charges against Revak if he were still alive.
“I consider this case closed,” Barnett wrote. “I believe I had enough to charge and, if Mr. Revak were still alive, win at trial.”
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Harm, a 21-year-old single mother, disappeared after a night out at a downtown Wisconsin Rapids bar June 10, 2006. Her remains were discovered five months later by hunters in a wooded area near Seneca, about 5 miles from downtown, according to WSAW.
“This may provide some closure for many but won’t bring Deidre back,” the Wood County Sheriff’s Office and Wisconsin Rapids Police said in a joint statement. “Our thoughts and prayers will always be with Deidre’s family.”
Revak, a Wisconsin native and former EMT, died by suicide in a Missouri jail cell in July 2009, just one day after being charged with second-degree murder in the death of Rene Williams, 36, a mother of three from Mansfield, Missouri.
Williams was last seen March 13, 2007, at the Eagle Lodge bar in Ava, Missouri, where she worked. Revak was also at the bar that night, according to FOX 9.
In 2024, KCCI Des Moines reported that Iowa and Wisconsin investigators were taking a fresh look at Revak, who had long been suspected of multiple violent crimes before his death.
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According to a recent documentary, police have examined whether Revak may have been connected to as many as five different homicides over a 14-year span, including the disappearance of Huisentruit.
Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase, who investigated Williams’ case, previously told Fox News Digital that Revak’s confirmed link to Harm’s killing deepened his concerns about the former EMT’s violent history.
“When I started working on the Christopher Revak case, he was my suspect in the murder of Rene Williams,” Degase said. “I didn’t think it was his first go-around at it.”
Degase told KY3 that forensic evidence linked Revak to Williams’ disappearance.
“We had his DNA at the scene. We had her DNA inside his truck,” he said. “I think the biggest thing was that they weren’t able to find a body. They had no witnesses to come forward to say that she was dead.”
Despite the lack of a body, investigators charged Revak with Williams’ murder based on DNA results. Degase said his curiosity about similar crimes led him to uncover chilling parallels.
“It wasn’t the first time Revak tried to abduct a woman in Ava,” he said. “Actually, shortly after his arrest, I Google searched ‘women abducted from bars’ in all the towns that he had lived in. And when I Google searched from Wisconsin Rapids, Deidre Harm came up.”
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That discovery prompted Degase to reach out to Wisconsin investigators, sharing his findings and helping connect the dots between cases.
“I don’t believe in coincidences,” he said. “I called the authorities out there and gave them the information I had.”
Degase, who is featured in the documentary discussing the case, said Williams and Huisentruit remain missing, a detail that still haunts him. He didn’t rule out the possibility Revak could have traveled to Iowa.
“Obviously, [Jodi] wasn’t abducted from a bar, but I just thought it was odd,” Degase said.
He added that Revak “had a dark side.”
“We’re dealing with what’s possibly a serial killer,” Degase told KY3. “During his day, he’s doing his deed to society and helping people and saving people, but there was a dark side to Chris Revak.”
Revak had also been a person of interest in the 1995 disappearance of Huisentruit, a 27-year-old morning anchor for KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa.
Huisentruit vanished around 4 a.m. on June 27, 1995, after calling a colleague to say she was on her way to work but never arriving. Police found signs of a struggle outside her apartment, including a pair of high heels and a bent car key near her car.
She was declared legally dead in 2001, though her body has never been found.
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At the time, Mason City Police said there was no evidence linking Revak to the case. However, in 2024, investigators from Wisconsin and Iowa reconnected to compare notes about him, according to FindJodi.com.
Authorities had also looked into whether Revak’s ex-wife once lived in the same house as one of the last people to see Huisentruit alive but determined she moved out six months before the anchor’s disappearance.
Despite three decades of dead ends, then-Mason City Police Chief Jeff Brinkley said in June the department continues to receive and pursue leads year-round.
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“We haven’t put this down. We haven’t stopped working. We have not stopped pursuing leads and information,” Brinkley told FOX 9 at the time.
In 2024, officers searched a property in Winsted, Minnesota, following a tip, though no new evidence was found. Earlier this year, part of a 2017 search warrant was also unsealed.
“We’re still hopeful the case will be solved and justice served — no matter how long it takes,” Brinkley said.
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Huisentruit’s family continues to hold out hope for closure.
“The pain and anguish felt by us and all who loved Jodi are immeasurable,” her family wrote in a statement on the Jodi’s Hope Facebook page. “True peace will only come when Jodi is found and justice is served. We still choose to hope that one day soon it will happen.”
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A $50,000 reward remains in place for information leading to answers in Huisentruit’s disappearance. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Mason City Police Department or the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
Canada faces added Trump tariff after ‘fraudulent’ Reagan advertisement
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the U.S. will impose an additional 10% tariff on Canadian imports, citing a “fraudulent advertisement” featuring former President Ronald Reagan speaking out against tariffs.
Trump claimed the ad, which aired during the World Series that began Friday, was part of Canada’s “hope that the United States Supreme Court will come to their ‘rescue’ on Tariffs that they have used for years to hurt the United States.”
“Canada was caught, red handed, putting up a fraudulent advertisement on Ronald Reagan’s Speech on Tariffs,” Trump posted to Truth Social Saturday.
“The Reagan Foundation said that they, ‘created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address,’ and ‘did not seek nor receive permission to use and edit the remarks.'”
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Trump accused Canada of misrepresenting Reagan, claiming the late president “loved tariffs” when it came to national security and the economy.
“Their Advertisement was to be taken down, IMMEDIATELY, but they let it run last night during the World Series, knowing that it was a FRAUD,” Trump said.
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“Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is exploring legal options in response to the incident, according to Trump.
The announcement was made just days after the President said he was terminating trade negotiations with Canada due to the advertisement.
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“The Ronald Reagan Foundation has just announced that Canada has fraudulently used an advertisement, which is FAKE, featuring Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about Tariffs,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday.
Earlier this month, Trump defended his use of tariffs as a corrective to what he called years of trade imbalance, saying that the United States had been “the king of being screwed by tariffs” but would no longer allow other nations to exploit it.
“We’re the king of being screwed by tariffs,” Trump said during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office.
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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.