Summarizing Trump’s Second Term Moves—Bigly!

April 19, 2025

Day of Trump's Second Term

👉 Follow Trump 100 on your podcast app 👈 As Democrat senator Chris Van Hollen denies drinking a margarita while meeting with the man at the centre of the deportation row that's rocking Washington DC, our US correspondents Martha Kelner and James Matthews discuss how both sides are using the case to further their own
Data access requests from broadcaster Ryan Tubridy and his agent, Noel Kelly, about the payments controversy that led to departure of Tubridy from the station in 2023 have cost RTÉ more than €100,000 so far. The requests, made under data-protection law that entitles people to see what personal information a body holds about them, were
Over the past few years consumers have grown used to seeing prices rise at an exorbitant rate. The cost of everything – from used cars to utility bills and the humble loaf of bread – has rocketed in the worst inflation shock across advanced economies since the 1980s. While inflation has cooled in the past
New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr was suspended for one game and fined by Major League Baseball on Friday following his ejection during a game at the Tampa Bay Rays and violation of MLB’s social media policy. MLB senior vice president of on-field operations Michael Hill announced the decision. Chisholm appealed, delaying any
At 10am on Thursday morning the intersection between Mickey Mantle Drive and East Main Street in the urban heart of Oklahoma City is deserted – except for one joyrider. He might be in his 60s and elegantly zips about on an electric one-wheel board. He has all the paraphernalia – elbow pads, knee pads, a
The stock market is plunging, prices are rising, federal workers are getting laid off, students are being snatched off the street by immigration agents. The US is many things at the moment, but stable is not one of them. So, amid all this turmoil, how are all the Donald Trump voters feeling? Has buyer’s remorse
Tyler Herro scored 30 points while sinking two three-pointers in overtime and the Miami Heat regrouped after losing an early lead to beat the Atlanta Hawks 123-114 on Friday night and make NBA play-in tournament history. Miami will play at Cleveland on Sunday night in the opening game of the first round of the Eastern
The federal government’s online hub for news and information on COVID-19, the disease that's killed over a million Americans, now redirects to a new White House website that blames China for the pandemic. “Lab leak,” reads the banner on the website, “the true origins of COVID-19.” President Donald Trump has long touted the theory that
Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen revealed that Kilmar Ábrego García had been moved from El Salvador’s notorious Cecot prison – where he was sharing a cell with 25 other inmates – to a detention center with better conditions. Van Hollen met with Ábrego García, whom the Trump administration admits it mistakenly deported, and said that
Sudan has begun its third year of civil war in the bleakest manner imaginable: mourning the massacre of hundreds of civilians and relief workers in displacement camps in Darfur. What began as a power struggle between generals has led to the killing of tens of thousands of people and widespread sexual and ethnic violence. The
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