Senate Confirms Dan Caine as Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

Lt. Gen. Dan Caine will serve as the senior military adviser to President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Senate confirmed early Friday Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, the former National Guardsman and fighter pilot, to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Caine is replacing another Air Force fighter pilot, Gen. Charles…

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Rafael Correa’s Shadow and Why Ecuador Can’t Move On

I was selling tickets for the end-of-year play at my daughter’s school in June when my phone started buzzing nonstop. People were calling and texting to ask if I was OK. Rafael Correa, the former president of Ecuador, had just posted on the social media platform X criticizing an interview I gave to El País…

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Hegseth to Attend Ukraine Defense Group Only Virtually

His predecessor as defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, started the roughly 50-nation group to support Kyiv after Russia invaded in 2022, but Mr. Hegseth has given up leadership. When military leaders from roughly 50 nations meet in Brussels on Friday to discuss aid shipments to Kyiv, one will be noticeably absent: Defense Secretary Pete…

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Supreme Court Sides With Migrant Trump Administration Wrongly Deported

A trial judge had ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, from a notorious prison in El Salvador. The Supreme Court on Thursday instructed the government to take steps to return a Salvadoran migrant it had wrongly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador. In an…

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In Cabinet Meeting, Musk Seems to Drastically Lower DOGE’s Savings Goal

While stumping for Donald J. Trump during the 2024 presidential campaign, Elon Musk said he could cut $2 trillion from the federal budget. After Mr. Trump took office and placed Mr. Musk in charge of the budget-slashing so-called Department of Government Efficiency, Mr. Musk lowered that projection by half, to $1 trillion in the upcoming…

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Trump Deploys Justice Dept. to Scrutinize Ex-Officials and Perceived Foes

President Trump’s first-term efforts to spur law enforcement officials to pursue his political enemies were haphazard, informal and often hashed out in private. Now, his demands for investigations are starting to become more formalized through written presidential decrees as he seeks to use the power of public office to punish people and companies he has…

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Inside Trump’s Plan to ‘Get’ Greenland: Persuasion, Not Invasion

President Trump’s longtime goal of claiming Greenland for America has shifted from rhetoric to official U.S. policy as the White House moves forward on a formal plan to acquire the Arctic island from Denmark. The plan mobilizes several cabinet departments behind Mr. Trump’s years of talk about wanting Greenland, whose economic and strategic value has…

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2473 – Trump Folds; ICE Disappearances; Decoding Copaganda w/ Prem Thakker, Alec Karakatsanis

It’s Thursday! Emma welcomes Zeteo reporter Prem Thakker and “Copaganda” author Alec Karakatsanis. “Copaganda” is out next week (April 15th) and is available now for pre-order: https://thenewpress.com/books/copaganda Check out Prem’s latest article for  @zeteo  “Trump Is Trying To Deport Students Who Show Up In A ‘Criminal Records Check.’ But Many Have Never Been Convicted” https://zeteo.com/p/trump-is-trying-to-deport-students Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Follow us on TikTok here!: https://www.tiktok.com/@majorityreportfm Check us out on Twitch here!: https://www.twitch.tv/themajorityreport Find our Rumble stream here!: https://rumble.com/user/majorityreport Check out our alt YouTube channel here!: https://www.youtube.com/majorityreportlive Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! https://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: https://majority.fm/app Go to https://JustCoffee.coop and use coupon code majority to get 10% off your purchase! Check out today’s sponsors: Sunset Lake CBD: Head to SunsetLakeCBD.com use coupon code 420 to save 30% sitewide. The sale ends April 22nd at midnight Eastern time. See their site for additional terms and restrictions. Magic Spoon: Get 5 dollars off your next order at MagicSpoon.com/MAJORITYREPORT Express VPN: Secure your online data TODAY by visiting ExpressVPN.com/majority Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech @RussFinkelstein Check out Matt’s show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon’s show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza’s music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder – https://majorityreportradio.com/

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