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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. A new financial disclosure shows President Trump and his family raked in more than a billion dollars from cryptocurrency ventures in the past year. Associated Press reporter Bernard Condon says the speed that Trump made the money is surprising.
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His property business, at least according to my judgment, is growing at the fastest it has in the century since the Trump Organization, his family business, started. And yet crypto triumphs.
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Trump also took in tens of millions from new properties in countries beholden to the US for military support or seeking tariff relief. And he got tens of millions more suing media companies. The White House says the president has no financial conflicts and only acts in the public interest. With the latest Supreme Court session now over, President Trump and his administration have a lot of wins and some high profile losses. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, Trump is celebrating an expansion of presidential power.
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The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship and earlier in the term blocked the president's sweeping tariffs. But it also delivered wins for him and his party, allowing Trump to strictly limit even legal immigration and making it easier for red states to redraw congressional district lines in favor of Republicans. In a social media post assessing the court's term, Trump crowed that the decision clearing the way for Trump to fire commissioners at federal agencies, quote, gives tremendous additional power back to the president presidency where it belongs. He adds the Republican Party was treated very fairly by the United States Supreme Court. Tamara Keith, NPR News, the White House.
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The Justice Department is going after state gun laws that it calls unconstitutional. NPR's Jacqueline Diaz reports on two lawsuits that challenge gun bans in California and Virginia.
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In California, a newly enacted law bans dealers from selling certain Glock and Glock style pistols. In Virginia, state lawmakers recently banned the purchase and sale of semiautomatic rifles in these two lawsuits. The Justice Department cites recent decisions from the Supreme Court that struck down restrictions on gun owners, including one decision from just a few days ago. The suits also say both states laws violate the Second Amendment. The DOJ is asking two federal judges to put a stop to these bans. Jacqueline Diaz, NPR News.
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Former CIA Director John Brennan is suing the Trump administration, demanding a court order to a court to order officials to preserve records investigations that are targeting him. Brennan says the records would be essential for him to mount a defense on vindictive prosecution grounds in the event of a future indictment brought by the administration. No charges have been brought, and the Department of Justice has denied claims of weaponization. Most US Stocks rose today, but drops for some influential technology companies kept the market in check. This is npr. Lines are growing at Russian gas stations as several months of Ukrainian attacks have sent oil refineries ablaze and choked suppl supplies. Fuel rationing has been introduced in many regions. The fuel crisis has brought Moscow's invasion of Ukraine home to ordinary Russians. President Putin acknowledged the problems for motorists and businesses. A fast spreading fire in Colorado has burned around 155 structures and prompted evacuations. The fire is currently burning 35,000 acres with 0% containment. From member station KRCC, Brianna Heaney has more.
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Officials say the Aspen Acres fire ballooned from a few hundred to more than 20,000 acres over the course of 12 hours. It began burning Monday morning and has led authorities to declare mandatory evacuations for multiple towns and areas. Ned Pittman is a resident of the town of Beulah, which is under an evacuation order. He says he left his home unaware of the fire and was not allowed to return. He believes his home has burned.
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I cried a bunch yesterday when I just initially seen it. I'm in shock now. I just it's, it's devastating how fast your life can change in 24 hours.
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The fire is the largest of six major fires in the state. For NPR News, I'm Brianna Heaney in Colorado Springs.
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Martial arts icon and San Francisco native Bruce Lee will become the first Chinese American in California history with an annual namesake day. Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law officially designating May 17 as Bruce Lee Day, the day in 1959 that an 18 year old Lee returned at San Francisco after spending his childhood in Hong Kong. It's npr.
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