President Donald Trump made some more announcements in social media posts late Sunday 鈥 he said he鈥檚 ordered federal agencies to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious and crumbling former island prison in San Francisco Bay. And he threatened a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, leaving unclear how that could possibly be implemented.
Earlier on Air Force One, he accused Mexican of being too fearful of drug cartels after she . And in an that aired Sunday, Trump said he doesn鈥檛 know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve constitutionally guaranteed due process rights.
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Trump administration offers travel money and a $1,000 stipend for 鈥榮elf-deportation鈥
The Department of Homeland Security said in a news release Monday that the financial travel assistance and stipends would go to people who use to tell the U.S. government that they plan to return home. These people will then be 鈥渄eprioritized鈥 for detention and removal as immigration enforcement accelerates Trump鈥檚 .
鈥淚f you are here illegally, self-deportation is the best, safest and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest. DHS is now offering illegal aliens financial travel assistance and a stipend to return to their home country through the CBP Home App,鈥 Secretary Kristi Noem said.
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Mexico鈥檚 president doesn鈥檛 want dialogue with Trump to play out in press
Sheinbaum said Monday that she doesn鈥檛 want her communication with Trump to become an exchange of media statements.
She was asked about Trump鈥檚 comment that she鈥檚 too afraid of cartels to accept his offer to send U.S. troops to Mexico.
鈥淚 told him 鈥榥o, President Trump, not that,鈥欌 Sheinbaum said. 鈥淲e can collaborate in many things within the framework of our sovereignty and territoriality that corresponds to us.鈥
Sheinbaum has been widely credited with maintaining a civil and productive relationship with Trump that has enabled Mexico to avoid the worst of the tariffs he鈥檚 applied to many trade partners.
Trump accuses other nations of stealing US movie-making
Trump has had more to say about his social media threat to impose a 100% tariff 鈥渙n any and all Movies coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.鈥 He told reporters that if producers aren鈥檛 鈥渨illing to make a movie inside the United States we should have a tariff on movies that come in.鈥
Films both large and small commonly include production in U.S. as well as other countries. The upcoming was shot around the world. U.S.-produced movies overwhelmingly dominate the domestic market. Motion Picture Association data show they also produced $22.6 billion in exports and a $15.3 billion trade surplus in 2023.
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Trump to meet with Ksenia Karelina, who was released in a prisoner swap
Trump plans a White House meeting on Monday with a Russian-American woman who was freed in a prisoner swap last month, according to a White House official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
Ksenia Karelina, a former ballet dancer, was arrested in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg in February 2024 and convicted of treason. She was accused of donating about $52 to a charity aiding Ukraine.
She was released in exchange for a Russian-German man who鈥檇 been jailed in the U.S. on smuggling charges.
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鈥楥hoose Europe for Science鈥 drive welcomes researchers as Trump freezes funding
The European Union hopes to attract scientists and researchers unmoored by the Trump administration鈥檚 freezing of that it says involved diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
鈥淎 few years ago, no one would have imagined that one of the biggest democracies in the world would cancel research programs under the pretext that the word diversity was in this program,鈥 French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday. 鈥淏ut here we are.鈥
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said a 鈥渟uper grant鈥 program will 鈥渕ake Europe a magnet for researchers,鈥 and that the EU will 鈥渆nshrine freedom of scientific research into law.鈥
鈥淪cience has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party,鈥 she said. 鈥淲e believe that diversity is an asset of humanity and the lifeblood of science. It is one of the most valuable global assets and it must be protected.鈥
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Oil prices tumble on OPEC+ decision to open spigots ahead of Trump visit
Oil prices fell to a four-year low and U.S. benchmark crude fell as much as 4% overnight before recovering somewhat early Monday.
The OPEC+ group of eight oil producing nations said it will raise output by 411,000 barrels per day as of June 1. It cited strong fundamentals. Analysts suspect a desire to curry favor with Trump before his visit to the Middle East this month.
Prices have already fallen nearly 20% in the past three months as traders gauge the global economic impact of Trump鈥檚 trade policies. Lowering gas prices has been a key presidential talking point.
鈥淲ashington wants cheap energy, and Gulf producers still lean on U.S. security guarantees; the White House bears down, they listen,鈥 Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said. 鈥淚n that sense the U.S. president has become an unofficial swing vote inside OPEC+.鈥
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Trump鈥檚 trade demands go beyond tariffs to target perceived unfair practices
The Trump administration says the goal of his sweeping tariffs is simple: Force other countries to drop barriers to U.S. goods. But Trump鈥檚 definition of trade barriers includes a slew of issues well beyond tariffs. They include:
1. agricultural safety requirements
2. tax systems
3. currency exchange rates
4. product standards
5. legal requirements
6. red tape at the border.
He鈥檚 given countries three months to propose concessions before tariffs of 10% to more than 50% take effect. are already in effect. On many issues it will be difficult, or in some cases impossible, for many countries do this.
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Former Vice President Pence defends Constitution as he’s awarded for his Profile in Courage
It鈥檚 what 鈥渂inds us all together,鈥 Pence said as he was honored by the JFK Library Foundation.
The award recognizes Pence鈥檚 refusal to go along with 鈥減utting his life and career on the line to ensure the constitutional transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021,鈥 the foundation said.
鈥淲hatever differences we may have as Americans, the Constitution is the common ground on which we stand. It鈥檚 what binds us across time and generations. .... It鈥檚 what makes us one people,鈥 Pence said Sunday night.
Caroline Kennedy said what Pence did shows Americans they can鈥檛 take democracy for granted.
鈥淗is act of courage saved our government and warned us about what could happen and is happening right now,鈥 she said.
The White House announced these events on the president’s Monday schedule:
7. 1:00 p.m. eastern: Trump is scheduled to deliver 鈥渁 sports announcement.鈥
8. 3:00 p.m.: Trump is set to sign executive orders
9. 3:30 p.m.: Trump will welcome home a returned citizen
10. 6:55 p.m.: Trump will depart the White House and head to Trump National Golf Club
11. 7:30 p.m.: Trump will attend a dinner for MAGA Inc.
1. 9:20 p.m.: Trump is due to head back to the White House
Trump will announce NFL draft site in White House announcement, AP source says
The , a person familiar with the details told The Associated Press on Sunday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because President Trump is set to make the announcement on Monday at the White House. The NFL declined to comment.
Washington hosting the draft two years from now is the latest off-field victory for the Commanders, a week since they reached an agreement with the D.C. government on the old RFK site. That is still pending council approval.
