[CRAIG NIGRELLI]
GOOD MORNING
I’M CRAIG NIGRELLI
IT’S FRIDAY, MAY 30TH, 2025
AND THESE ARE YOUR UNBIASED UPDATES:
OVER IT… AND OUT
IT’S ELON MUSK’S FINAL DAY LEADING DOGE… SO WHY IS THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING THIS WON’T BE THE LAST WE SEE OF HIM?
AND WHAT HE AND TRUMP ARE PLANNING TO SAY LATER TODAY.
PLUS: THE TARIFFS ARE BACK ON.
A SURPRISE COURT RULING GIVES TRUMP’S TRADE WAR NEW LIFE
SO WHAT’S CHINA’S NEXT MOVE?
AND OH CANADA.. OH NO
WILDFIRES UP NORTH ARE CHOKING MAJOR U.S. CITIES WITH SMOKE
WE’LL SHOW YOU WHO’S WAKING UP TO DANGEROUS AIR THIS MORNING
L3: PRESIDENT TRUMP, ELON MUSK TO HOLD OVAL OFFICE PRESS CONFERENCE ON MUSK’S LAST DAY WITH DOGE
TODAY TECHNICALLY MARKS ELON MUSK’S LAST DAY WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
HE ANNOUNCED HE’S STEPPING DOWN AS HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY (DOGE) JUST HOURS AFTER RIPPING INTO TRUMP’S “BIG BEAUTIFUL” BUDGET BILL
BUT HERE’S THE THING-
THIS WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE PLAN.
YOU SEE, MUSK WAS BROUGHT ON FOR 130 DAYS AS A SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE — TASKED WITH TRIMMING GOVERNMENT WASTE
AND TODAY *IS DAY 130
BUT DON’T EXPECT HIM TO VANISH
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS MUSK WILL STAY ON AS AN UNOFFICIAL ADVISER.. AND MAY STILL DROP IN ON MEETINGS
PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEMED TO BACK THAT UP ON TRUTH SOCIAL.. ANNOUNCING HE AND MUSK WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE OVAL OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON.
WRITING, “THIS WILL BE HIS LAST DAY, BUT NOT REALLY, BECAUSE HE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US, HELPING ALL THE WAY. ELON IS TERRIFIC!”
THE BIG QUESTION NOW… WHAT HAPPENS TO DOGE?
KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
“We thank him for his service. We thank for getting DOGE off of the ground, and the efforts to cut waste, fraud, and abuse will continue.”
“DOGE leaders are each and every member of the President’s Cabinet and the President himself who is wholeheartedly committed to cutting waste, fraud, and abuse from our government.”
AND IT’S NOT JUST MUSK HEADING FOR THE EXIT.
ABC NEWS REPORTS DOGE’S CHIEF LAWYER, JAMES BURNHAM, AND MUSK’S TOP AIDE, STEVE DAVIS, ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF OFFBOARDING.
L3 COURT GIVES TRUMP A LIFELINE ON TARIFFS AS SUPREME COURT LOOMS
A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HAS TEMPORARILY REINSTATED THE TRUMP TARIFFS, JUST ONE DAY AFTER SOMETHING CALLED THE U.S. Court of International Trade, RULED, HE OVERSTEPPED HIS AUTHORITY BY IMPOSING THEM UNDER EMERGENCY POWERS.
THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT MAY TAKE THE CASE TO THE SUPREME COURT AS EARLY AS TODAY.
IN A POST ON TRUTH SOCIAL, TRUMP WARNED, “IF ALLOWED TO STAND, THIS WOULD COMPLETELY DESTROY PRESIDENTIAL POWER… THE PRESIDENCY WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME”
IT KEEPS TRUMP’S TARIFF AGENDA ALIVE.. FOR NOW
TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT SAID THURSDAY THAT THE U.S.-CHINA talks ARE NOW “A BIT STALLED”
THOUGH A CALL BETWEEN TRUMP AND PRESIDENT XI COULD HAPPEN IN THE COMING WEEKS.
L3: FBI: VIDEO SHOWS NO ONE IN CELL BUT EPSTEIN
IN A REVERSAL FROM JUST LAST YEAR… TWO TOP TRUMP OFFICIALS NOW SAY JEFFREY EPSTEIN DIED BY SUICIDE — NOT MURDER.
THIS, AFTER YEARS OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES CLAIMING EPSTEIN WAS KILLED TO PROTECT POWERFUL FRIENDS.. INCLUDING POLITICIANS, CELEBRITIES, AND ROYALTY.
FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR DON BONGINO — WHO ONCE SAID HE WAS 100% SURE EPSTEIN WAS MURDERED… NOW SAYS THERE’S VIDEO THAT PROVES NO ONE ELSE WAS IN THE CELL.
Dan Bongino, FBI Deputy Director
“There is nothing in the file at this point on the Epstein case, and there’s gonna be a disclosure on this coming shortly — we are working through… there is video.”
“There’s video, that when you look at the video — and we will release it, that’s what’s taken a while on this. We are working on cleaning it up to make sure you have an enhanced version, and we’re gonna give the original so you don’t think there are any shenanigans, and you’re gonna see there’s no one there but him.”
IN A SEPARATE INTERVIEW, FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL ALSO SAID THE FOOTAGE WOULD PUT CONSPIRACIES TO REST.
EPSTEIN DIED IN A NEW YORK CITY JAIL CELL IN 2019 WHILE AWAITING TRIAL ON SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES
HIS CONNECTIONS TO BILL CLINTON, DONALD TRUMP, AND PRINCE ANDREW FUELED YEARS OF SPECULATION
BUT NOW, UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DOJ — THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR: CASE CLOSED.
L3: SMOKE FROM MORE THAN 100 WILDFIRES IN CANADA TO IMPACT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
THICK SMOKE FROM DOZENS OF OUT-OF-CONTROL WILDFIRES IN CANADA IS POURING INTO THE U-S — AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS COULD FEEL THE IMPACT
OFFICIALS IN MANITOBA AND SASKATCHEWAN HAVE DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY — AS FIRES THREATEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
CANADA’S LATEST UPDATE — MORE THAN 170 FIRES BURNING NATIONWIDE … 93 UNCONTAINED.. AND THE SMOKE IS ON THE MOVE.
ACCUWEATHER SAYS POOR AIR QUALITY IS SET TO HIT CITIES INCLUDING FARGO, MINNEAPOLIS, DULUTH, GREEN BAY, MILWAUKEE, CHICAGO, DETROIT, AND INDIANAPOLIS.
L3 HAMAS STUDYING NEW U.S.-BROKERED CEASEFIRE DEAL THAT ISRAEL BACKS
THIS MORNING, HAMAS SAYS A NEW U.S.-BACKED CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL DOESN’T MEET ITS CORE DEMANDS
… BUT THE GROUP IS STILL REVIEWING IT
THE PLAN, BROKERED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SPECIAL ENVOY STEVE WITKOFF, INCLUDES A 60-DAY CEASEFIRE, A PHASED HOSTAGE RELEASE AND INCREASED AID INTO GAZA
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS ISRAEL HAS SIGNED OFF, BUT A SENIOR HAMAS OFFICIAL TELLS THE BBC IT LACKS KEY COMMITMENTS … INCLUDING A FULL ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA AND AN END TO THE WAR
STILL, THEY SAY THEY’LL RESPOND IN DUE COURSE.
HAMAS IS HOLDING 58 HOSTAGES, MANY FEARED IN GRAVE DANGER, INCLUDING ROUGHLY THREE DOZEN WHO HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR AWHILE.
ISRAEL HAS NOT FORMALLY COMMENTED, BUT PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU REPORTEDLY TOLD HOSTAGE FAMILIES HE SUPPORTS THE DEAL.
L3 BERNARD KERIK, EX-NYPD COMMISSIONER AND TRUMP ALLY, DIES AT 69
FORMER NYPD COMMISSIONER BERNARD KERIK… ONCE HAILED A 9/11 HERO… HAS DIED AFTER A PRIVATE BATTLE WITH ILLNESS.
A LONGTIME ALLY OF RUDY GIULIANI, KERIK ROSE FROM MILITARY POLICE TO BECOME THE BIG APPLE’S TOP GUY, HE WAS EVEN TAPPED TO REBUILD IRAQ’S POLICE FORCE AFTER THE U.S. INVASION.
BUT HIS CAREER CRASHED IN SCANDAL…
HE SERVED TIME FOR TAX FRAUD BEFORE BEING PARDONED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 2020
THROUGH IT ALL, KERIK REMAIINED A FIXTURE IN CONSERVATIVE POLITICS.. SEEN AT TRUMP RALLIES AND PUSHING 2020 ELECTION CLAIMS.
GIULIANI SAID OF HIS LOSS QUOTE “HE’S LIKE MY BROTHER.. I WAS A BETTER MAN FOR HAVING KNOWN BERNIE”
KERIK WAS 69
L3: PARAGLIDER SURVIVES BEING SUCKED INTO CLOUD VORTEX MILES ABOVE EARTH
FINALLY THIS MORNING — A CHINESE PARAGLIDER IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING SUCKED INTO THE CLOUDS MORE THAN **FIVE MILES** ABOVE THE EARTH … NEARLY FREEZING TO DEATH…
AND YES, THE WHOLE THING WAS ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
THE MAN — IDENTIFIED AS 55-YEAR-OLD PENG YUIJANG (pong yoo-jong) — SAYS IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER HE SET OFF ON THE FLIGHT OVER THE
MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN CHINA ON SATURDAY.
WITHIN MINUTES, HE WAS PULLED INTO A MASSIVE “CLOUD SUCTION” … BLASTED UPWARD TO MORE THAN 28-THOUSAND FEET, WHERE TEMPERATURES CAN PLUNGE TO MINUS 40.
DESPITE THE ALTITUDE AND SUB-ZERO COLD- PENG STAYED CONSCIOUS THROUGH THE 72-MINUTE ORDEAL … AND MIRACULOUSLY LANDED SAFELY.
THE FLIGHT CAME AT A COST.. PENG SUFFERED SEVERE FROSTBITE… AND CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE BANNED HIM FROM PARAGLIDING FOR SIX MONTHS.. SAYING HE VIOLATED FLIGHT REGULATIONS.
HIS COMPANION WAS ALSO GROUNDED FOR SIX MONTHS.. FOR POSTING THE VIDEO WITHOUT PERMISSION AND QUOTE “CAUSING BAD INFLUENCE,” ACCORDING TO THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST.
STILL.. AMONG PARAGLIDERS, PENG IS NOW BEING CALLED A LIVING LEGEND.
THESE ARE YOUR UNBIASED UPDATES FOR THIS FRIDAY.
WE’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON MONDAY — IN JUNE.
FOR ALL OF US HERE AT STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS — I’M CRAIG NIGRELLI.
HAVE A GREAT DAY
