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Trump bought Axon stock before ICE sought 0 million Taser deal

Trump bought Axon stock before ICE sought $220 million Taser deal

Published by Sam Flores

President Donald Trump bought as much as $5 million in shares of Axon Enterprise — maker of Tasers, body cameras and policing software — two weeks before Immigration and Customs Enforcement sought a five-year, $220 million contract that experts told CNBC appeared tailored to the company’s weapons. On Feb. 10, Trump purchased between $1 million and $5 million worth of Axon stock, according to federal disclosures he filed in May. On Feb. 24, ICE posted a notice seeking roughly 17,800 new Tasers, along with unlimited cartridges and training. The White House has said Trump’s assets are held in a trust managed by his children and that Trump’s investments are managed by independent third-party firms, not Trump or his family. “There are no conflicts of interest,” spokesperson Anna Kelly told CNBC, calling the scrutiny a “tired narrative” pushed by Democrats. Trump’s disclosures with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, made public May 14, show more than 3,700 transactions, with the total amount for each listed as a range rather than an exact figure. Under federal law, …

Mistakes were made,’ Grassley tells Noem about immigration crackdown

Mistakes were made,’ Grassley tells Noem about immigration crackdown

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US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem looks on before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on March 3, 2026. Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa., criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday about DHS law enforcement officials shooting and killing two people during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. “Mistakes have been made,” Grassley said in his opening remarks. “Let’s make it clear. One death is too many. But officers should never be threatened or harmed while enforcing our laws,” Noem is making her first appearance before a congressional panel since the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of federal agents. Noem’s appearance Tuesday is the first of two this week. She is due to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Read more CNBC politics coverage Funding for DHS lapsed last month, and Democrats have so far refused to back an appropriations bill over frustrations with …

Armed man killed trying to enter Trump Mar-a-Lago club

Armed man killed trying to enter Trump Mar-a-Lago club

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A Secret Service agent guards the Mar-a-Lago home of former President Donald Trump on March 21, 2023 in Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Authorities fatally shot a man who was carrying a shotgun and a gas cannister as he tried to enter President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida early Sunday morning, the Secret Service said. Trump was at the White House at the time of the incident. The president maintains a residence at Mar-a-Lago, and frequently dines and hosts events at the Palm Beach club. The man, who was in his early 20s, was shot by Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff deputy at around 1:30 a.m. ET after entering the secure perimeter around Mar-a-Lago near its north gate and then raising the shotgun at an officer, authorities said. Palm Beach County Sheriff Rick Bradshaw told reporters at a press conference on Sunday that “a deputy and two Secret Service agents on the detail went to that area to investigate.” “They confronted a white male [who] was carrying …