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Word that President Donald Trump's troublesome nominee for D.C.'s top prosecutor may fail to get enough support among Senate Republicans has MAGA in full panic mode that's led them to ramp up the pressure campaign in person and on social media.Tuesday night, the president reportedly made call after call to Republican senators urging them to support interim U.S. attorney Ed Martin's bid for the permanent position.Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) may have hammered the nail in Martin's coffin on Tuesday.“I’ve indicated to the White House I wouldn’t support his nomination,” Tillis said after meeting with Martin — a "Stop the Steal" organizer and J6 supporter — on Monday night.ALSO READ: ‘Pain. Grief. Anger’: Families heartbroken as Trump backlash smashes adoption dreamsJoyce Vance, who served as the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, wrote in her Substack, "Before Martin goes to the floor of the Senate for a confirmation vote, he has to make it out of committee. And that’s unlikely to happen now. The Senate Judiciary Committee is made up of 12 Republicans and 10 Democrats. All of the Democrats oppose Martin. With Tillis abandoning him, the best Martin could do is 11-11, and a nominee who receives a tie vote doesn’t advance. For all practical purposes, the outcome of that vote will be a death knell for his nomination."But MAGA isn't giving up yet.Donald Trump Jr. posted to social media Wednesday morning, "How can any supposed 'Republican' justify voting to confirm leftist thug Merrick Garland, but oppose voting to confirm @EagleEdMartin? Drain the DC Swamp. Confirm Ed Martin for US Attorney in DC!"J6 defendant John Strand took aim at Tillis, writing, "I was sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison—not for violence on J6, but for standing my ground and refusing to bow to a rigged political prosecution. Now Senator Thom Tillis wants to block Ed Martin—one of the few fighting for real justice. We see you, @SenThomTillis."Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) wrote, "77 million Americans voted for President Trump and his America First Agenda. Get on board, or get out of the way. CONFIRM ED MARTIN."MAGA reporter Nick Sortor posted, "Sen. Thom Tillis has informed the White House he will NOT vote to confirm Ed Martin as U.S. Attorney for DC What the hell are you doing, @SenThomTillis??! Ed Martin has been VITAL in fulfilling Trump’s goal to clean up DC. VOTE TO CONFIRM ED MARTIN!"Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk called for Tillis's ouster following his revelation, writing, "If Thom Tillis wont vote Ed Martin out of committee then he needs to be REMOVED from the committee and replaced with someone that will vote to confirm. Its not that tough, @LeaderJohnThune. Man up and do what needs to be done."CNN reported Wednesday that Martin "did not appear on the agenda for the Senate Judiciary Committee’s meeting Thursday – a key deadline for him to be confirmed by May 20, when his interim position expires."

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is hitting back at the Wall Street Journal after they published an exclusive report claiming the U.S. has ordered its intelligence agencies to “step up spying on Greenland.”In a statement to the outlet, Gabbard said, “The Wall Street Journal should be ashamed of aiding deep state actors who seek to undermine the President by politicizing and leaking classified information. They are breaking the law and undermining our nation’s security and democracy.”The journal quoted multiple sources in their report. They also spoke with one former intelligence official who said, “Intelligence collection resources are inherently limited,” and these resources are typically directed to pay attention to “perceived threats, not allied countries.” ALSO READ: 'Dictatorship, not a town hall': Families 'distraught' as MTG disruptors tased and jailedSince his first term, President Donald Trump has emphasized his determination to purchase, annex, or conquer Greenland. “We need Greenland for national security and even international security, and we’re working with everybody involved to try and get it,” Trump said in a joint address to Congress in March. “One way or the other, we’re going to get it.”More recently, in an interview with NBC News, Trump said, “We need Greenland very badly. Greenland is a very small amount of people, which we’ll take care of, and we’ll cherish them, and all of that. But we need that for international security.”Greenland was essential to the United States during World War II. After Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany, Greenland, which was a Danish colony at the time, served as a place for the U.S. to hold military operations and gave access to key shipping routes.According to the Journal, “The island is home to substantial deposits of rare-earth minerals necessary for the production of everything from electric vehicles to wind turbines, as well as untapped oil and natural-gas reserves.”However, mining those underground assets has proven difficult.

President Donald Trump sparked guffaws and chuckles from panelists on "CNN This Morning" with his plans to rename another body of water. The U.S. president plans to announce on his upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia that he will direct the government to refer to the Persian Gulf as the Gulf of Arabia, but some Republicans – especially Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), who has emerged as a GOP Trump critic – intend to vote against legislation renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. "When the president came in, he did all these executive orders, he was really feeling himself, right?" said host Audie Cornish. "You can do a lot, and then all of a sudden you've got to actually deal with Congress to codify these things that you want to do, big and small." ALSO READ: ‘Pain. Grief. Anger’: Families heartbroken as Trump backlash smashes adoption dreams Cornish interrupted herself to comment on former Republican congressman Charlie Dent's expression as she spoke. "Charlie, I'm still talking, but your face is just saying so much here," she said. "Is Don Bacon alone, and will others join him?" "Don Bacon is not alone, and amen to Don Bacon," Dent said, laughing. "Yeah, as you just pointed out, look, the economy, tariffs – the world's on fire, and here we are talking about renaming the gulf. That's what we all call it, the gulf, right? I mean, the Gulf of Mexico. But seriously, I mean, with all these issues, I mean, this is a distraction from the very real challenges that Congress needs to deal with right now." Cornish saw the president's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as a "power move" intended to show he can do whatever he wants, but GOP strategist Kristen Soltis Anderson isn't sure voters see it that way. "It's a very, very, very low priority to your average voter," she said, "and so that both means that it's a way for someone to say, 'I oppose it, not because I'm anti-Trump, but just let's focus on other things.' I mean, I believe that this was part of Donald Trump's inaugural address, and I remember at the time thinking this feels very small in a big moment, in a big moment in American history. This just feels kind of small." Watch below or click here. - YouTube youtu.be

A woman who died after eating a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms told a doctor it tasted "delicious", a court heard Wednesday, as her Australian host faced triple murder charges.Erin Patterson, 50, is accused of murdering the parents and aunt of her estranged husband by cooking and serving up the poisonous beef-and-pastry meal.She is also charged with the attempted murder of her husband's uncle, who survived the dish after a long stay in hospital.Patterson has pleaded not guilty to all charges.A hospital doctor testified about two of the four poisoned lunch guests -- Heather Wilkinson and her husband Ian, a pastor.He treated the pair, who are the aunt and uncle of Erin Patterson's husband, when they were rushed to hospital suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea.When the couple first arrived, they were "conscious" and "alert", doctor Christopher Webster told the court in Morwell, southeast of Melbourne."They were clearly unwell but were not distressed. They were both able to freely communicate," he said.- Suspicion fell on meat -A day earlier, they lunched on individually prepared beef Wellingtons at Erin Patterson's home in the sedate Victoria state farm village of Leongatha, the court has heard.The doctor said he initially suspected the couple had food poisoning from the meat in the beef Wellington."I did ask Heather what the beef Wellington tasted like and she said it was delicious," he told the court. The next morning, a doctor from another hospital called him to say the two other lunch guests -- Erin's parents-in-law Don and Gail Patterson -- had suspected poisoning from death cap mushrooms. Ian and Heather Wilkinson were then transferred for acute care at another hospital. Within days, three of the four lunch guests were dead. Ian Wilkinson, the pastor, lived after weeks of hospital treatment.The court has heard lunch host Erin Patterson's estranged husband, Simon, had been invited to the meal but declined, saying he was uncomfortable with the prospect.Erin Patterson went to hospital two days after the lunch, but left five minutes later against medical advice, the doctor said."I was surprised," he told the court. Patterson later returned and told Webster her children had also consumed the beef Wellington -- but not the mushrooms or pastry. She was hesitant to tell them about the poisoning in case they became "frightened", the doctor said."I said: 'They can be scared and alive or dead'."The court also heard from another of Don and Gail Patterson's sons -- Matthew -- who said he had called the lunch host to ask where the mushrooms came from.Erin Patterson told him she bought some of the mushrooms at a "Chinese shop", but could not recall which one, he said.Matthew said he thought the accused was a devoted mother who had a positive relationship with his parents.The prosecution alleges Erin Patterson deliberately poisoned her lunch guests and took care that neither she, nor her children, consumed the deadly mushrooms.Her defence says it was "a terrible accident" and that Patterson ate the same meal as the others but did not fall as sick.The trial is expected to last six weeks.lec/djw/mtp

Loud explosions reported at dawn and plumes of smoke as RSF targets Sudanese government’s seat of powerDrones have struck the airport and targeted an army base in Port Sudan, officials said, the third straight day the seat of power of the government, which is aligned with the Sudanese army, has come under attack.The country’s main fuel depot was hit on Monday, causing a massive blaze just south of the eastern city that had until Sunday been considered a safe haven for hundreds of thousands of displaced people fleeing a two-year war. Continue reading...

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