Trump News for Monday, June 2, 2025

The new portrait, along with other recently added artwork, suggests a deliberate effort by the Trump administration to project power and resilience while in office.

Pardons signed for Tanner Mansell and John Moore Jr, who freed 19 sharks and giant grouper from fisherman’s longline

Another judge has blocked the Trump administration from using the wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelan migrants, ruling the government hasn't promised adequate due process.

The bill containing Trump's tax cuts and border and defense spending is expected to face some hurdles in the Senate.

Also: Physical competition | Older cars | Building community | Countering Trump | Californians' wealth. East Bay Times reader letters to the editor for June 3, 2025.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday appeared to undercut a proposal that was offered by his special envoy to Iran, saying he will insist that Tehran fully dismantle

The updated version shows President Trump in a slightly different light than two previous official portraits.

“Nippon Steel is buying US Steel for $15 billion and has agreed to let the American company remain American-operated” in a Trump-approved deal that “addressed concerns about national security while securing economic gains for the nation,” cheers the Washington Examiner’s editorial board.

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US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order making official his vow to double tariffs on steel and aluminium, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt has told reporters in a briefing.

Doug Burgum says Biden order that banned drilling in 23m-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska will be reversed

Trade ware brought on by Donald Trump and tariffs not stopping Vancouver company that builds large power banks with used EV batteries

Two South Florida shark divers convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman’s longline several miles from shore have been pardoned by President Donald Trump.

MIAMI (AP) — Two South Florida shark divers convicted of theft for freeing 19 sharks and a giant grouper from a fisherman's longline several miles from shore have been pardoned

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, said she would open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump if she becomes chair of the House Oversight...

It was not immediately clear when the two leaders will speak. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday that Trump and Xi would speak "very soon" to iron out trade issues including a dispute over critical minerals and China's restrictions on exports of certain minerals.

The Trump administration has pitched Iran on a revised nuclear deal that would allow Tehran to continue enriching uranium after it is signed.

Warsaw’s allies in Europe left wondering who they will be dealing with: a populist head of state or its centrist prime minister

US President Donald Trump warned that a court ruling against his proposed tariffs could lead to the “economic ruination” of the US, claiming it would allow foreign nations to exploit America.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer claimed the district court's order included "multiple fatal flaws," and urged the Supreme Court to pause the lower court ruling.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Conservative Karol Nawrocki’s victory in Poland’s weekend presidential runoff has set the country on a more nationalist course — and cast doubt on the viability of the centrist government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk after the