Trump News for Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Six Secret Service agents have been issued suspensions for failures connected to last year's attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.

'The Things We’ll Never Know' show highlights what we'll be missing President Trump's budget slashes funding for science and led to the cancellation or reduction of thousands of research programs, so scientists have staged a series of presentations to show le…

The US president cited the criminal trial of far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro as the reason for the steep tariff hike.

Trump told Boakai he speaks "such good English", asking where he went to school.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the state of California over its policy regarding transgender individuals participating in women's and girls' sports.

A detailed timeline of events shows the White House was aware of an ordered pause in weapons to Ukraine in real time and Trump's decision to reverse the action.

President Trump defended former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting an attempted coup following his loss in the 2022 election.

New reporting suggest that the two popular hosts could be collateral damage in the Skydance-Paramount merger

While the billionaire stirs up chaos across his empire, SpaceX, his rocket company, keeps raising big money.

The Trump administration has deprived Kyiv of one thing it desperately needs: predictable support.

County officials had pressed the state for flood warning systems for nearly a decade but without luck.

U.S. trade director Peter Navarro took aim at Apple again today, causing the company's stock to briefly drop. In an interview with Fox Business, Navarro said that Apple thinks that it is "too big to tariff," suggesting that Apple might be expecting a tariff e…

Hamas says ongoing talks remain 'tough' as Trump sees a ‘good chance’ of reaching ceasefire deal within days.

Police say they're looking for four people caught on camera stealing a Ronald McDonald statue from a McDonald's in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania.

With this new venture, Musk is more likely to hurt Republicans than Democrats.

Trump accused Brazil of "attacks" on US tech companies and conducting a "witch hunt" against its former president Jair Bolsonaro.

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The TSA required travellers to remove their shoes during airport security screenings for nearly two decades.

Federal agencies could choose to fire workers en masse or offer options like buyouts. Here's what we know about how and when it could happen.

I recently sat through this hour-long interview between New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat and Peter Thiel. It was honestly a somewhat hypnotic experience for me. And on reflection, deeply disturbing. Not because Thiel said anything overtly monstro…

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Donald Trump says there’s a “very good chance” of a Gaza ceasefire within days after meeting Israeli PM Netanyahu.

On June 24th, Columbia University experienced an hourslong system-wide outage. Its internal email service went down. Students couldn't log in to the platform where professors post assignments and course materials. Library catalogs went offline. Zoom was unava…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked the move to her support for the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Though Trump and Musk are on the outs, workers with longstanding ties to the Tesla billionaire remain embedded in the government.

The new doll features a continuous glucose monitor and insulin pump.

Cierra on "Love Island USA" learned the hard way that it was a slur when she was booted off the island this week.View Entire Post ›

The diocese is the first in the national to issue a special dispensation because of fears over immigration detentions.

Trump administration says it is targeting Albanese for encouraging ICC war crime prosecution against Israel's Netanyahu.

There’s not a lot that Americans can universally agree on at the moment, but the Federal Trade Commission’s new rules that digital subscriptions should be easy to cancel received broad acclaim. Everyone liked the idea, with the possible exception of your loca…

Tesla's market volatility after Elon Musk picked another fight with Trump has seen short-sellers make a tidy profit this week.

The wireless carrier, which is seeking FCC approval on two deals, bowed the pressure from the White House.

The documentarian follows her Oscar-nominated "The Edge of Democracy" with "Apocalypse in the Tropics," a Plan B-produced sequel that tracks the rise of Christian Nationalists in Brazil.

The official waived safeguards to fast-track a $30m award to the highly criticised Gaza aid group.

Trump's Department of Education is restarting interest charges for student-loan borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan, which has been blocked in court.

Talks come as US shifts focus from aid to building sustainable economic partnerships.

President Donald Trump sounded confident on Sunday when he told a reporter that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas could be reached by the end of the week. Israel has reportedly proposed a 60-day ceasefire and the return of 10 living and 18 deceased ho…

The White House has sent letters to 20 different countries this week announcing new tariffs.

In Donald Trump's second term, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has escalated its enforcement operations in extremely public ways, conducting surprise raids, arresting lawmakers, and launching a new Florida detention center with an alt-right media bl…

Gunn admits he wasn't sure what he would've done with the Man of Steel back in 2018.

In a surprise move, Yaccarino says she is stepping from the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

The letter warns that the proposed FY2026 budget would halt dozens of missions, gut future programs and threaten U.S. leadership in space science.

Republicans just gave US Immigration and Customs Enforcement a huge cash infusion, and President Donald Trump knows how he wants the agency to use it.  During his first six months in office, the Trump administration was already using immigration enforcement t…

From her early days as an intern at NBCU to getting hired by Elon Musk to be CEO of X, follow Linda Yaccarino's career rise.

University tuition in the United States is notoriously expensive — so much so that Americans currently have over $1.6 trillion in student loan debt. But now, the routine process of taking out student loans has been overhauled as a result of the One Big Beauti…

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For months, the DOJ has insisted to US courts that it has no jurisdiction over the people it rendered to Salvadoran detention facilities. But when the UN came asking, El Salvador told a very different story: these detainees are “exclusively” under US jurisdic…

Texas has identified more than $50 billion in flood control needs, but lawmakers have devoted just $1.4 billion to address them

Back in June, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests of alleged undocumented migrants in Los Angeles provoked a wave of protests. The Trump administration attempted to make hay from the situation, dispatching federal military troops to the city in a s…

Sen. Adam Schiff is working to introduce legislation that will help keep a closer eye on the president’s conduct as he continues to carve an explosive path...

President Trump is hosting 5 African leaders in Washington this week — a mini summit that's raising eyebrows over who was invited, what's on the table, and what it signals about U.S. rivalry with China and BRICS in Africa.

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have yet to agree on terms for a ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza.

President Donald Trump has threatened to impose more tariffs on nations aligning themselves with BRICS.

On Ukraine, Vladimir Putin wants more than Donald Trump has been prepared to offer, writes BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.

US president announces sweeping new tariffs as he continues to change plans.

Right-wing conspiracy theorists have raised questions about a new government memo and video about Epstein.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is calling the MacArthur Park immigration sweep this week what it is -- a fear tactic to intimidate residents ... and she's not backing down from fighting for the city’s rights. We caught up with Bass at L.A. City Hall on…

Army shares video of troops on ground in 'targeted nighttime operation' amid near-daily attacks against neighbour.

Amid all the controversies of President Donald Trump’s second term so far, the one that may be causing him the biggest problems among his right-wing base is about a man who died six years ago: Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein, the well-connected financier who was ind…

Host Kareem Rahma said he felt like it would have cost Harris the 2024 election

Along the banks of the Guadalupe River, David Muir meets with Robert Brake Jr. as he searches for his parents who were washed away by the rapidly rising floods.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced that the TSA and its nearly two-decade mandate for passengers to remove their shoes at airport screening is officially over.

Visitors to a local brewery in Ruidoso, New Mexico, were stunned to see a house swept away by rushing floodwaters on Tuesday as they waited out the danger.

Staff at the Tony Blair Institute participated in a project to redevelop Gaza into the Donald Trump-envisioned ‘riviera.

The president backed off his plan to fire 83,000 workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs — but his administration is still getting rid of tons.

President Trump's famous — and surprisingly cordial — interaction with President Obama at President Jimmy Carter's funeral in January was a tantalizing mystery about what the two world leaders quietly talked about ... that is, until now!…

Trump recently launched a “wireless phone service,” which as we mentioned, isn’t so much a real phone service as it is a quick licensing agreement and a lazy rebranding of other services. He’s also exploiting the presidency by launching a vast array of new, c…

The Epstein scandal is bad news for Trump, but good news for the "America Party."

The disaster plan for Camp Mystic was approved just 2 days before the deadly flood wreaked havoc on central Texas Friday, killing 27 young campers and counselors at the all-girls Christian summer camp, according to a new report. The sleep-away camp…

Professional poker players and sports bettors, and a handful of members of Congress, are demanding a change to the massive tax and spending bill President...

New York Times: How crypto executives, lobbyists, campaign operatives, and Trump business partners successfully turned Trump from an outspoken bitcoin skeptic into a supporter  —  Just over a year ago, while sitting around a table in an ornate meeting room at…

The death toll for the Texas floods tops 100 as the search and rescue efforts continue for over 160 missing people. And, the Supreme Court is allowing Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now.

The US president reverses a suspension of weapons shipments to Kyiv and heavily criticises Russia's Putin.

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -America's largest power grid is under strain as data centers and AI chatbots consume power faster than new plants can be ...

Judges also rule that Russia was behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014.

A war criminal nominating his enabler is peak Nobel Peace Prize history.

In typically brash tones, the US leader announced the move while decrying the 'bullsh-t thrown at us by Putin'.

Investors and dealmakers may not be the obvious targets of Donald Trump's immigration policies — but the impact on Wall Street is being felt.

President Trump has announced — but postponed the effective date for — higher tariffs once again. Here's what to know about the latest on his tariff policy.

The governor and top emergency official in Texas are both members of a council advising the Trump administration on options for eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

On Tuesday, scientists held an event organized by House Democrats in which they stood in front of posters outlining their work — and the federal cuts that now threaten it.

The symptoms can include nerve pain, emotional numbness and sexual dysfunction and can last for years after stopping the drugs. Patients are pushing for recognition and more research.

The “Big, Beautiful Bill” that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4 was chock full of controversial policies—Medicaid work requirements, increased funding for ICE, and an end to tax credits for clean energy and vehicles, to name just a few. But on…

Malaysian leader says trade being used to 'pressure, isolate and contain' as top US diplomat Rubio set to visit region.

The US president also threatened to slap tariffs of up to 200% on pharmaceutical imports.

US president Donald Trump confirms he will attend Sunday's Fifa Club World Cup final in New Jersey.

Rome Statute signatories Italy, France, Greece criticised for providing 'safe passage' to subject of ICC arrest warrant.

The decades-old Indus Waters Treaty faces its gravest challenge as India suspends it, prompting Pakistan to warn of war.

Microsoft's pledge to go carbon neutral by 2030 has hit an AI-shaped snag, as the firm's hunger for cloud growth impacts emissions targets.

Altman said he was "looking forward" to meeting Zuckerberg at the conference. Zuckerberg and Meta have been poaching OpenAI's researchers.

Deep in one of America’s darkest hours, President George W. Bush warned that while the war on terror was started by others on 9/11, it would end “at an hour ...

US president dismisses lingering questions about accused sex trafficker after law enforcement review dismays supporters.

Here are the key events on day 1,231 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Bloomberg: An analysis finds Chinese firms aim to buy 115K+ US-sanctioned Nvidia H100 and H200 chips for 39 data centers across China's western deserts, mostly in Xinjiang  —  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/ articles/2025-07-08/latest-tariff-pause - shows-lim…

The unscheduled talks come as Trump's Middle East envoy said Israel and Hamas were closing their differences on a truce.