Trump News for Wednesday, July 30, 2025

ICE Claims Officer Was ‘Assualted’ During An Illegal Search Of A Hospital But The Recording Shows Something Else

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

For weeks, ICE and DHS have been claiming there’s been an outsized outbreak in violence against ICE officers. The government preferred to use a misleading stat: the percentage. That way it could claim assaults were up 500, 600, 790%(!!!) in successive press r…

Trump Ends Tariff Exemption For Small Packages

Zeyi Yang, Wired

Starting in September, US buyers on sites like Etsy and eBay may face higher tariffs on goods from abroad.

Why Trump is picking a fight with Brazil

Cameron Peters, Vox

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is imposing new tariffs on Br…

‘South Park’s Deepfake Trump Was Recycled From An Unproduced Movie

JM McNab, Cracked.com

Nude Trump was supposed to debut years ago

Caps, credits, contributions: Tax planning for parents under OBBBA

Tobias Salinger, Financial-planning.com

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act presents some complexities for wealthy families, alongside its extension and expansion of provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs ...

Apple is probably stuck with iPhone manufacture in India

Wesley Hilliard, AppleInsider

Even though the markets have become mostly numb to the current administration's tariff see-saw, one analyst is worried that Apple may have to maintain India iPhone imports regardless.More iPhones are being imported from India than everIndia has become a bit o…

California governor signs executive order to support boys and men and improve their mental health

SOPHIE AUSTIN, Yahoo Entertainment

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at supporting men and boys and improving their mental health outcomes, in an effort to...

Standing just behind the president, MAGA Rep. Derrick Van Orden appeared to awkwardly mouth, “I’m here.”

The Daily Beast, Daily Beast

President Donald Trump briefly lost track of the room Wednesday, searching for a GOP lawmaker whose bill he was signing while the congressman stood inches...

Apple and others back government plan to digitize healthcare

Amber Neely, AppleInsider

Major tech companies are aligning with a federal effort to reengineer how patients access and manage their healthcare data.Image credit: WikiMediaApple is among over sixty companies supporting a federal push to modernize U.S. healthcare infrastructure, as ann…

Trump's comments on Epstein raise new questions about when and why they fell out

Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News

President Trump this week talked at length about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, but the accounts raise new questions about when exactly the two fell out and why.

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work

Molly Taft, Wired

A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.

Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings, with Windows and Xbox up too

Tom Warren, The Verge

Microsoft just posted the fourth and final quarter of its 2025 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $76.4 billion in revenue and a net income of $27.2 billion during Q4. Revenue is up 18 percent, and net income has increased by 24 percent. Like c…

Elon Musk Is So Unpopular, He May Be Hurting the Entire EV Industry

Bruce Gil, Gizmodo.com

Liberals are losing interest in all EVs, thanks to Musk.

Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens The Floodgates To U.S. Surveillance

Joe Mullin, Techdirt

The Canadian government is preparing to give away Canadians’ digital lives—to U.S. police, to the Donald Trump administration, and possibly to foreign spy agencies. Bill C-2, the so-called Strong Borders Act, is a sprawling surveillance bill with multiple pri…

WATCH: Kamala Harris says she won't run for governor of California in 2026

ABC News

Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced Wednesday that she won’t run for California governor in 2026.

India gets its turn on the Trump tariff train: 25% levy to start Friday

Brandon Vigliarolo, Theregister.com

The US president also hints at an extra penalty for New Delhi over trade with Russia world war fee Just as signs pointed to a slight easing in global trade tensions, US President Donald Trump opened a new front in his trade offensive, this time with a 25 perc…

Artemis 2 astronauts stress importance of their moon mission as NASA faces budget, workforce cuts: 'We have to move the needle.'

brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley) , Brett Tingley, Space.com

NASA's next moon astronauts underscored the importance of their upcoming Artemis 2 mission despite a turbulent time for the space agency full of budget cuts and workforce reductions.

Why are American kids getting sicker?

Anna North, Vox

This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. One of the central claims that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services and de fact…

'Netflix For AI' CEO Hyping Animated Slop Admits 'Maybe Nobody Wants This'

Ethan Gach, Kotaku

Showrunner is a new video content platform that will specialize in user-generated AI slop. The idea is people will pay to use generative-AI tools to produce their own TV, starting with short animated sketches. Who asked for this? Amazon for starters, which is…

Is Trump As Afraid of Seth Meyers As It Seems?

Opheli Garcia Lawler, Cracked.com

In all the attacks on late-night hosts, one name is notably missing

Trump’s EPA Wants to Pretend That Greenhouse Gases Aren’t a Threat to Human Health

Ellyn Lapointe, Gizmodo.com

The Trump administration’s latest and greatest assault on climate change mitigation would eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions regulations for motor vehicles and engines.

How Gaza’s hunger crisis reached its “worst-case scenario”

Joshua Keating, Vox

The “worst-case scenario” is unfolding in Gaza. Though there are larger hunger crises in the world in terms of sheer numbers, Gaza is, in many ways, the most intense. By September, leading humanitarian groups predict, 100 percent of the population will face a…

Hunter Biden Could Win Defamation Suit Against Trump Ally By Default

Yahoo Entertainment

Substack Sends Push Alert for Nazi Newsletter

Lucas Ropek, Gizmodo.com

The site says it was an accident.

Apple Inc. (AAPL): Investor AI Worries Still Haven’t Pushed Stock To $190, Says Jim Cramer

Ramish Cheema, Yahoo Entertainment

We recently published 10 Stocks On Jim Cramer’s Mind As He Discussed A “Weird Number”. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently...

US Federal Reserve leaves rates unchanged despite pressure from White House

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The decision also drew dissent from two of the central bank's governors, both Trump appointees.

Meme-Stock Traders Thrilled at Outrage Over American Eagle Ads Starring Sydney Sweeney

Miles Klee, Rolling Stone

Political controversy over Sydney Sweeney's ad campaign for American Eagle jeans has meme stock investors optimistic about buying into the brand

Trump’s new plan for retribution against Democrats, explained

Ian Millhiser, Vox

On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump called for Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley (R-IA) to eliminate what Trump called the “‘Blue Slip’ SCAM,” a Senate tradition that gives home-state senators a veto power over some presidential nominees who wield …

Trump Ends Tariff Break for Low-Value Goods in Blow to Online Retailers

Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Josh Wingrove, Yahoo Entertainment

(Bloomberg) -- US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending the de minimis exemption, applying tariffs to low-value imports...

WATCH: Russian kitchen gets shaken during massive earthquake

ABC News

The strength of the powerful earthquake that struck off Russia's Pacific coast on July 30 was dramatically demonstrated in video released by the local branch of a geophysical research organization.

Sheinbaum demands return of Mexican citizens held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Oscar Lopez in Mexico City, Yahoo Entertainment

Mexican president said citizens held at controversial Florida immigration jail ‘should be repatriated immediately’

What Liberal Media? Axios Thinks Being Neutral Means Kissing Trump’s Ass

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

The news org Axios launched in 2017, just as the first Trump administration began, created by some ex-Politico folks, claiming that they would be “an antidote to this madness” and talking about how “the world needed smarter, more efficient coverage” of import…

What does recognising a Palestinian state mean?

BBC News

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel meets certain conditions.

Fed policy decision generates most governor dissents since 1993

Michael S. Derby, Yahoo Entertainment

(Reuters) -The Federal Reserve's decision to hold interest rates steady following the end of a two-day policy meeting on Wednesday generated the largest...

NVIDIA needs 300,000 more H20 AI chips from TSMC to meet China's demand — but some security experts aren't happy

c.cale.hunt@gmail.com (Cale Hunt) , Cale Hunt, Windows Central

NVIDIA has ordered 300,000 more H20 AI GPUs from TSMC just weeks after the ban on selling to China was reversed. That's great news for NVIDIA, but some national security experts are sounding the alarm.

Fed holds interest rates steady, defying Trump

Max Zahn, ABC News

The Fed has taken a wait-and-see approach amid Trump's tariffs.

The Fed holds rates steady for the fifth time this year

allisonkelly@businessinsider.com (Allie Kelly), Business Insider

The Fed announced it will leave interest rates unchanged in July, despite Trump and members of his cabinet pushing for a cut.

Reid Hoffman says the Democratic Party 'really did alienate' parts of Silicon Valley — and blue states could learn from red states

bgriffiths@insider.com (Brent D. Griffiths), Business Insider

LinkedIn cofounder and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman has some harsh words for his party.

Trump Says It’s Not His Fault Stephen Colbert Got Fired, Continues to Threaten Late-Night Hosts

Opheli Garcia Lawler, Cracked.com

He predicts that Fallon and Kimmel will become ‘victims’

Migrants Freed From El Salvador Prison Allege Torture

Nikkimccannramirez, Rolling Stone

Migrants freed from El Salvador's CECOT prison allege torture and human rights abuses after being deported by the Tump administration.

Since No One Else Seems to Care, Let’s Remember Epstein’s Survivors

Audra Heinrichs, Jezebel

They've already told us everything we need to know...

A congressional stock trading ban just got closer to becoming law

Bryan Metzger, Business Insider

Senators fiercely debate a bill to ban lawmakers from trading stocks, with one senator calling it "legislative demagoguery."

WATCH: Tsunami warnings in Japan downgraded after 2 million evacuated

ABC News

ABC News foreign correspondent Britt Clennett says Japan is being extra cautious due to the country's history with earthquakes and tsunamis — referencing the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

Elon Musk Pushes View That Women Are ‘Anti-White’ Because They’re ‘Weak’

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

The Tesla CEO retweeted an extremely racist account Wednesday.

Republican US Senator Grassley clashes with Trump over nominations

Yahoo Entertainment

Judge Accuses Elon Musk and Sam Altman of ‘Gamesmanship’ in Court

Bruce Gil, Gizmodo.com

The federal judge said both sides “repeatedly over-litigated the case.”

Apple is in need of a win as it reports earnings this week

Jordan Hart,William Edwards, Business Insider

Apple's Q3 earnings call on Thursday will reveal insights amid tariff challenges, AI developments, and iPhone demand. The stock is down 16% this year.

Trump Administration Says It’s Going To Start To Locking Up Homeless People

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

We’ve finally got a Stalin to call our own. Just like Soviet Russia, homelessness is now basically a criminal offense, thanks to Trump’s latest executive order, which pretends it’s about crime but actually just wants to put homelessness people in places where…

Hermès Keeps Flying Higher Reporting 9% Sales Jump

info@hypebeast.com (Hypebeast), HYPEBEAST

SummaryHermès saw a 9% sales increase in Q2, maintaining strong performance amidst the luxury slump by using price hikes to offset US tariff.Luxury fashion label Hermès has reported that its Q2 earnings showed a 9% year-over-year increase in sales, continuing…

Trump addresses reports about Secret Service agent who reportedly attempted to smuggle wife aboard cargo plane

Yahoo Entertainment

The AI Hype Index: The White House’s war on “woke AI”

The Editors, MIT Technology Review

Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state of the industry. The Trump administration recently declared war on so-called…

Patel found thousands of sensitive Trump–Russia probe docs inside 'burn bags' in secret room at FBI

Yahoo Entertainment

Oreo-maker Mondelez CEO says Americans are buying fewer snacks: 'There's a lot of consumer anxiety'

Alex Bitter, Business Insider

Shoppers are buying fewer snacks given worries about the economy and retailers stocking up on goods that could face tariffs, Mondelez said.

Another Win for 'Big Abortion' Leaves Republicans Reeling

Danielle Han, Jezebel

Over 20 Democratic-led states are now suing the Trump administration for trying to defund Planned Parenthood.

Irvine Welsh Has Been Writing to a Beat Since ‘Trainspotting.’ Now, He’s Making Disco

Christian Hoard, Rolling Stone

Music has been the driving force of the legendary Scottish author's career. At 66, he's releasing a new Trainspotting sequel — and his debut album

A Rare Flu Complication Is Killing More U.S. Children

Ed Cara, Gizmodo.com

At least 11 children in the U.S. have died from influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy since October 2023, a new study shows.

Samantha Bee Was Warned Not to ‘Cause Trouble’ Amid Billion Dollar Transactions

Matt Solomon, Cracked.com

By Matt Solomon Published: July 30th, 2025

Trump’s EPA is Gaslighting America in the Face of Climate Disasters

Andrew Perez, Rolling Stone

The Trump EPA wants to reverse the “endangerment finding” that’s allowed the government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions

I toured the train car presidents used for travel before Air Force One. Climb aboard the 'White House on wheels.'

Kristine Villarroel, Business Insider

The Ferdinand Magellan, an armored train car, was used by US presidents before Air Force One. It has bulletproof glass and multiple guest rooms.

The Secret Identity of ‘South Park’s Tiny Trump Penis Has Been Revealed

Matt Solomon, Cracked.com

By Matt Solomon Published: July 30th, 2025

Those Fascist Social Media Posts by DHS Have a Copyright Problem

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

America's gestapo are using copyrighted paintings and voiceovers from a major Hollywood movie to push their agenda.

U.S. Nuclear Energy Policy Could Accelerate Weapons Proliferation

Alan J. Kuperman, Scientific American

The White House has now fully embraced bomb-prone nuclear fuel technology. This should stop before an arms race, atomic terrorism or even nuclear war results

Only the base iPhone 17 may escape a $50 price hike

William Gallagher, AppleInsider

An analyst with almost no Apple rumor track record is probably right when they claim that three out of the four new iPhone 17 models will cost an extra $50 versus corresponding iPhone 16 models.Render of a possible iPhone 17 Pro MaxDespite Trump's constant in…

US economy grows after swing in imports

BBC News

The world's biggest economy expanded at an annual rate of 3% after Trump's tariffs distorted trade.

WATCH: Frightened motorist drives through flooded tunnel

ABC News

Severe thunderstorms caused flash flooding around Detroit Metro Airport.

WATCH: Stray kitten joins rat race aboard New York City subway

ABC News

A stray kitten who went viral after boarding a New York City subway train last week has been adopted by a fellow commuter.

WATCH: Russian doctors continue surgery despite earthquake

ABC News

Doctors in Russia continued surgery on a patient despite a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake striking.

DOJ Approves T-Mobile’s Latest Merger Despite Admitting It’s Terrible For Consumers And Competition

Karl Bode, Techdirt

One of the bigger Trump election season lies was that Trump 2.0 would be “serious about antitrust,” and protect blue collar Americans from corporate predation. You’d have to be a turnip to not see that was an aggressive lie, pushed by a lot of folks (even sup…

WATCH: Tsunami waves swamp Russian coastal town

ABC News

Drone footage showed tsunami waves flooding the Russian coastal town of Severo-Kurilsk after a powerful earthquake.

No-one's been better for the game of golf than my father

BBC News

Eric Trump, the son of US President Donald Trump, tells BBC sports editor Dan Roan that his father "deserves" to have his Turnberry course host The Open again.

Russia has immunity to sanctions, Kremlin says after Trump tightens deadline

Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Wednesday it continued to monitor statements by U.S. President Donald Trump regarding sanctions against Moscow, but...

18 countries apply for EU billions as Europe seeks to provide for its own security without the US

Associated Press, Yahoo Entertainment

Eighteen European Union countries have applied for billions of euros from a new defense fund aimed at helping Europe provide for its own security, the bloc’s...

Trump deserves Open at Turnberry, says son

Dan Roan, BBC News

Eric Trump - US President Donald Trump's son - says his father "deserves" to have his Turnberry course host The Open again.

To See How America Unraveled, Go Back Five Years

Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic

What the summer of 2020 wrought

Ana de Armas Holds Hands With 'Friend' and 'Mentor' Tom Cruise

Lauren Tousignant, Jezebel

The couple first sparked romance rumors in March, but kept insisting the relationship was professional. Over the weekend, they were spotted professionally holding hands in Vermont.

US economy expected to have grown as Trump's tariffs took hold

Max Zahn, ABC News

The U.S. economy has largely defied fears of a tariff-induced downturn.

Is this TV's endgame? A discussion with analyst Rich Greenfield.

Peter Kafka, Business Insider

The TV business has been shrinking for years, which is why media companies are trying to sell their cable networks. What now? A top analyst tells me.

Dozens of state laws take aim at food dyes, amid a wave support for MAHA

Yuki Noguchi, NPR

Fueled by MAHA, state lawmakers are moving to remove dyes and other additives from food. A wide range of state laws could make it difficult for manufacturers and could spur further federal regulation.

The Quickest Route to a Plum Judicial Appointment

Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic

Emil Bove has demonstrated that total sycophancy to the president can be a fantastic career move.

Medicaid Made My Daughter’s Last Years Bearable. Other Parents Deserve the Same.

Maria Kefalas, Slate Magazine

The day I enrolled in Medicaid, I arrived at the welfare office carrying a designer bag.

'Huge week' of economic data set to test Trump's tariffs

Max Zahn, ABC News

Major data releases and a key policy decision set to show where economy stands.

Why Are So Many Institutions Caving to Trump?

Mary Harris, Slate Magazine

Know when to hold ‘em, know when to fight fascism…

India says it killed militants behind the deadly attack on civilians in Kashmir

Omkar Khandekar, NPR

Three months after militants killed 26 tourists at a scenic meadow in the Himalayas, India said on Tuesday that its security forces had found and killed three gunmen behind the massacre.

Three fired DOJ workers add to chorus of layoffs in 'foundering' workforce

Carrie Johnson, NPR

The DOJ has fired hundreds of employees this year, transforming a federal workforce that enjoys vast powers and responsibility over issues affecting the lives of everyday Americans.

Despite grand claims, a new report shows noncitizen voting hasn't materialized

Miles Parks, NPR

New research confirms what election experts have said all along: Noncitizen voting occasionally happens but in minuscule numbers, and not in any coordinated way.

Europe's AI crackdown starts this week and Big Tech isn't happy

Lindsay Clark, Theregister.com

Users and developers struggle to comply as situation evolves It is a little more than four years since the European Union first proposed legislation to govern tech companies that build AI systems and how users deploy them. A lot has changed since then.…<!--#i…

Colbert Mocks Trump on South Park: ‘So Free and Open With His Body’

Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone

The late-night host took a jab at the president when discussing a new bill aimed at renaming the Kennedy Center after Trump

Trump Says He Was Not ‘Solely Responsible’ for ‘Late Show’ Cancellation

Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone

Donald Trump responded to accusations that he was responsible for the cancellation of 'The Late Show' and said other late-night shows are next.

Trump says 'good friend' India may face up to 25% tariffs

BBC News

Trade negotiations continue between India and the US but sticking points remain, especially around agriculture.

UCLA reaches $6 million settlement with Jewish students over campus protests

The Associated Press, NPR

The settlement comes after Jewish students and a professor argued their civil rights were violated when pro-Palestinian protesters blocked access to campus buildings during 2024 demonstrations.

UN investigator says US sanctions over her criticism of Israel will seriously impact her life

GIADA ZAMPANO, Yahoo Entertainment

An independent U.N. investigator and outspoken critic of Israel’s policies in Gaza says that the sanctions recently imposed on her by the Trump...

Apple's supply chain makeover just gave India a massive win over China

Shubhangi Goel, Business Insider

Apple's "China Plus One" strategy boosted India's export share, research shows.

Former Trump Supporters Are Sharing Why They Stopped Being MAGA, And It's Better Late Than Never

Megan Liscomb, Buzzfeed

"I laughed when I first heard it. Then I realized… he wasn’t joking. That was the moment I stopped laughing."View Entire Post ›

Oklahoma Superintendent: Bible Thumper & The Curious Case Of The Board Meeting Pornography

Timothy Geigner, Techdirt

It’s been a while since we checked in on Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s Superintendent and all around assbag fascist. If you’ve read any of our previous posts featuring Walters, you know that he loves himself two things, and in this order of importance: Donald Trum…

Charlie Kirk Is the Latest Example of the Right Not Understanding Cartman

JM McNab, Cracked.com

He’ll likely just be happy if ‘South Park’ doesn’t give him an animated micropenis

Trump Now “Seriously Considering” Pardon For Sean Combs Ahead Of Sentencing; White House Officially Says Nothing

Dominic Patten, Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump is heavily weighing giving Sean “Diddy” Combs a full presidential pardon ahead of the convicted Bad Boy Records founder’s sentencing ...

Senate Confirms Trump Lawyer Emil Bove Amid Whistleblower Claims

Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone

The Senate approved Emil Bove as a federal judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

NYC mayor shares Midtown shooting surveillance footage details, calls for gun reform

Doc Louallen, ABC News

NYC Mayor Eric Adams shared new details about the deadly Midtown Manhattan office shooting, including a possible NFL connection and the gunman's cross-country journey.

There’s Already Lots of Drama Surrounding the Latest ‘South Park’ Episode

JM McNab, Cracked.com

By JM McNab Published: July 29th, 2025

The Discourse Is Broken

Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic

How did a jeans commercial with Sydney Sweeney come to this?