Trump News for Sunday, August 3, 2025

Sydney Sweeney wears blue jeans and she votes red. The actress registered to vote as a Republican in Florida a couple months before Donald Trump was elected president ... according to public voter records that are available online. Sydney's…

In advance of a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump, Scottish newspaper The National's front page read "Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland."

In an interview on WISN-TV's "Upfront," conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn said he's inclined to seek re-election when his term ends in four years.

(Reuters) -Democratic lawmakers in Texas said on Sunday they were leaving the state to deny Republicans the quorum needed to redraw the state's 38...

Ford Motor Company are now at the Find Out stage after donating to Trump's inauguration. Tariffs, changes to the EV market, and quality issues that have plagued Ford in recent years, were given as the major reasons. Ford's CEO Jim Farley predicted chaos in th…

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) called President Donald Trump a "petulant child" after he fired Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) administrator Erika McEntarfer over a poor jobs report. "When he gets news he doesn't like, he needs someone to blame …

US president has urged Republicans to redraw map to help the party net a handful of seats in the midterms next year.

The iconic American company, U.S. Steel was sold to Nippon Steel in Japan earlier this summer. The terms of the deal give President Trump an outsized say in the future of U.S. Steel.

Texas state House Democrats plan to leave to break quorum of a special session in which Republicans aim to pass a new congressional map that could net the GOP five seats.

Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of labor statistics, following a disappointing jobs report, ensuring his team will think twice before telling the truth again.

Fed Chair Powell faces mounting pressure as economic data sours and new political plays emerge—will he cut rates or get sacked by recession?

There might be some tension at Mar-a-lago next time Lara Trump comes to visit. Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law’s interview Saturday on her Fox News show with Charlamagne Tha God has really gotten under POTUS’ thin and artificially tanned skin – and The Breakfa…

Some facts, trends and projections that spell its demise.

The ex-president, accused of seeking to overturn the 2022 election that he lost, has been backed by US's Trump.

The former treasury secretary said Trump's purges of federal employees are "really scary stuff."

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett suggested that firing Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) chief Erika McEntarfer over a poor jobs report would lead to future data that was not "propaganda." During a Sunday interview on Fox News, host Shannon Bream n…

The Trump administration declined to provide a guest to ABC News after the leader of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was fired over a poor jobs report. On Sunday, This Week host George Stephanopoulos revealed that ABC had contacted the White House afte…

China's spectacular economic development has brought up the price of its labour and dwindled Western corporate profits.

Former president tells legal leaders the nation faces its gravest test of freedoms in generations

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is MrWilson with a comment about the failure to get indictments in supposed ICE assaults: And the fact that prosecutors and grand juries didn’t find evidence of actual assault in so many cases proves IC…

When I first saw this, I thought it was a parody meme from someone taking the piss out of the Republicans for Trump's ties to Russia. But no, for their stock image of a boxy old car, they decided to use the Lada 2105. Ironically, perhaps, though Lada remains …

A quarter million jobs vanished, yet no one new was fired and no one new quit. Those jobs never existed. Only our estimate of the truth changed, not the truth itself.

9 min ago Christie Calls Out Trump's BLS Blame Game Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie joined others in criticizing President Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner. The Republican, once a Trump supporter, told ABC's This Week that the firing follows a fam…

Josh Smith has seen the rapid growth of his knife business since he started it during the pandemic. Appearances on Fox News and Joe Rogan, among many others, had him well-positioned to sell a quality product with an ever-expanding market. Then Trump got into …

The actress allegedly registered to vote in Florida a few months before Donald Trump won his second term.

The US Treasury's report on digital financial technology marks the start of a more coordinated strategy to modernize the financial system and promote American leadership.

President Donald Trump has for months tried to pressure Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to resign from his post if he doesn't cut interest rates.

$200M event hall and redesigned Rose Garden spark debate over tradition vs. transformation

Dominic LeBlanc says he expects Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump will talk with each other “over the next couple of days” as Canada tries to find a way out of a 35 per cent blanket tariff on exports to the U.S.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chief Brendan Carr suggested that late-night host Stephen Colbert was fired as "a consequence that comes from" President Donald Trump. During a Sunday interview on Fox News, host Howard Kurtz noted that critics believ…

TheStreet Pro portfolio's lead manager reviews the Facebook parent company's latest earnings.

The president raged over an interview the radio host gave to his daughter-in-law.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A top aide to President Donald Trump on Sunday accused India of effectively financing Russia's war in Ukraine by purchasing oil from...

The New Republic obtained a Department of Homeland Security memo indicating ICE Barbie Kristi Noem’s Homeland Security Department is pressuring the military to further involve itself in the Gestapo-like wet dreams of Co-presidents Donald Trump and Stephen Mil…

Interest rate cuts are expected from the Fed's remaining meetings of 2025, especially if upcoming jobs data prompts further concern.

I talked to faculty throughout the country about what they are looking forward to as they return to campus in a rapidly changing nation.

Trump’s tariffs could hurt gig workers as rising import costs impact rideshare, delivery, resale, and more jobs -- experts suggest remote roles instead.

So Trump is getting pushback from some Republican senators over booting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn't like the jobs report. What the hell does that mean? They're trying to talk sense to him? Are they going to frown and send ster…

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Big food brands are quietly relocating to states like Texas and Tennessee. It’s not always just about the taxes

Donald J. Trump unleashed a rant on Truth Social to lash out at popular podcaster Charlamagne tha God just hours after Lara Trump interviewed him on Fox News. While calling Charlamagne a "racist sleazebag," Trump heaped praise on his daughter-in-law before fa…

Oh joy. Another unqualified Fox hack and crook in a job where they can help Trump go after his political enemies. Senate confirms Jeanine Pirro as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia: The Senate on Saturday approved the nomination of Jeanine Pirro, an …

Scott Soucek, of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, was a MAGA's MAGA. He posted all the idiotic memes. He followed all the QAnon's conspiracy theories. He posted all the blithering idiot videos like this one: Here is Trump supporter Scott Soucek implying that Democrat…

The labor statistics chief that President Trump fired Friday is a "terrific person, but the jobs data her agency produced has become "very unreliable," National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Sunday. Why it matters: One of the top advisers to th…

Western nations discuss Palestinian statehood, but Israel’s policy to starve the Palestinians in Gaza remains intact.

As President Donald Trump’s goalposts for his trade war continue to shift, Big Take host Sarah Holder sits down with Bloomberg’s global trade editor Brendan Murray to discuss where things stand and how Trump has dramatically shifted America’s approach to inte…

Outcry rang out in Israel over the weekend after Hamas released video appearing to show a visibly gaunt Israeli hostage alongside images of emaciated babies as international fury grows over the rising deaths of Palestinians from starvation under Israel's offe…

(Bloomberg) -- At one midsized US mortgage lender, almost a quarter of customers who dispute property appraisals find that the value of their home had been...

Donald Trump, 79, inappropriately, of course, heaped praise on White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, 27, on Newsmax Friday, by commenting on "that face" and "those lips." Trump had a chaotic day because he likes to create chaos, but managed to squeeze…

The Mag 7 firms are expected to spend $650 billion in capex and R&D this year, an amount bigger than the U.K. government’s annual public investments.

A shockingly weak jobs report and more worries about tariffs and the economy has investors on edge.

Trump officials are using rules, policies and agreements to compel and discourage U.S. universities from enrolling international students.

Donald Trump's tariff policies reveal a coherent theory of global power: F**k everybody else

IMPORTANT: It is critical that the Fed stay independent, data driven, and immune to political pressure. This is also true for the Federal ...

Those saying tariff concerns were overblown should check the news. Developing problems are already costing big corporations billions. And then there’s Main Street.

How property taxes are forcing Americans out of their homes... (Second column, 3rd story, link)

The earnings season enters its second busiest week. After the shockingly weak jobs report, concerns about the economy creep back into focus.

Report says Karim Khan 'privately threatened' by then-Foreign Secretary David Cameron with UK's withdrawal from court.

The numbers show the scandal is worse for Trump than you think

Gerrymandering in blue states would fight fire with fire

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • DOGE-Pilled: Luke Farritor could have been an artist, or a builder, or someone dedicated to seeing a great historical mystery through. Instead he wound up at the Depart…

Ukraine has regularly hit Russian oil and gas infrastructure in response to attacks on its own territory.

Mass death in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis — it's a seismic rupture in our moral universe

The nature of the risks and threats that can trigger a crisis for companies and organizations are always subject to change.

Democratic members have been packed into blue districts in Austin, Dallas and Houston to make way for GOP seats

Decades before Donald Trump entered politics, he made clear his desire for authoritarian policing that would whisk American citizens as well as legal visa holders into prison or deportation with scant due process. Some police officers and sheriffs were simila…

A new report estimates that U.S. colleges and universities could see their international student enrollment decline by as many as 150,000 students this fall.

Investors are gripped by euphoria for AI stocks, but they should look to a less frenzied corner of the market for budding opportunities, sources tell BI.

Trump’s big push to legitimize crypto is underway.

The EU’s energy transition goals (and so much else) are becoming increasingly reliant on trade and tariff policies from the US and China.

Chilean families are having only one child on average. U.S. birthrates are also dropping but it's unclear whether the U.S. will follow into the growing group of "very low" birthrate countries.

When I was in the fifth grade, an encyclopedia salesman visited our classroom to promote his collection of 12 leather-bound books. For readers under 20, encyclopedias were the forerunners of Wikipedia — or, perhaps more accurately, Google. If you wanted to le…

Experts across the political divide agree that addressing stagnant life expectancy requires government funding of a wide range of initiatives that affect public health.

Some student-loan borrowers who benefited from Biden's SAVE plan voted for Trump. They say they're on edge now that they're facing higher payments.

Trump Media said Friday it now holds $2B in bitcoin and bitcoin-related securities, plus $300M in options exposure, forming one of the largest crypto treasuries among public firms.

Without a deal in hand, Republicans say they may try to change Senate rules when they return in September to speed up the pace of confirmations.

Tariff threats from President Trump and a weakening U.S. labor market have unsettled financial markets ahead of a seasonally weak period for stocks between August and October. Still, there’s plenty of reason to hold tight and look past any choppy trading.

Smithsonian Institution says it will update exhibit to reflect all impeachments of US presidents following backlash.

Jack Smith is reportedly being investigated for possible violations of the Hatch Act; Republican’s condemn the president for sacking Erika McEntarfer. Key US...

Former Fox News host Pirro secures Senate confirmation with 50-45 vote, becoming US attorney for the nation's capital.

The Trump administration has targeted the renewable energy industry for massive cutbacks in 2025’s One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). According to NPR, the bill, signed into law on July 4, eliminates tax incentives for solar and wind projects across the United St…

Durables consumption has experienced extreme volatility over the last 9 months (since the election). However, services and nondurables should follow the permanent income hypothesis — at least halfway (DSGE’s usually incorporate about 50% hand-to-mouth consume…

President Donald Trump just sent letters to heads of 17 major pharmaceutical companies pushing them to drop drug prices in the U.S. down to the level of other countries.

The Senate on Saturday confirmed Jeanine Pirro, the former Fox host and commentator, to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Pirro was confirmed on a 50-45 vote along party lines. Donald Trump named her acting U.S. attorney in May, and later n…

More Americans now affiliate themselves with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party, marking the first time this has happened since January 2024, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday.  Gallup finds that in the second quarter of 2025, an averag…