Trump News for Tuesday, August 19, 2025

A district court judge just dismissed a $3 billion lawsuit over one of McKay’s biggest flops

Steve Holland / Reuters: The White House launches an official TikTok account, with the aim of communicating President Trump's policies  —  The White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, taking advantage of its more than 150 million U.S. users…

There are inherent contradictions in the idea of the guarantees meant to prevent Russia from attacking Ukraine again

Immigrants seeking a legal pathway to live and work in the United States will now be subject to screening for “anti-Americanism’,” authorities said Tuesday, ...

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Social media users wondered what the good parts of slavery were.

Some had been critical of Trump, while others were involved in investigating Russian meddling in 2020 US elections.

The familiar MAGA figure added to the furor over the recent arrest.

Andrew Cuomo is reportedly hoping Trump can help boost his chances to defeat Zohran Mamdani, while using memes from one of the president's supporters.

The president hasn’t shown much interest in dealing with the messy details of diplomacy.

President Trump confirmed the White House is doing a review Smithsonian museums, where he complained "everything discussed is how horrible our Country is."

President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and seven European leaders met at the White House to talk about ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. The meeting followed a summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last…

Well, at least they're not hiding that it's just a gambling app now.

The US president conceded the war in Ukraine was "tough to solve" after several days of high-level talks.

A pair of food influencers escaped without major injuries after a driver accidentally plowed through a restaurant in Houston over the weekend.

The shrimp was sold at Walmart with a best-by date of March 2027.

Federal agents and National Guard troops flood Washington after Trump calls for aggressive crime-fighting measures.

Donald Trump says he's arranging a summit between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Target could soon make a major store change that threatens to scare away shoppers.

Since it’s easier to jump people who aren’t criminals than to actually track down criminals, ICE — especially in certain parts of the country — is sending its masked officers to hang around courtrooms and arrest people who are just trying to follow the rules …

Wyoming’s Frontier Stable Token promises faster and cheaper digital transactions

Apple is manufacturing more of its iPhone 17 phones for the US in India instead of in China, and for the first time, the full lineup of new models will ship from India at launch, according to Bloomberg. The company is also working on a successor to the iPhone…

Can Congress stop the FCC from dictating comedy?

Here we go again. Whenever policy makers insist that there’s some “nerd harder” solution to tricky societal problems, actual experts have to spend a ridiculous amount of time explaining basic realities to them. Sometimes those are realities about the technolo…

The U.S. government is in talks to get a 10% equity stake in Intel.

Ukrainian forces still control 2,550 square miles of the eastern Ukrainian region known as the Donbas, an area roughly the size of Delaware. For many, including President Donald Trump, who met with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday at the White H…

By Opheli Garcia Lawler Published: August 19th, 2025

The musician shared an image from the president's meeting with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky, comparing the harsh gold color in the White House to a "professional wrestler's dressing room"

Apple CEO Tim Cook kept his August winning streak alive as the US backed Apple against the UK in an encrypted user data dispute.

Could this butter up the president?

Mark Hamill said he considered leaving the U.S. following Trump's reelection, but decided he won't be forced out by 'that son of a bitch.'

Suck it up, shitbirds. You’re the beneficiaries of full-throated support from a megalomaniac who has just untied the purse strings and dumped pretty much everything in it into ICE’s back pocket. ICE is on its way to becoming the largest law enforcement recipi…

The merger helps China consolidate its shipbuilding and centralize government control, putting it in a position to continue dominating the market.

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In the last month, the war in Gaza has become an inescapable facet of the public consciousness as a new surge of images of Palestinian children - their faces impossibly sunken, their limbs reduced to skin and bone - flooded the internet. As the pictures becam…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. soybean farmers urged President Donald Trump in a Tuesday letter to reach a trade deal with China that secures significant soybean...

Pete Hegseth is wrong to think that civilians have little role to play in military education.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the White House wouldn't try to flex its power with a stake in Intel.

It's one way to minimize Trump tariffs as the September launch date for the iPhone 17 draws near.

Loomer had an atomic meltdown on Twitter after a humanitarian nonprofit posted a video of kids from Gaza arriving in San Francisco.

Russians welcomed Tuesday the idea of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, though not...

Russia launches its largest strike this month on Ukraine after Trump hosts Zelenskyy, EU, UK leaders for talks.

The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research

"What about all the children in America?" Navarro asked, calling out Melania Trump for asking Putin to end the Ukraine war in the name of kids.

Donald Trump claims Skydance's owners promised him millions in free ads so they could buy Paramount. A new report contradicts that claim.

The Ukrainian president met with Donald Trump at the White House, and experts think there's a lot to take away from their interactions.

Trump announced plans for a Putin–Zelenskyy summit in a last-ditch effort to end the war.

Trump, who has ruled out NATO security for Ukraine, sees US role in Kyiv's security along with Europe

"The stakes of nuclear war are not one we want to gamble on, on behalf of Ukraine.”

Chris Pratt is a big fan of Robert Kennedy Jr. ... and he's more than willing to go to the mat for his wife's cousin, which he recently discussed with Bill Maher. The Marvel star dropped by Maher's podcast "Club Random" for the most recent episode…

How can Tesla fix its European slump?

By Brian VanHooker Published: August 19th, 2025

In a recent interview, Trump claimed that when he tried to vote, he was asked to provide his license plate number. Sure, thing. Whatever you say, Donald.

An Indiana woman has been arrested in Washington, D.C. for making death threats against President Donald Trump on social media -- including a claim she would disembowel him. Nathalie Rose Jones, 50, was taken into custody on Saturday after…

U.S. media mergers always follow the same trajectory. Pre-merger, executives promise all manner of amazing synergies and deal benefits. Post-merger, not only to those benefits generally never arrive, the debt from the acquisition spree usually results in sign…

“I really got along with him well and think he’s great," Chris Pratt told Bill Maher. "He’s funny, he’s wonderful. I love him.” Maybe brainworms run in the (extended) family.

Trump opposes postal voting, claiming inaccuracies, but many countries use the system.

Aalo Atomics raises $100 million to mass-produce nuclear reactors to power data centers amid the growing energy demand from AI.

The images show what seem to be launch rails, runways, hardened shelters, and Shahed-style drones at three bases in Russia.

The U.S. Air Force released footage showing one of its planes entering the eye of Hurricane Erin.

Trump says there are plans underway for Putin and Zelenskyy to meet to discuss an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine. And, Trump wants to stop states from voting by mail.

After the UK ordered Apple to offer a backdoor, security experts raised concerns that such a feature could lead to hackers exploiting it.

Republicans are right to criticize Europe for attacking free expression, even if that makes them hypocritical.

Letting schools pay revenue-generating athletes is long overdue. If that means letting squash and water polo die, so be it.

A new report says that Apple will finally hit a long-held goal to reduce its dependence on China with the launch of the iPhone 17. Indian iPhone production has always lagged behind that of China, but all this is now changing – with import tariffs acting as…

Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska has thanked US First Lady Melania Trump for imploring Vladimir Putin to protect children.

Trump Mobile wants to sell you a gold Android phone that was supposed to be made in America, but its ads have switched teams to Apple.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Americans are deeply concerned over the prospect that advances in artificial intelligence could put swaths of the country out of work...

Remarkable new treatments can free millions of kids and adults from the deadly threat of peanut allergy, tackling one of our fastest-growing medical problems

Europe is embracing AI sovereignty and doubling down on defense spending in response to the Trump administration.

Some perhaps embarrassingly earnest thoughts about what the party should stand for.

Onlookers gasped as Trump and Zelensky's meeting in Washington in February descended into chaos, but times have changed.

A lot of companies want the EPA in charge of setting national climate regulations because it helps shield them from lawsuits and creates a predictable environment in which to make investments.

Donald Trump's commitment to Ukraine's security is key to a lasting peace, the UK prime minister says.

A range of crime data has been going around to make the argument that Washington, D.C., is — or isn't — safe. We talk to crime experts to make sense of it all.

Parade, the Tony award-winning musical about the 1915 lynching of a Jewish man, begins its run in Washington, D.C. amid an antisemitic backlash against the show's subject.

Apple is ramping up iPhone production in India across five factories as it continues reducing dependence on China for U.S.-bound devices. For the first time, all four iPhone 17 models will be manufactured in India in preparation for launch next month, reports…

Attendance has fallen in some school systems since the crackdown began.

The second Trump administration is proving to be more disastrous for the climate and the clean energy economy than many had feared.  Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act repealed most of the clean energy incentives in former president Joe Biden’s Inflati…

Donald Trump struggled to find his new best friend from Finland at Monday’s Ukraine peace talks, even though President Alexander Stubb was seated right...

Ukraine's air force reported a major Russian attack on Monday night and into Tuesday morning -- the largest barrage for weeks.

The actor discussed the Health and Human Services Secretary on the latest episode of Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast

US president proposes Putin-Zelenskyy summit in latest push to end the war in Ukraine.

"It was clear that if we didn't do it, the world was gonna be mostly built on Chinese open source models," Altman said.

Texas Democrats who ended a walkout found themselves shadowed by law enforcement officers to keep them from repeating the protest that stalled Republican...

The UK has retreated from a controversial order that would have forced Apple to provide a backdoor to American users’ data, according to a statement from US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Here are the details. more…

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK-B) is one of the 9 Best NYSE Stocks to Buy According to Hedge Funds. On August 4, UBS increased its price target on...

Unlike February's row, Trump and Zelensky struck a more diplomatic tone despite their remaining differences.

US president says security guarantees for Ukraine could be provided by European countries with 'coordination' by the US.

As President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met at the White House, Russia unleashed a deadly drone assault on civilians in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

A man used a skateboard attached to a dog leash to lift a skunk to safety after the critter got stuck inside a bowl at a Pennsylvania skatepark.

The meeting at the White House today yielded little progress toward peace—but it could have been far worse.

This marks the first time in history that the FBI has had two deputy directors.

A few days ago, news broke that following a meeting with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, the Trump administration was looking to take an unspecified stake in Intel. Now, Bloomberg says the number being discussed is around $10.5 billion. Here are the details. more…

The Ukrainian president had a new strategy—and backup from allies—during his meeting with Trump.

The announcement comes hours after reports that the White House is in talks over taking a 10% stake in Intel.

Intel is getting a $2 billion investment in common stock from SoftBank, which is betting big on the AI revolution.