Trump News for Tuesday, September 2, 2025

How to Watch ‘The Chrisleys: Back to Reality’ Online Without Cable

Alexis Mikulski Ruiz, Rolling Stone

Recently dropped on Lifetime, the Chrisley family is back with an all-new reality series. Find out how to stream it online with DirecTV, Philo & Sling

Ousted Democratic FTC commissioner can return (again) for now

Lauren Feiner, The Verge

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, the Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner fired by President Donald Trump without cause, can at least temporarily return to work while her legal case plays out. This happened once before when Slaughter briefly returned to her office m…

The Trump Administration Gets a Serious Scolding

David A. Graham, The Atlantic

A federal judge’s scathing opinion explains why Trump’s deployment of troops to California was more than just an overreach.

Choosing ‘Daddy’ Over Democracy

Mike Brock, Techdirt

One of the things upon which I spend a lot of time pondering: watching right-leaning, but otherwise intelligent people in my life look at Donald Trump’s systematic destruction of constitutional government and see just mere incompetence, but generally normal p…

The Arrest That Demonstrates Europe’s Free-Speech Problem

Helen Lewis, The Atlantic

The absurd detention of the comedy writer Graham Linehan underscores a deeper issue.

Thousands of Epstein-related records from DOJ released, Oversight Committee says

Meredith Deliso, ABC News

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform said it has released tens of thousands of records related to Epstein provided by the Department of Justice.

‘We’re going in’: Trump doubles down on sending National Guard to Chicago

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Amid rumours about his health, Trump has announced he will widen his troop deployment and move Space Command to Alabama.

Trump says video showing items thrown from White House is AI after his team indicates it's real

MICHELLE L. PRICE, Yahoo Entertainment

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a video circulating online that showed items being tossed out of an upstairs window of the White House was created...

Johnson says GOP is committed to transparency and justice on Epstein

Lauren Peller, John Parkinson, ABC News

House members are back on Capitol Hill Tuesday, picking up where they left off with the saga surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Trump rejects that China posing challenge to US on world stage

BBC News

It comes as China's Xi prepares to host the North Korean and Russian leaders at a "Victory Day" parade in Beijing.

Donald Trump’s Tariffs Cause Labubu Doll Prices to Skyrocket in New ‘South Park’ Teaser

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone

Donald Trump's trade policy causes Labubu doll prices to skyrocket in the new teaser for the next episode of 'South Park' Season 27.

Trump Was Aware of the Rumors He Had Died, Sources Say

Nikkimccannramirez, Rolling Stone

The president denied hearing about the baseless rumors circulating on social media that he died over Labor Day weekend

Trading Day: 'September effect' makes early mark

Jamie McGeever, Yahoo Entertainment

Stock markets around the world slumped on Tuesday while bond yields rose and gold hit a new high, as investors moved into "stagflation" trades against a...

The US Army is moving its new strike missile to a frontline Pacific ally, angering Russia and China

Chris Panella, Business Insider

Japan will host the Mid-Range Capability, or Typhon, missile system next month, a ground-based launcher that can fire long-range missiles.

Trump Blames AI for Weird Video of Stuff Being Tossed Out White House Window

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

"If something happens really bad, just blame AI," Trump said.

Trump Family’s Crypto Token Just Made Them $5 Billion Richer

Ece Yildirim, Gizmodo.com

The Trumps’ new digital currency WLFI began trading on Monday and became the family's most valuable asset.

Trump moves US Space Command to Alabama's 'Rocket City'

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

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (Sept. 2) that U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama.

Military lawyers called up to relieve a shortfall in immigration judges

Ximena Bustillo, NPR

The move comes after the Justice Department last week made changes to who could qualify as a temporary immigration judge —effectively lowering the requirements and removing the need to have prior immigration experience.

Trump vows to deploy National Guard to more US cities

Al Jazeera English

US President Donald Trump said he will continue deploying National Guard troops in cities such as Chicago and Baltimore.

EU Gets Cold Feet Over Google Fine, Fears Potential Trump Backlash

Bruce Gil, Gizmodo.com

The European regulator had planned to fine Google on Monday over alleged misuse of its ad services.

The Funniest Tweets About President Trump Potentially Being Dead

Opheli Garcia Lawler, Cracked.com

In an incident of mass hysteria, everyone was on their comedy A-game

Biden stopped ICE from buying Israeli spyware, but Trump admin allows it to proceed

Brandon Vigliarolo, Theregister.com

Privacy advocates don't care if Paragon is based in the US now - they still don't want ICE armed with spyware ICE may soon have a new weapon in its arsenal. The White House has reversed a Biden-era decision to suspend the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (…

Trump is moving Space Command to Alabama

Emma Roth, The Verge

President Donald Trump is moving US Space Command’s headquarters from Colorado to Alabama, he announced during a press conference on Tuesday. The change reverses former President Joe Biden’s 2023 decision to leave it in Colorado Springs, where its temporary h…

Surprise Press Conference Reveals Trump Still Not Dead

Zack Zwiezen, Kotaku

President Donald Trump's proof-of-life White House event garnered a lot of disappointed reactions online following speculation over the weekend about his health The post Surprise Press Conference Reveals Trump Still Not Dead appeared first on Kotaku.

Tech Utopians Are Using a Chinese-Built ‘Ghost City’ to Trial Their Network State Fantasies

Lucas Ropek, Gizmodo.com

An abandoned city in Asia is the testbed to launch a new anarcho-capitalist movement.

Trump says US has carried out strike against drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela

Yahoo Entertainment

Trump says he is 'very disappointed' with Putin over Ukraine

Kanishka Singh and Ryan Patrick Jones, Yahoo Entertainment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was "very disappointed" in Russian President Vladimir Putin and added without...

Trump administration blocks groups from voter registration at naturalization events

Ashley Lopez, NPR

Nongovernmental groups like the League of Women Voters are now barred from registering new voters at naturalization ceremonies, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced.

Federal Officers Arrest Two People Fighting A Wildfire In Washington Because Why Not

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

You can’t do mass deportation without being indiscriminate. That’s how things are working out in Trump’s second term in office, with ICE, etc. entirely abandoning any pretense of just trying to rid this country of dangerous criminals who are here in the count…

‘Kill Tony’ Regular Kam Patterson Lands on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 51 Cast List

Keegan Kelly, Cracked.com

Patterson is a superstar of the right-wing comedy community, but can he hack it at 30 Rock

Clegg accuses Vance of 'hypocrisy' over free speech criticism

BBC News

Many senior right-wing US figures attack UK free speech laws while "intimidating and bullying" critics, Sir Nick says.

Trump Ends Union Protections for NASA Employees, Citing ‘National Security’

Passant Rabie, Gizmodo.com

A new executive order excludes NASA and other agencies from their collective bargaining rights, citing national security reasons.

Russia, China ink deal to build new gas pipeline as they deepen energy ties

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Moscow and Beijing agree to advance a major gas link via Mongolia, deepening their energy ties.

Tick tock: Congress has 14 legislative days to stop a government shutdown.

Barbara Sprunt, NPR

Congressional lawmakers return to D.C. with a massive September agenda, including efforts to avoid a government shutdown and a debate on whether to change the rules for confirming nominees.

Another rebuke for prosecutors: Grand jury refuses to indict woman accused of threatening Trump

MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Yahoo Entertainment

A federal grand jury has refused to indict an Indiana woman accused of threatening to kill President Donald Trump, another sign of a growing backlash against...

US appeals court allows Trump to peel back $20bn in clean energy grants

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The ruling overturns a lower-court decision that found Trump was impeding Congress's power to allocate funding.

The Winklevoss Twins Are Eyeing $2.22 Billion Crypto IPO

Ece Yildirim, Gizmodo.com

Crypto IPOs are having a moment in the wake of Trump administration’s pro-crypto deregulation.

Channing Tatum Had One Condition To Return As Gambit In Avengers: Doomsday

staff@slashfilm.com (Ryan Scott), /FILM

Channing Tatum didn't immediately say yes to reprising Gambit in Avengers: Doomsday, as he needed to consult someone before signing up for the MCU tentpole.

This Week’s ‘South Park’ Will Take on Trump's Tariffs Through Labubus

JM McNab, Cracked.com

The show will continue to take inspiration from 2025’s headlines

White House Reveals Why Mystery Objects Were Thrown Out Window

Jack Silvers, Daily Beast

The Trump administration is batting away questions about mysterious objects that were tossed out of a White House window. On Monday, an Instagram account...

AI’s ‘Zoom and Enhance’ Is Bullshit

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

Donald Trump's head lump was an AI creation.

Putin and Xi Are Holding the West Together

Michael Schuman, The Atlantic

Donald Trump has given America's adversaries an opportunity they haven’t seized, Michael Schuman argues: "Xi and Putin are, in effect, holding the U.S. alliance system together."

Judge says law allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition is unconstitutional

Murray Evans, The Oklahoman, Oklahoman.com

A law allowing undocumented Oklahoma college students to pay in-state tuition is unconstitutional, a judge said in approving a consent judgment.

Tesla’s new ‘Master Plan’ sounds like AI slop

Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge

Tesla's latest "Master Plan" makes a few things clear right out of the gate: the company that was once known for accelerating the push toward a brighter future by popularizing electric vehicles and renewable energy is no longer interested in that quotidian st…

Influencers are among the winners of Trump's 'no tax on tips' policy

Dan Whateley,Bryan Metzger, Business Insider

Digital content creators, alongside bartenders and waiters, will be able to deduct tip earnings from taxable income starting next year.

Francis Ford Coppola Battled With Shia LaBeouf During Megalopolis (And You Can Watch It Happen)

staff@slashfilm.com (Rick Stevenson), /FILM

Francis Ford Coppola and Shia LaBeouf butted heads while making Megalopolis, and a new documentary takes viewers behind the scenes of the making of the movie.

WATCH: Former CDC director talks about criticizing RFK in new op-ed

ABC News

"We need to draw attention to this." Dr. Richard Besser explains why he and other former directors publicly denounced RFK's handling of public health.

McDonald's CEO says restaurants that rely on tips are 'getting the customer to pay' for their employees

Alex Bitter, Business Insider

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said that the fast-food chain is at a disadvantage as other restaurants use tips to pay their workers.

Putin says Trump admin ‘listening’ to Russia’s stance on Ukraine war

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The Russian leader told the Slovak PM that Moscow and Washington had a 'mutual understanding' on how to end the war.

WATCH: 'KPop Demon Hunters' cast discuss their favorite songs from the soundtrack

ABC News

Arden Cho and May Hong have "Golden" on repeat.

Federal Grand Jury Refuses To Indict DC Sandwich Thrower

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

We’re all familiar with what grand juries should be able to do to the proverbial ham sandwich. But in Washington DC — the unwilling host of Donald Trump’s martial law test run — federal prosecutors can’t even get an indictment to stick the person throwing the…

Trump vows to take on crime in Chicago 'fast' after violent Labor Day weekend

Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News

President Trump took aim at Chicago as he suggested federal intervention is needed to combat crime after a violent Labor Day weekend in the Windy City.

Eric Trump Is Considering A White House Bid, Because Apparently One Trump Presidency Wasn’t Enough

Lee Moran, Buzzfeed

Eric Trump told The Financial Times a family political dynasty would be “an easy one.”

3 men deported by US are being held in an African prison without charge, lawyers say

GERALD IMRAY, Yahoo Entertainment

Three men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge ...

58 shot, 8 dead, in Chicago amid Trump's threat to deploy National Guard

Bill Hutchinson, ABC News

At least eight people have been killed and 58 others injured in shootings across Chicago over Labor Day weekend, according to police.

Trial of Brazil’s Bolsonaro enters verdict phase over alleged coup plot

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The former president is charged with five counts, including plotting the assassination of senior officials.

US judge declares Trump’s military deployment to Los Angeles illegal

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

US District Judge Charles Breyer questioned Trump's rationale that the Los Angeles protests constituted a 'rebellion'.

Microsoft partners with US government — AI rollout predicted to save over $3 billion

sean.endicott@futurenet.com (Sean Endicott) , Sean Endicott, Windows Central

Microsoft’s $3.1B deal with the US government brings free Copilot, Azure discounts, and waived data fees to federal agencies for up to 36 months.

Why is Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro on trial — and what’s next?

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Former Brazilian president in court along with seven others accused of failed power grab after 2022 election loss.

‘South Park’s Live-Action Trump Wants Everyone to Know That His Penis Isn’t Really That Small

JM McNab, Cracked.com

By JM McNab Published: September 02nd, 2025

Congress is back in session: 2 things to watch in September

Yahoo Finance Video, Yahoo Entertainment

Members of Congress are back in Washington, D.C., following their summer recess. Yahoo Finance Washington Correspondent Ben Werschkul discusses two things...

Trump will announce Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama

SEUNG MIN KIM and KIM CHANDLER, Yahoo Entertainment

President Donald Trump's administration will announce on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep...

MrBeast has plans for a phone company in the mold of Ryan Reynolds' Mint Mobile

Lucia Moses,Dan Whateley, Business Insider

MrBeast has plans for a mobile phone company, following an MVNO playbook adopted by celebrities like Ryan Reynolds and the "SmartLess" podcast.

A California judge rules that Trump's deployment of the guard to LA was illegal

Larry Kaplow, NPR

President Trump took control of the state's National Guard in June and deployed it to Los Angeles to face anti-immigration protestors and assist officers making detentions and deportations.

Former Biden aide: Admin not ‘transparent’ about Trump’s absence from public spotlight

Ashleigh Fields, The Hill

Former Biden administration aide Meghan Hays on Monday argued the Trump administration is not being “transparent” about President Trump’s absence from public...

Judge blocks Trump's deployment of National Guard to LA

BBC News

A federal judge rules the government broke a law limiting domestic use of the military.

Live: Protests set for US capital as Trump pushes domestic troop deployment

Joseph Stepansky, Brian Osgood, Al Jazeera English

US Congress returns to session amid renewed unrest; Chicago braces for possible federal troop deployment.

Use of federal troops in Los Angeles is unlawful, judge says

Peter Charalambous, ABC News

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer issued the order prohibiting troops.

Chicago braces for potential surge in ICE operations... Developing...

Lissette Nuñez, WLS-TV

Chicago braces for potential surge in ICE operations... Developing... (First column, 1st story, link) Related stories:Trump's LA Troop Deployment Violated Federal Law, Judge Rules...

Dalio warns USA sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy...

Olesya Dmitracova, CNN

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Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report

Julia Simon, NPR

More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.

Transcript: Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics

Barry Ritholtz, Ritholtz.com

The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, is below. You can stream and download our full conversation, including any podcast extras, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Bloomberg. All of our earlier podcasts …

Wired, Business Insider Editors Duped By Completely Bogus ‘AI’ Using ‘Journalist’ Who Made Up Towns, People That Don’t Exist

Karl Bode, Techdirt

The rushed integration of half-cooked automation into the already broken U.S. journalism industry simply isn’t going very well. There have been just countless examples where affluent media owners rushed to embrace automation and LLMs (usually to cut corners a…

Lopez: I got COVID for the first time and can't smell. But RFK Jr.'s vaccine policies still stink

Steve Lopez, Yahoo Entertainment

As COVID surges yet again, the best tool against the virus — vaccine — is under assault by the Trump administration.

Conservatism’s Baton Twirler

Osita Nwanevu, The New York Review of Books

No one will ever write a biography of consequence about Rich Lowry. While remembrances of William F. Buckley Jr., the founder of National Review, often speak of the void in conservative commentary he left behind upon his death in 2008, few of them hazard to a…

Father Knows Best

Mark Lilla, The New York Review of Books

An aristocrat who goes in for democracy is irresistible. —Dostoevsky Anyone around and alert during the Long Sixties knows the type. The scion of a wealthy family who gives his fortune to revolutionaries and for his trouble is electrocuted while planting a bo…

Tesla rejected 11 shareholder proposals on sustainability and accountability ahead of its annual meeting

Katherine Li, Business Insider

CEO Elon Musk wants Tesla's shareholder meeting to focus on xAI, but many investors have other concerns.

From Trump vs. Powell to the AI talent wars, these are the biggest topics the business world is following this fall

Dan DeFrancesco, Business Insider

From execs to staffers, the business world is closely watching Trump vs. Powell, the AI talent wars, major media deals, and more.

Ray Dalio says America’s ‘debt-induced heart attack’ will happen under Trump 2.0—and no one’s brave enough to stop it

Eleanor Pringle, Yahoo Entertainment

"I think that what is happening now politically and socially is analogous to what happened around the world in the 1930-40 period," he said.

Exclusive-US regulators cancel bank exams as Trump rollback gathers pace

Nupur Anand and Lananh Nguyen, Yahoo Entertainment

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. regulators are pulling back on some bank exams and the use of confidential disciplinary notices, a sign lenders are already...

Red beret-wearing Republican Curtis Sliwa likes his chances in a crowded NYC mayor's race

ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE, Yahoo Entertainment

Curtis Sliwa, the colorful creator of New York City's Guardian Angels anti-crime patrol group, ran for mayor four years ago and wound up losing to Democrat...

The CEOs Trump has gone after

Alice Tecotzky,Brent D. Griffiths, Business Insider

Trump has criticized a number of CEOs across industries during his second term. But they don't always stay in the doghouse for long.

Hungary Could Free Itself from Orbánism Next Spring

H. David Baer, The Bulwark

An upstart opposition leader, Péter Magyar, is shrewdly capitalizing on the prime minister’s blunders.

Huawei counts cost of Western bans as UK business withers

Paul Kunert, Theregister.com

Brit limb books just £188M in revenue – down 85% since 2019 Huawei's business in Britain has dwindled in the half-decade since the UK acquiesced to demands from the US to ban the Chinese networking giant from local telco networks.…

Why Don’t We Take Nuclear Weapons Seriously?

Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker

Rivka Galchen on the experts working to overcome an increasingly cavalier outlook among the public and government officials about the risk of nuclear war.

What if… the US stopped supporting Israel tomorrow?

Simon Speakman Cordall, Al Jazeera English

Half of US voters believe Israel is committing genocide and six in 10 oppose further military aid, polls suggest.

Congress returns from recess as government shutdown deadline looms

Lauren Peller, John Parkinson, Allison Pecorin, ABC News

The Epstein saga is also poised to engage Congress on several fronts.

Israelis may pay heavy price for Trump's Gaza plan, expert warns

Peled Arbeli, The Jerusalem Post

“The biggest problem, as with any real estate contract, is that Israelis are dazzled by the presentation, but do not read the fine print,” Eyal Ofer said. US...

Brazil's ex-President Bolsonaro faces coup trial — here's what to know

Carrie Kahn, NPR

Brazil's Supreme Court begins the verdict and sentencing phase of Jair Bolsonaro's coup trial Tuesday, with the former president facing a possible 40-year sentence.

‘It’s all theatre’: How are Europe and the US pulling apart on Ukraine?

John T Psaropoulos, Al Jazeera English

Each side is trying to spend the other’s money on security, as they shift to a new geopolitical equilibrium.

North Korea's Kim crosses into China to meet Xi, Putin for Beijing military parade

David Brennan, ABC News

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the China-North Korea border by train on Tuesday, the country's state news agency reported, heading to Beijing.

Xi welcomes ‘old friend’ Putin who lauds ‘unprecedented’ ties in Beijing

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The two leaders' meeting comes the day before a military parade marking Japan’s surrender in World War II.

China, Russia pledge new global order at Shanghai Cooperation summit

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Chinese President Xi Jinping outlines plans for new development bank and financing options for SCO members.

Europe's top central banker is the latest leading financial voice to issue a warning about Trump's battle with the Fed

Huileng Tan, Business Insider

Investors have grown jittery at President Donald Trump's moves to undermine the Federal Reserve's independence.

Trump says India offered to remove tariffs on US goods

BBC News

His comment came hours after Indian PM Modi met China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Uber Technologies (UBER) Announces New Nationwide Partnership With Dollar Tree

Noor Ul Ain Rehman, Yahoo Entertainment

Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER) is one of the best high growth NYSE stocks that are profitable. On August 28, Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:UBER...

Joe Gebbia says the backlash he got from working at DOGE was depressing

Kwan Wei Kevin Tan, Business Insider

"The hate mail text messages that I got were disheartening to say the least," Gebbia, who joined DOGE in February, said.