Trump News for Friday, October 3, 2025

The third day of the US government shutdown has yielded no breakthrough as Democrats and Republicans split on spending.

Taylor Swift and Blake Lively may not be in a good place right now friendship-wise... but that didn't stop the actress from supporting the superstar's new album drop. It's subtle, but it's there ... on Instagram, Blake gave Taylor a "like" in her…

A federal appeals court in Boston ruled on Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country...

There is still a huge amount of detail to be worked through that are vital to the implementation of the US ceasefire proposal.

Pro-Palestinian marches gripped Italy's cities on Friday, defying the right-wing government of Giorgia Meloni.

Around 10 PM on Monday, September 30th, 2025, federal agents surrounded an apartment building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. ICE, Border Patrol, FBI, ATF—a multi-agency operation targeting suspected members of the Tren de Aragua gang. What happened ne…

Hamas has responded positively to Trump's Gaza peace proposal, but differences remain.

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: Hamas said late Friday that it would release all remai…

The lawsuit claims Trump does not have the authority to override the law that created the H-1B visa programme.

Hundreds of thousands of employees furloughed as government closes down.

The US court's conservative supermajority once again backed Trump's efforts to limit temporary immigration pathways.

By Opheli Garcia Lawler Published: October 03rd, 2025

It’s rather chilling to consider what Apple would have done if the Trump administration had “demanded” a list of device IDs and user identities for everyone who had installed ICEBlock. Or what Apple *will* do if such a demand pops into one of their dimwitted …

Two separate funding proposals failed on Friday as mass lay-offs and sweeping cuts loom over the government.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged. Swift references their love story in several tracks on her new album, "The Life of a Showgirl."

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ defense insisted at today’s sentencing hearing on the Grammy winner’s sex-trafficking trial verdict that their client has been a “model prisoner” and model citizen. But a federal judge really wasn’t going for that. After listening to argum…

Manufacturing outrage.

The Hatch Act of 1939 is a beautiful piece of legislation. It disallows all kinds of things, like bribing voters with jobs to vote a certain way, as well as limiting any campaign activity by federal workers. Another thing it does is to prohibit partisan polit…

The Treasury Department has been considering drafts of $1 coins that feature Donald Trump’s image, designed to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence next year. U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach confirmed an X post feat…

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U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, proposing a Gaza ceasefire agreement.

The US has released video it says shows its military striking a boat near the coast of Venezuela, killing four.

Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the U.S. ordered a strike on another alleged drug boat that left Venezuela.

On Friday, ICE kicked off a scheme to offer thousands of dollars to unaccompanied children as young as 14 in exchange for agreeing to be deported. The post ICE Targets Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Offering Payment for Deportation appeared first on The In…

As the US federal government shuts down, will President Trump use it to amass even more executive power?

Melania Trump shared a glimpse of the future in AI form.

Developpers deny the Trump administration's accusations that the app put ICE agents at risk, pledging to 'resist'.

The government's monthly jobs report was not published Friday as a result of the federal shutdown. That's left businesses and policymakers in the dark about the strength of the U.S. job market.

The Life of a Showgirl is streaming now, and people are figuring out how they feel in real time The post The Internet Reacts To Taylor Swift’s New Album appeared first on Kotaku.

Chappelle's praise for the ‘freedom of speech’ in Saudi Arabia has fans in revolt

Data interruption comes at a particularly uncertain time as policymakers need more data now than less.

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For years now, the MAGA crowd has been absolutely convinced that the Biden administration engaged in the most egregious censorship campaign in American history. They’ve waved around the Murthy v. Missouri case as proof that Biden officials illegally pressured…

The White House and GOP lawmakers say a provision in the Big Beautiful Bill that Democrats want rolled back keeps undocumented people from getting health benefits — a claim experts say is misleading.

Donald Trump says the boat was carrying enough drugs to kill thousands of people.

Billionaire David Ellison installed conservative ideologue Bari Weiss atop CBS News, dropping any pretense of independence at the network. The post Only a Billionaire Could Look at Network TV News and Say: We Need More Conservatives appeared first on The Inte…

Police on Friday identified the two men who were killed in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester, as Britain’s chief rabbi said an “unrelenting wave” of antisemitism lay behind the crime.

Speaker Mike Johnson said that President Trump and other Republicans are "using memes" to "point out the absurdity of the Democrats' position" on social media during the government shutdown.

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth accused the boat of 'trafficking narcotics' and pledged to continue the air strikes.

Experts tell Al Jazeera what could happen if countries decided to unite against Israel's genocide.

It used to be considered unusual for a U.S. president to do things like this.

What is an Economics PhD worth in 2025?

The late primatologist will help inaugurate a new Netflix series featuring interviews with notable figures that will only be released after their deaths

Gastrointestinal germs like norovirus are causing more cruise ship outbreaks than we've seen in a long time.

‘The Daily Show’ doesn’t catch the same flak from the President as their competitors

ICE just isn’t getting the job done. Despite the masked men swarming everywhere to arrest every Mexican-looking person in sight, the agency still can’t meet the 3,000 arrests per day quota that White House advisor Stephen Miller has stated is merely the basel…

Elon Musk, a leading, or at least the loudest, voice in the recent campaign against Netflix centering on the 2022-2023 animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park apparently supports a stated effort by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) to have Netflix officials appear b…

Tech companies are used to foreign governments telling them to take down apps. Now it's happening in the US, as Apple takes down an anti-ICE app.

A year after being arrested and taken into custody on sex-trafficking and racketeering charges, Sean “Diddy” Combs looks likely not to get out of prison any time soon for the two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution the much-accused Bad Boy Reco…

An PAPD officer in tactical gear at Exchange Place The governor spoke to the president on Sunday and sent her demands to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. [ more › ]

In a consumer economy, boycotts are the only power we have. Is it enough?

The Razzie Awards don't usually go to politicians, but they made an exception for George W. Bush's appearance in this documentary.

A majority of Republican voters, including Donald Trump loyalists, want enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act to be renewed, a key sticking point ...

A raid by Hamas sparked armed clashes, leaving several dead, in one of the fiercest internal confrontations since the war began.

Sean "Diddy" Combs returned to a Manhattan courtroom on Friday to be sentenced on two counts of transportation for the purposes of prostitution.

In a post on X on Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel accused the SPLC of turning into a "partisan smear machine" rather than a civil rights advocate and said...

At the request of the Trump administration, Apple removed apps from its store that let users report ICE raids

The White House's shutdown plan calls for sending about one-third of its staff home during the shutdown. But all 45 DOGE staff are exempt from that.

Trump AG Pam Bondi demanded Apple remove the app.

With negotiations appearing stalled, the shutdown could go through the weekend.

US president has pushed a 20-point plan to 'redevelop' Gaza that critics say fails to support Palestinian sovereignty.

The 20-point proposal seeks to end the fighting immediately in return for the release of hostages and detained Gazans.

Apple has removed ICEBlock, an crowdsourced platform that tracked the sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the Justice Department said. “We reached out to Apple today demanding they remove the ICEBlock app from their App Store — and Apple …

"I was devastated knowing I fell for something like this," wrote one person in Florida who said they lost $41,000.

Self-described 'Trumpist' Andrej Babis has campaigned on pledges of welfare and halting military aid to Ukraine.

As the shutdown shifts the focus, JD Vance waits in the wings

The official objects to changes made to the US 20-point Gaza war plan, saying it deviates from the original draft.

A Fox News host called out President Trump’s dramatic shift about Project 2025, the right-wing policy blueprint, which he once claimed to know nothing about....

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Microsoft says AI can create “zero day” threats in biology A team at Microsoft says it used artificial intelligence to di…

The White House sent the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education' to nine US universities.

We’re into October, and over in Europe that means colder days and longer nights. Not that it’s stopped the flow of big news from the international TV and film worlds. Jesse Whittock here to guide you through the main talking points. Sign up to the newsletter …

Donald Trump’s inner circle fears voters will ultimately blame the GOP if healthcare subsidies expire—a central issue surrounding the government shutdown—and...

The government shutdown has delayed the monthly jobs report. And, the White House pressures colleges to sign a 'compact' aligning with Trump's agenda.

ICE agents will be present at Super Bowl LX, according to Corey Lewandowski, former Trump 2016 campaign manager and current special government employee at the Department of Homeland Security.

The vice president's argument assumes it’s better for millions to lose coverage than for one immigrant to gain it

In South Carolina, some Republicans are proposing to eliminate exemptions for rape and incest

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE:APO) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer was recently focused on. Cramer noted that the stock has been hit “much harder than...

The most influential cases before the court reflect the cultural and partisan clashes of American politics.

As Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair succeeded in negotiating peace in Northern Ireland in 1998. Five years later, he joined the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq — sullying his reputation ever since.

Unlike his fellow basketball player Brittney Griner, Jarred Shaw has received scant attention after being arrested for a drugs offence overseas

Latest move underscores efforts to normalise ties and draw closer in wake of Trump's policies, stiff tariffs.

In 2021, Russia supplied 45% of the EU’s gas and 27% of its oil. By 2024, these dropped to 19% and 3%.

White House says it plans to cut 'thousands' of federal jobs as it freezes funding to Democratic states.

The US president has launched the website to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for Americans.

Ro Khanna said that the H-1B system needs changes. But he said the $100,000 fee could hurt startups, many of which are located in his district.

Tesla's former president for global sales, Jon McNeill, said the EV market in Europe continued to grow even when subsidies were rolled back there.

President Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign, as one of its...

China told the US envoy to abide by 'fundamental norms governing international relations', including noninterference.

Here are the key events on day 1,317 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Venezuelan government calls on US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to cease 'thrill-seeking and warmongering posture'.

Legal experts underscore killing of Palestinian footballers and UN panel's findings that Israel is committing genocide.

Apple dropped an ICE tracking app from its online store on Thursday in response to the Department of Justice raising concerns that the app put law enforcement officers’ safety at risk.

On the holiest day of the year for Jews, two people were killed outside a synagogue in the United Kingdom.

Those who cite scientific studies to support policies should take care to tell the whole story, especially when it’s complex.