Trump News for Friday, January 2, 2026

Decline in sales comes amid outrage of Elon Musk's political forays, end in US electric vehicle tax breaks.

Donald Trump spent the past few weeks doubling down on foreign interventions.

Prosecutors say Brian Cole confessed to planting bomb while parroting Trump's false claims 2020 election was stolen.

The president is apparently taking foreign policy lessons from one of his political nemeses, Hillary Clinton—at least, that’s what one of his biggest first-term acolytes seems to believe.Trump’s former chief White House strategist Steve Bannon accused his old…

Netflix documentary part 2 in the works? Ilya Lichtenstein, who pleaded guilty to money-laundering charges tied to the 2016 theft of about 120,000 bitcoins from the Bitfinex exchange and was sentenced to five years in prison, has been released after roughly 1…

The past year was remarkably notorious for the Supreme Court. Its conservative supermajority tore and tore into the very fabric of the Constitution, siding...

President Donald Trump signed into law this month a measure that prohibits anyone based in China and other adversarial countries from accessing the Pentagon's cloud computing systems. From a report: The ban, which is tucked inside the $900 billion defense pol…

The powers that be at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are planning on a massive recruitment drive in 2026—but the people they’re hoping to attract aren’t your typical feds.The deportation agency has earmarked $100 million for online advertisements ov…

How many foreign wars does the “America First” president intend to start?

Just one day after a bombshell Wall Street Journal story on the president’s growing signs of aging, Donald Trump went on a bizarre posting spree about dead birds and wind turbines.Throughout Friday, Trump posted several different photos on Truth Social of dea…

Officials announced the suspect has been charged with attempting to provide 'material support' for 'terrorism'.

The Department of Homeland Security is pausing immigration applications from 20 additional countries following increased scrutiny on people who seek legal pathways for immigrating to the U.S.

President Donald Trump has spent much of his two-week vacation in Florida golfing. But when he gets back to the White House, there’s a military golf course that he’s never played that he’s eyeing for a major construction project. Long a favored getaway for…

Stephen Schwartz said that he will not be part of a planned May event at the Kennedy Center after its board voted last month to add Donald Trump’s name to the venue. Schwartz, the composer/lyricist of Wicked, had been on the bill to host the Washington Nation…

For all Donald Trump’s talk about security, he proves far more interested in lining his own pockets. No country that hosts a major Trump-branded property or strikes a high-profile business deal with a member of Trump’s inner circle – including some with well-…

Mass protests are spreading across Iran, but what's driving them and where could they lead? Here's what we know.

After President Donald Trump expanded the travel ban he put in place during his first term in the White House to 20 more countries and the Palestinian...

Ultrawealthy tech investors like David Sacks and Peter Thiel are weighing their options ahead of California's proposed billionaire wealth tax.

The Goddard Space Flight Center Library in Greenbelt, Md. reportedly closed on Friday, Jan. 2

“He’s obviously the real father of Barron Trump, which makes Barron Fidel Castro’s grandson.”

President Donald Trump’s bold claims that his policies delivered an unprecedented jobs boom for American-born workers are at odds with data showing a weaker ...

“America is no longer a democracy. That doesn’t mean authoritarianism has won. But merely restoring the pre-Trump stat

Quelle surprise! The CIA is yet again up to no good.

President Donald Trump has rung in 2026 by threatening war on two fronts—and picking a bizarre fight with American actor George Clooney and his wife Amal.Trump on New Year’s Eve trashed the actor’s decision to leave the United States and obtain French citizen…

'Wicked' composer and Oscar-winner Stephen Schwartz has canceled an appearance at the Kennedy Center in protest of the Donald Trump name change.

US President Donald Trump claims that Europeans are engaging in "censorship" when they require digital platforms to be transparent about their algorithms and to remove already illegal content. With the US recently barring entry to five Europeans it accuses of…

A damning new report on Donald Trump’s health has stirred the American public, and even roused the president himself.Practically nothing irks Trump more than stories about his age and his natural deterioration. But a Wall Street Journal article published Thur…

The USA is demanding from all 43 countries in the "Visa Waiver Programme" (VWP), which enables visa-free travel, to conclude an "Enhanced...

Revelations about Trump's use of the blood thinner emerge during a newspaper interview.

Even as he falters, 2026 will be a make-or-break year for the president — and the country

(The Center Square) – Following days of civil unrest in Iran, President Donald Trump issued a warning to the Iranian regime that the U. S.

President Donald Trump threatened to intervene in Iran if the regime hurts protesters, warning the United States is “locked and loaded.”“If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to th…

President Trump warned Iran not to kill protesters. A top Iranian official fired back to stay out of it, alleging the U.S. and Israel were stoking the economic protests sweeping parts of Iran.

And, unfortunately, it could be a weather vane for 2026.

President Donald Trump has spent much of his two-week vacation in Florida golfing. Long a favored getaway for presidents seeking a few hours’ solace from...

Somali-run daycare centers in Minnesota report receiving threats following a viral video that accused them of fraud. And, how Trump could play a role in extending ACA subsidies.

Our plugged in daily links, including Iran protests, CIA in Ukraine, financialization collapse, and Bahrain butt plugs.

Last year will be remembered as one of global reckoning. The future of the international order remains unknown, but now we know which countries are best prepared to adapt to the loss of what came before.

It's not like she anything else to offer

The US president says "we are locked and loaded and ready to go", amid continuing mass unrest in Iran.

The tactics behind protest policing are changing—from one of cooperation to intentional antagonism for political marketing purposes.

When Republican politicians complain about “food stamp fraud,” they generally mean that some welfare cheat is ripping off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, by falsely claiming eligibility. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, for instan…

The media’s takeaways from the December oral arguments in the Trump Justice Department’s bid to the Supreme Court to invalidate multi-member “independent agencies,” were unanimous: It was a big win for Trump and for legal conservatives’ decades-long drive to …

US president says Washington will intervene if Tehran violently suppresses protests over high prices.

I pre-ordered Trump Mobile's T1 phone (also known as the Trump phone) in June 2025, and I still don't have it. Where's my phone?

Where's the Trump Phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump Phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the meantime, it's missed yet another of its promised release d…

Venezuela leader strikes conciliatory tone while renewing claim US wants to topple government for vast oil reserves.

In an interview with state TV, the Venezuelan president also evaded a question about an attack in his country claimed by the US.

In an interview about his health, Trump talked about using hand makeup, getting by on little sleep and taking lots of aspirin.

The Trump administration is aiming to move a planned 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom through the federal government's review process at a rapid clip,...

The Kennedy Center is defending this year’s Kennedy Center Honors after the Donald Trump hosted telecast delivered all-time low viewership for CBS. The Dec. 23 telecast averaged 3.01 million viewers on CBS, according to Nielsen Live + Same Day Panel + Big Dat…

Last month, the Bella 1 was on its way to Venezuela to get oil when the U.S. military tried to board it in the Caribbean.