Trump News for Thursday, March 5, 2026

The Iran war is one in an extensive list of Trump-era interventions.

Adm. Cooper also said Iranian ballistic missile strikes are down 90% from the first day of the war, and drone strikes are down 83%.

US President Donald Trump offered immunity to Iranian police and members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

After weeks of failed negotiations, public ultimatums, and lawsuit threats, the Defense Department has formally labeled Anthropic a "supply-chain risk", escalating its fight with the AI company over their acceptable use policies and potentially bringing their…

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: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is out of a jo…

Lionel Messi, owner Jorge Mas, and members of the Inter Miami team visited the White House to celebrate last year's Major League Soccer Cup victory.

The US House votes 219-212 against a resolution requiring Congress's approval for further military action on Iran.

Trump administration has tightened sanctions meant to degrade Cuban economy and threatened to topple government.

A Miami-Dade County Republican Party group chat was flooded with racist and antisemitic slurs in the weeks after it was created last fall.

As the conflict in the Middle East continues to escalate, more than a dozen countries in the region have reportedly been affected by strikes.

The company says its mission is 'not affiliated with any political viewpoint or agenda'

Analyst says US president will not find an Iranian Delcy Rodriguez from within the existing Islamic Republic system.

Being an international software giant with singular loyalty to Donald Trump is an impossible mission.

Lawsuit is to stop the 10% tariffs that Trump immediately imposed after US Supreme Court struck down previous tariffs.

In less than a week, the Pentagon blacklisted an AI company for having ethics, declared it a supply chain risk, watched its preferred replacement face a massive user revolt, and then sat down to amend the replacement’s contract to address the very concerns th…

US president says he'd be 'all for' Kurdish ground assault on Iran amid reports that Washington is egging on rebellion.

An anti-corruption group has filed a lawsuit (PDF) against Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi over the deal that transferred TikTok's U.S. operations to a group of investors tied to the administration. The suit claims the arrangement violates a 2024 …

The spotlight is now on Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the Oklahoma lawmaker is poised to take over the Department of Homeland Security.

Vote comes day after a parallel resolution failed in the Senate, underscoring Republican support for Trump-launched war.

With the busy spring break travel season looming, travel and aviation industry leaders urged Congress to end the stalemate over DHS funding before workers at TSA and ports miss a full paycheck.

Maybe it really is the dawning of the Chinese Century.

Noem, a former governor, became a prominent figure in the Trump administration's controversial crackdown on immigration.

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem misled Congress on Tuesday about the powers of her controversial top aide Corey Lewandowski, according to records reviewed …

US president Donald Trump and his administration are using architecture to reshape the American capital at a pace unmatched in recent memory. We explore how the president is utilising design to cement his legacy. Read more

Real estate broker Tracy Tutor alleged in a lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by Oren Alexander when he was a realtor for Douglas Elliman.

Exchange comes amid a deadlock in US-brokered negotiations to end the four-year war between the two countries.

At inaugural 'Americas Counter Cartel Conference', Trump officials vowed continued military operations against cartels.

Stepping in as acting secretary is GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma who Trump said had "Wisdom and Courage required to Advance our America First Agenda."

The theft initially grabbed attention over reports that the son of an executive in charge of the crypto stash was involved.

When a military force begins to decline, the first symptoms may be subtle.

Yet another one to add to the “it’s OK if we do it” file for the Trump administration. This administration is cool with censoring speech, nationalizing elections, seizing the means of production, and blackmailing law firms and universities. It would be heated…

From ProPublica, a database of financial disclosures from the Trump regime’s political appointees. “Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest

Bit tricky enforcing this. What's the penalty if they go up anyway? Seven of the top US AI companies and hyperscalers have officially agreed to protect American consumers from price hikes due to datacenter energy and infrastructure increases caused by the AI …

President Trump sounds like he's getting ready to say his two favorite words ... "You're fired!" ... and the person on the receiving end this time is Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Trump is preparing to fire Noem ...…

The president doesn't think too highly of dogs... or Anthropic.

Paramount CEO David Ellison has pledged to support editorial independence at CNN, saying it “needs to be maintained,” amid widespread concern about his...

Trump has called Republicans and top allies asking if he should fire Noem.

An oversight commission received more than 30,000 feedback submissions mainly in opposition to the proposed ballroom.

The Pokémon Pokopia text generator was fun while it lasted

Trump declared ‘major combat operations’ on social media. Will this reshape the region for decades?

Passage of the resolution will likely depend on House turnout.

Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy was filmed in a confrontation with a protester during a hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday and assisted officers with his removal.

Amid ongoing war with Iran, Trump says he aims to be 'involved in the appointment' of the country's next supreme leader.

The Trump administration wants Americans to have more conversations with their physicians. But it also can’t seem to stop disparaging the medical establishment.

Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.

The claims are made by Chance Glasco, who stuck around after the Respawn split

The case, filed in a federal court in Washington, D.C., accuses the Trump administration of ignoring legislation designed to stop the spread of Chinese propaganda — and instead helping to broker a partial sale to businessmen close to Trump.

The Spanish government reiterated it would not let U.S. forces use two joint military bases in Spain as the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran escalates, widening a rift with the Trump administration.

The NCPC is not expected to vote today on the contentious White House East Wing Modernization proposal, due to "the large amount of public input on the project". In a statement released this morning, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) announced t…

As a history major, I never thought finding a job would be easy, but it's nearly impossible. My skills don't transfer to today's AI job market.

Major tech companies including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta pledged at the White House to pay for new power generation and grid upgrades needed to support their rapidly expanding datacenters. The Guardian reports: The agreement is meant to help mitigat…

Today on Decoder, let’s talk about prediction markets, which continue to insert themselves into the news cycle and the news itself in increasingly weird, unsettling, and potentially illegal ways.  My guest today is Liz Lopatto, senior reporter at The Verge, w…

Trump announced on Truth Social that Noem was out and that Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), whom he called a “MAGA warrior,” would replace her.

FCC not pleased about EU space tech reqs to enter Common market, among other things The US government is consulting with the telecoms industry about "reciprocity" in satellite services, in a move that could see another dispute erupt with the European Union ov…

US President Donald Trump has spoken to at least three Kurdish groups in Iran and Iraq in recent days.

Hey look everyone! More of that famous populism Trump rode into power on! The Trump FCC has announced they’re rubber stamping the approval of a merger between two of the nation’s biggest cable companies (Charter, Cox), creating the biggest cable company in th…

Two people were injured in the attack, Azerbaijani authorities said.

The Constitution grants Congress, not the president, the power to mobilize the military—and for good reason.

The representatives of our two-party system have made it into a weapon that works against the people.

When Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013 and promised to find inventive ways to make journalism profitable in the digital age, he seemed like a godsend. He wasn’t.

Progressives may have lost the battle for racial affirmative action, but ironically, Supreme Court decisions should allow colleges to give advantage to groups defined by their income, geography, or heritage.

Chiang Kai-shek had enormous flaws as a leader, but something was nonetheless lost to China when he and his Republican government were forced into exile on Taiwan.

Officials say the plane took off from a nearby airport before experiencing a mechanical issue and attempting to return before it slammed into two homes.

To the Editors: This is a response to “The Anti-Trans Playbook,” published by Paisley Currah in The New York Review of Books on December 18, 2025. Currah misleads readers regarding the positions held by the authors. Currah’s opinion piece is wrong on the fact…

The House is set to vote today on whether to constrain President Trump's authority to continue to wage war on Iran. And, Minnesota sues the Trump administration over halted Medicaid funding.

Public health chaos and research funding cuts are inspiring nationwide pro-science protests against the Trump administration

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is reportedly back at the negotiating table with the Department of Defense in an attempt to salvage the company's relationship with the US military and prevent it from being iced out of defense work for being a "supply chain risk." …

The Trump Administration has decided that it need not make a case for military action. In the current media environment, that approach makes a disturbing kind of sense. Jay Caspian Kang writes.

Instead, its spiraling war is increasing the threat in Iran, and around the globe.

Elder millennials turn 40 and begin rethinking the trajectory of their careers. Ambitious professionals are using the moment as a rebrand moment.

When the Supreme Court struck down many of President Trump's tariffs, it left importers wondering how long they'd have to wait to get their money back. Hedge funds are offering to help out.

"The future of American innovation in AI, the rule of law, and the constitutional boundaries of executive power are all on the line, and they are yours to defend."

The Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis forced some families into hiding and catalyzed informal medical networks to deliver critical health care services inside homes.

When it comes to health advice, more people trust the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association than they do federal health agencies, according to a new poll

China has signaled continuity rather than change for its economy, setting a slightly lower target for growth this year in the midst of a property slump and other headwinds at home and growing uncertainty abroad.

The groups say the refunds are "existential" for small businesses and startups.

On the sixth day of US-Israeli offensive against Iran, the conflict is escalating while regional tensions are rising.

The State Department announced on Wednesday that a charter flight for American citizens stuck in the Middle East was en route to the United States.

Iran launched a new wave of attacks Thursday morning at Israeli and American bases and threatened that the United States would “bitterly regret” torpedoing...

The most bizarre story in the history of tech policy refuses to end.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said US President Donald Trump had a “good feeling” Iran was about to attac

House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Bondi over Justice Department's handling of files in Epstein investigation.

People were seen gathered around a missile that was intercepted by NATO over northeastern Syria heading for Turkey.

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Democratic-led Iran war powers resolution that called for congressional approval for military action against Iran. ABC News' Jay O'Brien reports from Capitol Hill.

A federal judge on Wednesday said companies are entitled to benefits from the recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down Trump-era tariffs.

On Wednesday, the White House posted a video of actual military strikes on Iran in the style usually seen in Call of Duty highlight videos, and started the video with a clip from Call of Duty. The real-life footage of missiles and other munitions hitting targ…

US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has met with Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez in Caracas.

Leaders from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, OpenAI, Amazon, and xAI met with President Donald Trump today to sign a "rate payer protection pledge." It's one way they're responding to growing bipartisan concerns about electricity rates rising as tech compani…

President Trump addressed the situation in Iran on Wednesday, saying the U.S. is "doing very well on the war front."

A trade court has cleared the way for businesses to receive refunds for tariffs that the Supreme Court struck down last month.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected his new destroyer for two straight days ahead of its commissioning and observed a test of cruise missiles fired from the warship, vowing to accelerate the nuclear-armament of his navy, state media said Thursday

Primary voters went to the polls on Tuesday in two Republican-leaning states. Most of them voted in the Democratic primaries. ABC News' Jon Karl reports.