Trump News for Wednesday, April 8, 2026

WATCH: Urgent search for victims in deadly Philadelphia parking garage collapse

ABC News, Abcnews.com

A seven-story parking garage that was under construction partially collapsed in Philadelphia, killing at least one person.

WATCH: Video shows dramatic end to police chase in Jurupa Valley, California

ABC News, Abcnews.com

A sheriff's vehicle deployed a grappler in an attempt to stop a vehicle being pursued on a highway. The car can be seen spinning out through multiple lanes of traffic, then crashing through a wall.

Trump suggests US, Iran could work together to remove 'nuclear dust'

Ivan Pereira, Abcnews.com

While many details of the U.S. deal with Iran are still unclear or to be negotiated, President Donald Trump suggested they could work together to remove nuclear material.

WATCH: Growing trend of Gen Z men being drawn to Catholicism

ABC News, Abcnews.com

Young Catholic convert William Bogdan discusses what drew him to the Catholic faith and why he thinks more younger men are joining the church.

Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S....

Jason Kottke, kottke.org

Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service. “…the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency’s 121-year history. Not a budget cut. Not a policy shift. Not

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures pause rally as Iran claims ceasefire broken in under 24 hours

Rian Howlett, Yahoo Entertainment

Stock futures paused a historic rally as the tentative ceasefire between the US and Iran was broken.

Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in jeopardy after Israeli attack on Lebanon

Bill Hutchinson, Abcnews.com

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and claimed Israel violated a ceasefire agreement by launching a major attack against Lebanon on Wednesday.

White House says Iran 'backed down' to Trump in agreeing to ceasefire

Alexandra Hutzler, Isabella Murray, Abcnews.com

The White House on Wednesday insisted that President Trump's ominous threat to destroy Iran cause it to "cave to its knees."

Trump administration signals it is mulling NATO withdrawal after Iran war

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The US president has lashed out at European partners for declining to contribute military forces to the war on Iran.

RFK Jr. Will Take on Joe Rogan for Podcaster Supremacy

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

"This isn't going to be about politics," Kennedy insisted about his new podcast.

Trump threatens 50% tariffs on countries that supply Iran with weapons

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

It's not clear under what legal authority Trump can tack on this tariff, and analysts called it an 'empty threat'.

The ceasefire is already getting shaky

Cameron Peters, Vox

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: Hi readers, big news broke just after yesterday’s news…

The war is on hold. But the economy is still in danger.

Eric Levitz, Vox

For months, America’s war with Iran has been slowly suffocating the global economy.  In March, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway that links the Persian Gulf’s oil reserves to global markets. As a result, energy prices steadily rose while …

What is the quantum ‘Ghost Murmur’ purportedly used in Iran? Scientists question CIA’s claim of long-range heartbeat detection

Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American

Ghost Murmur was described as a futuristic CIA tool that could detect a heartbeat from vast distances. Physicists say the public story clashes with the basic limits of magnetic sensing

Pete Hegseth Is Trying to Resegregate the Military

Adam Serwer, The Atlantic

“Color-blind and merit-based” now seems to be anything but.

OpenAI made economic proposals — here’s what DC thinks of them

Tina Nguyen, The Verge

Happy ceasefire day and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech's rocky journey through the world of politics. If you're not a subscriber yet, you can do so here, but my only request is that you sign up before Donald Trump deci…

Dow closes up more than 1,300 points after US-Iran ceasefire

Max Zahn, Abcnews.com

Investors hoped the two-week pause in fighting would ease a global oil shortage.

It should be much easier to remove the president from office

Ian Millhiser, Vox

The 25th Amendment is having a moment. According to a tally by NBC News, over 70 Democratic lawmakers called for President Donald Trump’s Cabinet to invoke an obscure constitutional provision that would allow them to temporarily prevent Trump from acting as p…

Prosecutors Still Trying To Convict 62-Year-Old Woman For Wearing Penis Costume To Anti-Trump Protest

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Never underestimate the stupidity of law enforcement. When things could just be left alone and everything would turn out OK, officers insist on inserting themselves into the equation, ensuring maximum pain and humiliation for everyone involved. In this case, …

Trump’s Botched Iran ‘Ceasefire’ Puts Polymarket Bettors in a Bind

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

Some very lucky players are sweating their Schrödinger's bet right now.

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Its Own History

David A. Graham, The Atlantic

If a new legal opinion stands, Donald Trump will be on track to become one of the most poorly documented presidents ever.

The soft TACO theory of Trump

Andrew Prokop, Vox

President Donald Trump’s decision Tuesday to accept a ceasefire in Iran — rather than following through on his threats to escalate the war further with massively destructive attacks harming Iranian civilians — is being greeted with what’s become a familiar re…

Trump backs Israel, says Lebanon a ‘separate skirmish’ after ceasefire

Al Jazeera English

After Israeli strikes on Beirut, Donald Trump said Lebanon isn’t included in the Iran ceasefire.

Iran Demands Bitcoin and Crypto for Strait of Hormuz Toll Payments

Kyle Torpey, Gizmodo.com

Gas prices and price of bitcoin could get a little more entangled.

Remember The “Ministry Of Truth” Freakout? Rubio Is Now Doing Something Far Worse Through Elon Musk’s X

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Remember when the Biden administration set up something called the “Disinformation Governance Board” and the entire MAGA universe lost its collective mind? It was the “Ministry of Truth.” It was “government speech police.” It was the single most Orwellian thi…

How Costco Won in Japan

Trungphan2, Readtrung.com

Costco had to re-think its real estate, merchandising and warehouse design to succeed in Japan, which is now its largest market outside of North America.

Trump Lashes Out to Shift Blame After Ceasefire Backlash

Yahoo Entertainment

WATCH: Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann admits to killing eight women

ABC News, Abcnews.com

Heuermann changed his plea to guilty and admitted to the murders of eight women in court.

Trump Made a Deal That Gives Him Nothing He Wanted

Nancy A. Youssef, The Atlantic

U.S. declarations of victory ring hollow.

Trump claims victory in Iran — but is this really a win?

Al Jazeera English

Before a single term has been negotiated, Trump is claiming total victory over Iran, but is this really a win?

WATCH: Strait of Hormuz is open, Secretary Hegseth and Gen. Caine say

ABC News, Abcnews.com

Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that the Strait of Hormuz has reopened.

America Looks Like a Paper Tiger

Brynn Tannehill, The Atlantic

The U.S. showed great tactical capabilities in the Iran war, but Iran emerged the winner at a strategic level.

Democrats keep doing better in elections since Trump returned to office

Stephen Fowler, NPR

With elections in Georgia and Wisconsin Tuesday, Democrats continued to overperform, which the party started in 2025 when it regularly improved on its margins compared to the presidential race in 2024.

Judge Tells Border Officers (Again!) That They Can’t Arrest Migrants Without Real Warrants

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

The courts keep pounding the nails home. What this government is engaged in is illegal, on multiple levels. If you subtract the pro-MAGA Fifth Circuit and 6/9ths of the Supreme Court, you have a judicial quorum that says rights are still rights, despite this …

Pam Bondi Claims That Because She Was Fired, She No Longer Has to Testify on Epstein

Jim Vorel, Jezebel

Looks like Pam Bondi is employing the old "change your address and hope creditors don't find you" method. Contempt of Congress, anyone?

Splinter: This Is Who We Are to the World

Jacob Weindling, Jezebel

Genocide has never been a red line for the American government, whether it benefits us or not has been the key question ever since the days of Manifest Destiny.

Trump says Lebanon not included in US-Iran ceasefire amid Israeli assault

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

US president says war in Lebanon is 'separate skirmish' as Israel kills dozens across the country after regional truce.

This Georgia Voter's 4-Word Message About Donald Trump Is PEAAAK Elder Millennial

Matt Stopera, Buzzfeed

From Shawn Mendes at the MET Gala to this.View Entire Post ›

DOJ says Oversight's subpoena 'no longer obligates' Bondi testimony in Epstein matter

ABC NEWS, Abcnews.com

The DOJ informed the Oversight Committee that its subpoena is essentially moot.

Ray Dalio says we're in a world war — and it's only just beginning

Theron Mohamed, Business Insider

Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio said in a LinkedIn post that we're in the "early stages of a world war that isn't going to end anytime soon."

Vance warns Iran ceasefire hinges on good faith talks

Al Jazeera English

JD Vance says Donald Trump is seeking a deal “in good faith,” but Iran has to be willing to negotiate.

The Next Attorney General Will Probably Be an Election Denier

David Gilbert, Wired

Pam Bondi's DOJ left election deniers frothing for more. Potential candidates for the attorney general job could give them what they want.

WATCH: The impact of space travel on the human body

ABC News, Abcnews.com

Space medicine researcher Dr. Farhan Asrar discusses the health impact the historic mission will have on the Artemis II crew.

NASA’s Artemis moon missions are a game changer for astronomy

Joseph Howlett, Scientific American

After decades of planning, NASA’s Artemis program is giving astronomers their long-awaited moonshot

Trump Admin Just Quietly Made Its Most Gilead-Coded Move Yet

Danielle Han, Jezebel

New guidance for Title X funding trashes birth control while touting “strengthen family formation” as a key goal. Under his eye!

Bombers made 18 round-trip flights from the US to strike Iran, each spending more than 30 hours in the air

Jake Epstein, Business Insider

All three US Air Force bombers, including B-1s, B-2s, and B-52s, were involved in Operation Epic Fury.

A U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Is Here, but Trump’s Stone Age Mentality Endures

Ishaan Tharoor, The New Yorker

A temporary truce can’t erase the chaos of a war that the White House started and never fully understood, Ishaan Tharoor writes.

Democrats just locked down control of one of the most important courts in America

Ian Millhiser, Vox

Wisconsin voters effectively gave Democrats a supermajority on one of the most important state supreme courts in the country on Tuesday. The result was a blowout. Justice-elect Chris Taylor defeated Judge Maria Lazar by a twenty-point margin. Although Wiscons…

Hours Into Iran War Ceasefire, Hegseth Still Threatening Commando Raid to Seize Uranium

Jim Vorel, Jezebel

Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, said the U.S. would "reserve the opportunity" to take Iran's enriched uranium by force.

WATCH: Trump achieved ‘decisive military victory’ in Iran, Hegseth says

ABC News, Abcnews.com

Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed the U.S. reached a "decisive military victory" in Iran under President Trump at a press conference at the Pentagon on Wednesday.

Trump Attacks On Public Media Blocked By Judge (But It’s Too Little, Too Late)

Karl Bode, Techdirt

A federal judge has ruled that President Trump’s executive order last year defunding PBS and NPR violated the First Amendment, and has issued a permanent injunction insisting that executive branch agencies cannot enforce it. But the ruling may come too late t…

Trump Braces for Humiliating Revelations as Major Split on Iran Leaks

Will Neal, Daily Beast

Top members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet were at each other’s throats over war with Iran right up until the moment the president hit the big red...

U.S., Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire. And, Trump-backed Clay Fuller wins House race

Brittney Melton, NPR

The U.S. reached a last-minute ceasefire with Iran just before Trump's deadline for the country to meet his demands. And, Trump-backed Clay Fuller wins the U.S. House race in Georgia.

BNY offers $6,500 for some homebuying employees, as even Wall Street workers struggle with housing costs

Reed Alexander, Business Insider

BNY's new housing benefit comes as rising prices and borrowing costs make homeownership harder for workers earning below six figures.

TACO to the rescue

ddefrancesco@businessinsider.com (Dan DeFrancesco), Business Insider

President Donald Trump backed off his ultimatum and agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Investors celebrated the return of the TACO trade.

Global Bonds Jump as Ceasefire Sows Doubts Over Steep Rate Hikes

Alice Gledhill, James Hirai and Masaki Kondo, Yahoo Entertainment

(Bloomberg) -- Global bonds surged Wednesday on news that the US and Iran had agreed to a ceasefire, pausing a war that roiled markets for weeks by...

Anthropic's Mythos Preview is not a publicity stunt, and sources say tech companies privately spoke to Trump officials about the implications for US security (Thomas L. Friedman/New York Times)

Techmeme.com

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times: Anthropic's Mythos Preview is not a publicity stunt, and sources say tech companies privately spoke to Trump officials about the implications for US security  —  Normally right now I would be writing about the geopolitical…

Meloni’s Trump trouble: Why Italian PM is distancing herself from US leader

Virginia Pietromarchi, Al Jazeera English

The Italian leader's cosy alliance with Trump may have become more of a liability than an asset as key elections near.

ICE Reportedly Acknowledges Its Use of Notorious Graphite Spyware

Mike Pearl, Gizmodo.com

The Trump Administration claims its use of advanced spyware is "in response to the unprecedented lethality of fentanyl."

US-Iran ceasefire deal: What are the terms, and what’s next?

Usaid Siddiqui, Al Jazeera English

Trump cites Iran's 10-point plan as a basis for negotiation, signalling potential progress towards long-term peace.

Thousands of student-loan borrowers in public service are facing a harder road to debt relief

Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider

After eliminating the SAVE plan, the Department of Education is making it costlier to get relief through Public Service Loan Forgiveness buybacks.

Colleges are trying to boost student voting. A Trump probe freezes data for that work

Hansi Lo Wang, NPR

To figure out how to boost student voting, colleges have relied on a study about campus voter registration and turnout rates. A Trump administration investigation has cut schools off from new data.

Abortion clinics are closing nationwide. Could urgent care help fill the gap?

Kate Wells, NPR

When the only clinic that offered abortions in Michigan's rural Upper Peninsula closed, an urgent care decided to step in to fill the gap. Now, others are considering similar moves as brick-and-mortar clinics close in blue states.

U.S. and Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire

NPR Staff, NPR

As part of the agreement, set to take effect immediately, Trump said the U.S. and Israel would suspend bombing Iran for two weeks, subject to Iran following through on its commitment to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for safe passage during the ceasefire period.

Iran war live: Trump announces truce, Tehran agrees safe transit in Hormuz

Priyanka Shankar, Heba Habib, Ted Regencia, Tamila Varshalomidze, Al Jazeera English

Iran has claimed victory and says upcoming talks in Pakistan do not mean the end of war is guaranteed.

Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones

Tobias Mann, Theregister.com

President Brad Smith tells an interviewer that Microsoft is reconsidering datacenter design in light of Iran war Microsoft is reevaluating how it designs and builds datacenters in conflict-prone regions after Iran began targeting Middle Eastern bit barns in r…

Transportation Secretary says US airlines have 'room for some mergers'

Aditi Bharade, Business Insider

"There's always chatter," Duffy said. "But is there room for some mergers in the aviation industry? Yeah, I think there is."

How Pakistan helped secure a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran

BBC News

Pakistan has a historic relationship with Iran, but an agreement was far from certain, writes the BBC’s Caroline Davies

Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations To Focus On Deportations

Ken B. Morales and David Armstrong, Techdirt

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. In the first days after Pam Bondi was appointed attorney general last year, the Department of Justice began shutting down pending criminal cases at a record pace. …

Here's what smart people are saying about Trump's ceasefire deal with Iran

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert, Business Insider

Economists, foreign policy experts, and politicians weigh in on Donald Trump's last-minute ceasefire deal with Iran.

Telehealth abortion will remain available for now, after a federal judge's ruling

Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR

The abortion pill mifepristone must undergo a safety review by the FDA, the judge said. Louisiana's case seeking to ban its use through telemedicine will proceed after that review.

Trump announces two-week ceasefire in Iran

Graham Flanagan, Business Insider

With just 90 minutes until Tuesday's looming 8 pm deadline for US strikes in Iran, President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire.

Trump administration reaffirms plans to deport Abrego Garcia to Liberia

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Abrego Garcia's wrongful removal in 2025 has spurred criticism of the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign.

From threatening a civilization to ceasefire: What we learned from a wild day in the Iran war

Joshua Keating, Vox

President Donald Trump’s fast pivot on Iran — from “a whole civilization will die tonight” to a benign return to negotiations — has a whipsawed world scratching their heads. What was he up to? One possibility: Many Western analysts believe that Russian nuclea…

Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller wins election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

BBC News

He will serve out the rest of Marjorie Taylor Greene's term, which ends in January 2027.

WATCH: Stress Awareness Month: Coping with daily pressure

ABC News, Abcnews.com

Author Ruchika Malhotra discusses how competition with others leads to stress and could do more harm than good.

Judge questions DOJ's push to deport Abrego Garcia while his criminal case is pending

Laura Romero, Abcnews.com

A judge pressed the DOJ Tuesday over its push to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia while his criminal human smuggling case in Tennessee is still pending.