Trump News for Monday, May 11, 2026

Tim Cook among CEOs confirmed for President Trump’s China trip

Marcus Mendes, 9to5Mac

The White House has reportedly confirmed that Apple CEO Tim Cook will be among the executives accompanying President Trump on his trip to China this week. Here are the details. more…

Trump is floating a gas tax holiday. What does that mean?

John Parkinson, Lauren Peller, Justin Fishel, Lalee Ibssa, Abcnews.com

President Trump and some congressional Republicans are suggesting a potential suspension of the gas tax amid rising fuel costs due to the war with Iran.

A Trump U.S. Attorney’s Professional Misconduct Must Be Kept “Private and Confidential”

Matt Sledge, The Intercept

A legal disciplinary panel won’t disclose any details about its inquiry into John Sarcone, a Trump loyalist in New York. The post A Trump U.S. Attorney’s Professional Misconduct Must Be Kept “Private and Confidential” appeared first on The Intercept.

WATCH: Federal gas tax suspension: Would it actually lower prices at the pump?

ABC News, Abcnews.com

GasBuddy’s Patrick De Haan analyzes the debate over a federal gas tax holiday as drivers prepare for the peak summer travel season.

Can Trump lower gas prices?

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: President Donald Trump hopes to suspend the federal ga…

New poll finds a majority of Americans unsure if attempts on Trump's life were real

Elena Moore, NPR

When given the options of "true," "false" or "not sure," and asked whether each of the incidents "was staged," a majority of respondents said they thought each event was either staged or were unsure.

Google Says It Found Evidence of Hackers Using AI to Discover a Zero-Day Vulnerability

Bruce Gil, Gizmodo.com

The tech giant says this is the first time it has identified such a case.

Trump says he will suspend petrol tax amid soaring US fuel prices

Andy Hirschfeld, Al Jazeera English

Suspending a federal tax requires an act of Congress, and there may be procedural delays before it can be achieved.

Activists Install Arcade Game Mocking Trump on the National Mall. You Can Play It in Your Browser Right Now

AJ Dellinger, Gizmodo.com

You'll lose this war, too, but at least it'll only cost a quarter.

Tech Companies Fail To Kill Colorado’s ‘Right To Repair’ Law

Karl Bode, Techdirt

Last month we noted how tech companies, automakers, and others were trying to kill Colorado’s existing “right to repair” law, which is supposed to make it cheaper and easier to repair the things you own. More specifically, tech companies like Cisco and IBM we…

South Dakota tourism leader: High gas prices could hold ‘silver lining’

BART PFANKUCH/South Dakota News Watch, Yahoo Entertainment

Members of the Foley family of Green Bay, Wisconsin, are the quintessential visitors that tourism officials and operators hope will push South Dakota to a su...

Trump Is in a Trap of His Own Making

Fred Kaplan, Slate Magazine

The war with Iran has been a moral, political, and strategic failure for the United States.

EU agrees sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence

BBC News

The EU's foreign policy chief said "extremism and violence carry consequences", while Israel branded the move "arbitrary".

First wave of tariff refunds will hit some businesses tomorrow

Elizabeth Schulze, Abcnews.com

Tariff refunds will start going back to businesses on Tuesday, May 11, officials said.

Trump says he will discuss arms sales to Taiwan in meeting with China’s Xi

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

US weapons sales to Taiwan have been longstanding source of tension with Beijing, which claims island as its territory.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Russia has no intention of ending this war

Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment

May 11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Russia has no intention of ending the more than four-year-old war with his...

Trump ties himself in knots to avoid resuming a full-scale war in Iran

Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN, CNN

President Donald Trump has tried to will an agreement into existence. Instead, he’s made it abundantly clear to everyone that he’s desperate for a deal.

Lawsuit seeks to stop repainting of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Peter Charalambous, Abcnews.com

A nonprofit organization is trying to stop the administration's repainting of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, alleging that the plan needs congressional approval.

How impunity in Shireen Abu Akleh’s case fuels Israeli attacks on the press

Ali Harb, Brian Osgood, Al Jazeera English

Rights advocates say lack of accountability for killing of US citizen and Al Jazeera journalist enabled further abuses.

Kash Patel’s ‘Leadership’ Is Pretty Much Just Libel Lawsuits And Lie Detectors

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

Kash Patel is one of the rare Trump political appointees who actually has some experience that might be useful in his current position. But it wasn’t his past experience as a federal public defender and prosecutor that prompted Trump to elevate him to the pos…

Why are stock prices still so high?

Tyler Cowen, Marginalrevolution.com

That is the topic of my latest Free Press column, here is one excerpt, with the general theme that plenty is going well in the global economy: A second important fact is that American presidents, whether Democrat or Republican, usually have very little influe…

Trump says he wants to pause the federal gas tax to lower prices at the pump

Ben Shimkus, Business Insider

Trump voiced support for suspending the federal gas tax as prices surge during the war with Iran, backing planned legislation from Sen. Josh Hawley.

Trump says ceasefire is on ‘life support’ after rejecting Iran’s proposal

Al Jazeera English

US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was “on life support” after rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal.

Trump says ceasefire on ‘life support’, slams Iran response to US proposal

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Efforts between Washington and Tehran to reach an agreement continue to fall short, fuelling concerns of return to war.

Pentagon reveals location of nuclear-armed submarine after Trump rejects Iran proposal

Filip Timotija, The Hill

The Pentagon revealed the location of a U.S. Navy nuclear-armed submarine in a rare move a day after President Trump rejected the latest peace proposal from ...

No, Those ‘New’ Apollo UAP Photos Don’t Show Evidence of Aliens

Jeremy Gray, PetaPixel

Last week, President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of War launched a new website to publish unsealed photos and videos related to unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). Of the 161 files released so far, the most …

Opinion - Trump will declare victory in Iran no matter what. Is selling the war as a positive possible?

Jos Joseph, opinion contributor, The Hill

President Trump has declared the war with Iran won, but the reality is that the conflict is far from over and the Republicans will have a hard time...

Trump wants to suspend the federal gas tax as prices soar amid war with Iran

Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR

Suspending the federal gas tax would require an act of Congress.

Trump floats suspending the federal gas tax amid rising prices

ABC NEWS, Abcnews.com

President Trump said on Monday that he would like to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax as prices soar due to the war in Iran.

WATCH: Your questions about the deadly hantavirus answered

ABC News, Abcnews.com

Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar for Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, explains the Andes variant of the hantavirus and how it spreads.

Elon Musk Settles SEC Lawsuit For Spare Change, Proving Once Again That Rules Are For Other People

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

There are perks to spending over a quarter of a billion dollars getting your preferred candidate elected. A multi-month free pass to take a sledgehammer to the federal government, for starters. And, apparently, a sweetheart deal when the SEC comes knocking wi…

Apple, Boeing, Citi, Tesla, Meta executives to join Trump's China trip

Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment

WASHINGTON, May 11 () - More than one ‌dozen CEOs ‌and top executives will join ​the U. delegation as President Donald Trump travels to ‌China this ⁠week...

Marty Makary Could Get the Boot for Being Too Slow to Attack Abortion Access

Danielle Han, Jezebel

There’s been a lot of frustration directed at the FDA Commissioner for being slow to curtail—and ultimately eliminate—access to abortion.

Trump Administration Quietly Green-lights Use of ‘Cyanide Bombs’ on Public Lands

Ellyn Lapointe, Gizmodo.com

This controversial predation control tactic has been banned since 2023, but now, the Bureau of Land Management will be allowed to use it on a "case-by-case" basis.

She had four kids with Elon Musk. Now she’s central to his courtroom fight.

Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Washington Post

Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. OAKLAND, Calif. - Shivon Zilis had her back...

White House invites Musk, Cook for Trump China trip, Bloomberg reports

Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment

May 11 () - The White House is inviting Tesla's Elon Musk ‌and Apple's Tim Cook to accompany ‌President Donald Trump on his trip to China ​this week, Bloomberg...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy defends road trip series amid rising gas prices

ABC NEWS, Abcnews.com

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his family have a new five-part reality series on YouTube, "The Great American Road Trip."

Israeli killings in Lebanon rise: Is even the pretence of a ceasefire over?

Priyanka Shankar, Al Jazeera English

Israel and Hezbollah have increased their attacks on each other, despite official ceasefire.

Many Americans think Trump assassination attempts were fake, survey finds

Liam Scott, (c) 2026 , The Washington Post, The Washington Post

Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. About 1 in 4 Americans think the April...

Trump sounds off SCOTUS justices he appointed over tariff ruling

Lalee Ibssa, Abcnews.com

The court in February invalidated most of the president's sweeping tariffs.

Opinion - God won’t save this Supreme Court: That job belongs to all of us

Svante Myrick, opinion contributor, The Hill

The Roberts Court has become a partisan and ideological tool of the right-wing legal and political movement.

Send the Frigates

Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic

Despite their anger at Donald Trump, European nations have an interest in defending the freedom of navigation.

ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App

Joseph Cox, 404media.co

A DHS official and another person who attended a recent conference described the plans to 404 Media.

White House correspondents' dinner suspect pleads not guilty

Luke Barr, Abcnews.com

Cole Allen, the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, pleaded not guilty on Monday to all counts.

Suspect pleads not guilty to attempted assassination of US president

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

This is a breaking news story.

Washington correspondents' dinner shooting suspect pleads not guilty

BBC News

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was charged with attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump.

2026 World Cup at Risk of Being Colossal Dud...

Hugh Cameron, Newsweek

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The fight is on over tickets to the White House UFC fight

NBC, Yahoo Entertainment

The White House will host the first ever UFC fight on the South Lawn as part of the America's 250th birthday celebrations, setting up a push among MMA fans a...

‘Unacceptable’: What’s Iran’s peace proposal that Trump has rejected?

Priyanka Shankar, Al Jazeera English

On Sunday, Tehran sent a response to an earlier US proposal to end the war through mediator Pakistan.

WATCH: Viral trend has daughters unboxing mothers’ wedding dresses

ABC News, Abcnews.com

A new viral trend is bringing generations of women together as daughters unbox and try on their mothers' vintage wedding dresses.

Share-Owning Journalism Orgs Press Paramount For Company Docs On Corrupt Trump Merger Dealings

Karl Bode, Techdirt

More than 4,000 Hollywood insiders recently signed a letter blasting Paramount’s planned $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers, noting that the massive consolidation will be very historically harmful to labor, consumers, and creatives. That’s a very correc…

Trump says his trip to China will be 'a wild one.' Why he's going now — and what to expect.

Andrew Romano, Yahoo Entertainment

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are reportedly considering a deal that would let Beijing invest $1 trillion in the U.S.

Trump Scammed Another $59 Million from MAGA with Pre-Sales for “Trump Phones” That Don’t Exist

Jim Vorel, Jezebel

The new Trump Phone terms of service says a pre-order "does not guarantee that a device will be produced or made available for purchase."

NASA's bid to save Swift from fiery death passes another hurdle

Richard Speed, Theregister.com

Katalyst's LINK spacecraft clears Goddard tests before Pegasus rocket integration

Iran live updates: Tehran 'serious' on talks as Trump rejects 'unacceptable' offer

Yahoo Entertainment

The Moms of the MAGAsphere Sure Made Mother’s Day Weird This Year

Danielle Han, Jezebel

Over the weekend, MAGA women encouraged American women to procreate, serve their families, and overcome the pesky feminism that put us so backwards in the first place.

Trump Calls Iran’s Response to US Peace Proposal ‘Unacceptable’

NBC, Yahoo Entertainment

President Donald Trump has announced that the United States is rejecting Iran’s latest counter proposal passed on by Pakistan, writing, “I don’t like it– tot...

Trump rejects Iran's ceasefire proposal response. And, Congress to tackle ICE funding

Brittney Melton, NPR

Trump rejected Iran's response to a U.S. peace proposal, calling it "totally unacceptable." And, Congressional Republicans are trying to push for three years of funding for immigration enforcement.

Inside NASA’s ‘very ambitious’ moon base plan

Dan Vergano, Scientific American

NASA’s moon exploration plans call for nearly 80 launches, nearly 75 landers, 10 moon buggies and one nuclear reactor

Who is Gerhard Schroeder, Putin’s pick for Ukraine peace talks mediation?

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

And will he be acceptable to Ukraine and the West?

Taiwan civilians sharpen self-defence skills ahead of Trump-Xi summit

Al Jazeera English

Taiwanese civilians are flocking to self‑defence courses, amid fears China could one day use force to seize the island.

10 Monday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz, Ritholtz.com

My back-to-work morning train WFH reads: • Trade court rules Trump’s replacement tariffs illegal: A divided three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade concluded that Trump’s 10 percent global tariffs are unlawful. Same trade-court ruling, seco…

Iran says US making ‘unreasonable’ demands in negotiations to end war

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says Iran's proposal to end the conflict, unblock Hormuz Strait is generous.

International cyber attack disrupts swathe of universities and schools

Brandon Drenon; Joe Tidy - Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service, BBC News

A hacking group breached the academic software Canvas, used by thousands of schools and universities across the globe.

What Will It Take to Modernize the US Power Grid?

Ellyn Lapointe, Gizmodo.com

America’s aging electric grid is struggling to meet modern demands—especially amid the AI boom. Overhauling it will be no small feat.

Europe wants out from under US tech – but first it has to find the exits

Lindsay Clark, Theregister.com

Report maps the weak points in cloud, identity, and public sector procurement

WATCH: 1 American positive for hantavirus, another symptomatic, HHS says

ABC News, Abcnews.com

The American passenger who tested positive for hantavirus will be transported to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, according to Nebraska Medicine, which hosts the facility.

Trump’s World Liberty to Get Legal Cover From New Crypto Law, Influential Expert Says

Mike Pearl, Gizmodo.com

He claims WLFI is an unregistered security as it exists today, and that the SEC lacks the integrity needed to enforce the law.

National Academy of Sciences experts denounce Trump’s NSF board purge

Dan Vergano, Scientific American

In an open letter, thousands of researchers criticized the White House’s firing of the research agency’s board as ‘an alarming attack’ on U.S. science

John Oliver explains how the Supreme Court keeps letting Trump get away with it

Drew Gillis, Jezebel

Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

As ranks of uninsured grow, charity care can be hard to come by at many hospitals

Noam Levey, NPR

An investigation of hospital data and charity care programs shows most Minnesota hospitals provide little financial aid to patients and often make assistance difficult to get.

A 'quiet crisis' is brewing for student-loan borrowers

Ayelet Sheffey, Business Insider

As Trump's federal student-loan changes push more students toward private loans, borrowers face a maze of confusing rules, weak oversight, and risks.

Morning news brief

Michel Martin, NPR

Trump says Iran's response to the U.S. ceasefire proposal is "totally unacceptable," Trump heads to China amid Iran war, Congress returns after week-long break.

Iran live updates: Tehran 'serious' about peace talks, Baghaei says

David Brennan, Abcnews.com

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.

Iran war day 73: Trump and Tehran clash over latest peace proposals

Sarah Shamim, Al Jazeera English

Brent crude rises amid a continuing deadlock as Trump describes Iran's response as 'totally unacceptable'.

Is the Vatican standing up to Trump?

Al Jazeera English

Redi Tlhabi speaks with Kim Daniels on the growing strain between the Vatican and Donald Trump.

Things are not going so well for Russia

Dimitar Bechev, Al Jazeera English

Stalled advance in Ukraine and economic woes are not the only worries for the Kremlin - also a distant ‘near abroad'.

Trump calls Iran response “totally unacceptable”

Al Jazeera English

Report on the latest developments after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s response to the US peace proposal.

Oil prices jump after Trump dismisses Iran proposal to end war

BBC News

The Strait of Hormuz trade route remains effectively shut, disrupting the global energy shipments.