Trump News for Thursday, May 21, 2026

The Trump administration had sanctioned the UN expert for her criticism of Israel's policies towards Palestinians.

The policy has bipartisan appeal—but there are factors that could inhibit its success.

Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio says Jan. 6 rioters could use payments from Trump's "weaponization" fund as campaign cash.

Four major cruise lines can be held liable for using the American-built port in Havana that was confiscated by the Cuban government in 1960, the Supreme Court has ruled.

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The State Department says the reforms will lead to more effective assessments.

Apple today formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the series of rulings that led to changes to App Store linking rules and fees in the United States. In 2021, Apple largely won its legal dispute with Epic Games, but Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers…

Apple today filed a request with the Supreme Court in an attempt to reverse key lower court rulings over the App Store injunction in its long-running legal battle with Epic Games. Here are the details. more…

Trump’s funniest riff ever?

Federal judges in Maine and Wisconsin on Thursday dismissed lawsuits filed by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to compel the states to hand over...

The Commission of Fine Arts gave the arch design its final approval, even though it's missing some visual components. The president said Thursday that he doesn't need approval from Congress.

He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.

Trump administration officials announced charges in Minnesota for fraud schemes that allegedly targeted more than $90 million in taxpayer dollars.

Republicans had planned to try to pass a major funding bill for Immigration and Customs Enforcement by the end of the week but plans collapsed over unrelated policy disagreements.

Riddled with mistakes and missing sections, 192-page document on 2024 election loss to Trump fails to mention Gaza.

Supporters say unpredictable Trump approach deal-making strength, others see reflection of strategic dilemma.

The list also include a company that Trump Jr. is invested in.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Quantum Insider: The Trump administration is preparing a new round of industrial policy aimed at quantum computing, with roughly $2 billion in grants expected to go to nine companies developing quantum hardware and…

The Palestinian delegation to the United Nations has dropped its bid to secure a top U.N. job after the U.S. threatens to revoke their visas.

The Trump administration has been putting tremendous economic pressure on the island's Communist government.

Create a regulatory vacuum and it'll get filled.

After months of treating its 2024 election autopsy like the Ark of the Covenant, the Democratic National Committee has finally released the document, only for it to emerge as a 192-page error-strewn bundle that reportedly omits interviews with Kamala Harris, …

Nothing says law-and-order presidency like a possible rebate program for political violence. Having offered up a scheme that seats Donald Trump more as a comic book criminal and less like the sitting President of the United States, Police are suing to stop hi…

Seattle Shield requests suspicious activity reports from companies, which are then circulated with members as part of surveillance apparatus

Donald and Karen Whitaker were found with traumatic injuries inside their home on May 15, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told travel executives he may target airports in cities that don’t help ICE.

Forecasters expect 8 to 14 storms will form in the Atlantic between June 1 and November 30. But the danger is more serious than the numbers suggest.

It’s absolutely amazing how wrong this administration has been when it comes to immigration enforcement. That some people still think the Supreme Court is in the best position to resolve this is insane. This isn’t a circuit split in need of mending. This is p…

Analysts say the remarks are less a sign of closer US-Taiwan ties than another example of Trump’s unpredictability.

President Trump’s new "anti-weaponization fund" and ballroom project may both get pushback from Senate Republicans in the yet-to-be-released updated version of the bill.

The impending arrival of El Niño will help keep the number of storms low. But it only takes one landfall to create a catastrophe.

Trump Destroyed USAID. Now People Are Dying. “Everyone, especially in South Sudan, wanted to know if the US really had cut off aid. It was easier for them to believe that the aid organizations were ly

Iranian media reported that the Pakistani interior minister is in Iran to help the US and Iran reach a peace deal.

The DOJ is now very much an active participant in the online discourse that promotes and perpetuates ideas that are barely connected to reality.

"The response is too slow and inadequate, not anywhere close to the standards that are required in a response for an epidemic like Ebola."

Rep. Jake Ellzey, R-Tex., and Rep. Don Davis, D-N.C., discuss the volunteer effort which saw more than 20 veteran lawmakers gathering in an act of remembrance.

“Larry and David Ellison feel like they need to kiss [Trump’s] ass to get what they want”

Stephen Colbert's last "The Late Show" episode airs as influencers like Jake Shane and Alex Cooper reshape celebrity-interview culture.

Customers want their data kept and processed strictly within the EU

Imagined as an original made-in-America smartphone, but realized as a made-elsewhere knockoff, the $500 Trump Phone is finally here. It's an Alibaba-tier variant of the years-old HTC U24 Pro and has an American flag with the wrong number of stripes on it. — R…

After the Trump administration turned away from electrification, two of the nation’s biggest governments will advocate for more electric vans, police cars, and eventually, snowplows.

Democrats argue that the fund will be used to compensate January 6 rioters pardoned by Trump.

The AI job market has made tuition look like a dubious investment. But it only exposes the deeper identity crisis in American higher education.

As Maine's Senate matchup is all but set, incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins urges voters to pick her over Democrat Graham Platner because she can fund state priorities due to her seniority.

Back in February the Trump FCC announced it was launching new “reforms” of a major bipartisan FCC program that helps poor people afford broadband. Dubbed Lifeline, the program provides a modest $9.25 stipend to help low-income Americans afford either broadban…

The congresswoman has introduced a joint resolution to revise the Constitution—and effectively ban any naturalized citizen from serving as federal judges or in Congress.

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Republicans are racing to pass a $72 billion immigration enforcement package. And, the U.S. has indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro for his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two planes.

Methane's part in the climate crisis remains largely overlooked, even though it is responsible for 30 percent of all global warming to date, and despite the fact that it's still possible to purge it from our skies.

Edward Fishman's Chokepoints explains how the US came to rely on its economic arsenal, but stops short of a complete assessment of the unreliable tactic and its often devastating consequences.

Historians must not cede the study of how Americans understand their cacophonous nation to advocates of “patriotic” history.

In his posthumous memoir, Alexei Navalny’s utopian vision of “the Beautiful Russia of the Future” remains strangely detached from history.

ABC News investigates the rise of humanoid robots manufactured in China and why experts say they pose a risk to U.S. national security.

It comes after the US charged Cuba's ex-leader with murder, the latest move putting pressure on the regime.

(Bloomberg) -- Iran said the latest proposal from the US has partly bridged the gap between the warring sides, as they seek to turn a fragile ceasefire into ...

A group of mostly Democratic strategists and power players are rebuilding a PAC meant to fortify election-defense infrastructure by focusing on overlooked state offices.

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A US military operation in Cuba could be imminent, but Havana is not entirely defenceless, some analysts argue.

Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear.

We’re over a year into the second Trump administration here in the US, and support for climate causes is weak. But climate tech companies are finding ways to survive and even thrive in this new environment, including by focusing on potential benefits outside …

The report claims Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview may be involved, despite the company's supply chain risk designation.

Kenneth Wolfe organized the Department of Labor’s controversial prayer services before he was quietly appointed to lead a major agency office.

Pakistan military chief Asim Munir to travel to Tehran for talks, according to Iranian media reports.

On a recent evening in northern Kentucky, over a dozen young Republicans gathered with beers and brightly colored cocktails at a bar called dEcORa, its neon ...

The Federal Student Aid office lost half its staff last year as part of Trump administration downsizing. Now, it's hiring hundreds of new workers.

The agency calls the program an update to the Screening Partnership Program, in which 20 U.S. airports currently use private security screeners rather than federal workers.

Some Americans seem to be extra-alarmed about Ebola and hantavirus in the wake of COVID-19. But public health experts say they don't expect another pandemic this time.

Sky-high beef prices are colliding with America's newfound protein obsession, while ranchers say a crippling cattle shortage will take years to fix.

She made the announcement in a post on Instagram, writing, "While this isn't news anyone expects, I'm working closely with. my medical team on a treatment plan."

Israeli officials and media indicate renewed conflict with Iran is being actively considered despite a shaky deadlock.

US and Taiwan leaders have not spoken since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979.

Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot are suing to block anyone from receiving payouts from a new settlement fund.

The former prosecutor faces federal charges over allegations that she sent a report on Jack Smith's investigation into President Trump's hoarding of classified documents to her personal email account.

A car caught fire and exploded Tuesday in Lower Manhattan, sending a plume of smoke into the air near New York City's famous Charging Bull statue.

France is already moving on from Zoom and Microsoft Teams in favor of homegrown alternatives. Other countries are quickly following suit.

Cubans in Havana and Miami react to the US charges against former Cuban President Raul Castro.

Senate lawmakers grilled sports betting industry officials during a hearing focused on recent cheating scandals, companies' marketing tactics and regulatory battles.

I assume at one point America was a serious big boy country, but we are certainly not that any longer. You can get examples of the unserious nature of our government in spades, of course, but I’m just going to keep hammering on what is going on at HHS and its…

A billionaire gave him a gift, then won billions in his courtroom. The federal system that should have stopped it has refused. Three state offices still can.

Some lawmakers and legal experts say the department has violated federal law with its addendum to the settlement.

Albanese is among several people sanctioned by the US for advocacy against Israel's genocidal war in Gaza.

President Trump said the United States is “freeing up Cuba” and ruled out escalation after the US indicted Castro

Larry Bushart, a Tennessee retiree who spent his career in law enforcement, will receive $835,000 from Perry County and Sheriff Nick Weems to settle the federal civil rights case he filed last December, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression anno…

After riding the AI wave to become the world's most valuable company on the back of GPUs, Nvidia has turned its eye to the CPU market