Trump News for Thursday, June 4, 2026

Epic Games is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Apple’s latest attempt to challenge two rulings in its long-running legal fight over off-App-Store purchases. Here are the details. more…

Congressman Ro Khanna says the integration push only boosts Netanyahu, but his push to revoke the measure fell short.

The SAVE America Act, a far-reaching Republican election overhaul that President Trump said should be his congressional allies' top priority, has failed in the Senate.

Republicans seek to pass $70bn immigration-enforcement funding, but must endure series of votes on controversial issues.

Donald Trump said that he’s now planning a June 24 rally in Washington, D.C. with Lee Greenwood and Christopher Macchio performing after a line up of artists pulled out of previous plans for a Freedom 250 concert series on the National Mall. Trump wrote on Tr…

Al Jazeera’s Hala Al Shami explains why US officials are invested in Colombia's presidential elections.

Coal is the most significant fossil fuel contributor to climate change

After cutting its support for frontline healthcare workers in Central Africa, the Trump administration is pointing fingers. The post Trump Administration Tries to Shift Blame for Ebola Response appeared first on The Intercept.

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The measure could slap tariffs on 60 U.S. trade partners.

The Trump administration has supported Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz after his electoral victory over left-wing MAS.

Some thought Graham Platner could be the future of the Democratic party. Now he's trying to get his campaign past another dumpster fire of his own making.

Though its backers remain optimistic, a bill blocking U.S. support for Israel’s war in Lebanon exposed rifts among Democrats. The post House Dems Coming Around on Iran War — But Won’t Vote to Stop Israel’s Destruction of Lebanon appeared first on The Intercep…

Some jurisdictions have weakened their public health authorities in response to criticism of lockdowns, school closures, mask mandates, vaccine requirements and other COVID-era restrictions.

Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has asked the DOJ to investigate a former Epstein assistant's allegation of sexual abuse by others in Jeffrey Epstein's orbit.

President Donald Trump announced his administration intends to build a "promenade" to connect the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River.

'Long road' remains ahead as bill garners 73 co-sponsors one year after its introduction in Congress, advocates say.

Supporting Israel is now a fringe position among Democratic voters. Why does the media keep covering it like a 50/50 issue? The post The Real “Divide” Among Democrats Over Israel Is Between Party Leadership and Voters appeared first on The Intercept.

Should he be nominated for attorney general, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination is expected to face challenges in the Senate.

Researchers with NIH’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana reentered the country with inactivated mpox. But was that a crime?

Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, says that US GDP growth doesn't mean the economy is in great shape, and headwinds are building.

President Donald Trump is expected to announce the allocation of over $700 million federal dollars to upgrade coal power plants and U.S. exports.

President Donald Trump has accused Democrats in California, without evidence, of trying to "steal" the California gubernatorial and Los Angeles mayoral primaries.

President Donald Trump says the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is complete

Jamelle Bouie: The cruelty is still the point of the Trump regime. “This isn’t a border security policy. It’s cruelty as governance — directed at people this administration has decided don’t deserve d

A new documentary chronicles how the app became a stand-in for American anxieties about social media, China, and political power.

Despite serving as Trump's national security adviser, Bolton has emerged as a top critic of the president.

In her new book, "View from the East Wing," Jill Biden details her "few interactions" with Melania Trump, including an awkward inauguration car ride.

In May 2025, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, a Democrat, arrived at an ICE detention facility in his New Jersey city and asked for a tour. Though he was initially let inside the facility’s gate, he was soon confronted by about a dozen federal law enforcement officer…

State media photos on the place showed it is likely a plant to produce weapons-grade uranium.

Richard Gere made a dark comparison to illustrate the downfall of democracy in the United States, torching “maniac” Donald Trump and his administration in th...

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“It raises significant questions of what else is possibly not being revealed,” a medical expert said on Donald Trump’s latest medical report.

The parasitic fly has resurged throughout the Americas since 2023.

“They've been the best company I've ever worked with in 45 years,” EchoStar president and cofounder Charlie Ergen said of SpaceX.

Trump takes aim at lawmakers after House passes war powers resolution; advocates call on Senate to advance the measure.

'Make America Healthy Again' activists see legislative wins, White House disappointments and questions for the midterms.

The ceasefire's prospects appear uncertain before its implementation has even started.

Environmental organisations have called for the project's suspension, citing threats to biodiversity.

Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information under a de...

Ishaan Tharoor catalogues how, with the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s vision for the Middle East has had unintended consequences.

The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Thursday in a case about the power of federal regulators to enforce data privacy laws on telecommunicat...

Get ready for beef prices to go through the roof, if the New World Screwworm becomes an epidemic in U.S. steer herds.

Brian Bennett is joining MS NOW as national security director, overseeing national security reporting at the White House and across the Trump administration. Bennett most recently has been senior White House correspondent for Time, and covered the Joe Biden, …

Today on Decoder, I’m talking to Ryan Mac, a technology reporter at The New York Times and coauthor of the excellent book Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, which came out in 2024. I can’t recommend it enough.  I wanted to have Ryan on the show…

The plan has drawn backlash from Kenyans as well as the country’s union of healthcare workers.

There’s a notable absence from this summer’s FIFA men’s World Cup that you might have missed.

Case challenges permits approved by South Africa’s arms control body, citing compliance failures and oversight gaps.

Brady, a nonprofit gun control advocacy group, is suing the ATF and the DOJ over their refusals to release documents and other information about who the largest sellers of crime guns in the U.S. are.

Scientists across multiple disciplines are raising the alarm after the White House proposed taking greater control over how scientific research gets funded a...

The immigrant-detention facility, which may soon be shut down, has been a cruel and costly publicity stunt.

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How courts are coping with a flood of AI-generated lawsuits Most days in her chambers, Judge Maritza Braswell, a federal …

The lower chamber of Congress passed a measure that seeks to halt further military action, in a vote seen as largely symbolic.

Senate Republicans are moving forward on a bill to fund immigration enforcement through the end of Trump's term. And, Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire that could aid in ending the war in Iran.

With Keir Starmer’s and his party’s future in doubt after local elections in May, there is a paucity of talent among his rivals.

A year ago, the White House was unleashing a blitz on higher education. At one campus after another, Trump officials opened investigations and cut federal f...

Republicans aren’t automatically falling in line anymore.

My morning train WFH reads: • Shorting SpaceX? Jefferies Becomes Go-To Bank After IPO Miss:  It’s the kind of look that ambitious investment bankers usually strive to avoid: When SpaceX named the roughly two dozen firms handling its IPO, Jefferies Financial G…

President Donald Trump says he may choose to leave a purpose-built UFC arena standing at the White House because it is "attractive to a lot of people".

In the wake of Yves Sakila's death following a violent restraint, many say racism in Ireland is an overlooked scourge.

As head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Pulte’s used his position to launch unnecessary mortgage fraud investigations against Trump’s enemies.

Four Republicans join Democrats in rare rebuke of president. But Congress still far from able to stop further attacks.

The rival AI CEOs joined a long list of AI stakeholders as well as scientists.

Nearly 80,000 civilian workers were shed, but the challenges spurred by the cuts aren't wholly new to the Defense Department.

Rahman, a career diplomat who held several portfolios at the global body, beats Cyprus’s Ambassador Andreas Kakouris.

Here AOAV finds that UK media outlets frequently present retired senior military figures as independent defence experts without disclosing their commercial ties to defence, security, intelligence, and technology industries, potentially obscuring conflicts of …

Some Republicans' growing frustrations with Trump is beginning to show, Trump and Netanyahu have a tense call over Israel's actions in Lebanon, Russia's economic forum opens.

Republican-led US House of Representatives passed a resolution to halt any further push of the war on Iran.

Deal is made through US-brokered talks in Washington, DC, that did not include Hezbollah.

Israel carries out drone attacks on Lebanon after agreeing to renew ceasefire as Tehran defends attacks on Gulf nations.

Mladenov’s plan turns rebuilding from a humanitarian obligation into a weapon of political control.

At least three vaccines are being funded, research being fast-tracked as the outbreak spreads faster than the response.

A coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner is facing resistance in Albania. The government says the project will transform the nation, but environmental campaigners and critics oppose it.

President Donald Trump’s ability to shock and outrage Washington elites is a superpower when it comes to solidifying his political base.

Texas-based rocket company announces plans to sell shares at $135 apiece, aiming to raise approximately $75bn.

President Donald Trump, during a dinner, announced his intent to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the post permanently, according to two sources.

The House adopts resolution to curb Trump’s Iran war powers by a 215-208 vote, delivering a rebuke to the administration’s handling of the conflict for the first time.