Trump News for Wednesday, July 1, 2026

About 70% of adults say they spend too much time on phones. Mario Lacovou discusses therapy for phone addiction, while Dr. Megan Moreno explains warning signs and ways to cut screen time.

Donald Trump personally collected $2.2 billion during the first year of his second presidential term, according to a disclosure form released Tuesday by the U.S. Office Of Government Ethics. The amount of gains largely reflects Trump’s significant stake in th…

President Trump has sought to limit mail-in voting and has ordered his administration to impose limits on the practice.

The White House has refuted claims that Trump is profiting off the presidency and said he doesn't have any conflicts of interest.

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: Donald Trump is making big bucks off of the presidency…

Carroll's lawyers have asked for an expedited resolution to the payment question after US Supreme Court declines appeal.

A global memory shortage is pushing Apple to consider alternate RAM suppliers. In all likelihood, this will draw scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers.Memory is in short supply globally — Image credit: SK HynixThe companies in question are ChangXin Memory Technologies…

A federal judge blocked the US Postal Service from carrying out its plan for President Donald Trump’s mail ballot executive order, finding that the proposal...

The president said he "doesn't get involved" with the memecoin that bears his name.

Critics say the ruling invites corruption, benefitting wealthy donors and amplifying special interest sway in politics.

Iran's Deputy FM Gharibabadi also says part of $6bn in frozen assets would be used to buy goods that Tehran needs.

Set backs on tariffs, birthright citizenship overlay broad interpretation of presidential power supported by Trump.

Apple reportedly wants to buy Chinese RAM for its products from not one but two different firms. The move would likely require permission from the United States government.

Israeli opposition criticise the means employed by Netanyahu, but cannot risk opposing his ends.

US prosecutors have alleged those involved in the Prairieland Detention Center protest were linked to antifa.

Update July 1, 3:30 p.m: Claude Fable 5 is now available to users globally on the Claude Platform, Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. As a reminder, for “Pro, Max, Team, and select Enterprise plans, Fable 5 will be included for up to 50% of weekly usa…

Donald Trump made $2.2 billion in 2025, including over a billion just from crypto, federal filings reveal.

Donald Trump flew on the new Air Force One, a luxury jet gifted from Qatar, for the first time. Here's how it compares to the old presidential plane.

Anthropic is cracking down on Chinese developers and companies using its models while pushing for greater collaboration at home.

Plenty of people are going to disagree with this headline. But why should I bother defending it when I can let the government dig its own hole? From Executive Order 14367, issued by President Trump last December: Illicit fentanyl is closer to a chemical weapo…

USMCA came into effect on July 1, 2020, and is slated to expire after 16 years.

Here's a look at some of the major developments since major back-to-back earthquakes rocked Venezuela on June 24, devastating parts of a country already reeling from crisis after crisis.

The Court's birthright citizenship ruling is fueling the right-wing media machine ahead of the midterms

US and Israel claim extensive damage, Iran projects defiance, and satellite images show fast attempts at recovery.

In the Trump era, American diplomacy is being led not by impartial diplomats, but by real estate investors.

“ICE continues to flagrantly violate the law by arresting immigrants who are attending their mandatory court hearings,” said Rep. Dan Goldman. The post ICE Flouting Federal Judge’s Order to Stop Arresting Immigrants at New York Courts appeared first on The In…

Look, 5-4 Supreme Court decisions count just as much as 9-0 ones, and a 5-4 decision getting it right is still a win, but for a number of reasons, the 5-4 decision in Trump v. Barbara, regarding the issue of birthright citizenship is terrifying. This isn’t a …

Board of Peace talks on Gaza's post-war future face funding crises and warnings of a colonial occupation.

US President Donald Trump took his maiden voyage aboard the new Air Force One on Wednesday.

Inspector General's report says time is running out for the Calamity Capsule

Donald Trump wrote a short tribute to the Village People's co-founder Victor Willis on Truth Social, calling him "a great and happy guy."

Of course, not every investor is a loser. It just depends what they're looking for in the art of the deal.

President Trump is taking the first ride on the new Air Force One 747, which was donated by the Qatari royal family.

The President's filing also shows an intended tender of Warner Bros. Discovery holdings while his justice department was reviewing the sale of the company.

Fuel shortages in the country are unlikely to force Putin into concessions for peace.

Analysts say both sides want the MOU to succeed but Israel's actions in Lebanon will prove a formidable obstacle.

Speaking to the Guardian, one of her relatives said that she’s “coping as best as she can.”

Initially a backup singer, Willis became the group’s core, fronting the costumed band and co-writing “Y.M.C.A.,” “In the Navy,” and “Go West”

By Jarrett Renshaw July 1 (Reuters) - House Speaker Mike Johnson and several Republican leaders are asking President Donald Trump to allow Jones Act waivers...

Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche have pushed hard for new death sentences, including in states that have abolished executions. The post Trump Has Already Launched More Death Penalty Prosecutions Than in His Entire First Term appeared first on The Intercept.

As trade tensions grow, Europe tries to remain competitive while balancing ties with the US and China.

In many ways, Melat Kiros epitomizes the winds of change sweeping over the Democratic Party. Kiros is a 29-year-old political newcomer who is disillusioned with the system, who calls ending aid to Israel “the moral question of our time,” and who is backed by …

Melat Kiros defeated Diana DeGette, who has been in office for as long as the 29-year-old Kiros has been alive.

The clash started when Ocasio-Cortez accused him of gutting Medicaid and Social Security to fund his own tax breaks and federal contracts. Musk fired back that she’s reading someone else’s script.

The Democratic Socialists of America was formed in opposition to the very thing it has become.

As President Donald Trump boarded his inaugural flight on the new Air Force One, a luxury jet donated by the government of Qatar, he shared his excitement fo...

Fable 5 was available for a week before the government demanded access limits.

A federal judge has ordered the Pentagon to lift its requirement that New York Times journalists be accompanied by an escort while in the building

President Donald Trump on Wednesday is taking his maiden voyage on a new Air Force One — a retrofitted Boeing 747 worth $400 million gifted by Qatar that emb...

Tommy Ryan, 19, was the quarterback of his high school football team when he was diagnosed with leukemia and spent over 130 days hospitalized.

A federal judge has ordered the Defense Department to temporarily halt its requirement that New York Times journalists be accompanied by an official escort,...

Donald Trump paid tribute to Victor Willis, the frontman of the Village People, who died on Monday. The Village People’s song Y.M.C.A. enjoyed a resurgence after it was used at Trump’s rallies. Willis, who was co-writer of the song, said that he initially obj…

Buttigieg spoke in a new interview with "Good Morning America" co-anchor George Stephanopoulos.

Last fall, Ezra Klein was getting a lot of attention for his book Abundance, which basically argued that American had become bureaucracy-obsessed and fallen out of love with building things. I thought it was mostly simplistic cack, downplaying or ignoring the…

Court struck down US President Trump's executive order abolishing it, but he has pledged to challenge the ruling.

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. Claude Science is Anthropic’s newest flagship product At an event for pharmaceutical executives, biotech founders, and re…

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July 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump secured a more than $50 million loan last year from Charles Schwab Bank, according to his annual disclosure fo...

Activists at colleges across the country are turning against the president and pushing for a far more radical GOP.

Anthropic restores Fable 5 AI model after the Trump administration lifted export controls. Here's what people in tech are saying about the saga.

Celebrating the ideals of the Declaration of Independence is hard if you don’t believe in them.

Trump's latest 2025 financial disclosure reveals he made more than $1.4B in income from crypto ventures.

Microsoft on Tuesday said it's accelerating its quantum safe security roadmap, stating technology advances in quantum computing are making it essential to replace existing encryption standards sooner than previously expected. "Advances in quantum research an…

My mid-week morning train WFH reads: • The Humbling of the Once Almighty Dollar: Krugman on the greenback’s slipping grip and what dethrones a reserve currency (slowly, then not). Wonky, contrarian, and worth arguing with. (Paul Krugman) • How the Mag 7 becam…

The Court's conservative majority turns to “history and traditions” to ignore the obvious — again

Stephen Miller suggested a “hard look” at pregnant people traveling to the U.S., Trump asked Congress to step in, and Mike Johnson turned into a car.

The recent SCOTUS case greatly increased the power of the executive branch.

Victor Willis, the frontman of The Village People, one of Donald Trump’s favorite bands, has died aged 74. Willis died after a “short, aggressive illness,” according to The Village People’s official Facebook page. “We are profoundly sad to announce the death …

From new student-loan repayment plans to limits to popular loan forgiveness programs, here's what you need to know about the July 1 repayment changes.

There's a ban on most states systematically purging voter rolls within 90 days before Election Day. Republicans are pushing courts to reinterpret that longstanding protection for eligible voters.

Democrats nominated their candidate to try to unseat a Republican House member and tapped the state's attorney general as a frontrunner for governor.

The summer travel season is setting records again. Airlines are carrying more passengers than ever while operating fewer flights than they did 20 years ago, pushing the limits of the aviation system.

Iranian officials are expected in Doha for talks with Qatari mediators, a day after US negotiators arrived there.

A White House adviser told Al Jazeera the Trump administration will continue ‘fighting’ to end birthright citizenship.

And the agreement has ensured that Lebanon will be blamed for it.

The new podcast "Ernstfall" examines the challenges Germany would face in a war crisis without US support.

Former lawyer Melat Kiros, 29, has criticised Democrats for support of Israel during its genocidal war on Gaza.

Rights groups fear the new law gives Beijing legal authority to go after people beyond its borders.

The U.S. Supreme Court this week, with no dissents, declined to hear President Donald Trump's appeal of the verdict and judgment.

A democratic socialist who lost her job for speaking out about Gaza unseated a 29-year incumbent. The post Socialist Momentum Grows as Melat Kiros Wins in Denver appeared first on The Intercept.

It should be obvious at this point that JD Vance is a purely political creature. There’s no virtue to find in there, no moral stances firmly taken, nor anything resembling a true political ideology. There is only the attainment and retention of more and more …

The U.S. is clearing away regulations for a new era of supersonic flight, promising faster long-distance travel without the boom.

It compares with more than $600m in total income that Trump reported in his last financial disclosure.

Anthropic has confirmed it will begin restoring access to Claude Fable 5 this Wednesday, July 1, nearly three weeks after US export controls forced the company to take the model offline. Here are the details.

What China’s jet engine program tells us about the limits of industrial policy

Anthropic announced Tuesday that the Trump Administration had lifted its controls on the cutting-edge AI model.

Anthropic said it had to "abruptly disable" access to Fable 5, its most powerful publicly available AI model, after a Trump administration order.

Some say there’s a global crisis of trust — but research reveals where the real problems lie.