Trump News for Monday, July 6, 2026

Trump Comes for the American History Museum

Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic

A White House report details what the administration wants to change in the Smithsonian—and suggests that a crackdown could be coming.

Corporate Japan's rare-earth warnings get louder as China keeps the spigot closed

By Satoshi Sugiyama and Hina Suzuki, Yahoo Entertainment

By Satoshi Sugiyama and Hina Suzuki TOKYO, July 7 (Reuters) - A shortage of critical minerals is starting to affect the broader Japanese economy, adding a se...

Watch: Does Trump’s Fifa intervention undermine football’s integrity?

BBC News

The BBC's Daniel Bush looks at the US president's comments over his request for Fifa to review Folarin Balogun's one-match ban.

Trump says Walmart cut prices at his request, but Walmart statement omits administration's role

JOSH BOAK, Yahoo Entertainment

President Donald Trump on Monday sought to take credit for recent price cuts by Walmart, but a statement by the retailer made no mention of the administratio...

With Graham Platner, Democrats Got Drunk on the Beer Test

Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic

He said there wouldn’t be any more scandals, but a new Politico report threatens to end his Senate campaign in Maine.

Canada picks Germany’s TKMS for new submarines

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

German-owned naval shipbuilding company made the bid with NATO ally Norway, beating out South Korea's Hanwha Ocean.

Karoline Leavitt’s Marriage Under Fire After Viral Post Reveals Explosive Age Gap Between Husband And Her Mom

Lei RV, Boredpanda.com

“Her husband and mom would make a great couple,” a netizen said.

Trump says Walmart will lower prices after White House request

Katherine Li, Business Insider

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said Walmart would reduce the price of a pound of ground beef by "almost" 15%.

Macron arrives in Syria for talks ahead of NATO summit in Turkiye

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The French president is the first leader from western Europe to visit Syria since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.

Toyota to build $3.6 billion Texas plant, shift some truck production from Mexico

By David Shepardson, Yahoo Entertainment

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it will build a new $3.6 billion auto plant in Texas and shift some truck...

Prosecutors in US lay out case against alleged killer of Charlie Kirk

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Judge to decide whether there's enough evidence to bring Tyler Robinson to trial for conservative activist's killing.

NATO urges members to deliver plans for reaching defence spending targets

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

US warns of consequences for NATO members without clear spending plans, signalling high expectations from allies.

Idaho conservation officer beats Trump official's defamation lawsuit

Rob Beschizza, Boing Boing

An Idaho court dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by businessman Michael Boren, now a top federal official, against a retired conservation officer who criticized his private airstrip's impact Seventh Judicial District Judge Darren Simpson threw out Boren's…

C-SPAN Is Embedding Multimedia Journalists in Election Battlegrounds

Ken Klein, PetaPixel

C-SPAN likes the adjective “unfiltered.” Before Trump II was sworn in, C-SPAN refreshed its logo with the tagline “Democracy Unfiltered.” [Read More]

Left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez concedes Peru vote to Keiko Fujimori

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Announcement comes days after Peru's electoral agency certified right-wing Fujimori as winner in razor-thin race.

We’re Not Doomed to Live Under the Supreme Court’s Mistakes. Here Are Five Ways Congress Can Clean Up SCOTUS’s Mess.

Alexis Romero, Slate Magazine

Congress used to overturn several opinions practically every term.

Trump rings in new ‘Trump Account’ investment accounts for children

Al Jazeera English

US President Donald Trump rang the opening bells of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq to welcome 'Trump Accounts'.

Iran reappoints a familiar face to powerful post during Khamenei funeral

Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera English

The judiciary chief has emphasised the need to avenge Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and prosecute foreign 'aggressors'.

Flavio Bolsonaro asks Trump to delay tariffs on Brazil until after election

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

President Lula accuses Jair Bolsonaro's son, now a presidential hopeful, of helping trigger proposed US tariffs.

Censorship Lawsuit Against Disinformation Researchers Dismissed — After Succeeding At Actual Censorship

Mike Masnick, Techdirt

Trump-appointed Louisiana federal judge Terry Doughty has spent years bending over backwards trying to help some MAGA faithful manufacture nonsense claims about “censorship” for some grifters getting moderated on social media. As you’ll recall, he issued a bi…

What makes this NATO summit high stakes?

Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera’s James Bays explains why NATO’s Ankara summit is high stakes.

Trump Admits Pushing FIFA to Let Birthright Citizen Play World Cup Game

Nikkimccannramirez, Rolling Stone

Donald Trump said he called FIFA President Gianni Infantino and requested the suspension of Folarin Balogun be overturned ahead of Belgium match.

Hack and flack: How Steve Hilton wife, Rachel Whetstone, conquered CA...

Emily Shugerman, Sfstandard.com

As comms chief for Google, Facebook, Uber, and Netflix, she helped write Silicon Valley’s political playbook. Does she want to help her husband rule the state?

Charlie Kirk's family attends hearing for suspect charged with his murder

https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews, BBC News

Tyler Robinson, 23, is accused of murdering Kirk, a key Trump ally and founder of youth organisation Turning Point USA.

Fox News Struggles to Defend Trump Crypto ‘Grift,’ So He’ll Just Have to Do It Himself

Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com

Trump reportedly made a whopping $1.4 billion from crypto in 2025.

There’s a New Democratic Machine. It’s Unabashedly Socialist.

Akela Lacy, Jonah Valdez, The Intercept

While establishment Democrats argue socialists are confined to the coasts, DSA chapters have helped elevate more than 300 candidates nationwide. The post There’s a New Democratic Machine. It’s Unabashedly Socialist. appeared first on The Intercept.

Ukraine couldn't stop a Russian ballistic missile barrage. Officials say Patriot interceptors are running out.

Jake Epstein, Business Insider

Ukrainian officials urged their allies to immediately transfer more high-end Patriot interceptors from stockpiles.

After Trump’s “Trolling” Taylor Swift During Her Wedding, Fans Expose Why They’re Disappointed With The Singer

Lei RV, Boredpanda.com

“The sooner people realize this is just who she is as a person, the better,” a netizen said.

How U.S. brands and nonprofits are navigating a divided America on its landmark anniversary

Associated Press, Ap.org

The United States’ 250th birthday carries ambitions to galvanize Americans behind nationwide community-service drives and patriotic brand launches. Well-known U.S. nonprofits hope to inspire a record-setting level of volunteerism, while major companies such a…

Trump sics his hate machine on kindergartners because hijabs

Jason Weisberger, Boing Boing

Trump used the presidency to boost a right-wing post targeting Muslim kindergartners in hijabs, because apparently five-year-old girls in graduation caps are now a national emergency. This was not a fight over curriculum or school policy. It was a video of …

Cybersecurity firm says it found 'the first documented case' of AI agentic ransomware

bgriffiths@insider.com (Brent D. Griffiths), Business Insider

Researchers at Sysdig say they found "a warning sign" of where ransomware attacks are heading.

DOJ Using Gang, Terrorist Prosecutors To Ensure People Opposed To Trump Are Treated Like Gang Members, Terrorists

Tim Cushing, Techdirt

The authoritarianism has been out in the open pretty much since day one with this presidency. Things that leak out around the edges — unaccompanied by official statements, announcements, or randomly-capitalized Truth Social posts — would embarrass any normal …

Grandpa Pudding Brains admits he meddled in a World Cup call he didn't understand

Jason Weisberger, Boing Boing

Real estate fraud and convicted felon Donald Trump says he did not know what a red card meant, but he did know how to call FIFA and complain until America's best striker was allowed to play. The Trump brand of sportsmanship looks a lot like cheating. — Read t…

Netanyahu says his ties with Trump are ‘fine’, takes aim at Turkiye

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

In Fox News interview, Israeli prime minister lauds US alliance and argues that Ankara should not receive F-35 jets.

SpaceX No. 2 exec donates $320 million of stock to Trump Accounts

Liz Hoffman, Semafor.com

Gwynne Shotwell said her gift for the children's investment accounts is focused on lower-income families in Texas.

TED CRUZ TO SUPREME COURT?

Hannity Staff, Sean Hannity

President Trump drew laughter in the Oval Office on Monday by jokingly proposing to nominate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to the Supreme Court, telling those gathered that the pick would win unanimous Senate confirmation because lawmakers would be eager to remove …

Is NATO at breaking point as it meets in Turkiye?

Virginia Pietromarchi, Al Jazeera English

NATO leaders gather in Ankara to tackle US-Europe tensions, defence gaps and support for Ukraine’s military resilience.

Trump’s weekend war approach to Iran might never end

Russell Payne, Salon

Last weekend's burst of violence might be a preview of a long-term low-boil war with Iran

DOJ Closing Abbott Labs Case Spurs Wider Corporate Crime Retreat

Ben Penn, Bloomberglaw.com

Agency leaders’ shutdown of a long-running case over contaminated baby formula has fueled a broader pullback on corporate prosecutions protecting consumer health, said people familiar with the situation.

Inside Manhattan DA Bragg's effort to prosecute police accused of abusing power

Ben Feuerherd, Gothamist

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg stands with members of his staff at a news conference following the conviction of former U.S. President Donald Trump in his hush money trial on May 30, 2024 in New York City. In 2025, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's Polic…

‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’: Johnson’s growing crisis over his unruly majority

Sarah Ferris, CNN, CNN

Speaker Mike Johnson had just delivered President Donald Trump his biggest legislative win of the year, but as he sat in his office in mid-June surrounded by...

I, Too, Declare My Independence from Sanity, Reality, and My Last Remaining Brain Cells

Danielle Han, Jezebel

To celebrate America’s 250th, Trump called communism a “cancer”; said he “wasn’t treated that well” under the whole “equal justice under the law” thing we got going; and plugged his dreams of requiring voter ID at the polls.

How Kalshi Infects the News

Aaron Rupar, Judd Legum, Publicnotice.co

CNN and CNBC are pushing Kalshi on viewers but not telling them the whole story.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She’s Done Supporting the Republican Party

Jerome London, Thoughtcatalog.com

“Tucker is not the only one who is done supporting the Republican Party. There is A LOT of us that are absolutely fed up and will not support a party that betrays its voters and country. That…

The subjective originalism of SCOTUS’s conservative majority

David Coale, Salon

The reasoning cited by Justices Alito and Kavanaugh in Dobbs didn't work with birthright citizenship

Meta’s AI ‘Perv Glasses’ Now Come With Stupid Comcast-esque Usage Restrictions

Karl Bode, Techdirt

Despite a lot of pretense, Meta, permanently deadbolted to Mark Zuckerberg’s outsized ego, simply isn’t an interesting, ethical, competent, or innovative company. They’re mostly an ad monopoly pretending to be Apple. They poured untold billions of dollars int…

Elon Musk's No. 2 says she's giving SpaceX stock to Trump Accounts

Georgia Hennessy, Business Insider

SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell donates stock to Trump Accounts days after the President's prediction

Media attacks Donald Trump's Fourth of July celebration, claiming it 'sullied' America 250

Lindsay Kornick, Yahoo Entertainment

Media pundits accused President Donald Trump of ruining America 250 and Fourth of July celebrations, with op-eds claiming he made himself central to the even...

Trump Heads to NATO Summit Following America at 250 Festivities

Yahoo Entertainment

The Administration Isn’t Even Pretending Anymore

Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic

More than 200 deaths later, the drugs keep coming.

Huge crowd joins funeral procession for Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Enormous crowds gather in Tehran for third day to mourn amid calls for revenge against the US and Israel.

Let’s fix America with grammar

Kirk Swearingen, Salon

In the MAGAsphere, sloppy language leads to foolish thoughts, and much worse

'Yes, this does suck': NYC health officials brace for new Medicaid work rules

Caroline Lewis, Gothamist

Newly appointed Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin speaks at a press conference on Jan. 31, 2026, with Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the background. The new city budget includes $3M for hiring community health workers to help people navigate the changes. [ m…

Supreme Court ruling may wipe out Democrats' cash advantage in Senate battlegrounds

By Nolan D. McCaskill, Yahoo Entertainment

By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - U.S.

What happens if DOJ ends in-state tuition for undocumented students?

Safia Samee Ali, Newsnationnow.com

The DOJ argues states illegally give undocumented students in-state tuition unavailable to many U.S. citizens.

I Changed My Mind About Small-Dollar Campaign Donors

Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic

The problem with donation mobs

Prosecutors to present evidence against Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin

Bill Hutchinson, Lilia Geho, Abcnews.com

A judge will decide if prosecutors have enough evidence to warrant a murder trial for the alleged assassin of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

US taking stock of NATO as Trump heads to Turkey for summit

Isabella Murray, Nicholas Kerr, Abcnews.com

The summit will be held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Beştepe Presidential Compound.

Marriage used to be a glide path to citizenship. Now there are more speed bumps

Ximena Bustillo, NPR

Spouses of U.S. citizens have traditionally had a special place in immigration law. That's no longer the case, according to the administration and immigration lawyers.

Switching to a cheaper health plan delayed a man's access to vital medicine

KFF Health News, CBS News

A Florida man thought he had carefully planned for a seamless switch between health plans. It was anything but.

Democrats are ‘looking for guidance’ on Israel. Hakeem Jeffries isn’t giving any at the moment.

Riley Rogerson, Yahoo Entertainment

The minority leader is letting his caucus hash out their Israel disagreements over a series of private conversations, withholding his own guidance for now.

Analysis-World absorbs historic Iran war oil supply loss, but depleted stocks bring risks

By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Robert Harvey and Ahmad Ghaddar, Yahoo Entertainment

By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Robert Harvey and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - The world has absorbed with surprising ease the loss of over a billion barre...

Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 11 on eve of NATO summit, authorities say

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned of a likely attack ahead of meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Is the US really preparing to drop Israel?

Simon Speakman Cordall, Al Jazeera English

With relations between Israel and the US fraught, some are speculating whether the special relationship may be at an end

Nine killed in Russian strikes on Kyiv on eve of Nato summit in Turkey

https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews, BBC News

Crews are racing to find survivors under rubble as Russia targets Kyiv in air strikes for the second time in a week.

Trump won big spending promises from NATO last year. This week in Turkey, he'll try to enforce them

SEUNG MIN KIM, Yahoo Entertainment

President Donald Trump got what he wanted from NATO at last year’s summit: an alliance whose members had largely acceded to his demands to step up their defe...

OPEC+ countries say they will expand monthly oil production

John Power, Al Jazeera English

Seven OPEC+ members, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, to increase output by 188,000 barrels per day.