Trump News for Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Jay Clayton will become the next director of national intelligence after the Senate confirmed his nomination on a 51-47 party-line vote.

US Central Command says it intercepted "multiple" ballistic missiles fired by Iran.

Elon Musk's unreleased Optimus won't have to compete with any Chinese robots in the future.

WASHINGTON, July 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers are asking the Supreme Court to overturn an $83.3 million defamation judgment he was or...

FIFA has a complex plan to sell chunks of its commercial rights to the World Cup to minority investors, including a firm run by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Jared Kushner.

An internal strategy document circulated this week advises GOP senators' offices to walk a fine line on Trump's favored voting restrictions bill.

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: The Trump administration is further limiting due proce…

Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles at American forces in the Middle East on Tuesday, shattering a brief pause in fighting as mediators tried to get bo...

A government lawyer admitted in a court filing that the administration withheld grants based on whom states had voted for.

Is that... Jared Leto?

Donald Trump was visibly dozing off during Lindsey Graham's funeral at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday.

Donald Trump said Lindsey Graham was a force in politics at the late senator's funeral in DC.

President Trump, lawmakers, and world leaders attend Sen. Lindsey Graham’s funeral as policymakers try to navigate a path forward in the wars in Iran and Ukr...

Anthropic's stance is unlikely to fly with strategic partner Nvidia.

Kyiv claims its Caspian Sea strike targeted Russian warships, denying intent to harm civilian vessels or individuals.

A group of demonstrators gathered near the White House to protest Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington.

Just as Larry Ellison and Paramount executives had worried, the state antitrust challenge to their $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers has resulted in significant delays that could prove terminal. Two weeks ago California and eleven other states filed an…

Democratic socialists face mixed understanding, with 49% of Americans saying they grasp their policies, poll shows.

A Georgia man was charged with a felony for allegedly wiping his phone while being questioned by Customs and Border Protection. Samuel Tunick had something in common with others who have had their devices searched at airports: He was an activist. Unlike other…

West Bank quarry owner appeals to Trump after settler raid

Graham had worked to carefully negotiate the package with the White House.

Republican Memo: 'Socialist' scare tactics not working... (Second column, 4th story, link) Related stories:Socialist Bartender Rattles Party Elite in Run for Wisconsin Gov...

That's some very expensive rubble.

The megarocket's latest test flight went well, but SpaceX still needs to overcome a critical engineering hurdle.

A federal appellate panel on Tuesday refused to block President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to restrict mail voting, a day after the administratio...

On Friday this week the FTC’s open comment period regarding its “Policy Statement Addressing AI Accuracy” will close, which means that a bunch of very smart, very busy people are wasting a ton of time this week writing up comments that will mostly be ignored …

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson vows another $87 million for ad buys. Opponents accuse him of buying the election.

Excerpts from a planned documentary show the hawkish senator claiming credit for persuading Donald Trump to attack Iran.

DUBAI, July 28 (Reuters) - Oman has presented Iran with a plan backed by Gulf states to manage the Strait of Hormuz, including collecting voluntary fees for...

As the U.S. runs short of interceptor missiles, Iran is carrying out strikes with a mix of attack drones and advanced ballistic missiles. The post Iran Has Figured Out How to Overwhelm U.S. Air Defenses appeared first on The Intercept.

Political déjà vu as US President Donald Trump says negotiations with Iran are back on.

Discussions included joint production of Patriot missiles in Ukraine to bolster defence against Russian aerial attacks.

The poll found the Austin Democrat with a commanding lead among independents and a surprising edge with non-college-educated voters, who have consistently favored Republicans.

Lawmakers, foreign leaders and President Trump are gathering Tuesday for the first of two days of funeral services for the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham.

The US president has at least three military options - none are good.

The always-invaluable 404 Media has scored another minor coup. We all know ICE is heavily invested in surveillance tech, ranging from its purchases of cell location data from data brokers to throwing money at Clearview AI, the most notorious of facial recogni…

(Adds dropped word "unusable" in paragraph 12) By Timour Azhari RIYADH, July 28 (Reuters) - Oman has presented a proposal to Iran for joint regional manageme...

As US ties fray, Netanyahu's claim to unrivalled influence in Washington is under growing scrutiny.

Iran rejected Trump’s claim that ships damaged by Iran in the Gulf would be compensated from frozen Iranian funds.

In an industry already struggling with a lack of drivers eliminating 200,000 of them, especially experienced ones, seems irresponsible.

US president says Iran talks progressing, reups threats if diplomacy fails before sit down with Israeli prime minister.

A federal judge will allow Donald Trump to again amend his defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, as the publication has moved to dismiss the litigation. U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday gave Trump until August 27 to file the new complaint. Trump s…

Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants ended this week, and communities are preparing for raids by Donald Trump's ICE.

Gov. Andy Beshear said he sought "proof of [McConnell's] capacity."

Last week, the Trump administration announced a landmark civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. The deal would allow the kingdom to develop nuclear power using American technology and could eventually pave the way for uranium enrichment on …

The row sparked after the US joined North Korea and Russia in voting against extending the term of the UN high commissioner for human rights.

Graham is first being recognized with a ceremony in the Capitol rotunda.

From hip hop to folk to punk, from personal statements to sweeping anthems -- here are our favorite songs about the worst president ever

Speaking on the ‘Daily Show’ with Jon Stewart, the CNN reporter explained why she keeps her cool every time the president insults her.

The King will need a new private secretary, with Sir Clive Alderton stepping down next year.

Negotiators are trying to break the deadlock over transit fees and management of the Strait of Hormuz.

Newly released audio tapes, disclosed by a conservative activist group, appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometim...

Last year the Trump administration announced it would ban Chinese-made drones from the U.S. As I noted at the time, the plan had several problems, not least of which being the Trump administration is a racist, corrupt, dysfunctional mess filled with weirdos a…

He built an empire. It did not last.

In the Supreme Court’s recently concluded term, it showed that it is willing to constrain Trump but less willing to accept limits on its own authority.

It's just a handful of judges at this point standing between whether or not ICE can deport the witnesses to all of its killings.

Trump’s ICE crackdown grows with new funding and hires as deaths and abuse claims draw review.

Dylan Mulvaney and Kaitlan Collins found common ground after both became targets at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner — and each ended up echoing the other’s response. Trump used h…

The frenemies' strange obsession with historical "accuracy" has disturbing connections to big AI

My morning reads: • What 125 Years of Data Really Tell Us: Behind the Balance Sheet’s deep dive into 125 years of market returns — what the data actually shows vs. what people think it shows. The survivorship bias in historical return data is larger than most…

Oval Office meeting on Tuesday is first since US-Israel launched unpopular war with Iran.

By Kristina Cooke July 28 (Reuters) - Aurora's 6-year-old daughter arrived at the U.S. border alone and spent more than half a year in a child migrant shelte...

Lindsey Graham's funeral service is set to take place across DC and South Carolina this week. Here's who is expected to be in attendance.

The opioid-like compound, which is found in kratom, can cause brutal withdrawal symptoms and will soon be a controlled substance. Some users tell WIRED it has relieved their pain and anxiety.

The Israeli PM's visit to the US comes amid raids in the occupied West Bank, before the October 27 elections.

Democrats are making the case that now is the time to tackle anti-corruption reforms — to serve as a check on Donald Trump and to overhaul a system voters say is co-opted against their interests.

The two leaders will also attend Sen. Lindsey Graham's funeral service.

The president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet Tuesday at the White House to discuss Iran, Lebanon and the Abraham Accords.

Dr. Kenneth Ngure, president-elect of the International AIDS Society, says. "We have had very good scientific advances ... yet the funding cuts have also taken us back."

The meeting comes amid signs of friction between the two leaders and decreasing public support for Israel in the US.

Three people have died in the Texas detainment centre Camp East Montana since it opened last year.

The meeting comes as both face pressures at home. Netanyahu is up for reelection, embattled in part due to his deteriorating relationship with Trump. Trump is under pressure to end an unpopular war.

By Mohi Narayan NEW DELHI, July 28 (Reuters) - The number of vessels passing through Bab el-Mandeb rose to 28 on Monday, a four-day high, while traffic throu...

A discrepancy between China's export data and U.S. import data is "not because ships are sinking mid-Pacific," notes UBS's Paul Donovan.

A protester was removed after interrupting US President Donald Trump’s remarks at a Michigan auto event.

Settler violence in the occupied West Bank endangers Israel’s future, 550 former officials tell Trump.

Passing the law was a bit of an experiment in the first place.

For years, the Israeli leader’s trips to Washington have been carefully choreographed. But things have changed since the last time the pair met, before the I...

The US Senate will vote Tuesday on Russian sanctions, days after Ukraine attacked an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea.

US President Donald Trump says talks with Iran are continuing during a pause in US military strikes

Wildfires are burning out of control as crews race to contain blazes in Spain and France. More than 300,000 people have evacuated their homes in one of Europe's biggest evacuations since World War II.

Republican Senator Lindsay Graham's funeral is bringing the two world leaders to town, where they'll separately visit the White House to discuss their region's wars.

The chip giant is backing open-source AI and OpenAI, and a super secretive AI startup led by OpenAI scientist Ilya Sutskever.

Welcome to the first edition of The Midterms, Actually. Every week I’ll be writing about two things: one thing I’m thinking about — a big idea or trend I see forming across the 2026 primaries — and one thing I’m hearing, from a voice on the ground. You can si…

Cornyn and Tillis are waiting for proof the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is dead.

US President Donald Trump called Turkiye 'a great ally' when asked about selling F-35 fighter jets to Ankara.

The Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence around...

Iran says US 'struggling' to end five-month-old war, as Netanyahu arrives in Washington, DC, for talks with Trump.