Trump News for Wednesday, July 29, 2026

More than five decades ago, librarian Kathleen Regan lost her wallet at Lowell High School in Massachusetts. Now, 54 years later, workers found the lost item and returned it to her grateful family.

President Trump's friendship with dead billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is still a matter of endless public discussion. And it's rumored he plans to pardon convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell in return for "exonerating" him. Already moved to a cushier priso…

The Trump administration will ban foreign-made humanoid robots in the U.S. as China seeks to dominate the emerging high-tech market. Speaking to NBC News, th...

The Department of Justice has issued separate filings in support of Trump's case to toss the defamation award.

The release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's pandemic diaries has rekindled the debate over the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Here's how scientists have weighed in.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed that he believes President Donald Trump and the U.S. are in charge of the U.S.-Israeli partnership.

US President Donald Trump says he is considering 'AI controls' following OpenAI's disclosure.

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. A little-noticed presidential national security directive is now the legal engine behind a wave of terrorism prosecutions against left-wing proteste…

A think tank report estimates US stockpiles of its two critical air defense interceptors are dramatically reduced since combat between the U.S. and Iran began on Feb. 28.

Mark Zuckerberg is doing a big AI public relations push. It's unclear if it will move the needle. So why not try cold, hard cash?

Republicans are starting to fret about their base’s lack of enthusiasm ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Scammers are after considerable assets built over a retiree's lifetime.

The Trump administration is pairing top universities with corporate giants in an effort to steer traditional PhD programs toward national scientific priorities. Today, the White House and National Science Foundation are announcing a $47 million pilot program …

An FCC ban focuses on manufacturing instead of actual security, and consumers might pay the price.

”It’s our turn.” President Donald Trump says the US will hit Iran “very hard” following an attack on US forces in Jordan

During a recent press conference, Joseph Ladapo seemingly endorsed the misleading claim that the MMR vaccine is made using aborted fetuses.

Senate Republicans had many questions. Fauci had one answer.

Yesterday the US government announced its was updating its list of banned foreign-made products to include “advanced robotic devices,” and today an FCC spokesperson confirmed that applies to robot vacuums too.

Like a Waymo mated with a Roomba

The Manhattan DA's office is urging an appellate court in New York to reject President Trump's challenges to his 2024 criminal hush money conviction.

According to a newly published study, states that issued "extraordinarily large" economic development subsidies saw more lobbyists located in the state capit...

Not one senator objected to a nonbinding resolution declaring that Donald Trump should not pardon or commute Ghislaine Maxwell's sentence. Finally, Senate Republicans have discovered a Trump action they will not defend. No senator objected when Jacky Rosen as…

Todd Blanche, Trump's former defence lawyer, has faced scrutiny over his alleged loyalty to the US president.

Case centres on social media post featuring seashells that prosecutors allege is a reference to killing President Trump.

July polls show the depth of Americans’ economic pessimism.

One day before the Senate Judiciary Committee is to vote on Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney general, his future remains uncertain.

As Tyler Robinson waits to hear whether he'll stand trial on capital murder charges stemming from the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Rand Paul is trying to put Anthony Fauci in prison for not confirming a conspiracy theory, but the key to blunting the next pandemic is universal healthcare. The post Fauci’s Diary Isn’t the Key to Why Covid Ravaged the U.S. — Our Broken Healthcare System Is …

President Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the $83 million judgment a jury awarded E. Jean Carroll after another jury held Trump liable for defaming her.

President Donald Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy are expected to announce plans Wednesday for a $22.5 billion overhaul of Dulles International Airport.

Trump's giant, 10-foot-tall gold participation trophy honoring his "enthusiastic participation" in the Iran War is moving from Washington, D.C., to New York City! The trophy is believed to be the largest ever awarded to a sitting President, and is an attempt…

Elevated inflation partly reflects supply shocks that have increased prices, including of energy, the Fed said.

Just recently Karl warned that we were going to see some absolute nonsense as the US sought to somehow “ban” Chinese AI models from being used in the US. That seems to already be happening. It kicked off with talk that the US might “fight Chinese AI” using ne…

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a $22.5 billion renovation of Washington Dulles International Airport that will end the use of the widely disli...

The press didn't just cover Trump's White House Correspondents' Dinner meltdown — it enabled it

New round of strikes raises fears of further escalation as Iran rejects Omani proposal for joint Hormuz oversight.

Trump Media has discussed charging as much as $100,000 a month for the Truth API product for buyers to get first access.

Physician declines to answer Senate questions as Republicans like Rand Paul accuse him of covering up COVID's origins.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has wrapped up his appearance at a Republican-led committee hearing about the COVID-19 pandemic after repeatedly invoking the Fifth Amendment and declining to answer dozens of questions from senators. Wednesday’s decision to not testify inje…

Global oil prices climbed 7% on Wednesday, crossing above $90 a barrel.

Iran has brought days of relative calm in the Middle East to an end after launching what the US called a “surprise” attack in a striking change to the patter...

There are several layers of bullshit in operation here, so we’ll walk through it all. But keep in mind the only reason this is all being exposed is because Trump administration officials feel they’re more obligated to “own the libs” than actually do their dam…

Pause in fighting between U.S. and Iran halted after Tehran launched what the Trump administration is calling a "surprise attack" on American forces.

The government is charging Samuel Tunick for telling them a code that would erase all the data on his phone—after they tried to take it on false pretenses.

Trump’s latest war is wrapped up in his egocentric narcissism and his me, me, me world. The post Donald Trump and Wars of Choice appeared first on The Intercept.

US president promises major escalation a day after new Iran attacks and his White House meeting with Netanyahu.

Sen. Lindsey Graham returned for the last time Wednesday to South Carolina, where powerful friends remembered him as someone who never stopped working for th...

President Donald Trump and the Justice Department are asking the Supreme Court to toss an $83 million defamation verdict won by writer E. Jean Carroll after...

Riyadh’s position in the Arab and Islamic worlds bears significant weight in the prospect of normalisation with Israel.

New details are emerging of how US and Israeli officials believed the war on Iran would be straightforward and short.

This is an extremely 2026 story (derogatory): because of the Trump regime’s assualt on scientific funding, a group of scientists who has been studying marmot populations in Colorado since 1962 turned

FIFA's president lobbies for latest proposal for investment in football's governing body, which has met with criticism.

The US military’s weapons stockpiles, including its inventory of crucial air defense missiles, remain severely depleted following a major flare up of the war with Iran in recent weeks, according to three sources familiar with recent Pentagon data and a new re…

A bipartisan roster of former top-level FCC officials have submitted a filing to the Trump FCC blasting the agency’s ongoing violations of the First Amendment and urging it to terminate its phony “investigations” into ABC — including the unprecedented early o…

The prescription drug benefit is used by millions of seniors.

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. Samsung’s chip workers are jumping ship to rival SK Hynix   Lee, an engineer at Samsung’s semiconductor division, used to…

Sen. Bernie Moreno would rather protect the man who is accused of assaulting his daughter and grandchild than criticize a Republican.

Care will be in shorter supply, travel distances will stretch farther, and high-risk situations will more likely result in tragedy.

Federal officials involved in the prosecution of James Comey misled judges, submitted false statements and withheld key facts during the course of the invest...

How the proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise has drawn criticism, including from UEFA and new United Kingdom Prime Minister.

After a dayslong pause in direct strikes between the United States and Iran, the war is flaring up again after U.S. Central Command said it intercepted multi...

The prototypical Democrat vulnerable to a primary this year has been old, in Washington a long time, and vulnerable from the left. But in Massachusetts, there’s a race that’s scrambling that formula. Sen. Ed Markey is 80, and he’s been in Congress for 50 year…

David and Ina Steiner filed a lawsuit alleging they were the victims of a "systematic campaign to emotionally and psychologically torture" the pair "in order to stifle their reporting on eBay."

Dr. Anthony Fauci will sit before the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) on Wednesday.

A conversation with Bloomberg Hollywood watcher Lucas Shaw about happens next in a blockbuster court case.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not doing enough as the anti-vax conspiracist Trump hoped he would be, the Wall Street Journal reports.

I went to Cracker Barrel and little has changed under the outgoing CEO. Maybe the new boss will freshen up the menu.

Jay Clayton's confirmation comes after the US president's original choice was rejected by lawmakers due to lack of relevant experience

Jordan intercepted five missiles launched from Iran, the country's military said, hours after the U.S. military said it had knocked down an Iranian missile barrage launched against American forces.

President Trump met with the leaders of Ukraine and Israel on Tuesday at the White House, heatwave threatens firefighters' hold on wildfires in France and Spain.

President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.

At least 19 people have died of starvation in the country and 1.5 million are at risk of malnutrition, experts warn.

Russia's top online retailer Wildberries says it has evacuated warehouses in Ryazan.

Temporary protected status was given to Haitians after the 2010 quake because Haiti was deemed too dangerous for a safe return. In June, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end TPS.

Diplomats Jeffrey Feltman and Michael Ratney

"The number one job of the President is to get the deficit under control,” Jason Calacanis wrote in a post on X.

Iran has also struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and rejected Oman’s proposal on managing the waterway.

New law enforcement operations could quickly escalate into a blockade of Taiwan, say analysts.

Government authorities deemed that the robots pose "unacceptable safety risks" to national security.

Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House for the first time since launching the war on Iran.

By John Irish and Jonathan Saul July 29 (Reuters) - Iran is expected to receive within weeks a first shipment out of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired ai...

ICE agents in Los Angeles used slurs to refer to Latinos, body camera footage released in court filings appears to show.

Governor Tim Walz tweeted, "See you in court, creep."

US President Donald Trump has held talks at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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

Max Blumenthal fits into a long, disreputable tradition.

The US and China are locked in a race to the lead the world in robotics and artificial intelligence.

The deadline passed Tuesday for the Trump administration to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider its rejection of the president’s birthright citizenship restr...