Trump News for Sunday, August 2, 2026

The US president says Gulf allies and Tehran urged him to delay planned strikes.

Lula seeks to use Bolsonaro family ties with Trump to cast election as fight against submission to foreign interests.

People shared the rumor alongside two videos showing a man sitting behind the U.S. president during the late South Carolina senator's 2026 funeral.

From People: Preservationists are taking their fight against Donald Trump’s proposed makeover of one of Washington, D.C.’s most recognizable buildings back to court. Groups challenging Trump’s plan to paint the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) plan…

Both countries have agreed on a plan to restore diplomatic relations cut off after a contested vote in 2024.

President Donald Trump said late Saturday that he would halt new planned attacks on Iran pending renewed talks to wind down the war and revive stalled cargo...

Pro-Israel group unleashes its spending power to help elect Haley Stevens to US Senate against progressive doctor.

Half of Americans say Trump has gone too far on deportations, though most Republicans still support his approach.

Sen. Bernie Moreno calls for former son-in-law Rep. Max Miller to resign from Congress over abuse allegations made by Miller's ex-wife, who is Moreno's daughter.

Tehran's announcement comes after Trump said US would hold off on new Iran attack in hope of quick deal.

Ballots for a special election in England's Clacton-by-Sea are the longest ever produced in U.K. electoral history despite¹ only one major party contesting the race. The vote, scheduled later this month, was triggered by the showy resignation of Clacton's cur…

The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut down in 2021.

Israel has shared "serious security concerns" with the White House regarding the proposed disarmament deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said Sunday in what were some of the first public comments since U.S. President Donald Trump announced the agreement.

A detailed story reveals how Paul Weiss, a firm once famous for civil rights battles and progressive litigation, ultimately caved to the Trump administration.

The creators of Grok didn't want this, but it happened anyway.

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport (L) and New York Attorney General Letitia James The attorneys general argue that the changes would make it harder for Americans to get insurance and could raise prices for people who already have it. [ more › ]

"Last night's events underscore a reality that is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore: for now, Iran appears to hold the strategic advantage in deterre...

Trump Media launched Truth API on Saturday, allowing early access to posts from prominent Truth Social accounts, including President Donald Trump's.

The HHS secretary denied responsibility for the nation's measles surge while defending vaccine skepticism

A bipartisan House bill would let DHS order AI companies to shut down dangerous models, with fines up to $20 million per day for noncompliance.

A report this week that China has begun mass-producing specialty chips key to the AI boom set off a selloff that erased $1 trillion in market value from other chip manufacturers, according to the Guardian. The same week, the Federal Communications Commission …

A 10-foot-tall golden trophy mocking US President Donald Trump for the Iran war has appeared in New York.

Capital One says Trump Organization account closures in 2021 followed review by anti-money-laundering team.

US president halted strikes after earlier threatening Iran with unprecedented force.

The online retail giant didn’t disclose who qualifies for the refunds or how much each recipient will receive.

It only took weeks upon weeks of people demanding he stand up for his daughter for Sen. Bernie Moreno to acknowledge reality.

A plan to renovate one of America’s most hated airports will surely be popular—but the airport is actually fine the way it is.

The least bad option for the US is to let the MoU Article 5 play out.

After Donald Trump desperately – and ridiculously - tried to blame Minnesota for cyberattacks on its own water systems, I can’t wait to hear his excuse for similar attacks on water systems in Michigan and at least five more states. Despite Trump's repeated cl…

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he would not provide the Trump administration with a “blank check” for the proposed “anti-weaponization” fund.

ACLU says claims document a nationwide pattern of excessive force, unlawful arrests and abuse by ICE agents

Washington retaliated against outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro for accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza rather than over drug policy, Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio has told RT

So much winning! We already discussed the Trump administration's illegal firing of the unanimously appointed US Attorney Roger Rogoff for the Western District of Washington here, whom Trump axed in less than an hour after he was appointed. It appears their ef…

While many of us are sweating it out during the record heat this summer, Donald Trump and his GOP minions have been working – in their air-conditioned offices, no doubt – to undo Biden-era rules designed to protect workers without that luxury. “The Trump admi…

Iran says Trump's comment on pullback from threatened strikes made 'within the context of psychological operations'.

Iran has accused the US and Israel of engineering Spain’s deadly migrant crisis in Ceuta to punish Madrid over Gaza and Iran war stance Read Full Article at RT.com

Neither will be right until they acknowledge that you can’t fix government intervention.

In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) says the absence of a peace deal with Iran would be "fine" but "not preferable" afte...

These Democratic Socialists are nothing if not completely fearless. In this case, Oliver Larkin is running in the Democratic primary against Jared Moskowitz in FL-25, which is probably why Fox News gave Larkin a few spots this week to make his case. Larkin p…

As fighting in the Middle East grinds on, the United States has had a steadfast ally in Israel, but support from the American public is plunging. The Iran wa...

Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins NBC’s Hallie Jackson on Sunday TODAY to discuss President Donald Trump’s conflict with fellow Republicans over...

FIFA head and Trump BFF Gianni Infantino thrives on greed and hubris. This time he went too far

Panamint Capital broke ground on a $1.7 billion solar and storage project at the Calvert coal mine. The mine and an adjacent coal plant will stay online.

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Iraq signed $100 billion in U.S. energy deals with Chevron and ExxonMobil. But Washington is forcing Baghdad to balance ties with Iran and China.

President Donald Trump is criticizing his handpicked choice for U.S. attorney in D.C., Jeanine Pirro, for dropping charges against the former Olympian accuse...

President Donald Trump has called for a pause on military strikes against Iran after he says Iran and other countries in the Middle East asking him to “hold...

In joint letter, 22 member states call for 'strengthening of external borders' after nearly 60,000 migrants enter Ceuta.

The administration’s evidence supporting the tariffs is weak at best.

The Palestinian issue should be returned to the UN framework and anchored again in international law.

Reminder: “To make her President would be to gamble with the lives of millions of people. Sons and daughters will end up getting drafted to go fight for a war in a country that you’ve never heard of,” Trump said of Kamala Harris in 2024. What's on your mind …

Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko discuss how AI is changing travel distribution and what the latest results from Hilton, JetBlue, and Royal Caribbean say about the second half of the year.

Day 1,621 of WW3: Ukrainian forces have destroyed over 445,000 Russian aerial targets since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, averaging nearly 275 a day. This is your Sunday Ukraine War discussion

Donald Trump says he canceled a planned attack on Iran after claiming the outlines of a deal could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end what he described as Tehran’s nuclear threat.

Joe Biden’s troubled son has rehabilitated his image — not every Republican likes that

House Speaker Mike Johnson sometimes can’t get President Trump off the phone. The calls can come in the middle of the day — or the dead of night — or even af...

The spectacle shows what happens when conspiracy theories become embedded in political institutions.

The Bureau of Reclamation’s final environmental impact statement leaves the door open for states to come to an agreement on how to share the water—and for legal battles.

Trump says 'perimeters of a deal has been agreed to' as he pauses attacks. But is there any substance to his claim?

The GOP’s big red scare is really stupid. Democrats aren’t communist, and the relatively small progressive surge in this year’s primaries isn’t a Bolshevik Revolution, writes Ed Kilgore.

US President Trump announced he was cancelling a planned attack on Iran with the ‘perimeters of a deal’ agreed to.

The Trump administration is being sued by conservation groups over a change they say will weaken habitat protection for endangered species. In Canada, experts say the move could also harm animals that move between the two countries, including migratory birds …

Trump said that Iran and other Middle Eastern countries had asked the U.S. "to hold off any attack" on Iran because "the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to."

Political profanity has surged in the US, according to research by a Cardiff University lecturer that shows Trump and Biden account for 78% of all publicly documented swear words uttered by US presidents since 1919.

The Democratic Socialists of America want to fight for working-class Americans by offering free healthcare and childcare. It has some other ideas too.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will order American forces to hold off on new strikes against Iran, claiming Mideast allies have reached the parameters o...

With escalating attacks against U.S. bases and its allies over the past week, Iran's leaders are showing considerable unity over their war strategy: hanging...

Photo Credit: Clarice FBy Clarice FeldmanWe’ve been preparing all wrong for pandemics by imagining bureaucratic wizards will manage them best.

Photo Credit:ChatGPT ChatGPT for American ThinkerBy James ZumwaltDo a lot of grown men keep diaries? Fauci’s own narcissism came back to haunt him.

The US president announced that he has cancelled a planned military strike on Iran, claiming progress in talks.

Tens of thousands of migrants briefly cross into Spain's north African territory of Ceuta from Morocco.

The US president's message came amid media reports that he was planning new, intense strikes on Iran over the weekend.

US embassies in the Middle East are bracing for possible escalation after Trump said the US will hit Iran 'hard'.

Most Americans aren't particularly happy with the ongoing rise of massive AI data centers, and that's not going to improve, as now people's homes are at risk.

In July 2026, some families of 9/11 victims signed a petition aimed at excluding New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from the 25th-anniversary commemoration ceremony of the attacks.

California’s teenage lifeguard hero could soon be headed to the White House. The family of 16-year-old Ryder Williams has been contacted by President Donald Trump’s staff after the commander-in-chief vowed to honor the rookie rescuer who saved a drowning 10-y…

President Donald Trump in a Saturday evening social media post claimed that Mideast allies have reached the parameters of a deal to end the Iran war and said...

By Yasmine Ghania and Menna AlaaElDin CAIRO, August 2 (Reuters) - Iran warned this weekend against any “adventurous action” by the U.S. and said it would ret...

Wall Street firms can now be alerted of the “most market-moving” social media posts from President Donald Trump before the general public — as long as they pay the right price.