Trump News for Friday, August 7, 2026

US president has clashed with Federal Reserve members over his bid to rapidly slash interest rates despite inflation.

International court's oversight body warns exits threaten global justice, as US intensifies campaign against tribunal.

The Mecca Joint Defence Pact brings together countries that sit between Iran and Israel, but will it be effective?

By Steve Holland and Timour Azhari WASHINGTON/RIYADH, Aug 7 (Reuters) - A U.S. official on Friday reported progress between Iran and Oman that could soon reo...

James Talarico leads Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, signalling a potential shift in the Republican stronghold.

A federal appeals court has ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to halt construction on a ballroom project.

The president came up with a new designation for his pet project after losing in D.C. court.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is confirming that he’s staying on the nation’s highest court for another term

New Israeli attacks reported in southern Lebanon as Beirut offers optimism after the seventh round of discussions.

The circumstances surrounding his removal remain unclear.

President Donald Trump is reviving his campaign to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. In a letter signed by White House deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino, the White House informed Cook Wednesday that it was once again “considering” removing her from her…

The Treasury announced new steps to take over the management of defaulted student loans, including a partnership with new collection vendors.

Spencer Pratt may have flamed out in his bid to be L.A. Mayor, but the reality TV enfant terrible has seemingly found a new calling — saving Hollywood with Donald Trump Just days after the deeply unpopular former Apprentice host swooped into Southern Californ…

The two-judge majority underscored that the president needed congressional authority to move forward with his plans.

The president’s latest attempt to limit who is an American by birth is plagued by weak legal arguments and nonsensical claims.

This new cache of material includes footage of a U.S. military plane’s infrared display recorded during an exercise over the Gulf of Oman in 2021

The battle for control of the U.S. Senate isn't supposed to run through Mississippi. Scott Colom is trying to convince people that it could. “We can win he...

A federal prosecutor fired last year over critical comments he had written as a private citizen about President Donald Trump has sued the Justice Department, saying his termination violated his First Amendment rights

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was partially refilled on Friday to flush out what NPS said were clogged pipes that supply water to the monument.

The White House once again turned to pop culture in characterizing their immigration strategy, this time using Spider Man imagery to portray ICE agents as “friendly neighborhood” figures and on the heroic side of deportations. An Instagram post this week, fea…

Trump is once again threatening to fire Cook over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud after an earlier effort to remove Cook was struck down by the Supreme Court.

The millionaire Health Secretary doesn't live in the real world.

The Trump administration is moving ahead with its efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, two months after the Supreme Court allowed her to retai...

Representative Max Miller blamed a daycare after his daughter was rushed to the hospital last year with bruises.Miller sued a Westlake, Ohio, daycare provider in February 2025, after the daughter he shares with his ex-wife Emily Moreno (the daughter of Ohio S…

When Abelardo de la Espriella takes office as Colombia's president on Friday, he'll become the latest conservative to helm a Latin American country. Conserv...

Don Lemon's lawyers say the government had "vindictive motivations" in charging him in connection with an anti-iCE protest at at church.

Tennessee's party primaries saw incumbent Representative Andy Ogles ousted and set up a heated race for District 9.

Recent US intelligence assessments indicate Russian President Vladimir Putin could try to test NATO’s resolve by launching a limited attack on an allied coun...

The bill is meant to stifle Russia's economy by allowing for tough new tariffs against major importers of Russian energy. The legislation was led by Lindsey Graham before his unexpected death in July.

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a punishing Russian sanctions package Friday, the result of a year-long campaign by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham to reinfo...

Donald Trump has nominated Danielle Thumann Severs, senior counsel to FCC chairman Brendan Carr, to fill one of two vacancies on the commission. If confirmed by the Senate, Severs would serve a term of five years, albeit that would be retroactive to the time …

A federal appeals court has issued a ruling blocking the construction of President Trump's $400 million White House ballroom, saying congressional approval is needed.

After the protracted demise of the $1.776 billion fund meant to pay perceived victims of government lawfare, prosecutors say they don’t have to give a now-pa...

President Trump is moving forward with his attempt to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve over unproven allegations of mortgage fraud, sources say.

FOX Flexing Political Independence as Trump Polls Nosedive... (Second column, 2nd story, link) Related stories:AI BARRON HITS SOCIALS...

They're deporting soldier's wives: “Military service alone does not exempt aliens from the consequences of violating U.S. immigration laws."

Founded by Trump ally and right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, Palantir has attacked the press and works in the digital surveillance space. The post State Department Wants Palantir’s Advice on Free Speech and “Countering Digital Surveillance” appeared first on…

In women's sports stories, persuading athletes to believe in themselves is only half the game

“[The] U.S. accepting Iranian control of the strait without explicitly acknowledging that control seems a likely endgame here.”

Saudi Arabia has drawn two of the Muslim world’s most formidable military powers into its defense as the Iran war moves closer to the kingdom.

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool saga has gone on from April to August, with new signage blaming past administrations for their alleged neglect.

Barf Bag: The former DHS goons returned to the sites of one of their cruelest immigration campaigns this week for a nice little bike ride.

Fox News Artificial Intelligence newsletter covers OpenAI's $3.2 million DOJ settlement over allegations it favored foreign workers over Americans.

A federal appellate court ruled on Friday that Donald Trump must get congressional approval to build his massive new ballroom at the East wing of the White House. In a 2-1 decision, the court ruled that construction on the ballroom will have to halt, except f…

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., announced he would be supporting Todd Blanche's nomination to serve as attorney general. In his speech on the Senate floor, Cassidy...

A troubled repair to one of the capital’s most recognizable landmarks has turned into a lasting embarrassment, and the story of how it happened runs through an unqualified decision-maker, a first-time contractor, and a refusal to admit fault.

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. How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy For years, narratives about a “censor…

This article was produced in partnership with Type Investigations, with support from the Wayne Barrett Project. One morning in April 2025, employees of a small office in the US State Department got the email many of them had been dreading.  For months, Elon M…

Unfortunately, that will probably be Marsha Blackburn.

President Donald Trump distanced himself from voters’ ire with Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, telling Punchbowl News in an interview releas...

Tehran displays more violent billboards and murals across country... (First column, 1st story, link) Related stories:President Vowed to Thwart Nuke Program. Here's Where That Stands... See latest tally of cost of war... Crude oil suppl…

Pact will 'reshape security architecture' of the region, experts say.

Former President Donald Trump has earned as much as $300,000 in royalties from the “God Bless the USA” Bibles he endorsed, according to disclosures surrounding the venture. The Bibles r…

An endorsement from President Donald Trump wasn’t enough for Republican Representative Andy Ogles, who lost his primary election in Tennessee Thursday night.Former state agricultural commissioner Charlie Hatcher, who won endorsements from Tennessee Governor B…

Realtor Diane Barabas from Springfield, New Jersey. Concerns over the price of rent, home prices and healthcare are helping turn a once-safe Republican seat into a swing district. [ more › ]

Corruption, bigotry, incompetence — pick one. When are we finally rid of this guy?

White House loses 21 straight court battles for state voter rolls... (First column, 7th story, link) Related stories:Burritos tearing apart Republican Party... Abuse allegations threaten to derail midterm message...

Back in May I noted how the Trump FCC had unveiled a brand new plan to “stop robocalls.” I also noted how the plan doesn’t actually stop robocalls because a well-lobbied U.S. government (1) refuses to hold big companies accountable or collect fines, (2) const…

Newly out of prison, she is back to trying to prove election fraud.

A suspended Catholic priest on a tiny Caribbean island is embracing calypso to make his voice heard on topics including Gaza and sexual abuse within the chur...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident

A literal month after the Supreme Court killed Trump’s attempt to get rid of birthright citizenship, the president has signed two new orders... to get rid of birthright citizenship.

The threat of a $20 burrito has plenty of hypocritical Republicans saying that you should eat nothing but ramen for the rest of your life.

President Donald Trump is once again trying to restrict birthright citizenship, signing two executive orders that aim to crack down on “birth tourism.” The S...

Reports suggest that Tehran is discussing a bill barring US and Israeli vessels from passing the Strait of Hormuz.

University of Chicago Professor Robert Pape explains why US President Trump is caught in an ‘escalation trap’ with Iran.

President Trump says he has signed two new orders targeting birthright citizenship. And, Iran is aiming to ban U.S. ships from the Strait of Hormuz.

A wave of abuse scandals in Congress have started to worry even Republicans

Video and photos show work underway in Big Bend National Park, the location of a border project which has sparked bipartisan fury.

The president’s empty threats and erratic diplomacy has underscored America’s unreliability

My end-of-week morning fishing reads: • Some 64% of Young Men Day Trading Stocks Feel Like Failures. One-quarter of men aged 18-29 said they trade stocks daily, and almost two-thirds of them (64%) report feeling like failures, according to a study of 2,000 me…

The chorus of optimism has quieted on several fronts, including Zelensky’s struggle with corruption and his relations with Trump.

The UK and France are not seeking confrontation with Iran in the US-Israeli war Europe largely rejected, say analysts.

Todd Blanche has repeatedly expressed openness to restrictions on medication abortion

I wrote in July about how Donald Trump, despite rhapsodizing about the virtues of competitive bidding (“it sharpens their game, makes them bid competitively on price, and encourages them to give me the best quality product possible”) doesn’t practice competit…

The reaction so far among establishment Democrats to Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow win in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary has been surprisingly encouraging. Almost instantly after the race was called Wednesday morning, Governor Gretchen Whitmer endorsed El-S…

The January 6 prosecutions came to a quiet, unheralded end this week after a federal judge dismissed the final seditious conspiracy case against various Oath Keeper defendants, including the group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes. Judge Amit Mehta, who oversaw numer…

The Trump administration announced on Thursday plans to overhaul Head Start, the early education, nutrition, and health program which serves hundreds of thousands of low-income children. The proposed rule to rescind the majority of the program’s standards of …

President Trump is once again trying to reshape who qualifies as an American at birth — this time by targeting the parents rather than the children. The Supreme Court ruled in June that the 14th Am…

RWE said it has agreed to relinquish its leases off the California, Louisiana and New York coasts.

We’re about to find out what he really means for the left.

Demis Hassabis is shifting to a new role that plays to his interests — and is crucial to helping Google make big leaps ahead.

The U.S. war in Iran has depleted stocks of key air defense weapons, including ballistic missile interceptors.

A striking new Washington Post report reveals that Donald Trump privately raged at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, demanding to know why he’d caught off guard by depleted munitions stockpiles. Yet these leaks actually reveal his own serious screw-ups. Trump w…

The broadsides from D.C.'s top prosecutor against the Interior secretary echoed what agency staffers have said privately.

Trump issues new orders to limit birthright citizenship, Iran shares details of an agreement with Oman to reopen Strait of Hormuz, Trump under pressure to find a breakthrough with Iran.

The Trump administration is proposing new standards for Head Start, the nation's early education program for low-income kids. States would have a lot more control, and that has advocates worried.

A year after a shooting at the CDC, a half-dozen current and former staff who were on campus during the shooting or who dealt with its aftermath reveal that...

Erdogan will meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif, his office says.

Trump's endorsement fails to save Tennessee legislator who recently said 'Muslims don't belong in American society'.

To reach a deal with Iran that reopens the economically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump may need to do something out of character — compromise...

US researchers say they created 16 viruses using AI, prompting hopes for medical advances and concerns about misuse.

Israeli forces arrest dozens of Palestinians near Jerusalem amid uptick in military and settler violence in West Bank.

Today, a total of 6 companies own 90% of the American media market.

The US, Iran, and Oman are close to a temporary deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz