Trump News for Monday, August 10, 2026

The NGOs Behind Britain's Digital ID Laws are Targeting American Statehouses

Virginia now requires data centers to fund their own dedicated power infrastructure, aiming to shield ordinary residents from rising electricity costs.

Apple is allegedly testing chips from a chipmaker that the Trump Admin considers a Chinese military company.

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: President Donald Trump is trying to revise the childho…

Will disturbing abuse allegations cost Republicans the House?

Monday’s tumble erased two weeks worth of gains made by Trump Media.

A man who calls himself a “Prophet of Doom” says he has a foreboding feeling about Donald Trump, and he believes something could happen as soon as this month. The prediction comes from …

US President Donald Trump maintains that his relationship with Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu is still good.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday demanded Iran pay compensation for the people he said it had killed in wars, attacks and protests, in a move that will likely complicate ‌efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump says he’ll demand compensation from Iran for people killed or wounded in the US war on Iran.

The ex-Olympian accused of damaging the reflecting pool tells NPR the experience has been "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque." And it's not over yet: His lawyers are fighting to close the case permanently.

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. President Donald Trump may have to settle for the hand-me-down Nobel Prize medal that he scored several mont…

82-year-old Ida Huddleston calls the Kentucky data center project a 'scam.'

President Trump expected to sign executive order that once again tries to upend the vaccines children receive to protect them against measles, mumps, tetanus, whooping cough and other dangerous diseases.

We’ll see how long US Attorney (and, of course, former Fox News personality) Jeanine Pirro gets to keep her job. I would guess the exit door is only inches away from hitting her ass since she refused to carry out Donald Trump’s plan to punish Reflecting Pool …

Monday’s tumble erased two weeks worth of gains made by Trump Media.

President Donald Trump dozed off during the signing ceremony for his executive order changing the childhood vaccine schedule Monday. The ceremony started off like many others in the Oval Office: Trump making some wild claims flanked by other White House offic…

Even the White House took notice of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's AI manifesto. Others focused on the release of Meta's open-weight model.

Trump endorsed Darline Graham to replace her brother for a full term.

Most of the visa revocations stemmed from law-enforcement encounters involving criminal activity, the department said.

The Trump administration has long pushed a discredited link between vaccines and autism.

A letter submitted Monday to House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling for a congressional hearing into how the recent AI-driven cybersecurity breaches were allowed to happen.

Trump order makes recommendations about the childhood vaccine schedule and recommens that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine be split into three separate shots.

“The arc of human civilization has bent towards putting more power in people’s hands to live and shape the world in the ways we believe are best.” Meta’s CEO wrote in a new essay, published alongside the release of a new open weight model called Muse Glimmer.

The president called for the combined measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine to be split into separate shots, despite decades of research showing that the MMR vaccine is safe and effective

Blanche previously served as Trump’s personal defense attorney—and critics argue he never stopped.

Trump has the leverage to enforce his Gaza plan. Netanyahu is betting that he lacks the political will to use it.

A powerful earthquake has devastated Colombia’s coffee-growing region, killing dozens and trapping people beneath collapsed buildings as rescue crews race to reach survivors. The disaster str…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. City Hall says it terminate the jobs of over a dozen Haitian immigrants after the White House ended their relief under a humanitarian program. [ more › ]

Earlier this year, following the initial verdict in the state of New Mexico’s case against Meta (arguing that Meta caused harm to children by doing things like encrypting messages), we noted that even if you believe that Meta is a terrible company (as I do), …

The one everybody covered went to Speaker Mike Johnson. CNBC’s Megan Cassella reported it first. House Democrats want public hearings on the AI security incidents of the past month, and they want the chief executives of the largest AI companies in the witness…

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday unveiled a plan aimed at tightening a decades-old loophole that has allowed food companies to put certain ch...

Millburn Councilmember David Cosgrove has accused the township’s Republican committee chair of filing a false police report against him during a heated political campaign. [ more › ]

The amended lawsuit is likely to keep the BBC—and potentially the public—from finding out the value of some 400 Trump-linked businesses.

Named after one of his former staffers, the vacuum has appeared numerous times on Grassley's social media.

Greenland moved to end its future as an oil frontier in 2021, halting all new exploration licenses. But a company tied to Donald Trump’s orbit is pressing ahead on three permits that predate the ban.

Netanyahu's declaration has reinforced doubts of lasting calm without Israeli withdrawal, reconstruction and guarantees.

The earthquake's epicenter was 5 kilometers east of San José del Palmar, Colombia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Curtis posted the passage under a throw-back picture of Trump, with no added framing: ignore the rules, don’t put anything in writing, don’t keep a calendar, rat out other people if you’re cornered, stall until a grand jury’s clock runs…

Meta Platforms has released a new AI model for developers, emphasizing open-source access

Voters in four of Alabama’s seven congressional districts will select U.S. House nominees Tuesday under a new map that eliminates one of the state’s two majo...

After his Senate primary win in Michigan, the Egyptian American doctor faced a coordinated digital smear campaign.

President Donald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that there was "no video or proof" of alleged vandalism to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Donald Trump says the US is only ‘semi-negotiating’ with Iran.

Iran gained leverage in Hormuz, but its neighbours are reshaping regional security to limit what Tehran can do with it.

The Israeli leader’s rejection of a US-led roadmap threatens to entrench a state of conflict, analysts say.

Police cameras can help make the criminal-justice system both fairer and less punitive—if we let them.

President Donald Trump admits he lied about having proof of alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool while still refusing to drop his claims. In a post on Truth Social Sunday evening, Trump claimed that a National Park Service career employee…

President Donald Trump has spent months blaming the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool’s botched renovation on vandals.

President Donald Trump may be willing to end the Iran war without a nuclear deal. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the president floated declaring victory in the war if Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz without a deal on the country’s nuclear pro…

Abdul El-Sayed would be in stronger shape as the Democratic Senate nominee with different primary process

At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won't leave persistent microplastics in the environment. CJ Biomateri...

The entire industry of hemp-based THC drinks, gummies, etc. may be spared because Susie Wiles' son-in-law owns hemp businesses.

Owning the rights to your own recordings comes with real leverage — and Taylor Swift is using hers. Team Trump keeps trolling and putting her songs to MAGA videos, but Taylor has the power to respond.

The military operation against Hernando Forero Mosquera was carried out just days after Colombia's new president was sworn in.

Per the Guardian, ICE has been engaging in the practice of force feeding detainees on hunger strikes... through covertly obtained court orders.

We speak with Keith LaMar, an artist, teacher and writer on death row in Ohio. LaMar, who has spent three decades in solitary confinement, was sentenced to death for the murder of five fellow prisoners during a 1993 prison uprising. He has always maintained h…

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. AI for science needs reasoning, not just data —Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google and the cofounder of Schmidt Scienc…

The Trump administration says it wants to accelerate medical innovation. Yet one new proposal from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services could do just the opposite.

Peter Alexander returned to television last week. It seems odd to say “returned” because Alexander has spent most of the past 22 years on American TV screens, covering some of […] The post Q&A: Peter Alexander wants facts, not shouting matches, at MS NOW appe…

President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom is in jeopardy after a federal appeals court ruled Congress should have approved the project first. The president i...

Months into the war, Trump is returning to squeezing Iran's economy rather than military offensive for now.

The insufferable hypocrisy of elite academia

Todays' Iran war news: Trump is visibly stymied on multiple Middle East fronts. So how long before he lashes out?

Renewed harassment of Dr. Anthony Fauci is a sad attempt to reclaim a Covid-era victim narrative

By Renee Hickman EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, Aug 10 (Reuters) - When she’s not trekking across Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District to meet voters, Democratic c...

By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Republican Congressman John Moolenaar, who leads the House Select Committee on China, called on the Trump a...

Protestors outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey run by GEO Group. GEO Group runs at least two dozen migrant detention centers nationwide and has been plagued with claims of medical neglect, including in New Jersey. [ more › ]

The president’s comments come just days after Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide pause of data center approvals

The Department of Homeland Security set up an independent office to provide statistics that lawmakers and the public could trust. Its director just quit.

To prepare for a possible of war with China, the U.S. military has put Hawai’i on the front lines of a potential nuclear conflict. The post The Pentagon’s Obsession With China Puts Hawai‘i at Risk appeared first on The Intercept.

The anti-data center movement is bipartisan, and that's worrying some local politicians in red states around the country.

And the working class has a major representation problem it’s struggling to solve.

A new poll shows support for moving the U.S. toward proportional representation, a system that elects multiple representatives in a single district in rough proportion to a party's vote share.

The race between Susan Collins and Troy Jackson is one of this year's most high-profile Senate contests. To win, both candidates will need support from an especially powerful voting bloc: Maine women.

When Alaska Airlines wanted to optimize its operations, it turned to a small startup called Air Space Intelligence. Now the FAA has hired the company for a major reboot of the entire U.S. airspace.

In an interview with Punchbowl News, Donald Trump said straight out that his voters just might not show up for GOP candidates this fall. That’s a striking admission of one of the thorniest problems the GOP faces. But it gets worse. Trump also declared that “a…

No matter what US President Donald Trump says or does in response to the results of this November’s midterms, he will have faced his final popular vote. There will be further damage done to public confidence in American democratic institutions, but the instit…

Iran aims to put pressure on Trump amid negotiations with Oman, Labor Department to release new report on inflation, new report reveals decades of abuse at arts school linked to Epstein.

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.

Gaza Health Ministry says hospitals receive bodies of two Palestinians as Netanyahu rejects Trump plan to end war.

On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver wasted no time jumping right into his main topic: the “bizarro-world version of civil rights” that he says Donald Trump’s Department of Justice is persuing. “In normal times, the DOJ does some incredibly important wo…

China's tech rise runs deeper than any single breakthrough. Its universities generate critical technology patents at 8x the U.S. rate

A new generation of small nuclear reactors is poised to come online in the next few years. Public opinion remains split.<br><br>

Trump has named White House Staff Secretary Will Scharf as White House counsel, starting from September 1.

US relying on sanctions and naval blockade as oil prices stabilise, easing economic strain on American consumers.

Trump says US will wait for economic pressure to mount on Iran, as Israel formally rejects 15-point Gaza peace plan.