Trump News for Thursday, August 13, 2026

A small Texas law firm has withdrawn from consideration for a $150 million federal contract to represent unaccompanied migrant children.

Latest Israeli attacks kill police official Jamal Abu Kamil in Gaza City and another person in Khan Younis.

The United States on Thursday threatened to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, ratcheting up economic pressure on Tehran as ceasefire talks have floundered, global oil supply ‌is dropping and regional tensions are rising.

A U.S. appeals court has dismissed a case challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.

59% of American oppose AI data centers being built in their community — this has cost $130 billion in delays and cancellations.

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 cracks are starting to show in President Donald Tr…

It’s hard to believe that South Park turns 30 next year, having run through 28 seasons — with a 29th incoming — since Comedy Central debuted “Cartman Gets an Anal Probe” 30 years ago this week in 1997. Everyone knows the show’s core characters — 10-year-old b…

Trustees condemn Kennedy Center’s move to re-add Trump’s name and shut down for extensive renovations.

Fidel Castro would have turned 100 on Thursday and his legacy continues to overshadow the island.

The aircraft carrier has been at sea for more than eight months.

The administration has no legitimate justification for this action. It’s all about inflicting as much literal pain as possible on anyone ICE officers happen to encounter. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can …

The vote to add the phrase 'Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump' to the building's façade sets up a test of a recent federal judge's ruling that blocked the performing arts venue's two-year closure and determined U.S. President Donald Trump's …

The Trump administration responded to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s killing of nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January by opening up investigations into left-leaning groups days later. The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Sec…

Jamelle Bouie almost never misses. In this video that’s just shy of 10 minutes long, he chastises American political & cultural pundits for their lack of moral seriousness w/r/t their focus on “wo

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Karoline Leavitt, the 28-year-old firebrand who became the nation’s youngest-ever press secretary in 2024, i…

The Iran war hasn’t gone well for President Donald Trump since, well, shortly after it began.

Detainees can be seen in the windows of Newark's Delaney Hall detention facility on May 23, 2026. The Trump administration previously did not publicly disclose news of Jose Chajon-Raxon’s death. [ more › ]

The board voted to close the Washington, D.C., arts complex's main campus for a $250 million renovation — three months after a federal judge temporarily blocked a similar closure.

The industry wanted to boost open models. Now the Trump administration wants to lend its seal of approval.

The possibility of executing the innocent has gone a long way to change the national conversation about the death penalty.

Ruling latest setback in Trump administration response to Gaza war protests that swept college campuses.

By Timothy Gardner and Curtis Williams WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy said he was "deeply disappointed" that a bill to advance...

Amid heated debate over transgender athletes in women's sports, former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White say they plan to enter the 2027 WNBA draft. Experts say it's a "bad-faith" attempt to score political points at the expense of a marginalize…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order recommending the MMR vaccine be split into three separate shots. Doctors say that could lead to missed vaccines.

It still amazes me that there are people out there who think that Donald Trump is a supporter of free speech. It has never been true. Anyone who looks will note that the Trump administration regularly engages in clearly unconstitutional attempts to suppress s…

A new report finds key federal agencies have stopped providing oversight of civil rights laws nationally.

A surprise hearing Friday in federal court has added to speculation Luigi Mangione could enter a plea, which could derail a state murder trial.

“The American people deserve to know that the President is not using his office to increase the value of his stock portfolios, rather than working to bring down the cost of groceries,” they wrote.

The lawsuit was the basis for the Trump administration’s demands for Harvard to make financial and policy changes over pro-Palestinian protests in 2023 and 2024.

The Trump-controlled Kennedy Center board voted once again to close the arts institution for renovations, after a judge rejected a previous move to shutter the complex because it did not fully consider the scope of options and their impacts. At a meeting on T…

The printer doesn't run Tailscale, but it's on my tailnet, anyway.

The Fox News Artificial Intelligence newsletter covers Dan Niles' warning for the future of the market, Mark Zuckerberg's vision for superintelligence and more.

Democrats are calling for an investigation into the conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln amid reports of sailors attempting to jump overboard.

The Trump White House said in a new report on Thursday that countries are routing their exports through third countries to avoid U.S. tariffs, estimating tha...

There are reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and other potential harms aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been at sea since November.

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the Trump administration’s Title VI lawsuit against Harvard University.Donald Trump accused Harvard in March of violating civil rights laws by allowing a “hostile educational environment” for Jewish and Israeli students o…

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A U.S. district judge scheduled the hearing in a lawsuit filed by an independent journalist who sued over what they alleged were improper redactions, withheld materials.

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The White House is trying to mislead Americans about President Donald Trump’s impact on crime rates—but the numbers aren’t adding up. Last month, the White House touted a mid-year report from the Council on Criminal Justice as evidence of Trump’s public safet…

Elon Musk and the right are increasingly stressing the need to protect Western civilization, a fixation that boils down to wanting an authoritarian.

United Airlines is growing in San Francisco after the FAA eased flight limits but remains hamstrung at Chicago O'Hare.

Iran asserts full control over the Strait of Hormuz, challenging US claims of dominance in the strategic waterway.

The Department of Homeland Security spent $464 million on airplanes that were supposed to be used for deportation flights, but instead have been sitting mostly unused at an airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The New York Times reports that the 10 used jets, …

The job requires managing a complex relationship with the media - as well Trump's high expectations.

Lawmaker sent a letter to President Trump asking for details about who was controlling his stock portfolio, which gained $2 billion last year.

“This administration has consistently put ideology before science,” Ma’ayan Anafi with the National Women’s Law Center told Jezebel. “Now, it is jeopardizing vital health care.”

Paramount has discussed establishing an independent editorial board for CNN to ease well-established fears that the network’s sale wil reduce it to a mouthpiece for David and Larry Ellison—and by extension, President Trump. Paramount already owns CBS News, a …

A month after House Republicans failed to pass a veterans health bill, lawmakers are meeting behind closed doors to try to get the legislation back on track....

President Donald Trump reportedly wouldn’t stop harassing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt during her brief maternity leave. CNN’s White House correspondent Alayna Treene reported Wednesday that Trump had repeatedly called Leavitt while she was on…

The Lakers deal values the franchise at $12.5 billion, three times what he was set to pay FIFA. Kushner is Jared Kushner’s younger brother and is married to supermodel Karlie Kloss. The coupl…

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Hayden Field, The Verge’s senior AI reporter, about a question that’s been rocketing around the tech industry for the past week: Is Google losing the AI race? That’s because last week Google announced a bombshell reorganizat…

Canada’s biggest screen organizations want assurance – and quickly. The country’s writers and directors unions, top screen bodies and several film festivals have united to form a coalition of 50 organizations urging Mark Carney’s Liberal Party government to s…

Michigan-based group leads class action lawsuit against US government and defence contractors over Lebanon war abuses.

The decision to sneak Trump out of Ankara on separate Air Force jet was driven by intel that an Iranian terror cell had snuck into Turkey with a shoulder-fired missile

Rather than governing like a pugnacious populist or a ruthless pragmatist, Chile’s new president, José Antonio Kast, has adopted an old-school center-right agenda and governing style reminiscent of the 1980s. Yet even this potentially safer approach comes wit…

Hear from voters in Kingsport, home to a munitions plant supplying the US military, as tensions over the Iran war spark debate.

Government software is usually bought by asking several companies to bid. A department writes down what it needs, suppliers compete, and the file records why the winner won. A memo drafted inside the US Defense Department on 4 August did something different. …

One obvious byproduct of letting what’s left of U.S. journalism consolidate in the hands of a bunch of giant corporations is the end result winds up being a feckless mess. Generally corporations don’t want to upset advertisers, ownership (usually Conservative…

Jimmy Fallon turned Karoline Leavitt’s White House exit into a punchline on Wednesday’s Tonight Show, joking that her next gig would be a step down from the West Wing. “She’…

The Washington Post reported Monday that due to an alleged Iranian threat to assassinate President Trump, he secretly swapped planes before departing the July NATO summit in Turkey — leaving senior administration officials, staff and members of the press corp…

Private companies will be legally allowed to conduct cyberattacks against foreign groups on behalf of the US government.

The US and Iran continue their standoff in the Strait of Hormuz as mediators try to coax talks.

By Emily Giles, Elwely Elwelly and Melory Ghazi DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Iran's state media has mocked U.S.

The Christian right and Big Business have made science denialism a longstanding American tradition

Ukrainian drones struck a major refinery deep inside Russia, military officials said Thursday, the fourth in three days in Kyiv’s monthslong campaign to chok...

The Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has spent a record 250 days without making land, leaving its crew reportedly coming apart at the seams.

A Pentagon assessment found the first U.S. blockade cost Iran about $4.8 billion in oil revenue.

The U.S. is trying to destroy Mexican cartels. But so far, a turf war has only deepened.

Today's Iran war news: more on the economic standoff as the Ansar Allah-Saudi conflict heats up and navy suicides come into the spotlight.

A $20 meal became a right-wing media feud, exposing a party's broken promises

Public health experts have been quick to condemn an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at upending childhood vaccinations in the U.S., but the...

By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Brad Heath and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has repeatedly said the fight against sex traff...

Ambassador Pete Hoekstra is accused of normalizing diplomatic attacks on Canada.

Amtrak's Sunnyside train yard in Queens, with the Long Island City high-rises looming in the background. Mamdani says that the sprawling proposed housing development remains a topic of conversation. [ more › ]

Revulsion over an infamous 1978 massacre obscures the event’s continuing relevance.

This is all probably as stark a warning as ever that she won’t need a lectern to keep propelling her anti-feminist fodder.

Student-loan borrowers are facing sweeping repayment changes. Here's what's on their minds, from new payments to billing errors.

Bank of America is the latest Wall Street firm to announce an investment in American infrastructure.

How developed is the Tehran regime’s assassination operation abroad?

How the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe turned family lore into money, media, and a place at the United Nations.

Researchers have found that the amount of green space and shade in a neighborhood can significantly shape temperatures. On average, neighborhoods with more trees and green space — instead of impermeable surfaces like pavement — can run anywhere from 1 to 7 de…

President Donald Trump has signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum authorising US federal law enforcement to conduct offensive cyber operations against transnational criminal organisations operating abroad. Washington, in short, is giving itself fo…

The designation of PCC and CV serves to expand Washington’s reach into the country’s politics and security.

One in 10 children in Afghanistan are suffering as healthcare funding plummets, Save the Children says.

A high-level historical assessment shows that the US image of dominance in war has persistently fallen short in practice.

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After three H-1B lottery rejections, Sohan Sethi secured an O-1 visa, allowing him to continue his data analytics career and stay in Chicago.

Explore projected AI-driven unemployment across 725 U.S. occupations from 2025 to 2039.

User on X are quick to spot a "made with AI" label on the former press secretary's goodbye post, fueling the debate over AI watermarking practices.

By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Thursday after U.S. inflation data came in as expected, dampening expectations of further...

The dog was deemed "vicious" after multiple biting incidents.

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President Trump again insists US has 'total control' of strait, while Tehran resolute that the US must meet its demands.