Trump News for Friday, August 14, 2026

President Donald Trump is downplaying concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln's extended deployment in the Middle East. The carrier has been at sea for a record-setting uninterrupted time of more than 240 days. On Friday, Trump refuted reports of mental health…

After fires near Spokane destroyed hundreds of homes and forced over 65,000 to evacuate, a community is making the best of the road to recovery by coming together to celebrate firefighters' bravery.

Hostilities are rising between Iran-backed Houthis and Yemen's internationally recognised government.

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Control over the strait has been a sticking point in the ongoing ceasefire negotiations between the US and Iran.

A new US program will allow private cybersecurity firms to conduct approved cyberattacks and surveillance against foreign criminal groups.

A federal judge refused on Friday to block the Trump administration from taking steps to build 62 miles of international border wall along part of a Native A...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday urged Americans to accept slightly higher gasoline prices as ‌the cost of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and said he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz a U.S territory.

Members of the US Congress have called for a probe into conditions amid reports of sailors attempting to jump ship.

Sailors are suffering. Trump and his team are denying it.

By Michael Martina WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must pick sides in the artificial intelligence race...

President Trump said he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory as he once again asserted control of the critical waterway.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has embraced President Trump, who is unpopular in New York. Trump tied sanctuary laws to high-profile crimes. [ more › ]

By Humeyra Pamuk GARDEN CITY, New York, Aug 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Friday urged Americans to accept slightly higher gasoline prices as the...

Trump said USS Lincoln family members are not concerned about conditions.

President Donald Trump's goal of ending gender-affirming care is not improper and cannot be the basis for quashing a subpoena issued by the Justice Departmen...

Tim Cook was asked about his legacy as CEO of Apple, and his answer was more revealing than you might think.

The US has not confirmed the revocation which comes amid crackdown on Mexican politicians with alleged ties to cartels.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents mocked a U.S. Army wife who was returned to the United States after being put on a deportation flight to her native Brazil. Maisa Lopes Eliaser was mid-flight Wednesday with several other immigrants when agents recei…

Appeals court previously ruled that Trump administration must seek authorisation from Congress to continue with project.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeking more information about the administration's "calamitous" response to cyclosporiasis.

Gov. Mike DeWine's recent essay in The New York Times makes the case for a more open legal immigration policy.

The arrest comes weeks after Trump criticised Jeanine Pirro for dropping charges over damage to the Reflecting Pool.

President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll on American sailors enduring nearly nine months at sea on the USS Abraham Lincoln as concerns escalated...

Elon Musk earned 2.5 million times more than a Tesla worker's median pay in 2025, despite revenue and sales declines.

President Donald Trump denied reports Friday of horrific conditions onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln—and suggested that the U.S. servicemembers should stay at sea for even longer.  Trump offered a shockingly callous response while taking a question about the a…

Kevin Rideout, an American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger last October, has been released and will be reunited with his extended family.

Millions of drivers across the country are encountering speed cameras for the first time, or will soon. Some don't like it, but advocates say there's clear evidence that cameras make roads safer.<br>

"Hefty chunk of non-Iranian crude still getting out, unlike the Iranian crude that isn’t."

Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.

An investment migration firm told Business Insider professionals and retirees now make up 25% of US consultations as more Americans shop "plan b" second passports.

You may have seen news of the recent Fifth Circuit decision, with an opinion written by Judge Andrew Oldham, overturning a lower court ruling, and reinstating highly questionable ID requirements for mail-in ballots. We can debate how this decision blends two …

Troublesome electromagnetic catapults look set to be replaced with old-fashioned technology

Costa Rica spent decades as Central America’s outlier, a stable, tourist-friendly democracy without an army, ringed by white-sand beaches. Now it is shipping its top drug lords to US courtroo…

The U.S. is determined to keep you from buying a consumer drone.

Polls suggest Cuban American voters in Florida remain largely Republican, despite frustration over immigration.

The president has repeatedly criticized the electromagnetic catapults and weapons elevators on the USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier.

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Forcing the US president to go "hat-in-hand to Congress" for permission would be "dangerous", the administration says.

The question has popped up frequently in this election cycle. Even in the wins notched by left-leaning and socialist candidates, those candidates appear to have fared comparatively poorly among voters of the actual working class.There aren’t exit polls in pri…

Politicians from both parties are crossing the aisle to voice their opposition to President Trump’s bulldozing of Big Bend National Park to make way for more wall along the southern border.Big Bend is a sprawling, 800,000 acre park within Texas’s Rio Grande V…

CNN’s library alone library alone encompasses more than 45 years of broadcast coverage of global news, wars, elections, and major political events.

Donald Trump is once again freaking out about vandals at a national monument. Here’s why you shouldn’t take his outrage seriously. The president took to Truth Social Friday morning to rave about an incident at the World War II Memorial, which had been covered…

President Donald Trump’s plan for moving Americans’ retirement investments into cryptocurrency and private equity got a boost of support—from dead people.   The Department of Labor received public comments on the plan to fulfill Trump’s executive order pushin…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing pressure on two fronts at once — one aboard a carrier that has been at sea for months, and another inside the administration over the nation’s weapons stockpile.

Visit to address Israeli opposition to plan for Hamas to disarm, Israel to withdraw from Gaza, board official says.

Donald Trump signed the proclamation on 13 August. It carries the title Adjusting Imports of Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Unmanned Aircraft Systems Components into the United States. It rests on Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, the national se…

Today's Iran war news: The Trump team is fracasing over what to do as Iran goes on the front foot while servicemembers are badly overstressed.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow construction of the president's White House ballroom to continue.

President Donald Trump is about to waste billions of dollars to put old-fashioned technology on aircraft carriers.Trump signed a memorandum Thursday directing the U.S. Navy to start installing old-fashioned steam catapults on its aircraft carriers, instead of…

MAHA wants Americans to scrutinize their food. Taylor Farms recalls show how hard that has become

Trump wants to strengthen the US drone market and bolster national security, but can the drone market realistically adjust in 21 days?

Donald Trump signed the memorandum on 12 August and the White House published it that night. It runs to five sections. A National Coordination Center creates and manages the programme. Two Program Executive Directors oversee it. The Attorney General designate…

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. Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash The police-tech giant Flock is changing offi…

President Donald Trump stands with Bruce Blakeman, County Executive of Nassau County, in 2025. Gov. Kathy Hochul attacks campaign challenger over support for Trump policies. [ more › ]

Naturally, both Markwayne Mullin and Kristi Noem say that the DHS buying $464 million in unused jets is something that the other one did.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claims US Navy can sustain blockade despite reports of poor conditions.

Federal regulators are reviewing 'mention markets' that allow wagers on what public figures will say. And, Democratic lawmakers call for an investigation into conditions on the long-deployed USS Lincoln.

Lawmakers want answers from the Pentagon chief and the U.S. Navy about living conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona.

People are sick of tech billionaires trying to control our lives

Israel has accomplished big things in very little time. But is it sustainable?

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 14 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.After we recorded, new Fox polls found Dems up eight in Ohio and down four in Michigan.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Repub…

MOSCOW, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Russia believes the United States is deeply involved in Ukrainian attacks against it and has raised the issue with Washington, For...

The strategist and other Third Way advocates think they have the answers for Trump. But they got us into this mess

Campaigning for the U.S. Senate, Paxton says he was “delivered by God” to protect Texas from leftists

A hard yet often witty look at how US environmental policy was built to fail, and the issues presented by AI and voter shifts.

David Sirota on Francesca Hong’s defeat, what it means for the insurgent left, and how the American presidency has consolidated king-like power. The post Has the Left Really Met Its Limit?  appeared first on The Intercept.

It’s election time, so the White House, according to Bloomberg’s Katy O’Donnell and Caitlin Reilly, is weighing whether to give the rich more tax breaks. Republicans! They just can’t help themselves!Cutting taxes on the rich is a uniquely unpopular idea. Sinc…

Twenty years ago, a blue wave washed across the country, as favorable political conditions allowed Democrats to earn majorities in both chambers of Congress and gain control of several governors’ mansions. Their success was spurred by voter frustration with t…

Oceania have offered support to Gianni Infantino, but New Zealand have gone against their own confederation in FIFA row.

The DNC is expected to vote on Saturday to approve the new order of states for the 2028 presidential nominating process, amidst controversy over some of those decisions.

President Trump could free Andrew and Tristan Tate but he hasn't. Why not? Because they're increasingly irrelevant and accused of child pornography.

After years of battling fellow Republicans and helping lead the culture wars in Texas, Ken Paxton is campaigning on tax deductions, appearing with state lawm...

A coalition of landowners, outdoor enthusiasts and business owners that say any work in Big Bend National Park would forever change the place often called "Texas' gift to the nation."

Details on how ICE cooperation agreements work in practice have been hard to come by. NPR took a close look at how sheriff's deputies in Walton County, Fla., approach immigration-related arrests.

Momodou Taal and Amandla Thomas-Johnson were finishing their graduate degrees abroad because of targeting by the Trump administration. Cornell is ordering them back to campus. The post Cornell to Pro-Palestine Students Targeted by ICE: Come Back to the U.S. o…

For decades, communities have relied on the agency's cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it's missing.

White House report claims tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue lost to transshipments.

The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new tariffs on drones, slapping a huge 100 percent ad valorem tariff on imports of drones weighing over 25 kilograms (55 pounds). The new rules affect small consumer drones too, with sub-25-kilogram drones subject…

Numerous studies have shown that Covid-19 vaccines are safe during pregnancy, but Republican lawmakers and Trump administration officials have recently stirr...

The decision from U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns said that President Donald Trump's administration failed to prove an ongoing violation of federal civil rights laws.

Early predictions that consumers would bear most of the burden of Trump's tariffs are proving to be true.

Brazil has not yet decided whether it will proceed with retaliatory measures, but commits to defending its position.

The intelligence originated with Israel, which passed it to the United States in real time as Trump prepared to leave Ankara, Turkey, according to the sources.

A new US report said China had moved goods through nations with lower tariffs to dodge higher levies.

As expected, this didn’t take very long. Earlier this week we pointed out that Donald Trump supplanted RFK Jr. as the world’s most infamous anti-vaxxer when he vomited out a bonkers executive order that reduced the recommended childhood vaccination schedule f…

Trump is slapping “ad valorem” tariffs on drones and drone parts, citing the “national security threat” posed by such devices.

Donald Trump says the law stopping him from seeking a third presidential term is ‘very strong’.

White House plans to let private firms wage cyber war on foreign and transnational criminal groups.

The United States has already banned future foreign drones from entering the United States unless their companies kiss the ring - as well as routers, robots, and Roombas. Now, President Donald Trump is targeting existing drone imports and aircraft parts, too.…