Trump News for Saturday, August 22, 2026

Iran warns that countries joining the US economic war against Iran will face ‘tit-for-tat’ action.

Bill Maher surprisingly defended Donald Trump's fiercely loyal aide Natalie Harp amid intense scrutiny over her unusually close working relationship with the president.

The warning comes as US President Donald Trump threatens to isolate Iran economically to weaken its government.

Trump signed a memorandum allowing vetted private U.S. companies to conduct cyber operations against foreign criminal organizations under oversight.

Trump's Trade Representative Jaimeson Greer with the lamest deflection yet when asked about Trump's plan to screw over cattle ranchers by importing ground beef with no tariff quota. As always, when these people can't defend the indefensible, what do they do? …

U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, set aside the policy Friday as “contrary to law and in excess of statutory authority.”

For many years, the practice of slaughtering America's wild horses has been politically toxic, but that seems to have changed with the Trump administration. Source: People The Trump administration has been accused of using a legal loophole to cull the number …

The U.S. stopped issuing visas for citizens of 75 countries because it said they were likely to need public assistance. A judge ruled the policy illegally discriminated on the basis of nationality.

US President Donald Trump has called for restrictions on mail-in voting as part of bid to exert control over elections.

“Stars And Stripes” played a major role in breaking stories about living conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln earlier this summer.

Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) is heading into its September 2 earnings report with a strong growth narrative. Prior to earnings, on August 20, TD Cowen raised its pr...

Donald Trump has created yet another mess that will cause the rest of us harm. Despite posturing as a smart businessman and deal-maker, Trump failed to make a deal on his tariffs with our closest ally, Canada. The result will be higher prices for everybody. P…

Anybody familiar with the gravity model of trade would be unsurprised that Wisconsin (exports) a lot to Canada. Figure 1: Wisconsin goods exports to world (black, right scale), Canada (blue, left scale), Mexico (red scale), mn.2017$. Nominal data deflated by …

US official Tom Barrack has criticised Israel for failing to give his country adequate warning, a claim Tel Aviv denies.

The prime minister spoke hours after the US imposed 50 percent tariffs on nearly $20bn worth of Canadian goods.

On Friday, Trump said the US would allow up to 300,000 metric tons of beef to be imported with no out-of-quota tariff over the next 90 days.

South Korea's Upbit recorded $830 million in single-hour volume, extending a two-day surge led by XRP and TRUMP.

In Syria, Israel is not only at odds with Turkiye but also with the regional and international consensus.

With California Attorney General Rob Bonta (speaking for Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington) and the legal team representing David Ellison's Paramount Skydance reportedly …

Overview       Do people in red states live shorter lives?       This project examines whether state level life expectancy is statistically associated with each state's political climate in t... Continue reading: Does state life expectancy correlate …

A message from one of Donald Trump’s most devoted aides has drawn attention for what it reveals about her role in his orbit. “I want that job!!” Natalie Harp wrote to Trump, refer…

Conspiracy theories around the vaccine have continued to spread with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic, helming Trump's HHS.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who's hoping to become the next Governor of Tennessee, served up a big heaping helping of Biden Tourette syndrome when she was asked by Hannity guest host Kellyanne Conway about her party's message to voters for the midterms. Never mind…

While lawyers for the US president argue the subpoenas are 'cynical', the BBC says they could help shine light on case.

The trailblazing Kansas Republican served three terms and was known for her independent, centrist politics.

Erik Slavin believes he was fired for saying in an interview that "in a hypothetical situation, censorship would be a red line".

Once one of Trump's biggest supporters, MTG says Trump "changed" after being elected to his second term.

Although Rosie O’Donnell’s late-night hosting run has come to an end, she graced her biggest fan with a song in his honor. On Friday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, the 12x Emmy-winning guest host let longtime foe Donald Trump have it in the opening monologue, which she…

Donald J. Trump’s South Carolina rally came to an abrupt stop Friday after a heckler began shouting from the crowd—and one particularly angry supporter made sure everyone knew exactly how he felt about the interruption. Trump was campaigning in Myrtle Beach f…

President Donald Trump has urged a federal judge to reject the BBC’s request for the court’s help in securing testimony and documents from three members of the president’s family in response to his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the British bro...

Negotiations between the U.S. and Canada broke down late Friday and tariffs went into effect early Saturday morning.

In a speech on Saturday morning, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada walked away from the negotiation table to protect its sovereignty.

The contractor on the project has predicted more than $300 million of the project will come from public funds.

Greene defended Carlson as a serious 2028 contender and accused Trump of betraying the movement that elected him

A U.S. district judge said the policy "is contrary to law and was issued in excess of Secretary Rubio's statutory authority."

Biden's FTC used the term surveillance pricing.

For decades, Canada built much of its prosperity on privileged access to the United States. Now, after the collapse of trade talks, one of the world’s close...

The Canadian prime minister will have the sell his gamble that walking away from talks with the White House will be worth the consequences.

When the news broke that the national deficit hit the $40 trillion mark, Sen Ron Johnson went on Xitter to condemn it, saying that we are "mortgaging our children's future" and calling it "immoral." He issued his condemnation while quote-tweeting a post fr…

House and Senate Republicans criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend tariffs on ground beef imports, with lawmakers from agricultural states decrying the impact Trump’s decision will have on farmers.

Companies are using tariff refunds to lower prices, cushion their margins, and, to a very small extent, return the money straight to the customer.

Negotiations between the U.S. and Canada broke down late Friday and tariffs went into effect early Saturday morning.

Iran says production is ongoing, but details will not be revealed during war conditions.

Four catalysts hit XRP in rapid succession and sent it from a cycle low to a three-month high, but a wall of sellers is now sitting right at the current pric...

Panelists joined to discuss Trump’s priorities as the national debt reaches new highs.

A right-wing wave is sweeping through the region and that is not good news.

Firefighters describe being pushed to limit by a brutal wildfire season, with key leadership roles going unfilled.

French President Emmanuel Macron posted an image of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein kissing U.S. first lady Melania Trump on the cheek.

Either out-of-touch billionaire Donald Trump woke up to the fact that affordability is not a hoax, or somebody abroad made a generous “donation” to one of his “charities,” or bank accounts. Maybe all of the above. Or maybe he’s just lying about the whole thin…

On the heels of a terrible July jobs report, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was asked by CNBC how he is handling a struggling jobs market and, in a bizarre claim, said that the Trump administration doesn't need to produce as many jobs because of their massi…

Instead of adding new roses, President Donald Trump’s White House Rose Garden is growing statues. Trump put statues of some of America’s founders in the gar...

Silicon Valley is losing the vibes war.

State of the Union: The president had said he would temporarily ease tariffs on beef imports. The post Ranchers, Lawmakers Slam Trump’s Beef Tariff ‘Betrayal’ appeared first on The American Conservative.

Anchorage produced no grand bargain on Ukraine. A year later, its real legacy is a divided West and a clearer case for Russian self-reliance Read Full Article at RT.com

How CNN transformed the conservative pundit into MAGA’s loudest mouthpiece

The same agency accused of letting fentanyl flow freely in the U.S. is now probing Hayden Panettiere's death

Trump has a 38% average approval rating in Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin.

With Alex Vindman and George Conway’s losses, Democratic voters are forcefully rejecting the notion that Russia is to blame for America’s ills. The post RIP to the Russiagate Liberals appeared first on The Intercept.

Steve Keen and Michael Hudson discuss empire, finance, and the coming crises.

The Democrat has had TV nearly to himself, outspending his Republican rival more than 200-to-1 on advertising

Iran's president says the world has accepted that it's won the war with the United States and remarks by the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for...

Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei slams Trump's latest threat as a return to 'full-scale classic colonialism'.

As public resistance to data centers reaches prominent politicians, the tech industry is trying to figure out what went wrong.

Despite primary whiffs, poll haters are still wrong. Yes, there have been some misfires in 2026 primary polling. But ignoring data isn’t the solution.

Trump’s goal in cutting imported beef tariffs is to lower prices as Americans continue to cite inflation as one of the most seemingly intractable problems they face.

America’s federally protected wild horses are not supposed to be slaughtered—but the government’s found a cruel and expensive loophole.

The US State Department has approved a $5 million payout to Liberia to take in 1,200 third-country migrants, the New York Times has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Because Turkiye is a NATO member, Netanyahu cannot bomb Turkish soil without risking the invocation by NATO member states of Article 5

The 50% tariff will apply to some $20 billion worth of Canadian products, including wine, hockey sticks, and cement.

Conservatives are divided on how to approach the technology. The post How AI Is Splitting the Right appeared first on The American Conservative.

Photo Credit: Perchance AIBy Kenneth R. TimmermanPresident Trump's announcement on Wednesday that he was launching an "Economic D-Day" on Iran has been met with a combination of bluster and panic in Tehran.

Photo Credit:Image: Josh Hallett via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. Josh HallettBy E. Jeffrey LudwigContra the woke mob, ‘all men are created equal’ was not a mere self-serving phrase.

Photo Credit:Image via Pixabay, Pixabay License. PixabayBy J.B. Shurk‘Sanctuary city’ secession is tearing the Union apart.

A new wave of tariffs will hit Canada early Saturday morning, with steep 50% duties in effect at the stroke of midnight.

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled against the State Department's suspension of immigrant visas.

The president’s pitch came as he urged Republicans in South Carolina to vote for Sen. Darline Graham in Tuesday’s Senate GOP runoff.

As you’ll recall, RFK Jr., who is totally not checked out of his job at HHS, has managed to sneak in hosting a government sponsored cooking show in between not doing anything about the country’s problems with measles, cyclosporiasis, whooping cough, and so on…

Omani and Iranian foreign ministers hold a call as Washington prepares economic sanctions.

As Trump rallied before Tuesday’s runoff for the appointed senator seeking a 6-year term, it was clear she hadn’t won over segments of the MAGA base who could be decisive.

Firings at Fannie Mae fit a pattern.

US president says Iran 'would love to make a deal, but they’re not ready to make the right deal in my opinion'.