Trump News for Sunday, August 23, 2026

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs on the United States on Saturday, after walking away from a "bad deal" on trade in a deepen...

President Donald Trump plans to visit Ireland next month to attend the Irish Open golf tournament at his golf course in Doonbeg in County Clare on the countr...

I've been thinking about the Natalie Harp story and the possibility that it's not doing as much damage to Donald Trump as we're all hoping it is. The main problem with the story is that it suggests two possible realities, which point to two very different vie…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called steep new U.S. tariffs on a wide swath of his country’s goods “a miscalculation” after trade talks with Canada collapsed.

Healthcare investors often face a difficult decision when choosing between companies with very different paths to growth. Some businesses are emerging from t...

Premium healthcare stocks often trade at elevated valuations for very different reasons. Thermo Fisher’s (NYSE:TMO) investment case increasingly depends on w...

The inaugural DC IndyCar race capped a summer of Trump-style elaborate celebrations for America's 250th birthday

The US president says he will impose 'crushing measures' on Tehran.

Ambassador to Turkiye says US policy of recognising Israel's claimed sovereignty over Syrian territory is 'unchanged'.

Grandparents who open custodial accounts for grandchildren often discover the hard way that a birthday can strip away every dollar of influence they assumed...

The Freedom 250 Grand Prix turned downtown Washington into a race track Sunday, part of a year of Trump events marking America’s 250th birthday. Drivers navigated a course around the city&#82…

WASHINGTON – President Trump will head to Ireland next month to visit the US embassy and celebrate the Irish Open at his Doonbeg golf course, a White House official told The Post on Sunday. Trump will be in the Emerald Isle on Sept. 12 and 13, the final days …

Pete Buttigieg has been to this small but historic city in South Carolina’s Midlands at least twice before, as an underdog presidential candidate in 2020 and...

When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy — a vessel tha...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen understands that many voters in the Democratic Party are looking for change from the current leadership and welcomes discussing the differences and the similarities with members of the DSA as a productive measure. TV news hosts routinel…

Race cars take over central Washington, DC, as the Trump-created Freedom 250 Grand Prix debuts.

Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS) entered 2026 as a leader in animal health, but its latest earnings show that even a strong market position cannot fully insulate the c...

The U.S. special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey on Sunday walked back his comments from two days ago that Israel "still” occupies the Golan Heights...

This week, MrWilson takes both top spots on the insightful side. In first place, it’s a comment about opportunistic ICE arrests: ICE keeps trying to find more victims to prove the false narrative of how many undocumented immigrants there are in the country, s…

Tennessee Brando (Brandon Fuson) lives near the store in Eastern Tennessee, one of the reddest areas of the country. He's noticed the downturn in business just by driving past the Trump Superstore often. Source: The Independent A large store in Tennessee that…

A large amount of Canadian imports will now be subject to 50% tariffs.

Treasury spent Wednesday, Aug. 19 buying itself some calm. Wall Street’s biggest bank spent Friday pricing what it cost.

Republicans warn cheaper imports could hurt American cattle producers, doing little to fix the long-term shortage

The Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C., was given a memorable flyover on Sunday.

Political scientist Stephen Walt says Trump promised to make US stronger, but many of his policies are making it weaker.

We've looked into a number of claims about — or made by — Mace since she entered Congress in 2021.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Trump ally, admits it 'would be helpful' if conflict ends before elections in November.

President Donald Trump took a lap around the Freedom 250 Grand Prix race route in "the Beast," the heavily armored presidential limousine.

Police allegedly took the student to a mental health facility, where he was held overnight on a 5150 psychiatric hold, according to the federal complaint.

From the official website, the statement on trade policy: “[…] “ On related topics: Lower Costs for Every Wisconsinite Alongside President Trump, Tom delivered the largest tax cut in history for working families, seniors, and small businesses. He ended taxes …

Sen. Bernie Sanders whacked Trump on social media for his ridiculous statement that everyone should be willing to have one of these massive data centers in their backyard. The issue of data centers is one that's been crossing partisan lines for some time now,…

A round of storms impacted the region on Aug. 11

In a letter to Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar urged the government to release "the full details" of the proposed Canada-U.S. trade deal that was on the table before talks collapsed on Friday.

Gov. Greg Abbott initially supported expanding AI data center infrastructure in Texas, but backlash from local residents caused him to change course.

The changes would not go into effect until the court lifts its injunction.

Tag along with this YouTube road trip if you want to see America through a boring, MAGA lens

Both countries will suffer from the trade war with steeper tariffs raising business costs and consumer prices.

The president made over 1,000 stock transactions, according to the most recent disclosure form released on Saturday.

President Donald Trump is racing to build his big dumb bribe ballroom before the Supreme Court cuts him off—not that it’s at all a sure thing that they will tell him to stop. But he’s not taking any chances. So he’s got a team building this monstrosity 20 ho…

Prices for food and other items are soaring, and there is a history of unrest, so any increase is being considered.

Jared Kushner continues to serve as an outside adviser to the president.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he wants the Freedom 250 Grand Prix to return every year. The race was routed to avoid needing congressional approval.

A summary from Reuters (Jonathan Stempel) Friday: A federal judge on Friday dismissed major ​portions of a Ben & Jerry's lawsuit… The post Ben & Jerry's Lawsuit Over "Social-Mission"-Related Contract Related to Its Earlier Sale appeared first on Reason.com.

Congressional Republicans have seized upon news that the US national debt reached $40 trillion to bash what they described as “unaffordable socialist policies” and out-of-control spending. But economists and policy analysts say Republican policy decisions—fro…

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt and his top liaison to Congress James Braid are both leaving. But the forces that made their jobs tough aren’t changing.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he’s “kicking the tires” on a potential 2028 presidential bid.

Mark Carney drew international attention as Canada’s prime minister by warning that middle powers must resist economic coercion by more powerful countries....

An estimated 1 in 10 schoolchildren will be molested before completing high school, Education Secretary Linda McMahon revealed, citing an internal study.

Somehow Jesse Watters managed to find someone who's an even bigger misogynist than he is to weigh in on an article from a British publication on young women's attitudes towards men. As Joe.My.God. noted, Andrew Klavan is a Daily Wire host and this is his trac…

With all the other problems Trump is causing, you may not have noticed that his mismanagement of our economy has seriously harmed the bond market. “Anxiety about Donald Trump’s handling of the US economy, and concern that the US President’s war with Iran is d…

Canadian Prime Minister likened his country's tariff tiff with the US to a full-blown "war" on trade, as President Trump accused the northern neighbor of trying to secure the benefits of statehood without being one.

Abbott also spoke with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl about Trump’s job performance.

CAIRO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed at least two people, including a 4-year-old boy, and wounded seven others...

Friedrich Merz's "firewall" hasn't stopped the rise of the ultra-MAGA AfD. It's time for a new strategy

From the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, to sewage problems in Alabama, stalled projects could get new life after federal court rulings.

President Donald Trump imposed a 50% tariff on a wide number of Canadian goods, after trade talks collapsed on Friday. In a social media post he said, “Canad...

By Elwely Elwelly and Menna AlaaElDin DUBAI, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister dismissed the threat of new U.S. sanctions as a sign of desperation o...

The embattled Ukrainian president slams Mykhailo Fedorov's idea as a 'tsunami' that would 'split' the country.

El-Sayed has hit back at JD Vance, saying his identity and religion aren’t causing the Trump administration’s problems.

Since the country’s founding, deployments of soldiers to U.S. soil have been exceedingly rare. But residents of Washington, D.C., are living in a new normal.

Iran warns that countries backing US economic sanctions will be considered an enemy of Tehran.

Ukraine increasingly relies on Western financing in 2026, with key agricultural exports in jeopardy due to Russian retaliation Read Full Article at RT.com

A US court has struck down the Trump administration’s decision to suspend issuing immigrant visas to people from 75 countries Read Full Article at RT.com

Race is the wound America sees. Anti-Semitism is the one it doesn’t.

Asaad al-Shaibani urges Israel to seize 'historic opportunity' for diplomacy.

The president's behavior toward Iran and North Korea has incentivized other countries to develop nuclear weapons

The growing tension between the United States and China boils down to a battle over resources. The post The Dawn of a New Cold War appeared first on The Intercept.

Jon Allsop on the YouTube show “The Great American Road Trip,” starring Sean Duffy, Donald Trump’s Transportation Secretary and a former star of MTV’s “The Real World.”

Five years ago this month, when the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan and Kabul fell to the Taliban, Sayed Sadat was out of the country earning his master’s degree at a university in Germany. Having worked with the American government as a lawyer in Afg…

Unacceptable demands from U.S. prompted Canada to walk away from negotiations

This case appears likely to make it all the way to the Supreme Court.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he believes actions taken by dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, including his involvement in mass prot...

Iran has warned that “not a single drop” of oil will leave the Persian Gulf if neighboring states join the US economic pressure campaign Read Full Article at RT.com

Bill Clinton’s party needs a ‘different kind of Democrat’ again. The 42nd president’s legacy has diminished and many of his policies now seem misguided. But the way he revived the Democratic Party holds lessons for 2028.

The family of Jonah Neal and their attorney were recently shown video from the day that Neal was shot by a federal agent while he experienced a mental health crisis.

Iran's president defended a memorandum of understanding with the United States as the best way out of a stalled war. Meanwhile, the new head of the Islamic...

The Central Asian country heads to the polls on August 23.

A class action filed in California accuses Logitech of raising prices to cover Trump-era import tariffs, then keeping both the higher prices and the federal refund it collected once the Supreme Court struck those tariffs down. The suit wants that money return…

Rezaei warned Iran's neighbors "not to participate" in Trump's economic warfare against Iran or not one drop of oil would be exported

“Karoline will now be one of my top outside advisors, and an influential voice within the Republican Party,” President Donald Trump said in a statement earlier this week announcing the departure of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Turns out, he w…

A new biography of the notorious lawyer sheds light on the Trump era. The post The Age of Cohn appeared first on The American Conservative.

Photo Credit: Clarice FBy Clarice FeldmanBecause Donald Trump comes from the business world, unlike his predecessors in office, he has made it clear he prefers negotiating with adversaries to war, and economic strangulation when negotiating with them fails.

Provincial premiers have joined Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, firing back after US President imposed tariffs.

Mark Carney says Canada will impose tariffs starting September 8 on imports of US steel, electronics and other products.

A photograph authentically shows U.S. President Donald Trump in Moscow in 1987, when he was 41, at the invitation of Yuri Dubinin, the Soviet ambassador to the U.S.

The small plane crashed off the coast of Florida near Boca Raton. The pilot was the only one on board.